In the past, I would frequently invite Shoucheng to attend conferences in Singapore.During his visits, he gave 3 to 4 very interesting public lectures, he also did a very long interview with us. And I remember,he once mentioned that these conferences inspired him a great deal,many of his achievements and breakthroughs were relevant to his experiences in Singapore.
He was the star pupil under Professor Yang Chen-Ning. Professor Yang once mentioned Shoucheng as one of his best students. In 1990, Shoucheng and Professor Yang worked together to produce the article 「SO4 Symmetryin a Hubbard Model」, published in Modern Physics Letters B, on the discovery of the eigenstates possessing off-diagonal long-range order, in the Hubbard model which is closely related to the high-temperature superconductivity, in which both Professor Yang and Shoucheng discovered its SO4 symmetry.Shoucheng was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014, although he did not win. Professor Yang said it was only a matter of time before he did.
Shoucheng was not only highly intelligent, but also hardworking and persevering. He held a passion toward scientific research and was deeply interested in philosophy and history.He was gentle, cultivated and was amiable and approachable in nature. Shoucheng’s sudden passing is a regretful loss, which left us more than anything, in longing and sadness.
Shoucheng, you will always be remembered.
We have enclosed a copy of his interview with this letter, possibly one of the most thorough interview of him.
（文：潘國駒）
潘國駒 (Phua Kok Khoo)，畢業於英國伯明罕大學，獲博士學位, 後又獲頒英國伯明罕大學榮譽理學博士（Doctor of Science）學位。目前擔任世界科技出版公司主席及總編輯和新加坡南洋理工大學高等研究所永久創所所長。潘教授於2009年當選聲譽卓著的美國物理學會院士，2014年當選新加坡國家科學院院士。
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