Yitang Zhang | |
|---|---|
 Zhang in 2014 | |
| Born | February 5, 1955 Shanghai, China |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Peking University (BS, MA) Purdue University (PhD) |
| Known for | Establishing the existence of an infinitely repeatable prime 2-tuple[2] |
| Awards | Ostrowski Prize (2013) Cole Prize (2014) Rolf Schock Prize (2014) MacArthur Fellowship (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Number theory |
| Institutions | University of New Hampshire University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Thesis | The Jacobian conjecture and the degree of field extension (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tzuong-Tsieng Moh (莫宗堅)[1] |
Yitang Zhang (Chinese: 张益唐; born February 5, 1955)[3] is a Chinese-American mathematician primarily working on number theory and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 2015.[4]
Previously working at the University of New Hampshire as a lecturer, Zhang submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics in 2013 which established the first finite bound on the least gap between consecutive primes that is attained infinitely often. This work led to a 2013 Ostrowski Prize, a 2014 Cole Prize, a 2014 Rolf Schock Prize, and a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. Zhang became a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara in fall 2015.[5][6][7][8]
- ^ Yitang Zhang at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Klarreich, Erica (May 19, 2013). "Unheralded Mathematician Bridges the Prime Gap". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ Zhang, Yitang (1991). The Jacobian conjecture and the degree of field extension. Purdue University. pp. 1–24. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "Yitang (Tom) Zhang | Department of Mathematics – UC Santa Barbara". math.ucsb.edu. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ Yitang Zhang, Mathematician, MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Foundation, September 17, 2014
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