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Chapter 176 Fields’ list was announced, and he created a new history for Fields!
"Former master and apprentice, now strangers", with the accompanying picture being a photo of Zhang Shuo and Zhou Kaijun passing by each other.

It can be clearly seen that Zhou Kaijun glanced at Zhang Shuo from the side, while Zhang Shuo was looking forward and seemed to have not noticed Zhou Kaijun at all.

Next to Zhou Kaijun was Jiang Weizi, who had a gloomy face.

Jiang Weizhi also appeared in the report. "Jiang Weizhi is a very good mathematician. He is Zhou Kaijun's teacher and has been of great help to Zhou Kaijun..."

Jiang Weizi was an innocent victim.

The report "reviewed" the past of Zhang Shuo, Zhou Kaijun, Huang Hui and Donggang University, and also attracted a lot of attention.

In public opinion, gossip is naturally the most attractive. Even gossip that has been talked about for a long time can still attract a lot of traffic.

Among the public opinions, there was naturally a barrage of criticism against Zhou Kaijun, which caused his reputation to be greatly damaged. Many people who had almost forgotten about the incident started to think about it again.

This is what Jiang Weizheng is worried about.

The reason why he urged to leave quickly was that he didn't want to meet Zhang Shuo, because as long as they met Zhang Shuo, everyone would think of what happened in the past.

That would only bring shame to Zhou Kaijun, himself, and even Donggang University.

In public opinion, many people talked about the awards ceremony at the opening ceremony and discussed the possibility of Zhang Shuo winning the Fields Medal.

Some people said that "First Media will broadcast the opening ceremony live", which means that they can watch the opening ceremony directly on TV. The news is still very exciting. First Media is like a weather vane. The fact that First Media chooses to broadcast it live means to some extent that Zhang Shuo has a high chance of winning the award.

Of course, winning the award is still not 100% certain.

While domestic public opinion was in turmoil, Zhang Shuo was discussing the numerical simulation of the NS equation with Bent-Nielsen in the hotel lobby.

Bent Nelson, a professor at Harvard University, led a team that used the NS equation numerical simulation method to complete the numerical simulation of the key positions of turbulent transition, and used the simulation results to determine the existence of a "singularity" in the equation.

Singularities are points of sudden change where the solution to an equation becomes non-smooth, or has two or more possible values, or where there is no strong solution.

The reason for simulating the key position of turbulence transition is that the study of turbulence has always been a major issue in the field of NS equations. The NS equations can simultaneously describe two different flow phenomena, laminar flow and desulfurization. Physical research has found that the transition between them seems to be a "jump" or "mutation", which involves the important "intermittent" problem of turbulence.

So how did the transformation happen?

Bent-Nielsen's team performed numerical simulations of the NS equations in the hope of finding the cause through numerical simulation.

They successfully completed the numerical simulation of the key position and discovered the vertical rapid jump, which determined that there was a "singularity" in the NS equation at the key position of the transition.

Bent-Nielsen and Zhang Shuo talked about their method of numerical simulation and hoped that Zhang Shuo would make some comments because the method was developed by Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Shuo's expression became serious, and he asked, "Are you going to give a report at the conference?"

Bent Nelson nodded and said, "I have received an invitation. It is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Many people are interested in this research."

Zhang Shuo thought about it carefully and gave a suggestion, "You can publish your research results, but it's best not to make any judgments about singularities."

"why?"

Bent Nelson frowned in confusion.

Zhang Shuo said, "My report is also related to this. In fact, my research proves that the NS equations are regular, at least at the location of turbulence transition."

Zhang Shuo said a few words to Nelson and then left.

Nelson sat in silence for a long time. He turned his head and asked his colleague Brooke, "What do you think of what Professor Zhang Shuo said just now?"

"You mean the regularity of the shift position?"

"Correct."

"It's hard to judge, right? If someone else said that, I would definitely think they were joking. That position, proving regularity? But Professor Zhang Shuo..." Brooke was obviously a little hesitant, spread his hands, and continued, "He has created many miracles."

Nelson thought about it and nodded. "We are also basing our research on his. Since he said so... let me think about it..."

He was still a little unsure.

From a mathematical point of view, numerical simulation cannot prove 100% that there are singularities at the location of turbulence transition.

However, numerical simulations support the existence of singularities, and research in the physical field has always supported this.

Zhang Shuo said that position is regular?
Has it really been proven?
……

The next morning, the main venue was filled with people early on.

The International Congress of Mathematicians is held every four years. It is the largest and most important conference in the mathematics world and is considered the Olympics of mathematics. Except during world wars, it has never been interrupted.

This year's conference is held in Southeast Asia for the first time in history.

The scholars who attended the conference felt that the conference received the greatest attention in history, because reporters could be seen inside and outside the venue, which was rare in previous conferences.

Reporters were not allowed to move around freely in the venue, and many of them simply interviewed outside the door.

A scholar approached with curiosity and took the initiative to introduce his research, as if hoping that the reporter would report on it. As a result, he was asked about topics related to Zhang Shuo, "What do you think of Zhang Shuo?"

“Do you think Zhang Shuo will be on the Fields Award list?”

"Zhang Shuo..."

In fact, not only domestic reporters, but also some foreign reporters who came to interview asked questions related to Zhang Shuo. Zhang Shuo's fame is not limited to China. There are many foreign media reports, mainly because he is too young, has achieved too many results in the past year, and has also triggered public opinion for various reasons.

It can be said that Zhang Shuo is the most watched person at the Mathematician Congress.

The reporters standing at the door interviewed many people. Since the conference was held relatively close, many scholars from China attended the conference. The Mathematical Society sent a delegation of seven people, which could be said to be the largest delegation ever.

The number of domestic scholars giving reports also achieved a breakthrough, with a total of eight scholars invited to give reports at the conference.

Nearly a hundred other scholars attended the conference, including professors and academicians from some universities, as well as researchers from some institutions. The Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also sent a team.

There is one name that everyone cannot avoid when being interviewed, Zhang Shuo.

Among the many anchors, Zhang Shuo finally arrived. He walked directly from the square and was surrounded by reporters as soon as he arrived at the door. All the questions he asked were related to the award ceremony that was about to take place.

Zhang Shuo remained calm and said, "I definitely hope to win the award. But until the announcement comes, I don't know whether I will win or not."

He briefly answered a few questions in the interview and then walked into the conference room.

Sun Xingli asked, "Aren't you nervous? It's going to be live today. It's said that there may be tens of millions of people watching. Some people say that hundreds of millions are possible."

"Hundreds of millions?"

Zhang Shuo grinned and said, "I wasn't nervous at first, but now that you said that, I am a little nervous. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome."

Sun Xingli smiled awkwardly, but he couldn't really smile because he had been nervous since he entered the door.

Hundreds of millions is a joke, but it is possible that the live broadcast of the first media will have tens of millions of people, right?
There were tens of millions of people watching the live broadcast, and he was sitting next to Zhang Shuo. If we round it off, wouldn't that mean there were tens of millions of people watching him?
Sun Xingli immediately sat up straight, looking straight ahead with a serious expression.

Then he saw Luo Yongjun.

Luo Yongjun was really not nervous at all. He sat among several foreign scholars, talking to them and laughing at the same time.

Even if you just watch from a distance, you can guess that this guy is bragging again...

Sun Xingli couldn't help but complain, "Lao Luo is suitable for this scene. He doesn't have the Chinese quality of modesty at all!"

As the two were talking, the meeting was about to begin.

Representatives from the conference organizing committee, organizers, and mathematics alliances have all entered the venue.

After everyone sat down quietly, Wu Baozhu, a representative of the conference organizing committee, gave a speech.

Ngo Bao Chu is a legendary mathematician from Hanoi and a Fields Medalist who has done in-depth research in algebraic geometry and group theory.

The next speaker was Kei Nakajima, president of the Mathematics League.

Kei Nakajima works at the Kavli Institute for Informatics, Internet of Things and the Universe at the University of Tokyo. He is a top scholar in geometric representation theory and mathematical physics. His research areas include representation theory, complex geometry, etc. He has won the AMS Cole Algebra Award.

He is also the second Asian mathematician to serve as the president of the International Mathematical Union after the famous Japanese mathematician Shigefumi Mori.

After Nakajima Keisuke’s speech, the opening ceremony entered its climax - the announcement and awarding of the four major awards of the International Mathematical Union.

The first award announced was the Gauss Prize, which mainly rewards achievements in the field of applied mathematics, and the winners are generally older mathematicians.

Next is the Chern Award.

This award is not restricted to research fields and is a true lifetime achievement award. The Chern Prize was awarded to a French professor.

Next, the Nevanlinna Prize is awarded to those who have made major contributions to the mathematics of computer science. The winner is an American professor.

Finally, we came to the intersection of the award ceremony, which is also the highlight of the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

The president of the Mathematical League, Kei Nakajima, walked to the center of the stage, holding a page of information in his hand and putting the microphone to his lips.

At this moment, many people held their breath.

The venue was quieter than ever before.

Zhang Shuo sat upright, looking towards the center of the podium, and unconsciously clenched his fingers together.

Sun Xingli turned his head to glance at Zhang Shuo, then looked back at the podium solemnly.

After standing up, Nakajima Kei glanced at the audience, then smiled at everyone present. He coughed twice before carefully reading out the winner's introduction, "He has extremely high attainments and great achievements in the field of computational mathematics."

"From the general algorithm for second-order partial differential equations, to the numerical simulation of the NS equations, to the numerical solution of the fermion Hubbard model, etc., each research has a very significant impact and has attracted widespread international attention..."

“At the same time, he also demonstrated the Monge-Ampere equation and worked with his collaborators to prove the Gerbov conjecture.”

"In just less than two years, he has done so many important research projects, involving partial differential equations, computational mathematics, number theory, etc. His genius can no longer be concealed..."

"Plus, he just turned twenty-six, which would make him the youngest recipient of the award since the founding of the Fields."

"He made new history for Fields!"

Nakajima Kei announced solemnly, "The first winner is Zhang Shuo from Soochow University in China!"

(End of this chapter)