Yuan-Jen Chiang

Professor of Mathematics University of Mary Washington

  • Fredericksburg VA

Dr. Chiang is an expert in harmonic maps and analysis.

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Biography

Yuan-Jen Chiang specializes in global analysis and analysis on manifolds, geometry, differential equations, topology and mathematical physics. She was a recipient of a Waple Professorship in 2016-2018. She published the research book "Developments of Harmonic Maps, Wave Maps and Yang-Mills Fields into Biharmonic Maps, Biwave Maps and Bi-Yang-Mills Fields'' in the series of Frontiers in Mathematics, by Birkhauser-Springer in Europe in 2013. Her research has been published in over 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including, including the International Journal of Mathematics, the Journal of Geometry and Physics, the Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry, the International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Proceedings of American Mathematical Society, Bulletin of Math Institute, Academia Sinica, Notices of American Mathematical Society, and Journal of Geometry. She has presented at international meetings or universities in Brazil, USA, Chile, China, France, Spain, Italy, India, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Since 1991, Dr. Chiang has been a reviewer of Mathematical Review, published monthly by the American Mathematical Society, and has written reviews for more than 120 scholarly papers on differential geometry and global analysis. Her awards include 18 UMW Research Grants, two Natural Science Foundation Grants in China, and three Jepson grants for excellence in teaching.

Areas of Expertise

Harmonic Maps
Differential Geometry
Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds
Differential Equations
Topology and Mathematical Physics

Education

Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D.

Mathematics & Harmonic Maps

1989

Johns Hopkins University

M.A.

Mathematics

1985

National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan)

B.S.

Mathematics

1979

Affiliations

  • International Mathematics Union
  • American Mathematical Society
  • Mathematical Association of America.
  • Johns Hopkins Alumni Association

Media Appearances

Chiang Publishes Research Article in CCM

Communications in Contemporary Mathematics  print

2016-03-17

Yuan-Jen Chiang, Professor of Mathematics, has published a research article titled "Exponentially Harmonic Maps, Exponential Stress Energy and Stability" in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics by World Scientific Publisher.

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Jen Chiang Published in the Journal of Geometry

Eagle Eye  online

2014-03-13

Yuan-Jen Chiang, Professor of Mathematics, published a joint research article titled “Transversal Wave Maps and Transversal Exponential Wave Maps” in the Journal of Geometry. It investigated the properties and relationship of transversal wave maps and transversal exponential wave maps.

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Jen Chiang Presents at ICM, Publishes Article

Eagle Eye  online

2014-10-09

Yuan-Jen Chiang, Professor of Mathematics, presented a research paper titled “On Exponential Harmonic Maps” at the 2014 International Congress of Mathematicians (held every four years) in Seoul, South Korea. This paper has been accepted by Acta Mathematica Sinica.

She also published a joint research article titled “Remarks of Transversally f-Biharmonic Maps” (refereed) by the Society of Balkan Geometry in Europe.

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Courses

MATH 121 – Calculus I (3 credits)

First course in calculus. Includes functions, limits, derivatives and applications. May include some proofs.

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MATH 224 – Multivariable Calculus (3 credits)

Prerequisite: MATH 122. Includes vectors in two- and three-dimensional space, vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals and line integrals.

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MATH 471, 472 – Real Analysis I, II (3 credits, 3 credits)

Prerequisite: MATH 223, 300, and at least one other 300- or 400-level mathematics course. A rigorous, real analysis approach to the theory of calculus. Only in sequence.

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Articles

Transversally biharmonic maps between foliated Riemannian manifolds

International Journal of Mathematics

2008-01-01

We generalize the notions of transversally harmonic maps between foliated Riemannian manifolds into transversally biharmonic maps. We show that a transversally biharmonic map into a foliated manifold of non-positive transverse curvature is transversally harmonic. ...

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Exponential wave maps

Journal of Geometry and Physics

2007-01-01

We generalize wave maps to exponential wave maps. We compute the first and second variations of the exponential energy, and obtain results concerning the stability of exponential wave maps. We prove a theorem which relates wave maps, exponential wave ...

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Biharmonic maps on V-manifolds

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences

2001-01-01

We generalize biharmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds into the case of the domain being V-manifolds. We obtain the first and second variations of biharmonic maps on V-manifolds. Since a biharmonic map from a compact V-manifold into a Riemannian ...

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