Wen-Wei Li (Lǐwénwēi / 李文威)

Personal information

• Affiliation: School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University.
• E-mail: wwli [ατ] bicmr.pku.edu.cn or wwli [ατ] pku.edu.cn
• Current address: Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University. No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian district, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.

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Background

• 1982: Born in Taipei
• 1988-1994: National Taipei University of Education Experimental Elementary School
• 1994-1997: Taipei Municipal Jinhua Junior High School
• 1997-2000: Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School
• 2000-2004: Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan University
• 2004-2005: Military service, as a reserve officer.
• 2006-2007: Université Paris-Sud 11, M1 in Fundamental Mathematics. Advisor: Jean-Benoît Bost
• 2007-2008: Universiteit Leiden, M2 in Mathematics. Advisor: Jean-Loup Waldspurger. (enrolled in the ALGANT master program during 2006-2008)
• 2008-2011: Université Paris Diderot 7, PhD. Advisor: Jean-Loup Waldspurger

My entry in the Mathematical Genealogy Project.

Master's thesis: The Weil Representation and Its Character (Leiden, 2008)

This thesis is written in a rather arid style. The main goal is to review the construction of the metaplectic covering $\widetilde{\text{Sp}}(2n) \twoheadrightarrow \text{Sp}(2n)$ and the Weil representation $\omega_\psi$. After that, I described the Maslov cocycle and deduced the character formula for $\omega_\psi$ of Maktouf-Thomas in terms of Maslov indices.

Doctoral Dissertation: Vers une formule des traces stable pour le groupe métaplectique (Jussieu, 2011)

The aim of my dissertation is twofold. First, a basic endoscopic framework for $\widetilde{\text{Sp}}(2n)$ is laid down; in particular, the transfer and the fundamental lemma are established. Secondly, I tried to set up Arthur's invariant trace formula for a large class of covering groups of connected reductive groups $\tilde{G} \twoheadrightarrow G(\mathbb{A})$ over a number field, which is ultimately achieved in my later papers. Warning: the errata is incomplete, please read at your own risk!

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Employment

• 2011/08 - 2012/02: Visitor, Morningside Center of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2012/03 - 2013/03: Associate researcher, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2013/04 - 2018/06: Researcher, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• 2015/03 - 2018/06: Professor (concurrently), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• 2018/07 - now: Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University.

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Other Responsibilities

• 2014-2021: Member of the editorial board of Compositio Mathematica
• 2023-now: Member of the editorial board of Frontiers of Mathematics
• 2023-now: Member of the editorial board of Science China Mathematics

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Research Interests

Unapplied Mathematics