Shiing-Shen Chern's Centenary

作者：Simon Udo^*; Tjaden Ekkehard H; Wefelscheid Heinrich

来源：Results in Mathematics, 2011, 60(1-4): 13-51.

DOI：10.1007/s00025-011-0196-8

• SS Chern
• Hamburg University
• Wilhelm Blaschke
• Elie Cartan
• Erich Kahler
• TU Berlin
• Blaschke Medal
• Humboldt Award

Shiing-Shen Chern was an editor of our journal Results in Mathematics from 1984 to 2004, the year he passed away at Tianjin. This article honors one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, in particular remembering his studies at Hamburg University during the years 1934-1936. This period strongly influenced his mathematical work and was decisive for his later career. We survey the situation of the Department of Mathematics there, Chern's studies, his visits to Germany in later years, his honours and awards from German institutions, and finally exemplarily his influence on the next generations of Chinese mathematicians studying in Germany.

• 出版日期2011-10