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Chapter 598 International Mathematicians Conference, start!
The International Congress of Mathematicians is the world's largest academic conference on mathematical sciences. It is known as the Olympic event in the mathematics world. In addition to the strong people gathering everywhere, the most important thing is that it has an "competition" similar to the Olympics. More than 100 participating countries There were nearly 6000 participants, and more than 180 people gave reports on stage, but there were no more than ten winners in the end.

Among them is the Chern Award, which rewards scientists who have made outstanding achievements in the international field of mathematics. There is no age limit, but it is a lifetime achievement award. It is generally awarded to respected mathematics masters, similar to the Abel Prize and the Wolf Prize.Young people basically have no chance. After all, they have not reached the retirement age. How can academic achievements be judged?

One Gauss Award, awarded to outstanding contributors in applied mathematics.

One Abacus Award, rewarding mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to the mathematics of information science.

One Leelawati Award, awarded to mathematicians who have had a positive impact on the promotion of mathematics.

The most important one, which is also tailor-made for young mathematicians and known as the "Nobel Prize" in mathematics, is naturally the Fields Medal, with four places for each session.

These eight places are basically selected from more than 180 mathematicians who gave reports on stage, and the moment when the list of winners is finally announced is the ninth day of the International Conference of Mathematicians. The most important highlight of the conference.

When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun came to the registration office of the International Conference Center accompanied by Chen Ming and others, the International Conference Center was already crowded with people, everywhere were mathematicians who were greeting each other or discussing academic issues. Of course, there were also many Students who follow their tutors to broaden their horizons and gain insights.

The purpose of IMU to hold the International Mathematicians Conference is to promote international mathematical exchanges and cooperation. Naturally, it will not restrict the entry and exit of interested parties. In theory, anyone can come to join in the fun, but the venue is limited. In order to maintain the order of the venue, IMU will give participants Attendees will be issued admission badges. If they want to enter the meeting site to listen to the on-site report, they must show their admission badges.

This makes the admission ticket extremely valuable, and the number of people who can follow the instructor to participate in the conference and get an admission pass is also very limited. Naturally, they are all outstanding figures in the mathematics field or potential new stars.

When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun showed up, the bustling scene around them was obviously quiet, and almost everyone looked at them in surprise.

With such a young oriental man and a handsome male and female partner, even the western mathematicians who have always thought that the faces of the oriental race are difficult to recognize, guessed their identities at once, and cast complicated glances at them.

If we were to rank the mathematicians who may win the Fields Medal this year, the 20-year-old Xia Guo mathematician Qin Ke would undoubtedly rank first.

Even if he is only 20 years old, a boy of this age should still be studying for an undergraduate degree, but so what?In the face of the great academic achievements proving Goldbach's conjecture and Riemann's conjecture, age is no longer a problem at all, and the rest of the Filipino Award contenders have no resistance at all.

Thinking that this oriental boy who is so young that his students think he is too small is about to win the Fields Medal that he will never get in his life, how can the mathematicians present be calm and peaceful?

Of course, there are also those who are broad-minded, or those who want to make friends with big bosses in advance. They all walked over with smiles on their faces one after another, intending to wait for the two to complete the registration procedures and go up to chat and make friends.

At this International Conference of Mathematicians, nearly 20 mathematicians of Xia origin were invited to give academic reports. Among them, mathematicians of Xia nationality, except for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun from Qingmu University who gave reports for one hour and 45 minutes respectively , and five other professors representing Yanda University, Nantah University and other domestic universities and mathematics institutes were invited to give academic reports.

The rest are mathematicians of Xia descent who grew up in foreign countries or have acquired foreign nationality. This time, they are also representatives of famous foreign universities such as MIT, University of Maryland, and Harvard University to participate in the International Conference of Mathematicians and give reports.

Mathematics professors from China naturally felt cordial when they saw Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. After the two finished the formalities, a middle-aged professor came over to talk first: "Professor Qin, Professor Ning, you came late."

Qin Ke turned around and recognized Professor Sun Shengnan from the School of Mathematics of Yanda University. He and Ning Qingyun had taken two elective courses of Professor Sun when they were freshmen.

This Professor Sun Shengnan is 39 years old this year. He is a master student who graduated from Yanda University. He later went to Princeton University to study for a doctorate. After serving as an assistant professor and an associate professor at Stanford University, he returned to his motherland. , in the direction of algebraic geometry, it can be regarded as the top ten high level in China.

He has received funding from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and was named the "Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor" of Yanda University five years ago. It is said that Yanda University is making efforts to promote him to the position of academician next year. It can be said that he is young. There are boundless prospects.

Sun Shengnan also got 45 minutes of reporting time this time, and belongs to the second grade with Ning Qingyun, which means that he also has the opportunity to compete for the Fields Award.

However, Sun Shengnan still has self-knowledge in his heart. He is just a role to accompany the prince to study, even if he is a brilliant Changjiang scholar in front of outsiders.

The competition for this year's Fields Medal is extremely fierce, especially when everyone thinks that Qin Ke will lock up one spot in advance, and the remaining three spots have caused countless international top young mathematicians to fight for it.

Compared with those big players in the world, Sun Shengnan consciously doesn't even have a [-]% winning rate.

Even compared to Ning Qingyun, he has no advantage other than his age.

While he was overwhelmed with emotion, he couldn't help thinking that when Qin and Ke came to his class for the first time, they were still freshmen, and Sun Shengnan had asked them in private if they were interested in studying with him as a graduate student. In less than a month, it was reported that Qin Ke had proved the twin prime number conjecture, and then Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun started the great mathematical journey of soaring into the sky and sweeping away thousands of troops.

Today, the two young people in front of him are researchers at the same level as him, and they are also distinguished professors at Yanda University, and their academic achievements can beat him by a few blocks.

So in the face of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, Sun Shengnan always has a feeling that "genius is different from ordinary people", and he can't even feel jealous - you can be jealous of people who are slightly better than you, but you won't be jealous The high "gods".

At least in Sun Shengnan's heart, both of them already had "godheads", and Qin Ke's "godhead" was as stable as Mount Tai.

Qin Ke shook hands with Professor Sun Shengnan enthusiastically: "Professor Sun, hello, we came by train, and we came a little late." He also greeted several graduate students following him.

As I said just now, professors who are generally qualified to attend the biggest event in the mathematics world, which is held every four years, will bring some students.

But because the conference venue is limited, the number of admission tickets is naturally limited, so it would be nice for ordinary professors to have two extra places.

Just like Sun Shengnan, a mathematics professor who can give a 45-minute report on stage, he sent five extra admission tickets. This time, he brought five students, all of whom are the best mathematics students in Yanda. Arranging them here is a special kind of training.

——Of course, all the students who come with the professor are responsible for their own board and lodging. Only the mathematician who gives a report and the professor himself as an invited guest will be reimbursed by IMU for all travel expenses and arranging board and lodging expenses.

When the students saw Qin Ke, their eyes were full of little stars, just like little fans and little girls.

They arrived yesterday morning and have been dealing with mathematicians from various countries with Professor Sun. They found that Qin Ke was the most talked about by the guests, and most of them believed that Qin Ke would win this year's Fields Medal.

This made the students feel that their faces are bright, and that is the Fields Medal!Although they were not the ones who won the award, this was the first Fields Medal that Xia Guo was about to receive, and they were also deeply honored.

Now that the motherland already has two Nobel Prizes, I look forward to the birth of a Fields Medal!
Qin Ke was exchanging greetings with Professor Sun, and other professors from Nanjing University, Aurora University and other schools gathered around to deepen the exchange, but at this time Mr. Qiu from Qingmu University had already brought over a dozen students from Qiuzhen Academy.

Mr. Qiu is the only mathematics master in the world who has won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Medal and the Cradford Award at the same time - the other is Deligne from Princeton - so Mr. Qiu is now in the international mathematics The influence and status in the world will not be inferior to Faltings, Deligne, etc. Every International Congress of Mathematicians will naturally invite him as a special guest, and the number of admission tickets in his hand is more than six Many, and Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's extra places were all given to Qiuzhen Academy, so there were actually more students from Qiuzhen Academy than Yan University.

The relationship between Mr. Qiu and Yan University has always been bad. He glanced at Professor Sun Shengnan and said coldly, "I'm going to take Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun away."

Sun Shengnan didn't dare to provoke this academic leader, and said with a wry smile: "Please do what you want. Professor Qin and Professor Ning and I just met in a foreign land, just chatting for a few more words, nothing important."

Old Mr. Qiu nodded slightly, and said to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, "Go, I'll take you to meet some friends."

Mr. Qiu's qualifications are deep enough and his communication is wider. At this time, if he takes the two of them around casually, he can meet famous mathematicians from various countries he knows and introduce them to Qin Ke.

The list of judges for each Fields Medal will not be announced in advance, and the secrecy is kept very well, but what is certain is that the judges are among these thousands of mathematicians, and they are often those with higher status and greater reputation middle-aged mathematicians.

Get acquainted with these well-known mathematicians and get acquainted with them, which can reduce the chance of being secretly targeted-Mr. Qiu is mainly for Ning Qingyun, and now Qin Ke is sure to win the Fields Medal. With Qin Ke This age precedent, Ning Qingjun may not have the opportunity to win the Fields Medal. After all, he cooperated to prove the Polignac conjecture, the hail conjecture, etc., and jointly created three lime number theory processing methods. Ning Qingjun's academic achievements Also very bright.

If he can really win two Fields Medals, it will undoubtedly greatly promote Mr. Qiu's dream of developing the cause of mathematics in the motherland.

Don't underestimate these two small medals. They can completely symbolize the qualitative improvement of Xia Guo's mathematics research strength, affirmation of Xia Guo's mathematics education, and an important symbol of Xia Guo's mathematics and world mathematics. It is a new starting point for the development of Xia Guo's mathematics world!
Most importantly, countless students will be inspired to pursue careers in mathematics!

For Mr. Qiu's good intentions, Qin Ke's heart is as clear as water, so he is full of emotion, and actively pulls Ning Qingyun to cooperate with the old man's recommendation, and chats and laughs with a group of mathematics bigwigs. Wherever he goes, he is the focus of the audience .

On the day of registration, I spent it accompanied by Mr. Qiu.

Before parting, old Mr. Qiu encouraged: "Qin Ke, Xiao Ning, perform well at the report meeting and strive to get back two Fields Medals. You have to prove to the world that we Xia people are not good at mathematics." Worse than anyone!"

After seeing Mr. Qiu away, Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun and took Chen Ming's car to the hotel to check in. The two of them still didn't live in the hotel arranged by IMU, and Chen Ming arranged a place to stay.

"Qin Xiaoke, I suddenly feel very stressed." Ning Qingyun said anxiously.

To be honest, she never thought that she could really win the Fields Medal. Although she has made a lot of achievements in mathematics in recent years, especially in number theory, she has ranked among the top in the country, but she knows that she is not as good as the top students in the world. There is still a big gap between the top math masters, and even compared with those popular candidates, she doesn't have much chance of winning, so this time she is just holding the mentality of "accompanying Qin Ke" this time, and she is very relaxed.

But now that Mr. Qiu is so helpful, she feels that if she doesn't get the Fields Medal, she will be sorry for Mr. Qiu's eager expectations, and her psychological pressure suddenly increases.

Qin Ke said in relief: "You just have to go all out, do your best, and leave no regrets. As for the results, don't think about it. There are many factors in the selection of these awards. Academic achievements are not the only factor."

"Yeah." Ning Qingyun's mood was slightly relaxed, but he still said: "Let's practice the whole process of giving a report again tonight?"

"Okay." Knowing that the girl was serious about things, Qin Ke agreed with a smile.

He really wants to work together to make the most of the preparations for the report, and the lion fights the rabbit to do his best, let alone at such a critical moment?
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In the blink of an eye, the next day came. The International Congress of Mathematicians officially opened. After the chairman of the executive committee of IMU, Athol Gibson, made a brief speech, the eight-day academic report began.

Seven mathematicians representing Xia Guo's mathematics community began to appear on the stage one by one, sending out their own mathematical voices to the world.

In the report meeting on the first day, there were mathematicians from Xia Kingdom. Professor Sun Shengnan from Yanda University was the fifth to be on the report stage. He made an academic report entitled "Singularity Theory and Program of Minimal Models" , talking about the structure and properties of the dual complex, the "local stability theory" of the klt singularity, the proof of the conjecture of the logarithmic canonical threshold ascending chain... the outstanding performance won warm applause.

Even Qin Ke nodded secretly. Professor Sun is worthy of being the representative of the Mesozoic Era in the School of Mathematics of Yanda University, and his level is very high.

"Next, I would like to invite Professor McLean Huffman from the School of Mathematics of Harvard University in the United States to give you a one-hour report. The topic of his report is—"

It finally appeared. The first mathematician who gave the highest-level report in one hour, especially the speaker is Professor Huffman who is currently recognized as the most likely to win the Fields Medal besides Qin Ke!
Everyone sat up straight, even Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun concentrated.

""Exploring Thoughts on the BSD Conjecture (Behe and Swinton-Dell Conjecture) from the Perspective of Matroid and Group Theory"!"

The BSD conjecture, the millennium mathematical problem at the same level as the Riemann conjecture!

All of a sudden there was a commotion in the audience!

(End of this chapter)