Chapter 253: Six Domestic Mathematics Schools
Although it is not an award ceremony and there is no need to award awards, there is still a part where the winners come on stage to give speeches.
Soon, it was Wang Donglai’s turn to take the stage and deliver his speech.
Having already received the Abel Prize and the Fields Medal, and then receiving the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Prize in China, Wang Donglai became an understatement and not very excited.
Walking onto the stage, Huang Yun smiled and congratulated Wang Donglai: "Congratulations, you broke the record of being the youngest person in this award!"
"Thank you!"
Wang Donglai smiled and nodded, replying politely.
"Okay, the rest of the time will be left to you. I think many people here are looking forward to your speech."
As Huang Yun said, he moved the position of the podium Gave it to Wang Donglai.
Wang Donglai was not polite and walked up to the microphone.
Breathing slowly and with a calm expression, he looked at the more than 600 participants in the audience and said loudly: "I am very grateful to the Huaguo Mathematical Society for affirming my achievements. I will continue to work hard and strive to make more achievements in the future." A great academic achievement.”
“Thank you!”
Wang Donglai’s acceptance speech only took two sentences and was finished in less than a minute.
After he finished speaking, people in the audience were a little surprised. They did not expect Wang Donglai's acceptance speech to be so short.
However, within just a moment, roaring applause erupted in the concert hall.
"Bah, bang, bang..."
The applause came in waves and the roar continued.
Even the many academicians and leaders sitting on the stage applauded.
No one can be liked by everyone, not even money, let alone Wang Donglai.
In the audience, Su Jianshe's face looked extremely ugly at the moment.
Zhang Hanjie felt extremely regretful. He should not have followed his boss to attend this meeting.
Originally, he thought that by attending such a grand event, he would gain something.
However, he regretted it now.
Just seeing the stinky face of Su Jianshe next to him made Zhang Hanjie feel a little uneasy.
I was afraid that if I did something wrong, Su Jianshe would take out his anger on himself.
He knew the reputation of his boss. One of his seniors had been delayed for three years and had not graduated yet.
As for the reason, it is no longer important.
Su Jianshe was already a little unhappy because Wang Donglai rejected him before. Now that Wang Donglai had won the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award, his anger became even more intense.
Because, this time, Su Jianshe also had ideas for the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Prize.
According to previous operations, there are only three candidates for this award, namely researcher Chen Zhongming from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Fu Xiang from Fudan University, and Su Jianshe.
Choose two out of three, and with just a little bit of work, Su Jianshe has a high chance of winning this award.
The reason why Su Jianshe has this confidence is also because of the current academic situation in the country.
From 1948 to 2014, the Chinese Academy of Sciences selected a total of 62 mathematical academicians. If we count the experiences of these mathematical academicians, we can find that they are inherited from 6 great masters.
The six great masters of mathematics personally brought out the four major schools in mathematics, and there were two other major schools, which were also brought out by their disciples.
These six great masters in mathematics are Xiong Qinglai, Jiang Lifu, Su Buqing, Chen Jiangong, Hua Luogeng and Chen Shengshen. They all have three common experiences. First, they studied abroad and gained international reputation. Second, they returned to China to establish mathematics departments. The third is to educate students to bring out academicians.
Xiong Qinglai, the founder of the Department of Mathematics at Tsinghua University, brought out a group of disciples after he returned from studying in France. In 1952, teachers and students from the Department of Mathematics at Tsinghua University were transferred to Peking University. The Peking University School, the first mathematical school in the country.
At the same time, Xiong Qinglai discovered and trained the self-taught Hua Luogeng, and Hua Luogeng established the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955, cultivated and introduced a group of mathematical talents, forming a strong school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Jiang Lifu, a genius of the Republic of China, founded the Department of Mathematics at Nankai University. He taught Chen Shengshen and other Nankai disciples the academic methods he learned at Bald Eagle Harvard University. They were passed down through the blood and the Nankai School was gradually formed.
Chen Jiangong, who studied in Sakura Country, founded the Department of Mathematics at Zhejiang University after returning to China, and called Su Buqing, who also studied in Sakura Country, back to China. The two joined forces to bring out the internationally influential 'Chen Su School', which was also During the national adjustment of departments in 1952, the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University was collectively transferred to Fudan University. After so many years of development, the Fudan School was formed.
Six great masters of mathematics have led to the four major schools in the domestic mathematics community, accounting for half of the domestic mathematics community.
In addition to these four major schools, there are also Xia Daoxing, a disciple of Chen Jiangong, who brought out the Shandong University School after returning to Shandong University after completing his studies, and Zhang Zhongsui, a disciple of Xiong Qinglai, who went to Beijing Normal University and brought out BNU after completing his studies. University school.
Currently, the six university schools have 36 academicians, including 6 from Peking University, 5 from Fudan University, 4 from Nankai University, 3 from Shanda University, 3 from Beijing Normal University, and 15 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Chinese mathematics community is basically dominated by these six universities. For example, in the third round of national university subject evaluation, the rankings are Peking University, Fudan University, Shanda University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University University.
Among the disciples of these six great masters of mathematics, there are also some disciples who did not return to the six major schools, but established their own schools, including Sichuan University, Central China Normal University, Capital Normal University, Zhejiang University, University of Science and Technology of China, These mathematics academicians of the Chinese University of Hong Kong have quite an academic status in the international and domestic mathematics circles, but they are far inferior to the six major schools.
This is the situation in the domestic mathematics community.
Chen Zhongming was born in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is one of the six academic schools. He is protected by big bosses and has solid academic achievements, so it is not difficult to win this award.
Although Fu Xiang is a professor at Fudan University, he is not from the Fudan school.
Although Su Jianshe teaches at JJTU, he is a member of the Nankai School with strong roots.
So, from Su Jianshe’s point of view, it seemed that he and three other people were making the selection, but in fact it was already scheduled that he and Chen Zhongming would win.
However, no one expected that an uninvited guest would pop up.
Wang Dong is coming!
Before, Su Jianshe didn’t take Wang Donglai seriously. Although Tangdu Jiaotong University was considered one of the domestic universities, it did not have much status in the mathematics world and was not even considered a school.
Even if Wang Donglai proves the ABC guess and Hodge guess, so what.
You can use various excuses to delay Wang Donglai's award for a few years, even more than ten years.
Wang Donglai can even be drawn into their respective schools through conditions such as winning awards.
But no one thought of it.
At the Global Mathematicians Conference, Wang Donglai proved Goldbach’s conjecture.
At this time, the whole world was shocked.
With Wang Donglai winning three top awards in the field of mathematics in one fell swoop, his momentum was so great that no matter how much thought he had in the domestic mathematics community, he could only press on.
Su Jianshe actually understood this truth, but he was unwilling to do so.
He has sacrificed so much to win this award.
There is no professor in domestic academic circles who does not want to become an academician, and Su Jianshe is not surprised. For so many years, I have always been cautious and cautious, step by step, just to be elected as an academician and jump over the dragon's gate.
Unfortunately, academicianship is a lifelong honor awarded by the country and represents the highest level of science in a country.
Although the national conditions are here, academicians are not necessarily really linked to academics, such as Academician Jiangxiang.
However, if you don’t have any academic capital or other commendable capital, it will be difficult to be elected as an academician.
Su Jianshe's academic research ability is neither high nor low. After so many years, he has not produced a core article.
But in addition to the core first and first publications, Su Jianshe still wrote a lot of papers, and relying on the school's relationship network, he mixed in many second and third papers, which can be regarded as putting his face and fame on the line. He stood up.
The Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award is the goal of Su Jianshe.
He doesn’t dare to think about winning big prizes abroad, but he still has some hope for this domestic prize.
He had previously thought that it would be great if the Chung Jiaqing Mathematics Prize could be awarded to Wang Donglai, and he would be sure to win the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Prize.
After receiving this award, I have made it through. If I go back to running as an academician, my hope will be even greater.
Even if you take 10,000 steps back and be listed as an academician candidate, it is enough.
However, God’s calculation is not as good as man’s calculation.
Su Jianshe's wishful thinking was successful, but Wang Donglai intercepted it.
Therefore, watching Wang Donglai win the award and receive applause from everyone present, Su Jianshe's heart hurts like a knife.
At this time.
Academician Huang Yun took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Wang Donglai.
Wang Donglai’s award may not be a big deal to Wang Donglai, but it is a very difficult decision for the Chinese Mathematical Society.
It would be a real loss if we could not take back some benefits from Wang Donglai.
"Professor Wang, now scholars around the world are looking forward to your paper. At the same time, universities around the world want to invite you to give academic reports and exchanges. I wonder if Professor Wang can do a simple academic exchange at this society?"
Although Huang Yun is an academician and the chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society, when he talked to Wang Donglai, his attitude was very low and not arrogant.
When Huang Yun asked this question, the eyes of many people present lit up.
Because, they are also looking forward to it.
Under the eyes of everyone, Wang Donglai just thought for a moment, agreed and said: "Okay, since Academician Huang is invited, I will not refuse and will have a simple academic exchange with you tomorrow."
As soon as the words fell, the concert hall burst into warm applause again.
The louder the applause, the uglier Su Jianshe’s face became.
Finally, he left the concert hall angrily.
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Beijing International Mathematics Research Center.
This was founded after the 2002 ICM Beijing World Mathematicians Conference, with the support of Peking University leaders, Professor Zhang Pingping of Peking University introduced world-class mathematicians to the development of Peking University’s mathematics discipline.
It started in 2002 and was finally completed in 2010. It took several years and with the input of Peking University School of Mathematics, it soon became a world-class mathematics research institution.
As the deputy director of the Beijing International Mathematics Research Center, Zhang Ping naturally has his own separate office.
At this moment, Zhang Ping was busy with his work, and suddenly there was a knock on the office.
"Old Zhang, are you busy?"
Zhang Ping looked up and saw that it was Li Chao, a professor from the same school.
"Why are you here? If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, what happened?"
As Zhang Ping said, he stood up from his chair and poured it for Li Chao. A cup of tea and sitting opposite Li Chao on the sofa.
Li Chao was not polite and waited until Zhang Ping finished his work before speaking out: "You should know about the mathematics learning this time!"
Although it was a question, Li Chao's tone was very certain.
Zhang Ping did not hide anything, nodded, responded, and said: "What's wrong? You came to my office just to say this?"
"No, you are not such a person. What you should say is Come on, Wang Dong from Tangdu Jiaotong University!”
“Well, let me think about it, are you trying to say that Wang Donglai’s grades are good and you want to invite him to our Peking University?”
Speculations about Zhang Ping , Li Chao did not deny or admit, but said aloud: "This time the Mathematics Society awarded the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award to Wang Donglai, replaced the previously scheduled Fu Xiang, and also asked Su Jianshe from Nankai to play the bamboo basket All in vain.”
“If the admissions office had done its job well, it would be our Peking University’s honor now, and Tangdu Jiaotong University would have gotten a huge advantage.”
"As for the domestic situation, you also know that Wang Donglai's academic ability is well known and has now been demonstrated. If it were not for the momentum of the international award this time, it would be difficult to win this award."
" I think we can try again If you want to recruit someone to study mathematics, we at Peking University are the most suitable and the most suitable for him."
"Old Zhang, what do you think?"
Zhang Ping listened to Li Chao. After saying so much, a hint of thought flashed across his eyes.
Soon, he figured it out, looked at Li Chao with some inquiring eyes, and said loudly: "This is indeed a good idea, but he has rejected our Peking University twice. If If you go again, it will be the third time.”
"Besides, you and I are not the main leaders. If you really want to recruit him to our school, you still need the leaders above to speak. He has already won three top awards including the Fields Medal, and domestic awards may not be available. Go up."
"In this case, only the status of academician can attract him, plus the brand of our school."
"Young man, I definitely want to be prosperous and full of honors. You and I can't be the masters of this. We can only make suggestions to the superiors."
"It's hard to say whether it can happen. If it does, it would be good. If we seize the opportunity, our school can have a few more academicians.”
“But, Lao Li, are you sure you can seize this opportunity?”
Li Chao smiled and said aloud: "As long as he wants to develop in the domestic mathematics community, he must make a choice. There has already been a Qiu Chengtong, and he will not be given the chance to become the second one."
“Looking at the country, it’s just us. Fudan and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are the three most powerful. As long as we start faster, we have the best hope.”
After listening to this, Zhang Ping thought about it seriously and pondered for a while before speaking out: "Okay, what you said makes sense. I can make suggestions to the superiors together with you."
Listen At these words, Li Chao's face suddenly showed joy, and he said seriously: "Thank you, Lao Zhang!"
(End of this chapter)