Chern's surname (traditional: 陳, simplified: 陈, pinyin: Chén) is a common Chinese surname which is now usually romanized as Chen. The unusual spelling "Chern" is from the Gwoyeu Romatzyh (GR) …

Chern served as vice president of the American Mathematical Society (1963–64) and was elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was …

Dec 3, 2004 · Shiing-shen Chern was a Chinese mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebraic topology.

Mar 10, 2026 · Name spelling Chern's surname (traditional: 陳, simplified: 陈, pinyin: Chén) is a common Chinese surname which is now usually romanized as Chen. The unusual spelling "Chern" is from the …

Shiing-Shen Chern (1911–2004) was a Chinese mathematician internationally recognized as the foremost differential geometer of his time. Chern was a Member in the School of Mathematics at the …

Chern was born on October 26, 1911 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, 16 days after the revolution that overthrew the Manchurian Dynasty and ushered in modern China. Typically for that era in China, …

Chern was also founding director of the Nankai Institute of Mathematics in Tianjin, China, established in 1985. His collected works are published by Springer-Verlag.

After his retirement from UC Berkeley, Chern was one of the three founders of MSRI, now SLMath, and acted as its first director (1981–84). He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1975 and the …

Shiing-Shen Chern, Lei Fu, and Richard Hain, editors. Contemporary trends in algebraic geometry and algebraic topology, volume 5 of Nankai Tracts in Mathematics.

Shiing-Shen Chern (/ tʃɜːrn /; Chinese: 陳省身; pinyin: Chén Xǐngshēn, Mandarin: [tʂʰən.ɕiŋ.ʂən]; October 26, 1911 – December 3, 2004) was a Chinese-American mathematician who made …