Vera Pulyuy!
A 26-year-old winner of the prize!
Even though she didn't break the record set by Professor Lu, it was still quite rare.
What surprised people the most was not just her age, but also her gender.
Before this, the only female mathematician to win the Fields Medal was Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian professor at Stanford University. Unfortunately, she died of breast cancer the year after she won the award, in 2017.
It could be said that she was the only female Fields Prize winner in the world.
"The Fields Prize is getting younger and younger. First it was Schulz, then Professor Lu, and now Vera Pulyuy … "
Looking at the young and beautiful figure on the stage, Xu Chenyang, who was sitting in the audience and applauding, said emotionally, "Sometimes when I look at these young people coming out one by one, I really feel like I'm old."
Four years ago, it was his last chance to touch a Fields Prize medal.
However, there was almost no suspense. In the end, he still failed.
There was nothing to be regretful about. After all, the Fields Prize was for the entire mathematics community, and it was only chosen once every four years. If one didn't have a prominent teacher, then they had to have world-shaking results. If one had both, then it was almost certain that they would win.
For example, Lu Zhou was a student of Grothendieck, and his supervisor was Deligné, a top big name at the time. Coupled with the outstanding Goldbach's conjecture, even without the Navier – Stokes equations, the International Mathematical Union wouldn't let him wait for a year.
Another example was Schulz. Although his supervisor, Michael Rapoport, wasn't a big name, he still came from the University of Bonn under Faltings. Plus, his "perfect space" theory was one of the most promising directions in algebraic geometry, so it was natural for him to win the Fields Prize. But even so, he was still absent for one year, and it wasn't until 18 years later that he got his medal.
As for Lu Zhou, even though he was well-known in the Chinese mathematics community, he was only a first-tier scholar internationally. He was still far from the top.
Moreover, even if they wanted to consider his name, they should first consider Zhang Wei, who was sitting next to him.
Whether it was his connections in the international academic community or his own strength, Lu Zhou was stronger than him …
Hearing his friend's sigh, Zhang Wei nodded in agreement and sighed softly.
"Yeah, time really flies."
Four years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Almost unknowingly, he had already turned from a young scholar to a middle-aged scholar in his fifties.
It felt like yesterday they were the hope of the new generation in the eyes of the older generation of mathematicians, but today they were the seniors in the eyes of the newcomers.
Xu Chenyang said with a smile, "Talented people appear in every generation, and each of them will lead the way for hundreds of years … But I still find it incredible. That person you're talking about, if he's only powerful, then it's fine. I didn't expect that the student he taught would be so powerful as well.
Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "It's not that incredible. I remember that Vera Pulyuy was a gold medalist in an IMO competition. She was sent to Berkeley with a full scholarship, then she went to Princeton with Tao Zhexuan's recommendation. For her to be able to reach this step, it can only be said that she did not waste her talent, and the person who taught her did not let her down. "
The IMO gold medal was a place where the Fields Prize was awarded. Her students were good seedlings, and her teacher was one of the best in the mathematics world. It would be strange if she didn't win the Fields Prize.
The only surprising thing was her age and gender.
Xu Chenyang said, "We've won a lot of IMO gold medals, and this time there's a young man who got a perfect score. I wonder when China will get another Fields Prize."
Even though Lu Zhou had broken the China mathematics world's 0 Fields Prize record, Xu Chenyang knew that it would be difficult to maintain this momentum.
This was similar to Ramanujan in the Indian mathematics community. Although India had many outstanding mathematicians, they could only look up to Ramanujan. They could not even think of catching up.
"There will be opportunities." Zhang Wei patted his friend on the shoulder and said, "Our Professor Lu has returned to China to teach, right? Only four years have passed, and the leek seedlings have just begun to grow. In another ten to five years, I believe that a batch of outstanding talents will be born in our academic community! "
It wasn't just Lu Zhou's ability that made Zhang Wei believe in this. It was the earth-shaking changes that had taken place in the academic community in China over the past few years.
He could clearly feel that Lu Zhou's achievements were making the academic community in China pay more attention to mathematics.
He could clearly feel that the achievements of Professor Lu were increasing the importance of mathematics in China.
The more basic a subject was, the more it needed support from the community.
Now, the entire Chinese academic community was recognizing the contribution of mathematics to the development of applied science.
This would have been unimaginable ten years ago.
From the perspective of the times, the impact of this change on the future of the Chinese mathematics community was far more significant than the students he taught or the actual problems he solved …
On the other side of the venue, Academician Wang Shicheng, who had been silent since the beginning of the award ceremony, had a look of relief on his face.
Just a few days ago, he was still upset that Lu Zhou had stolen a good student from him.
But now, he suddenly felt like there was nothing wrong with it.
The International Mathematics Research Center of Yan University had been established for many years. Even though it had trained a group of outstanding scholars and provided a large amount of new blood to the mathematics industry in China, there weren't many top talents.
If this guy really had the ability to teach Fields Prize level scholars …
Perhaps the talent that got a full score in the IMO competition was the one that was truly wasted on him.
Professor Deligne wasn't too far away from Academician Wang. He was sitting in the audience, and he had a different feeling in his heart.
The old man stared at the girl on the stage for a while and snorted. He then suddenly said, "I didn't expect them to choose Pulyuy."
Professor Fefferman heard a hint of disbelief in the old man's tone. He smiled and said, "In terms of academic achievements, being able to prove the Collatz conjecture is already a top-notch scholar. Regardless of whether or not Lu Zhou helped, just from the summary of the thesis, most of the proof work was done by her alone. "
Deligné looked at Fefferman and said, "Are you sure there were no political factors involved?"
Professor Fefferman wanted to lie, but now, he had a helpless expression on his face.
"… Okay then, we've considered these factors. In fact, Miss Marina Vyazovska is also a suitable choice, but with her academic achievements, it may be a little far-fetched to receive this medal. "
Professor Deligné suddenly said, "The mathematics world wasn't like this before."
He didn't object to the Fields Prize being awarded to Vera, nor did he deny that Vera was an excellent scholar. However, he was a bit dissatisfied with how the mathematics world was paying more and more attention to the opinions of irrelevant people.
A long time ago, they only considered whether a scholar was good or not. They only considered their contributions to the academic world.
But now, they had to consider the nationality, skin color, gender, and even political background of the winner. Even though these factors weren't enough to influence the Fields Prize itself, they had become a bonus.
Academic freedom and independence were gradually becoming a piece of paper that was used to wipe one's ass. The more it was used, the more wrinkled it became …
Professor Fefferman understood his old friend's feelings, so he shrugged and said, "Times are moving forward. Whether we want to accept it or not, we can only adapt to this change …
"Not to mention, we're not the only ones who are forced to adapt to the trend of the times."
Deligné looked at him.
"Do you think this is a good idea?"
Fefferman: "Let's leave this problem for the future generations to worry about."
…
There was thunderous applause.
However, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the middle of the storm, couldn't hear it.
It wasn't because he fainted from excitement, but because his consciousness had entered the system space.
[Congratulations, User, for achieving "Great Teacher and Great Student" achievement!
[Condition: Cultivate a student who achieves the highest level of honor in the subject taught!
[Reward: 100,000 subject experience points, "Void Memory A" (rare)!]
Void Memory?
And "rare"?
And the "A", does that mean there's a B, C, and D series?
Lu Zhou looked at the line of rewards that popped up on the holographic screen and paused for a second.
Although the system had played a lot of nasty jokes on him, such as the "Easter Egg" that he had drawn was, in fact, a useless Easter Egg. However, when he saw the name, his intuition told him that this thing was not as simple as it seemed.
Without any hesitation, Lu Zhou didn't even check the characteristic panel. He turned off the reward prompt and opened his inventory.
After all, it was only 100,000 mathematics experience points. Compared to the millions of mathematics experience points, it was just a drop in the bucket. It was the kind of experience points that people didn't even know if the experience points went in or not.
The inventory quickly opened.
Floating above the cold, metallic surface was a mass of deep purple that was unsettling.
It was difficult to describe its specific shape. The tentacles were like an illusory mist, wrapped around a spherical outline, as if they were guarding the shadow and secret in the depths of the core.
Lu Zhou gulped and raised his right hand. He tried to tap on the icon with his index finger.
However, unlike usual, there were no instructions popping up in front of his eyes. Instead, he felt a tingling pain from his fingertips.
"Ouch!"
It hurts!!!
This was the first time Lu Zhou felt pain in the system space.
However, this tingling feeling didn't make Lu Zhou flinch. Instead, a look of interest appeared on his face.
"This is interesting …"
"… I thought there was only an abstract consciousness in the system space, similar to a dream, I didn't expect to feel pain here."
Lu Zhou was getting more and more curious about this thing.
Maybe holding it hard is the right way to open it?
However, even though Lu Zhou wanted to try it, he didn't do it immediately.
His body was still at the ICU conference.
It was hard to say if this thing would have any physical effects on his body in the real world.
It was best to be cautious when the risk was uncertain.
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