Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu (born March 15, 1947) is a Canadian mathematician. He is a

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in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the

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. Liu was born in

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, and attended

New Method College New Method College (abbreviated to NMC) was a secondary school located in Black Rock Hill, Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. Its stated mission was "to recognise each student as an individual".http://www.nmc.edu.hk/c_mission/mission.html Missi ...

in Hong Kong. He then did his undergraduate studies in mathematics at McGill University, and earned his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Harvey Abbott, with a dissertation about hypergraphs. He was the leader of the Canadian team to the

International Mathematical Olympiad The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a mathematical olympiad for pre-university students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except i ...

in 2000 (South Korea) and 2003 (Japan) and acts as vice-president of the Tournament of Towns.

Books

* 2001 ''Hungarian Problem Book III (1929–1943)'', Mathematical Association of America * 1998 ''Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 1 (1981-1993)'', Australian Mathematics Trust * 2005 ''Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 2 (1993-2001)'', Australian Mathematics Trust * 2008 ''The Alberta High School Math Competitions (1957–2006)'', Mathematical Association of America * 2009 ''Problems from Murray Klamkin'', Mathematical Association of America, with Bruce Shawyer * 2009 ''International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns Book (2002-2007)'', Australian Mathematics Trust, with Peter Taylor * 2011 ''Hungarian Problem Book IV (1947–1963)'', Mathematical Association of America, with Robert Barrington-Leigh * 2014 ''Upper Elementary School Mathematics'', Chiu Chang Mathematics Publishers, Taipei * 2014 ''Classical Geometry'', Wiley, with Ed Leonard, Ted Lewis and George Tokarsky * 2015 ''Arithmetical Wonderland'', Mathematical Association of America * 2016 ''Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad (1961–1992)'', Mathematical Association of America * 2018 ''Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 3 (2001-2009)'', Australian Mathematics Trust, with Yunhao Fu and Zhichao Li * 2018 ''S.M.A.R.T. Circle Overview'', Springer Nature * 2018 ''S.M.A.R.T. Circle Projects'', Springer Nature * 2018 ''S.M.A.R.T. Circle Minicourses'', Springer Nature * 2020 ''The Puzzles of Nobuyuki Yoshigahara'', Springer Nature, with George Sicherman and Takayuki Yoshigahara * 2020 ''Grade Five Competition from the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad'', Springer Nature, with Kseniya Garaschuk * 2021 ''Solomon Golomb’s Course in Undergraduate Combinatorics'', Spring Nature, with Solomon Golomb

Awards

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is a mathematical institute created in 1996 by universities in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States to promote research and excellence in all areas of the mathematical science ...

Educational Prize, (2010) * Deborah and Franklin Tepper-Haimo Award from the

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(2004) *

Adrien Pouliot Award The Adrien Pouliot Award is presented annually by the Canadian Mathematical Society. The award is presented to individuals or teams in recognition of significant contributions to mathematics education in Canada. The inaugural award was presented i ...

from the

Canadian Mathematical Society The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) (french: Société mathématique du Canada) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research, outreach, scholarship and education in Canada. It serves the ...

(2003) * Distinguished Teaching Award from the Pacific Northwest Section of the

(2002). * Canadian University Professor of the Year, Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education and Council for Advancement and Support of Education (1998). * Distinguished Educators Award, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (1998)

References

Living people Canadian mathematicians Mathematics educators McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Scientists from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni University of Alberta faculty Canadian people of Chinese descent 1947 births {{Mathematician-stub