Gu Chaohao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gu.

Gu Chaohao
谷超豪
Gu in 1959
Born	(1926-05-15)15 May 1926 Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Republic of China
Died	24 June 2012(2012-06-24) (aged 86) Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Alma mater	Zhejiang University Moscow State University
Spouse	Hu Hesheng
Awards	Highest Science and Technology Award (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Chinese Academy of Sciences University of Science and Technology of China

Gu Chaohao (Chinese: 谷超豪; pinyin: Gǔ Chāoháo; Wade–Giles: Ku Ch'aohao; May 15, 1926 – June 24, 2012) was a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) in 1948, and received a doctorate in physics and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He was primarily engaged in research on partial differential equations, differential geometry, solitons, and mathematical physics. He served as vice president of Fudan University and from 1988 to 1993 as president of the University of Science and Technology of China. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received the Highest Science and Technology Award in 2009.

Works

• Gu Chaohao, Hu H, Zhou Xixiang:Darboux Transformations in Integrable Systems 2005 Springer,
• Gu Chaohao Ed:Soliton Theory and Its Applications, Springer
• Differential Geometry and Differential Equations:Proceedings of a Symposium, Shanghai, 1985, Editors: M. Berger, Gu Chaohao, R.L. Bryant, Springer
• Gu Chaohao, Li Ta-Tsien, Hu Hesheng:Differential Geometry and Related Topics, World Scientific Pub Co, Singapore
• Gu Chaohao, Li Yishen Ed, Nonlinear Physics: Proceedings of the International Conference, Shanghai, Peoples Rep of China, April 24–30, 1989 Springer,