Chapter 103 Ramanujan Award
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At nearly nine o'clock, all participants took their seats and the International Congress of Mathematicians officially opened. John Bowles, the president of the International Congress of Mathematicians, and the president of the International Mathematical Union came to the stage to deliver opening speeches.
"I would like to thank the host for supporting this conference, thank all the old and new friends who came to attend the conference, thank every mathematician who has made new contributions to the mathematics community, and thank you for 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, which 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, and for his key role in the development of wavelets 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 Mathematical Union to be awarded to individuals who have made lifetime achievements in mathematics.
The first Chern Prize was awarded to Louis Nealon from the Kron Institute in the United States for his pioneering work in the modern theory of nonlinear elliptic equations.
After the third Nevanlinna Prize was awarded to a mathematician from Yale, it was time for the final award, the most anticipated of the 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 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 win 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 Mathematical Union, but it was also a silver medal different from the official Fields Medal.
Laszlo Lovas, President of the International Union of Mathematicians, came to the stage and personally announced the winner of this year's Fields Medal.
The audience held their breath, with countless people staring at the podium with burning eyes. Laszlo didn't waste any words, and solemnly announced the winners of this year's Fields Medal and the reasons for their winning.
"The first winner is Ms. Wu Baozhu, thanks to her for proving the fundamental lemma of the theory of automorphic forms in the Langlands program! The second winner is Elon Lindenstrauss, thanks to him for the measure rigidity of ergodic theory and its application 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 unanimously gave warm applause to these four outstanding mathematicians who won the awards and congratulated them.
"I hope that one day, a mathematician with true Chinese nationality will step onto this stage and receive this highest 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 from the bottom of his heart.
After all, modern mathematics in China started 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 train talents, even if not many of the students sent out come back. However, they still hope that quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes and that a Fields Medal winner belonging to the Chinese will be born among these children.
"Yes, there will definitely be one day. I hope that one day, the Fields Medal will be honored because it is awarded to a Chinese!" In the five thousand years of Chinese history, there have been so many great figures. From ancient times to the present, only their Chinese civilization has 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 announced and the four honored Fields Medal winners stepped down from the stage. This International Congress of Mathematicians also came to an end, and Lavas gave a closing speech at the opening ceremony.
However, unexpectedly, after the chairman livened up the atmosphere and listed the contributions of the Fields Medal winners and other bigwigs, he suddenly changed the subject:
“In the past four years, there have been many scholars who have contributed to the progress of mathematics. Mathematics has prospered because of you. Every progress in mathematics is always a cause for celebration.
For example, today, I would like to make a digression and take this opportunity on this stage to thank a pearl who has made great contributions to mathematics this year. From April to July, she successively broke Zhou's conjecture, the twin prime conjecture, and the Polignac conjecture which has just been confirmed. She also brought to the mathematical community the infinite group proof method that will soon amaze the world!
I lament the youth 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 Mathematical Union will award her the Ramanujan Medal this year!
The Ramanujan Medal shines with glory because of her!"
Lavas looked in Wu Tong's direction kindly, then turned to the audience in a humorous way: "Sorry, I gave away the question in advance, but please forgive me for being so happy!"
“Let us hope that mathematics will remain forever young and make infinite progress!”
"Wu Tong, Wu Tong, President Lavas said that you have won this year's Ramanujan Medal!" Zhou Wenping and Li Yisheng cheered in low voices. They felt a little regretful that Wu Tong's achievements did not have enough time to ferment and he missed out on the Fields Medal this year. They wondered when China would have a Fields Medal winner who truly belonged to China!
However, they did not expect that President Lavas would specially praise 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!
Ramanujan Medal! This is the Ramanujan Medal, an international award given only to young mathematicians from developing countries who are under 45 years old and have made outstanding scientific research!
Wu Tong's first award was actually an international award. When the news spread back to China, everyone must have been so happy! So happy!
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