Chapter 100: Peter Schultz
Pang Xuelin spoke at an unhurried pace, telling the connection between mathematics and daily life, and even the boring research career of a mathematician in the eyes of ordinary people became interesting.
In the hall, many beautiful celebrities who mixed into this award ceremony with the help of various channels looked at the Oriental boy who was giving a speech on the stage with great interest, and found for the first time that in addition to power and money, the power of knowledge is also so charming.
And those mathematicians who attended the meeting laughed from time to time because of the humorous stalks that only mathematicians understood in Pang Xuelin's speech.
Pang Yongnian and his wife looked at their children with a smile from the audience, their eyes full of excitement and pride.
Qi Xin stood beside Pang Yongnian and his wife, put his hands together and put them to his mouth, looking at Pang Xuelin without blinking, looking like a little fan girl.
"When I was three years old, my grandfather taught me to read and write, and when I was four years old, I was introduced to Arabic numerals for the first time, and I have been inseparable from mathematics ever since. My grandfather taught me how to integrate mathematical thinking into my life, how to make life a part of mathematics, my earliest interest in mathematics originated from the exploration of a certain essential law in the universe of numbers, and the satisfaction from the depths of my heart made me realize that as I grow up, become an adult, and age, mathematics will become a part of my life......"
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"As a mathematician, my duty is to explore the unknown areas of the mathematical universe, expand the knowledge boundaries of our human civilization, and consolidate the foundation of our human civilization in this universe. I am honored to be such a pioneer......"
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Fifteen minutes later, the speech ended, and the banquet hall burst into applause.
In the hall, Deligne came to Tao Zhexuan's side with a glass of champagne.
"Tao, I found that you, a student, not only have excellent mathematical talents, but also have such a talent for speeches!"
Tao Zhexuan smiled: "To be honest, I was also a little surprised. When I was a graduate student under me, Pong was not what he is now, and although he was very talented, he felt like he was hiding his edge, and I thought he would have to hone for at least a few more years before he could make his mark in the world of mathematics. Unexpectedly, less than two years after graduation, he has become the brightest math star on the planet......"
Deligne smiled, "Haha, congratulations on teaching a great student!" Shall we have a toast? ”
Tao Zhexuan also smiled and toasted.
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After the speech, the dinner officially began.
Pang Xuelin was soon surrounded by guests, and he didn't even have a chance to talk to his parents.
"Professor Pang, congratulations, can we take a photo?"
"Professor Pang, your speech just now is very good, if there is a chance, I hope to let our children apply for your graduate school!"
"Professor Pang, are you free after the banquet? Here's my mobile number! ”
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Pang Xuelin had to keep a smile on his face all the time to meet the group photo needs of some guests.
There are even some bold and beautiful girls who directly stuffed their mobile phone numbers and room numbers into Pang Xuelin's pockets after taking a group photo.
finally got rid of everyone's entanglement, Pang Xuelin came to his mother and Qi Xin, but found that his father was gone.
"Mom, where is my dad?"
Mei Yuqing smiled: "Your father just met a business partner and was dragged to chat. Son, you've done a great job tonight, you're more talkative than before, and I used to worry that you wouldn't be able to find a girlfriend with your wooden nature, but now I'm relieved......"
Mei Yuqing's gaze swept over Qi Xin's body, and she pointed out.
Qi Xinqiao's face flushed, and she subconsciously glanced up at Pang Xuelin, and saw that he didn't react, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
At this time, Zhang Deye, president of the Chinese Mathematical Society, and Yau Chengtong walked towards Pang Xuelin with champagne.
Pang Xuelin smiled: "Mom, I have a friend coming, let's miss it first!" ”
As he spoke, he greeted him with champagne.
"This kid!"
Mei Yuqing looked at Pang Xuelin's back, shook her head a little helplessly, and then turned her gaze to Qi Xin and said, "Xiao Xin, don't you mind, Xiao Lin, this kid, his head is like an elm pimple......
"Auntie, I'm fine, I think it's good for my junior brother to be like this!"
Qi Xin said with a smile.
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"Professor Zhang, Professor Qiu, hello!"
"Professor Xiao Pang, you just spoke so well, I didn't expect our great mathematician to be an orator!"
Yau Chengtong said with some emotion.
Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Professor Qiu has won the award, and I also said a few words about my understanding of mathematics!" ”
Zhang Deye on the side said: "At your age, it is very rare to have such a feeling, by the way, the World Conference of Chinese Mathematicians will open next month, and when you come to the capital, I am afraid you will have to trouble something." ”
"What's the matter?"
Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned.
Zhang Deye said: "The new Olympiad Mathematics National Training Team will start training next month, when you come to the capital, if it is convenient for you to give lectures to those children, just like today, talk about your understanding of mathematics, the future of our country's mathematics, and ultimately fall on your young people!" ”
Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely go to the capital, and I also came out of the national training team back then!" ”
For Zhang Deye to make such a request, Pang Xuelin is not surprised.
Zhang Deye is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the older generation of mathematicians in China, who has made pioneering contributions in the field of algorithm design and convergence analysis of the trust domain method, and has also proved the global convergence of a class of quasi-Newtonian methods, which is one of the most important achievements of nonlinear algorithms in the eighties of the last century.
In recent years, Zhang Deye has retired from the front-line scientific research position and served as the president of the Chinese Mathematical Society.
More often engaged in scientific research management and the training of young mathematicians, the Chinese Mathematical Olympiad training team was organized by the Chinese Mathematical Society.
Zhang Deye, Yau Chengtong and Pang Xuelin chatted for a while, and then the two said goodbye and left, at this time, a handsome guy with blond hair and blue eyes, typical Germanic appearance, came up.
"Hi Pong, nice to meet you! I'm ......."
Before he could finish speaking, Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "Peter Schultz, I heard from others today that you are also here, and I originally wanted to chat with you in the afternoon, but I haven't seen anyone!" Nice to see you here! ”
Peter Schultz, if Pang Xuelin was just an ordinary mathematical genius before using the system, then this is a genius among geniuses, another big demon king-level figure in the mathematical world, and the most popular mathematician in the young generation.
Peter Schulz was born in Germany into a typical family of science and engineering, his father is a physicist, his mother is a computer scientist, and his sister is a chemist!
In 2004, Schultz, who was not yet 17 years old, was selected into the German IMO national team and participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad for the first time.
It's a pity that this time Schultz didn't know whether he was too nervous or what to look for, and he didn't finish all the questions, and only won a silver medal in the end.
This can be described as a fatal blow for Schultz, who said that he could not accept such a failure.
So Schultz participated in three consecutive International Olympiad competitions, and won the gold medal in these three Olympiads very competitively.
The reason is simply because this game is fun!
At the age of 20, Schulz entered the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Bonn, where he completed his undergraduate studies in just three semesters, followed by two more postgraduate studies.
Schultz then continued to follow his master's supervisor, Michel. Rapoport, went on to complete his doctoral studies.
In 2011, Schultz completed his dissertation ahead of schedule and gave it to his supervisor, Rapoport.
After reading Schultz's thesis, Rapoport immediately said that Schultz could graduate with a Ph.D.
In this paper, Schultz first proposed the concept of perfectoid space, systematizing a series of basic theories pioneered by Faltins and others.
He applied geometric methods to the field of algebra and has been described as "one of the most promising frameworks for algebraic geometry in the coming decades".
In addition, Schultz also gave a special solution to one of the mathematician Pierre Deligne's conjectures, the Weight-monodromy conjecture.
At the age of 24, the University of Bonn made an exception by appointing Schulz as a W3 professor (Germany's highest level), setting a record for the youngest professor in Germany, and at the same time teaching at the university's graduate school of mathematics, which was selected for the Elite University Program.
However, Schultz's "metamorphosis" is far more than that, as a "prize maniac", Schultz detonates the entire mathematical community every time he wins an award.
In 2013, Schultz was awarded the Ramanujan Prize.
In 2014, Schultz received the Clay Research Prize.
In 2015, Schultz was awarded the Kohl Algebra Prize by the American Mathematical Society for his pioneering theory of similarly complete spaces that solved the special case of the Weight-monodromy conjecture.
In the same year, Schultz also won the Ostlowski Prize and the Fermat Prize.
In 2016, Schultz continued to win the Leibniz Prize and the European Mathematical Society Prize.
At the opening ceremony of the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians, Schultz, who was not yet 31 years old, finally lived up to expectations and won the Fields Medal after accompanying him for one session.
If it weren't for Pang Xuelin, Schultz would be a representative figure of the younger generation of mathematicians, and the youngest record holder of various mathematics awards.
But after the opening of the Pang Xuelin system, whether Schultz can still maintain these records is another matter.
Now, some media have called these two two brightest new stars in contemporary mathematics.