Loring W. Tu Explained

Loring W. Tu (杜武亮,^[1] Wade–Giles: Tu Wu-liang) is a Taiwanese-American mathematician working in algebraic topology and geometry.^[2]

Life

He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He is the grandson of Taiwanese pharmacologist Tu Tsung-ming.^[3] He is a younger brother of Charles Tu, who is a professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) at the University of California, San Diego.^{[4] [5]}

He currently works at Tufts University.^[2]

Career

He attended McGill University and Princeton University as an undergraduate. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University. His doctoral advisor was Phillip A. Griffiths. His dissertation thesis was titled Hodge Theory and the Local Torelli Problem.^[6]

He is currently a professor of mathematics at Tufts University.

He has frequently collaborated with Raoul Bott.

Bibliography

Some of his books and papers are:^{[7] [8]}

• Introductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology (2020) ^[9]
• Differential Geometry: Connections, Curvature, and Characteristic Classes (2017)
• An Introduction to Manifolds (2007)
• Hodge Theory And The Local Torelli Problem (1983)
• Differential Forms In Algebraic Topology (1982, with Raoul Bott)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 580. Loring Wuliang Tu 杜武亮 / 2015/09 History of Taiwanese American.
2. Web site: Loring W. Tu - Tufts University.
3. Web site: Speeches in Celebration of the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Tu Tsung-ming.
4. Web site: Charles Tu - UC San Diego.
5. Web site: Open Mic - Loring W. Tu - YouTube. YouTube.
6. http://emerald.tufts.edu/~ltu/ Professional profile, Tufts University
7. Web site: Loring W. Tu .
8. Web site: Trove .
9. Book: Introductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology - Princeton University Press. 3 March 2020 . 9780691197487 . Tu . Loring W. .