Jianqing Fan belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Jianqing Fan as Chinese-Amerian statistician, financial econometrician.
Jianqing Fan was born at Putian in 1962. His recorded nationality is People's Republic of China. He studied at Fudan University and University of California, Berkeley.
Modern mathematics is collaborative and increasingly computational; proofs can now run to thousands of pages or depend on machine verification.
His academic posts were held at Princeton University, University of California, Los Angeles and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The recorded fields of work are statistics.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Guy Medal in Silver (2014).
That the work was done from People's Republic of China matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Jianqing Fan is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Guy Medal in Silver — 2014
- Held posts at Princeton University, University of California, Los Angeles and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Fields: statistics
