Draft:Yu Deng
Mathematician
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Yu Deng is a mathematician working in harmonic analysis, fluid dynamics and partial differential equations. He is a professor at the University of Chicago.[1] He was awarded the Oberwolfach Prize in 2025.[2][3]
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Mathematical work
Deng became known primarily through his contributions to Hilbert's sixth problem on the axiomatic derivation of the laws of physics, in particular the proof (with Zaher Hani and Xiao Ma) that the Boltzmann equation can be derived from Newton's laws of motion.[4]
Education
He obtained his PhD from Princeton University in 2015, with Alexandru Ionescu as advisor.[5]
Recognition
- He was awarded the Oberwolfach Prize in 2025.[2]
- He is a Sloan Fellow.[6]
- He is an invited speaker of the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians.[7]
- He won a Gold medal at the 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad.[8]
Selected publications
- with Z. Hani: "Full derivation of the wave kinetic equation", Inventiones mathematicae 233 (2), pp. 543–724
- with A. Nahmod and H. Yue: "Invariant Gibbs measures and global strong solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations in dimension two", Annals of Mathematics 200 (2), pp. 399–486
- with A. Nahmod and H. Yue: "Random tensors, propagation of randomness, and nonlinear dispersive equations", Inventiones mathematicae 228 (2), pp. 539–686
- with N. Masmoudi: "Long‐Time Instability of the Couette Flow in Low Gevrey Spaces", Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics 76 (10), pp. 2804–2887