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Yau是一个大数学家
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那一剑的寂寞 发表文章数: 148 |
Yau是一个大数学家 Not many mathematicians build a new branch of math. Yau happened to be o ne. I should say in asia, only Kodaira stays in the same level as Yau. I admire S.S.Chern. However, he is not as original as Yau. In a sense, Ch ern is a bit lucky if you consider the help from Weil. Anyway, I don't w ant to compare Chern and Yau here. Yau is definitely one of the best mathematician alive now. I.M.Singer sh ould be kicked out from the list. If he hadn't met Atiyah, it could have been no way for him to work out index theorem. However, Atiyah could st ill find some other analysist to discover the index theorem. I would list: Atiyah, Witten, Serre, Yau, Deligne, Gromov, Wiles in one level (maybe some other guys I forgot). Donaldson is almost in this list . But he is a little bit low key and not working that hard. If Grothendi eck is alive, he will definitely be no.1. Yau is not that far from No.1. But he is almost there. 非常赞同文中的观点.
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萍踪浪迹 发表文章数: 1983 |
Re: Yau是一个大数学家 I should say in asia, only Kodaira stays in the same level as Yau. ================================================= 同意。在复流形方面两者都有很大贡献,Kodaira被称为“流形严父”,而Yau在Kahler流形等一系列课题中都做过划时代贡献,Calabi猜想的证明解决了一大类Kahler-Einstein度量的存在性 漫漫长夜不知晓 日落云寒苦终宵 痴心未悟拈花笑 梦魂飞度同心桥 ------------------------------------------------- 红叶晚萧萧,长亭酒一瓢 残云归太华,疏雨过中条 树色随山迥,河声入海遥 帝乡明日到,犹自梦渔樵
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星空与道德 发表文章数: 258 |
Re: Yau是一个大数学家 I would list: Atiyah, Witten, Serre, Yau, Deligne, Gromov, Wiles in one level (maybe some other guys I forgot). ---- 其实还有很多很多,这个list明显太狭隘。代数拓扑,表示论等等还有多少牛人?俄罗斯数学家也不只Gromov,还有法国。其实写这样的list意义不大,衡量一个level不能只靠感觉。Yau似乎并没有提出什么好的新问题,那个mirror symmetry的猜测也不及Kontsevich的有操作性和深刻性。当年Kontsevich(年仅30)提出Homological mirror symmetry的时候,弦论学家还没有发明D-brane。Kontsevich的实力可见一斑。 名声是一个很复杂的集合体,并不仅仅代表实力。 实力也是一个很难衡量的概念,包括了知识水平,聪明程度,研究方法,机遇和眼光等等。 痛苦的人没有悲观的权利! ——尼采
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萍踪浪迹 发表文章数: 1983 |
Re: Yau是一个大数学家 Yau主要是一个微分几何学家,他对代数几何的影响也很大,但是相对Grothdieck这样的人来说当然间接很多,所以从代数几何来说,似乎可以说他“新思想不多” 但是从微分几何和复几何方面来说,他的影响力是很大的 漫漫长夜不知晓 日落云寒苦终宵 痴心未悟拈花笑 梦魂飞度同心桥 ------------------------------------------------- 红叶晚萧萧,长亭酒一瓢 残云归太华,疏雨过中条 树色随山迥,河声入海遥 帝乡明日到,犹自梦渔樵
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