Pao-Lu Hsu (Xu, Bao-lu): The Grandparent of Probability and Statistics in China
Dayue Chen, Ingram Olkin
TL;DR
This paper reviews the life and contributions of Pao-Lu Hsu, a pioneering figure in Chinese probability and statistics, highlighting his role in modernizing these fields in China during the early 20th century.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of Pao-Lu Hsu's life and recent discoveries about his work, emphasizing his foundational influence in Chinese probability and statistics.
Findings
Hsu's key contributions to probability theory and statistics
Historical context of Hsu's influence in Chinese mathematics
Recent uncovering of facts about Hsu's life and work
Abstract
The years 1910-1911 are auspicious years in Chinese mathematics with the births of Pao-Lu Hsu, Luo-Keng Hua and Shiing-Shen Chern. These three began the development of modern mathematics in China: Hsu in probability and statistics, Hua in number theory, and Chern in differential geometry. We here review some facts about the life of P.-L. Hsu which have been uncovered recently, and then discuss some of his contributions. We have drawn heavily on three papers in the 1979 Annals of Statistics (volume 7, pages 467-483) by T. W. Anderson, K. L. Chung and E. L. Lehmann, as well as an article by Jiang Ze-Han and Duan Xue-Fu in Hsu's collected papers.
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