Gu Chaohao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gu.
Gu Chaohao
谷超豪
Gu in 1959
Born(1926-05-15)15 May 1926
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Republic of China
Died24 June 2012(2012-06-24) (aged 86)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Alma materZhejiang University
Moscow State University
SpouseHu Hesheng
AwardsHighest Science and Technology Award (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsChinese Academy of Sciences
University of Science and Technology of China

Gu Chaohao (Chinese: 谷超豪; pinyin: Gǔ Chāoháo; Wade–Giles: Ku Ch'aohao; May 15, 1926 – June 24, 2012) was a Chinese mathematician.[1] 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. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] He received the Highest Science and Technology Award in 2009.

Works[edit]

  • Gu Chaohao, Hu H, Zhou Xixiang:Darboux Transformations in Integrable Systems 2005 Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-3087-1
  • Gu Chaohao Ed:Soliton Theory and Its Applications, Springer ISBN 9780387571126
  • Differential Geometry and Differential Equations:Proceedings of a Symposium, Shanghai, 1985, Editors: M. Berger, Gu Chaohao, R.L. Bryant, Springer ISBN 9780387178493
  • Gu Chaohao, Li Ta-Tsien, Hu Hesheng:Differential Geometry and Related Topics, World Scientific Pub Co, Singapore ISBN 9789812381880
  • Gu Chaohao, Li Yishen Ed, Nonlinear Physics: Proceedings of the International Conference, Shanghai, Peoples Rep of China, April 24–30, 1989 Springer, ISBN 0387523898

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mathematician Gu Chaohao dies at 87". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  2. ^ "Division of Mathematics and Physics---Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.ad.cas.cn. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
Educational offices
New title Dean of Graduate School of Fudan University
1984–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of University of Science and Technology of China
1988–1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dean of Graduate School of University of Science and Technology of China
1988–1992
New title President of Wenzhou University
1999–2006 		Succeeded by


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