1, Su (1902 ~ 2003), born in Pingyang, Zhejiang Province, is a famous mathematician and educator in China and the founder of China School of Differential Geometry. Known as "the brilliant star of mathematics in the East", "the first geometer in the East" and "the king of mathematics".

2. 1924 was admitted to the Department of Mathematics, Imperial University of Tohoku, Japan with full marks in two subjects, and 193 1 obtained the Doctor of Science degree. Like most scientists of the older generation, he gave up the superior conditions abroad for patriotism, declined the relevant employment, and resolutely returned to the motherland with his wife and children despite the advice of his close friends and mentors, and achieved remarkable achievements.

3. In 1930s and 1940s, the internationally recognized China School of Differential Geometry, also known as "Zhejiang University School", was founded, which was well-known at home and abroad at that time. It stood in the field of international mathematics with the Chicago School in the United States and the Rome School in Italy at that time. 1948 was elected as an academician of academia sinica, and 1955 was elected as an academician of China academy of sciences.

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1, Su is not only an outstanding mathematician who enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, but also an educator with a lofty ethics. He has served as a professor of Zhejiang University, a professor of Fudan University, a president and an honorary president, and has trained generations of mathematical talents for the motherland, including 8 academicians.

2. On March 7th, 2003, 65438+ 16: 45, 13 seconds passed away in Shanghai at the age of1kloc-0/. Due to Mr. Su's outstanding contribution, in August 2003, shortly after his death, the International Federation of Industrial and Applied Mathematics established the "Su Prize".

3. This is the fifth prize awarded by the International Federation of Industrial and Applied Mathematics after Lagrange Prize, Klaz Prize, Pioneer Prize and Maxwell Prize, and it is also the first international mathematics prize named after scientists in China. In the same year, 165438+ 10, the Chinese society of industrial and applied mathematics established the "Soviet applied mathematics award".