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...battle to hire Yau away from Stanford was a “tough” one, according to Mathematics Department Chair Joseph D. Harris and other faculty both here and in Palo Alto, Calif...
Harvard’s aggressive pursuit of Yau, which comes two years after the University’s unsuccessful bid to attract Yau from New York University, stemmed from the recognition of a long-running weakness in the mathematics department, according to Harris and others...
...extremely strong analytical skill in partial differential equations and mathematical physics,” said Shing-Tung Yau, Graustein professor of mathematics. “We need to strengthen this area, and he fit in very well...
...Horng-Tzer Yau’s colleagues at Stanford, Professor Rick Schoen, described him as “soft spoken and dynamic.” Another, Stanford Mathematics Department Chair Yakov Eliashberg, said Yau “is a quite reserved person...
Both professors expressed dismay over the departure of Yau, who did not return multiple requests for comment Friday and yesterday...