For such an important award, Jiang Cheng must say something special at the ceremony.
I am honored to receive this award today. It is an affirmation of my work and a recognition of me by the International Mathematical Union. This makes me very happy.
Jiang Cheng's voice echoed in the auditorium. His voice was so loud and he seemed to have a lot of energy.
The reason I can accept this award here today is all because of a paper, which is the paper on proving the Riemann hypothesis.
"The Riemann hypothesis has been puzzling the mathematics community for a long time. I proved it, so I was able to gain recognition from the mathematics community and eventually won the Fields Medal."
The Riemann hypothesis is of great significance to mathematics. After proving the Riemann hypothesis, our mathematics will be able to develop better.
Jiang Cheng brought up the issue of his thesis right at the beginning. After hearing this, all the audience thought that Jiang Cheng’s speech today would focus on mathematics.
Jiang Cheng's words soon proved everyone's guess that he was mainly going to talk about topics related to mathematics today.
Everyone knows that I have many research directions, including various fields. This time I set my sights on mathematics, so you can listen to me speak here.
When it comes to mathematics, I have a lot to say to you. Mathematics has extraordinary significance for human beings. The title of Queen of Science is the best recognition of mathematics.
Mathematics is a discipline that studies quantity, change, space, structure, information and other issues. It is a discipline developed by people summarizing the laws in life.
This subject is the one that places the most emphasis on logic and deduction. Every mathematical formula must undergo the most rigorous deduction before it can ultimately be established.
I will not go into detail about the subject of mathematics. I think everyone is very familiar with mathematics. Today I want to focus on the significance of mathematics to human beings.
After saying this, Jiang Cheng paused, then strengthened his tone, making his words more serious.
Don't think that mathematics is just a game of playing with numbers and it doesn't seem to be a big deal.
"If you think so, you are wrong. The importance of mathematics is far beyond your imagination.
"Mathematics is actually the foundation of all natural sciences. Without mathematics, none of the natural sciences can be developed. Precisely because mathematics is so important to natural sciences, mathematics has the title of the Queen of Science. When Jiang Cheng said this, everyone became as serious as Jiang Cheng.
Everyone knew that Jiang Cheng's speech was becoming very formal this time, so no one dared to laugh or smile.
Mathematics is always so fascinating because it contains the truth of the world.
In the world we live in, the properties that everything exhibits are not necessarily its essence. The essence of the world is often very different from what we perceive.
What we see may just be a visual deception, and the human eye can only capture part of the optical fiber. Our ears can also deceive us. Humans can only hear sounds of a certain wavelength.
Only mathematics will never deceive us. We can only use mathematics to express everything, and mathematics has always been describing the essence of the world.
After Jiang Cheng said this, his voice became a little high-pitched, causing everyone's emotions to become excited.
If our experimental methods cannot achieve idealization, then we can only use mathematical methods to guess some theories. Now many of our physical theories are all ideal structures that only exist in mathematics.
“With mathematics, we can let our imagination run wild. As long as a theory is mathematically valid, we can make bold assumptions without being bound by the impact of experimental data.
That’s why mathematics is so important to us. Without mathematics, human civilization cannot develop. If there were no mathematics, we would still be in a primitive society and would not be able to enjoy such a convenient life.
Mathematics is the most important subject for human beings. It is because of mathematics that we have today's human civilization!
No one expected that Jiang Chengran had elevated mathematics to such a high level.
Judging from what Jiang Cheng meant, without mathematics, human beings would be completely finished.
Jiang Cheng’s speech now is of great significance. Since Jiang Cheng attaches so much importance to mathematics, no one will dare to despise this subject.
Because of Jiang Cheng’s speech today, perhaps more young people will devote themselves to the study of mathematics.
Don’t underestimate Jiang Cheng’s influence among young people. He can easily change the ideas of many young people and lead them to a completely different path in life.
Right now, many young people are sitting in front of the TV, watching Jiang Cheng say the above words.
Perhaps after hearing that Jiang Cheng attaches so much importance to mathematics, some young people will decide to apply for mathematics as their major and embark on the path of mathematics from then on.
It is said that among these young people, some outstanding mathematicians will emerge in the future and make their own contributions to the development of mathematics.
All of this is the influence brought by Jiang Cheng, and this influence is likely to last for a long time.
Perhaps many families will make changes because of Jiang Cheng's words, pay more attention to mathematics education in their country, invest more resources in the field of mathematics, and allow mathematics to develop better.
And this is exactly the purpose of Jiang Cheng saying these words. He wants to promote the development of mathematics, so he advocates the importance of mathematics so much.
Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences, and Jiang Cheng has a deep understanding of this.
Many of his research projects are inseparable from mathematics, but the current level of mathematics of human beings is far from enough.
At least for a civilization preparing to head into space, human mathematical development is still too low.
Without mathematical support, human civilization cannot go further.
That's why Jiang Chengao said so much about mathematics in his acceptance speech.
Jiang Cheng feels that the current level of human mathematics is still too low, so he wants to vigorously promote the development of mathematics.
The development of mathematics cannot be carried out by him alone. He needs more people to devote themselves to mathematics and contribute their efforts to the development of mathematics.
I hope that young people who are interested in scientific research will study mathematics carefully. Mathematics will definitely bring you the most generous rewards. "Mathematics can help you discover the truth of the world and gain the authority of God. Those who master mathematics will surely master the truth!
(End of this chapter)