"Fields Medal?"

After getting the system's reply, Tao Li was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face became wonderful. As the highest honor in mathematics, the Fields Medal has always been the Nobel Prize in mathematics. Its gold content can be seen.

The Fields Medal is awarded every four years at the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU), to two to four outstanding young mathematicians. For the winners, the regular winners of the Fields Medal must be under the age of 40 by the New Year's Day of that year, otherwise there is no way to enjoy this honor.

As for the prize money, each Fields Medal winner will receive a prize of 15,000 Canadian dollars and a gold medal, although the number of bonuses is not as good as the Nobel Prize, this is a level of award, and what wins and cares about it is not this bonus and medal, but the glory brought by the award.

Since the inception of the Fields Medal, a total of 60 mathematicians have won the award, of which only two Chinese mathematicians have won the Fields Medal, namely Yau Chengtong in 1982 and Tao Zhexuan in 2006.

This is also a big regret for the Chinese mathematics community, because since Mo Yan, there have been Chinese people who have won the Nobel Prize, and the Nobel Prize complex of the Chinese people has been solved.

He Yingqin, who teaches at Yenching University, is a Fields Medal winner for his doctoral supervisor in the United States, but unfortunately Zhang Xingchen did not agree to go to his hands for graduate school, otherwise he would have had the opportunity to be taught by a Fields Medal winner.

"System, don't be kidding. What is the difference between the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize, although it is in mathematics and the major is right with me, but if you want to be recognized by the Fields Medal in mathematics, to a certain extent, it is more difficult than the Nobel Prize, after all, the progress of mathematical theory is too difficult. Tao Li said with a wry smile.

If anyone can get their hands on the Fields Medal, then the gold content of this award will not be so high.

"It's precisely because of the difficulty that it helps to raise the host's global reputation, otherwise, what's the point of this mission?" the system asked rhetorically.

"But I know my level, I don't have the ability to do this. If I could do it, I wouldn't have failed to get into Yenching University. Tao Li spread his hands, indicating that he could not do anything.

"Of course, the system knows that with the host's level of mathematics, it will definitely not be able to complete the task. The system's next answer almost made Tao Li cry angrily, knowing that I couldn't do it, and asked me to complete this task, isn't this deliberately embarrassing me?

"I know why you're still posting this quest?" Tao Li couldn't help but ask.

"The level of the host is not enough, but the host has this system, and this system is the biggest reliance of the host, if you can't even solve this point, then why do you want me to use this system." ”

"You mean, you can help?" Tao Li suddenly realized, he hadn't issued a task for a long time, and he almost forgot, he was a systematic person, and with the help of the system, it seemed that there was really no difficulty.

"As long as the host points are enough, they can be exchanged for any technology they want!" replied confidently.

In that case, it seems that nothing is impossible. Tao Li said with some excitement. With the help of the system, as long as you can find a suitable direction, Tao Li will be able to solve any problem!

"The system doesn't care about the specific implementation process, as long as the host can successfully complete the task after two years. The system replied.

Two years later, it will be the time for the next Fields Medal, and it is no wonder that the time given by the system will be this number.

After asking these things clearly, Tao Li also had a clear understanding of this ultimate task, and it was much easier to implement it than before.

After quickly returning to the office, Tao Li thought about it, and then walked directly to Yang Zhongming, for a while he couldn't think of any good mathematical direction to study and solve, Yang Zhongming was well-informed after all, maybe he had any good suggestions.

"Mr. Yang, do you know what are the most popular fields of mathematics research in today's mathematics world? Preferably, it is relatively easy to produce results. Tao Li asked as he leaned in front of Yang Zhongming's desk.

"The field of research also needs to be able to produce results quickly. Are you referring to the whole university subject of mathematics, or is it a single exponential education?" Yang Zhongming usually pays attention to the news of mathematics, and he knows a lot of things.

"The whole discipline is not about mathematics education. Tao Li replied.

"At present, I am not very clear about the most cutting-edge research fields of mathematics, but the two fields of algebraic topology and number theory should concentrate the two major categories of current mathematical problems, as for the specifics, I really don't know very well. Yang Zhongming said with a frown. He only paid attention to the relevant news, and he couldn't understand the specific content. So it's just a rough idea.

"I can still understand these things when I was in college, but after so many years, I haven't used them for a long time, and I have basically forgotten them. Tao Li said embarrassedly.

The learning of knowledge lies in the application, and many professional courses are forgotten quickly because they are not used.

"If you really want to know about this, you can take a look at the seven math problems in the world that have been identified by the millennium, and although a few have been solved, there are a few that have not yet been solved. Yang Zhongming suddenly thought of this and couldn't help but say.

The so-called seven mathematical problems refer to the NP complete problem, the Hodge conjecture, the Poincaré conjecture, the Riemann hypothesis, the Young-Mills existence and mass gap, the Navell-Stoker equation, and the BSD conjecture. All seven questions were offered a million dollar bounties.

Except for one of the Poincaré conjectures, which has been solved by Russian mathematicians, the remaining six have not been solved so far.

If he could solve any of them, Tao Li believed that he would definitely be eligible for the Fields Medal.

"But, Mr. Tao, why are you asking this? Could it be that you want to do some paper?" Yang Zhongming then asked curiously. A high school math teacher is really suspicious to ask this.

"I'm just asking, expanding my knowledge. "Tao Li didn't want to tell them anything specific until he was completely sure.

"There must be some idea. ”

"Yes, I didn't find out when Xiao Tao would ask casually. Which time did you ask casually and not surprise us?"

"That's it, don't you think that high school teachers are no longer challenging, and you want to change careers to become mathematicians!"

"If that's the case, you can think about it and solve the Goldbach conjecture. ”

At this time, the words of one of the teachers immediately attracted Tao Li's attention.