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Zhou Peiyuan | |
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周培源 | |
 Zhou with his wife in 1932 | |
| Chairman of theJiusan Society | |
| In office 1987–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Xu Deheng |
| Succeeded by | Wu Jieping |
| President of Peking University | |
| In office July 1978 – March 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Lu Ping |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Longxiang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1902-08-28)August 28, 1902 |
| Died | November 24, 1993(1993-11-24) (aged 91) |
| Political party | Jiusan Society |
| Spouse | Wang Dicheng |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology(Ph.D.) University of Chicago Tsinghua University |
| Scientific career | |
| Known for | Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes equations |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Peking University Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich University of Leipzig Institute for Advanced Study |
Zhou Peiyuan (Chinese:周培源;Wade–Giles:Chou P'ei-yüan; August 28, 1902 – November 24, 1993) was a Chinese theoretical physicist and politician. He served as president ofPeking University, and was an academician of theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[1]
Born inYixing,Jiangsu, China, Zhou graduated fromTsinghua University in 1924. Then he went to the United States and obtained a bachelor's degree fromUniversity of Chicago in spring of 1926, and a master's degree at the end of the same year. In 1928, he obtained his doctorate degree fromCalifornia Institute of Technology underEric Temple Bell with thesisThe Gravitational Field of a Body with Rotational Symmetry in Einstein's Theory of Gravitation.[2] In 1936, he studiedgeneral relativity underAlbert Einstein in theInstitute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] He did his post-doc researches inquantum mechanics atUniversity of Leipzig in Germany andSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He was a professor of physics at Peking University, and later served as the president of the University. He was elected as a founding member of CAS in 1955.
Tsinghua University's Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics is named in his honor.[3] In 2003, a bronze statue of Zhou was unveiled on the campus of Peking University.
Zhou's most famous work is the transport equation ofReynolds stress.[4]
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| Preceded by | President of Peking University 1978–1981 | Succeeded by Zhang Longxiang |
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| Preceded by Xu Deheng | Chairman ofJiusan Society 1987–1992 | Succeeded by |
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