Shana Yunsheng Li

Ph.D. Student at
Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Advisor: Nathan Dunfield

Email: yl202illinois.edu

Pronoun: She/Her


My Blåhaj
Introduction & CV Research Teaching Outreach

Outreach

Popular Science Posts

I have several Chinese posts on Zhihu, leaning towards popular science aspects of math. Some of them are extracted from my notes and thesis.
Post Remark
为什么要用层重新定义微分流形?
(Why do we use sheaves to re-define differential manifolds?)
Explaining the advantages of sheaf language in the study of geometric objects, for beginners in differential manifolds.
我们为什么要定义微分流形这个概念,motivation是什么?
(Why do we define the concept of differential manifolds, what is the motivation?)
Explaining the common partern of development of mathematics, for junior undergraduate students.
为什么四面体的体积公式不存在初等证明?- 希尔伯特第三问题
(Why does there not exist an elementary proof for the volume formula of tetrahedrons? - Hilbert's Third Problem)
Extracted from my Notes of Zelmanov's Algebraic Lectures, Lecture 17.
拓扑是如何刻画连续性的?
(How does topology characterize continuity?)
Short article for beginners in topology.
流形切丛上光滑函数环的泛性质
(Universal property of rings of smooth functions on tangent bundles of manifolds)
Extracted from my Undergraduate Thesis , Appendix B.
对于当今数学来说,「几何」到底是什么?
(What is "geometry" in modern mathematics?)
Very short article depicting the "big picture" of geometry (to my understanding at that time), for senior undergraduate students.

Piano

I'm also semi-professional in piano performance. During my life at SUSTech, I've participated in multiple concerts and masterclasses. Some of them are listed below:
Piano Performance Year
Debussy: Rêverie, L. 68 at Steinway Garden in Shenzhen Concert Hall ( MP3 ) 2023
Zhangshuai: Three Preludes, No.1 at Shenzhen Concert Hall ( MP3 ) 2022
Zhangshuai: Three Preludes, No.1 at Steinway Garden in Shenzhen Concert Hall 2021
Lang Lang's Piano Masterclass at SUSTech 10th Anniversary 2020
Haochen Zhang's Piano Masterclass 2019