Luis Howell Rivero
Luis Hugo Howell Rivero, Cuban zoologist and anthropologist (La Habana 23 September 1906 – Florida Keys 07 October 1986) Wikipedia gives his birth date as 28 December 1899 DESCRIBED VALID PISCES SPECIES Caulolatilus intermedius 1936 Chimaera cubana 1936 Ctenichthys interrupta 1936 Ijimaia antillarum 1935 Ijimaia fowleri 1935 Labrisomus nigricinctus 1936 Paraclinus ocellatus 1936 Scyliorhinus torrei 1936 Squalus cubensis 1936 HONORS Riveroina Bermudez 1939 (Foraminifera) Luisichthys White 1942 (Fossil Pisces)
Loo Keng Hua
Loo Keng Hua or Luo-Geng Hua, Chinese mathematician (Jintan, Jiangsu Province 12 November 1910 – Tokyo 12 June 1985) Authored over 200 papers, 10 books and monographs Developed Vinogradov mean value theorem (1940s) First to show that every semi-automorphism of a skew field is either an automorphism or an anti-automorphism Proved that every normal sub-field of a skew field is contained in its center (Cartan-Brauer-Hua theorem) Proposed extending Hodge theory to open Hermitian manifolds (1959) Made important contributions to the development of the circle method and variations of Waring’s problem Found the symmetry of inertial motion Computed the kernel functions for all classical domains Solved the problem of expanding the regular functions of a function of several complex variables concretely and non-locally into a series in a canonical domain Invented an alternative deterministic method Proved fundamental theorem of geometry of matrices over the complex and real field (1945-7) Proved the fundamental theorem of the geometry of symmetric matrices over any field of characteristic not two (1949) and that of the geometry of rectangular matrices over a division ring #F2 (1951) Proved the fundamental theorem of one-dimensional projective geometry Proved the Abelian summable convergence theorem for the Fourier expansion of a continuous function over a compact group With Y. Wang proposed a method for numerical evaluation of multiple integrals based on classical algebraic number theory and Diophantine approximations known as Hua-Wang method (1958-64) Solved the problem of a complete triangle sum estimation Authored a classical work Additive theory of prime numbers EPONYMY Hua theorem Hua inequality or lemma (1938) Hua matrix inequality Hua matrix equality (1955) Hua operator Hua equation Hua measure Hua matrix Hua determinant inequality Siegel-Hua spaces Siegel-Hua metric Hua interpolate matrix integral Poisson-Hua kernels Weil-Hua inequation Hua’s inequation Hua-Wang (Zhonglie) method Brauer-Cartan-Hua theorem
Lianhai Hou
Lianhai Hou, Chinese vertebrate paleontologist (1935 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL AVES/REPTILIA GENERA Aberratiodontus 2004 with Gong & Wang Alethoalaornis 2007 with Li, Hu, Duan & Gong Anchaurosaurus 1995 with Gao Anhuisaurus 1974 Anqingosaurus 1976 Canadaga 1999 Chaoyangia 1993 with Zhang Chiangjiangosaurus 1976 Confuciusornis 1995 with Zhou, Gu & Zhang Cuspirostrisornis 1997 Dalingheornis 2006 with Zhang, Hasegawa, O’Connor, Martin & Chiappe Dapingfangornis 2006 with Li, Duan, Hu, Wang & Cheng Diangallus 1985 Eociclonia 1989 Eoenantiornis 1999 with Martin, Zhou & Feduccia Gansus 1984 with Liu Hazhenia 1981 with Sun Jibeinia 1997 Jiliniornis 2002 with Ericsson Jinzhournis 2002 with Zhou, Zhang & Ying Largirostriornis 1997 Lianingornis 1996 with Martin & Feduccia Liaoxiornis 1999 with Chen Longchengornis 1997 Longipteryx 2001 with Zhang, Zhou & Gu Longirostravis 2004 with Chiappe, Zhang & Chuong Minggangia 1982 Mioaegypius 1984 Ordosia 1979 Otogornis 1994 Palaeoalectoris 1987 Pleotis 1982 Qianshanosaurus 1974 Qiluornis 2000 with Zhou, Zhang & Li Sineoamphisbaena 1993 with Wu, Brinkman, Russell, Dong, Currie & Cui Songlingornis 1997 Songzia 1990 Wannanosaurus 1977 Wanshunia 1994 Xiangornis 2012 with Hu, Xu & Sullivan Xihaina 1995 with Gao Yuanjiawaornis 2015 with Hu, Liu, Li & Xu Yunnanus 1985 Zhongyuanus 1980 Zigongosaurus 1976 with Zhou & Chao HONORS Houornis Wang & Liu 2015 (Fossil Aves)
Li Chi Hsu
Li Chi Hsu or Lizhi Xu, Chinese mathematician (Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province 23 September 1920 – Born Quanyong Xu ACHIEVEMENTS Extended Laplace asymptotic method to multiple integrals involving a large parameter (1948-51) Obtained a class of complete asymptotic expansions for the differences of zero Found a general asymptotic expansion formula for a wide class of oscillatory integrals (1958) First to offer a quantitative estimation for the first exponential formula of Hille With R.H. Wang formulated the method of multiplier enlargement in a very general form Obtained the square root iteration method with global convergence (reported in 1964; published in 1973) With Y.S. Zhou, R.H. Wang, T.X. He & J.X. Yang developed a general process for the construction of lowering dimensional expansions Established some general pairs of Moebius inversion formulae that are useful for finding solutions of VolterrA type integral equations Eponym of Gould-Hsu inversion pair LINKS https://sun.iwu.edu/~the/ProfessorHsu.pdf
Leopold Hainberger
Leopold Hainberger, Austrian-born Brazilian Catholic father and analytical chemist (Ulrichsberg 08 November 1908 – Rio de Janeiro 03 February 1988) DEVELOPED NEW METHODS With R.N. Damasceno a colorimetric method for vanadium With H.P. Henriques a new method for spectrophotometric determination of manganese at submicrogram scale With C. Martire a new sensitive and selective method for aluminium (1985) With S.T. Moreira & V. Cotsas a technique for determinations on lead (1977) With Feigl a spot-test for sodium dithionite With H. Ballczo a simple method for quantitative determination of iodide, bromide and chloride dissolved in one drop (1959) With A.L. Rebello a method of spectrophotometric determination of copper (1974) With G. Gryner a method for spectrophotometric determination of iron (II) in the presence of cobalt and nickel (1977) With S.F.T. Moreira a sensitive method of spectrophotometric determination of silver (1977) With W.O. Andrade a sensitive and selective method of spectrophotometric determination of molybdenum (1982) With S.J. Zundel a rapid and sensitive test for uranium (1964) With J. Nozaki. Empfindliche nitratbestimmung in Gewassern mit 2,7-diaminofluoren. Mikrochim. Acta 1:75-80, 1979 With E. Minzl. Studium und Anwendung eines neuen komplexes von kupfer mit Salicylsaure. Mikrochim. Acta 64:353-8, 1975 With M. Krizanova & A. Reis. Spectrometric determination of niobium with chloranilic acid. Z. Anal. Chem. 261(4-5):400, 1972 With S.C. Sanchez. The detection of thorium with alizarin S and its determination on the ring oven according to Weisz. Mikrochim. Acta 2:245-9, 1961 With F. Feigl. An Improved test for formaldehyde (1955) in Formaldehyde. Chem. Anal. 44(2):47-8, 1955
Kun Huang
Kun Huang, Chinese physicist (Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province 02 September 1919 – Beijing 06 July 2005) Authored over 50 papers and 5 books First to predict diffuse x-ray scattering due to crystal defects known as Huang scattering (proved in 1960s) Discovered the coupled vibratory modes between optical vibration and the electromagnetic field (concept of polariton) Proposed phenomenological equations to treat the long wavelength optical vibrations (Huang equations) Developed a theory of radiative and non-radiative multiphonon transition processes associated with lattice relaxation (Huang-Rhys factor) First to discover the coupled vibrations modes between optical vibration and the electromagnetic field With Max Born developed Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices Eponym of Huang-Pekar theory and Born-Huang approximation HONORS Asteroid Huangkun 48636