Chapter 251: The Awards Ceremony in Stockholm

On the afternoon of May 25th, Stockholm Airport.

A bright silver flight landed slowly on the runway.

Not long after, Lu Zhou, dragging his suitcase, walked out of the airport through the crowds of people coming and going.

This is the first time he has come to this city, and the most intuitive feeling for this place, apart from cleanliness, is the strong artistic atmosphere.

In fact, Lu Zhou doesn't know much about art, and his rational thinking makes him seldom look at these issues from an emotional point of view. But even so, he can intuitively feel the strong artistic atmosphere from the subway stations in this city.

Because it is no exaggeration to say that this place is like a museum.

The subway network with a total length of 108 kilometers contains more than 100 artists who create works of art specially for these subway stations.

No wonder Edward Witten recommended to him before coming to Stockholm that he must not take a taxi if he can take the subway. Otherwise, although it is convenient, it will lose a lot of fun.

According to the specifications of the Nobel Prize, the residence of the winners was arranged in the Stockholm Grand Hotel.

At the entrance of the hotel, Academician Staffan Normark, Lifetime Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, smiled at Lu Zhou and opened his arms, giving him a big hug.

"Welcome, Professor Lu Zhou!"

"Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long."

"How come?" Academician Staffan smiled and continued, "Please allow me to introduce you, this is..."

The few standing next to me are scholars from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Under the introduction of Academician Staffan, Lu Zhou shook hands with them one by one and said hello, and then followed his footsteps to the residence where he was staying.

Standing at the door, Academician Staffan smiled and said politely.

"If you have any needs, please feel free to ask the waiters in the hotel, and they will convey your needs to us."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You are too polite."

"It's not polite, it's due respect for a scholar," Academician Staffan smiled, "To be honest, I was surprised when I saw you. I thought Terence Tao was young enough, but I didn't expect In less than four years, another young mathematician broke this record."

Terence Tao won the Crawford Award in 2012, when he was only in his thirties, and in the same year, he made a breakthrough on the "weak Goldbach conjecture problem", which indirectly led to Helfgo proof of this problem.

Now it is 16 years, and it is also Goldbach's conjecture.

In the dark, it seems to have formed a reincarnation.

Lu Zhou smiled and said modestly: "Mathematics is an ancient and dynamic subject. It will get older and older, but the people who study it will be younger and younger. Maybe in the future, there will be people younger than me People break this record."

Academician Staffan laughed, and said, "It's probably a bit difficult."

He didn't bother him too much here, and after telling him some things to pay attention to, Academician Staffan left.

Putting the suitcase next to the bedside table, Lu Zhou didn't go out for a stroll right away.

Although he is very interested in this city, he just crossed the Atlantic Ocean and half of Europe, what he needs more is rest.

After taking a shower in the bathroom, Lu Zhou was lying on the bed, ready to sleep.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had not shared this joy with others, so he sat up from the bed, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, took a picture of the night scene outside the window, and sent it to Circle of friends and scarf.

This time, he didn't say a word and simply posted the photo.

But soon, several replies popped up under his Weibo.

[Lu Shen is going on a trip? 】

[Where is this night scene? Let's talk about the big ones. 】

[I guess it's Philadelphia, which is quite close to Princeton. After all, the houses here are too short, unlike New York. 】

【College entrance exam is coming soon, touch Lu Shen's thigh at close range, and take a breath of European energy by the way! 】

【Yaoshou! Lu Shen didn't pretend to be aggressive! ! ! 】

Seeing the comments under the scarf, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile embarrassedly.

How to speak!

Am I that kind of person?

...

the next afternoon.

The antique Stockholm Concert Hall is filled with classical music with elegant melodies, and more than a thousand seats are packed.

After a simple opening statement, a middle-aged woman with short hair and able-bodied came onto the stage and announced the start of the awards ceremony.

Her name is Barbara Cannon (Barbara·Cannon), and she is the president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Although her face is mostly concealed by the crow's feet of the years, it can be seen that this lady must have been a scholar with both good looks and knowledge when she was young.

In the solemn and enthusiastic applause, Academician Staffan Normark, Lifetime Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, took her place, stepped onto the stage, and read out the list of winners and the words of the award.

"...The future of human beings lies in the boundless starry sky. One day, we will reach all the places we can see. Let us thank the pioneers who look up at the starry sky, and let us send them blessings and applause! Thanks, they are very grateful to 'Yujiao' Outstanding contribution to the study of momentum black holes and their effects!"

"The winners of the Astronomy Award are Professor Roy Kerr from Canterbury University in New Zealand, and Professor Roger Branford from Stanford University in the United States!"

The ups and downs of Academician Staffan's voice ignited the atmosphere in the venue.

In the midst of applause, two professors from New Zealand and the United States stepped onto the podium and solemnly accepted the medal from King Gustav XVI.

Lu Zhou, who was standing under the stage, took a deep breath and lightly adjusted his tie on his chest.

Originally he thought he would be calm, but in the last few seconds, he still had to try to control his breathing and heartbeat.

Different from the Chern Prize awarded by Huaguo Mathematical Society, and also different from the Cole Prize awarded by Federal Mathematical Society, this honor comes not only from the affirmation of the mathematics community, but also from the recognition of the entire natural science community.

Academician Staffan on the stage continued.

"... Mathematics is the language of God, and prime numbers are the codes he left in the world. Many propositions are not necessarily great in themselves, but it is precisely because of these ordinary but not simple, complex but pure things that our world and our civilization , are quietly changing.”

"Thanks for his outstanding contributions to a series of studies on prime number problems! And, the proof of Goldbach's conjecture!"

"The winner of the mathematics prize is..."

"Professor Lu Zhou from Princeton University!"

The audience erupted into more enthusiastic applause than before.

Like the ups and downs of the waves, it lasts for a long time.

Amid the applause, Lu Zhou stepped onto the podium steadily.

This is the first scholar of Chinese nationality to stand here since the Crawford Award was established for more than ten years.

More than 200 scholars of different skin colors and nationalities behind him, as well as nearly a thousand invited guests from various fields and identities, offered blessings and applause for his contribution to the world.

And at this moment, standing in front of him is Gustav XVI and his queen, Mrs. Silvia.

"Congratulations, Professor Lu Zhou!"

The white-haired old man solemnly handed over the medal and certificate to Lu Zhou with a spring-like smile on his face.

After taking both hands, Lu Zhou shook hands with the Mr. King, nodded and smiled, "Thank you!"

The applause sounded again.

It wasn't until the award winner from China stood aside with a smile, and Academician Staffan stepped forward again, that he calmed down.

However, for Lu Zhou, the ups and downs in his chest did not calm down as easily as the applause that gradually subsided.

Feeling the heavy weight of this medal, until the elegant classical music sounded, until the award ceremony came to an end, until the guests at the venue began to leave...

Lu Zhou's mood returned to calm.