The speed of news expansion is very fast, especially in this summer when there is a lack of big-name transfers, at Bayern Munich's regular press conference the next day, there were more than twice as many reporters as usual, and they are all looking forward to Bayern Munich's official response to Luciujian's trip to Madrid.

"Despite the loss of Misal, we still played well in the first two games, and Bayern are on the right path!" "Marjette introduced the team's recent situation without saltiness, and there was no lack of regret in his heart, if Lu Qiujian could be sure to stay, Ballack probably would not have transferred to Chelsea, right?

After the routine topic was over, and it was time for reporters to ask questions, the press officer took care of the reporter of "Kicker" magazine as usual, and he did not hesitate to ask the question that everyone was concerned about, "May I ask Coach Magath, why didn't Lu enter the squad for the first two games? Is he really going to move to Spain?"

"Isn't it normal for Lu not to be in the squad? He's not a full-time player, playing football is just a work-study for him! He had other things to do in the previous two games, so he didn't participate!" Magath was not worried about those false rumors at all, and replied with great ease, "As for his going to Madrid, the club has known for a long time! It is certain that he will not transfer to any team!"

"So what is Lu doing in Madrid?" Before the press officer could speak, the Bild reporter preemptively asked.

"Of course, I'm attending the International Congress of Mathematicians!" Magath shrugged, "Don't you all read the newspapers? The 25th World Congress of Mathematics is now being held in Madrid! As one of the best mathematicians in the world today, isn't it normal for Lu to attend such a conference?"

Yes, Lu Qiujian's football seems to be a side job, and his official identity is a mathematician and physicist, so it is normal for him to go to Madrid to attend the World Congress of Mathematics!

But as football reporters, who cares about the tech news? They make excuses for themselves.

"In addition, Lu's participation in this conference may bring us a new surprise!" "Marjette winked playfully, and he didn't say anything about what the surprise was.

Madrid. More than 4,000 mathematicians from all over the world gathered here at the International Congress of Mathematicians, and if ETA carried out an attack here to kill these people, the development of science and technology in the world would probably be greatly delayed, right? Lu Qiujian thought with emotion.

"Lu, we haven't seen each other for about three years, haven't we?" said Andrei Ochskov, an old friend from Princeton, who has contributed to the connection between probability theory, algebraic representation theory and algebraic geometry, and is a popular candidate for this year's Fields Medal.

"Andre, I'm afraid that after this conference, there will be one more Fields Medal winner in Princeton!" Lu Qiujian vaguely sent congratulations in advance.

"How can it be one? Didn't you get a degree at Princeton? It should be two!" Ochskov knew which of these candidates was the most deserving of the winners, but fortunately there were four places for the Fields Medal. didn't let him lose the chance to win the award.

In addition to the two of them, the favorites for this year's award are Tao Zhexuan from the University of California, Los Angeles, Andrei's compatriot Grigory Perelman from Moscow, and Wendelin Warner, a mathematician from the University of Paris-Sud in France.

This also vividly illustrates the pattern of today's mathematical community, with the University of the United States, France, Lucia, Princeton, and Paris-Sud still maintaining their leading position in the mathematical community, and with the emergence of Yau Chengtong, Tao Zhexuan, and Lu Qiujian, the Chinese have also begun to gradually move towards the highest field of mathematics.

But there are only four places for the Fields Medal! Now there are five winners, and except for Lu Qiujian, who has cracked the Poincaré conjecture and made too many solid achievements in the field of the Langlands Program, he is sure that he can win the prize; moreover, among these four people, Tao Zhexuan is only 31 years old this year and still has the opportunity to win two conferences, and the others will exceed the requirement that the Fields Medal can only be awarded before the age of 40 in the next session! I wonder who will be the frustrated?

The conference will last for nine days. At the opening ceremony on August 22, the organizing committee will first award the Fields Medal, the Gauss Medal and the Naiwang Linna Award.

Except for him. Chen Zhiming, a researcher from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was also invited to give a 45-minute talk at the conference.

However, until the opening ceremony of the conference, Lu Qiujian still did not see the figure of his old friend Perelman, and not only shook his head regretfully, but Perelman was a withdrawn man, and in his heart he was not interested in anything else except mathematics. If it weren't for Lu Qiujian's first two attempts to attract him to China by putting forward some novel ideas, he probably wouldn't have even attended those two award ceremonies, right?

John Bauer, President of the International Mathematical Union, presided over the opening ceremony and expressed his welcome to more than 4,000 mathematicians from all over the world. After that, the winners of the three major awards were announced.

The Gauss Prize is jointly awarded by the International Federation of Mathematicians and the Federation of German Mathematicians, the Federation of German Mathematicians is specifically responsible for the management of the award, it is mainly used to reward mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to applied mathematics, and was established at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin in 98 years, and was awarded for the first time this year.

The first Gauss Prize went to Kiyoshi Ito from Neon, who proposed the Ito formula, which became the fundamental theorem for this new branch of mathematics of random analysis, and like Simmons, he also used his mathematical talents to call the wind and rain on the financial street, and was called "the most famous neon man on Wall Street", he is 90 years old this year, and he was unable to attend, so his daughter accepted the award in his place.

The Naiwang Linna Prize is awarded to a major contributor to the mathematical aspects of computer science, and this year's winner is Jon Kleinberg of Cornell University.

"The winners of the 25th Fields Medal are Lu Qiujian and Perelman" John Ball did not keep Lu Qiujian waiting too long, and quickly reported the name.

This news was also quickly transmitted back to China by the reporters at the scene, and in a residence somewhere in the magic capital, a respected and versatile elder sighed slightly after hearing the news. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are still dozens of them left to be fine! I hope I can get this gift on my birthday tomorrow!