"...Oh, Shet, I've already guessed who it is, give him the prize quickly!"
Immediately afterwards, the entire conference ushered in the most exciting awards ceremony that everyone was eagerly anticipating.
Faced with everyone's expectations, Professor Shigebumi Mori continued to speak.
The Gauss Prize exists to reward this type of scholars.
This is especially true for a field of genius like mathematics.
"Few people can make truly outstanding achievements in this field. The mountains are daunting, except for those warriors with bright eyes and firm beliefs."
Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the crowd, could clearly hear that the people sitting next to him were having a heated discussion about who might win this supreme honor.
"Jordy Williamson, the youngest academician in mathematics in Australia, established a purely algebraic Hodge theory about polynomial rings, and successfully proved the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture on the Kirsch group. He didn't get it in the last class, so it's very difficult. It’s a pity that this year should be his.”
"Lu Zhou!"
"Congratulations, young scholar, we meet again."
Lu Zhou: "Isn't there another Liva Lati Award?"
There was a downpour of applause.
"The prover of the Kakutani conjecture is Vera Puyoi, the winner of the last Cole Number Theory Award, the Ramanujan Award, and the European Mathematical Society Award. Both her research results and mentors are top-notch, and she is still from Princeton. Even if If the award committee does not consider her this time, it will definitely be her next time.”
MMP!
Upon hearing these words, Professor Shigebumi Mori was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile.
"The first recipient of the Fields Medal was—"
Most people admire hard work, but everyone aspires to be a genius.
The thunderous applause was like a violent storm, hitting Lu Zhou's eardrums and making his whole body messy in the wind.
It's not like he hasn't considered this possibility.
After looking around the venue, Professor Morishigefumi spoke slowly in a calm and solemn tone.
The next awards were the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award and the Riva Rati Award. The former was for lifetime achievement, and the latter was awarded to "ordinary people" who have made outstanding contributions to science popularization.
As usual, Professor Siviana, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, and Shigefumi Mori, Chairman of the International Mathematical Union, stood in front of the stage and delivered opening speeches respectively, welcoming scholars from all over the country who visited here, and thanked Russia and All sectors of society in St. Petersburg support the cause of mathematics.
He still remembered that the Turks who won this award last time seemed to have just built a few primary schools in remote mountainous areas (desert areas)
"I could spend a whole day describing his deeds, and I may not even be able to finish them..."
As soon as the professor spoke, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the front row, froze.
"who?"
Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the front row with his back to the venue, could even feel that the eyes focused on the stage seemed to light something on fire...
"We often say that mathematics is the foundation of natural science and applied science, and its boundary determines our understanding of the universe and ourselves. However, in the actual research of applied science, we can integrate the methods of advanced mathematics and use them skillfully. There are very few scholars who have the tools to address the big questions about our future.”
The huge venue fell silent as if under a silencing spell.
The conference hall of the Clinthia Hotel was crowded with people.
Lu Zhou stood up amidst the applause, took a deep breath, walked steadily to the stage, and took the medal from Professor Mori Shigebumi.
If Lu Zhou remembered correctly, she received her PhD when she left Princeton. She was only 22 years old at that time.
My contribution to the popularization of mathematics goes beyond a few primary schools, so why can’t I participate in the awards
After getting off the stage, he sat in the front row where the Gauss Prize winners belonged, quietly waiting for the award ceremony to continue.
The attendees listened attentively, and so did Lu Zhou.
However, at this moment, a discordant complaint came from the side.
"Are you referring to... such an occasion? That's such a pity. I'm afraid we won't have any more medals to award you before you turn seventy. And after you turn seventy, I'm afraid I He is no longer in this world."
"The first is the Gauss Prize. I know you have been waiting for it for a long time."
"Professor Vera Puyoi from Princeton University!"
Compared with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is of consolation and brings half an end to an academic career, the Fields Medal, which only people under 40 years old can participate in, can be said to be the crown in the minds of countless mathematicians.
So many things happened in places he didn't know about, and she didn't even tell him.
"Yes, yes, this is the least suspenseful Gauss Award. Hurry up and get the next one."
On the stage, Professor Shigebumi Mori continued.
The atmosphere in the venue was pushed to a climax wave by wave, especially when the Fields Medal award ceremony began, the warm atmosphere reached its peak.
The sky above St. Petersburg was clear and clear.
"Because if there are too many, there will be no gold content. We must select truly outstanding scholars who can change the future face of the mathematics world..."
Although he didn't really care about the medal, Lu Zhou still felt a little worried.
This link can be said to be the highlight of the entire conference, and it can even be said that many people come here just for it.
But in any case, applied science is indeed a part of mathematics, not to mention that even scholars like Hardy and Grothendieck who pursue "glorious isolation" have their theories eventually reflected in other disciplines.
Although applied science does not have a high profile in the world of mathematics, the Bourbaki school, which occupies a higher say in the world of mathematics, takes pride in the "uselessness" and "purity" of mathematics. Scholars such as Hardy and Grothendieck, and more Both have publicly expressed the view that mathematics is great because of its purity.
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Lu Zhou: "..."
Of course, what really caught Lu Zhou off guard was not just the news of Vera winning.
Especially the Fields Medal.
Almost at the same time, a line of light blue text appeared in his field of vision.
He patted Lu Zhou's arm with his right hand. The old professor showed a friendly smile on his face, nodded and said.
[Congratulations to the host, unlocking the hidden achievement!]
"... By constructing a clever transcendental integral function, she proved that there is an integral function h(z), and {g^ok(z0)}∞/k=1 converges to 1, thus proving the problem that has troubled us for many years. The establishment of Kakutani's conjecture and the improvement of the group structure theory."
"Damn it, why does the Fields Medal only come once every four years? There are too many people who can win it."
Can't you just cooperate and say this later
Although he understood that she might want to give him a surprise, or maybe she thought it was not worth mentioning, Lu Zhou still felt a little disappointed when he learned this.
Vera
The moment these words were spoken.
Professor Shigebumi Mori coughed dryly: "... Please give other people who love mathematics a chance. Okay, Professor Lu, please go down."
…
"Marina Vyazovska's research is indeed outstanding, but the direction of discrete geometry is too cold, not to mention her tutor is not a famous scholar. In comparison, I am more optimistic about another Ukrainian mathematician. And a lady too.”
Lu Zhou: "..."
But all this was so sudden!
The four categories of awards to be awarded almost mark the highest honor in the entire mathematics community. It can be said that if you get any one of them, the winner's mathematical career will be smooth in the rest of his life.
"... Marina Weyazovska should also have a chance. She extended the 3-dimensional sphere packing problem to 8- and 24-dimensional in the study of discrete geometry, and also won the 2017 Clay Research Award with these studies. Award, LaRue Gold Medal and European Combinatorial Prize. My tutor used two words to describe her: genius and incredible. She is 38 years old this year. If she doesn’t win the award again, she will have no chance.”
After keenly catching the third to last sentence, Lu Zhou showed a surprised expression on his face.
On the morning of August 3rd.
The Chern Mathematics Award is a lifelong achievement that you don’t need to think about for the time being, and it’s not yet time to die. However, Lu Zhou feels that he still has some hope for the Newanglina Award, which honors mathematical science in computing. There is also the Riva Rati Award in recognition of mathematics science popularization. I am totally worthy of it.
And now 4 years have passed and she is only 26...
Even though the conference hall was spacious enough this time, because there were so many people present, and there were two security checks at the door, people entering were still shoulder to shoulder, and the crowded aisles barely had room to stay.
“Number theory is an ancient subject, its history runs almost throughout the history of mathematics, and those classical propositions that have been solved and those that have not been solved can also be said to be the origin of all the knowledge we have so far.”
Soon, someone whispered in agreement.
Lu Zhou turned his head to see who was arranging him, but there were too many people here. They were all heads. It was impossible to tell who said those two sentences.
The sense of surprise that was finally brewing was gone in an instant!
Not wanting to live up to the expectations of the attendees, Professor Shigefumi Mori stood on the stage and did not keep people waiting. He stood up the speech in his hand, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and quickly entered the awards process.
"The winner is—"
“…as he said, our science is changing the world, and mathematics will change our science!”
There is no doubt that she is indeed an excellent scholar, and there is nothing wrong with the fact that her research results in number theory can be given extra points when participating in such awards, but she is too young no matter what.
"Thank you, I'm glad to see you again," Lu Zhou shook hands with the old scholar and continued with a smile, "I believe we will meet again."