Hong Wang (mathematician)
Hong Wang | |
|---|---|
| 王虹 | |
_-_Q103368586_(cropped).jpg) Wang in 2024 | |
| Born | 1991 (age 33–34) Guilin, Guangxi, China |
| Education | |
| Known for | Solving the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions |
| Awards | Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral advisor | Larry Guth |
| Website | sites |
Hong Wang (Chinese: 王虹; born 1991) is a Chinese mathematician who works in Fourier analysis and geometric measure theory. She received the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize in 2022.
Early life and education
[edit]Wang was born in Guilin, Guangxi, China, in 1991. Her parents are both teachers at a secondary school in Pingle County. She skipped two grades during primary school. In 2004, she attended Guilin High School. In 2007, 16-year-old Wang gained early admission to Peking University's School of Earth and Space Sciences with a score of 653 in the Gaokao. After a year, she transferred to the School of Mathematical Sciences.[1] She received an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Peking University in 2011. In 2014, she graduated with dual degrees: an engineering degree (diplôme d'ingénieur) at École polytechnique and a master's degree from Paris-Sud University.[2][3] In 2019, she received a PhD in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Larry Guth.[2]
Career
[edit]Wang was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 2019 to 2021.[2][4] She then joined University of California, Los Angeles as an assistant professor of mathematics.[5] She is currently an associate professor at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.[6]
Awards and honors
[edit]Wang was a 2022 recipient of the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize, given "for advances on the restriction conjecture, the local smoothing conjecture, and related problems".[2][5][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "华人女数学家提前锁定菲尔兹奖？王虹127页破解几何世纪难题，陶哲轩盛赞" [Wang Hong solved a century-old geometry problem in her 127-page work, praised by Terence Tao]. The Paper. 28 February 2025. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d "MIT mathematicians awarded 2022 New Frontiers Prize". MIT News. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
- ^ "跟随自己的兴趣和感觉 专访王虹校友" [Follow your own interests and feelings. Interview with alumnus Wang Hong]. sohu.com. 1 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Hong Wang". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Mathematician Hong Wang wins New Frontiers Prize". University of California, Los Angeles. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Century-Old Math Enigma Finally Solved: How Chinese Student Cracked An 'Impossible' Geometry Mystery". Dainik Jagran. 4 March 2025. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Laureates". Breakthrough Prize. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
