"At the age of 22, his ground-breaking research on antenna theory under the direction of Professor Ronold W. P. King established him as one of the leading experts in this important field. The remarkable breadth of Wu's research interests over the course of his career was underpinned by his exceptional mathematical abilities. Although he shifted the main thrust of this research to fundamental problems in physics, he continued for years to be active in solving basic electricity and magnetism problems that arise in antenna theory."
"Their extraordinary study of the high-energy behavior in quantum field theory illuminated properties of renormalization theory and resulted in the prediction of rising total cross-section of hadron scattering. Wu's work on statistical mechanics models with Barry McCoy, Craig Tracy, and others led to different insights, including finding a closed-form solution for correlation functions of the scaling limit of the Ising model, ostensibly an exact quantum field theory."
Tai Tsun Wu held appointments in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Department of Physics at Harvard. At 22 he produced ground-breaking antenna theory research under Ronold W. P. King that established him as a leading expert. He later shifted toward fundamental physics while continuing to solve electricity and magnetism problems related to antennas. Long collaborations included Hung Cheng, producing insights into high-energy behavior in quantum field theory, renormalization, and a prediction of rising hadron scattering total cross-sections. Work with Barry McCoy, Craig Tracy, and others produced closed-form correlation functions for the Ising model scaling limit. In 1975 he and C.N. Yang reformulated monopole theory into the "Wu-Yang dictionary." He advised many students and received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics among other honors.
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