Ch'en Hsing-shen 陳省身 S. S. Chern Shüng-shen Chern Ch'en Hsing-shen (26 October 1911-), known as S. S. Chern, prominent mathematician, specialized in differential geometry and topology. He worked at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton (1943-46) and directed the institute of mathematics of the Academia Sinica (1945-48). In 1949 he returned to the United […]