Yang Le

Yang Le
Native name 杨乐
Born (1939-11-10) November 10, 1939
Nantong, Jiangsu
Residence Beijing
Nationality Chinese
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education Nantong Middle School of Jiangsu Province
Alma mater Peking University
Doctoral advisor Xiong Qinglai
Spouse Huang Qieyuan[1]

Yang Le (simplified Chinese: 杨乐; traditional Chinese: 楊樂; pinyin: Yáng Lè; born 10 November 1939) is a Chinese mathematician. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2]

Biography

Yang was born and raised in Nantong, Jiangsu. His father, Yang Jingyuan (Chinese: 杨敬渊), was a businessman and assistant manager of Nantong Tongming Electric Company.[3] His mother was Zhou Jingjuan (周静娟). He primarily studied at the First Affiliated Primary School of Nantong Normal College and secondary studied at Nantong Middle School of Jiangsu Province. He was accepted to Peking University in 1956 and graduated in 1962. After college, he studied mathematics under Xiong Qinglai.[3] at Chinese Academy of Sciences, and started working there as a research scientist after the graduate program. He was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Personal life

Yang married Huang Qieyuan (Chinese: 黄且圆), who is Huang Wanli's daughter.

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