Paul C. Yang | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Differential geometry Partial differential equations |
| Spouse | Sun-Yung Alice Chang |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Rice University University of Maryland Indiana University University of Southern California Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Hung-Hsi Wu |
Paul C. Yang (Chinese: 杨建平; pinyin: Yáng Jiàn Píng; Wade–Giles: Chien-Ping Yang ,1947 in Changhua, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-American mathematician specializing in differential geometry, partial differential equations and CR manifolds. He is best known for his work in Conformal geometry for his study of extremal metrics and his research on scalar curvature and Q-curvature. In CR Geometry he is known for his work on the CR embedding problem, the CR Paneitz operator and for introducing the Q' curvature in CR Geometry.