On the podium, Professor Kenniger, who presided over the conference, took a silver medal from the protocol staff and solemnly handed it over.

Xu Chuan took a deep breath and calmly accepted the medal.

"We're meeting again, congratulations, Professor Xu."

His right hand lightly patted the young scholar on the arm in front of him, and Professor Kennegg's face appeared with a friendly smile.

"Thank you! I'm also glad to be here to see you again, it's definitely the most unexpected surprise of the day. Wearing the medal, Xu Chuan thanked him seriously.

I have to say that the series of decisions made by the International Mathematical Union today are really surprising again and again.

First two female Fields Medal winners were awarded, and then a Fields Special Award was awarded, which can be said to break some of the original rules again and again.

His thumb gently stroked the silver medallion on his chest, feeling the complex pattern on it, Xu Chuan also felt a little emotional.

This is probably the Fields Medal that Professor Andrew Wiles won in the last century.

In 1994, Professor Wiles proved Fermat's theorem, but he missed the International Congress of Mathematicians that year.

However, if you don't miss it, he won't win the Fields Medal that year, after all, he was 41 years old at that time and did not meet the selection criteria for the Fields Medal.

But the mathematical community cannot forget the scholars who have made great contributions to mathematics.

Four years later, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1998, the members of the IMU Committee of the International Mathematical Union decided to award the great scholar with a specially made Fields Silver Medal to encourage and reward him for solving the conjecture of the century 'Fermat's Great Theorem'.

Now, what Xu Chuan didn't expect was that he got this medal before the age of forty, which he had thought he might get in the future.

I have to say, this is really surprising.

On the lecture platform, Professor Kennig looked at Xu Chuan, who was already wearing the medal, and said with a smile: "This is probably the last medal we can award you in these years, and the rest of them, whether it is the Chern Chern Award or the Wolf Award, I am afraid that you will need to wait until you are fifty or sixty years old before you can consider it." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Aren't there still the Lilavati Prize and the Radzhenskaya Prize?" ”

Kennig shook his head with a smile and said, "You are too greedy, Professor Xu, let's leave some opportunities for other young scholars who have also contributed to mathematics, let you take them all, they will be too pitiful."

Xu Chuan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I just think that since I have already obtained the most difficult these, why not collect them. Ahem, I mean I think there's still hope for me. ”

Kennig: "."

Stamp collecting?

It turns out that this guy came with such a mentality.

But speaking of which, whether it is the Lilavati Prize, or the Radzhenskaya Prize, or the Abacus Prize for the mathematical sciences in information technology, it is not clear that the person in front of me can really win.

The Lilavati Award is to recognize the cause of mathematics popularization, if the person in front of me writes a few books, holds a few more mathematics reports, and supports the cause of mathematics, I believe that the IMU Committee of the International Mathematical Union will also consider it.

The Radzhenskaya Prize is for achievements in mathematical physics, and if it were not for the fact that the Gauss Prize and the Fields Medal Special Prize had been awarded to him this year, perhaps the Radzhenskaya Prize would have been given to him.

As for the abacus prize, this one is relatively small?

After all, at the moment, he is not very involved in the field of information technology science.

Unless he can get rid of one of the seven millennial puzzles, the P=NP conjecture, which is not impossible, is still relatively unlikely.

Under the stage, when Xu Chuan completed the award ceremony of the Fields Medal Special Award, violent applause hit wave after wave like a tide.

The vast majority of the scholars present, except for members of the IMU committee of the International Mathematical Union such as Peverman and Gowers, were shocked again.

The Silver Fields Medal and the Gauss Gold Medal were particularly eye-catching when stacked, and the two intersected and shone brightly, as dreamy as the stars in the sky.

"Fields Medal Special Prize! It's unbelievable that he won two Fields Medals by himself! ”

In the front row of the lecture hall, Schultz looked at Xu Chuan, who had stepped onto the podium again, and was stunned for a long time before he spoke with envy, even a hint of jealousy.

"It's really unimaginable that a Fields Gold Medal, a Fields Silver Medal, and the two medals recorded in the Fields Medal were all won by him."

Tao Zhexuan, who was sitting on the other side, was also a little shocked, shook his head and said with emotion.

He also had some envy, and although he already had a Fields Gold Medal, the appearance of the Fields Medal Silver Medal was something he had never thought of before.

It's just that if he wants to get this medal, I'm afraid he will have to solve a millennial puzzle of this level of century conjecture, and maybe not even one.

After all, that man has solved two and a half millennial problems, even if it is not a completely inconclusive Yang-Mills quality gap.

If you look at the rhythm of the past, it is not surprising that after a while, these two and a half will become three.

One person can solve three millennial mathematical conjectures, and it is normal for the IMU Committee of the International Mathematical Union to make an exception to award him the silver medal of the Fields Medal again.

After all, there are still some differences between the Fields Medal Special Award and the Fields Medal, and they are not the same.

But I have to say that it's really enviable.

On the side, Schultz smashed his lips and said with some unfinished words: "Tao, do you say that the gold content of the Fields Medal is high, or is this special award high in gold content?" ”

Tao Zhexuan turned his head to look at him, and said lightly: "Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" ”

Hearing this, Schultz breathed a long sigh of relief.

The Fields Special Medal, also known as the Fields Silver Medal.

And the Fields Medal is called the Fields Gold Medal.

In terms of name, the first concept of most people is probably that the Fields Medal has a higher gold content than the Fields Special Medal.

After all, the inherent impression of gold and silver can have a great impact on people's opinions.

But in fact, the gold content of the two is completely opposite.

Since its inception, the latter has been awarded to 64 people and 64 medals since its inception in 1936.

And the former, since the establishment of the Fields Medal, even if you count today's one, there are only two.

The last time it was awarded was because Professor Wiles had solved such a century-old problem as Fermat's theorem.

If the Fields Medal is almost enough to solve a T3-level world-class conjecture before the age of forty, then the special prize, judging from the current record, is also the lowest condition for solving a millennial puzzle-level conjecture of the century.

If you want to get a special prize when you have already won the gold award, I am afraid that solving the conjecture of the two millennial puzzle levels may not be able to win it safely.

After all, the person standing on the stage now has more than two solutions.

A Fields Medal is already the supreme glory of mathematics, plus a special award

It can only be said that the International Mathematical Union has recognized that person as the first person in the field of contemporary mathematics, even if it is only a fifth of this century.

Meanwhile, in the corner of the lecture hall, a row of cameras is staring at the lecture desk.

And one of the instruments with the logo of CTV is broadcasting the whole picture live to China at the moment.

Whether it is the domestic academic community or the political demand, whether it is Academician Xu Chuan winning the medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians, or his student Amelia winning the Fields Medal, it is undoubtedly an excellent publicity opportunity.

As the boss of the domestic media, CTV will naturally not let go of this good opportunity.

After all, in the domestic academic community, there is nothing more eye-catching than Academician Xu's double award.

However, although CTV's publicity efforts are very large, when Xu Chuan won the Gauss Award at the beginning, it did not cause much discussion and heat in China.

After all, it's not uncommon for that person to win another award.

On the contrary, he still did not win a medal, but he was more eye-catching.

After all, Shock! The first person in the mathematical community failed to be elected to this International Congress of Mathematicians, but there was no gain", "The era of Academician Xu has passed, and the mathematical community has ushered in great changes" and other headlines are obviously more eye-catching.

However, as the live stream progressed.

Amelia won the Fields Medal, which still caused a lot of heated discussions in China.

The twenty-six-year-old Fields Medal is still a woman, and the tutor is still the first person in the mathematics field today, all kinds of factors are gathered together, and many melon-eating netizens are speculating whether there is any PY transaction or something like that.

However, before they could eat melons and eat them in their stomachs, the Fields Medal special award that followed followed refreshed the attention of a large wave of audiences.

【Groove??? Another Fields Medal? 】

[Awesome, Kawajin! ] actually made an exception for the IMU to issue two Philippine awards! 】

[The Fields Medal Special Award, this is the Fields Medal Silver Award, Professor Wiles, who proved Fermat's theorem, seems to have won this.] 】

[It's so godly! 】

[Rub a mouthful of European gas on the Sichuan god, just ask for this semester's algebra not to hang up again......]

[Although I was surprised that the International Mathematical Union had awarded the Filipino Prize twice, I did not feel a little surprised or inappropriate, and I was surprised. 】

[Normal, it's that man after all!] 】

With the awarding of a special Fields Medal award, the opening ceremony of the 29th International Congress of Mathematicians officially came to an end.

After the opening ceremony, the next step was a talent show by St. Petersburg's most famous opera and ballet companies.

The performance of the organizer's characteristic song and dance, which is also the custom of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

After the theatrical performance, the host of the conference, Mr. Kenneg, announced the end of the opening ceremony, and most of the scholars attending the meeting left the venue in groups.

Standing up from his seat, Xu Chuan walked towards Amelia.

He was separated from the other winners when he was on stage, and he didn't even have a chance to congratulate the student.

But it's not too late.

"Congratulations, Amelia." Looking at the pretty figure standing in front of him, Xu Chuan sincerely blessed.

"Thank you, professor, if it weren't for your professor, I wouldn't have gotten this medal." With the medal, Amelia bent her crescent-like eyes and bowed to Xu Chuan happily.

As Zhang Wei said, if it weren't for the teaching and guidance of the mentor in front of her, it would have been difficult for her to have the opportunity to stand on this stage.

At least at the age of twenty-six is impossible.

There are many IMO gold medal winners, and the number of gold medals in IMO competitions every year is more than double digits, and sometimes it can reach half a hundred, and the Fields Medal, which has been almost a century, is only more than 60.

Being able to win the IMO gold medal can only show that she has some talent in mathematics, but to turn this talent into her own strength, it will never be possible without the guidance of an excellent mentor.

There is an old saying in Huaguo that she knows very well that Maxima often exists, but Bole does not often have it.

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "This is inseparable from your own efforts, and my teaching is only a part of it." ”

After a pause, he continued: "You can win a Fields Medal at the age of twenty-six, which is very good and excellent. But I hope you see this medal as the beginning of your life, not the end, and I hope that you can reap more fruits in the future. ”

Amelia nodded earnestly and said, "I'll take it to heart, Mentor." ”

As he spoke, several other students around him also rushed over.

"Congratulations to the professor, congratulations to the senior sister!"

"A double Fields Medal! Congratulations to the professor, congratulations to the senior sister! ”

Joyful congratulations and congratulations rang in his ears as several people came over, and Xu Chuan smiled and nodded with a few students who arrived.

In the crowd, Gu Bing walked to Amelia's side and looked at the medal in her hand with some envy: "Congratulations, Amelia." ”

The Fields Medal is really enviable.

Although Bloch's conjecture was completed by him and Amelia, he made very little contribution to solving this conjecture, and it is normal that he did not win the Philippine Award.

Amelia smiled and said, "Senior Brother Gu still has a chance, maybe it will be you next time." ”

That's right, Gu Bing is Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today, and in another four Chinese New Year's Eve seven, there are still four years to go, and there is indeed a chance.

Hearing this, Gu Bing smiled, although he also wanted to win a Fields Medal, but he also knew very well that he probably didn't have much of a chance.

Even if they are both Xu Chuan's students, the gap between him and Amelia is very large.

Just like him and Amelia in the process of solving Bloch's conjecture, Amelia can always find the key point and solution of the problem one step or even more than one step ahead of him.

And he tried his best, but he could only barely keep up with the other party's footsteps.

I have to say that sometimes talent really determines the upper limit of life.