renowned mathematician and japan academy member kenji fukaya joins tsinghua university
2024-09-14
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according to the qiu chengtong mathematical sciences center of tsinghua university, on september 11, kenji fukaya, a famous mathematician and academician of the japan academy, started his first class after joining tsinghua in the shuangqing complex building of tsinghua university.
fukaya kenji
kenji fukaya received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from the university of tokyo in 1981 and his doctorate in 1986. he studied under the famous japanese mathematician akio hattori. from 1983 to 1990, he served as a research assistant and then an associate professor at the university of tokyo. in 1994, he became a professor of mathematics at kyoto university. in 2013, he went to the united states to become a permanent member of the simons center. kenji fukaya has made many important contributions in the field of mathematics, especially in symplectic geometry and riemannian geometry, including the discovery of the fukaya category, the proof of a version of the arnold conjecture, and the construction of a general gromov-witten invariant.
the japan academy is the highest academic institution in japan, and membership is a lifetime honor. kenji fukaya has also won many important awards in the field of mathematics, including the geometry prize of the mathematical society of japan in 1989, the inoue prize for science in 2002, the japan academy prize in 2003, the asahi prize in 2009, and the fujiwara prize in 2012.
according to the news released by the tsinghua university qiu chengtong mathematical sciences center, professor qiu chengtong once mentioned that hironaka heisuke, mori shigefumi, fukaya kenji, and kashiwahara masaki are famous mathematicians in contemporary japan. professor fukaya mainly studied riemannian geometry in his early years, and turned to symplectic geometry in the 1990s. he made outstanding contributions in both fields, especially his work on symplectic geometry, which provided powerful tools for low-dimensional topology and mirror symmetry. his work is not only highly original, but also opened up and led the frontier field of geometry.
the news also said that professor fukaya has always been committed to cultivating fertile soil for talent cultivation, and is particularly happy to contribute to the growth of mathematical talents in china, a land full of hope. he once said that the chinese students in front of him, with their thirst for knowledge and persistence, seemed to bring him back to his youth.
with the changing times, more and more chinese mathematicians who studied abroad choose to return to their motherland and give back what they have learned to the land that nurtured them. professor fukaya has high hopes for this. he believes that now is the time to cultivate talents. he looks forward to a more vigorous group of chinese mathematicians rising in china, not only shining in china, but also showing the unique charm and profound heritage of chinese mathematics on the international stage, and jointly promoting the progress of global mathematical science.
the paper reporter zhong yuhao
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