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丘成桐（Shing-Tung Yau） Shing-Tung Yau Qiu Chengtong, English name Shing-Tung Yau, International Master of mathematics, the famous Chinese mathematician, originally from Guangdong Jiaoling, was born in Guangdong Shantou, Harvard University Professor, academician of American Academy of Sciences, Chinese foreign academician of the Academy of science of the Republic of China, the central research institute. Include the Fields prize, the Wolf prize, Crawford Award three top award; after his mentor Chen Shengshen, who won the second Wolf prize for mathematics chinese. He has proved that the Rabi conjecture, named after him, is a basic concept of string theory in physics and has made important contributions to the development of differential geometry and mathematical physics. Biography, editor, study stage Qiu Chengtong [1] Qiu Chengtong, Han, hakka. Son of Qiu Zhenying. [2-3] early death of his father, the family was poor, mother to overcome the difficulties for the school. In high school Hongkong Peizheng diligent study mathematics, excellent grades. In 1966 the Department of mathematics of Chinese University Hong Kong, 1969 before completing four year course, the importance for the University of California professor Chen Shengshen Berkeley of the United States, exceptional admission for postgraduate students. Under the guidance of Chen Shengshen, he received his doctorate in 1971. He taught at the New York State University and Stanford University in Stoney Brooke, as well as professor of life at the Institute for advanced studies in Princeton, and now teaches at the University of Santiago in California. [4]s father was in Hongkong incense for the college and Chinese University Hong Kong the predecessor of Chung Chi College teaching. Fathers godmother, Qiu Chengtongs childhood carefree, excellent results. But at the age of 14, his father died suddenly, and the family suddenly lost their financial resources. Although Qiu Chengtong had to study while he was still working, he