Catherine Yan

Chinese-American mathematician
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Catherine Yan

Summary

Catherine Yan is a human[1]. She worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Catherine Yan's professions included mathematician[2].
  • Catherine Yan worked as a university teacher[3].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was mathematics[5].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was probabilistic method[6].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was algebraic structure[7].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was abstract algebra[8].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was combinatorics[9].
  • Catherine Yan was employed by New York University[10].
  • Among Catherine Yan's employers was Texas A&M University[11].
  • Catherine Yan was employed by Nankai University[12].
  • Catherine Yan was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13].
  • Catherine Yan was educated at Peking University[14].
  • Catherine Yan's doctoral advisor was Gian-Carlo Rota[15].
  • Catherine Yan received the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[16].
  • Catherine Yan was a member of American Mathematical Society[17].
  • Catherine Yan is recorded as female[18].
  • Catherine Yan's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Dimitrije Nenad Kostic as a doctoral student[20].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Jeffrey Pattillo as a doctoral student[21].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Svetlana Poznanović as a doctoral student[22].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Mitch Phillipson as a doctoral student[23].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Harold Westin King as a doctoral student[24].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Ayomikun Chukwuemeka Adeniran as a doctoral student[25].
  • Catherine Yan's ISNI is recorded as 0000000040371130[26].
  • Catherine Yan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 21618306[27].

Body

Education

Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31] and Peking University[14], a public university[32], in People's Republic of China[33], founded in 1898[34]. Catherine Yan's doctoral advisor was Gian-Carlo Rota[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mathematician[2] and university teacher[3]. Fields of work include mathematics[5], an academic discipline[35]; probabilistic method[6]; algebraic structure[7], a mathematical concept[36]; abstract algebra[8], a branch of mathematics[37]; and combinatorics[9], a branch of mathematics[38]. Employers include New York University[10], a private university[39], in United States[40], founded in 1831[41], headquartered in New York City[42]; Texas A&M University[11], a public research university[43], in United States[44], founded in 1876[45], headquartered in College Station[46]; and Nankai University[12], a public research university[47], in People's Republic of China[48], founded in 1919[49]. Doctoral students include Dimitrije Nenad Kostic[20], Jeffrey Pattillo[21], Svetlana Poznanović[22], Mitch Phillipson[23], Harold Westin King[24], and Ayomikun Chukwuemeka Adeniran[25].

Recognition

Catherine Yan received the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[16].

Why It Matters

Catherine Yan ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[4]

FAQs

What did Catherine Yan do for work?

Catherine Yan worked as mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Catherine Yan go to school?

Catherine Yan was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13] and Peking University[14].

What awards did Catherine Yan receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [17] . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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