Jie-zhong Zou (born October 15, 1947) is a

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

known for his research on mathematical

probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...

and its applications, in particular in topics such as homogeneous Markov chains,

queuing theory Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues. A queueing model is constructed so that queue lengths and waiting time can be predicted. Queueing theory is generally considered a branch of operations research because th ...

and

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. He entered Changsha Railway Institute (

Central South University Central South University (CSU; ) is a public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. Funded and overseen by China's Ministry of Education, it is a member of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction initiatives. History ...

now) in 1980 and received his Ph.D. at the Changsha Railway Institute in 1987 under advisor Zhen-ting Hou. Since 1987 Jie-zhong Zou has been on the faculty at Changsha Railway Institute (

now). He was awarded the

Rollo Davidson Prize The Rollo Davidson Prize is a prize awarded annually to early-career probabilists by the Rollo Davidson trustees. It is named after English mathematician Rollo Davidson (1944–1970). Rollo Davidson Trust In 1970, Rollo Davidson, a Fellow-e ...

in 1987, and was elected a Fellow of the

Chinese Mathematical Society The Chinese Mathematical Society (CMS, ) is an academic organization for Chinese mathematicians, with the official websitwww.cms.org.cn It is a member of China Association of Science and Technology. History The Chinese Mathematical Society (C ...

. He attended the International Congress of Mathematician in Beijing in 2002.

Papers

* Jie-zhong Zou, "The oscillation problem for p-functions". D.Phil. Thesis, Changsha Railway Institute 1986 (Chinese). * Jie-zhong Zou, "Some New Inequalities for p-Functions ".
Journal of the London Mathematical Society 1988 s2-38(2):356-366

References

External links

Jie-zhong Zou Home page

List of Participants in ICM-2002
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