Gu Chaohao is a Chinese

China

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 mathematician

Mathematician

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. He graduated from National Chekiang University

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

 (Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

) in 1948, and received a doctorate degree in physics

Physics

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 and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He is primarily engaged in the research on partial differential equation

Partial differential equation

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, differential geometry, and mathematical physics

Mathematical physics

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. He served as vice president of Fudan University

Fudan University

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 and from 1988 to 1993 president of the University of Science and Technology of China

University of Science and Technology of China

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. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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