Lam Lay Yong
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Lam Lay Yong granddaughter of Tan Kah Kee
, niece of Lee Kong Chian
, is Professor in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1957 and pursued graduate study in Cambridge University, obtaining her Ph.D. degree from University of Singapore in 1966, and becoming a lecturer at the University of Singapore. She was promoted to full professor in 1988, taught in NUS for 35 years, and retired in 1996.
From 1974-1990, Lam Lay Yong was the associate editor of Historia Mathematica
. Lam was a member of Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences.
In 2002, Lam Lay Yong was awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize
for her contribution to the history of Mathematics，she is the first Asian and first woman to won this highest award in the field of history of mathematics.In her reception speech, she delivered Ancient Chinese Mathematics and its influence on World Mathematics.
Lam Lay Yong also won the 2005 Outstanding Science Alumi Award from NUS.
Tan Kah Kee
Tan Kah Kee was a prominent businessman, community leader, and philanthropist in colonial Singapore, and a Communist leader in the People's Republic of China.- Early years :...
, niece of Lee Kong Chian
Lee Kong Chian
Lee Kong Chian , was a prominent businessman and philanthropist and the founder of The Lee Foundation in Singapore. He was one of Southeast Asia's richest men in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the son-in-law of philanthropist Tan Kah Kee.-Early life:...
, is Professor in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1957 and pursued graduate study in Cambridge University, obtaining her Ph.D. degree from University of Singapore in 1966, and becoming a lecturer at the University of Singapore. She was promoted to full professor in 1988, taught in NUS for 35 years, and retired in 1996.
From 1974-1990, Lam Lay Yong was the associate editor of Historia Mathematica
Historia Mathematica
Historia Mathematica: International Journal of History of Mathematics is an academic journal on the history of mathematics published by Elsevier. It was established by Kenneth O. May in 1971 as the free newsletter Notae de Historia Mathematica, but by its sixth issue in 1974 had turned into a full...
. Lam was a member of Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences.
In 2002, Lam Lay Yong was awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize
Kenneth O. May Prize
Kenneth O. May Prize and Medal in history of mathematics is an award of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics "for the encouragement and promotion of the history of mathematics internationally". It was established in 1989 and is named in honor of Kenneth O. May, the founder of...
for her contribution to the history of Mathematics，she is the first Asian and first woman to won this highest award in the field of history of mathematics.In her reception speech, she delivered Ancient Chinese Mathematics and its influence on World Mathematics.
Lam Lay Yong also won the 2005 Outstanding Science Alumi Award from NUS.
Publication
- Jiu Zhang Suanshu (Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art): An Overview, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, vol. 47 (1994), pp. 1–51.
- Zhang Qiujian Suanjing (The Mathematical Classic of Zhang Qiujian): An Overview, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, vol. 50 (1997), pp. 201–240.
- Lam Lay Yong, Ang Tian Se: Fleeting Footsteps. Tracing the Conception of Arithmetic and Algebra in Ancient China, Revised Edition, World Scientific, Singapore, 2004.
- Lam Lay Yong, A Critical Study of the Yang Hui suan fa, 1977 NUS Press.
- Lam Lay Yong, A Chinese Genesis, Rewriting the history of our numeral system. Archive for History of Exact Science 38 101-108
- Lam Lay Yong, On the Chinese Origin of the Galley Method of Arithmetical DivisionGalley divisionIn arithmetic, the galley method, also known as the batello or the scratch method, was the most widely used method of division in use prior to 1600. The names galea and batello refer to a boat which the outline of the work was thought to resemble.An earlier version of this method was used as early...
,The British Journal for the History of Science (1966), 3 : 66-69 Cambridge University Press - Lam Lay Yong http://sciences.aum.edu/~sbrown/Hindu%20Arabic%20and%20Chinese.pdf The Development of Hindu-Arabic and Traditional Chinese Arithematics, Chinese Science 13 1996, 35-54
- Oon Lay Yong, Arithematic in Ancient China, 2009 OCT http://lampinfoo.com/2009/10/.
- Lam Lay-Yong and Shen Kangshen (沈康身）Methods of solving linear equations in traditional China, Historia Mathematica, Volume 16, Issue 2, May 1989, Pages 107-122