Prof. Zhongtao WU
Associate Professor
BSc (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
PhD (Princeton University)
ORCID:
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Address:
Room 216, Lady Shaw Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Tel:
(852) 3943 8578
Email:
Personal Website:
Fields of Interest:
Knot Theory and its Invariants, 3-manifolds and Dehn Surgery, Contact 3-manifolds, Smooth and Symplectic 4-manifolds, and Heegaard Floer Homology and other Gauge Theoretic or Holomorphic Curve Invariants
Selected Publications:
- Cosmetic surgery in L-space homology spheres. Geom. Topol. 15 (2011), 1157-1168.
- On mapping cones of Seifert fibered surgeries. J. Topol. 5 (2012), 366-376.
- (with Y. Ni), Heegaard Floer correction terms and rational genus bounds. Adv. Math. 267 (2014), 360-380.
- (with Y. Ni), Cosmetic surgeries on knots in S^3. available at arXiv: 1009.4720, to appear in J. Reine Angew. Math.
Major Research Grants:
- Research Grants Council - General Research Fund
Honours and Awards:
- Distinguished Paper Award, International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians Best Paper Award
Professional activities:
Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Academic Year | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH5070 | Topology of Manifolds | 2022/23 | 1 |
| MATH2040B | Linear Algebra II | 2022/23 | 2 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Academic Year | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH5070 | Topology of Manifolds | 2021/22 | 1 |
| MATH2040B | Linear Algebra II | 2021/22 | 2 |
| MATH2230B | Complex Variables with Applications | 2021/22 | 2 |
| MATH2230C | Complex Variables with Applications | 2021/22 | 2 |
| MATH2010B | Advanced Calculus I | 2020/21 | 1 |
| MATH4900H | Seminar | 2020/21 | 1 |
| MATH5070 | Topology of Manifolds | 2020/21 | 1 |
| MATH2040C | Linear Algebra II | 2020/21 | 2 |
| MATH2010B | Advanced Calculus I | 2019/20 | 1 |
| MATH5070 | Topology of Manifolds | 2019/20 | 1 |
| MATH2010B | Advanced Calculus I | 2018/19 | 1 |
| MATH5070 | Topology of Manifolds | 2018/19 | 1 |
| MATH2040C | Linear Algebra II | 2018/19 | 2 |
| MATH2010A | Advanced Calculus I | 2017/18 | 1 |
| MATH2010B | Advanced Calculus I | 2017/18 | 1 |
| MATH2010B | Advanced Calculus I | 2016/17 | 1 |
| MATH2010D | Advanced Calculus I | 2016/17 | 2 |
| MATH6071B | Topics in Topology I | 2016/17 | 2 |
| MATH2020A | Advanced Calculus II | 2015/16 | 1 |
| MATH5070 | Topology of Manifolds | 2015/16 | 1 |
| MATH2020A | Advanced Calculus II | 2014/15 | 1 |
| MATH2010C | Advanced Calculus I | 2014/15 | 2 |
| MATH2010D | Advanced Calculus I | 2014/15 | 2 |