Andy Loo

Andy Loo
Born  British Hong Kong
Nationality  Hong Kong
Fields Mathematics and Physics
Alma mater St. Paul's Co-educational College
Notable awards

Andy Loo (traditional Chinese: 盧安迪; simplified Chinese: 卢安迪; born 1994) is a Hong Kong mathematician working primarily in number theory. He is also a successful participant of the International Physics Olympiad.

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Research

In 2011, as a high school student at St. Paul's Co-educational College, Hong Kong, Loo used elementary techniques to prove that there exists a prime number between 3n and 4n for all positive integers n, and that, furthermore, the number of primes between 3n and 4n goes to infinity as n tends to infinity, thereby generalizing previous results of Erdős and Ramanujan.[3] See Bertrand's Postulate for details.

Physics Olympiad

Loo participated in the International Physics Olympiad twice, winning a silver medal[2][4][5] and a gold medal[1][6][7][8] in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

References

  1. ^ a b "Gold medals". 42nd International Physics Olympiad. http://www.ipho2011.org/contents/gold_medals. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Silver medals". 41st International Physics Olympiad. http://ipho2010.hfd.hr/tekst.php?id=35. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Loo, Andy (2011). "On the Primes in the Interval [3n, 4n]". International Journal of Contemporary Mathematical Sciences 6 (38): 1871–1882. http://www.m-hikari.com/ijcms-2011/37-40-2011/looIJCMS37-40-2011.pdf. 
  4. ^ http://hkage.org.hk/en/events/student/2011/competitions/hkpo/HK_triumphs_in_International_Physics_Olympiad_2010.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.ust.hk/eng/news/press_20100726-789.html
  6. ^ http://archive.news.gov.hk/en/categories/school_work/html/2011/07/20110718_160920.shtml
  7. ^ http://hkage.org.hk/en/events/student/2011/snapshot/snapshot_IPhO2011.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.ust.hk/eng/news/press_20110718-892.html

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