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Chapter 205 Nobel Prize in Mathematics

Looking around the world, when talking about top international awards, many people will think of the Nobel Prize.

However, in fact, in addition to the Nobel Prize, there are many top awards in the world.

Among them, the Wolf Prize is one of them.

In 1975, R. Wolff initiated the establishment of the Wolff Foundation with the purpose of "promoting science and art for the benefit of mankind". It received a total of 1000 million US dollars in funds donated by members of the Wolff family, and was established by the board of directors and directors. The association leader has an awards committee responsible for awarding matters. The awards committee consists of 3-5 people in each field and is replaced year by year.

The Wolf Prize is mainly awarded to people who have made outstanding contributions to promoting human science and art civilization. It is selected once a year and awarded to people who have made outstanding achievements in art, mathematics, physics, chemistry, agriculture, and medicine.

This award is of a lifetime achievement nature and is one of the highest achievement awards in the world.

In 2004, Yuan Shennong of China won the Wolf Prize for Agriculture.

As for the Mathematics Prize, it is one of the highest international awards in the field of mathematics and is known as the 'Nobel Prize in mathematics'. According to statistics, the winners of the Wolf Prize in Physics, the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and the Wolf Prize in Medicine One-third of them have won the Nobel Prize in this field. In these fields, the Wolf Prize is second only to the Nobel Prize in authority and influence.

As of 2013, only six Chinese have won the Wolf Prize.

Although Schultz has talent, compared to Wang Donglai, he is older and his talent is obviously inferior.

"If I can't win this award, then I don't think it deserves to be called the 'Nobel Prize in Mathematics'!"

This time, the nomination list contains the names of candidates for various awards.

"It may not be impossible!"

What's more, Deligne knew better and knew that Wang Dong came to prove that Zhou's guess was only a few days old and was still influenced by him.

Because he really thinks so. Looking at Wang Donglai's achievements in the field of mathematics, no one can compare with the younger generation.

Therefore, when two Chinese people appeared in the nomination list for the Wolf Prize this time, it not only caused shock within China, but also attracted international attention.

"The Wolf Prize in January, the Abel Prize in March, and the Fields Medal in July this year. You won't win all three awards this year, right?"

After the list came out, Wang Donglai's phone calls were inundated.

In terms of mathematics, Chen Shengshen predicted very early that Qiu Chengtong would "change the face of mathematics", and this pair of masters and apprentices both won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.

It took him decades to complete the three grand slams. Maybe Wang Donglai can do it in just one year.

"I like your confidence very much. You Chinese people have a lot of geniuses, but I always feel that they lack a kind of confidence. Now that I see this kind of confidence in you, I feel good!"

The first person to call was Professor Deligne from Princeton. After all, he was also the winner of the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.

Deligne saw things thoroughly and gave his own analysis and judgment without any charades.

Yes, there are two Chinese nominated this time.

The nominees for the Wolf Prize in Mathematics are Wang Donglai and Peter Sarnak.

In fact, after seeing Peter Sarnak's name, Wang Donglai specifically searched for Peter Sarnak's achievements.

Among them is Mr. Wu Jianxiong, who is known as the "Marie Curie of China". In 1978, when the Wolf Prize first established the Physics Prize, it was awarded to her, which shows her scientific achievements.

When he said this, Deligne's tone was quite serious.

The ABC conjecture, Hodge conjecture and the proof of Mersenne prime numbers all prove Wang Donglai's talent.

The calls came from all over the world.

This year’s competitors are not very strong.

Based on his ability level, he actually meets the selection criteria for the three major awards.

Hearing what Deligne said, Wang Donglai's eyes lit up, he thought for a moment, and then spoke out.

Thinking of this, Wang Donglai asked aloud: "Professor Deligne, Peter Sarnak from your school is also nominated this time. Don't you think Peter Sarnak will win the award?"

How embarrassing it would be if people from the island could win awards but people from the mainland did not.

Holding the phone, Wang Donglai said to Deligne confidently.

From 1978 to 2013, in 35 years, only six people in China have won this award, which shows how difficult it is.

If Wang Donglai was just a Chinese on the list, it might not be a big deal, but having Dean Weng accompanying him immediately put a halo around Wang Donglai.

In medicine, the only Chinese winner is Professor Qian Yongjian, who is a descendant of the famous Lin'an Qian family and the cousin of Mr. Qian Xuesen.

Yuan Shennong, known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice", under the leadership of this Shennong, global rice production has generally increased by 20%, while China's rice production has increased by 50%.

Deligne did not feel unfair or uncomfortable.

One is Dean Weng of the Central Research Institute of Baodao, and the other is Wang Donglai.

"Peter Sarnak's mathematical achievements are indeed good, but he has one biggest shortcoming, that is, he is not as young as you. So I personally think that this time the award will not be given to him. Who made you come into being? I didn't give it to you last year. , if it is not given this year, how can the Wolf Prize in Mathematics compete for the Nobel Prize in mathematics?"

Professor Yang's research on ethylene has delayed the aging process of agricultural products, allowing people today to enjoy fruits that are kept fresh for a long time.

Fortunately, Wang Donglai came.

In terms of chemistry, Professor Deng Qingyun created the two most active fields in organic materials, namely organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) and organic photovoltaics (OPV).

Professor Deligne was very direct and showed no pretentious politeness.

"Wang Donglai, although I knew you would win this award sooner or later, I didn't expect it would come so soon."

The field of mathematics is not like other fields. If you are strong, you are strong. If you are not good, you are not good. There is no middle ground at all.

Therefore, when he said this, Deligne really thought so.

After a quick look, I found that Professor Peter Sarnak is indeed qualified to nominate and even win the award.

In a series of foundational works in the field of analysis, he studied the characteristic function of the quantum mechanical Hamiltonian operator corresponding to the classical chaotic dynamic system, and elaborated on the support for the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture, which asserts that all negative curvature manifolds have The characteristic functions of the Laplacian operator are uniformly distributed in the phase space.

Then, through the introduction of tools in number theory into this field, we not only obtained some seemingly unreachable results, but also paved the way for further research.

In particular, the work in collaboration with E. Lindenstrauss and N. Anantharaman, in terms of the L function, brought the modern research on the relationship between the automorphic behavior of random matrix theory and the Riemann Hypothesis by calculating the correlation function of the Riemann zero point. To the next level.

And the work on Ramanujan had a huge impact on combinatorics and computer science, making surprisingly important progress.

The information about Peter Sanak flashed in his mind, and Wang Donglai had an idea.

"Then thank you Professor Deligne for your blessing." Wang Donglai smiled and thanked Professor Deligne.

"By the way, if you have time, you'd better go to see my mentor as early as possible. He doesn't have much time!"

After thinking about it, Deligne still said this to Wang Donglai.

Hearing Deligne's words, Wang Donglai thought of Alexander Grothendieck, the emperor of algebraic geometry.

"Okay, I will go after a while!"

Wang Donglai was somewhat interested in Alexander Grothendieck, the emperor of algebraic geometry.

After all, the life of this big man is too legendary, and his attainments in algebraic geometry have impacted the world. How could he not meet such a big man.

After hanging up Professor Deligne's call, it didn't take long for Qiu Chengtong's call to arrive.

"Congratulations, in my opinion, this time the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, if nothing else, is probably yours!" Qiu Chengtong concluded with absolute certainty as soon as he opened his mouth.

"We will know next month. Whether we win or not, it actually doesn't have much impact."

Wang Donglai said calmly, as if he really didn't take this award seriously.

After hearing Wang Donglai's words, Qiu Chengtong was silent for a moment, seemingly speechless.

After a pause, he said aloud: "I have already negotiated with Tsinghua about the competition. I will leave the domestic affairs to you. This competition will not start until you win the Fields Medal. It will be held in September." When the game starts, how about you and I attending together?"

"it is good!"

Wang Donglai agreed simply and did not refuse.

The starting point of the Qiu Chengtong Competition is good. Having such a mathematics competition is also a great thing for the country.

He has already thought about the prize money for this competition.

Five million plus a house.

If there is a chance in the future, he even wants to give live lectures every day, and he can receive red envelopes as long as he attends the lectures.

Domestic education is extremely uneven, the teaching materials are even different, and the quality of teachers is uneven.

In a country with a population of more than one billion, only more than 10 million people take the college entrance examination every year. A large number of people have become a low-end labor force, which is undoubtedly a huge waste.

Wang Donglai has [Preaching and Instructing]. If live broadcast is started, it is probably the best way to use this ability.

Just when Wang Donglai was thinking so far, Qiu Chengtong spoke on the other end of the phone.

"I didn't expect that your talent in number theory is so strong, and your ability in practical application is not bad at all. I have also heard about artificial intelligence medical treatment. It is indeed a very promising technology."

Qiu Chengtong actually didn't expect that Wang Donglai would have such a strong talent in applied mathematics.

Proving guesses about mathematical problems is one aspect of ability, but being able to actually apply it is another innate ability.

"I am honored to receive such high praise from Professor Qiu. Mathematics is the foundation, but it cannot be just the foundation. I hope that with the help of the competition, we can select a few geniuses in the field of mathematics and carry forward mathematics."

What Wang Dong said is true. Times are progressing, science and technology are developing, disciplines are becoming more and more subdivided, and more and more talents are needed.

A few more geniuses in the field of mathematics can greatly improve the domestic level.

"I guess it's impossible for a genius like you to appear, but it would be nice to have a few more people who can get started with mathematics."

Qiu Chengtong acted very calmly, and his expectations for this competition were not high.

Because mathematics requires too much talent and requires adequate training.

And many people have missed the prime time before they have even discovered their talents.

"It all depends on human effort. If you can find one, you will be rewarded."

Wang Donglai thought very clearly and was very free and easy.

This competition is only held to cultivate the Chinese people's concept of attaching importance to mathematics and reverse the concept of futility.

It may not have much effect in one or two years, but as time goes by, it will definitely have a big effect.

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The calls came one after another, either to congratulate Wang Donglai in advance or to express goodwill.

At this time, Wang Donglai discovered that he had unknowingly met so many academic leaders.

At the same time, after the nomination list came out, Wang Donglai, who was originally an Internet celebrity, returned to the public's attention again.

This time, he has an additional aura of winning glory for the country.

Although Qiu Chengtong also won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, he is not a pure Chinese after all.

Wang Donglai is a college student who grew up completely in China and has never studied abroad, so the meaning is naturally different.

If Wang Donglai wins the award, it will prove that domestic education has no problems and can cultivate talents who win international awards.

Even if Wang Donglai didn't win, being nominated was already a huge breakthrough.

Therefore, both Tangdu’s education department and higher education departments are looking forward to the Wolf Prize next month.

Once awarded, this will be an improvement in China’s international image and a proof of achievement.

Time passes slowly.

The last month of 2013 has passed, and January of 2014 is here.

Entering 2014, Wang Donglai is only 20 years old.

There are many incidents on the Internet, and hot spots appear one after another.

The shock caused by last month's Wolf Prize in Mathematics has long since faded.

Only those who care about Wang Donglai will care about the information on Wolfe's official website.

at last.

1 month 17 day.

Wolf's official website announced a list, which is the list of winners for this session.

Seven scientists and one artist from Treasure Island, Bald Eagle, Sweden, Canada and Denmark received awards.

The winner of the Painting/Sculpture Award is Olafur Eliasson from Denmark.

The winner of the Chemistry Prize is Dean Weng from the Huaguobao Island Central Research Institute.

There are three Medicine Prize winners who share this honor, including Bald Eagle professors Gary Ruvkun and Victor Ambros of the University of Massachusetts, and Nahum Sonenberg, a professor of McGill University in Canada.

The winners of the Agriculture Prize are Professor Jorge Dubcovsky from the University of California, Davis, and Professor Leif Andersson from Uppsala University in Sweden.

The most important Wolf Prize in Mathematics has only one Chinese name, which is Wang Donglai.

As soon as the news appeared, it was immediately forwarded and reported by the domestic news media that had been watching.

For a moment, the attention that had been silent suddenly reappeared.

Countless spotlights and flashlights shone on Wang Donglai, and even Tangdu Jiaotong University became the most famous university during this period.

Even Wang Donglai's hometown of Anshui County, a poor county in the country, has come into the eyes of many leaders.

After the list of winners came out, Wang Donglai's phone calls were immediately flooded with calls.

There were classmates, colleagues, and even strangers who didn’t know where they got the phone number.

At this time, Wang Donglai was conducting experiments in the laboratory.

The research object is the rewards previously obtained through the system.

A thing and technology that can change the world!
(End of this chapter)