Chapter 100: Old Qiu's Speech
Tang Meng looked at the two roommates who were making fun of Wu Zhe, and said, "Don't make trouble, the time is almost up." Ah Zhe, this is Hu Yueling, this is Xiao Na, you have seen them. This is He Xi. β
Wu Zhe had met Hu Yueling and Xiao Na, but he didn't know what their names were. Tang Meng's other roommate, He Xi, met it for the first time. Facing the ridicule of the two, Wu Zhe also smiled generously and said, "Hello, I'm Wu Zhe." Nice to meet you guys. β
"Well, it's nice to meet you, too." Shauna and the three replied in unison.
Wu Zhe and Tang Meng walked inside while talking, and Wu Zhe took them to the place where Wang Chao and the others occupied their seats. also introduced Liu Songfeng to them, but the time was tight, and they didn't talk in detail.
Several people returned to their seats. Professor Xu shook his head speechlessly when he saw a few people coming back.
At six o'clock, the award ceremony officially began, and the mathematicians and leaders took their seats on the rostrum. Then I began to report the game in detail.
Individual Individual Award: The gold medal of the "Hua Luogeng Award" was won by Wu Zhe and Wang Chao.
Wang Chao, the gold medal of the "Chern Chern Award", and Xu Songfeng of the University of Science and Technology won it.
The gold medal of the "Zhou Weiliang Award" was won by Wang Chao and Bi Siyang of Mizuki.
The gold medal of the "Xu Baoluo Award" was won by Wang Chao and Liu Qiuhai of Beijing University.
The gold medal of the "Lin Jiaqiao Award" was won by Wang Chao and Lu Fei of Jinling.
The winners of the Silver and Bronze Awards are also basically C9 Alliance universities.
The group award was also won by five universities: University of Science and Technology of China, Shuimu, Beijing University, Jinling, and Aurora. Wu Zhe is the busiest here, every time he reports the winners and comes to the stage to receive the award, he has to go up every time.
When the host came to the stage again, he said loudly to everyone: "The winner of this year's Yau Chengtong Award is about to be announced, and he is from ββββ"
Before the supporters finished speaking, the people below had already shouted: "Wu Zhe, Wu Zhe of the University of Science and Technology." β
"Yes, Wu Zhe from the University of Science and Technology of China won this year's Yau Chengtong Award, and Wu Zhe from the University of Science and Technology is invited to come to the stage again to receive the award." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a huge cheer at the report meeting. Professor Qiu and the other leaders seated on the rostrum also gave a standing ovation, and Wu Zhe rose from his seat to the stage again.
Wu Zhe won the "Yau Chengtong Award" is not in suspense at all, not to mention that the previous single subject competitions are all gold medals, just Wu Zhe's exemption examination at the University of Science and Technology is more difficult than the difficulty of this Qiu competition. And now there is news that Wu Zhe has proved Sitapan's conjecture has been circulated. Therefore, there is no doubt about Wu Zhe's achievements, and some are just admiration and congratulations.
Received the trophy from Professor Yau. Professor Qiu patted Wu Zhe on the shoulder and said, "Keep it up!" There is still a long way to go! β
Wu Zhe bowed to Qiu Lao and thanked him, and then replied, "The students will remember it in their hearts." Thank you, Professor Qiu. β
"Mengmeng, your little man is amazing!" Hu Yueling said with a smile.
"Hey, Tang Meng's benefits are all for you to take advantage of! Now look at Wu Zhe so handsome! And so talented. How did you think you would chase your little man? Shauna also joked.
"Tang Meng is Tang Meng! She only goes according to her own ideas, and never cares about other people. He Xi also sighed.
Tang Meng smiled and didn't reply. It's just that the look in her eyes still shows her happiness and pride. Wu Zhe has already begun to show his brilliance. He's really handsome today!
The host didn't let Wu Zhe leave immediately, but asked him to talk about his acceptance speech. It's just that when Wang Chao heard Wu Zhe say his acceptance speech below, he was full of excitement, and this supporter obviously didn't do his homework! Last time, Wu Zhe smashed Mizuki's field in his acceptance speech, and this time he is not afraid to smash Jingda as well?
Wu Zhe's testimonial was very simple and straightforward, just thanking a bunch of people. This made Wang Chao's hanging heart also relaxed, he was really afraid that Wu Zhe would say something "Mizuki, Jingda is nothing more than that".
When Wu Zhe stepped down, Professor Xu also smiled from ear to ear, this time HKUST was the biggest winner and set a record for HKUST. With so many honors, none of the five returned empty-handed, the worst Wu Cheng won the bronze award, and Ji Chaojun was the silver award. And Wang Chao is one gold and one silver, and Xu Songfeng is one gold and one bronze. Not to mention Wu Zhe, the projects he participated in were all gold medals.
Now Professor Xu is troubled with so many honorary certificates, and how to get two trophies. One is the group, the other is Wu Zhe's Yau Chengtong Award, and the rest are medals and certificates, which is really a happy annoyance.
"Next, I would like to invite Professor Yau Chengtong, a Fields Medal winner, an honorary member of the National Academy of Sciences, and an international mathematician, to give us a speech. Everyone is welcome! β
"Bang Bang!" There was fierce applause below.
Professor Qiu came to the center of the stage with an elegant face, looked at the students below, and suppressed the warm applause with his hand.
After the applause subsided, he slowly spoke: "Hello everyone, students! It is a great pleasure for you to participate in the award ceremony of this competition. I'm also honored to be here with you to talk to you, and today we're not going to talk about anything else, just about mathematics. Maybe many people have studied mathematics and never thought about what mathematics is in their lives?
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The tool that contributes to the mediation of theory and practice, thinking and observation, is mathematics.
Galileo Galilei once said: Only those who understand the language and symbols of nature that speak to us can understand nature; And this language is mathematics, and her symbols are mathematical images.
In fact, only by stripping away and revealing the mathematical core of a natural science theory can people truly grasp it.
Without mathematics, astronomy and physics would not be possible today, because their theoretical part is almost completely integrated into mathematics. It is because of these and so many other applications that mathematics enjoys such a high reputation among the public.
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The famous KΓΆnigsberg mathematician Jacobi famously said: The only purpose of science is for the glory of the human mind, and mathematics is the glory of the human mind.
We must not trust those who today predict the decline of culture and accept the unknowable with a philosophical posture and a superior tone.
There is nothing unknowable for us, and in my opinion, the same is true for every branch of the natural sciences. Abandon the stupid agnostic, the unknowable is simply that we haven't found a good mathematical way to parse it. Hippolytic 23 asked. The Seven Great Math Problems of the Millennium. How many have we solved? I believe that with the efforts of our mathematicians, the world will eventually let us unravel its mysteries.
We have to know! We'll know!! β
After Professor Qiu finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the audience. Suddenly thunderous applause came to mind.
"We have to know! We'll know! Wu Zhe was also deeply shocked by this sentence.