Chinese-American mathematician Yitang Zhang has left the United States to join Sun Yat-sen University in southern China as a full-time professor.
The 70-year-old number theorist has been appointed to the university’s newly established Institute of Advanced Study Hong Kong and will live and work in the Greater Bay Area, the university announced at a ceremony on Friday afternoon.
While the university did not give further details about his appointment, it noted that Zhang had relocated to China…
Trailblazing mathematician Yitang Zhang leaves US for job at Chinese university
