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Chapter 1018: Famous Teachers Produce Apprentices (13)

Vera Puyui!

Winner at just 26 years old!

Although it did not break the record set by Professor Lu, this age is quite rare.

And what surprised people the most was not just her age, but her gender.

The only female mathematician who has won the Fields Medal before this is Mariam Mirzakhani, an Iranian professor at Stanford University, but unfortunately, in the third year after winning the award—— In 2017, she died of breast cancer.

Arguably, she will be the only surviving female Fields Medal winner in the world.

"The Fields Medal is getting younger and younger. First Schultz, then Professor Lu, and this Vera Puyui..."

Looking at the young and beautiful figure on the stage, Xu Chenyang, who was sitting under the stage applauding, said with a bit of vicissitudes in his tone, "Sometimes watching these young people emerge one by one, I really feel I'm getting old."

Four years ago, it was his last chance to touch a Fields Medal.

However, there was almost no suspense, and he eventually lost the election.

This is nothing to regret, after all, the Fields Medal is for the entire mathematics community, and it is only elected once every four years. If it is not a prominent teacher, it must have the results of shocking the world. If it is both, then it is natural to be sure.

For example, Lu Zhou, who was in the line of Grothendieck, and his mentor was Deligne, who was a top tycoon at the time, plus the outstanding achievements of Goldbach’s conjecture, even if there was no later NS equation, the International Union of Mathematicians would also It is impossible for him to wait for a bye.

Another example is Schultz, although the tutor Michel Rapoport is not a big bull with a special name, but he came out of the University of Bonn of Faltings, plus his "perfect space" Theory is almost one of the most promising directions among the many directions of algebraic geometry, and it is logical to win the Fields Medal. But even so, he still had a bye, and it was not until 18 years that he won the medal that belonged to him.

As for his own words, although he is famous in the domestic mathematics circle, he can only be regarded as a quasi-first-line scholar in the world, and he is still far from the top.

What's more, even if you want to consider his name, you should first consider Zhang Wei sitting next to him.

Whether it is his contacts in the international academic circle or his own strength, this big guy is stronger than him...

Hearing his friend's sigh, Zhang Wei also nodded his head in deep resonance and sighed softly.

"Yeah, time flies so fast."

In the blink of an eye, four years have passed.

Almost unknowingly, he has changed from a young scholar to a middle-aged scholar who is running for five.

This kind of feeling is as if yesterday they were the hope of the new generation in the eyes of the older generation of mathematicians, but today they have become the seniors in the eyes of the new generation.

Xu Chenyang smiled and said: "There are talented people in the country, and they have been leading the way for hundreds of years... But I still think it's incredible, you say that person, if only he is good, that's all, I didn't expect that the students he taught would be like this. It's amazing, it's too bad."

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "It's nothing incredible, that Vera Puyui, I remember that she was a gold medal in a certain IMO competition, and she was admitted to Berkeley with a full scholarship, and then went directly to Princeton with Tao Zhexuan's recommendation. To get to this point, she can only say that she did not waste her talent, and the people who taught her did not live up to her potential."

The gold medal in the IMO competition itself is a frequent place for the Fields Medal. The students are good seedlings, and the teachers are also among the best in mathematics. It would be a strange thing if they could not win the Fields Medal.

The only thing that is surprising is her gender and age.

Xu Chenyang said with emotion: "We also won a lot of gold medals in the IMO competition. This time there is a young man with full marks. I just don't know when we will be able to add another Fields Medal to the Chinese mathematics community."

Although Lu Zhou has broken the record of 0 Fields Medal in Chinese mathematics, Xu Chenyang knows very well that this momentum is actually difficult to maintain.

This is like Ramanujan to the Indian mathematics community. Although India has produced many outstanding mathematicians, in front of Ramanujan, he can only look up and cannot think of catching up at all.

"There will be a chance," Zhang Wei patted his friend's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Didn't all our professors return to teach in China? It's only been four years, and the leek seedlings have just grown, wait and see. It has been ten and five years, and I believe that a group of outstanding talents will be born in our academia!"

Not only Lu Zhou's own ability, but what really convinced Zhang Wei of this was the earth-shaking changes that had taken place in the academic world of China over the past few years.

He can clearly feel from various aspects that the achievements of Professor Lu are making all sectors of society in China and even the high-level officials of the country pay more and more attention to the role of mathematics.

The more basic the discipline, the more inseparable from the support of all sectors of society.

But now, the whole domestic academic environment is unprecedentedly recognizing the contribution of mathematics as a basic discipline to the development of applied sciences.

This was unimaginable ten years ago.

From the perspective of the times, the impact of this change on the future of Chinese mathematics is far more far-reaching than the few students he brought out, or even how many actual problems he has solved...

Another time in the hall, his eyes were locked on the stage. Academician Wang Shicheng, who had been silent since the award ceremony, gradually showed a relieved expression on his face.

If it was just a few days ago, he was still brooding about the fact that Lu Zhou stole a good seedling from him.

So now, he suddenly felt that it didn't seem to be a bad thing.

The Yanda International Mathematical Research Center has been established for so many years. Although it has also cultivated a group of outstanding scholars and sent a lot of fresh blood to the mathematics cause of China, among the talents it has cultivated, it is not true that it can be called the top. It's a lot.

If this guy really has the ability to teach Fields Medal-level scholars...

Maybe the good seedling who got full marks in the IMO competition is really buried when it comes to himself.

Not too far from Academician Wang's seat, Professor Deligne, who was sitting under the stage, had a different feeling in his heart at the moment.

Staring at the little girl on the stage for a while, the old gentleman snorted lightly with his nose, and suddenly said, "...I didn't expect them to choose Miss Puyui."

Hearing the slight disbelief in this tone, Professor Fefferman, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said: "As far as academic achievements are concerned, he is already a first-class scholar who can prove the Kakutani conjecture. Lu Zhou's help, or how much he helped, but from the summary of the work in the paper, most of the proof work was done by her alone."

Glancing at Fefferman, Deligne said, "Are you sure there is no political/political correctness factor here?"

Under the pressure of this sight, Professor Fefferman, who originally wanted to expose this matter with a white lie, made a helpless expression on his face.

"...Well, we have also considered these factors. In fact, Miss Marina Vyazovska is also a suitable choice, but it may be a little far-fetched to match her academic achievements with this medal."

Professor Deligne suddenly said, "It wasn't like this in mathematics before."

He has no objection to awarding the Fields Medal to Vera, nor does he deny that Vera is an excellent scholar, but he is more concerned about the current situation in mathematics that is more and more secular and cares about the opinions of unrelated people. Change, but feel some dissatisfaction.

A long time ago, when they considered whether a scholar was good or not, they only considered his contribution to academia.

But now, they have to consider the nationality, skin color, gender, and even political/political background and position of the winner. Although these are temporarily not enough to influence the Fields Medal itself, it has indeed become a plus.

Academic freedom and independence are gradually turning into a piece of paper to wipe your ass/stocks, and the more you use it, the more wrinkled it is...

Very understanding of his old friend's feelings, Professor Fefferman shrugged and comforted: "The times are advancing, whether we want to accept it or not, to a large extent we can only adapt to this change..."

"What's more, it's not just us who are forced to make changes in line with the trend of the times?"

Deligne glanced at him.

"Do you think this is good?"

Fefferman: "Let's leave this question to future generations to worry about."

...

There was thunderous applause.

But at this moment, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the middle of the storm, could no longer hear.

Not because he fainted out of excitement, but because his consciousness had entered the system space at this moment.

[Congratulations to the host, the achievement of "Famous Teacher and High Apprentice" has been achieved! 】

[Conditions to be met: Cultivate a student who has achieved the highest level of honor in the subject taught! 】

[Reward: 100,000 subject experience points, sample "Void Memory a" (rare)! 】

Void memory?

Or a "rare"?

And that a, which means there is also a series of b, c, and d?

Looking at the row of rewards that popped up on the holographic screen, Lu Zhou was obviously stunned.

Although this broken system has played a lot of bad jokes with him, such as the "easter egg" drawn out is really just a useless easter egg, but seeing this interesting name, he intuitively told him This thing is probably not simple.

Without any hesitation, Lu Zhou didn't even confirm the attribute panel, so he turned off the reward prompt and opened the item bar.

After all, it's just 100,000 math experiences. Putting it in the math experience slot with millions as a unit, let alone a drop in the bucket, is probably the kind of rubbing that makes people wonder if the experience has gone in.

Inventory opens quickly.

Floating on that icy, metallic interface was a cloud of unsettlingly deep purple.

It is difficult to describe its specific shape. Each tentacle is like an illusory mist, wrapped around a spherical outline, as if guarding the shadows and secrets deep in the core.

After swallowing a mouthful of spit, Lu Zhou raised his right hand, and his index finger tentatively clicked on the icon.

However, unlike usual, there was no text that popped out in front of his eyes. Instead, an electric shock-like sting came down his fingertips.

"hiss--!"

It hurts! ! !

This was the first time that Lu Zhou had a superfluous feeling of pain in the system space.

However, this tingling feeling did not make Lu Zhou flinch, but instead made that contemplative face show a hint of interest.

"interesting……"

"...I thought that what existed in the system space was just an abstract conscious body, similar to a dream. I didn't expect to be able to feel pain here."

The curiosity about this thing in my heart is getting stronger and stronger.

Perhaps, holding it firmly is the correct way to open it?

However, even if he wanted to try, Lu Zhou didn't do it right away.

Now my body is still on the scene of the IMU conference.

It's hard to say whether this thing will have any physical effects on his actual body.

In times of uncertainty about risk, it is best to be cautious.

At least, we have to find a quiet environment first...