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Gu Chaohao

1926 - 2012

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Gu Chaohao (Chinese: 谷超豪; pinyin: Gǔ Chāoháo; Wade–Giles: Ku Ch'aohao; May 15, 1926 – June 24, 2012) was a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) in 1948, and received a doctorate in physics and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He was primarily engaged in research on partial differential equations, differential geometry, solitons, and mathematical physics. He served as vice president of Fudan University and from 1988 to 1993 as president of the University of Science and Technology of China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gu Chaohao is the 806th most popular mathematician (down from 776th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from China and the 18th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gu Chaohao ranks 806 out of 1,004. Before him are Cesare Burali-Forti, John H. Coates, Stanisław Zaremba, Alberto Calderón, Sergey Nikolsky, and George Lusztig. After him are Morris Kline, Leonida Tonelli, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Pyotr Novikov, Eugenio Calabi, and Jacob Bronowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Gu Chaohao ranks 392. Before him are Zig Ziglar, Angus Scrimm, Helen Gallagher, David Malet Armstrong, Alfonso Sastre, and Mustafa Ertan. After him are Gottfried Diener, Miguel León-Portilla, Klaus Schütz, Wolfgang Seidel, Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Frank O'Hara. Among people deceased in 2012, Gu Chaohao ranks 334. Before him are Valeri Vasiliev, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Chikage Awashima, Barry Commoner, Sergey Nikolsky, and Sergio Livingstone. After him are Pierre Adam, Chad Everett, Břetislav Pojar, Nevin Çokay, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, and Homai Vyarawalla.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gu Chaohao ranks 927 out of 1,610. Before him are He Guoqiang (1943), Nina Li Chi (1961), John Hersey (1914), Zhang Zhilei (1983), Taylor Wang (1940), and Yang Zhongjian (1897). After him are Vivian Wu (1966), Hui Liangyu (1944), Li Shangfu (1958), Qiao Guanhua (1913), Sun Chunlan (1950), and Guanyu Zhou (1999).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Gu Chaohao ranks 18. Before him are Qin Jiushao (1201), Yang Hui (1238), Chen Jingrun (1933), Dai Zhen (1724), Wu Wenjun (1919), and Hua Luogeng (1910). After him are Yitang Zhang (1955), and Sun-Yung Alice Chang (1948).

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