Template:Did you know nominations/Xia Peisu

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:56, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Xia Peisu, Yang Liming

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Xia Peisu in 1946

... that Xia Peisu (pictured), the "mother of computer science" in China, and her husband, theoretical physicist Yang Liming, were elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the same time? Source: "Xia Peisu: The Mother of Computer Science in China", "1991年与夫人夏培肃一起当选为中国科学院院士" - "In 1991, he and his wife Xia Peisu were together elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences"

Reviewed: Ring of modular forms (two articles)

Created by V.madden25 (talk) and Zanhe (talk). Nominated by Zanhe (talk) at 06:33, 14 October 2019 (UTC).

Date, size, refs, copyvio check, hook, neutrality, all GTG. The hook is a bit bland in the second part concerning Liming, but I concur it's tough if you want hook for both of them.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Xia Peisu (pictured), the "mother of computer science" in China, and her husband Yang Liming, who helped explain the magic number, were elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the same time? Lu & Chen p. 311 (secondary source in Chinese); primary source in English

@Piotrus: Thanks for your review. I agree with you that the second part of ALT0 is a bit bland. How about ALT1? -Zanhe (talk) 23:19, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

I could quibble with whether publishing a paper on a topic is 'helping explain', but hooks need to be short, so it will do - and is much more interesting. Alt 1 GTG too. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:35, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Actually I already toned down the wording from the source (Lu & Chen), which says he "successfully explained" the magic number. BTW, he also published another paper in Nature (co-authored with Max Born) on the same topic. -Zanhe (talk) 06:43, 15 October 2019 (UTC)