Mathematician:Li Yan

Mathematician

Chinese mathematician and historian of mathematics.

Nationality

Chinese

History

• Born: 22 August 1892 in Fuzhou
• Died: 14 January 1963 in Beijing

Publications

• 1963: Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History, original Chinese ed. (with Du Shiran)
  • 1987: Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History (with Du Shiran) (translated by John N. Crossley and Anthony W.-C. Lun)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Li Yan": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive