Zeng Jiongzhi belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Zeng Jiongzhi as Chinese mathematician (1898-1940).
Zeng Jiongzhi was born at Xinjian District in 1898. His recorded nationality is Chinese Empire. He studied at University of Göttingen.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
His academic posts were held at Zhejiang University.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
That the work was done from Chinese Empire matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Zeng Jiongzhi died in 1940, aged 42. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Zhejiang University
