From small town scholar to chief scientist

Chapter 122 4 Fields Medal Winners (Subscribe)
The address of this International Congress of Mathematicians was originally planned to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, but due to some unfavorable reasons, it was changed to Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland.

The main reason is that 2 cents is a bit cheap, which led to the change of the address of the originally determined place.

The specific time is that the conference will be held on July 7-3 at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. The No.4 Congress of All Members of the International Mathematical Union will be held.

On July 7th, the IMU Five Awards Ceremony will be held. The Fields Medal, the Abacus Award of the International Mathematical Union (this award is a continuation of the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize), the Chern Award, the Gauss Award and Leelawati Award,

The awards ceremony will also be broadcast live online, allowing some mathematicians who were unable to attend to watch online.

After getting off the plane, Academician E led a group of people to the reserved hotel.

Younger people like Zhou Yi, Liu Gang, Ding Jian and Shan Peng lived closer to each other.

Finland is located in northern Europe and is one of the five Nordic countries. The standard of living of its citizens far exceeds that of the European Union, and it can be regarded as a very developed country.

Citizens enjoy a very high standard of living, and the Finnish government's civil servants are clean and efficient, and they have formed a broad consensus in society.

Transparency International, a non-governmental organization that monitors corruption in countries around the world, released the 2012 Global Corruption Perceptions Index Report. Out of 176 countries and regions, Finland ranked first and was the most corrupt country.

Zhou Yi walked while learning about Finnish information,

As for the cleanest country, just look at it, is there still white crows in this world?
As soon as Zhou Yi returned to his room, Academician E sent a message in the group asking everyone to have dinner together.

Fifteen people, academician E has pulled a prestige group.

Convenient contact and communication.

Based on the principle of not spending his own money, Zhou Yi did not go for nothing. Anyway, the state paid for it, so Zhou Yi wanted to eat extravagantly!

To be fair, how could the quality of fruit bowls and pastries be lower in this kind of large-scale international academic conference?

If the grade is low, isn't this a loss of Finland's own country's face?

While eating, everyone discussed who is most likely to win the Fields Medal this year.

Ding Jian obviously also has some competitiveness.

Everyone looked at him from time to time.

After Ding Jian had almost finished eating, he said with a touch of emotion:

"I probably won't have a chance this year.

Presumably the French mathematician Dominiel Coppin, who works at the French International Institute of Advanced Sciences, can obtain,

He and I are colleagues, and the direction is probability theory.

He addressed long-standing problems in the probability theory of phase transitions in statistical physics, especially in three and four dimensions.It's really a pity. "

When everyone heard it, if Ding Jian couldn't get it, then no one in the room would have a chance.

Except for Zhou Yi, the stage of Zhou Yi is not in this session, but in the next session.

With Zhou Yi's talent, there will definitely be opportunities in the future, for a full 20 years.

Everyone thought of this, and looked at Zhou Yi curiously,

Shan Peng from Shuimu University was the first to ask:
"God Zhou, how old are you this year?"

Zhou Yi was a little embarrassed by this title. After swallowing the pastry in his mouth, he said:

"I've turned 18 this year, and I'm eating a 19-year-old meal."

Ok? ? ?
At a large table, fourteen people looked at Zhou Yi with some stunned eyes.

You're only 18?Not yet 19!

Didn't I hear that you are 19?

Zhou Yi smiled shyly, then continued to eat the steak in front of him.

These top ingredients were made by top chefs. Zhou Yi swore that this was the first time he ate them in his life.

Don't eat more, I'm sorry for the ingredients, and I'm sorry for the chef's hard work.

At the age of 18, they are probably still in the first year of undergraduate studies. This little brother has already published the Math Yearbook.

People are better than people, why are you so angry.

If only, four years later, wouldn't a 22-year-old Fields Medal winner be born.

The world's youngest Fields Medal winner,
No, it should be the youngest Fields Medal winner in history!
Looking at Zhou Yi who was concentrating on eating steak, everyone had different thoughts.

After dinner, before Zhou Yi returned to his room, Liu Gang dragged him down to his room.

Zhou Yi looked at Liu Gang, not knowing why.

"God Zhou, I mainly want to talk to you, nothing else."

Liu Gang looked at Zhou Yi who was a little confused, and said solemnly.

"Actually, I was invited back by Shangjing University and China University of Science and Technology before, but I declined them all."

Zhou Yi didn't speak, but looked at Liu Gang, presumably this old man had something to say.

"You follow old Mr. Qiu to study. There may be more hidden knives and guns in it. Especially in Beijing University, since 19 years, it has not recruited graduate students, and even canceled the unified examination. You should understand what I mean."

Of course Zhou Yi understood that he wanted to be a super scholar and monopolize the status of mathematics in the country. Unexpectedly, Mr. Qiu would stand up, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences would also stand up.

Liu Gang continued:
"Because of my background, although the universities I went to were better than the other, the tutors were not top-notch. Many things were achieved by reading cutting-edge literature by myself. You are better than me. Mr. Qiu led , Having said so much, I still want to remind you to be careful."

Liu Gang was beating around the bush, but Zhou Yi was not a fool, so he could hear the meaning naturally.

It's really annoying to fight wits with some old guys who study mathematics in China.

"However, in the past few years, due to the attention of the higher authorities, the environment has improved a lot, so I decided to return to China."

Zhou Yi naturally understood what he meant, and said:

"thanks for reminding."

After all, all of Zhou Yi's future teachers have been hacked to the point of disrepute, so it's not a big mistake for Zhou Yi to be careful.

Obviously, Liu Gang also wanted to pull Zhou Yi to form an alliance.

In the future, at least one more friend.

Zhou Yi studied under Qiu Chengtong, so he was destined to be a person in two worlds with Shangjing University.

Just as Zhou Yi came out of Liu Gang's room, Shan Peng also directly pulled Zhou Yi to her room and said:
"Don't get close to some people from Shangjing University. It's not that you don't want to have academic exchanges with Shangjing University, but some people are not worth making friends with."

Then Shan Peng said a few names.

Zhou Yi sweated profusely.

Shan Peng is a professor at the Qiu Chengtong Applied Mathematics Research Center of Beijing Shuimu University, and Zhou Yi will be Mr. Qiu's student in the future, so I must make some things clear.

After returning to the room, several more people came to see Zhou Yi, and the topics of conversation were similar.

Most of them still wanted Zhou Yi to teach in their school in the future, and made a lot of promises.

They were all declined by Zhou Yi one by one.

However, from the conversations with these people, Zhou Yi also knew that Ding Jian was not only a professor at Shangjing University, but also a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the eight Ivy League schools.

It is intriguing that he did not join Shangjing University full-time.

The next day, when Academician E organized the bureau, Tao Zhexuan, a member of the ICM Structure Committee, a Chinese mathematician, took them together, although everyone was very reluctant.
Everyone is not so emotional.

This is the chairman of ICM, a mathematician known as a genius prodigy, and the second Fields Medal winner of Chinese Australians.

Zhou Yi didn't expect to be able to see the celebrities in the book.

Tao Zhexuan said as he walked:
"I'm also a little surprised that you all will come. This year's Fields Medal in the direction of probability theory is probably won by the French Minnier Coppin."

After speaking, he glanced at Ding Jian from time to time, what he meant was self-evident.

"Zhou Yi, why did your report start after the awards are over, little guy, are you ready? Face the doubts of the world's top mathematicians."

Zhou Yi was a little shy, and still felt a little uncomfortable with such celebrities, and said:

"Get ready."

"However, what's interesting is that a female mathematician from Ukraine is also an expert in the field of stacking balls. She can be regarded as a colleague of Zhou Yi. This year, she has a high probability of winning the Fields Medal. So Zhou Yi, you are under a lot of pressure."

Terence Tao said,
Zhou Yi didn't take it seriously, and she wouldn't make mistakes. If it wasn't for her late publication of this paper, this Ukrainian female mathematician would not have won the Fields Medal at all this year.

Immediately Tao Terence began to introduce the Aalto University.

The world ranks more than 100, and it belongs to the top universities locally.

The strongest majors are in the field of architecture and mobile communication, which are at the top level in the world.

In the next few days, Tao Zhexuan did not come to receive them again. Everyone either communicated with some colleagues they knew before, or researched papers in their rooms.

Zhou Yi eats on time, and chats with Xia Xue about the situation at home from time to time.

On July [-]th, everyone participated in this year's five awards ceremony in a super large lecture theater.

Carlos Kenig, the head of the IMU president, spoke with a microphone on the stage:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this year's International Congress of Mathematicians. It is an honor for me to host this conference in person. I will not talk nonsense. I will mainly talk about this year's situation.

In addition to confirming the winners of the four Fields Medals, the winners of the Chen Award, Gauss Award, Abacus Award, and Lilawati Award are the most important thing in this conference;
Secondly, the Kepler conjecture, which has been pending in the mathematics world for 400 years, may be crowned as a theorem today.

Originally, our organizing committee did not plan to confirm the proof process of Kepler's conjecture at the conference, but Mr. Qiu's suggestion made me feel very appreciative.

The 400-year unresolved conjecture should be witnessed by all colleagues in the world, because the proof of Zhou Yi is likely to be true!
After these two things, everyone will give reports, speak in their respective groups, and exchange their experiences and cutting-edge directions. "

The crowd applauded.

After the applause stopped, Carlos Koenig said:
"Next, let's announce the four Fields Medal winners first."

In an instant, countless reporters' cameras were aimed at the big screen.

"The first, French mathematician Dominier Copin from the International Institute of Advanced Sciences, for solving long-standing problems in the probability theory of phase transitions in statistical physics, especially in three and four dimensions.

Congratulations to Minniel Coppin. "

Not long after, a young Frenchman stepped onto the podium to receive the Fields Medal, the highest honor for a mathematician.

Ding Jian next to Zhou Yi sighed lightly, and it really wasn't him.

Although Ding Jian already knew the result, but after it happened, he couldn't be like a normal person.

It can only be said that it is a pity, maybe there is a glimmer of hope for the next session.

Not long after, the winner delivered a speech, took a group photo, and reporters took photos.

Then Carlos Koenig continued:

"The second place is June Huh, a Korean-American mathematician from Princeton University, whose direction is combinatorial geometry.

In recognition of introducing Hodge's theory into combinatorics, proving the Dorian-Wilson conjecture on geometric lattices, proving the Helen-Rota-Wales conjecture of matroids, developing the theory of Lorentz polynomials and proving the strong Mason conjecture.

Congratulations Xu Jiner. "

When the people of Daxia heard this, they couldn't help being amazed. It seems that every Fields Medal winner has proved some important conjectures.

It is impossible to win the Fields Medal based on some cutting-edge results.

Interestingly, the Korean-born mathematician Xu Juner learned mathematics from Hirozhong Pingyou, a Fields Medal winner in the island country.

I saw the Korean Fields Medal winner said:

"Thanks to the organizing committee, thanks to all the international peers for their recognition, and thanks to my mentor Hironaka Hirasuke, without him, I would not have been able to resolutely start learning mathematics at the age of 24..."

He is still a wild monk who has become a monk halfway. In just 15 years, he has achieved the highest achievement in mathematics.

Many people salivated with envy.

Shan Peng on the side whispered to Zhou Yi:

"This is the first Korean to win the Fields Medal. It is of great significance in the country of Bangzi, and his achievements are indeed strong. Although I don't like their kimchi country, I still admit that others are strong."

Zhou Yi said:

"The last time I competed with the students of Seoul National University."

Carlos Koenig then continued:
"The third Fields Medal winner is Maynard, a British mathematician at Oxford University, whose direction is number theory.

For contributions to analytic number theory, for major advances in the understanding of prime number structures and Diophantine approximations.

Let's congratulate Maynard. "

The subsequent process is the same, and then comes the fourth Fields Medal winner.

"The following Fields Medal winner is Ukrainian mathematician Viazovska from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and his direction is combinatorial geometry.

For demonstrating that the E8 lattice provides the densest packing of identical spheres in 8 dimensions and for further contributions to related extremum and interpolation problems in Fourier analysis.

Congrats Wiazowska. "

I saw IMU Chairman Carlos Koenig paused and said:

"If before today, we can be sure that Kepler's conjecture is correct, then Viazowska may not win the Fields Medal, but you are lucky."

Zhou Yi also lamented that he was really lucky.

Zhou Yi doesn't like this female Fields Medalist, just like their country doesn't like Daxia.

I saw the 37-year-old Fields Medal winner walk to the podium. After receiving the medal, the first sentence turned out to be:
"It's a great honor to receive this medal, and I take this opportunity to strongly condemn Mao."

Zhou Yi and the mathematicians present all changed color instantly.

Good academic conference, what the hell are you doing with politics.

This is an insult to this meeting, and it may be used by the media to make a fuss.

PS: Please ask for a monthly ticket, happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone.And at night.

　Ask for a monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)