When the list of the four Fields Medal winners was announced, the conference hall once again erupted in thunderous applause.

At the bottom of the room, looking at the four people wearing gold medals on the stage, Professor Alessio Figali, who was stunned, applauded and sighed softly.

He has a chance to win this year's Fields Medal, even if his mathematical achievements are not as good as those of Xu Chuan and Schultz, but he is actually on par with Professor Aksa Yin Venkatesh and Professor Gaucher Birkall.

But he is younger and can wait for another term, and Aksa Yin and Cowchel are both in their last term.

Cowchel Birkal is approaching the 40-year-old mark, and it will be full this year, but the date has not yet arrived.

Perhaps it was with this in mind that the International Mathematical Union Committee selected him out.

Although I can understand IMU's approach, I'm afraid anyone will be a little unwilling in their hearts.

After all, in another four years, no one knows what kind of changes will happen in the mathematical world.

Maybe four years from now, he won't win the Fields Medal?

It's not impossible.

If one or two more demonic geniuses like Xu Chuan appeared, he might really be hopeless.

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On the other side of the venue, Zhang Wei, who was sitting with his friends, also sighed.

He is also a promising favourite to compete for this year's Fields Medal, but now, he has no chance to get his hands on the medal again.

Even if he could solve a century-old problem like Wiles, the International Mathematical Union made an exception to issue a Fields Medal, which would be a silver medal, not the current gold medal.

After all, there is still a slight difference between the two.

Sitting next to him, Xu Chenyang patted his friend's shoulder and did not speak.

Speaking of which, he is actually a candidate for the Fields Medal, but he is not a hot spot, and there is little hope of competition.

He is not as good as his friend Zhang Wei, nor is he as good as Professor Alessio Figali, or even less than Xu Chuan, who proved Hodge's conjecture at the age of twenty.

Although I had some expectations for this conference, I was not like the others.

Now that he has completely lost the election, he is relieved.

Compared with people, it's normal, and compared with geniuses, it shows that you have an upward heart, but compared with a demon who proved the seven millennial problems at the age of twenty, forget it.

In the rest of the time, just do your research.

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The opening ceremony came to an end when the four Fields Medal Scholars shared their experiences.

As the host and the first country in the southern hemisphere to host an international mathematical conference, Brazil prepared a unique cultural performance after the opening ceremony.

On the stage, those who wear feather crowns, like the Indian theatrical performers in the cat and mouse anime, are full of primitive atmosphere.

Such a performance is more like a mockery in Xu Chuan's view.

You've wiped out all the native natives, and the rest have been driven into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, and now you still use this thing as your own characteristic culture.

Just like a certain country in East Asia, I always like to steal other people's culture, and then revise and change it as my own.

After the special performance, the time also came to half past eleven, and the opening ceremony of this International Congress of Mathematicians officially ended under the announcement of Shigefumi Mori, the director of the International Mathematical Union.

By this point, most of the attendees had started to leave.

The morning of August 1st was the opening meeting, and there was a dinner arranged by the International Mathematical Union at noon, and there was no afternoon or evening arrangement, and there was no report meeting, but the venue was prepared, and mathematicians from all over the world could communicate or chat together.

The International Conference on Mathematics is an international conference for mathematicians from all over the world to communicate, showcase and discuss the development of mathematics, meet old friends, and make new friends.

Mori Shigefumi announced his exit, and Xu Chuan prepared to leave the venue.

"Hey, Xu, let's go?" Beside him, another Fields Medal winner, Peter Schultz, walked over with a smile and greeted him.

"Professor Schultz." Xu Chuan responded with a smile.

"Just call me Peter or Schultz, professor or something, it's too distant."

Schultz shook his head with a smile, and continued: "When I was in Princeton two years ago, I knew that you would have a share of the future Philippine Awards. I just didn't expect that in just two years, you've broken the historical record. ”

"Congratulations, the youngest Fields Medal winner in history, 20 years old, it is estimated that no one will be able to break this record in the future."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Thank you, and congratulations on winning the Philippine Award." ”

Compared with him, Schultz's process of winning the Filipino Award has been tortuous.

In 2010, while still a master's student, Schultz created the "perfect space" mathematical tool, which led him to nominate a candidate for the Philippine Prize, but failed to win the Philippine Prize.

This is the first time to run with you.

In 2014, although he made a lot of achievements with the mathematical tool of 'perfect space' and expanded the scope of application of the law of mutual reciprocation, the International Mathematical Union still did not award him the Filipino Prize.

On the one hand, it may be that Schultz was only 26 years old, a year younger than the youngest laureate at the time, Professor Searle. After all, not everyone is happy to see records broken.

On the other hand, it is the 2014 Philippine Awards, which can also be said to be a gathering of elders.

Whether it is Brazilian professor Artur Avila, who has made great contributions to the theory of dynamical systems and even changed the face of the field; Professor Manuel Bargava also developed powerful new methods in the field of the geometry of numbers, using which he calculated the number of rings with small ranks and estimated the boundary of the mean rank of elliptic curves.

Or the first female Fields Medal professor in history, Mariam Mirzahani. They are all top masters in the field of mathematics.

So although Schultz's achievements are worthy of the Philippine Award, he still accompanies him again.

However, four years later, this year, Schultz finally succeeded in winning the highest medal in mathematics by advancing the mathematical tool of 'perfect space' to the 'p·s approach to geometric theory' and making a major breakthrough in the Langlands program.

has enough achievements, but accompanied two international mathematical conferences, and did not get it until the third session, which is probably the first person in the mathematical field.

Schultz didn't pay much attention to that.

Although he has been running for two times, he finally won the Philippine Award this year, and in terms of age, he is only 31 years old this year.

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As for the achievement of breaking the youngest winner, although it is a little regrettable that he was not able to do it, it also shows that he is not strong enough.

If you can be as strong as Xu Chuan in front of you, it will directly prove a millennial problem, and no matter how young you are, it will not be a problem.

"By the way, Xu, are you interested in the Langlands Program?"

The two were chatting, and Peter Schultz suddenly asked.

"The Langlands Program?"

"Hmm." Schultz nodded, then smiled: "Maybe we can work together to solve this program, and then unify algebra and geometry!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan glanced at Schultz with some surprise.

Unify Algebra and Geometry!

Regardless of whether you can do it or not, just this tone makes you crazy to the sky.

But genius, it's normal.

He is the same, although he doesn't show it much on the surface, but the things he identifies, no matter how big and far away the goal is, and how difficult the journey of conquest is, is the kind that does not hit the south wall and does not look back, but hits the south wall and breaks his head and continues to walk.

If you are not arrogant and can't believe that you can succeed, what kind of genius is it?

It's just that what surprised him was that this genius mathematician from Germania and known as the successor of 'Pope Grothendieck' really embarked on the path of successor?

The unification of algebra and geometry was the lifelong dream of his grandfather, Mr. Grothendieck, and of his mentor, Professor Deligne.

After entering the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Deligne has been working on the 'Grothendieck Standard Conjecture', with the aim of unifying algebra and geometry in the light of his mentor's wishes.

And Xu Chuan, as an apprentice, to say that he has not thought about this aspect of things, it is false.

So when Schultz made this request, he was really moved.

However, it was quickly rejected.

On the one hand, he doesn't have so much time to devote to mathematical research, and even if he does, it is mainly based on the ns equation.

If he could solve the N.S. equation, he would take a big step forward in his ability in fluid mechanics.

This was his original intention to major in mathematics in his life, to assist in the progress of physics.

On the other hand, the goal is too big.

The goal of unifying algebra and geometry is really too big.

Although there is a branch of mathematics such as algebraic geometry, it is also related to many sub-disciplines, such as complex analysis, number theory, analytic geometry, differential geometry, commutative algebra, etc. and so on.

But that's not true unity.

For example, the dimensionality problem is not solved, for example, some complex algebraic problems cannot be transferred to geometry, such as the curvature of algebraic geometry and the structural problem of group ring theory, etc.....

These are all difficult problems, and they are not so easy to solve.

If the solution to the seven millennial puzzles is to go to the moon or the fire, then the difficulty of unifying algebra and geometry is to leave the solar system.

The difference between the two is not half a star.

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The two were chatting on one side, and on the other side, an exclamation sounded in the venue.

"Where's my bag? Obviously put it here, where did it go? ”

The exclamation was not small, which immediately attracted the attention of others in the venue, and the staff of the International Mathematical Union soon walked over.

"What happened?" A young staff member in uniform quickly walked over and asked.

Cowchel Birkal looked around, looked for the table and the floor, and then frowned, "My bag is missing, and it contains my wallet, phone, and medallion. ”

Hearing this, the staff quickly took out the walkie-talkie and began to broadcast the news, asking other staff to help find it and retrieve the surveillance video.

And Xu Chuan, who was communicating with Schultz, couldn't help but laugh after hearing the exclamation.

The wheels of history are still running over.

Once again, the 'tragedy' was stolen from Professor Cowchel Bierkar's Fields Medal.

Although this is not a 'big deal', it does not prevent him from eating melons in the past.

With Schultz with him, Xu Chuan also rushed to Professor Coughell Birkar and began to pretend to help find the briefcase.

Obviously, though, it's impossible to find.

After a while, the head of the Organizing Committee of the International Mathematical Union Congress, Professor Viana from Brazil, rushed over.

"I'm sorry, Professor Cowchel, we called up the surveillance and found that someone stole your briefcase, the briefcase has been found, but the phone, wallet, and medal inside are missing."

Handing the briefcase to Professor Gaucher, who had recovered it in time, Professor Viana apologized: "I'm really sorry that something like this happened at this mathematics conference. We've called the police and hope to get your stuff back as soon as possible. ”

The International Congress of Mathematics itself does not limit the status of attendees, and anyone can participate.

It's just that no one expected that thieves would sneak in at this conference and steal a newly arrived gold medal from a Fields Medal winner.

This kind of thing has never happened in previous international mathematical conferences.

Brazil, as the first country in the southern hemisphere to host an international mathematical conference, can be said to have lost face.

It's impossible to hide such a big thing, especially now that there are so many international media present in the venue.

It's really embarrassing, his grandmother opened the door to the shame, and he was ashamed to go to his grandmother's house.

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