As the words of the director of the International Mathematical Union on the stage fell, the entire venue was silent for a few seconds, and then quickly burst into deafening warm applause to congratulate Xu Yun on winning the Fields Medal.
Tang Yanshan, Yuan Chengming and other domestic participants in the conference immediately had smiles on their faces when they learned of the result.
How many years.
Finally, a real Chinese won the Fields Medal.
And also broke the minimum age in one fell swoop.
After being so excited, the corners of the eyes were moist, and tears of joy were shed.
"Did you hear, Lao Yuan, Xu Yun won the Fields Medal. He is the youngest Fields Medal winner in the history of mathematics."
"You are truly worthy of being my student, Tang Yanshan."
"Rounding it up, I won the Fields Medal."
Perhaps thinking of Xu Yun's growth along the way, Tang Yanshan did not hide the joy on his face when he was happy, and he did not forget to give himself a pat on the back when repeating the news to Yuan Chengming beside him.
Although he never expected to win a Fields Medal in his life at his age, he taught a Fields Medal student.
There are no regrets anymore.
"I heard it. Our mathematical community has finally stood up internationally." Yuan Chengming also had a smile on his face at this moment.
All previous worries disappeared instantly.
Many people in the venue had a good impression of Xu Yun, especially those who had participated in the Hodge Conjecture Proof Report. They knew better that Xu Yun's research in the field of algebraic geometry was of a real level and that he did not obtain the proof purely by luck as stated on the Internet. inspiration.
Therefore, they had no objection to Xu Yun winning the Fields Medal, and the thunderous applause lasted for a long time before gradually dying down.
On the other hand, Ohno Ohno, a professor at Dongjing University in a remote corner, had a look of disbelief on his face at this moment.
I never expected that Xu Yun would actually win the Fields Medal.
"This is impossible?"
"He must have hit it by luck at such a young age, which proves Hodge's conjecture."
"Doesn't deserve a Fields Medal at all."
"There's something shady."
Thoughts were running rapidly in my mind, especially when I thought about the fact that the International Mathematical Union specially gave Xu Yun the youngest Fields Medal winner and a mathematical genius to evaluate Xu Yun's contribution. I even thought that there was an insider situation and it was not fair at all. Selection.
Of course, he would never have the guts to shout this sentence, let alone in this situation.
Even though he looked like he was in pain after eating a secret burger, he could only hold on until the end of the opening ceremony.
At this time, Tang Yanshan noticed that Xu Yun had not come on stage yet, and quickly reached over and touched him to remind him.
"Why are you still standing here? Hurry up."
"OK."
Xu Yun actually didn't react much, thinking that this was a matter of course.
At this moment, seeing Tang Yanshan look more anxious than him, I couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
However, the names of the other three winners would be announced next, so it was really not appropriate to delay too much, so he nodded to Tang Yanshan and immediately walked towards the stage.
Four chairs were carefully placed on the stage. After Xu Yun got up, he shook hands with the directors of the League of Nations and said hello.
"Congratulations, Mr. Xu Yun."
"Thanks."
Then he sat generously on the first chair.
Next, as the other three Fields Medal winners were announced, the medals were awarded by the President of the International Mathematical Union after they all took the stage.
Xu Yun has been thinking about this gold medal since very early on, but now that he finally got it, he doesn't feel much about it.
Resisting the urge to take a bite, I finished my speech according to the procedure and planned to leave the stage.
The announcement of the winners at the opening ceremony is worth looking forward to, but the rest of it seems boring to mathematicians. The highlight is tomorrow’s academic report. After all, everyone comes to the conference mainly for exchanges.
According to past traditions, the International Mathematical Union will invite dozens of scholars who have contributed to the development of mathematics to report at the conference.
Also included are award recipients.
The entire conference will also last for a very long time.
But before he could step off the stage, he was suddenly stopped by the alliance director on the stage.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Xu Yun, because you proved the Hodge conjecture of seven major mathematical problems in the Millennium world, now the Clay Mathematics Institute is going to award you a set bonus."
Although the Fields Medal medal is made of pure gold, each person’s share of the prize money does not amount to much.
In comparison, the $1 million provided by the Clay Mathematics Institute is definitely more attractive.
Naturally, he would not refuse this kind of money.
"OK."
After nodding in response to the other party, he stayed on the stage alone to wait for the prize money from the Clay Mathematics Institute.
"I would like to welcome Professor Griffith from the Clay Mathematics Institute to award a prize to the prover of the Hodge conjecture."
Xu Yun was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the person who awarded him the bonus was an acquaintance. Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the familiar face of Griffith coming up to the stage and walking towards him.
Originally in the audience just now, he was still thinking about whether to go over and say hello to Griffith.
I didn't expect to meet on stage so soon.
The Clay Mathematics Institute proposed the world's seven major mathematical problems and set a prize of one million US dollars for each problem. As of today, it has been officially awarded twice. As a result, Perelman became the prover of the Poincaré conjecture. He also blatantly refused to accept the award.
Therefore, the Clay Mathematics Institute attaches great importance to this award.
Griffith was well aware of his mission this time. After taking the stage, he did not immediately talk to Xu Yun. Instead, he told the audience about the formulation and final proof of the Hodge conjecture.
"After nearly two years of verification of the proof of Hodge's conjecture by the mathematical community, today, on behalf of the Clay Institute of Mathematics, I officially announce that the Hodge's conjecture has been completely solved by Dr. Xu Yun."
"He will receive a million-dollar prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute."
“I hope that more people in the academic community can attack other issues and promote the development of international mathematics.”
As Griffith finished speaking, yesterday he turned around and awarded Xu Yun the prize under the watchful eyes of all the scholars in the venue.
"Congratulations Xu Yun, I look forward to your future achievements."
"Thank you Professor Griffith."
Xu Yun took the medal from Griffith and expressed his sincere gratitude.
Griffith did not linger on the stage and returned the stage to Xu Yun to deliver a new speech.
Xu Yun had already made a plan for the million-dollar bonus that Hodge had guessed, and he didn't pause at all at this moment. He just raised the microphone and spoke out one of his plans.
"The development of mathematics cannot be separated from the cultivation of new talents, so I plan to use all the prize money to establish a foundation to motivate young people studying mathematics so that they can go further."
To him, these bonuses are nothing, but the significance of establishing a mathematics foundation is completely different.
According to his plan, he will also rely on the foundation to establish his own national mathematics award.
And awards are selected and distributed every year.
After all, there are very few people in China who are willing to devote themselves to theoretical mathematics research. As a director of the Mathematical Society, since he wants to lead the domestic mathematics community to an international position of authority, his efforts are indispensable.
His decision was also recognized by many scholars in the audience. Finally, he slowly walked off the stage amidst warm applause.
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"You are serious. Since you want to establish the Xu Yun Prize, the Mathematical Society will definitely support it unconditionally."
When Yuan Chengming saw Xu Yun walking down, he immediately expressed his attitude as the chairman of the Mathematical Society.
However, these two sentences made Xu Yun a little confused.
"Xu Yun Award?"
"Of course it's the Xu Yun Award. Mathematics awards are all named after mathematicians." Faced with Xu Yun's question, Yuan Chengming explained with a smile: "You use your own bonus to establish this award, and you also provide benefits to the entire mathematics community. He has made significant contributions and it is normal for him to name the award after himself."
"If this award becomes something like the Fields Medal in the future, then you will be in the mathematics textbook." Tang Yanshan next to him also echoed after hearing this.
Both Yuan Chengming and Tang Yanshan knew that Xu Yun's deep technology was at its peak.
There is indeed no shortage of this bonus.
So they supported Xu Yun's decision.
Xu Yun really had never thought about naming the award after himself.
But after listening to what Tang Yanshan and Yuan Chengming said, he felt a little moved.
It’s just that he is currently abroad, so he has to go back and study the foundation and awards carefully. There is no need to think too much now.
With his thoughts stuck here, he simply changed the subject.
"I will think about it carefully when I get back."
The next time is the announcement of other award winners, because without the Fields Medal, the response has dropped significantly.
Even the intensity of the applause was almost halved.
By the end of the opening ceremony, Xu Yun was quickly surrounded by mathematicians from all over the world.
Congratulated him one after another.
The enthusiasm was such that reporters around him could not get close to Xu Yun.
I had to stand around and wait patiently.
However, there were many photographers with quick reactions who quickly captured this scene for news reports.
"I knew that with your talent and strength, you would definitely win the Fields Medal and become a great mathematician."
"Now you do."
"congratulations."
In the crowd, Xu Yun saw Mingte, who looked about the same as him, and smiled in response to this extremely high evaluation.
"Thanks."
Especially when he thought that Goldbach's conjecture, which the other party had studied for many years, had been successfully proved by him first, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in his heart.
After basically dealing with the scholars who came to congratulate him, Xu Yun looked at Professor Ohno for a long time without seeing him. He originally wanted to use the Fields Medal to ridicule him, but he disappeared.
"This little old man runs so fast."
He muttered something to himself before preparing to be interviewed by the press group.
Tang Yanshan, who was standing nearby, noticed Xu Yun's expression and responded with a smile: "You are looking for the professor from Dongjing University. He left the venue before the opening ceremony was over. He was probably afraid of being exposed in front of mathematicians from all over the world. Shameful." Apparently he also knew something about what happened online before.
When Xu Yun heard this, he could only express regret. Anyway, after this incident, the reputation of the other party was at least bad internationally.
The time soon came to noon. As various reports and interviews were released by news media from various countries, there was an instant increase in discussions on the entire Internet about this year's Fields Medal winner.
(End of chapter)
