Chern Shiing-Shen

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Tsinghua_University
gptkb:University_of_Hamburg
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Leroy_P._Steele_Prize
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Oswald_Veblen_Prize_in_Geometry
gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:birthDate 1911-10-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Jiaxing,_Zhejiang,_China
gptkbp:children gptkb:Paul_Chern
gptkb:May_Chu
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-12-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tianjin,_China
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Wilhelm_Blaschke
gptkb:Herbert_Busemann
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:topology
differential geometry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chern Shiing-Shen
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chern_Medal
gptkb:S._S._Chern_Institute_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Chern–Simons_theory
gptkb:Chern_class
gptkb:Chern–Gauss–Bonnet_theorem
gptkb:Chern–Weil_theory
gptkb:Chern_connection
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Russian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Academia_Sinica
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Nankai_University,_Tianjin,_China
gptkbp:signature Shiing-Shen Chern signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Shih-Ning_Cheng
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:Nankai_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Journal_of_Differential_Geometry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5