Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu (Chinese: 劉江楓,[1] March 15, 1947—March 26, 2024)[2] was a Canadian mathematician. He was a professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta.[3]
Liu was born in Guangzhou, and attended New Method College in Hong Kong.[4]
He then did his undergraduate studies in mathematics at McGill University,[5] and earned his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Harvey Abbott, with the dissertation Some Results on Hypergraphs.[6] He also received a professional diploma in education alongside his doctorate.[7]
He was the leader of the Canadian team to the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2000 (South Korea) and 2003 (Japan) and the deputy leader of the United States of America team from 1981 to 1984,[8] and acted as vice-president of the Tournament of Towns.[9]
Books
1998 Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 1 (1981-1993), Australian Mathematics Trust
2001 Hungarian Problem Book III (1929–1943), Mathematical Association of America
2005 Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 2 (1993-2001), Australian Mathematics Trust
2008 The Alberta High School Math Competitions (1957–2006), Mathematical Association of America
2009 Problems from Murray Klamkin, Mathematical Association of America, with Bruce Shawyer
2009 International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns Book (2002-2007), Australian Mathematics Trust, with Peter Taylor
2011 Hungarian Problem Book IV (1947–1963), Mathematical Association of America, with Robert Barrington-Leigh
2014 Upper Elementary School Mathematics, Chiu Chang Mathematics Publishers, Taipei
2014 Classical Geometry, Wiley, with Ed Leonard, Ted Lewis and George Tokarsky
2015 Arithmetical Wonderland, Mathematical Association of America
2016 Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad (1961–1992), Mathematical Association of America
2018 Chinese Mathematics Competitions and Olympiads Book 3 (2001-2009), Australian Mathematics Trust, with Yunhao Fu and Zhichao Li
2018 S.M.A.R.T. Circle Overview, Springer Nature
2018 S.M.A.R.T. Circle Projects, Springer Nature
2018 S.M.A.R.T. Circle Minicourses, Springer Nature
2020 The Puzzles of Nobuyuki Yoshigahara, Springer Nature, with George Sicherman and Takayuki Yoshigahara
2020 Grade Five Competition from the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, Springer Nature, with Kseniya Garaschuk
2021 Solomon Golomb’s Course in Undergraduate Combinatorics, Spring Nature, with Solomon Golomb