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As the clock neared nine o'clock, all participants took their seats, and the International Congress of Mathematicians officially opened. John Bowles, President of the International Congress of Mathematicians, and the President of the International Union of Mathematicians took the stage to deliver opening speeches.
"I would like to thank the host for supporting this conference, thank you to all the friends, old and new, who attended the conference, and thank you to every mathematician who has made new contributions to the mathematical community. Thank you for your support of mathematics... The 26th International Congress of Mathematicians has officially begun!"
With the loud announcement of Bowles, the chief speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians, the atmosphere of the conference was immediately pushed to a climax and entered the first highlight, the award ceremony.
First of all, the first award given is the Gauss Prize. This award is mainly awarded to mathematicians who have made contributions in the field of applied mathematics. It is also the highest honor in the field of applied mathematics.
This year's Gauss Prize winner is Yves Meyer from France. He won the award for his fundamental contributions to number theory, operator theory and harmonic analysis, as well as his key role in the development of wavelet and multiresolution analysis.
Next is the Chern Prize, which was awarded for the first time this year. This is the first award named after an outstanding Chinese mathematician. It has no field restrictions and was jointly established by the Chern Foundation and the International Union of Mathematicians to award individuals who have made lifetime achievements in mathematics.
The first Chern Prize was awarded to Louis Neelen from the Kron Institute in the United States in recognition of his pioneering work on the theory of modern nonlinear elliptic equations.
After the third Nevanlinna Prize was awarded to a mathematician from Yale, we came to the last one, the most anticipated of this opening ceremony, the focus of the award ceremony, the Nobel Prize in mathematics, the Fields Medal.
Because most mathematical achievements are made before the age of 40, the Fields Medal is only awarded to young mathematicians under the age of 40. Forty years old is a hurdle, and mathematicians can only receive the highest honor in the mathematics world before this age.
Although winning this award does not necessarily determine whether a mathematician is great, mathematicians who receive this award are undoubtedly top scholars who have made great contributions to mathematics.
When Andrew Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem, he was over 40 years old. However, for his outstanding contribution, he was awarded a special award by the International Union of Mathematicians, but it was also a silver medal different from the official Fields Medal.
László Lovaas, President of the International Union of Mathematicians, took the stage and personally announced the winner of this year's Fields Medal.
The audience held their breath, their gazes fixed on the podium. Laszlo, without further ado, solemnly announced the winners of this year's Fields Medal and the reasons for their awards.
"The first winner is Ms. Wu Baozhu, thank her for proving the fundamental lemma of the theory of automorphic forms in the Langlands program! The second winner is Elon Lindenstrauss, thank him for the measure rigidity of ergodic theory and its applications in number theory..."
The four winners came on stage in the spotlight of the crowd and received their medals of honor under the shining lights. The runner-up candidates who had reached the age limit were inevitably disappointed and regretful, but everyone still gave warm applause to these four outstanding mathematicians and congratulated them.
"I hope that one day, a mathematician with true Chinese nationality will step onto this stage and receive this supreme honor!" As the names of the names were announced one by one and the Fields Medal was decided, Zhou Wenping couldn't help but listen and sighed to Wu Tong sincerely.
After all, modern mathematics in China started a little late, and they must face up to the gap. They are already past their best age, but Wu Tong's glory has just begun. She is only seventeen years old this year. Who dares to say that Wu Tong cannot win a Fields Medal for China!
Let China truly have a Fields Medal winner!
The School of Mathematics at Peking University spares no expense to discover and cultivate talents. Even though not many of the children sent out come back, they still hope that quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes and that a Fields Medal winner belonging to China will be born among these children.
"Yes, there will definitely be one. I hope that one day, the Fields Medal will be honored because it is awarded to a Chinese!" China has a history of 5,000 years, and there have been so many famous figures in it. From ancient times to the present, only they, the Chinese civilization, have never been interrupted. Even if it is a step slower, no matter how difficult it is, it will not affect China's rise.
She doesn't think she is a special genius, but she will also move forward bravely towards this goal.
The Fields Medal was grandly announced, and after the four honored Fields Medal winners stepped down from the stage, this International Congress of Mathematicians also came to an end, and Lavas delivered a closing speech at the opening ceremony.
However, unexpectedly, after livening up the atmosphere and counting the contributions of the Fields Medal winners and other bigwigs, the chairman suddenly changed the subject:
"Over the past four years, there have been countless scholars who have contributed to the advancement of mathematics. Mathematics has flourished because of you. Every advance in mathematics is always a cause for celebration.
For example, today, I would like to digress and take this opportunity on this stage to thank a famous figure who has made great contributions to mathematics this year. From April to July, she successively broke the Zhou conjecture, the twin prime conjecture, and the Polignac conjecture that has just been proved. She also brought to the mathematical community the infinite group proof method that will soon amaze the world!
I lament the youthfulness of mathematics because of her young age. I also feel sorry that the rigid regulations of the Mathematical Union have prevented her from being awarded the Fields Medal this year. I would like to take this opportunity to solemnly introduce to the world a mathematical genius from the East, the Pearl of the Orient. She is Wu Tong. To express our gratitude for her outstanding performance this year, the International Union of Mathematicians will award her the Ramanujan Medal this year!
The Ramanujan Medal shines with glory because of her!"
Lavas looked kindly in Wu Tong's direction, then said humorously to the audience, "I'm sorry, I gave away the question in advance, but please forgive my excitement!"
“Let us hope that mathematics will remain forever young and make infinite progress!”
"Wu Tong, Wu Tong, Chairman Lavas said that you have won this year's Ramanujan Medal!" Zhou Wenping and Li Yishen cheered in a low voice. They felt a little regretful that Wu Tong's achievements did not have enough time to ferment and he missed the Fields Medal this year. They wondered when China would have a Fields Medal winner that truly belonged to China!
However, they did not expect that President Lavas would give special praise to Wu Tong at this glorious moment at the end of the opening ceremony of this International Congress of Mathematicians. This has already made them infinitely proud. What was even more unexpected was that they unexpectedly learned here that Wu Tong won this year's Ramanujan Medal!
The Ramanujan Medal! This is the Ramanujan Medal, an international award given to young mathematicians from developing countries under the age of 45 who have made outstanding scientific research!
Wu Tong's first award was actually an international award. When the news got back to China, everyone must have been overjoyed! So happy!