Andy Loo

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Andy Loo
Born  British Hong Kong
Nationality  Hong Kong
Fields Mathematics and Physics
Alma mater
Notable awards

Andy Loo (traditional Chinese: 盧安迪; simplified Chinese: 卢安迪; born 1994) is a Hong Kong student who is a successful participant of the International Science Olympiads.

Education

Loo studied at Raimondi College Primary Section from Primary 1 to Primary 3, St. Paul's Co-educational (Macdonnell Road) Primary School from Primary 4 to Primary 6 and St. Paul's Co-educational College from Form 1 to Form 6.[4] He now studies at Princeton University.[5]

Achievements

Loo won a gold medal at the Elementary Mathematics International Contest in 2006, and represented Hong Kong at the International Physics Olympiad twice, winning a silver medal[2][6] in 2010 as the first 16-year-old Hong Kong team member,[6] and a gold medal[1] in 2011. He also won a silver medal at the 2012 International Mathematical Olympiad.[3]

He is also a recipient of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship for Overseas Studies 2012/13.[5]

Research

In 2011, as a high school student at St. Paul's Co-educational College, 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.[7] See Bertrand's Postulate for details.

Family

Notably, Andy Loo's father is Kinson Loo (traditional Chinese: 盧健生; simplified Chinese: 卢健生),[4] who was named one of the ten most influential persons in the mobile phone industry in China in 2008 and 2009.[8] Andy Loo's mother specializes in French literature[4] and has worked as a literary editor and a simultaneous interpreter before becoming a housewife.

At a public event in March 2012, he did not respond explicitly to the press on questions concerning his relationships.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gold medals". 42nd International Physics Olympiad. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Silver medals". 41st International Physics Olympiad. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=21314
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2537446/1.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201203/11/P201203090341.htm
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://hkage.org.hk/en/events/student/2011/competitions/hkpo/HK_triumphs_in_International_Physics_Olympiad_2010.pdf
  7. ↑ Loo, Andy (2011). "On the Primes in the Interval [3n, 4n]". International Journal of Contemporary Mathematical Sciences 6 (38): 1871–1882. 
  8. ↑ http://baike.baidu.com/view/2763714.htm
  9. ↑ http://epaper.singtao.com/login.asp?redi_page=news_content.asp?newsid=A16054.txt%26newscat=A%26newsdate=2012-03-12
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