Hua Luogeng

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Hua Luogeng
Hua Luogeng in 1956
Born	(1910-11-12)12 November 1910 Jintan, Jiangsu, Qing China
Died	12 June 1985(1985-06-12) (aged 74) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Chinese
Known for	Hua's inequality Brauer–Cartan–Hua theorem Hua's lemma Hua's identity Hua's identity (Jordan algebra)
Office	Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Academic background
Education	six years of primary school and three years of secondary school
Academic work
Discipline	Mathematics
Doctoral students	Chen Jingrun Pan Chengdong Wang Yuan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	华罗庚
Traditional Chinese	華羅庚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huà Luógēng Gwoyeu Romatzyh Huah Luogeng Wade–Giles Hua4 Lo2-Keng1 IPA [xwâ lwǒkə́ŋ]

Hua Luogeng or Hua Loo-Keng (Chinese: 华罗庚; Wade–Giles: Hua Lo-keng; 12 November 1910 – 12 June 1985) was a Chinese mathematician and politician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China. He was largely responsible for identifying and nurturing the renowned mathematician Chen Jingrun who proved Chen's theorem, the best known result on the Goldbach conjecture. In addition, Hua's later work on mathematical optimization and operations research made an enormous impact on China's economy. He was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1982.^[1] He was elected a member of the standing Committee of the first to sixth National people's Congress, Vice-chairman of the sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (April 1985) and vice-chairman of the China Democratic League (1979). He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1979.

Hua did not receive a formal university education. Although awarded several honorary PhDs, he never got a formal degree from any university. In fact, his formal education only consisted of six years of primary school and three years of secondary school. For that reason, Xiong Qinglai, after reading one of Hua's early papers, was amazed by Hua's mathematical talent, and in 1931 Xiong invited him to study mathematics at Tsinghua University