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Lu Jiaxi 陆家羲 | |
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| Born | June 10, 1935 Shanghai, China |
| Died | October 31, 1983 (aged 48) Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Northeast Normal University |
| Known for | Proving the existence of large sets of disjoint Steiner triple systems for all orders larger than 7 (except possibly six values whose proof he left unfinished) |
| Awards | First Class Award of the State Natural Science Award (1987) Special Class Award of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Progress Award (1985)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Combinatorics |
| Institutions | Middle schools in Baotou |
Lu Jiaxi (simplified Chinese: 陆家羲; traditional Chinese: 陸家羲; pinyin: Lù Jiāxī; June 10, 1935 – October 31, 1983) was a self-taught Chinese mathematician who made important contributions in combinatorial design theory. He was a high school physics teacher in a remote city and worked in his spare time on the problem of large sets of disjoint Steiner triple systems.