As Xu Chuan thought, this time the decision of the International Mathematical Union really shocked many people's jaws and eyeballs.

An International Congress of Mathematicians, two female Fields Medal winners.

This is unique even if it is placed in history, or no matter which other mathematics award is put into it.

After Amelia's name came out, in addition to thunderous applause, the lecture hall was followed by some noisy discussions.

"A 26-year-old female Fields Medal winner, if it weren't for Professor Xu, she would definitely break the world record at her age."

Under the lecture hall, Xu Chenyang, who was sitting under the stage and applauding, looked at the young figure who walked on the stage, and his tone was a little emotional.

On the side, Zhang Wei, another member of the golden generation of Peking University, shook his head and said: "If it weren't for Professor Xu, she probably wouldn't have been able to solve the Bloch conjecture at the age of 26. ”

After a slight pause, he added: "But to solve Bloch's conjecture, she does deserve this medal." However, the choice of the main delegation of the International Mathematical Union surprised me even more. ”

"I really didn't expect that at this International Congress of Mathematicians, there would be two female Fields Medal winners at the same time."

The number of female Fields Medal winners has gone from one to three today.

It has to be said that Amelia is much younger than the other winner, Professor Marina Vyazovska, who is thirty-eight years old and the latter is only twenty-six.

At the age of twenty-six, winning the Fields Medal, aside from her mentor's pervert, is absolutely amazing.

After all, the youngest Fields Medal winner had always been held by Jean-Pierre Serre, and the 27-year-old professor would not have imagined that the record he set would be broken decades later.

When it comes to mathematics, youth is hope.

There is no doubt that no one can deny that Amelia's future in the field of mathematics is definitely greater and more promising than Professor Marina Vyazovska.

Looking at the young figure on the lecture platform who was receiving the golden Fields Medal medal from Professor Kenniger, Zhang Wei felt extremely complicated emotions in his heart.

It would be nice if he were a year or two younger.

Born in '81, he only turned 41 this year, and if he is under 40 this time, he is definitely eligible to compete for the Fields Medal.

The last International Congress of Mathematicians was really a fight between the gods, and it was too difficult.

Looking at Amelia Erwin on the lecture platform, Zhang Wei felt a little regretful and a little relieved.

Four years ago was his last chance to touch a Fields Medal medal, but unfortunately missed it.

No, it's not a pity to say it, it's just that he is not strong enough.

After all, the Fields Medal is open to the entire mathematical community, and it is only selected once every four years. If you are not a true top genius and powerhouse, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky if you want to compete for this medal.

If he is strong enough, strong enough to solve a top-level conjecture or puzzle directly like that Professor Xu, then no matter how young he is, he will definitely win a Fields Medal.

But he is not enough, far from enough, although he has done many results, but he has not solved a definite problem or conjecture, he has missing a world-class conjecture problem like Amelia, and he has not made an important mathematical tool like Schultz.

In the end, it's just that the strength is not strong enough.

And the world of mathematics is a place where strength speaks.

I hope that in the future, like Professor Andrew Wiles, I can solve a big conjecture.

In this way, there may be a chance to win a silver Fields Medal to make up for your regrets.

On the side, his friend Xu Chenyang looked at Amelia standing on the report stand, as if he was in a memory, he is also a contestant who can touch the Philippine Award, but he belongs to the kind where he can only see the tail lights at the end.

After coming back to his senses, Xu Chenyang said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it's still that person who is perverted, not only did he win the Philippine Award four years ago, but the students he taught also won the Philippine Award four years later, which is simply against the sky." ”

Zhang Wei: "It's not surprising, that Amelia, I remember that she is the gold medal of the IMO competition, and it seems that she is still in the same class as that person." The gold medal winner of the IMO competition is the greenhouse of the Fields Medal, and being able to win the gold medal at the IMO shows that she is indeed very talented in mathematics. ”

"In addition, there is also that person's personal guidance, excellent talent + top mentor, it is not strange to win the Philippine Award, but it is strange if you can't get it."

On the side, Xu Chenyang said with a smile: "I heard that when she transferred to Princeton, it happened to be when that person solved Hodge's conjecture and served as a professor at Princeton, and by chance became his first batch of students. ”

"Speaking of which, it seems that the Fields Medal can really only be won by one person, I originally thought that the person who solved the three millennial problems could win another one, but this year it was not awarded, and it seems that it is decided."

Zhang Wei thought for a moment and said: "If you want to say that he can win another Nobel Prize, I believe this, but if you win the Philippine Prize, there is nothing possible, after all, the Philippine Award is for individuals." ”

Xu Chenyang smiled and said, "Speaking of which, when the motherland can win another Philippine award, it will be good." ”

Although that person has won a Philippine Prize, breaking the record of zero Philippine Prize in the Chinese mathematics community, to be honest, the gap between the domestic mathematics community and the international mainstream mathematics countries is still quite large.

If a person is powerful, it is only a miracle for him.

In this respect, China is actually very similar to another country in Asia, India.

Both are ancient mathematicians, but unfortunately both have fallen behind in recent history.

And the same thing is that both countries have produced a top mathematician in the near absence of a dynasty.

The former is Xu Chuan, and the latter is Ramanujan.

For the Indian mathematical community in the nineties of the last century, Ramanujan was like a god, who could only look up and could not catch up.

And for today's Chinese mathematics community, the existence of that person is inevitably the same?

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "There will be a chance, as long as that person is willing to spread his knowledge, it is not impossible to win another Fields Medal." ”

"Now that only four years have passed, his students have already won a Philippine Prize, even if the mathematical atmosphere in our country is weaker, but if it doesn't work in four years, it will be ten years, and if it doesn't work in ten years, it will always give birth to a group of outstanding talents."

Speaking of this, Xu Chenyang also felt a little emotional.

The atmosphere in the domestic academic community seems to have undergone some different changes in the last two years.

Ten years ago, he returned to China with the name of a genius mathematician, and he was bound to return to China to change the scientific research environment in the field of mathematics in China.

Although he did his best to discover and protect those gifted students who could fulfill their dreams like himself, which was also the original intention of his return to China, after 6 years of returning to China, even he himself felt hopeless and finally left his homeland.

For this, he was saddled with a lot of infamy, and many people thought that he had turned his back on his homeland.

But only he knows the hardships in between.

He can convince himself, but he can't convince his students, he can't convince other peers, and he can't change the research environment.

If he doesn't choose to leave, then he can only accept all this, and he is unwilling to accept it, so he can only choose to leave.

Unexpectedly, what he was powerless to change at the beginning had already begun to change under the influence of that person, and even earth-shaking changes had occurred.

Whether it is the Xinghai Research Institute, or the motherland's emphasis on mathematics, or the achievements of that person, all walks of life in China and even the country's high-level leaders are paying more and more attention to the role of mathematics.

The more basic the discipline, the more inseparable it is from all walks of life.

Now, as never before, all sectors of society in the motherland are recognizing mathematics as a basic discipline and are strongly supporting it.

Ten years ago, this would have been unthinkable.

If he could have imagined, he would not have left in despair.

"He's still amazing."

On the other side of the conference hall, his eyes fell on Amelia, who was receiving the award, and Zhang Weiping sighed.

After a pause, he glanced at Liu Jiaying, who had seen the world with him, and said with a smile: "Did you see it?" Jiaying, that Amelia, is a student of Academician Xu Chuan, and won the Fields Medal at the age of twenty-six, you have to work hard. ”

"Well, I will!"

Liu Jiaying looked at the stage and nodded vigorously.

At this kind of international mathematics conference, the seeds of mathematics can be planted the most, and at this moment, she has undoubtedly planted a seed of mathematics in her heart, just waiting for it to take root and sprout in the future.

Hearing the student's answer, Zhang Weiping smiled with relief.

At the beginning, he was very optimistic about Xu Chuan, and he expressed many times that he wanted to accept the other party as a student and invited him to study at Fudan University, but unfortunately the other party still went to Nanjing University in the end.

No, in fact, there are no regrets.

After all, when he went to NTU, he had grown into a towering tree, and if he had been brought to Fudan in the first place, it was uncertain what the result would have been.

Although he can definitely make some achievements with his talent, it is unknown whether he can successfully reach this height.

Strong.

In the past two years, I have taken this new primary school student well, and where to send it to Xu Chuan in two years, maybe I can get another Fields Medal for Huaguo if I have the opportunity, and it will be worth it.

(End of chapter)