Chapter 249 Mathematics Awards Grand Slam [Subscription Request]

Xu Yuan watched everyone's actions, but still maintained a calm smile on his face. He was not surprised at all by the scene in his sight.

This just shows that his report is very valuable, so everyone couldn't help but check it out.

Although it was already dark, he had no intention of interrupting them.

Just standing on the stage temporarily, waiting patiently for the end.

Although he didn't know what the scene was like in other lecture halls where the broadcast was being broadcast, it did not affect what he did at the moment.

We waited like this for about twenty minutes before we saw some people stop writing and stand up.

"So that's the idea. Combining the two formulas is really a clever idea."

Deligne was the first to stop writing and muttered thoughtfully. It can be said that he gained a lot from listening to the whole report.

There was no need to ask Xu Yuan specifically about the questions that had arisen previously, as he had basically figured out what was going on.

I was glad that I made the right choice and took the initiative to participate in this mathematics exchange conference.

at the same time.

People like Terence Tao, Martin and others who were sitting nearby also showed excitement on their faces.

Then they all stood up and walked towards Xu Yuan.

"Now I finally understand why you can prove the Hodge conjecture."

"You understand algebraic geometry and topology better than any mathematician I know in these fields."

“I am glad to hear your report. I learned a lot.”

Tao Zhexuan stopped in front of Xu Yuan, smiled and spoke seriously.

"Thank you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan kept his composure and thanked Tao Zhexuan softly.

Before Tao could say anything else, he was interrupted by Martin, who sounded a little anxious.

"Hello, Professor Xu."

"The method you used to prove the Hodge conjecture is really ingenious. I learned a lot from your report."

"My biggest dream is to become a great world mathematics master like you."

It can be seen that Martin's words are truly from the heart, and he did not hide the joy and excitement on his face when he spoke.

It's just like a crazy fan meeting his favorite idol.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan looked at the other person, and suddenly a sense of familiarity appeared in his mind.

It seemed like they had seen each other somewhere before.

After searching his memory for a while, he finally remembered the other person's identity.

A smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he responded immediately: "You are the winner of the last Fields Medal."

"I believe that as long as you continue to maintain your love and pursuit of mathematics, you will sooner or later grow into the math master in your heart."

"I will." Martin nodded quickly.

In the following time, Xu Yuan chatted with Delinewitten and others about the content of the report.

Only then did everyone leave the lecture hall in an orderly manner.

However, as a mathematician who knows everyone well, Xu Yuan thinks that the number of people who can fall asleep on time tonight will definitely not be large.

I am afraid that many mathematicians and scholars will still not stop to check their calculations after returning to their rest room.

After all, he covered a lot of ground in his report today.

For mathematicians, if they suddenly come up with some new ideas, they will not feel comfortable until they figure them out.

Even if I go to bed early, I can't fall asleep peacefully.

Fortunately, the content of the conference in the next few days was mainly focused on exchanging and discussing progress in various aspects of mathematics.

Relatively easy.

It is also worth mentioning that the entire video of Xu Yuan’s academic report on the proof process of the Hodge conjecture has also been uploaded to the Internet.

It is convenient for mathematicians who are unable to attend the conference due to personal reasons to watch.

This also attracted many netizens to join in the fun.

Join the viewing group.

Although most people still couldn't understand it, some mathematics students gradually got into it.

This brings us to the magic of Xu Yuan.

When I was in school, I felt that the questions were very difficult when I listened to other teachers explaining them.

I can't understand it at all.

But when the same question comes out of Xu Yuan's mouth, it is easy to understand, as if it were being unravelled into layers.

The same is true when Xu Yuan gives a mathematics academic report.

Previously, if you only looked at the proof process and paper of the Hodge conjecture, you might think it was very difficult to understand.

Not to mention the difficulty of argument.

But with the help of Xu Yuan's explanation, I seemed to be able to understand many parts of the paper when I read it again.

It is very helpful to improve one's own level.

Based on this surprising discovery, many people spontaneously left messages under the video.

“This report is really long.”

"I was regretting not being able to attend this exchange conference, but I was so happy to see the complete report video."

"Why do I feel that what Professor Xu said is easier to understand? So this is the content of Hodge's conjecture?"

"It's worthy of Professor Xu's report. So many well-known mathematicians in the audience are watching it very carefully."

"I feel so proud that I dared to click on Professor Xu's academic lecture video with only primary school education, and the lecture was about the world's most difficult mathematical problems."

"After watching this live report video, I regretted not being able to attend the offline exchange meeting and miss the opportunity to ask questions to Professor Xu in person."

"Even a layman like me can feel that Professor Xu's lectures are good, not to mention the mathematicians present."

……

No words were spoken all night.

The mathematics exchange conference continued in the next few days.

Many mathematicians also exchanged experiences at the conference, discussed their research results and made progress together.

Although Xu Yuan was not present in full, he would continue to discuss the Hodge conjecture with others on site.

He also helped some mathematicians who came to him for advice to solve some of the mathematical problems they faced.

Among these mathematicians, the one that impressed Xu Yuan the most was naturally Martin, who had just won the Fields Medal last year.

Even Xu Yuan had to admit that the other party's love for mathematics was indeed crazy.

He is like a sponge, absorbing mathematical knowledge from others in order to improve his own mathematical level and avoid mistakes in mathematical research.

No wonder he won the Fields Medal.

Xu Yuan undoubtedly likes such an outstanding mathematician very much.

Therefore, when the other party asked for advice, he was very happy to do so.

In a blink of an eye, the Mathematics Exchange Conference was coming to an end, and the Journal of Mathematics, as the organizer, also held a closing ceremony, which was held on the same stage as the opening ceremony.

Ma Zhiming and Xu Yuan also gave speeches and promised to hold such mathematics exchange activities again in the future.

Together we work towards the development of mathematical research.

After all, the Journal of Mathematics is no longer just a small journal, but a top mathematics journal with an impact factor ranked among the top three. It naturally has the responsibility of leading the development of research in the mathematical community.

In the past, mathematicians looked forward to the International Congress of Mathematicians the most, but now they apparently have new options.

It is also worth mentioning that there is something special to be announced at the closing ceremony.

I also took this opportunity to inform mathematicians around the world and ask them to help spread the word.

As for this matter, it was nothing else but the establishment of a mathematics award that they had decided long ago.

However, considering that the journal was named after himself, it was not appropriate for Xu Yuan to announce the event in person, so he gave the task of announcing this happy event to the global mathematics community to the editor-in-chief Ma Zhiming.

At the closing ceremony, Ma Zhiming walked onto the stage wearing a suit.

Without keeping anyone in suspense, he directly talked about this matter which was related to the future development of the Journal of Mathematics.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to stand here today and announce this to mathematicians all over the world."

“Starting this year, the Chinese Journal of Mathematics will establish the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award, and each year the three most valuable people will be selected from the accepted papers.”

"They will be awarded the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award Medal and Certificate, as well as a cash reward of 500,000 yuan each."

"I hope this move can cultivate more outstanding mathematical talents for the mathematics community and promote the research and development of human mathematical civilization."

“We hope that this award can be offered for ten, fifty, or even a hundred years. The Chinese Journal of Mathematics is looking forward to your paper submissions.”

Ma Zhiming finished his speech according to the procedure, and then walked directly to the stage.

Give everyone time to digest this news.

Obviously no one expected that the Journal of Mathematics would establish the Xu Yuan Prize.

And also gave such a generous bonus.

It is obvious that they are aiming for the Fields Medal and hope to make the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award the next Fields Medal.

As mathematicians, it is no exaggeration to say that everyone is well aware of the significance of the award's name.

They are able to make their names known for centuries, and every mathematician like this in history is very worthy of envy.

The key is that they can feel that this award is not a fake one.

After all, the prize money alone exceeds that of many well-known awards.

"Naming the mathematics award after myself not only shows the importance attached to Xu Yuan, but is also a very correct approach by the journal."

Deligne, who was in the audience, clapped his hands and turned to speak to Witten beside him.

"Yes."

"I think it won't be long before the Acta Mathematica Sinica will become the world's most influential mathematics journal." Witten nodded with affirmation when he heard this.

As for other people present, many of them were eager to try, and some even wished they could go back and write their papers right away.

Finally, this mathematics exchange conference came to a successful conclusion with the big surprise of the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award.

After the related topic topped the platform's website, many netizens seemed very excited.

Some people even said that they would start studying mathematics from now on and strive to write a paper accepted by the Journal of Mathematics.

The discussion heats up.

"So this is the surprise I mentioned before. It is indeed a very good thing for the mathematics community."

"Our mathematics community is becoming more and more like Big Brother."

"Excuse me, will Professor Xu personally present the award after winning the prize? Is it too late to transfer to the Department of Mathematics now?"

“I look forward to the day when Xu Yuan’s mathematics award surpasses the Fields Medal.”

"I am not interested in winning the prize or not. I just want to write a math paper and submit it for publication." "It was easy to submit to the Journal of Mathematics in the past, but now the level of the journal is already the top journal in the field of mathematics. It seems that it is not easy to get the paper accepted."

"With such a high prize money, regardless of how it will perform overseas, at least this will trigger another round of mathematics fever in China."

……

Just as Xu Yuan and Ma Zhiming expected, after the news about the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award was announced, the number of paper submissions received by the official mailbox of the Journal of Mathematics increased significantly.

Moreover, they were all papers of relatively good quality, which made the deputy editor-in-chief Xu Yuan work overtime to review them.

After all, Acta Mathematica Sinica is already a top mathematics journal, and it is both valuable and authoritative.

What's more, there is the mathematics master Xu Yuan in charge of reviewing the manuscript.

In this case, the Xu Yuan Mathematics Prize is undoubtedly easier to obtain than the Fields Medal.

But what is certain is that under this situation, it won’t take too long at all.

The Journal of Mathematics will rank first among the top mathematics journals, completely surpassing the previous four top mathematics journals.

Even if other journals do not want to see the impact factor being exceeded, they simply do not have the power to stop it.

Unless they can find another Xu Yuan to solve the remaining five world mathematics problems, but this is obviously impossible.

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was February in a blink of an eye.

During the Spring Festival holiday, Xu Yuan had a rare amount of free time and was able to spend more time with his family.

Anyway, the Jincheng Aircraft Design Institute is operating normally and the Tiangong Space Station is still under construction, so he doesn't need to put in too much energy.

You know, even if we want to realize the Chinese people’s dream of manned lunar landing, we have to wait until the space station is fully built.

This waiting time cannot be omitted.

As for the Rocket Technology Institute, he has helped Zhu Xuejun's laboratory complete the shape of the hypersonic missile and the complete ballistic calculations. After that, their team will need to continue to accumulate experience.

According to Zhu Xuejun, the research and development of hypersonic missiles is going very smoothly.

And progress is also very fast.

If everything goes well, there is hope that the first test launch will be carried out by the end of the year.

Then continue to adjust and optimize the trajectory based on the test firing data.

Until Qian's ballistic theory was perfectly presented, ignoring any ballistic defense system in the world.

By then, it will become a sword hanging over the heads of overseas aircraft carriers, making no one dare to approach the sea rashly.

Therefore, in addition to reviewing manuscripts, Xu Yuan's job is to plan ahead for the development of some future technologies.

After celebrating the Spring Festival and eating Yuanxiao with my family, time has unknowingly come to March.

Various huge work machines such as schools and companies have also ended their holidays and started operating again.

But for mathematicians, March is relatively special in the past decade or so.

Because March of each year is when the Abel Prize in Mathematics is announced.

The Abel Prize in Mathematics is a world mathematics award officially established by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences around the millennium.

In addition to commemorating the 200th birthday of the famous mathematician Abel, it also makes up for the regret that there is no Nobel Prize in Mathematics.

As for the list of winners, a committee composed of five mathematicians from the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters is responsible for announcing the winners.

Xu Yuan proved the Hodge conjecture and became a mathematical master, and the Wolf Foundation took the initiative to award the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Under this circumstance, this year's Abel Prize will undoubtedly go to Xu Yuan.

What's more, the committee is composed of five mathematician academicians, some of whom participated in the Yenching Mathematics Exchange Conference.

He also raised questions to Xu Yuan during the academic report on the Hodge conjecture.

So there will be no suspense about the winner.

No one is more qualified to win the award than Xu Yuan.

Moreover, among the three major world mathematics awards recognized by mathematicians around the world, the Abel Prize in Mathematics was established the latest and its influence and authority are not as high as the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.

If you want to maintain your own value and authority, you must follow the footsteps of the two big brothers closely.

So when the list of winners was officially announced, Xu Yuan's name appeared in front of everyone again.

The key is that no one has any objection yet.

When the news spread back to China, everyone was naturally happy for Xu Yuan.

Although after winning the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, it seems that there is not much difference between winning the Abel Prize in Mathematics or not.

But winning the three major awards in one person shows that Xu Yuan has already achieved the Grand Slam of world mathematics awards.

This honor is simply a luxury for other mathematicians.

Few mathematicians can do that.

It is very difficult to win just a single award, let alone win them all.

The most important point is that the time interval between Xu Yuan winning this award is very short.

After the Spring Festival holiday, discussions on mathematics and Xu Yuan on the Internet gradually subsided.

I didn’t expect that just after the Lantern Festival, we would get such a huge surprise.

This caused the related hot searches to top the list again, and the number of comments under the topic news reports was rapidly refreshed.

"Congratulations to Master Xu for winning all the world mathematics awards. That's amazing!"

"If I hadn't seen the news, I would have almost forgotten about this award. There's nothing wrong with giving it to Master Xu."

"Yangcheng sent a congratulatory message!"

"Who still remembers that we couldn't even win a single award a few years ago, and now Professor Xu has won all the awards? This speed still feels unreal."

“These are the honors that Professor Xu deserves.”

"No matter what kind of award Xu Shen wins, I think it is normal. After all, what Xu Shen proved is the Hodge conjecture."

"The Grand Slam is nothing. From now on, the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award will be the highest honor for mathematicians in the world."

……

The online discussion about Xu Yuan has become heated again, but at the same time Xu Yuan is sitting in his office reviewing manuscripts.

He seems unclear about having won the Abel Prize in Mathematics.

"The editors will do a preliminary review first, and then send it to me for review, which reduces a lot of workload."

In the professor's office of Qinghua School of Mathematics, Xu Yuan sat in front of the computer, his eyes fixed on the open mailbox.

Since Acta Mathematica Sinica became a top journal in the field of mathematics, the number of editorial board members has increased a lot.

Nowadays, the editorial board takes the lead in reviewing submitted papers, and only when high-quality papers are found will they be reviewed by him as the deputy editor-in-chief. This is definitely much more convenient than before.

After all, the number of submissions received by the Chinese Journal of Mathematics every day is indeed very large.

Coupled with the impact of the newly established Xu Yuan Mathematics Award, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of low-quality journals among so many submitted papers.

If he still needs to distinguish it, it would be a waste of time.

Soon Xu Yuan identified a paper on ordinary differential equations and was about to start looking through the content.

But he was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door outside the office. Just as he was about to ask, he heard the other party respond.

"it's me."

Xu Yuan recognized it as Tang Shihong's voice and had to stop temporarily.

He then stood up and walked towards the office door, opening it from the inside.

Then the familiar figure of Tang Shihong came into view.

"What's the matter, teacher?"

Considering that Tang Shihong would not come over unless he had nothing to do, Xu Yuan did not delay and simply asked directly.

Tang Shihong was worried that he would disturb Xu Yuan, but after hearing what he said, he had no choice but to get down to business first.

"It's like this, why didn't you tell the institute in advance that you won the Abel Prize in Mathematics?"

"Although it is not as good as the Fields Medal or the Wolf Prize, it is still a world mathematics award after all. There will definitely be plenty of rewards and ceremonies in the academy."

Xu Yuan listened to Tang Shihong's words, but felt a little confused.

I subconsciously asked back: "What Abel Prize in Mathematics?"

This answer also stunned Tang Shihong. He really didn't expect it to develop in this way.

When Tang Shihong saw the news online, he thought that Xu Yuan did not take the award seriously, so he did not inform the institute in advance.

He came here specially for this purpose, thinking that the reward would definitely be evaluated according to the relevant policies of the hospital.

Seeing that Xu Yuan didn't seem to know the matter either, he had no choice but to repeat it again.

"Today the Norwegian Academy of Sciences officially announced the winners of the Abel Prize. Didn't they inform you in advance?"

"Abel Prize?" Xu Yuan murmured softly.

Then he suddenly thought of something and quickly turned around and sat back down at the computer.

Look carefully in your mailbox.

Soon, I found an email from the Norwegian Academy of Sciences.

It turned out that the other party sent the email during the Spring Festival holiday, and Xu Yuan was with his family and did not see it in time.

Later, his attention was all on submitting the paper, so it was normal that the other party did not contact him.

After figuring out the details, Xu Yuan didn't know what to say. He didn't expect that he would win the Grand Slam like this.

It is easy to achieve things that many famous mathematicians may not be able to do in their lifetime.

Then he raised his gaze again and looked at Tang Shihong who came in, and explained the situation with a slightly embarrassed smile.

"The other party did inform me of this matter in advance, but I just missed it."

"The email said they would deliver the medal to me, so I didn't have to go there to claim it."

It can be seen that the Norwegian Academy of Sciences knew that he didn't have much time to fly over to receive the award, so they were very considerate to send the award over, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Obviously the answer was copied from the Wolf Foundation.

Tang Shihong understood what he said and said, "So that's the situation."

Now that the details are clear, there is no need to worry about anything else.

Just give Xu Yuan the reward he deserves.

Tang Shihong came here specifically for this matter, so he naturally wouldn't bother her any further.

The next second he quickly said: "Then I understand, you can go and get busy."

After he finished speaking, he didn't let Xu Yuan leave the office to see him off, and quickly returned to his office with brisk steps.

Xu Yuan naturally didn't take this matter to heart and just treated it as a small episode.

He didn't even go out of his way to read the news online. After Tang Shihong left, he started reviewing the paper again.

However, after reading several articles in a row at noon, he suddenly received a call from Mr. Yang. Although the other party did not say anything specific on the phone, he thought it should be quite important.

So after Xu Yuan finished the call, he did not delay and went immediately to Mr. Yang's office at the Science Museum.

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(End of this chapter)