Zhou Peiyuan
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Zhou Peiyuan | |
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周培源 | |
 Zhou with his wife in 1932 | |
| Chairman of the Jiusan Society | |
| In office 1987–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Xu Deheng |
| Succeeded by | Wu Jieping |
| President of Peking University | |
| In office July 1978 – March 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Lu Ping |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Longxiang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 28, 1902 University of Leipzig Institute for Advanced Study |
Zhou Peiyuan (Chinese: 周培源; Wade–Giles: Chou P'ei-yüan; August 28, 1902 – November 24, 1993) was a Chinese theoretical physicist and politician. He served as president of Peking University, and was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[1]
Born in
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
. He was a professor of physics at Peking University, and later served as the president of the University. He was elected as a founding member of CAS in 1955.
Tsinghua University's Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics is named in his honor.[3] In 2003, a bronze statue of Zhou was unveiled on the campus of Peking University.
Zhou's most famous work is the transport equation of Reynolds stress.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Zhou Peiyuan Is Dead – Educator-Scientist, 91". NY Times. 25 November 1993.
- ^ P'ei Yuan Chou at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University Archived September 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- .