Awards & Winners

Shing-Tung Yau

Date of Birth 04-April-1949
Place of Birth Shantou
(China, Guangdong Province)
Nationality United States of America, British Hong Kong
Also know as 丘成桐
Profession Mathematician, Scientist, Professor
Shing-Tung Yau is a Chinese-born American mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. Yau's work is mainly in differential geometry, especially in geometric analysis. His contributions have had an influence on both physics and mathematics and he has been active at the interface between geometry and theoretical physics. His proof of the positive energy theorem in general relativity demonstrated—sixty years after its discovery—that Einstein's theory is consistent and stable. His proof of the Calabi conjecture allowed physicists—using Calabi–Yau compactification—to show that string theory is a viable candidate for a unified theory of nature. Calabi–Yau manifolds are among the standard toolkit for string theorists today.

Awards by Shing-Tung Yau

Check all the awards nominated and won by Shing-Tung Yau.

2010


Wolf Prize in Mathematics
(For his work in geometric analysis that has had a profound and dramatic impact on many areas of geometry and physics.)

1997


National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science
(For his fundamental contributions in mathematics and physics. Through his work, the understanding of basic geometric differential equations has been changed and he has expanded their role enormously within mathematics.)

1982


Fields Medal
(For his contributions to partial differential equations, to the Calabi conjecture in algebraic geometry, to the positive mass conjecture of general relativity theory, and to real and complex Monge\u2013Ampère equations.)