Chapter 250: Awards ceremony in Stockholm

In the afternoon of May 25, Stockholm Airport.
A bright silver flight landed slowly on the runway.
Soon after, the land boat dragging its suitcases crossed the crowd of people and walked out of the airport.
This is the first time he has come to this city, and the most intuitive feeling for this place, besides being neat, is a strong artistic atmosphere.
In fact, Lu Zhou did not know much about art, and rational thinking also made him rarely look at these issues from an emotional perspective. But even so, he can intuitively feel the strong artistic atmosphere from the city's subway stations.
Because it's no exaggeration to say that this is almost a museum.
A 108-kilometer-long subway network contains more than a hundred artists dedicated to creating artistic works for these subway stations.
No wonder, before coming to Stockholm, Edward Witten recommended to him that you should not take a taxi if you can take the subway, otherwise it will be convenient, but it will be a lot less fun.
According to the specifications of the Nobel Prize, the winner's accommodation was arranged in the Stockholm Grand Hotel.
At the entrance of the hotel, Academician Staffan Normark, the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, smiled at Lu Zhou and opened his arms, giving him a big hug.
"Welcome, Professor Lu Zhou!"
"Hope you didn't wait too long."
"How is that?" Academician Staffan smiled and continued. "Let me introduce you, this is ..."
Standing next to them were scholars from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Under the introduction of Academician Staffan, Lu Zhou shook hands with them one by one, and then followed his steps to the residence where he was staying.
Standing at the door, Academician Staffan smiled and said politely.
"If you have any needs, please don't hesitate to ask the hotel waiters and they will communicate your needs to us."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You are so kind."
"This is not polite, this is the respect that a scholar deserves," Academician Staffan smiled. "To be honest, I was surprised when I saw you. I originally thought Tao Zhexuan was young enough, I didn't expect In less than four years, another young mathematician broke this record. "
Tao Zhexuan received the Crawford Award in 12 years. At that time, he was only in his thirties. In the same year, he made breakthrough progress on the "weak Goldbach conjecture", which indirectly led to Helfgo. Special proof of the problem.
Now it is 16 years, which is also Goldbach's conjecture.
In the midst of it, it seems that a cycle is formed.
Lu Zhou smiled and said modestly: "Mathematics is an ancient and dynamic discipline, it will become more and more ancient, but the people who study it will become younger. Maybe in the future, there will be younger than me People refresh this record. "
Academician Staffan smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."
After not bothering here, after he was informed of some matters needing attention, Academician Staffan left.
Putting the suitcase next to the bedside table, Lu Zhou did not immediately go out to hang out.
Although he was very interested in the city, he had just crossed the Atlantic Ocean and half of Europe, and even more needed rest.
After taking a bath in the bathroom, Lu Zhou was lying in bed, preparing to sleep.
Just then, he suddenly thought that he hadn't shared the joy with others, so he got up from the bed, picked up the mobile phone resting on the bedside table, took a picture of the night scene outside the window, and sent it by hand Circle of friends and bib.
This time, he didn't say a word, but simply sent this photo.
But soon, several replies popped up under his Weibo.
[Lu Shen, is this a trip? 】
[Where is the night scene? Dangda people say. 】
[I guess it's Philadelphia, which is very close to Princeton. After all, the house here is too short, unlike New York. 】
[I'm going to the college entrance exam, stroking Lu Shen's thighs at a close range, and taking a breath of European by the way! 】
[Shou Shou! Lu Shen didn't even pretend! !! !! 】
Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile when he saw the comments under the scarf.
What a word!
Am I that kind of person?
...
The next afternoon.
The antique Stockholm Music Hall is filled with classical music with elegant melody, and it has over a thousand seats.
After a simple opening remark, a short-haired, capable middle-aged woman came to the stage and announced the start of the award ceremony.
Her name is Barbara Cannon, and she is the dean of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Although the face is mostly covered by the crow's feet of the years, it can be seen that when the young woman was young, she must also be a scholar with both face value and knowledge.
In solemn and warm applause, Academician Staffan Nomak, Lifetime Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, took her place, stepped onto the stage, and read out the list of winners and awards.
"... The future of mankind is in the starry sky, and one day, we will reach everything we can see. Let us thank the forerunners who look up at the starry sky, and let us send them blessings and applause! Thanks, they said to you Outstanding contribution to research on momentum black holes and their effects! "
"The winners of the Astronomy Award are Professor Roy Kerr from Canterbury University in New Zealand and Professor Roger Branford at Stanford University in the United States!"
The stifling voice of Academician Staffan ignited the atmosphere in the venue.
Under the applause, two professors from New Zealand and the United States stepped on the podium and took the medal solemnly from Gustav XVI.
Standing under the stage, Lu Zhou took a deep breath and straightened his tie.
Originally he thought he would be calm, but in the last few seconds, he still had to try to control his breathing and heartbeat.
Unlike the Chen Sheng-Shen Award for Mathematics issued by the Chinese Mathematical Society and the Kohl Award from the Federal Mathematical Society, this honor is not only affirmation from the mathematics community, but also recognition from the entire natural science community.
Academician Staffan on the stage continued.
"... Mathematics is the language of God, and prime numbers are his passwords left in this world ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Many propositions are not necessarily great in themselves, but it is because of these ordinary and not simple, complex but pure things, we The world and our civilization are quietly changing. "
"Thanks for his outstanding contribution to a series of research on prime numbers! And, for the proof of Goldbach's conjecture!"
"The winner of the math prize is ..."
"Professor Lu Zhou from Princeton University!"
There was more applause than before.
Like the ups and downs of the waves, it is enduring.
In applause, Lu Zhou walked smoothly to the awards platform.
In the decades since the establishment of the Crawford Awards, this is the first Chinese scholar standing here.
Behind it, more than two hundred scholars of different skin colors and nationalities, and nearly a thousand invited guests from various fields and different identities, wished him blessings and applause for his contribution to the world.
At this moment, Gustav XVI and his queen Mrs. Sylvia stood before him.
"Congratulations, Professor Lu Zhou!"
The gray-haired old man with a smile on his face, handed the medals and certificates to Lu Zhou solemnly.
After taking both hands, Lu Zhou shook hands with the King and nodded and smiled, "Thank you!"
The applause sounded again.
Until the winner from China came to the side with a smile, Academician Staffan stepped forward again before calming down.
However, for Lu Zhou, the ups and downs in his chest were not calmed down simply like the applause that had gradually subsided.
Feeling the heavy weight of this medal, until the elegant classical music sounded, until the awards ceremony came to an end, and the guests at the venue began to leave ...
Lu Zhou's mood returned to calm.