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Tin-Yau Tam

Mathematics and Statistics Department Chair, Seneca C. and Mary B. Weeks Chair in Mathematics

Summary

My research areas of interest are Matrix Theory, Lie Groups/Algebras, Multilinear Algebra, Numerical Ranges and Radii, Operator Theory, and their applications.

About the Seneca C. and Mary B. Weeks Endowed Professorship

Mary Lea Benson Weeks was a 1902 State Normal School graduate from the University. She married miner and cattle rancher, Seneca Weeks, in 1907. She left an estate gift to the University to establish a chair in the basic sciences. Established: 1983. (College of Science)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Hong Kong, 1986
  • B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Hong Kong, 1982