Shing-Tung Yau
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Shing-Tung Yau is a Chinese-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential geometry and geometric analysis, including the proof of the Calabi conjecture and the development of Calabi–Yau manifolds.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shing-Tung Yau canonical | 11 |
| Yau Shing-Tung | 2 |
| Shing-Tung | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3945860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shing-Tung Yau Context triple: [Veblen Prize in Geometry, notableRecipient, Shing-Tung Yau]
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Shiing-Shen Chern
Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to differential geometry and the development of Chern classes in topology.
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B.
Isadore Singer
Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
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C.
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck is an American mathematician renowned for her pioneering work in geometric analysis and gauge theory, and for being one of the most influential women in modern mathematics.
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D.
Richard Schoen
Richard Schoen is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in differential geometry and geometric analysis.
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E.
David Atiyah
David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shing-Tung Yau Target entity description: Shing-Tung Yau is a Chinese-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential geometry and geometric analysis, including the proof of the Calabi conjecture and the development of Calabi–Yau manifolds.
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A.
Shiing-Shen Chern
Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to differential geometry and the development of Chern classes in topology.
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B.
Isadore Singer
Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
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C.
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck is an American mathematician renowned for her pioneering work in geometric analysis and gauge theory, and for being one of the most influential women in modern mathematics.
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D.
Richard Schoen
Richard Schoen is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in differential geometry and geometric analysis.
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E.
David Atiyah
David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese-American mathematician
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geometer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD
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bachelor's degree ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Crafoord Prize
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surface form:
Crafoord Prize in Mathematics
Fields Medal ⓘ Lobachevsky Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Lobachevsky Medal
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Veblen Prize in Geometry ⓘ Wolf Prize in Mathematics ⓘ |
| birthName |
Shing-Tung Yau
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Yau Shing-Tung
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
China
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-04-04 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Shiing-Shen Chern ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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surface form:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Harvard University ⓘ Tsinghua University ⓘ |
| familyName | Yau ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
differential geometry
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geometric analysis ⓘ mathematics ⓘ partial differential equations ⓘ |
| givenName |
Shing-Tung Yau
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shing-Tung
|
| hasResearchInterest |
Kähler geometry
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Ricci curvature ⓘ complex differential geometry ⓘ general relativity ⓘ minimal surfaces ⓘ |
| influenced | development of string theory via Calabi–Yau manifolds ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Calabi–Yau manifold
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surface form:
Calabi–Yau manifolds
Christoffel–Minkowski problem ⓘ
surface form:
Minkowski problem
Monge–Ampère equation ⓘ
surface form:
Monge–Ampère equations
positive mass theorem ⓘ
surface form:
positive mass theorem in general relativity
proof of the Calabi conjecture ⓘ work in differential geometry ⓘ work in geometric analysis ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Shing-Tung Yau self-link ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Gang Tian
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Yum-Tong Siu ⓘ Zhongmin Shen ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
China
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Guangdong Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guangdong
Shantou ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair professor
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director of mathematical institutes ⓘ professor of mathematics ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shiing-Shen Chern
this entity surface form:
Yau Shing-Tung
this entity surface form:
Yau Shing-Tung
this entity surface form:
Shing-Tung