Chapter 259

In addition to the 20 invited speakers who were given the opportunity to give one-hour academic presentations, nearly 100 mathematicians were qualified to give 45-minute presentations in the breakout sessions of the subject groups.

In the Algebraic Geometry group, a total of eight mathematicians were qualified for the 45-minute presentation.

Gu Lu's name is in the list of these eight people.

Gu Lu was invited by the International Mathematical Union to give an academic report, which was expected by most people.

Although Gu Lu is very young, only 24 years old this year, counting the previous international congresses of mathematicians, no mathematician has ever been an invited speaker at the 24th of the year.

In other words, Gu Lu broke a record.

At the age of 24, Gu Lu became the youngest invited speaker in the history of the International Congress of Mathematicians!

It is estimated that this record, in the next few decades, will be almost impossible to break!

Youngest Invited Speaker!

This is not an insignificant title.

The status of the International Congress of Mathematicians is there, and Gu Lu's title of "the youngest invited speaker in history" is naturally full of gold.

In addition to Gu Lu, there were several other people who were also on the list of eight people.

For example, Simon and Karl, who are as famous as Gu Lu in the field of algebraic geometry.

Since algebraic geometry is known as a place where geniuses gather, there is naturally no shortage of demons like Gu Lu.

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On this day, Gu Lu just rushed back from the International Conference Center and got news from Bao Songquan that Simon had completed the proof of the BAB conjecture and published the paper in Arxiv.

After returning to the apartment, Gu Lu logged into his Arxiv account and found Simon's article.

In fact, Simon's side, as early as the end of July, had already completed the BAB conjecture.

However, it took Simon a whole week to write the 60-page paper.

Simon at that time was not as anxious as Gu Lu was at that time.

Gu Lu burst his liver and vomited blood, and it took two days to write the paper.

And Simon is not in a hurry,

Anyway, I've already lost, so I don't care about these few days!

Simon has a completely broken jar attitude.

So, it took Simon a week to finish a paper slowly and unhurriedly.

This article is also presented in front of Gu Lu's eyes.

Just like the paper that Simon read Gu Lu at that time, Gu Lu also read Simon's paper at a glance and ten lines.

After all, in the world, the people who know the BAB conjecture best are undoubtedly Gu Lu and Simon.

In half an hour, Gu Lu finished sweeping Simon's article.

I have to sigh with emotion, Simon deserves to be called an immortal genius in the field of algebraic geometry!

is only thirty-four years old, but the article is old and spicy, but he looks like an old professor in his fifties and sixties.

Even as a former opponent, Gu Lu had to say a word of admiration.

"I'm looking forward to meeting you, Simon!"

Gu Lu turned his head to look out the window and muttered softly to himself.

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The whole of August was a difficult month for the entire geometric community.

At the beginning of the month, the time for Gu Lu to prove the BAB conjecture sparked another craze.

Then, Simon also announced that he had conquered the BAB conjecture, which caused mathematicians who knew the inside story to launch a wave of distress for Simon.

By the middle of August, another event had once again set off waves in the geometric world, which had tended to be calm.

The triennial Wiblen Prize will be awarded on August 28.

The Wiblen Prize, whose full name is the Oswald Wiblen Prize in Geometry, is an academic award awarded by the Mathematical Society of the United States to recognize scholars who have made significant achievements in the field of geometry or topology. The prize is awarded every three years and carries out a prize of $50,000.

In the eyes of many people in the mathematics community, this award is the highest award in the field of geometry and topology!

In mid-August, the National Mathematical Society announced the list of nominees for this year's Wiblen Prize.

Gu Lu's name is impressively listed!

Previous winners of the Wiblen Prize were mathematicians who had long established themselves in the fields of geometry and topology.

The youngest mathematician received the award at the age of thirty-one.

That's right, that mathematician is Simon!

At the last Wiblen Prize ceremony, Simon won the Wiblen Award when he was still thirty-one years old.

At the same time, it also became the youngest winner in the history of the award.

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Gu Lu was nominated for this award, and to be honest, it was unexpected by many.

But when I think about it, I think it's reasonable.

The fact that Gu Lu proved the BAB conjecture alone was enough for the Mathematics Society of the United States to ignore Gu Lu's age and qualifications. In addition, last year, the two major problems of the miniature model program were solved in one go......

They were shocked to find that Gu Lu could really win this year's Veblen Prize!

After all, there are three winners of the Wiblen Prize.

The rest of the nominated mathematicians in the field of geometry and topology, in addition to their age and qualifications are stronger than Gu Lu, their academic achievements in recent years are not bad compared with the previous winners, but compared with Gu Lu, there is still a bit of a gap!

At that time, Simon's title of "the youngest winner of the Wiblen Prize" may change hands again.

Unless, the Mathematical Society of the United States deliberately made things difficult for Gu Lu and did not let Gu Lu win the award.

But it's impossible to think about.

Since the Mathematics Society of the United States wants to make things difficult for Gu Lu, it is enough to directly withdraw Gu Lu's nomination qualifications, so why bother.

For a mathematician like Gu Lu, who is a pure number direction, the United States is generally not hostile.

Therefore, Gu Lu's winning of the Veblen Prize has almost become a sure thing.

"I feel sorry for Simon!"

After getting the news, many mathematicians said such a sentence in unison.

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Yan Da.

After Bao Songquan got the news, he was very excited.

The Wiblen Prize, that's the Wiblen Prize!

The highest award in the field of geometry and topology, but it is the most valuable award in the field of geometry and topology other than the Fields Medal!

Once he wins this award, Gu Lu's status in the geometric world will climb a lot.

Bao Songquan is really happy for his little junior brother.

You know, in the whole of China, there are only nine mathematicians who have won the Wiblen Prize.

And Gu Lu seems to be the tenth winner of the Wiblen Award in China, and the fourth winner of the Wiblen Award at Yan University.

In addition, the Wiblen Award has always been known as the "vane of the Philippine Award".

Because the mathematician who won Wiblen has a great chance to hit the Fields Medal.

For example, Simon, the winner of the last year's Wiblen Prize, is a strong impactor of this year's Philippine Awards.

Of course, this was after the achievement of "proving the BAB conjecture".

But now!

I'm sorry, Gu Lu strangled him in the cradle.

But one thing that cannot be denied is that although Simon lost the opportunity to hit the Fields Medal this year, he has more than 80% chance of winning the Fields Medal at the next International Congress of Mathematicians!