Loring W. Tu
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]
- Introductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology (2020) ISBN 9780691191744 [9]
- Differential Geometry: Connections, Curvature, and Characteristic Classes (2017) ISBN 9783319550824 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55084-8
- An Introduction to Manifolds (2007) ISBN 9781441973993 doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7400-6
- Hodge Theory And The Local Torelli Problem (1983) ISBN 978-0-8218-2279-1
- Differential Forms In Algebraic Topology (1982, with Raoul Bott) ISBN 9780387906133 doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-3951-0
References
- ^ "580. Loring Wuliang Tu 杜武亮 / 2015/09 | History of Taiwanese American".
- ^ a b "Loring W. Tu - Tufts University".
- ^ "Speeches in Celebration of the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Tu Tsung-ming" (PDF).
- ^ "Charles Tu - UC San Diego".
- ^ "Open Mic - Loring W. Tu - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ a b Professional profile, Tufts University
- ^ "Loring W. Tu".
- ^ "Trove".
- ^ Tu, Loring W. (3 March 2020). Introductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology - Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691197487.
External links
- Loring W. Tu at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Official website
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