Chapter 1017 Hidden Achievement Unlocked! (3/3)

Chapter 1017 Hidden achievement unlocked! (33)

The morning of August 3rd.

The sky over St. Petersburg was clear and sunny.

The conference hall of the Corinthia Hotel was crowded with people.

Even though the conference hall was spacious enough, because there were so many people present and two security checkpoints were set up at the entrance, the people entering the venue were still shoulder to shoulder, and the crowded aisle hardly had room to stand.

As in the past, according to the usual practice, Professor Viana, chairman of the organizing committee of the conference, and Shigefumi Mori, chairman of the International Mathematical Union, stood in front of the stage and delivered opening speeches respectively, welcoming scholars from all over the country to visit here, and thanking Russia for their cooperation. Support for the cause of mathematics from all sectors of St. Petersburg society.

Immediately afterwards, the entire conference ushered in the most exciting award-giving session under the eager anticipation of everyone.

This link can be said to be the highlight of the entire conference, and it can even be said that many people came here for it.

The four types of awards to be awarded almost represent the highest honors in the entire mathematics field. It can be said that if you get any of them, the winners will have a smooth career in mathematics in the future.

Especially the Fields Medal.

Compared with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is consoling and puts an end to academic career, the Fields Medal, which can only be judged under the age of 40, can be said to be the crown in the minds of countless mathematicians.

Most people admire hard work, but everyone aspires to be a genius.

This is especially true for a field of genius like mathematics.

Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the crowd, could clearly hear the people sitting next to him discussing who might win this supreme honor.

"Jodi Williamson, the youngest academician of mathematics in Australia, established a pure algebraic Hodge theory about polynomial rings, and successfully proved the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture for Covariate groups. It's a pity that this year should be his."

"...Marina Viazovska should also have the opportunity. She extended the 3-dimensional sphere packing problem to 8-dimensional and 24-dimensional in the research of discrete geometry, and also won the 2017 Clay Prize with these researches. The Research Award, the Lalu Gold Award and the European Combinatorics Award, my supervisor used two words to describe her as genius and incredible, and she is 38 years old this year, if she does not win again, she will have no chance."

"Marina Viazovska's research is indeed excellent, but the direction of discrete geometry is too cold, not to mention that her supervisor is not a well-known scholar. In contrast, I am more optimistic about another Ukrainian mathematician, And a lady too."

"Who?"

"The prover of Kadotani's conjecture, the winner of the last Cole Prize in Number Theory, the Ramanujan Prize, and the European Mathematical Society Prize, Vera Puyouy. Both the research results and the mentor are top-notch, and they are still from Princeton. The award committee did not consider her this time, and it will definitely be her next time."

"Damn it, why is the Fields Medal only held every four years? There are too many people who can win the award."

"Because if there are too many posts, there will be no gold content. What we must select are truly outstanding scholars who can change the future of the mathematics world..."

Keenly captured the penultimate sentence, Lu Zhou showed a surprised expression on his face.

So many things happened in places he didn't know, and she didn't even tell him.

Although she understood that she might want to give herself a surprise, maybe she thought it was not worth mentioning, but Lu Zhou who knew this was still a little bit disappointed.

Not wanting to disappoint the expectations of the participants present, Professor Shigefumi Mori standing on the stage did not keep people waiting for a long time. He stood up the speech in his hand, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and quickly entered the awarding process.

"First up is the Gauss Award, which I know you've been waiting for a long time."

The moment this sentence was spoken.

The huge venue fell silent as if hit by a silence spell.

After looking around the venue, Professor Shigefumi Mori spoke slowly in a steady and solemn tone.

"We often say that mathematics is the foundation of natural science and applied science, and its boundary determines our understanding of the universe and ourselves. However, in the research of applied science, we can integrate the methods of advanced mathematics and use them skillfully Scholars with the tools to address the big questions about our future are few and far between."

"About his deeds, I can spend a whole day describing it, and I may not even be able to finish it..."

The attendees at the scene listened very attentively, and Lu Zhou also listened very attentively.

However, at this moment, there was a disharmonious complaint from the side.

"...Oh, Xie Te, I already guessed who it is, hurry up and give him the award!"

Soon, someone whispered in agreement.

"Yes, yes, the most suspenseful Gauss Award, hurry up and get the next one."

Lu Zhou: "..."

MMP!

Can't you just cooperate and say this after a while?

The sense of surprise that was finally brewing was gone in an instant!

Lu Zhou turned his head to see who was arranging himself, but there are too many people here, and they are all heads, so it is impossible to tell who said those two sentences.

On the stage, Professor Shigefumi Mori continued.

"...as he said, our science is changing the world, and mathematics will change our science!"

"The winner is—"

"Lu Zhou!"

There was applause like pouring rain.

Standing up in the midst of applause, Lu Zhou took a deep breath, walked steadily onto the stage, and took the medal from Professor Mori Shigefumi.

Gently patted Lu Zhou's arm with his right hand, the elderly professor showed a friendly smile on his face, nodded and said.

"Congratulations, young scholar, we meet again."

Although applied science is not popular in the mathematics world, the Bourbaki school, which occupies a relatively high discourse power in the mathematics circle, is even more proud of the "uselessness" and "purity" of mathematics. Scholars such as Hardy and Grothendieck, even All have publicly expressed the view that mathematics is great because of its purity.

But in any case, applied science is indeed a part of mathematics, not to mention that even if Hardy and Grothendieck pursue "glorious isolation" scholars, their theories were eventually reflected in other disciplines.

The Gauss Award exists to reward this type of scholars.

"Thank you, I am very glad to see you again," Lu Zhou continued with a smile after shaking hands with the elderly scholar, "I believe we will meet again."

Hearing this sentence, Professor Mori Shigefumi was obviously taken aback, and then said with a smile.

"Are you referring to... an occasion like this? That's really a pity. I'm afraid we won't have any more medals to award you before you're seventy, and after you're seventy, I'm afraid I'm long gone from this world."

Lu Zhou: "Isn't there a Livala Award?"

Professor Mori Shigewen coughed dryly: "... Please give other people who love mathematics a chance, well, Professor Lu, please go down."

Lu Zhou: "..."

The Shiing-shen Chern Mathematics Award is a lifelong achievement, don't think about it for now, it's not the time to die. However, Lu Zhou feels that he still has a little hope for the Newanglinna Prize in recognition of mathematical science in computers. There is also the Livalati Award for the cause of popular science in mathematics. I have a lot of fun.

He still remembered that the Turks who won this award last time seemed to have only completed a few primary schools in remote mountainous areas (desert areas)?

My contribution to the cause of mathematics science popularization is more than a few elementary schools, why can't I participate in the award?

Although he didn't really care about the medal, Lu Zhou still had a bit of a grudge in his heart.

After stepping off the stage, he sat in the front row where the Goss Award winners belonged, quietly waiting for the awards ceremony to continue.

The Chern Mathematics Prize and the Riva Rati Prize were presented next. The former is for lifetime achievement, and the latter is for "ordinary people" who have made outstanding contributions to science popularization.

The atmosphere in the venue was pushed to a climax wave after wave, especially when the Fields Medal award ceremony began, the enthusiastic atmosphere reached its peak.

Sitting in the front row, with his back to the venue, Lu Zhou could even feel that the sights focused on the stage seemed to be able to light something...

Facing everyone's expectations, Professor Mori Shigefumi continued to speak.

And almost as soon as the professor spoke, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the front row, froze.

"Number theory is an ancient subject, and its history runs through almost the entire history of mathematics, and those classic propositions that have been solved and have not been solved can also be said to be the origin of all the knowledge we have so far."

"Few people can make truly outstanding results in this field. The mountains are daunting, except for those warriors with bright eyes and firm beliefs."

"...she proved that there is an integral function h(z) by constructing an ingenious transcendental function, and {g^ok(z0)}∞/k=1 converges to 1, thus proving that it has troubled us for many years The establishment of the Kakutani conjecture, and perfected the theory of group construction method."

"The first recipient of the Fields Medal was—"

"Professor Vera Pouy from Princeton University!"

Lei Dong's applause was like a storm, hitting Lu Zhou's eardrums, and making his whole body messy in the wind.

Vera?

It's not that he hasn't considered this possibility.

But all of this was so sudden!

There is no doubt that she is indeed an excellent scholar, and there is nothing wrong with the fact that the research results in number theory can add points when participating in this kind of award, but no matter how you say it, she is too young.

If Lu Zhou remembers correctly, she was only 22 years old when she got her doctorate when she left Princeton.

And now 4 years have passed, and she is only 26...

Of course, what really caught Lu Zhou off guard was not just the news of Vera's award.

Almost at the same time, a line of light blue text appeared in his field of vision.

[Congratulations to the host, unlock the hidden achievement! 】

[Please go to the system space to check your rewards! 】

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(Presented by the third watch! The plot is here, and it has basically entered the middle stage, and I will moderately speed up the pace later on. Also, Xueba’s comics have been scheduled for summer vacation, and I will meet you soon)