Chapter 425 International Mathematicians Conference!

On the morning of August 1, 2018.

The hall was crowded with people.

As the largest and most important conference in the international mathematics community, the International Congress of Mathematicians is known as the Olympic of mathematics. From 1897 to the present, except for two world wars, it has never been interrupted.

As an international conference that provides mathematicians around the world with a space to communicate, discuss academic issues, meet old friends, and make new friends, each conference plays a pivotal role in the history of mathematics.

And this year's conference is of special significance.

Not only because this is the first International Congress of Mathematicians held in the Southern Hemisphere, but also because of the Millennium Problem, this conference has received a considerable degree of attention since its opening.

Wearing formal clothes, he arrived near the venue. In the corridor outside the venue, Lu Zhou happened to bump into Professor Fefferman, so the two entered the venue together.

Standing in a less crowded place not far from the door, Lu Zhou looked at his watch.

It's only eight o'clock now, and there's still an hour before the opening ceremony.

Fefferman: "I heard that CTV in your country applied to the IMU for authorization to broadcast live at the conference yesterday."

Lu Zhou glanced at the corner of the venue not far away. From the row of cameras, he saw the logo of Station C.

Perhaps he noticed his gaze, the little brother carrying the camera cleverly pointed the camera at him.

Quickly retracting his gaze, Lu Zhou asked, "Is this rare?"

"Of course it's rare, at least in my video, this is the first time." Professor Fefferman smiled, and patted Lu Zhou's shoulder, "How is it, do you feel nervous?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while: "...it's okay."

He even survived yesterday's report meeting, today is just an opening ceremony, and he doesn't need to do anything special.

As for station C...

It's not the first time he's on it.

Professor Fefferman glanced at Lu Zhou in surprise: "It's unbelievable, that's media with 1.4 billion views, don't you feel it at all?"

Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "It's not that exaggerated..."

"...Actually, there is one more thing that may be important to you, but I'm not sure whether to tell you." At this point, Fefferman's expression suddenly hesitated, as if he couldn't make up his mind. Do not say.

Lu Zhou: "What's the matter?"

After looking around and confirming that no one was staring at him, Fefferman coughed lightly, lowered his voice and said, "At the party yesterday, I heard an old friend talking about this year's Fields Awards. He revealed to me the list of winners..."

Startled by the news, Lu Zhou looked at him in surprise.

After a while, he opened his mouth to speak.

"...This is not good."

Professor Fefferman said seriously: "It's really not good, so I hope you will keep it a secret for me."

Lu Zhou looked around.

Although he knew he shouldn't ask, he still couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart.

"...can I ask who's on the list?"

Professor Fefferman raised his eyebrows: "You really want to know?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "...um."

Lowering his voice, Fefferman continued: "It's a pity that your name is not on it...Although we all think that this year's Fields Award is none other than you."

Lu Zhou:? ? ?

Hold the grass? !

no?

Is this not enough for the Philippine Award? !

The moment Lu Zhou was startled by these words, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Don't believe his nonsense, no one can know the list of winners before the list is announced, even if that person is Fefferman," walked over from the side with a blank face, and Professor Deligne mercilessly exposed After reading Fefferman's nonsense, staring at him seriously, "Or, you tell 'that friend' who it is?"

Being stared at by Deligne, Fefferman gave a dry cough, and quickly and subtly moved his eyes away: "Ahem, my dear Professor Deligne... This is just a joke to enliven the atmosphere, please don't take it so seriously, otherwise you Don't you think life will be a lot less fun?"

Lu Zhou was speechless: "...you almost fooled me."

After a haha, Fefferman patted Lu Zhou's shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't be so serious! Look, don't you feel a lot more relaxed now?"

Lu Zhou: "Before you made this joke, I was very relaxed."

After being stunned for a while, Professor Fefferman sighed: "Okay, I apologize to you..."

...

Nine o'clock sharp.

Scholars in the venue were seated one after another, and the 28th International Congress of Mathematicians officially kicked off.

Professor Viana, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, and Professor Shigebun Shisen, Chairman of the International Mathematical Union, delivered opening speeches on the stage respectively, thanking the local organizers of the conference, thanking old and new friends who came to the conference, and announcing at the same time The opening of this mathematics conference.

After the opening ceremony, it will be the awards ceremony.

At the moment of entering this link, the atmosphere of the meeting was immediately pushed to a climax.

First to be announced are the winners of the Gauss Prize, which rewards achievements in the field of applied mathematics.

Professor David Donoghue from Stanford University won this year's Gauss Award for his fundamental contributions to the mathematics, statistics and computational analysis of important problems in signal processing.

It is followed by the Chern Award, which has no field restrictions and is a lifetime achievement award. This year's Chern Award was awarded to Kashiwahara Masaki in recognition of his outstanding and fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory over the past 50 years.

Then came the Riwarati Prize, which was won by a Turk named Ali Nasin...

Finally, as the focus of the awards ceremony and the opening ceremony of the entire International Congress of Mathematicians, the president of the International Mathematical Union will announce the winners of the Fields Medal.

The vast majority of mathematical achievements are born under the age of 40, and the Fields Medal is the highest honor that mathematicians under the age of 40 can obtain, and is known as the Nobel Prize in mathematics.

Although the medal does not determine whether a scholar is great or not, the scholars who have been recognized by this medal are all super-class scholars who have influenced the development of mathematics as a discipline and the mainstay of the academic world.

Between the publication of this list.

Many people held their breath unconsciously, staring at the stage with fiery eyes.

Especially those candidates who are expected to win the Philippine Award.

Sitting in the middle of the crowd, Zhang Wei looked solemn and clenched his fists unconsciously.

Sophie Morel, who was sitting next to Molina, gently rubbed her index finger in front of her knee, not sure if it was pure nervousness or praying.

And James Maynard, from England, was sitting in the corner of the venue with his arms folded. This young expert in analytic number theory is also one of the popular candidates for the Philippine Award, although he once lost to someone in the competition for the twin prime number conjecture...

Perhaps feeling the hot gaze from the audience, Professor Shigefumi Mori smiled friendlyly at the audience.

After clearing his throat, he read the award speech of the first winner in a solemn and steady voice.

"He has a very high attainment in the understanding and application of mathematical methods, and at the same time has extraordinary ambition and never-ending curiosity."

"...From the Zhou-Lu theorem to the twin prime number theorem, from the Poignac-Lu theorem to the Goldbach-Lu theorem, his research on additive number theory has injected new energy into the ancient and great subject of number theory. Fresh blood has rejuvenated it."

"Not only in number theory, but also in functional analysis, group theory, topology, differential geometry, partial differential equations... His work spans multiple disciplines, and the difficulty and contribution involved cannot be described in a few words."

"I believe that this is not only the inspiration of geniuses, but also the condensation of countless sweats."

Chairman Mori Shigebun paused, and announced in a solemn tone.

"The first winner is Lu Zhou!"

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