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Lai-Sang Young

1952 - Today

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Lai-Sang Lily Young (Chinese: 楊麗笙, born 1952) is a Hong Kong-born American mathematician who holds the Henry & Lucy Moses Professorship of Science and is a professor of mathematics and neural science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. Her research interests include dynamical systems, ergodic theory, chaos theory, probability theory, statistical mechanics, and neuroscience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lai-Sang Young has received more than 54,589 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lai-Sang Young is the 994th most popular mathematician (down from 896th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 94th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lai-Sang Young ranks 994 out of 1,004. Before her are Hugo Duminil-Copin, Manjul Bhargava, Steven Strogatz, Robert J. Lang, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, and Akshay Venkatesh. After her are Daniel J. Bernstein, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Pietro Boselli, Ben Green, Noam Elkies, and Hannah Fry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Lai-Sang Young ranks 776. Before her are Urvashi Butalia, William F. Readdy, Armelia McQueen, Christine Prinsloo, Joe Johnson, and Medea Benjamin. After her are Marvin Barnes, Rohini Godbole, John Lynch, Pat Summitt, Ernie Fletcher, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Lai-Sang Young ranks 105 out of 115. Before her are Elim Chan (1986), Celina Jade (1985), Sally Phillips (1970), Jimmy O. Yang (1987), Lucas Wong (1999), and Neelam Kothari (1969). After her are Aarif Rahman (1987), Lee Wai Sze (1987), Siobhán Haughey (1997), Wong Kam-po (1973), Chan Siu Ki (1985), and Rory Stewart (1973).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hong Kong

Among mathematicians born in Hong Kong, Lai-Sang Young ranks 1. 

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