Matthew Emerton, a professor of math at the University of Chicago, also met Zhang at Princeton.
"It is like a diamond with tens of thousands of facets," Bertram Kostant, an emeritus professor of math at M.I.T., said.
With a blue short-sleeved oxford over a gray sweatshirt, he looked less like a convict than like an uncared-for professor of math.
Computer rankings are proliferating, said Kenneth Massey, a professor of math at Carson-Newman in Jefferson City, Tenn., who has been ranking teams since 1995.
David found friends like himself, Modern Orthodox professionals in their 30's -- a professor of math, a rheumatologist and two lawyers.
"The good news is that coincidence is rare," said Mr. Starbird, who is a distinguished professor of math at the University of Texas at Austin.
The financing will help support research at the university by David Martin, an assistant professor of math and computer science, and three associates.
He and Zhang had a classmate at Peking University who had become a professor of math at the University of New Hampshire, and when the friend said that he was looking for someone to teach calculus Tang recommended Zhang.
CHISHOLM, MALCOLM H.; Distinguished Professor of Math and Physical Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Jordan Ellenberg, an associate professor of math at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who was initially skeptical of the job wiki, says, "I didn't really see any of the negatives that I anticipated playing out, … so my worries were somewhat assuaged".
