Chen Jingrun
E516419
Chen Jingrun was a Chinese mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly his significant contributions toward proving the Goldbach conjecture.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Science Congress Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State Natural Science Award (First Class) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1933-05-22 ⓘ |
| citizenship | People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Goldbach conjecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1996-03-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Xiamen University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century mathematics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
ⓘ
number theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | research in analytic number theory in China ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hua Luogeng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | popular novel and film “The Goldbach Conjecture” in China ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chen’s theorem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
results on almost-primes ⓘ work on the Goldbach conjecture ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of the most important Chinese number theorists of the 20th century ⓘ |
| memberOf | Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Chen Jingrun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 陈景润 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | reduced the bound in the Goldbach problem to 2 ⓘ |
| notableWork | proof that every sufficiently large even number is the sum of a prime and a number with at most two prime factors ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
ⓘ
researcher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fujian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fuzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proved | Chen’s theorem on Goldbach’s conjecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfKeyResult |
1966
ⓘ
1973 ⓘ |
| researchArea |
additive number theory
ⓘ
sieve methods ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
analytic methods in number theory
ⓘ
sieve theory ⓘ |
| workLocation | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.