Edmund Yik-Man CHIANG
Please visit the link for my most update information: https://machiang.wixsite.com/machiangBSc (1987), PhD (1991) University College London (University of London) (Wikipedia links to UCL and University of London.)
Professor
During the Fall semester 2025-26, my "available time slots" are as follows. You are encouraged to come to my office other than my teaching time slots. However, as I may be away due to meeting, etc, so to guarantee that you can locate me exactly in those time slots, it would be better that you e-mail me for an appointment in advance:
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Morning by appointment | Morning by appointment | Morning by appointment |
MATH3121 16:30-17:50 |
Afternoon by appointment |
Afternoon by appointment
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Afternoon by appointment | MATH3121 12:00-13:20 |
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Research Interests: Complex function theory, Differential/Difference equations, Special functions and Orthogonal Polynomials. Publications
Teaching:
Courses for Spring semester, 2025-2026
- MATH2351: Introduction to Differential Equations
- Schedule: Mon.: 15:00-16:20; Fri.: 10:30-11:50 (Room 2407 lifts 17-18)
- Curriculum: First
order equations and applications, second order equations, Laplace
transform method, series solutions, system of linear equations,
nonlinear equations and linear stability analysis, introduction to
partial differentiation and partial differential equations, separation
of variables, and Fourier series..
- Main reference book: Boyce and Diprima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems,
10th (or earlier/latter) edition. Brooks/Cole. - Study notes will be available before the start of the first lecture via CANVAS.
- Prerequsite (waive): A passing grade in AL Pure Mathematics / AL Applied Mathematics; OR MATH 1014 OR MATH 1020 OR MATH 1024. Students are expected to know the basics of linear algebra and complex numbers.
- Exclusions: MATH 2350, MATH 2352, PHYS 2124.
- Students who intend to join this course with alternative qualifications that I cannot decide online should discuss with me IN PERSON AFTER the start of semester. Alternativew documentations will be needed for this purpose. No approval will be given if you does not meet the requirement and without alternative qualifications and/or experience.
- MATH2352: Differential Equations
- Schedule: Mon.: 13:30-14:50; Fri.: 09:00-10:20 (Room 2404, lifts 17-18)
- Curriculum: First and second order differential equations, initial value problems, series solutions, Laplace transform, numerical methods, boundary value problems, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, Sturm-Liouville theory.
- Main reference book: Boyce and Diprima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems,
10th (or earlier/latter) edition. Brooks/Cole. - Study notes will be available before the start of the first lecture via CANVAS.
- Prerequsite (waive): MATH 2111 OR MATH 2121 OR MATH 2131
- Exclusions: MATH 2350, MATH 2351, PHYS 2124
- Students who intend to join this course with alternative qualifications that I cannot decide online should discuss with me IN PERSON AFTER the start of semester. Alternative documentations will be needed for this purpose. No approval will be given if you does not meet the requirement and without alternative qualifications and/or experience.
MATH4991: Capstone Projects in Pure Mathematics
- Schedule: Mon./Wed.: 10:30-11:50,
- More details will be announced soon.
- No reply or approvel will be given if you are seeking to waive prerequisites in order to enroll on this course without providing a sound reasonale to support your cases.
- You will need to pass a screening written test whose content is related to those of MATH2121 (basics of linear algebra) and MATH3121 (basics of set, equivalence relations/mappings and group theory, including normal subgroups) during the tutorial on the 9th Feburary.
- Students who fail the screening test would not be allowed to enroll in this course.
Minor program:
- Students intrerested in joining Mathematics Minor program should study the information about the program and application procedure here.
- In addition to the application procedure mentioned, you should also submit your study plan by filling out the mathematics courses that you plan to take or have already taken to fulfill the Math Minor from the template in Excel format together with the documents. The course information received will be used to monitor your progress of the minor program in the future.
- For enquiries and applications, you can write to me (and cc to our secretary Ms. Debbie Poon).
- Students who intent to withdraw from the math minor program after joining should provide a reason for their withdrawal applications
Conferences: Cosmology since Einstein (30th May to 1st June 2011), Frontiers of Nevanlinna Theory (2011-12)
S. T. Yau's HKUST talks on mathematics (in Cantonese):
Dick Askey's Distinguished Lecture given at IAS (UST) lecture (3/6/ 2010)
Special function handbooks:
- Abramowitz and Stegun: Handbook of Mathematics Functions,
- NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
- Askey-Bateman manuscript project, (Who was Harry Bateman? The original architect of Bateman project: Arthur Erdelyi)
- Askey-Scheme (Koekoek and Swarttouw)
C. C. Yang's farewell lunch, In memory of Pit-Mann Wong (from Julia Wang) and Tributes, Steven B. Bank's door in Illini Hall
Other interests , Useful links
