The International Congress of Mathematicians is the world's largest academic conference on mathematical sciences. It is known as the Olympic Games in the field of mathematics. In addition to the strong people gathering and great masters traveling everywhere, the most important thing is that it has an Olympic-like "competition", with 100 participating countries.

There were nearly 6,000 participants, and more than 180 people took the stage to give lectures, but in the end, no more than ten people could win the prize.

Among them is the Chen Shengshen Award, which is awarded to scientists who have made outstanding achievements in the field of international mathematics. There is no age limit, but it is a lifetime achievement award. It is generally awarded to highly respected mathematics masters, similar to the Abel Prize and Wolf Prize. Young people basically

I have no chance to go to school. After all, I have not reached retirement age. How can academic achievements be finalized?

One Gauss Prize, awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to applied mathematics.

The Abacus Award is awarded to mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to the mathematics of information science.

The Lilavati Prize is awarded to mathematicians who have a positive impact on the promotion of mathematics.

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

These eight places are basically selected from more than 180 mathematicians who took the stage to give reports, and the moment when the list of winners was finally announced was the ninth day of the International Congress of Mathematicians, which is also recognized as

The most important event of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, accompanied by Chen Ming and others, arrived at the registration office of the International Conference Center, the International Conference Center was already crowded with people, and there were mathematicians everywhere exchanging pleasantries or exchanging academic issues. Of course, there were also many mathematicians.

Students who follow their instructors to open their eyes and gain insights.

imu convenes the International Congress of Mathematicians with the purpose of promoting international exchanges and cooperation in mathematics. Naturally, it will not restrict the entry and exit of interested parties. In theory, anyone can come and join in the fun, but the space is limited. In order to maintain the order of the venue, imu will give participants

Participants will be issued an admission pass. If you want to enter the conference site to listen to on-site reports, you must show your admission pass.

This makes the admission ticket very valuable. You can attend the conference with the instructor, and the number of places to get the admission ticket is also very limited. Naturally, they are all outstanding people or potential rising stars in the mathematics world.

When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun appeared, the bustling scene around them suddenly became quiet. Almost everyone looked at them in surprise.

With such a young oriental man and a handsome and beautiful male and female partner, even Western mathematicians who always found oriental faces difficult to recognize immediately guessed their identities and cast complex glances at them.

If we were to rank the mathematicians who are likely to win the Fields Medal this year, Qin Ke, a 20-year-old mathematician from Xia Guo, would undoubtedly be ranked first.

Even though he is only twenty years old, ordinary boys of this age should still be studying for undergraduate degrees, but so what? In the face of the great academic achievements that prove Goldbach's conjecture and Riemann's conjecture, age is no longer an issue at all.

The contenders for the Philippine Prize are not even able to resist at all.

How could the mathematicians present remain calm and complacent when they thought that this oriental boy, who was so young that even his own students thought he was young, was about to win the Fields Medal that he would never receive in his lifetime?

Of course, there were also people who were broad-minded, or who wanted to make friends with the elder in advance. They all walked over with smiles on their faces, planning to wait for the two to complete the registration procedures before they could chat and make friends.

At this International Congress of Mathematicians, nearly twenty mathematicians of Xia origin were invited to give academic reports. Among them, mathematicians of Xia origin, except Qin Ke from Qingmu University, and Ning Qingyun gave one-hour and forty-five-minute lectures respectively.

In addition to the report, five other professors representing Yan University, Nanjing University and other domestic universities and mathematics institutes were invited to the stage to give academic reports.

The rest are Chinese mathematicians who grew up in foreign countries or have become foreign nationals. This time they are also representing famous foreign universities such as MIT, University of Maryland, Harvard University, etc. to participate in the International Mathematicians Conference and give reports.

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

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

Professor Sun Shengnan is 39 years old this year. He is a master's student who graduated from Yan'an University. He later went to Princeton University to study for a doctorate. He served as an assistant professor and associate professor at Stanford University in the United States. After that, he returned to his motherland and is currently a full professor and Ph.D. student at the School of Mathematics at Yan'an University.

He is a bachelor's tutor and is ranked among the top ten in the country in terms of algebraic geometry.

He has received funding from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and was named a "Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor" at Yanda five years ago. It is said that Yanda has recently made efforts to promote him to the position of academician next year. It can be said that he is a young man.

The future is promising.

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

However, Sun Shengnan is still self-aware in his heart. He is just a person who accompanies the prince to study, even if he is a brilliant Yangtze River 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 in a spot in advance. The only three spots left have caused countless top young mathematicians in the world to fight hard.

Compared with those international giants, Sun Shengnan feels that he does not even have a 1% winning rate.

Even compared with Ning Qingyun, he has no advantage except age.

While he was overwhelmed with emotion, he couldn't help but remember that when Qin Ke and Qin Ke came to his class for the first time, they were both freshmen. Sun Shengnan had also privately asked them if they were interested in studying with him as a graduate student.

Less than a month after the results, news came out that Qin Ke had proved the twin prime conjecture, and then Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun began their great mathematical journey that soared into the sky and swept thousands of armies.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Today, the two young people in front of him are researchers at the same level as him, and they are also distinguished professors of Yan University, and their academic achievements are even more impressive.

Leave him a few blocks away.

Therefore, when facing Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, Sun Shengnan always felt that "geniuses are different from ordinary people" and could not even feel jealous - you can be jealous of people who are slightly better than you, but you will not be jealous.

The "god" above.

At least in Sun Shengnan's heart, these two people already have "godhead", and Qin Ke's "godhead" is as stable as Mount Tai.

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

As I said just now, this is the largest event in mathematics held once every four years. Professors who are qualified to attend the conference usually bring some students here.

However, because the conference venue is limited, the number of tickets is naturally limited. It would be good if ordinary professors can have two extra places.

Just like Sun Shengnan, a mathematics professor who can go on stage to give a 45-minute report, he gave out five extra tickets. This time he brought five students, all of whom are the best mathematics students in Yan University.

Arranging for them to come is a kind of special training.

——Of course, all students who come with professors are responsible for their own food and accommodation. Only the mathematicians who give lectures on stage and the professor himself as an invited guest will be reimbursed by imu for all travel expenses and accommodation expenses.

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

They arrived yesterday morning and have been following Professor Sun to interact with mathematicians from various countries. They found that the guest talked about the most about Qin Ke, and most people thought that Qin Ke would win this year's Fields Medal.

This made the students feel proud, that was the Fields Medal! Although they were not the winners, this was the first Fields Medal that Xia Guo was about to receive, and they were equally deeply honored.

Now that our country already has two Nobel Prizes, we are looking forward to the birth of a Fields Medal!

Qin Kezheng was chatting with Professor Sun, and professors from other schools such as Nanjing University and Aurora University also came around to deepen the exchange. However, at this time, Mr. Qiu from Qingmu University had already arrived with more than a dozen students from Qiuzhen Academy.

Mr. Qiu is the only two mathematics masters in the world who have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Medal and the Cradford Medal at the same time - the other is Princeton's Deligne - so Mr. Qiu is now a leading figure in international mathematics.

His influence and status in the world are not inferior to Faltings, Deligne, etc. Every International Congress of Mathematicians will naturally invite him as a special guest, and he has six admission tickets.

In addition, the extra places for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were all given to Qiuzhen Academy, so there were actually more students from Qiuzhen Academy than Yan University students on site.

Mr. Qiu's relationship with Yan University has always been bad. He glanced at Professor Sun Shengnan and said coldly: "I'm taking Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun away."

How dare Sun Shengnan offend this academic leader? He smiled bitterly and said, "Please do as you please. Professor Qin and Professor Ning and I just met each other in a foreign country and just chatted for a few words. It's nothing important."

Mr. Qiu nodded slightly and said to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun: "Let's go, I will take you to make some friends."

Mr. Qiu has enough seniority and extensive exchanges. At this time, by taking the two of them around, they can meet famous mathematicians from various countries who they know and introduce them to Qin Ke and Qin Ke.

The list of judges for each Fields Medal will not be announced in advance, and the confidentiality is very good. But what is certain is that the judges are among these thousands of mathematicians, and they are often those with higher status and greater fame.

middle-aged and elderly mathematicians.

Getting to know more of these well-known mathematicians and becoming familiar with them can reduce the chance of being secretly targeted - Mr. Qiu is mainly for Ning Qingyun. Now Qin Ke is a sure shot at winning the Fields Medal. With Qin Ke

At this age, Ning Qingyun may not have a chance to win the Fields Medal. After all, they cooperated to prove the Polignac conjecture, the hail conjecture, etc., and jointly created three lime number theory processing methods. Ning Qingyun's academic achievements

Also very dazzling.

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

Don't underestimate these two small medals. They can completely symbolize the qualitative improvement of Xia Guo's mathematical research strength, an affirmation of Xia Guo's mathematics education, and an important symbol of Xia Guo's mathematics integrating with world mathematics.

It is a new starting point for the development of Xia Guo’s mathematics community!

The most important thing is that it will inspire countless students to devote themselves to mathematics!

Qin Ke's heart was clear as water for Mr. Qiu's good intentions, so he was moved and actively pulled Ning Qingyun to cooperate with Mr. Qiu's recommendation. He chatted and laughed with a group of mathematics elders and was the focus of the audience wherever he went.

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I spent the day of registration in the company of Mr. Qiu.

Before parting, Mr. Qiu encouraged: "Qin Ke, Xiao Ning, perform well at the report meeting and try 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 else!”

After seeing off Mr. Qiu, Qin pulled Ning Qingjun and took Chen Ming's car to the hotel to check in. The two still did not stay at the hotel arranged by imu, and Chen Ming arranged the accommodation.

"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 had made many achievements in mathematics in recent years, especially in number theory, she had ranked among the top in the country. But she knew that she was not as good as the top international students.

There is still a big gap among the mathematics masters. Even compared with those popular candidates, she does not have much chance of winning, so this time she just came with the mentality of "running with" Qin Ke and was very relaxed.

But now that Mr. Qiu is so helpful, she feels that if she can't win the Fields Medal, she will be disrespectful to Mr. Qiu's great expectations, and her psychological pressure suddenly increases.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qin Ke comforted: "You just need to go all out, do your best, and leave no regrets. As for the results, don't consider them. There are many factors in the selection of these awards."

.Academic achievement is not the only factor.”

"Yeah." Ning Qingyun was a little more open-minded, but still said: "Shall we practice the whole process of going on stage to give a report tonight?"

"Okay." Knowing that this girl was serious about her work, Qin Ke smiled and agreed.

He really has to work together to prepare the report to the fullest, and the lion and the rabbit have to do their best, let alone at such a critical moment?

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In the blink of an eye, the next day came, and the International Congress of Mathematicians officially opened. After Athol Gibson, chairman of the executive committee of imu, gave a brief speech, the eight-day academic report meeting began.

Seven mathematicians representing Xia's mathematical community began to take the stage one by one, making their own mathematical voices known to the world.
To be continued...