Miranda Cheng

Miranda Chih-Ning Cheng (Chinese: 程之寧; born 6 June 1979, Taipei)[1] is a Taiwanese-born and Dutch-educated mathematician and theoretical physicist who works as an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam.[2] She is known for formulating the umbral moonshine conjectures[3][4] and for her work on the connections between K3 surfaces and string theory.[3]

  1. ^ C. Cheng, 1979 at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum.
  2. ^ Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2016-08-02.
  3. ^ a b Wolchover, Natalie (August 4, 2016), "Moonshine Master Toys With String Theory: The physicist-mathematician Miranda Cheng is working to harness a mysterious connection between string theory, algebra and number theory", Quanta.
  4. ^ Klarreich, Erica (April 7, 2015), "Mathematicians Chase Moonshine's Shadow: Researchers are on the trail of a mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory", Scientific American