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Lai-Sang Young

1952 - Today

Lai-Sang Young

Lai-Sang Lily Young (Chinese: 楊麗笙, born 1952) is a Hong Kong-born American mathematician who holds the Henry & Lucy Moses Professorship of Science and is a professor of mathematics and neural science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. Her research interests include dynamical systems, ergodic theory, chaos theory, probability theory, statistical mechanics, and neuroscience. She is particularly known for introducing the method of Markov returns in 1998, which she used to prove exponential correlation delay in Sinai billiards and other hyperbolic dynamical systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lai-Sang Young is the 993rd most popular mathematician (up from 994th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 105th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lai-Sang Young ranks 993 out of 1,004. Before her are Euphemia Haynes, Manjul Bhargava, Hugo Duminil-Copin, Steven Strogatz, Joan Birman, and Raman Parimala. After her are Akshay Venkatesh, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, Daniel J. Bernstein, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Noam Elkies, and Pietro Boselli.

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Euphemia Haynes
1890 - 1980
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 987
Manjul Bhargava
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 988
Hugo Duminil-Copin
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 989
Steven Strogatz
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 990
Joan Birman
1927 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 991
Raman Parimala
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 992
Lai-Sang Young
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 993
Akshay Venkatesh
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 994
Svetlana Jitomirskaya
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 995
Daniel J. Bernstein
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 996
Jennifer Tour Chayes
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 997
Noam Elkies
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.64
Rank: 998
Pietro Boselli
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 999

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Lai-Sang Young ranks 777. Before her are Charlie Spedding, Raman Singh, Segun Odegbami, Deepti Naval, Dalip Tahil, and Medea Benjamin. After her are Armelia McQueen, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Peter Tatchell, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Prakash Jha, and Ronald M. Sega.

Others Born in 1952

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Charlie Spedding
ATHLETE
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 771
Raman Singh
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 772
Segun Odegbami
SOCCER PLAYER
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 773
Deepti Naval
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 774
Dalip Tahil
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 775
Medea Benjamin
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 776
Lai-Sang Young
MATHEMATICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 777
Armelia McQueen
ACTOR
1952 - 2020
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 778
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 779
Peter Tatchell
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 780
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 781
Prakash Jha
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 782
Ronald M. Sega
ASTRONAUT
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 783