Tian Gang

Tian Gang
Tian at Oberwolfach in 2005
Born (1958-11-24) 24 November 1958 (age 65)
NationalityChinese
Alma materNanjing University (BS)
Peking University (MS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forYau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture
K-stability
K-stability of Fano varieties
AwardsVeblen Prize (1996)
Alan T. Waterman Award (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Peking University
Thesis Kähler Metrics on Algebraic Manifolds  (1988)
Doctoral advisorShing-Tung Yau
Doctoral studentsAaron Naber
Nataša Šešum
Wei Dongyi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese田剛
Simplified Chinese田刚
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTián Gāng

Tian Gang (Chinese: 田刚; born November 24, 1958)[1] is a Chinese mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at Peking University and Higgins Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He is known for contributions to the mathematical fields of Kähler geometry, Gromov-Witten theory, and geometric analysis.

As of 2020, he is the Vice Chairman of the China Democratic League and the President of the Chinese Mathematical Society. From 2017 to 2019 he served as the Vice President of Peking University.

  1. ^ "1996 Oswald Veblen Prize" (PDF). AMS. 1996.