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Loring W. Tu (杜武亮,[1] Wade–Giles: Tu Wu-liang) is a Taiwanese-American mathematician working in algebraic topology and geometry.[2]

Life

He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He is the grandson of Taiwanese pharmacologist Tu Tsung-ming.[3] He is a younger brother of Charles Tu, who is a professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) at the University of California, San Diego.[4][5]

He currently works at Tufts University.[2]

Career

He attended McGill University and Princeton University as an undergraduate. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University. His doctoral advisor was Phillip A. Griffiths. His dissertation thesis was titled Hodge Theory and the Local Torelli Problem.[6]

He is currently a professor of mathematics at Tufts University.[6]

He has frequently collaborated with Raoul Bott.

Bibliography

Some of his books and papers are:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "580. Loring Wuliang Tu 杜武亮 / 2015/09 | History of Taiwanese American".
  2. ^ a b "Loring W. Tu - Tufts University".
  3. ^ "Speeches in Celebration of the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Tu Tsung-ming" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Charles Tu - UC San Diego".
  5. ^ "Open Mic - Loring W. Tu - YouTube". YouTube.
  6. ^ a b Professional profile, Tufts University
  7. ^ "Loring W. Tu".
  8. ^ "Trove".
  9. ^ Tu, Loring W. (3 March 2020). Introductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology - Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691197487.

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