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Chen-ning Yang

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Also known as Yang Zhenning, Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, C. N. Yang, C.N. Yang, Yang Chen Ning, Yang Chen-ning, Chen Ning Yang

Chinese physicist (1922–2025)

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Chen Ning Yang was a physicist who lived from 1922 to 2025. He is recognized in the Nobel Physics collection and the Nobel Laureates collection, indicating he received a Nobel Prize. His work is also acknowledged in the Royal Society collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

Yang’s published works include *Selected papers, 1945-1980, with commentary*, *Xue Zhe Tan Li Guangyao*, *Braid Group, Knot Theory and Statistical Mechanics II*, *Chen Xi Ji*, and *Topology And Physics*. He had three children.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1922
Died
2025
Works
39

Top works

  • Selected papers, 1945-1980, with commentary
  • Xue Zhe Tan Li Guangyao
  • Braid Group, Knot Theory and Statistical Mechanics II
  • Chen Xi Ji
  • Topology And Physics

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

    · 1988 · cited 95,712x

  2. XGBoost

    · 2016 · cited 44,870x

  3. Multiwfn: A multifunctional wavefunction analyzer

    · 2011 · cited 43,220x

  4. fastp: an ultra-fast all-in-one FASTQ preprocessor

    · 2018 · cited 27,646x

  5. featureCounts: an efficient general purpose program for assigning sequence reads to genomic features

    · 2013 · cited 26,488x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1957

    “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”

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Yang Chen-Ning (simplified Chinese: 杨振宁; traditional Chinese: 楊振寧; pinyin: Yáng Zhènníng; October 1, 1922 – October 18, 2025) also known as C.N. Yang and Franklin Yang, was a Chinese-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics and condensed matter physics.

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