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Lek-Heng Lim

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Lek-Heng Lim (Chinese: 林力行[1]) is a Singaporean mathematician.

Lim earned a bachelor's degree at the National University of Singapore, studied for his master's at Cornell University and the University of Cambridge, and completed a doctorate at Stanford University.[2] Lim started his teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley,[1] where he served as Charles Morrey Assistant Professor.[2] He later joined the University of Chicago faculty.[3][4] While affiliated with Chicago, Lim won the James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing[5][6] and Stephen Smale Prize [fr] in 2017,[7] followed by the 2020 Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra.[8] In 2020, Lim was also elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[9]

Lim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in April 2022.[10][11]

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  1. ^ a b "LH's Old Homepage". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Lek-Heng Lim". Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ^ "LH's Homepage". University of Chicago. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Lek-Heng Lim". University of Chicago. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Prize Spotlight: Lek-Heng Lim". University of Chicago. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Lek-Heng Lim receives Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing". EurekAlert!. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ Roberts, Emily (26 April 2017). "ICME Alumnus, Lek-Heng Lim, wins Smale Prize". Stanford University. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Award-winning faculty". University of Chicago. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. ^ "2020 Class of Fellows of the AMS". University of Chicago. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  10. ^ Lerner, Louise; Wood, Matt (April 7, 2022). "Two University of Chicago scientists named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows". The University of Chicago Chronicle. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "Meet Our 2022 Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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