Chinese mathematician Wu Meng has returned to China after several years in Finland. He is now a full-time professor of fundamental mathematics at Hunan University. Before moving, he worked at the University of Oulu, one of Finland’s largest universities.
While based in Oulu, Wu solved a major part of Furstenberg’s conjecture from the 1960s. His work studied how numbers behave in different bases, such as binary and ternary. The proof was published in Annals of Mathematics and earned him the 2023 International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians Best Paper Award. He also received a Frontiers of Science Award in 2025.
Wu’s research on Furstenberg’s conjecture in Finland was supported by a grant from the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Earlier in his career he studied in France and held postdoctoral positions in Israel and Sweden. He will now continue his work on ergodic theory and number expansions from his new base in Hunan.
