Chapter 257 Rewards from the Clay Mathematics Promotion Association
Ning Chen simply introduced himself and once again received warm applause from the audience.
This feeling is very special, because Ning Chen can report in his own mother tongue, which makes Ning Chen feel proud.
Such treatment was something that Ning Chen was not able to enjoy when he won the Simmons Scholar Award.
After a brief self-introduction, Ning Chen went straight to the topic without saying any nonsense.
Suddenly, the entire venue was silent, and everyone was listening carefully to the content of Ning Chen's report.
Because Ning Chen gave his report in Chinese, these mathematics researchers from Xia State could easily understand what Ning Chen said directly.
This is the first time they have heard such a high-level mathematics report held in Chinese.
And those foreign mathematics researchers who cannot understand Chinese can only listen to the simultaneous interpretation content in the headphones and try their best to understand the meaning of Ning Chen's expression.
In fact, they also have some objections to the language used in this report meeting, because the common language for report meetings of this level has always been English.
But they don't have any control over this matter, because this mathematics conference is held in Xia Kingdom. If they are unwilling to participate, they just don't come to Xia Kingdom.
But regarding the report on the Navier-Stokes equation, Ning Chen is the only person in the world who can do it to this extent. Even if they have any objections to it, they can only endure it.
In the next two hours, Ning Chen gave the report.
Such a schedule is relatively rare, because reports of this level are generally very streamlined. Even if the research content is very complex, a report usually only lasts thirty minutes to an hour. .
Otherwise, it will easily cause fatigue in the audience, and they will lose interest in the report.
But even though Ning Chen's report lasted for two hours, no one showed signs of exhaustion and still tried hard to listen to Ning Chen's story.
"The above is all the content of my report today. Do you have any questions you want to ask?"
The question-and-answer session is an essential part of the mathematics report. In Ningchen After he finished speaking, a dozen people in the audience immediately raised their hands.
In fact, many participants wanted to ask Ning Chen questions. However, in the past two hours, they received a very large amount of information, and many people were unable to digest the information immediately. .
This makes it difficult for them to ask some good questions immediately, and only those who understand part of Ning Chen's report just now dare to ask their questions.
"Mr. Simon Donaldson, please ask a question."
After Ning Chen glanced around the venue, he first called Simon Donaldson's name.
Simon Donaldson is one of the most important people attending this conference. Simon Donaldson has also been a reviewer for Ning Chen before, which made Ning Chen feel impressed by Simon Donaldson. profound.
Simon Donaldson first thanked Ning Chen for being the first to call his name, and then asked a long question.
In fact, Ning Chen could easily understand Simon Donaldson's question, but due to the arrangement of the process, Ning Chen still waited patiently for the translation to be completed before answering the question.
This kind of translation work is not easy to do. It requires not only a strong English proficiency, but also strong professional knowledge in mathematics.
Ning Chen spent a few minutes explaining Donaldson's questions. After Donaldson listened, he thanked Ning Chen again for his answer.
After answering a few questions, Ning Chen could only end his report due to time constraints.
Amidst another warm applause from everyone, Ning Chen walked down from the stage.
“Phew...it’s finally over.”
This report meeting still made Ning Chen feel a little nervous. After all, this was the first time Xia Guo held such a high-level mathematics conference. Ning Chen was very cautious about this report meeting.
Ning Chen's clothes were soaked with sweat, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
Fortunately, Ning Chen’s report this time was very successful.
In the past two hours, Ning Chen not only successfully explained all his preparations, but also satisfactorily solved various questions raised by everyone.
After Ning Chen returned to his seat at the venue, Song Xiyun very carefully handed Ning Chen a tissue.
"Ning Chen, what you just said was great. Although I couldn't understand everything you said right away, I can already feel that my understanding of the Navier-Stokes equation is completely different from before. "
During the whole process of Ning Chen's report, Song Xiyun listened to Ning Chen's explanation very carefully and took notes from time to time.
While reaping the rewards, Song Xiyun also felt a little proud and moved.
As a university researcher in Xia State, Song Xiyun will inevitably have such emotions after seeing that Xia State's academic community has developed so well.
Song Xiyun hopes that she can become an outstanding mathematical researcher like Ning Chen in the future and produce various outstanding research results.
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After this mathematics conference, Ning Chen and others returned to Shengzhou and continued their work.
It can be said that this mathematics conference was very successful. Most of the participants were very satisfied with the conference.
Due to the nature of this mathematics conference, the entire meeting was not broadcast live, and only a few videos were publicly published on the Internet by the organizers.
But just these few video clips made people who care about this mathematics conference excited.
"I never expected that our Xia country could hold such a world-class mathematics conference now. The level of this conference is really very high. Even mathematicians like Tao Zhexuan and Simon Donaldson, who have won the Fields Medal, They all came to participate in the meeting.”
“The biggest surprise this time is that we gave the report in Chinese all the time. The kind of report in Xia Kingdom that was still used in English has finally come to an end. ! ”
“Seeing Ning Chen answer questions fluently on the stage really makes us proud. I believe that through this mathematics conference, our country will have a higher academic status in the world. Ning Chen will be closer to winning the Fields Medal.”
Many of the participants at this conference are top experts in the world of mathematics, and they all have their own opinions on the selection of the Fields Medal. A certain right to speak.
After listening to Ning Chen’s report on the spot, many mathematicians were inclined to believe that Ning Chen’s proof process for the Navier-Stokes equation was completely correct.
This also allowed Ning Chen to almost lock in one of the nomination seats for the next Fields Medal, but because the Fields Medal is only selected every four years, it will take a long time for Ning Chen to win the Fields Medal. of waiting. In addition to the Fields Medal selection team, this matter also attracted great attention from the Clay Mathematics Association.
The Clay Mathematics Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the research and development of mathematics.
In order to promote mathematicians' research on various unsolved problems in mathematics, the Clay Mathematics Association has set up a reward. If someone can solve seven new millennium mathematical problems, solving each problem will Will receive a $1 million prize.
The existence and smoothness of the Navier-Stokes equation studied by Ning Chen is one of the seven major mathematical problems in the new millennium.
In order to verify whether Ning Chen's proof process is correct, the Clay Mathematics Association specifically asked many mathematics experts around the world and received overwhelmingly positive responses.
As for those mathematicians who did not give an affirmative answer, they did not deny Ning Chen’s proof process, but because their abilities were limited and they were unable to accurately judge whether Ning Chen’s proof process was correct or not. , so we cannot give a definite answer without authorization.
In the end, after careful evaluation, members of the Clay Mathematics Association agreed that Ning Chen’s proof process was correct.
For this reason, the Clay Mathematics Association decided to award Ning Chen a reward for solving this problem and pay one million US dollars to Ning Chen's account.
When Ning Chen saw the email sent by the Clay Mathematics Association, he immediately thought it was another fraudulent email.
After all, no matter who it is, if they suddenly receive an email saying that they will be given a million dollar bonus, they will inevitably think that this is a message sent by a scammer.
However, since this email was not automatically intercepted by Xiaozhi, Ning Chen also knew that this should really be a reward message sent from Clay Mathematics Promotion Association.
After Xiaozhi’s reconfirmation, Ning Chen confirmed the authenticity of this matter.
"A bonus of one million US dollars... converted into Chinese dollars, it is more than seven million."
Even because of running Xingchen Technology Company, Ning Chen's total wealth is now The value has already reached hundreds of millions, but these wealth values are all reflected in the value of the company. In fact, the cash that can be taken out immediately is not much.
Since he had received a reward through his own achievements, Ning Chen would not refuse it, so he responded to the email to the Clay Mathematics Promotion Association.
In the email, Ning Chen expressed his gratitude to the Clay Mathematics Promotion Association for awarding him the award. He would continue to work hard to solve other mathematical problems and left one of his account information.
I have to admit that the Clay Mathematics Promotion Association was indeed very happy. After Ning Chen responded to the email, Ning Chen received a call from the Clay Mathematics Promotion Association in less than a day. Million dollar prize.
At this time, Ning Chen also set a new small goal in his heart, which is to solve the remaining six new millennium mathematical problems in his lifetime and win all the seven million US dollars in prizes. .
Ning Chen does not intend to use these bonuses immediately, but hopes to create a foundation later to use the money to reward outstanding scholars in Xia State and help them conduct better research.
Of course, just relying on the bonuses you received is definitely not enough to establish a foundation. Fortunately, Ning Chen also has a rising technology company, which can bring huge wealth to Ning Chen and is enough for the scientific research foundation. Founded.
On this day, Ning Chen’s parents said they wanted to come to Shengzhou to see them. Because Ning Chen was usually too busy, he had not been home for a long time.
Ning Chen also missed Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping very much, but because there were indeed many things going on in Shengzhou, it was difficult for him to get away.
After thinking about it, Ning Chen confirmed with his father the date for their arrival in Shengzhou, and arranged for an employee of the company to drive to Steel City to pick up his parents.
On Saturday, Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping took the car arranged by Ning Chen and arrived in Shengzhou smoothly.
"Dad, Mom, why did you bring so many things here?"
Opening the trunk of the car, Ning Chen found that it was full of all kinds of meat and vegetables. Ning Chen felt that these things I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it in a month.
"I just happened to have a car, so I brought a few things over here. It's not good to eat in the canteen all the time. Occasionally, I can cook some food at home when I have time."
Ning Chen felt about this She was a little helpless because she was usually too busy and had no time to cook. However, Ning Chen also knew that this was the kindness of her parents and it was hard to say anything.
A few people carried these vegetables back to the community, and Ning Chen happened to see Song Xiyun in the community.
"Song Xiyun, didn't you go to the laboratory today?"
"No, I'm working from home today and just went to pick up the express delivery."
Noticing Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping next to Ning Chen, Song Xiyun quickly guessed their identities.
"Uncle, aunt, hello!"
Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping were very surprised when they saw Song Xiyun.
Although Song Xiyun didn't dress up much today, and her clothes were very ordinary, this could not conceal Song Xiyun's appearance, figure and temperament at all.
Such standards are even higher than their ideal daughter-in-law.
"Ning Chen, this is..." Wang Yanping asked.
"This is Teacher Song, a Ph.D. from the Department of Mathematics of Yanda University. Now he is a teacher at Shengzhou University. He is my colleague, um... and also my neighbor."
Speaking of this Ning Chen couldn't help but feel a little shy about this incident.
Wang Yanping was also overjoyed to hear that Song Xiyun turned out to be a Ph.D. in Mathematics at Yanda.
Originally Wang Yanping was very satisfied with Song Xiyun, but compared to the connotation of Song Xiyun, these superficial things seemed not worth mentioning.
"Teacher Song, come over to eat together at noon. We will cook at home at noon."
"Auntie, will I disturb you if I go?"
"No Do you think so? Just feel free to come over. It happens to be more lively when there are more people.”
Facing Wang Yanping's kind invitation, Song Xiyun couldn't refuse anymore, so she agreed.
"Okay, I'll go over and help in a moment."
As he said that, Song Xiyun took some of the dishes from Wang Yanping's hand. Wang Yanping didn't want to let Song Xiyun take them, but Song Xiyun was surprisingly strong. Big, he took a few bags of vegetables directly from Wang Yanping's hand.
(End of this chapter)