Lek-Heng Lim

Lek-Heng Lim (Chinese: 林力行[1]) is a Singaporean mathematician.

Lim earned a bachelor's degree at the National University of Singapore, studied for his master's at Cornell University and the University of Cambridge, and completed a doctorate at Stanford University.[2] Lim started his teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley,[1] where he served as Charles Morrey Assistant Professor.[2] He later joined the University of Chicago faculty.[3][4] While affiliated with Chicago, Lim won the James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing[5][6] and Stephen Smale Prize in 2017,[7] followed by the 2020 Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra.[8] In 2020, Lim was also elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[9]

Lim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in April 2022.[10][11]

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  7. Roberts, Emily (26 April 2017). "ICME Alumnus, Lek-Heng Lim, wins Smale Prize". Stanford University. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. "Award-winning faculty". University of Chicago. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. "2020 Class of Fellows of the AMS". University of Chicago. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  10. Lerner, Louise; Wood, Matt (April 7, 2022). "Two University of Chicago scientists named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows". The University of Chicago Chronicle. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  11. "Meet Our 2022 Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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