Andy_Liu_(mathematician)

Andy Liu

Andy Liu

Canadian mathematician (born 1947)

Not to be confused with the Hong Kong actor Andy Lau.

Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu (born March 15, 1947) is a Canadian mathematician. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta.[1]

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Liu was born in Guangzhou, and attended New Method College in Hong Kong.[2] He then did his undergraduate studies in mathematics at McGill University,[3] and earned his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Harvey Abbott, with a dissertation about hypergraphs.[4]

He was the leader of the Canadian team to the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2000 (South Korea) and 2003 (Japan) and acts as vice-president of the Tournament of Towns.[5]

Books

  • 2001 Hungarian Problem Book III (1929–1943), Mathematical Association of America
  • 1998 Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 1 (1981-1993), Australian Mathematics Trust
  • 2005 Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 2 (1993-2001), Australian Mathematics Trust
  • 2008 The Alberta High School Math Competitions (1957–2006), Mathematical Association of America
  • 2009 Problems from Murray Klamkin, Mathematical Association of America, with Bruce Shawyer
  • 2009 International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns Book (2002-2007), Australian Mathematics Trust, with Peter Taylor
  • 2011 Hungarian Problem Book IV (1947–1963), Mathematical Association of America, with Robert Barrington-Leigh
  • 2014 Upper Elementary School Mathematics, Chiu Chang Mathematics Publishers, Taipei
  • 2014 Classical Geometry, Wiley, with Ed Leonard, Ted Lewis and George Tokarsky
  • 2015 Arithmetical Wonderland, Mathematical Association of America
  • 2016 Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad (1961–1992), Mathematical Association of America
  • 2018 Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 3 (2001-2009), Australian Mathematics Trust, with Yunhao Fu and Zhichao Li
  • 2018 S.M.A.R.T. Circle Overview, Springer Nature
  • 2018 S.M.A.R.T. Circle Projects, Springer Nature
  • 2018 S.M.A.R.T. Circle Minicourses, Springer Nature
  • 2020 The Puzzles of Nobuyuki Yoshigahara, Springer Nature, with George Sicherman and Takayuki Yoshigahara
  • 2020 Grade Five Competition from the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, Springer Nature, with Kseniya Garaschuk
  • 2021 Solomon Golomb’s Course in Undergraduate Combinatorics, Spring Nature, with Solomon Golomb

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    Retired faculty, University of Alberta, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, retrieved 2015-09-13.
  2. [2]
    "Andy Liu: A never-ending search", History Trails, University of Alberta Alumni Association, Autumn 1993, retrieved 2015-09-17.
  3. [3]
    "Mentor, teacher, puzzle man: Dr Andy Liu earns distinguished teaching awards", Folio, University of Alberta, January 15, 1999.
  4. [4]
    Andy Liu at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. [5]
    "International Mathematics Tournament of Towns". Australian Mathematics Trust. n.d. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  6. [6]
    Andy Liu from University of Alberta Awarded 2010 PIMS Education Prize, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, March 26, 2010, retrieved 2015-09-13.
  7. [7]
    2004 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics: Andrew Chang-Fung Liu, University of Alberta, Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 22, 2012, retrieved 2015-09-13.
  8. [8]
    2003 Adrien Pouliot Award Recipient: Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu, University of Alberta, Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 22, 2012, retrieved 2015-09-13.
  9. [9]
    Ross, Ken; Cayford, Afton H. (April 26, 2005), History of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2015-09-17.


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