Professor
Fang-Hua Lin
New York University
Mathematician; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Elected
2004
Silver Professor of Mathematics. Solved many problems originating in physics or geometry and leading to nonlinear partial differential equations. Made foundational contributions to mathematical theory for liquid crystals, for both the static and dynamic cases; and to the study of topological defects. Established the dynamical laws for the Ginzburg-Landau vortices in superconductivity and the topological singularities in super-fluids.
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