King-Wai Yau is a prominent Chinese-American mathematician known for his significant contributions to various fields of mathematics, particularly in differential geometry and mathematical physics. He is well-known for his work on geometric analysis, including the study of so-called "Yau's theorem," which concerns the existence of metrics with prescribed scalar curvature. Yau has made substantial contributions to the theory of minimal surfaces, complex geometry, and the study of geometric flows, as well as other areas in mathematics.
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