Great Country Academician

August 1, 2018.

The 28th International Mathematical Congress officially kicked off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In the hotel room, Xu Chuan was wearing a suit and standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom to tidy up his appearance.

Outside the room, the doorbell rang 'ding dong' and 'ding dong', as if urging the people inside.

Walking over to open the door, there were four of his students standing outside the door.

"Professor, are you ready? The conference is about to begin." Shahi Perez, a younger student, asked excitedly standing at the door.

Xu Chuan glanced at the students who were all looking at him expectantly, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

"Professor, is this your first time participating in the International Mathematical Conference?" In the elevator, the lively Sha Xi asked the calm Xu Chuan curiously.

"Of course it's the first time, what's wrong?" Xu Chuan turned his head and asked.

"But you don't look excited at all, and today is the day of the Fields Medal, don't you look forward to it?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Excitement and anticipation are for sure, but it's enough in my heart."

"This sounds like a middle-aged person or an old man." Shashi Perez muttered.

On the side, Amelia shrugged and said, "If you can prove one of the seven millennium problems like the professor, maybe you can understand the professor's state of mind."

After a pause, she added another sentence: "But it will never be possible in your life. After all, you are already twenty-four years old, and the professor proved the Hodge conjecture when he was twenty."

Hearing this, Shahi immediately stopped talking, which was too shocking.

Gu Bing and Roger Dean on the side also twitched their mouths, but hesitated to speak.

Amelia's wave of AOE damage is really fatal.

Xu Chuan smiled, did not speak, and walked towards the venue with a few students.

Turning 20 proves a millennial conundrum that he couldn't have done without the knowledge of his previous life.

Or to put it another way, probably no one in the world can do it these days.

Even if Newton or Gauss was born in this era, it may not be possible to do it.

Of course, he didn't say that it couldn't be done, he could only say that it was very difficult, almost impossible.

The reason is simple. Today's mathematics is no longer the mathematics of more than ten centuries.

The huge mathematical knowledge and various branches of mathematics make it difficult for today's mathematicians to make great achievements when they are young.

20 years old is not even enough for a person to learn all the knowledge needed to prove a millennium problem.

The reason why Poincaré is called "the last mathematical all-rounder in history" by the mathematics circle is also here.

At the beginning of the 20th century when he lived, mathematics at that time was already extremely large, and it was very difficult to have a comprehensive understanding and study of it, and then to study it in depth.

Now in the 21st century, after another hundred years of mathematics, the branches have become so huge that it is hard for ordinary people to imagine.

Not to mention other things, there are more than a dozen major branches in geometry alone.

The algebraic geometry studied by his patriarch Pope Grothendieck is nothing more than an extension of plane analytic geometry and three-dimensional space analytic geometry.

People who can understand all areas of mathematics today are much rarer than wild pandas.

Looking at the entire mathematics world today, Tao Zhexuan is the only one who can have such a reputation.

The "comprehensiveness" and "synthesis" of mathematicians are actually a common topic.

If there is no clear standard for this kind of problem, it will be nonsense to discuss it.

If the standard is set as "proficient in (almost) all branches of mathematics at the time, and has a deep understanding of them", the last person may be Poincaré, or Hilbert.

If the standard is "not only proficient in (almost) all branches of mathematics at the time, but also made extraordinary contributions to (almost) every branch", then there is no doubt that Hilbert and Poincaré are not enough grid.

The last such "comprehensively open up the entire territory of mathematics" is Euler and Gauss.

Of course, "comprehensive" or "synthetic" are not the proper openings for "evaluating a mathematician"; for obviously not everything is of equal importance in mathematics.

To evaluate a mathematician, a reasonable standard is to see how many "important" things he has done, not just how many things he has done.

Riemann is far inferior to Euler and Gauss in terms of the quantity, scope, completeness and career length of his work, but he has a status close to them disproportionately.

As for Galois, it is a more extreme example.

My life when I was less than 22 years old coincided with the era when Gauss shrouded the sky in the mathematics world. Facing the iron curtain where almost all original ideas were monopolized by Gauss alone, he insisted on relying on pure talent to "step into the southern sky, smash the sky, and never go away." Back", opened up the group theory that has been indispensable until now, and illuminated the new world of abstract algebra.

Although this great mathematician only worked in this field in his career, there are not many people who have followed it and carried it forward.

Thinking all the way, Xu Chuan soon arrived outside the venue where the International Mathematical Conference was held.

Although there is still more than an hour before the official opening of the conference, the venue is already extremely lively at this moment.

All kinds of mathematicians are looking for their familiar friends outside the venue, or the big cows they hope to meet.

Inside and outside the venue, a large number of media are preparing to enter the venue under the organization of the staff to film and report.

Xu Chuan's arrival soon caused a sensation outside the venue.

People who recognized him crowded around, especially those astronomers and astrophysicists who had already arrived and were squatting outside the venue. They were the first batch of people to recognize Xu Chuan. In comparison, scholars in the mathematics field reacted much slower.

But this is also normal. After all, people from the astronomy and astrophysics circles came here to report on the extended application of Xu Chuan's Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.

The noisy situation outside the venue made the media who were entering the venue also smell unusual signals, and ran over with the camera on their shoulders, regardless of entering the venue.

Outside the venue, the organizing staff were startled when they saw this situation, and hurriedly called for help to prevent crowding and stampede accidents.

Surrounded by the crowd, Xu Chuan also felt a little dizzy, especially the fanaticism of those astronomers and astrophysicists was even more troublesome.

If I knew it earlier, I would not have agreed to the request of the International Mathematical Union. If I changed the venue and opened the report meeting alone, there would not be so many people coming.

Many of those who rushed over today came with the mentality of participating in the mathematics conference together and gaining knowledge.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Xu Chuan to be freed from the crowd by the staff who came after hearing the news, and then he was able to enter the venue.

Entering the venue, before Xu Chuan sat down, another person came over.

The person who came here this time was a media reporter, and someone he was familiar with.

"Hello, Professor Xu Chuan." The beautiful reporter greeted Xu Chuan with a voice like an oriole.

Seeing the person standing in front of him, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, then greeted with a smile: "Hello, Reporter Sun, long time no see."

The figure in front of him is Sun Yutong, a CTV reporter who interviewed him at the Crawford Awards Ceremony last year.

Hearing this, Sun Yutong was also taken aback for a moment, and then a bright smile appeared on his face: "I didn't expect you to remember me."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I think my memory is not bad."

Sun Yutong smiled, and then said: "That's it, Professor Xu Chuan, our CTV has applied for the live broadcast authorization of this mathematics conference from the International Mathematical Union. Before the conference has started, I would like to invite you to make a phone call with the domestic audience." Hello, I don't know if it's convenient for you."

After making a request, she quickly added: "Of course, the camera is not pointing at you now, and our conversation has not been recorded in the live broadcast room. If it is inconvenient for you, we can cancel this process without any problem."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was a little surprised. CTV applied to IMU for the live broadcast right of the conference, which is a rare thing.

But he also knew why, so he nodded and agreed to the request.

This time the country really bet heavily on him.

In the past, the International Conference of Mathematicians has never been broadcast live on CTV. Even the one held in China in 2002 was not broadcast live to the whole people.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the domestic Internet was not fully popular at that time.

However, based on the number of people in the country, coupled with the particularity of CTV media, coupled with official publicity, if there is a live broadcast, there are at least five or six million people, and if there are more, tens of millions of people are normal.

With so many people watching, if he fails to win the Fields Medal at this conference, he will lose face.

However, it is impossible for the International Mathematical Union Committee to do this. A top scholar who proved the seven millennium problems did not receive the Fields Medal. In this way, the credibility of this medal will be directly abolished.

Who will think that the Fields Medal is the highest honor in mathematics in the future? I am afraid that no one thinks so, and even many mathematicians in the mathematics community themselves will not pursue this medal anymore.

Hearing Xu Chuan's agreement, Sun Yutong also heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly said with a smile: "Wait a minute, I'll send someone over."

After finishing speaking, he trotted over and called the camera brother.

After a while, the little brother with the camera on his shoulder trotted over.

"Hello everyone, before the opening of this mathematics conference, we are honored to invite the young mathematician Professor Xu Chuan."

Standing beside Xu Chuan, Sun Yutong looked at the camera with a very friendly smile, greeted the audience in the CTV studio, and quickly moved away from the C position, allowing Xu Chuan to stand in the center.

"Hi everyone, I am Xu Chuan, the tour guide. Welcome to this International Mathematical Congress."

Looking at the camera, Xu Chuan smiled and greeted the audience in the live broadcast room, making a joke.

And with his entry, CTV's live broadcast room went crazy in an instant. In the live broadcast room where gifts cannot be swiped, what can be swiped is the barrage.

All of a sudden, bullet screens flooded the live broadcast room like a flood.

[Fuck, it's Chuan Shen! 】

[The boss with his own golden light! 】

[Chuan God is awesome! Shout! 】

[Taking a sip of the wisdom of Chuan Shen, I just hope that Gao Dai will not make up the exam this semester! 】

[Chuanshen is sure to win the Philippine Award this time? 】

[For sure, Hodge's conjecture has been resolved. If there is no Fei Award, there is still a p. 】

[Chuan Shen's voice is so warm, I love it, I really want to give birth to a monkey for Chuan Shen. 】

[Hehe, you are as witty as I am. After the college entrance examination this year, I have already applied to the Mathematics Department of Nantah University, and I can become an alumni with Chuan Shen in one month! 】

The barrage in the live broadcast room was crazy, but Xu Chuan couldn't see it. Under Sun Yutong's leadership, the two exchanged a few simple questions and quickly ended the conversation.

On the one hand, even if there is a live broadcast authorization, it is impossible for CTV to disturb Xu Chuan for too long. It is already very good to invite him to show his face before the opening.

On the other hand, the Fields Medal has not yet been awarded, and some questions are not easy to ask.

Of course, the more important thing is that the mathematics conference is about to start, and they have to go back to their original places to record the next precious awards ceremony.

With the mathematicians and astronomers participating in this mathematical conference, the 28th International Mathematical Conference officially kicked off.

At nine o'clock, the meeting officially began.

Professor Marcelo Viana, chairman of the Organizing Committee of the conference, first delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

And thanks to the local organization and sponsors of the conference, thanks to the new and old friends who came to the conference, and declared the opening of the 28th International Mathematical Congress.

Afterwards, Professor Shigefumi Mori, Chairman of the International Mathematical Union and winner of the Fields Medal, delivered a speech and reviewed the development of the mathematics community in the past four years.

After the two chairpersons finished their speeches, the opening ceremony of this year's mathematics conference entered the most exciting part——"Announcement and presentation of the four major awards of the International Mathematical Union."

The Gauss Award was first announced, and the 2018 Gauss Award was awarded to Professor David Donoghue of Stanford University; the reason for the award is: "for his mathematical, statistical and computational analysis of important problems in signal processing. fundamental contribution."

The Chern Award was awarded to Masaki Kashiwahara, a mathematician from the small island country, in recognition of his outstanding and fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory over the past 50 years.

The Nevelina Prize was awarded to Turkish mathematician Ali Nesin for his outstanding contribution to influencing the Turkish public and helping them improve their mathematical awareness.

The International Mathematical Union stated that Professor Nessin tirelessly created the "Mathematical Village", intending to provide a peaceful place for mathematics education, research and discovery for all, which is of great significance to developing countries.

When the three awards are awarded, the rest is the most important thing of this International Mathematical Conference, known as the "Fields Medal" of the Nobel Prize in mathematics.