Prof. Zhongtao WU
Associate Professor
BSc (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
PhD (Princeton University)
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
Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Academic Year | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code MATH2028 | Course Title Honours Advanced Calculus II | Academic Year 2024/25 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2024/25 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MMAT5220 | Course Title Complex Analysis and Its Applications | Academic Year 2024/25 | Term 2 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Academic Year | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2023/24 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2230B | Course Title Complex Variables with Applications | Academic Year 2023/24 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2230C | Course Title Complex Variables with Applications | Academic Year 2023/24 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2022/23 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2040B | Course Title Linear Algebra II | Academic Year 2022/23 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2021/22 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2040B | Course Title Linear Algebra II | Academic Year 2021/22 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2230B | Course Title Complex Variables with Applications | Academic Year 2021/22 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2230C | Course Title Complex Variables with Applications | Academic Year 2021/22 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2010B | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2020/21 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH4900H | Course Title Seminar | Academic Year 2020/21 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2020/21 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2040C | Course Title Linear Algebra II | Academic Year 2020/21 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2010B | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2019/20 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2019/20 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2010B | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2018/19 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2018/19 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2040C | Course Title Linear Algebra II | Academic Year 2018/19 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2010A | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2017/18 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2010B | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2017/18 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2010B | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2016/17 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2010D | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2016/17 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH6071B | Course Title Topics in Topology I | Academic Year 2016/17 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2020A | Course Title Advanced Calculus II | Academic Year 2015/16 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH5070 | Course Title Topology of Manifolds | Academic Year 2015/16 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2020A | Course Title Advanced Calculus II | Academic Year 2014/15 | Term 1 |
| Course Code MATH2010C | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2014/15 | Term 2 |
| Course Code MATH2010D | Course Title Advanced Calculus I | Academic Year 2014/15 | Term 2 |