The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute, formerly the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, is an independent nonprofit mathematical research institution located on the University of Cal
The MSRI entrance, May 2011
Simons Auditorium
Shiing Shen Chern
Irving Kaplansky 1988 OPC
Shiing-Shen Chern
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Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-born American mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology. He has been called the "father of modern differential geometry" an
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute
…It was then renamed the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath). The institute was founded in September 1982 by Berkeley professors Shiing-Shen Chern, Calvin Moore, and Isadore M. Singer. Shiing-Shen Chern acted as the founding director of the institute, Calvin Moore acted as the founding deputy…
Chern in 1988
Tombstone of Chern and his wife at Nankai University
The Shiing-Shen Building (省身楼) in Nankai University, in which the Chern Institute of Mathematics is located