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Zhiwei Yun

b. 1982

Chinese mathematician

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About Zhiwei Yun

Born 1982. Zhiwei Yun is a Chinese mathematician, known for Algebraic geometry, Number theory and Representation theory.

Work His collaborations with Wei Zhang, Xinyi Yuan and Xinwen Zhu have received attention in publications such as Quanta Magazine and Business Insider. In particular, his work with Wei Zhang on the Taylor expansion of L-functions is "already being hailed as one of the most exciting breakthroughs in an important area of number theory in the last 30 years."

Yun also made substantial contributions towards the global Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture.

Awards Yun was awarded the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2012 for his "fundamental contributions to several areas that lie at the interface of representation theory, algebraic geometry and number theory."

In December 2017, he was awarded the 2018 New Horizons In Mathematics Prize together with Wei Zhang, Aaron Naber and Maryna Viazovska.

He was included in the 2019 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society "for contributions to geometry, number theory, and representation theory, including his construction of motives with exceptional Galois groups". In 2019 he received the Morningside Medal jointly with Xinwen Zhu.

Selected publications

(with Davesh Maulik)

(with Roman Bezrukavnikov) (with Ngô Bảo Châu and Jochen Heinloth)

(with Alexei Oblomkov) (with Wei Zhang)

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Important facts

Born
1982, Changzhou
Birth century
Occupation
Known for
Algebraic geometry, Number theory, Representation theory
Education
Peking University, Princeton University
Employers
Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Institute for Advanced Study
Awards
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics; Fellow of the American Mathematical Society; Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering; Morningside Medal; SASTRA Ramanujan Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Zhiwei Yun?

Chinese mathematician

When was Zhiwei Yun born?

Zhiwei Yun was born in 1982 in Changzhou.

What is Zhiwei Yun's occupation?

Zhiwei Yun is a mathematician.

What is Zhiwei Yun known for?

Zhiwei Yun is known for Algebraic geometry, Number theory and Representation theory.

What nationality is Zhiwei Yun?

Zhiwei Yun is Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Zhiwei Yun

· Wikidata: Q8462706

· DBpedia: Zhiwei Yun

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