S. S. Chern

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/S._S._Chern
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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:citizenship gptkb:China
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-12-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tianjin,_China
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Dan_Sun
gptkb:Élie_Cartan
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:Nankai_University
gptkb:Tsinghua_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Peking_University
gptkb:Shanghai_Jiao_Tong_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
differential geometry
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Mathematical_Sciences_Research_Institute
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Shiing-Shen_Chern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label S. S. Chern
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Isadore_Singer
gptkb:Bennett_Chow
gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkb:James_Simons
gptkb:Blaine_Lawson
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_Weyl
gptkb:Élie_Cartan
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Academia_Sinica
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Chern–Simons_theory
gptkb:Chern_classes
gptkb:Chern–Gauss–Bonnet_theorem
gptkb:Chern–Weil_theory
gptkb:Chern_connection
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Nankai_University,_Tianjin,_China
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Shih-Ning_Cheng
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tata_Institute_of_Fundamental_Research
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5