At the moment when the winners were announced, the atmosphere in the venue was instantly ignited.

24-year-old Fields Medal winner!

The thunderous applause was like a flash torrent, deafening.

It wasn't just the conference that ignited the atmosphere.

Just in the International Union of Mathematicians master. At the same time that Xi Sen recited the name "Lu Zhou", the comment area of CCTV's official blog live video was instantly swept up by netizens.

【6666！ 】

[Land God cheats! 】

[A congratulatory message from the five mouths of the Center of the Universe! ] 】

[The third Chinese Fields Medal winner!] The first Chinese Fields Medal winner! (fist) (fist)】

[If the youth is strong, the country will be strong! ] Kudos to Professor Lu! (National Flag) (National Flag) (National Flag)】

[I also graduated from Kim University, and I feel like I have read a fake 985 (Erha) (Erha)]

[The gap between people and people is sometimes bigger than the gap between people and pigs (kneeling)]

[Rub a mouthful of European gas on the body of the top student, just beg not to hang up this semester......]

For a long time, although the overall number of papers has continued to grow, the Chinese mathematical community has been on the periphery of the world.

A Fields Medal may not mean anything, nor does it mean anything.

But the brilliance that bloomed on that medal made countless people see self-confidence, the future, and hope from the new generation of scholars......

In this carnival, it is not only CCTV's official Weibo and the scarf that relays news that have been blown up......

The Mizuki Forum, which was only slaughtered by the NS equation yesterday, was once again captured by the Fields Medal today.

At least five of the ten posts are discussing the newly released Fields Medal. As for the remaining five posts, most of them are related to the winner, if not the Fields Medal......

[Awesome...... The 24-year-old Fields Medal, I remember that Tao Zhexuan, who has a legendary IQ of 230, also won the award at the age of 31, right? 】

[The youngest winner is Jean-Pierre Serre, but the big guy is also 27 years old.] It can be said that he directly set a new record for the Philippine Award by three years......]

[Terrifying...... When did the Kim University of Mathematics become so strong? 】

[Hell, I just know that they are very strong physically. As for mathematics, there is not even an academician! 】

[The International Union of Mathematicians is also bold enough, many people are still waiting for the 39-year-old, and it will be a little too early to award the Fields Medal to him at the age of 24? 】

[Otherwise? Not to mention Goldbach's conjecture, now even the millennial problem of the NS equation has been solved by him. Do you really think it's an honor for him to have a Fields Medal? And not the other way around? 】

……

In the venue, the applause gradually subsided.

At this moment, Lu Zhou didn't know what happened on the Internet when Xi read out his name when he was the head of the International Federation of Mathematicians.

It is not clear how excited those who are watching him are at the moment.

Surrounded by the eyes of the audience and the camera, he walked to the stage in a formal suit. In his hands, he calmly received the medal of the Fields Medal.

The old professor shook hands with Lu Zhou and congratulated the International Union of Mathematicians.

"Congratulations, scholar from China."

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Thank you." ”

The award ceremony continued as the first winners were announced.

Without any suspense, the second winner was Peter Schulz from Germany.

This great man, who created a "complete geometry" with a doctoral dissertation and an average of two papers and a world-class award, has made contributions in the field of arithmetic algebraic geometry for all to see.

The reason why everyone has been running the two Philippine Awards is that they do not know about his "P-Category Perfect Space Theory (Theory)", and after the theory has made a series of major breakthroughs in the Langlands Program, no one can doubt the excellence of this theoretical tool.

Compared with the first two expected winners, the next two winners are a little inferior, but they are undoubtedly the top powerhouses in mathematics.

One of them is Kaucher Birkal, an Iranian scholar from Cambridge University, and the other is Akshai Venkatsh, an Australian scholar at Stanford University.

The former is a legendary Kurdish refugee, while the latter is the only Australian to have won medals in both the International Physics Olympiad and the International Mathematical Olympiad...... And, he was only twelve years old at the time.

When the names of the four scholars were announced, there was applause in the venue again.

Looking at the four people on the stage, Sophie Morel's expression was a little lonely, she bit her lower lip lightly, and didn't say a word.

Molina, who was sitting next to her, sighed softly and comforted her mentor: "...... You still have a chance. ”

On the other side of the venue, also looking at the stage, Zhang Wei, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly sighed.

Standing next to him, Xu Chenyang comforted his old friend: "...... It's a shame. ”

Zhang Wei shook his head: "It's nothing." ”

This was his last chance, and by the next Congress of Mathematicians in four years' time, he would be past the age limit of forty.

Although he regrets not winning the Fields Medal in this life, he can't help but feel some comfort in his heart.

In any case, the first Chinese Fields Medal scholar was born.

Even if this glory is not brought back by him......

Looking at the four Filipino Award winners on the stage, Zhang Wei suddenly said: "What were you doing when you were 24 years old?" ”

Xu Chenyang was slightly stunned: "What else can I do when I study for a doctorate at Princeton?" ”

"I just arrived at Columbia University that year, ......" Speaking of this, Zhang Wei suddenly stopped talking, shook his head, and his tone carried a hint of relief, "It's not unjust to lose." ”

……

After the awards.

The four winners sat together.

Sitting next to Lu Zhou, Peter Schultz took advantage of the camera not being pointed at this side, poked his arm and squeezed his eyebrows at him.

"Hey, we're meeting again."

Lu Zhou smiled: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

The two first met at the American Congress of Mathematicians in 15 years, and it was a coincidence that the two were also standing on the podium at that time.

It's just that one received the Kohl Number Theory Prize, and the other was the Kohl Algebra Prize.

Since then, the two have been exchanging emails because of academic exchanges.

The last time he went to Germany, Lu Zhou originally planned to visit him at the University of Bonn, but unfortunately caught up with him to go out for a visit and exchange, so he didn't make it.

Schultz smiled and said, "Congratulations, the youngest Fields Medal winner, for almost breaking the record of Jean-Pierre Serre in one session." ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Thank you, congratulations!" ”

Schultz had a chance to break this record, because the theory of "perfect space" was born when he was 22 years old, and the following year was the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians.

However, it is a pity that although the "perfect space" at that time was not universally recognized by the algebraic geometry community, it only helped him get a doctorate.

Schultz: "You've figured out the NS equation, what's next?" Which direction do you plan to study? ”

Lu Zhou thought for a moment and replied simply: "About the small application of L manifolds in plasma physics problems. ”

"Is it still the study of partial differential equations?" Schultz sighed and made a helpless expression, "Seriously, aren't you going to think about the next direction of algebraic geometry?" ”

Algebraic geometry is one of the most dominant directions in pure mathematics, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most dominant direction in terms of influence alone. However, to the regret of many people, Professor Lu, who was born in the Grothendieck school, does not seem to be interested in the research direction of Master Zu.

Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly: "There are already so many geniuses engaged in this kind of research, and I am not the only one." ”

Schultz smiled and said, "Have you heard a rumor?" ”

Lu Zhou: "What rumors?" ”

Not knowing who he was imitating, Schultz continued in a joking tone: "If you encounter a problem in your research that cannot be solved, one way is to get Professor Lu interested in it. ”