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Xiao-Gang Wen

MathSciNet

Ph.D. Princeton University 1987

Dissertation: Some Global Properties of Low Energy String Theory

Mathematics Subject Classification: 82—Statistical mechanics, structure of matter

Advisor: Edward Witten

Students:
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Name	School	Year	Descendants
Cláudio Chamon	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1996	1
Yong Baek Kim	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1995
Michael Levin	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2006
Joel Moore	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2000	1
Ying Ran	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2007

According to our current on-line database, Xiao-Gang Wen has 5 students and 7 descendants.
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