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Alexander Ng Tengfat Yong

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Alexander Ng Tengfat Yong

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My research interests are in combinatorics, in relation to algebra, geometry, Lie theory, probability, algorithms and other areas of mathematics. The core of my research program has been in Schubert calculus and geometry. Other work I have done may be roughly classified under combinatorial commutative algebra and combinatorial algorithms.

Education

PhD Mathematics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 2003

Honors & Awards

Distinguished Teaching Award in Mathematics for Tenured Faculty, Department of Mathematics, 2018
Arnold O. Beckman Award, Campus Research Board, University of Illinois, 2018
Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar, College of LAS, University of Illinois, 2012-2013
Beckman Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 2011-2012
G. de B. Robinson Award, Canadian Mathematical Society, 2011

Office Address

Department of Mathematics
355 Altgeld Hall, MC-382
1409 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Phone

(217) 244-5120

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  • Newell-Littlewood numbers III: Eigencones and GIT-semigroups

    Gao, S., Orelowitz, G., Ressayre, N. & Yong, A., Aug 27 2025, In: Compositio Mathematica. 161, 5, p. 1054-1074 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Schubert determinantal ideals are Hilbertian

    Stelzer, A. & Yong, A., Sep 1 2025, In: Journal of Algebra. 677, p. 278-293 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity and Schubert geometry

    Yong, A., 2024, Open Problems in Algebraic Combinatorics. Berkesch, C., Brubaker, B., Musiker, G., Pylyavskyy, P. & Reiner, V. (eds.). American Mathematical Society, p. 349-360 12 p. (Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics; vol. 110).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Levi-spherical Schubert varieties

    Gao, Y., Hodges, R. & Yong, A., Mar 2024, In: Advances in Mathematics. 439, 109486.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Levi-spherical varieties and Demazure characters

    Gao, Y., Hodges, R. & Yong, A., 2024, In: Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire. 91, #37.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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