Xia Zhihong: The Limits of Cognition and the Impossible Challenge
Future Lecture Series     2016.05.17
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Zhihong Jeff XIA

Arthur and Gladys Pancoe Chair in Mathematics, Northwestern


Educational Background:

B.S. Nanjing University, China Astronomy, 1982

Ph.D Northwestern University, Mathematics, 1988


Employment History:

Professor, Director,mathematics,South University of science and technology,2015

Distinguished professor,mathematics,Peking University,1999

2000-pres. Arthur & Gladys Pancoe Professor Northwestern University

Endowed Chair Professor

1994-pres. Professor Northwestern University

1990-1994 Associate Professor Georgia Tech

1988-1990 BP Lecturer & Asst. Professor Harvard University


Current Fields of Research Interest: 

Dynamical Systems, Hamiltonian Systems, Celestial Mechanics.


Honors, Awards:

Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation, 1989

Best Paper Award, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1993

The First Blumenthal Award for Advancement of Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, 1993

National Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1993-1998

Institute Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994

The Fifth Monroe Martin Prize for Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, 1996

Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998

Arthur and Gladys Pancoe Chair in Mathematics, Northwestern, 2000

Yangtse River Scholar, Peking University, 1999

National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 1999

The Thousand Talents Plan, Peking University, 2011



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Summary
So what is the use of mathematics? From the ancient Greek Platonic Academy door wrote “One has no understanding of geometric is not allowed to enter.”From Newton gravitation, Poincare guess and mathematics,exploration of the simple and profound model of human cognition had led the philosophy of science as well as the development of social philosophy are of great significance to modern science. Nowadays, the application of mathematics permeates all levels of economic and social development, provi