YEAR BOOK 2016
Organization
The Scientific Committee and the Steering Committee are the two principal committees of the Hang Lung Mathematics Awards. The Scientific Committee, comprising world-renowned mathematicians, is the academic and adjudicating body of the Awards. The Steering Committee, comprising mathematicians and representatives from different sectors of society, serves as the advisory body.
Scientific Committee 2016
The Scientific Committee upholds the academic standard and integrity of Hang Lung Mathematics Awards. Its members actively participate in the evaluation of all project reports, determination of the teams that will be invited to the oral defense, and adjudication at the oral defense.
The Screening Panel under the Scientific Committee handles the initial review of each report, supervises the second and final round of the review process, and liaises with all referees and members of the Scientific Committee regarding the project reports.
The Scientific Committee for the 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards comprises the following members:
| Chair: Professor Shing Tung Yau | 1982 Fields Medalist Harvard University The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Raymond Chan* | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Shiu Yuen Cheng | Tsinghua University |
| Professor Dejun Feng | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Wee Teck Gan | National University of Singapore |
| Professor Wei Ping Li | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Professor Bong Lian | Brandeis University |
| Professor Chang Shou Lin | University of Taiwan |
| Professor Ngai Ming Mok | The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Ye Tian | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Professor Tom Wan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Michael Zieve | University of Michigan |
*Note: Professor Chan was unable to join the Oral Defense and was represented by Professor Dejun Feng.
Screening Panel 2016
The members of the Screening Panel of the 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards are:
| Chair: Professor Tom Wan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Man Chuen Cheng | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Chi Hin Lau | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Conan Leung | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Charles Li | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Steering Committee 2016
The Steering Committee serves as an advisory body to the Hang Lung Mathematics Awards, and comprises mathematicians and representatives from different sectors of society, including leading educators and heads of the mathematics departments in major Hong Kong universities. It also enlists members from other Hang Lung Mathematics Awards committees to provide an overall perspective.
The Executive Committee, which reports to the Steering Committee, is responsible for the operation and administration of the competition, as well as managing the Resource Center and acting as the Secretariat for the Awards.
The Steering Committee for the 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards comprises the following members:
| Chair: Professor Sir James A. Mirrlees | 1996 Nobel Laureate in Economics The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Thomas Au | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Tony F. Chan | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Professor Shiu Yuen Cheng | Tsinghua University |
| Professor Wing Sum Cheung | The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Ka Sing Lau | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Mr. Siu Leung Ma | Fung Kai Public School |
| Ms. Michelle Mak | Hang Lung Properties Limited |
| Professor Tai Kai Ng | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Professor Zhouping Xin | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Chee Tim Yip | Pui Ching Middle School |
Executive Committee 2016
The members of the Executive Committee of the 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards are:
| Chair: Professor Thomas Au | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Kai Leung Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Ka Luen Cheung | The Education University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Leung Fu Cheung | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Secretariat: Ms. Aggie Law, Ms. Konnie Pak*, Ms. Serena Yip |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
*Note: Ms. Pak participated up to August 2015
Winners of the 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards
GOLD
| Topic: | On the Summation of Fractional Parts and its Application |
| Team Member: | Sun Kai Leung |
| Teacher: | Mr. Yiu Chung Leung |
| School: | Bishop Hall Jubilee School |
SILVER
| Topic: | On the Iterated Circumcentres Conjecture and its Variants |
| Team Members: | Tsz Fung Yu, Tsz Chun Wong, Janice Ling |
| Teacher: | Mr. Ho Fung Lee |
| School: | Pui Ching Middle School |
BRONZE
| Topic: | A Geometric Approach to the Second Non-trivial Case of the Erdös-Szekeres Conjecture |
| Team Member: | Wai Chung Cheng |
| Teacher: | Ms. Dora Po Ki Yeung |
| School: | Diocesan Girls’ School |
5 HONORABLE MENTIONS
(listed in alphabetical order by school name)
| Topic: | Congruences of Solutions of the Pell’s Equation |
| Team Member: | Man Yi Kwok |
| Teacher: | Mr. Kim Fung Lee |
| School: | Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School |
| Topic: | A Synthetic Approach on Studying the Mysterious Right Kite and its Applications on Cryptography in related to Poincaré Disk Model in the Views of Euclid Geometry |
| Team Members: | Chit Yuen Lam, Christy Sze Wai Kok, King Chun Chan, Hin Tung Chung |
| Teacher: | Mr. Tat Cheong Wong |
| School: | G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College |
| Topic: | The Generalized Tower of Hanoi Problem |
| Team Member: | Hoi Wai Yu |
| Teacher: | Ms. Mee Lin Luk |
| School: | La Salle College |
| Topic: | On Hilbert Functions and Positive-Definite Quadratic Forms |
| Team Member: | Chak Him Au |
| Teacher: | Mr. Yan Ching Chan |
| School: | P.L.K. Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College |
| Topic: | Triples of Sums of Two Squares |
| Team Members: | Kin Ip Mong, Chun Ming Lai, Siu Hong Mak |
| Teacher: | Mr. Chun Yu Kwong |
| School: | Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School |
2016 Award Ceremony Video
The 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards were announced on December 15 with eight prizes: a Gold Award, a Silver Award, a Bronze Award, and five Honorable Mentions.
The winning students, teachers, and principals received trophies from renowned scholars at the Announcement and Awards Presentation Ceremony.
Highlights
Opening-Facebook Fan Page
Welcome Remarks
Mr. Ronnie C. Chan
Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited
Prof. Shing-Tung Yau
Chairman, 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Scientific Committee
Opening Remarks
Mrs. Carrie Lam, GBM, GBS, JP
Chief Secretary for Administration,
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Professor Sir James A. Mirrlees
Chairman, 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Steering Committee
Announcement and Awards Presentation
Gold Award
Bishop Hall Jubilee School
Silver Award
Pui Ching Middle School
Bronze Award
Diocesan Girls’ School
Honorable Mention
Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School
Honorable Mention
G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College
Honorable Mention
La Salle College
Honorable Mention
P.L.K. Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College
Honorable Mention
Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School
Presentation of Souvenirs
Mr. Ronnie C. Chan
Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited
2016 DEFENSE MEETING VIDEO
Please click on the “Playlist” menu below to select the team’s video you want to watch.
Finalist Teams Selected for the Oral Defense at the 2016 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards
(listed in alphabetical order by school name and research topic)
| Congruences of Solutions of the Pell’s Equation Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School |
| On the Summation of Fractional Parts and its Application Bishop Hall Jubilee School |
| A Geometric Approach to the Second Non-trivial Case of the Erdös-Szekeres Conjecture Diocesan Girls’ School |
| A Synthetic Approach on Studying the Mysterious Right Kite and its Applications on Cryptography in related to Poincaré Disk Model in the Views of Euclid Geometry G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College |
| On Family of Triangles – from Medians to Concurrent Lines and Angle Bisectors Hong Kong Chinese Women’s Club College |
| The Generalized Tower of Hanoi Problem La Salle College |
| Are Gray Code and Gros Sequence the Solution of Chinese Ring? Maryknoll Fathers’ School |
| On Hilbert Functions and Positive-Definite Quadratic Forms P.L.K. Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College |
| On the Iterated Circumcentres Conjecture and its Variants Pui Ching Middle School |
| Rational Distance in Rational-Sided Triangles Pui Ching Middle School |
| Voting Power Queen Elizabeth School |
| Triples of Sums of Two Squares Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School |
