Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 177: Getting Fields, just a little happy?

When the president of the Mathematical Union, Kei Nakajima, introduced the winners, the scholars in the venue already knew who he was talking about, but everyone remained silent.

As soon as the name "Zhang Shuo" was called out, the venue suddenly erupted into thunderous applause.

The applause lasted for a long time before gradually dying down, but the venue was still very noisy, with many people discussing, "Zhang Shuo, not surprising!"

“Last year, I felt that he would win the award because his achievements in computational mathematics were so significant.”

"At the age of 26, I set a historical record!"

"That's amazing. He's Chinese. This should be the first time a Chinese has won this award, right?"

It wasn't just the venue that was excited about Zhang Shuo's award. The First Media broadcast the entire opening ceremony live. The number of viewers didn't reach the '100 million' that Sun Xingli exaggeratedly said, but there were several hundred or tens of millions. There were even more people who didn't watch the live broadcast, but they were still concerned about the results of the awards.

When Nakajima Kei introduced the winners, domestic public opinion exploded instantly, and a large number of media outlets immediately released the prepared copy:

"The International Congress of Mathematicians opens, and Zhang Shuo from Soochow University wins the Fields Medal!"

“Congratulations to Professor Zhang Shuo for becoming the first person in China to win the Fields Medal and setting a new record for the age of Fields Medals winners!”

"As the third Chinese Fields winner and the first domestic Fields winner, Zhang Shuo has created Fields history and also marks that domestic basic mathematics is truly going global!"

"As expected, Zhang Shuo won the Fields Medal. He is the first person in the domestic mathematics community to win the award. From today on, we can announce that there are domestic scholars who have won the Fields Medal!"

"The Fields Prize winner's age record has been rewritten, Zhang Shuo's genius shines on the world stage and is unanimously recognized by international mathematics..."

There were a lot of reports, and a lot of comments and congratulations from netizens, "Master Zhang Shuo is really awesome!"

"Fields, the first prize in mathematics, made history!"

"Zhang Shuo is a true genius. He studied for a doctorate in just one year and won the Fields Award after graduation!"

"This tells us a truth. The gap between geniuses is huge. How about comparing those so-called geniuses with Zhang Shuo?"

"It's not just domestic recognition, it also needs international recognition. Scholars need to go abroad!"

"Fields is the greatest recognition of international mathematics. He is also the first winner in China. He also represents that Chinese mathematics has truly entered the world..."

"Master Zhang Shuo, you are amazing!"

Zhang Shuo's acquisition of Fields is indeed of great significance.

That was not only an honor for him personally, but also created a sense of pride in the country.

Domestic science and technology has been developing all the time, and various fields have been constantly catching up with the world level, but there is still a huge gap in the field of basic scientific research.

In the field of basic mathematics, China has always been on the edge of the world. Domestic mathematical societies, mathematical journals, and some so-called famous scholars are nothing in the international arena.

Now that Zhang Shuo has won the Fields Medal, it means that he has achieved the highest achievement in international mathematics. It also allows people to see the hope shown by the new generation of young scholars.

This is an honor worthy of special mention.

Various major media outlets came out to praise and affirm Zhang Shuo's winning of the Fields Award, and also expanded on the impact of the award.

The popularity of online public opinion also attracted more people to watch the live broadcast of the opening ceremony.

At the opening ceremony venue, the noise has subsided.

Under everyone's attention, Zhang Shuo stood up and calmly walked onto the stage. He shook hands with the chairman of the Mathematical Union, Kei Nakajima, and then turned around to face the audience.

At this time, Zhang Shuo also felt a little nervous.

He was also a famous scholar in his previous life, but his achievements were limited to the fields of high-energy physics and theoretical physics, and he had never won any top awards in mathematics.

Now it has surpassed the previous life.

Fortunately, he had a calm mind and did not show his nervousness. He just kept a peaceful smile on his face and looked towards the audience.

He saw the cameras on both sides, saw Luo Yongjun waving at the stage, saw Sun Xingli with both hands raised thumbs up, saw Qi Zhixiang, Wang Hui and others with excited faces, and even noticed Zhou Kaijun with a complicated expression...

Zhang Shuo suddenly calmed down.

He has just turned 26 in this life. What is there to be excited about even if he stands on the highest stage of mathematics? The road ahead is still very long, and he still has a long way to go.

Fields's award presenter, Hanoi's top-ranked official, came over.

He said with a smile, "Congratulations, Zhang Shuo. Your award is well deserved and the least suspenseful one in this conference."

"Thank you."

Zhang Shuo smiled and said thank you, then took his own gold medal.

After the award ceremony, he sat on the side of the podium, waiting for other winners of the same period.

The awards continue.

The second winner is Duke Calvalis from California Institute of Technology.

Calvalis's performance was obviously much more excited than Zhang Shuo's. He is already 37 years old. If he doesn't win the award this time, he will never have any chance in the future.

His main research area is the Boltzmann equation, and he has also achieved many results in the theoretical study of stochastic partial differential equations.

As he walked up to the stage to receive the award, one could notice that Kalvalis' legs were shaking with excitement.

After the award ceremony, Calvalis sat next to Zhang Shuo. Not many people paid attention to him anymore, and his expression finally became calm.

He turned his head and said to Zhang Shuo, "Before the conference started, someone told me that I might win an award. I didn't expect it to be true."

"When my name was called just now, I thought of you first. You were very calm when you were presenting the award just now. I thought I would be the same..."

He shook his head and said, "To be honest, I'm not used to being in such a situation where so many people are paying attention to me. I was very nervous, but now I feel much better."

Zhang Shuo consoled him, "Just sit here and keep a calm mind."

"you are right."

Kalvalis was indeed much calmer.

He talked to Zhang Shuo about the award-winning problem, and then talked about Zhang Shuo's numerical simulation of the NS equations and the research of Bent-Nielsen's team, exclaiming, "They used your method to determine the existence of singularities in the transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow."

"It's really amazing. The key positions in other application directions can also be studied using numerical simulation methods."

This is a word of praise.

Zhang Shuo shook his head and said, "Nelson and I live in the same hotel. I ran into him in the lobby yesterday, and he talked to me about this issue."

"I told him not to tell anyone that he had discovered the singularity, but just to share the research results."

"Why?" Kalvalis was a little confused.

Zhang Shuo said, "You should know that approximate solutions cannot fully prove mathematical problems. Numerical simulations are more meaningful in application, rather than studying the regularity problem of the NS equations."

Calvalis reacted quickly and said in surprise, "So, you think there is no singularity at the location where the turbulence changes."

Zhang Shuo nodded.

Calvalis thought about it carefully and said, "I read their research report, especially the simulated values ​​of the transition position, and I can't imagine what it would be if there is no singularity there." "Isn't this simple?"

Zhang Shuo looked around and found a man sitting over with a pen in his pocket. He immediately asked, "Can I use it for a minute?"

"……sure."

The person who just came over is Rawlsson-Cappello, a young Italian mathematician.

Capello had just experienced the award ceremony and was in the midst of excitement when he was asked if he could use a pen. He didn't even react.

Zhang Shuo took the pen, and then pulled out a flyer from the side, drew a small graphic on the blank space, and then handed it to Calvalis, saying, "It's such a sudden change, you should understand."

"Of course I understand, but there are too many values, right?" Kalvalis frowned. "With such a dense number of values, it is indeed impossible to measure them experimentally, but how can we prove it?"

"I will give a report." Zhang Shuo said.

"You've proved it?" Kalvalis's surprise was written all over his face. He took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Are you sure? I dare say that this research can also win a Fields award!"

"is it?"

Zhang Shuo picked up the medal and played with it for a while, then shook his head and said, "They won't give me two medals."

Capello finally understood.

He stared at the two people blankly, and after a long while he finally said, "So, in this situation, you are actually discussing math problems?"

Capello was just as surprised as the audience watching the live broadcast.

Zhang Shuo's award ceremony had ended, and he sat quietly on the side of the stage, but the live camera still pointed over there frequently, noticing that he took Capello's pen, drew something and handed it to Calvallis, so the camera zoomed in especially closely.

Although the image is not clear when zoomed in, you can still see those black lines. It seems to be a coordinate system or a graph, which is definitely related to mathematics.

The commentator of the live broadcast said jokingly, "On the stage of the Fields Medal, Zhang Shuo and Calvalis actually talked about mathematics."

"Maybe it's normal. They are all mathematicians, and their common topic is mathematics."

"But, on the award-giving stage, you are really a little too dedicated..."

Domestic public opinion was also instantly heated, and as a result, new topics quickly rushed to the top of the list -

#Discussing Mathematics on the Awards Stage#
#Zhang Shuo shows strong professionalism#
#Talking about work after winning the award#
Zhang Shuo didn't know that his discussion with Calvallis on a mathematical problem would have such a big impact.

In fact, they just said a few words.

Capello's reaction was quite genuine. He found it difficult to understand why Zhang Shuo and Calvallis were discussing math problems.

Although he was attending the International Congress of Mathematicians, it was the Fields Medal ceremony. Sitting on the stage and discussing mathematical problems during the ceremony, wasn't that too dedicated?

It is said that Chinese people work very hard, which also leads to serious internal competition...

It turned out to be true!
The point is, is this also the case with Kalvalis?

Finally, the last winner came, Thomas Will from the Netherlands.

Thomas Will had just sat down when Capello leaned over and said in surprise, "You'll never guess what they did just now!"

"——??"

Thomas Will looked puzzled.

He looked at Zhang Shuo, then at Calvalis, and asked in a low voice, somewhat gossiping, "They? What exactly happened?"

"They were actually discussing math problems just now!" Capello said seriously.

"……Oh."

Thomas Weir was obviously disappointed and looked at Capello as if he was a lunatic.

Is there anything wrong with two mathematicians discussing math problems?

Even on the Fields Medal stage, well, it was a little unusual...

……

Fields, the award ceremony is over.

The four winners walked to the center of the stage together, holding medals and certificates and facing the audience, enjoying the warm applause and blessings from the audience.

The award ceremony also ends here.

The second half of the opening ceremony was a cultural performance, with an artistic performance by a local song and dance troupe from Hanoi.

The culture in Hanoi is not much different from that in China.

Some people from other countries and regions can still read it with great interest, but domestic scholars find it very dull.

The opening ceremony was declared over and the scholars left one after another.

Zhang Shuo was pulled by Sun Xingli to the stage, and then he took out the medal speechlessly.

Sun Xingli stood on the stage happily holding the medal, and asked Zhang Shuo to help take photos as a souvenir, saying, "Take more photos, take good photos, and I will treat you to a big meal when I get back!"

Zhang Shuo took out his phone and was about to take a photo when he saw a reporter approaching. He simply shouted, "Come on, help take a photo."

Several reporters reacted quickly. When they realized what was happening, they immediately picked up their phones and started taking pictures.

Sun Xingli is not very famous, but he is also a scholar who came with Zhang Shuo. His act of taking a photo with the medal seems to be able to make a small news.

Sun Xingli hurried off the stage, his face dark with anger.

Qi Zhixiang, Wang Hui, and Luo Yongjun were all standing in the distance watching and laughing.

After taking pictures of Sun Xingli, the reporters quickly gathered around Zhang Shuo and pointed the microphone at him to ask, "Professor Zhang Shuo, congratulations on winning the Fields Prize and breaking the record for the youngest Fields winner. How do you feel now?"

Zhang Shuo thought about it carefully. He was indeed very excited when the award was presented, but later he felt much calmer, especially when Calvallis talked about mathematics and then Sun Xingli pulled him to take photos.

Until now...

"A little happy!" Zhang Shuo uttered a word.

Several reporters almost sprained their backs when they heard this. They got Fields... but were just a little happy?
How can one be "extremely happy"?
Zhang Shuo quickly explained, "I was very excited when I won the award, but I feel much better now."

The reporter calmed down and continued to ask, "You are only 26 years old and you have won the Fields Prize. You have become one of the most famous mathematicians in the world. What do you think of the future? Do you have any scientific research plans?"

He added, "You can tell me more about your current research, the research you are planning to do, etc."

Zhang Shuo laughed and said, "This question is too complicated."

“Research content and scientific research plans are generally about thinking about problems and solving them.”

"Now that I have won the Fields Award, it is just an award. It does not affect my research and plans. As for the future... I will use the words my leader gave me to describe it."

“In the future, we will surpass ourselves and climb to greater heights!”

(End of this chapter)