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].

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[4].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was probabilistic method[5].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was algebraic structure[6].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was abstract algebra[7].
  • Catherine Yan's field of work was combinatorics[8].
  • Catherine Yan was employed by Texas A&M University[9].
  • Catherine Yan's education included a stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[10].
  • Catherine Yan was educated at Peking University[11].
  • Catherine Yan's doctoral advisor was Gian-Carlo Rota[12].
  • Catherine Yan received the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[13].
  • Catherine Yan was a member of American Mathematical Society[14].
  • Catherine Yan is recorded as female[15].
  • Catherine Yan's instance of is recorded as human[16].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Dimitrije Nenad Kostic as a doctoral student[17].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Jeffrey Pattillo as a doctoral student[18].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Svetlana Poznanović as a doctoral student[19].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Mitch Phillipson as a doctoral student[20].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Harold Westin King as a doctoral student[21].
  • Catherine Yan supervised Ayomikun Chukwuemeka Adeniran as a doctoral student[22].
  • Catherine Yan's family name is recorded as Yan[23].
  • Catherine Yan's given name is recorded as Catherine[24].
  • Catherine Yan's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[25].
  • Catherine Yan's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[26].

Body

Education

Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[10], a university[27], in United States[28], founded in 1861[29], headquartered in Cambridge[30] and Peking University[11], a public university[31], in People's Republic of China[32], founded in 1898[33]. Catherine Yan's doctoral advisor was Gian-Carlo Rota[12].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mathematician[2] and university teacher[3]. Fields of work include mathematics[4], an academic discipline[34]; probabilistic method[5]; algebraic structure[6], a mathematical concept[35]; abstract algebra[7], a branch of mathematics[36]; and combinatorics[8], a branch of mathematics[37]. Among Catherine Yan's employers was Texas A&M University[9]. Doctoral students include Dimitrije Nenad Kostic[17], Jeffrey Pattillo[18], Svetlana Poznanović[19], Mitch Phillipson[20], Harold Westin King[21], and Ayomikun Chukwuemeka Adeniran[22].

Recognition

Catherine Yan received the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[13].

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[10] and Peking University[11].

What awards did Catherine Yan receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [14] . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

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