The Science Fiction World of Xueba

When we got back to the hotel, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

Pang Xuelin passed by the door of Qi Xin's room, hesitated for a moment, and instead of knocking on the door, sent her a WeChat message: "I'm back."

Qi Xin didn't reply until before going to bed.

Pang Xuelin did not continue to send her.

On the other hand, Yao Bingxia used WeChat to chat with Pang Xuelin from time to time. After breaking the layer of film between them, Yao Bingxia seemed to have endless topics to talk about, completely looking like a little girl in love.

It was not until the next morning that Pang Xuelin saw Qi Xin again.

Qi Xinhe didn't seem to be unusual, and also shouted one after another, but the intimacy between his eyebrows and eyes was no longer that of the past.

Pang Xuelin felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to say.

During breakfast, Pang Xuelin met Yun Zhihui and Zhang Wei who also came to the conference. Before Pang Xuelin became famous, these two were considered the most prestigious figures of the young generation in the Chinese mathematics field.

Zhang Wei was the winner of the Morningside Mathematics Gold Award last year, and Yun Zhihui was the winner of the Ramanu Gold Award from the Samhar Institute of Humanities, Science and Technology in India.

In 2017, the two won the New Horizons in Mathematics Award for their discovery and proof of the higher-order Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture in the function domain.

When Pang Xuelin was a graduate student in the United States, he followed Terence Tao to attend some academic conferences and met them face to face, so they are not strangers to each other.

"Professor Pang, you should be the one who didn't run away with the Mathematical Gold Medal this time, and I also heard that this year, the Mathematical Gold Medal may only be awarded to you alone."

Zhang Wei said.

Pang Xuelin was taken aback for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "Isn't the gold award usually awarded to two people?"

Yun Zhihui smiled wryly and said: "Who told you that your achievements are so amazing, BSD conjecture, ABC conjecture, Ponzi geometry, partial differential equation... If you take any one of these achievements, you can reach the top, and you can do it alone. Hold four, who dares to be tied with you now."

Originally, according to the normal situation, Yun Zhihui might compete for this year's mathematics gold medal.

But with the existence of Pang Xuelin, who is qualified to be compared with Pang Xuelin.

This is purely a behavior of looking for spray.

Yun Zhihui could either take a silver medal as a comfort, or he could only wait for the next competition.

Pang Xuelin smiled, not knowing how to comfort the other party for a while.

At this time, Qi Xin, who was sitting next to Pang Xuelin, looked at his watch and said, "Professor Pang, it's almost time, we should go."

Pang Xuelin and Qi Xin got up one after another, followed Yun Zhihui and Zhang Wei out of the hotel lobby, crossed the road, and directly entered the opposite Tsinghua University.

Under the guidance of the volunteers, they soon came to the main venue of the conference - Tsinghua University Auditorium.

At the entrance of the auditorium, Guo Kangcheng, vice president of Tsinghua University, whom he had met yesterday, was receiving guests from various countries.

Pang Xuelin and the others went up to chat with Guo Kangcheng, and then went directly into the hall of the auditorium.

Many people have already come to the auditorium. When they see Pang Xuelin coming in, no matter whether they know each other or not, they will go up to say hello to Pang Xuelin.

After all, Pang Xuelin is the biggest academic star of this year's Mathematicians Conference in terms of his position and academic achievements, and Qiu Chengtong can be compared with him by virtue of his qualifications and prestige.

Pang Xuelin asked Qi Xin to find a seat in the auditorium, and under the guidance of the on-site staff, he walked onto the stage directly in front of the auditorium.

There are more than a dozen chairs on the stage, all of whom are bigwigs from all over the world attending the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians.

For example, Jean-Pierre Bourgnon, academician of the European Academy of Sciences and president of the European Research Council, Motoko Kotani, director of the Institute of Advanced Molecular and Atomic Materials Science, Tohoku University, Wolf Prize, Rolf Sauk Prize, The winner of the Heinz Hopf Award, Professor Richard Shaun of the University of California, Irvine, and others.

Behind the chair is a three-stage giant-screen projection with the words: World Conference of Chinese Mathematicians-Award Ceremony and Forum and the icon of this conference.

Pang Xuelin's seat is actually in the middle,

On his left is Qiu Chengtong, on his right is the president of Tsinghua University, and other top scholars from home and abroad are on the left and right sides. It can be said that there are many stars.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, in the opening speech of the host, the Eighth World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians officially opened.

First of all, Qiu Chengtong and the president of Tsinghua University, who were the organizers, gave speeches one after another.

At ten o'clock, the awards ceremony officially began.

"Last year was a restless year in the mathematics world, and it was also the most exciting year since the 21st century. BSD conjecture, ABC conjecture and other major problems that have plagued the international mathematics community for many years have been solved one after another. The young genius scholar has shined brightly in this process, and his name has resounded throughout the international mathematics community."

"Therefore, the winner of this year's Mathematical Gold Medal is..."

The host may want to leave a suspense, so he paused on purpose.

As a result, the audience in the audience shouted: "Pang Xuelin!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Qiu Chengtong, who was sitting next to Pang Xuelin, smiled and said, "Professor Pang, it seems that you won't be able to accept this award."

Sure enough, the host laughed and said, "Okay, since everyone has already taken my lines, I won't read any further. Next, we invite Academician Qiu Chengtong to present an award to Professor Pang Xuelin!"

Soon, thunderous applause resounded through the audience.

"Professor Pang, please!"

Pang Xuelin and Qiu Chengtong got up one after another and came to the front of the podium. Qiu Chengtong took the medal certificate from the staff and handed it to Pang Xuelin. He said with a smile: "Professor Pang, I will thank you a lot for the development of Chinese mathematics in the future!"

Pang Xuelin nodded, and said seriously: "Definitely!"

A prize of 25,000 US dollars is not too much, but this award represents the recognition of Pang Xuelin by the Chinese mathematics community.

Afterwards, Pang Xuelin came to the podium and said with a smile, "Thank you everyone."

"It is a personal honor for me to receive the Mathematics Award. I am very happy that my work has been recognized by everyone. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to have a chat with young scholars who are interested in entering the field of mathematics. "

"As a subject that has existed since the emergence of human civilization, mathematics is the subject that saves the most equipment and tools, but it is also the subject that pays the most attention to talent and perseverance. Learning mathematics is very hard, and doing mathematical research is even harder. Computers At best, it can help you typesetting the finished article beautifully, but it does not help your thinking. Computers can help certain branches of mathematics to calculate, and can also help mathematicians think through some wonderful images, but for most pure Mathematicians can't help."

"I ask myself that my talent is very average. Some friends joked that my IQ is 180, but if I measure it accurately, I don't think it will exceed 120. In other words, I am just an ordinary person. If you are just looking for a job that can If you choose mathematics for your job, you will probably regret it in the near future. There is no golden house in mathematics books, and there is no Yan Ruyu. Nowadays, many students choose mathematics majors with a bit of blindness. They can’t say they understand, let alone like, and are confused. As everyone knows, the life of almost ascetic monks for decades is not something that ordinary people can stick to."

"I am very lucky to be able to receive such honors and recognition at this age, but I don't want to be a role model for many young scholars. Of course, if you are really interested in mathematics and can immerse yourself in mathematics research without sleep and food, If you can enjoy the feeling of arranging troops and strategizing in the process of mathematics research, then I welcome you to join in. What the mathematics community needs is to really love mathematics and enjoy the fresh blood of mathematics, not just treat it as a a means of earning a living."

"Thank you everyone, and once again thank Academician Qiu Chengtong and the organizing committee of the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians."

Pang Xuelin bowed to the audience, and then returned to his seat.

Soon, the applause sounded again, and it didn't subside for a long time.

Qiu Chengtong whispered to Pang Xuelin who had returned to his seat: "Professor Pang, your acceptance speech is well said. During this period of time, the atmosphere in the domestic mathematics circle has indeed become a little impetuous, and you need to pour some cold water on it. "

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "I just expressed my feelings, and I didn't think too much."

Qiu Chengtong smiled, and asked again: "By the way, Professor Pang, did you only prepare one copy of your acceptance speech?"

"Um?"

Pang Xuelin looked at Qiu Chengtong with some confusion.

Qiu Chengtong smiled mysteriously and said, "You can continue to read."

At this time, the host came to the stage again and said: "Thank you very much for Professor Pang's speech. I think most of the scholars here can empathize with what Professor Pang said. We also hope that in the future, there will be more scholars who really love mathematics. Our line."

"Next, we will announce the second award of this World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, which is the Applied Mathematics Gold Award. Its winner is..."

The host opened the envelope with the winner's name on it, and couldn't help being stunned.

Seeing that the host suddenly got stuck, the audience in the audience couldn't help but burst into a buzzing sound.

Soon, the host came to his senses and said, "The winner is——Professor Pang Xuelin!"

After the words fell, not only Pang Xuelin was stunned, but the entire hall of the auditorium was also silent for an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the Tsinghua University Auditorium boiled like a hot oil pan poured with water.

The Gold Medal in Mathematics and the Gold Medal in Applied Mathematics represent the highest awards of the conference.

The mathematics gold medal generally refers to breakthroughs in the field of pure mathematics, while the applied mathematics gold medal generally has a very close combination with other disciplines.

No one expected that the organizing committee would award these two awards to the same person.

This is a precedent that has never been seen in history. Even in the future, it is hard to say whether someone can win double prizes in mathematics and applied mathematics at the same time like Pang Xuelin.