Chen Jingrun
Chen Jingrun | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 22 May 1933 Fuzhou, Fujian, China | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 March 1996 (aged 62) Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiamen University | ||||||||||||||
| Known for | Chen's theorem, Chen prime | ||||||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||||||
| Fields | Mathematics | ||||||||||||||
Doctoral advisor | Hua Luogeng | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳景潤 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈景润 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Chen Jingrun (simplified Chinese: 陈景润; traditional Chinese: 陳景潤; pinyin: Chén Jǐngrùn; 22 May 1933 – 19 March 1996), also known as Jing-Run Chen, was a Chinese mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory, including Chen's theorem and the Chen prime.