2018
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 2018
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 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards comprises the following members:
| Chair: Professor Zhouping Xin | 2004 Morningside Medal of Mathematics Gold Medalist The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Tony F. Chan | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
| Professor Shiu Yuen Cheng | Tsinghua University |
| Professor Lawrence C. Evans | University of California, Berkeley |
| Professor David Gabai | Princeton University |
| Professor Brendan Hassett | Brown University |
| Professor Bong Lian | Brandeis University |
| Professor Rafe Mazzeo | Stanford University |
| Professor Ngai Ming Mok | The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Ngo Viet Trung | Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology |
| Professor Raman Parimala | Emory University |
| Professor J. Hyam Rubinstein | The University of Melbourne |
| Professor Tom Wan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Po Lam Yung | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Jun Zou | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Screening Panel 2018
The members of the Screening Panel of the 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards are:
| Chair: Professor Tom Wan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Ping Shun Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Man Chuen Cheng | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Charles Li | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Mark Jingjing Xiao | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Po Lam Yung | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Steering Committee 2018
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 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards comprises the following members:
| Chair: Professor Shiu Yuen Cheng | 2007 Chern Prize Recipient Tsinghua University |
| Professor Thomas Au | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Kwok Wai Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Raymond Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Tony F. Chan | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
| Professor Wing Sum Cheung | The University of Hong Kong |
| Mr. Siu Leung Ma | Fung Kai Public School |
| Professor Ngai Ming Mok | The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Tai Kai Ng | The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education |
| Professor Yang Wang | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Ms. Susan Wong | Hang Lung Properties Limited |
| Professor Zhouping Xin | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Chee Tim Yip | Princeton International School (Shenzhen) |
Executive Committee 2018
The members of the Executive Committee of the 2018 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 |
| Professor Kwok Wai Chan | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Ka Luen Cheung | The Education University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. Chi Hin Lau | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Secretariat: Ms. Aggie Law*, Ms. Judy Chu, Ms. Serena Yip |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
*Note: Ms. Law participated up to October 2017.
Winners of the 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards
GOLD
| Topic: | On the Trapezoidal Peg Problem among Convex Curves |
| Team Member: | Zhiyuan Bai |
| Teacher: | Mr. Pui Keung Law |
| School: | La Salle College |
SILVER
No Silver Award was given out in the 2018 HLMA
BRONZE
| Topic: | On the Divisibility of Catalan Numbers |
| Team Member: | Tsz Chung Li |
| Teacher: | Dr. Kit Wing Yu |
| School: | United Christian College |
5 HONORABLE MENTIONS
(listed in alphabetical order by school name)
| Topic: | Doing Indefinite Integrals without Integration |
| Team Member: | Chun Szeto |
| Teacher: | Mr. Alexander Kin Chit O |
| School: | G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College |
| Topic: | A Generalization of the Gauss Sum |
| Team Member: | Ho Leung Fong |
| Teacher: | Mr. Hing Pan Fong |
| School: | Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School |
| Topic: | A Markov Model of the Busy Footbridge Problem |
| Team Members: | Lok Kan Yuen, Omega Nok To Tong, Ethan Lok Kan Tsang |
| Teacher: | Mr. Ho Fung Lee |
| School: | Pui Ching Middle School |
| Topic: | Investigation on Mordell’s Equation |
| Team Member: | Tin Wai Lau |
| Teacher: | Mr. Ho Fung Lee |
| School: | Pui Ching Middle School |
| Topic: | Old and New Generalizations of Classical Triangle Centres to Tetrahedra |
| Team Members: | Trevor Kai Hei Cheung, Hon Ching Ko |
| Teacher: | Mr. Pak Leong Cheung |
| School: | St. Paul’s Co-educational College |
2018 Award Ceremony Video
The 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards were announced on December 20 with seven prizes: a Gold 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.”,
Welcome Remarks
Mr. Weber Lo
Chief Executive Officer, Hang Lung Properties Limited
Professor Zhouping Xin
Chairman, 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Scientific Committee
Professor Shiu-Yuen Cheng
Chairman, 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Steering Committee
Opening Remarks
The Hon Mrs. Carrie Lam, GBM, GBS
The Chief Executive
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Dialogue: My Mathematical Journey to Neuroscience
Awards Announcement and Presentation
Gold Award
La Salle College
Silver Award
No Silver Award was given out in the 2018 HLMA
Bronze Award
United Christian College
Honorable Mention
G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College
Honorable Mention
Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
Honorable Mention
Pui Ching Middle School
Honorable Mention
Pui Ching Middle School
Honorable Mention
St. Paul’s Co-educational College
Presentation of Souvenirs
Mr. Weber Lo
Chief Executive Officer, Hang Lung Properties Limited
2018 DEFENSE MEETING VIDEO
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Finalist Teams Selected for the Oral Defense at the 2018 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards
(listed in alphabetical order by school name and research topic)
| Solving Cubic Pell’s Equation by Bifurcating Continued Fraction Bishop Hall Jubilee School |
| Heine-Cantor Theorem, Lebesgue’s Number and Compactness Cognitio College (Kowloon) |
| Doing Indefinite Integrals without Integration G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College |
| Finding the Expected Number of Random Reversals to Sort a Permutation Using Matrix Equation for Application in Genetics HKUGA College |
| A Generalization of the Gauss Sum Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School |
| On the Trapezoidal Peg Problem among Convex Curves La Salle College |
| A Markov Model of the Busy Footbridge Problem Pui Ching Middle School |
| Containing Geometric Objects with Random Inscribed Triangles in a Circle Pui Ching Middle School |
| From Close Match Problem to the Generation of Identities of Binomial Coefficients and Trigonometric Terms Pui Ching Middle School |
| Investigation on Mordell’s Equation Pui Ching Middle School |
| Graphical Approach to the Lonely Runner Conjecture S.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School |
| Inradius Numbers and the Investigations on the Inradius Number Diophantine Equation St. Joseph’s College |
| Old and New Generalizations of Classical Triangle Centres to Tetrahedra St. Paul’s Co-educational College |
| On the Divisibility of Catalan Numbers United Christian College |
| On Length Preserving Curve Flow to Isoperimetric Inequality Wah Yan College, Hong Kong |
