The four major awards presented at the International Conference of Mathematicians refer to the Gauss Award, the Chen Shengshen Award, the Fields Award and the Newangliner Award.

The first one to announce is the winner of the 2018 Gaussian Award.

The Gaussian Award is an international mathematics award jointly established by the International Mathematics Federation and the German Federation of Mathematicians.

The German Federation of Mathematicians is responsible for the management of awards.

The Gaussian Award was first established in 1998 at the 23rd International Conference of Mathematicians held in Berlin, Germany.

This award is also to commemorate the German mathematician Gauss, who is known as the "Prince of Mathematics".

The Gaussian Award is mainly used to reward mathematicians who have achieved outstanding results in applied mathematics.

This is also the highest award in the field of applied mathematics.

Under the attention of the audience, the name of the 2018 Gauss Award winner was announced.

David Donoho, a professor from Stanford University, won the award.

His award was for commending his fundamental contributions to the mathematics, statistics and computational analysis of important issues in signal processing.

This is a mathematician that Chen Zhou had heard of but had never seen before.

When Chen Zhou watched the 60-year-old winner step into the podium, he also gave him his applause.

After the Gauss Award, the winner of the 2018 Chen Shengshen Award was announced.

The Chen Shengshen Award presented at the International Conference of Mathematicians is not the same as the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award that Chen Zhou had previously won.

The Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award is a mathematics award in China and is only awarded to mathematicians in China.

But the similarity between the two is to commemorate Mr. Chen Shengshen.

The Chen Shengshen Award was announced in 2009 by the International Mathematics Alliance.

This is also the first time that the International Mathematics Alliance has named the Mathematics Award after the Chinese mathematician.

Mainly to reward mathematicians who have made outstanding achievements in the field of international mathematics.

It is worth noting that the Chen Shengshen Award is not limited to the mathematics branch or age.

All living natural persons, regardless of age or occupation, are eligible for medals.

Because the Chen Shengshen Award is awarded to "an individual who has won the highest praise for his lifelong outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics."

His achievements must be recognized at the highest level and outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics.

This award is also the highest-level lifelong achievement award in the international mathematics community.

However, when selecting, the factors of age and academic achievement will be considered more or less comprehensively.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou suddenly felt that he would have the opportunity to be awarded an exception at the next International Mathematician Conference?

What Chen Zhou thought was extraordinary naturally, which refers to his age.

However, when Chen Zhou thought that the prize money was not entirely controlled by himself, he felt a little uncomfortable again.

In addition to winning the medal, the winner of the Chen Shengshen Award will also receive a prize of 500,000 US dollars.

However, half of the prizes, or US$250,000, belong to the "institutional award".

The $250,000 "Institutional Award" will be donated to institutions that promote mathematical progress.

Isn’t the institution that promotes the progress of mathematics the International Mathematics Alliance itself?

Sure enough, where the money comes from, and where to go.

Of course, it is not necessary to donate it to the International Mathematics Alliance, and it is also possible to donate it to mathematical institutions in each country.

It is worth mentioning that even the remaining $250,000 prize is much more than the $1,500 prize for the Fields Medal.

On the stage, Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwahara, whose hair is gray, is receiving the medal from the 2018 Chen Shengshen Award.

Masaki Kashiwahara's award is that in order to commend his outstanding and fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory in the past 50 years.

At this time, Schultz, who was sitting with Chen Zhou, suddenly came over and said to Chen Zhou, "I think you will get this award soon."

Chen Zhou tilted his head slightly, glanced at the man known as a German genius mathematician, and chuckled softly: "If nothing unexpected happens, I think you should get it before me."

Schultz was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Although I am a little older than you, we should be the same age, so don't be as old as I think..."

"No." Chen Zhou replied with a smile.

Schultz looked in the stands and announced that he would donate the "Institutional Award" to Masaki Kashiwahara of the International Mathematics Alliance.

He suddenly said seriously: "Although there are not a few people waiting in line to win the Chen Shengshen Award, I still think you should break this rule. Especially in the early stages of the establishment of this award, it will be awarded to people like you, and more

It’s easy to determine the real meaning of this award!”

Chen Zhou didn't expect Schultz to say such a thing very seriously.

He thought for a while and said with a crooked look on his face: "This is a lifetime achievement award. If I get it, wouldn't it mean I'm going to retire? If I retire, wouldn't you have no opponent?"

Schultz smiled and shook his head, saying, "If you said that, I guess the International Mathematics Alliance will never award you this award. If you retire, it will definitely be a major loss to the mathematics community.

As for the opponent…”

Before Schultz finished speaking, his attention was attracted by the people on the stage.

Because, the highlight of today's conference opening ceremony is also the focus of the entire opening ceremony.

The announcement and award of the Fields Medal is coming.

Chen Zhou didn't ask any more questions, and he also looked at the people on the stage.

This is also something that mathematicians throughout the international mathematics community and all over the world are paying attention to.

In the venue, many mathematicians began to become nervous.

Among them, there are many people who are already at the age of 40.

If they don't win this time, they will miss the Fields Medal for life.

The Fields Medal was established in 1932 at the 9th International Congress of Mathematicians.

Then the awards were first presented in 1936.

This is an international mathematical award specially used to reward young mathematicians under the age of 40.

Because the award presentation time is the same as the International Conference of Mathematicians, every mathematician who has not seized the opportunity has to risk waiting for 4 years.

It can even be said that the difficulty of winning the Fields Medal is greater than that of the Nobel Prize.

Of course, this is not a comparison with the Nobel Peace Prize.

In addition, although all the prizes of the Fields Medal are only one gold medal and a prize of $1,500.

It's far from comparable to the Nobel Prize.

However, in the face of such strict award conditions, the academic reputation of the Fields Medal winner is definitely not inferior to that of the Nobel Prize winner.

Xu Chenyang, who was not sitting with Chen Zhou, was paying attention to the situation on the stage with a nervous look on his face.

He wanted to hear the winner's name and was announced one by one, but was afraid to hear the winner's name.

Because he was afraid, there was no self in it.

Xu Chenyang, born in 1981, is 37 years old this year, which is also his last chance to win the Fields Medal.

If he waits for another four years, he will exceed the age limit of the winner.

By then, there will be no chance again.

"Chenyang, are you sure? This time, you are a mathematician who was invited to give a 45-minute academic report."

The person who asked this question was the head of the delegation of the Chinese Mathematical Society at Xu Chenyang, who was sitting next to Xu Chenyang, and Academician Yuan Yaxiang, who was also the chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society.

Xu Chenyang shook his head and said truthfully: "No sure..."

Seeing Xu Chenyang's appearance, Yuan Yaxiang comforted: "You still need confidence. You are already the most outstanding among young mathematicians."

Faced with Yuan Yaxiang's comfort, Xu Chenyang said: "But compared with some people, I am actually a little worse."

Yuan Yaxiang heard this and was silent and stopped talking.

Anyway, the result will be announced soon. No matter how much encouragement is, it is actually not very useful in the face of real facts.

At this time, Xu Chenyang raised his head slightly and looked at Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei who were sitting in two seats.

The two of them seemed to feel something, and turned their heads to look at Xu Chenyang together.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

Three people, who are also the golden generation of the Department of Mathematics of Yan University, were invited to give a 45-minute academic report at this International Mathematician Conference.

But obviously, the three people's goal is not the honor of being invited to conduct academic reports. They all hope to win the dream Fields Medal before the age of 40.

Compared to Xu Chenyang, Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei are actually one year younger, and they both want another chance.

However, they all know that opportunity can never be, and they should not think about the next time.

Because when you leave yourself a way out, the opportunity is almost far away from you.

After all, no one knows what will happen in the next four years.
To be continued...