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Winners of the 2021 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards

The winners of the 2021 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards have been announced. Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all students, teachers, and schools for your participation and support in this year’s competition.

Gold Award

TopicOn Non-Torsion Solutions of Homogeneous Linear Systems over Rings
Team MemberTsz Hin Chan
TeacherMr. Ho Fung Lee
SchoolPui Ching Middle School

Silver Award

TopicThe Johnson-Leader-Russell Question on Square Posets
Team MemberOn Ki Luo
TeacherMr. Ho Fung Lee
SchoolPui Ching Middle School

Bronze Award

TopicSolvability of the General Pell’s Equation, Quadratic Residuosity, and Real Quadratic Fields of Class Number Two
Team MemberWai Lok Lai
TeacherMr. Pak Leong Cheung
SchoolSt. Paul’s Co-educational College

 

Honorable Mentions
(listed by school name in alphabetical order)

TopicAn Investigation on the Rings of Integer-Valued Polynomials on Gaussian Integers and Integer-Valued Continuous Functions
Team MemberMyron Lam
TeacherMr. Long Tin Chan
SchoolDiocesan Boys’ School
TopicOn the Basel Problem: Generalizations to Other Power Series
Team MemberTsz Fung Chui
TeacherMr. Long Tin Chan
SchoolDiocesan Boys’ School
TopicOn the Variations of the Brachistochrone Curve
Team MembersNick Hang Cheng, Hei Chai Shum, Chun Shing Tong
TeacherMr. Long Tin Chan
SchoolDiocesan Boys’ School
TopicOn the Generalization of the Triangle Peg Problem to Higher Dimensions
Team MembersChun Hei Mok, Chi Kong Wei, Wang Kin To
TeacherMr. Ka On Cho
SchoolS.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School
TopicInvestigation on the Buffon-Laplace Needle Problem
Team MembersHui Yat Cheung, Pak Kiu Fong, Shing Him Lee, Justin Ka Chai Leung, Siu Lam Ting
TeacherMr. Wai Man Chu
SchoolWah Yan College, Kowloon