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My Take
Gang Tian is a mathematician whose work sits at the dizzying frontier of geometry, and I find that kind of intellect humbling. A Nanjing-born scholar who studied at Peking University, he made his name in Kähler geometry, Gromov-Witten theory, and geometric analysis, fields most of us will never grasp. The hardware backs it up: the Veblen Prize in 1996, the Waterman Award in 1994, and a fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. What I appreciate is his dual footing, a professor at Peking University and emeritus at Princeton, bridging Chinese and American mathematics. That's quiet, generational influence.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gang Tian
- Name (Japanese)
- 田剛
- Reading
- でん・ごう
- Born
- November 24, 1958 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Origin
- Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- mathematician / university teacher
2. Background
- High school
- Nanjing Jinling High School
- University
- Peking University
Awards & achievements
- 1996 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry
- 1994 Alan T. Waterman Award
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://tian.bicmr.pku.edu.cn
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E5%89%9B
Frequently asked questions
When was Gang Tian born?
Born November 24, 1958 (age 67).
Where is Gang Tian from?
Gang Tian is from Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
What does Gang Tian do?
Gang Tian works as mathematician, university teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.