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Fan Chung

1949 - Today

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Fan-Rong King Chung Graham (Chinese: 金芳蓉; pinyin: Jīn Fāngróng; born October 9, 1949), known professionally as Fan Chung, is a Taiwanese-born American mathematician who works mainly in the areas of spectral graph theory, extremal graph theory and random graphs, in particular in generalizing the Erdős–Rényi model for graphs with general degree distribution (including power-law graphs in the study of large information networks). Since 1998, Chung has been the Paul Erdős Professor in Combinatorics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974, under the direction of Herbert Wilf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fan Chung has received more than 191,026 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fan Chung is the 957th most popular mathematician (down from 874th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Taiwanese Mathematician.

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  • 39.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Fan Chung ranks 957 out of 1,004. Before her are Mary Ellen Rudin, Henry John Stephen Smith, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Peter Scholze, Marcus du Sautoy, and Frank Adams. After her are Peter Sarnak, Nigel Hitchin, Dusa McDuff, Simon Singh, Béla Bollobás, and Harald Helfgott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Fan Chung ranks 744. Before her are Anneli Saaristo, Warren Treadgold, Erwin Sellering, Alfredo Quesada, Evgenij Ermenkov, and Bill Hobbs. After her are Tapio Kantanen, James S. Voss, Jane Smiley, Antony Sher, Osamu Muramatsu, and Mick Mills.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Fan Chung ranks 66 out of 116. Before her are Sean Chen (1949), Kobe Tai (1972), Charlie Yeung (1974), Vic Chou (1981), Wu Bai (1968), and Ariel Lin (1982). After her are Eddie Peng (1982), Joe Chen (1979), Rainie Yang (1984), Rene Liu (1970), Mark Chao (1984), and Jiang Yi-huah (1960).

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    Sean Chen

    POLITICIAN

    1949 - Present

    HPI: 41.24

    Rank: 60

  • Photo of Kobe Tai

    Kobe Tai

    PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR

    1972 - Present

    HPI: 40.78

    Rank: 61

  • Photo of Charlie Yeung

    Charlie Yeung

    ACTOR

    1974 - Present

    HPI: 40.78

    Rank: 62

  • Photo of Vic Chou

    Vic Chou

    ACTOR

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 40.54

    Rank: 63

  • Photo of Wu Bai

    Wu Bai

    SINGER

    1968 - Present

    HPI: 40.49

    Rank: 64

  • Photo of Ariel Lin

    Ariel Lin

    ACTOR

    1982 - Present

    HPI: 40.21

    Rank: 65

  • Photo of Fan Chung

    Fan Chung

    MATHEMATICIAN

    1949 - Present

    HPI: 39.82

    Rank: 66

  • Photo of Eddie Peng

    Eddie Peng

    ACTOR

    1982 - Present

    HPI: 39.81

    Rank: 67

  • Photo of Joe Chen

    Joe Chen

    ACTOR

    1979 - Present

    HPI: 39.80

    Rank: 68

  • Photo of Rainie Yang

    Rainie Yang

    ACTOR

    1984 - Present

    HPI: 39.58

    Rank: 69

  • Photo of Rene Liu

    Rene Liu

    ACTOR

    1970 - Present

    HPI: 38.94

    Rank: 70

  • Photo of Mark Chao

    Mark Chao

    ACTOR

    1984 - Present

    HPI: 38.66

    Rank: 71

  • Photo of Jiang Yi-huah

    Jiang Yi-huah

    POLITICIAN

    1960 - Present

    HPI: 38.45

    Rank: 72

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Taiwan

Among mathematicians born in Taiwan, Fan Chung ranks 1. 

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