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In Memory

Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectureship

Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturers

Academic Year Speaker Affiliation
2012 - 2013 William Chen Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Macquarie University, Australia
2009 - 2010 Chi-Kwong Li Ferguson Professor of Mathematics, College of William & Mary
2007 - 2008 T.Y. Lam University of California at Berkeley
2007 - 2008 P.G. Bouwknegt Australian National University
2004 - 2005 Man Kam Kwong Lucent Technologies and DePaul University
2003 - 2004 Ming-Ying Leung University of Texas at EI Paso, USA
1997 - 1998 A. Selberg Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
1991 - 1992 D.R. Heath-Brown Magdalen College, Oxford University
1989 - 1989 Tze-Leung Lai Statistics Department, Stanford University & C.V. Starr Visiting Professor at HKU
1987 - 1988 Yum-Tong Siu William Elwood Byerly Professor, Harvard University & Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKU

Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectureship Lectures

Public Lectures

Date Title Speaker
18/10/2012 Public Lecture Series - There is no integer between 0 and 1 (pdf) Professor William Chen
(Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU & Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Macquarie University)
14/01/2010 Public Lecture Series - A Gentle Introduction to Quantum Information Science Professor Chi-Kwong Li
(Ferguson Professor of Mathematics, College of William & Mary and Y.C. Wong Lecturer, HKU)
28/04/2008 Y.C. Wong Public Lecture - Reflections on Mathematics and Mathematicians
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Professor T.Y. Lam
(University of California at Berkeley & Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU)
07/03/2008 Y.C. Wong Public Lecture: The Mathematics of String Theory Professor P.G. Bouwknegt
(Australian National University)
11/06/2004 Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectureship Public Lecture - Finding Mathematics in Genes and Diseases

Professor Ming-Ying Leung
(University of Texas at EI Paso, USA)
14/05/1998 Professor A. Selberg
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA)
24/09/1991 The Equation x3 + y3 + z3 = 3 Dr. D.R. Heath-Brown
(Magdalen College, Oxford University)


Lectures/Seminars

Date Title Speaker
04/10/2012,
08/10/2012,
11/10/2012,
15/10/2012,
18/10/2012,
22/10/2012,
25/10/2012,
29/10/2012
Y.C. Wong Lectures - Lectures on Discrepancy Theory Professor William Chen
(Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Macquarie University, Australia)
08/07/2010 Colloquium - Preserver problems Professor Chi-Kwong Li
(Ferguson Professor of Mathematics, College of William & Mary and Y.C. Wong Lecturer, HKU)
30/04/2008 Y.C. Wong Lectures - Lecture 5: Treasures in Mathematics: Wondrous Proofs
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Professor T.Y. Lam
(University of California at Berkeley & Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU)
25/04/2008 Y.C. Wong Lectures - Lecture 4: Treasures in Mathematics: Wondrous Proofs
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Professor T.Y. Lam
(University of California at Berkeley & Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU)
21/04/2008 Y.C. Wong Lectures - Lecture 3: Treasures in Mathematics: Wondrous Proofs
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Professor T.Y. Lam
(University of California at Berkeley & Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU)
18/04/2008 Y.C. Wong Lectures - Lecture 2: Treasures in Mathematics: Wondrous Proofs
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Professor T.Y. Lam
(University of California at Berkeley & Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU)
16/04/2008 Y.C. Wong Lectures - Lecture 1: Treasures in Mathematics: Wondrous Proofs
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Professor T.Y. Lam
(University of California at Berkeley & Y.C. Wong Visiting Lecturer, HKU)
12/03/2008 Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectures: Generalized Geometry and Applications (Lecture 5) Professor P.G. Bouwknegt
(Australian National University)
07/03/2008 Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectures: Generalized Geometry and Applications (Lecture 4) Professor P.G. Bouwknegt
(Australian National University)
06/03/2008 Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectures: Generalized Geometry and Applications (Lecture 3) Professor P.G. Bouwknegt
(Australian National University)
29/02/2008 Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectures: Generalized Geometry and Applications (Lecture 2) Professor P.G. Bouwknegt
(Australian National University)
28/02/2008 Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectures: Generalized Geometry and Applications (Lecture 1) Professor P.G. Bouwknegt
(Australian National University)
05/01/2005 Colloquium Lecture, Y.C. Wong Visiting Lectureship - The use of computer software in the study of differential equations Professor Man Kam Kwong
(Lucent Technologies and DePaul University)
19/09/1991 Consecutive Almost-Primes Dr. D.R. Heath-Brown
(Magdalen College, Oxford University)
17/09/1991 Primes in Arithmetic Progression Dr. D.R. Heath-Brown
(Magdalen College, Oxford University)
06/09/1991 Some problems about ± 1 Dr. D.R. Heath-Brown
(Magdalen College, Oxford University)
15/12/1989 Fractals, self-similarity and some limit theorems Professor Tze-Leung Lai
(Statistics Department, Stanford University & C.V. Starr Visiting Professor at HKU)
13/12/1989 Strong and weak convergence theorems for stochastic dynamical systems Professor Tze-Leung Lai
(Statistics Department, Stanford University & C.V. Starr Visiting Professor at HKU)
08/12/1989 Free boundary problems, optimal stopping and dynamic allocation Professor Tze-Leung Lai
(Statistics Department, Stanford University & C.V. Starr Visiting Professor at HKU)
07/12/1989 On martingale theory and its applications to stochastic control Professor Tze-Leung Lai
(Statistics Department, Stanford University & C.V. Starr Visiting Professor at HKU)
01/07/1988 Value distribution theory and diophantine approximation Professor Yum-Tong Siu
(William Elwood Byerly Professor, Harvard University & Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKU)
24/06/1988 Rigidity Professor Yum-Tong Siu
(William Elwood Byerly Professor, Harvard University & Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKU)
17/06/1988 Function theory on complex manifolds Professor Yum-Tong Siu
(William Elwood Byerly Professor, Harvard University & Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKU)