astronomy

Tang Tao

Tang Tao is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tang Tao rather than just read about it. In short: Tang Tao (simplified Chinese: 汤涛; traditional Chinese: 湯濤; pinyin: Tāng Tāo; born May 1963) is a Chinese mathematician who previously served as President of BNU-HKBU United International College. Tang is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS).

Key takeaways

Tang Tao belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tang Tao to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tang Tao from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tang Tao (simplified Chinese: 汤涛; traditional Chinese: 湯濤; pinyin: Tāng Tāo; born May 1963) is a Chinese mathematician who previously served as President of BNU-HKBU United International College. Tang is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS). He is also a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and American Mathematical Society.

Biography Tang was born in May 1963 in Shucheng County, Anhui to a military family. He secondary studied at Beijing No. 9 High School. He completed his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1984 from Peking University and earned his doctor's degree in mathematics from the University of Leeds in 1989. After graduation, he taught at Simon Fraser University and then obtained tenure there. In 1998, he moved to Hong Kong Baptist University, and became chair professor in 2003. He was Head of Department of Mathematics during 2005–2008, Director of Graduate School of the university from 2002 to 2011, Associate Vice-president of the university since 2009, and dean of science from 2011 to 2015. In May 2015, he was hired by the Southern University of Science and Technology as its vice-president. He was appointed Provost and VP Academic in May 2018. Tang served one term as President of the East Asia SIAM Section. From 2008 to 2012, he served as the President of the Hong Kong Mathematical Society. Tang was the co-founding editor of a Chinese journal titled "Mathematical Culture", which offers lively, readable, and appealing exposition on a wide range of mathematical topics in four issues each year. Tang was also one of the authors for this journal, publishing several articles including Feng Kang's story and Yitang Zhang's story. In November 2017, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In February 2019, he was appointed as the President of BNU-HKBU UIC. His successor is Chen Zhi.

Personal life Tang has two sons and one daughter.

Selected works Feng, Xinlong; Tang, Tao; Yang, Jiang (2015). "Long Time Numerical Simulations for Phase-Field Problems Using p-Adaptive Spectral Deferred Correction Methods". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 37 (1): A271–A294. Bibcode:2015SJSC...37A.271F. doi:10.1137/130928662. S2CID 27848431. Tang, Tao; Zhou, Tao (2014). "On discrete least square projection in unbounded domain with random evaluations and its application to parametric uncertainty quantification". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 36 (5): A2272–A2295. arXiv:1403.6579. Bibcode:2014SJSC...36A2272T. doi:10.1137/140961894. S2CID 34127075. Qiao, Zhonghua; Zhang, Zhengru; Tang, Tao (2011). "An Adaptive Time-Stepping Strategy for the Molecular Beam Epitaxy Models". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 33 (3): 1395–1414. Bibcode:2011SJSC...33.1395Q. doi:10.1137/100812781. Chen, Yanping; Tang, Tao (2010). "Convergence analysis of the Jacobi spectral-collocation methods for Volterra integral equations with a weakly singular kernel". Mathematics of Computation. 79 (269): 147. Bibcode:2010MaCom..79..147C. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-09-02269-8. Xu, Chuanju; Tang, Tao (2006). "Stability Analysis of Large Time-Stepping Methods for Epitaxial Growth Models". SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 44 (4): 1759–1779. doi:10.1137/050628143. Ma, Heping; Sun, Weiwei; Tang, Tao (2005). "Hermite Spectral Methods with a Time-Dependent Scaling for Parabolic Equations in Unbounded Domains". SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 43: 58–75. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.493.3473. doi:10.1137/S0036142903421278. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help) Tang, Huazhong; Tang, Tao (2003). "Adaptive Mesh Methods for One- and Two-Dimensional Hyperbolic Conservation Laws". SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 41 (2): 487–515. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.498.7360. doi:10.1137/S003614290138437X. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help) Li, Ruo; Liu, Wenbin; Ma, Heping; Tang, Tao (2002). "Adaptive Finite Element Approximation for Distributed Elliptic Optimal Control Problems". SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 41 (5): 1321–1349. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.522.4173. doi:10.1137/S0363012901389342. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help) Li, Ruo; Tang, Tao; Zhang, Pingwen (2001). "Moving Mesh Methods in Multiple Dimensions Based on Harmonic Maps". Journal of Computational Physics. 170 (2): 562–588. Bibcode:2001JCoPh.170..562L. doi:10.1006/jcph.2001.6749. Tang, Tao; Trummer, Manfred R. (1996). "Boundary Layer Resolving Pseudospectral Methods for Singular Perturbation Problems". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 17 (2): 430–438. Bibcode:1996SJSC...17..430T. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.45.1025. doi:10.1137/S1064827592234120. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help) Li, Ming; Tang, Tao (2001). "A Compact Fourth-Order Finite Difference Scheme for Unsteady Viscous Incompressible Flows". Journal of Scientific Computing. 16: 29–45. doi:10.1023/A:1011146429794. S2CID 1283463. Tang, Tao; Teng, Zhen-Huan (1995). "The Sharpness of Kuznetsov's O ( Δ x ) L 1 {\displaystyle O({\sqrt {\Delta }}x)L^{1}} -Error Estimate for Monotone Difference Schemes". Mathematics of Computation. 64 (210): 581–589. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1995-1270625-9. JSTOR 2153440. Tang, Tao (1993). "The Hermite Spectral Method for Gaussian-Type Functions". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 14 (3): 594–606. Bibcode:1993SJSC...14..594T. doi:10.1137/0914038.

Awards Leslie Fox Prize for numerical analysis, 1988 Feng Kang Prize for Scientific Computing, 2003 Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2012 State Natural Science Award, China, 2016 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2017 Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences Invited speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians, 2018

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tang Tao

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tang Tao claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tang Tao before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tang Tao ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tang Tao

In research: Tang Tao appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tang Tao in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tang Tao is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1963 births, Academic staff of Hong Kong Baptist University, Academic staff of Simon Fraser University, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tang Tao outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tang Tao in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tang Tao means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tang Tao out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tang Tao in simple terms?

Why does Tang Tao matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tang Tao?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tang Tao.