Chapter 251: Chess opponent

Although the award ceremony of the Crawford Awards has ended, the celebration of the Crawford Awards has just begun.
After the award ceremony, Lu Zhou stepped out of the main entrance of the Stockholm Concert Hall and was preparing to take a special bus at the door to the nearby Stockholm City Hall.
However, the moment he appeared at the door, the long-awaited reporters swarmed up, and all kinds of microphones and lenses came together.
I saw a good-looking young lady, a reporter, grabbed the front and asked quickly.
"Hello, Mr. Lu Zhou, I'm a CTV reporter. May I interview you?"
CTV?
Originally Lu Zhou didn't really want to be interviewed, but of course CTV still has to give a little face.
After all, it must be a positive report.
Looking at the young female reporter, Lu Zhou and Yan Yue replied, "Of course you can."
The female reporter pouted and asked, "As the first Chinese scholar to receive the award, what is your current mood? Do you have any feelings?"
"Excited, joyful, and thankful ..."
Lu Zhou paused for a moment and thanked him for all the names he could think of that had helped him.
The reporter went on to ask: "We all know that Goldbach's conjecture is one of the crowns in the field of number theory. The story of Chen Jingrun and '1 + 2' has once inspired a generation of Chinese students' passion for mathematics. In the end, you closed the dome, and many people are still confused about the meaning of solving the '1 + 1' problem. So what is the significance of mathematics to you? "
Lu Zhou did not answer this question directly, but after thinking for a moment, he suddenly asked: "What do you think is the significance of science?"
The reporter did not expect that Lu Zhou would suddenly ask back, but smiled and answered smoothly: "I think it should change the world. All the wealth that modern society has is based on breakthroughs in science and technology."
Lu Zhou nodded approvingly.
Yes, this reporter is a bit proficient.
At least better than those he has dealt with before.
Therefore, he is also happy to talk to such reporters.
What is the significance of mathematics?
Is it just for pretending?
of course not.
Even though there might be a little bit in the process, Lu Zhou felt that to him it was like a by-product of a chemical reaction, not the main one.
It's as if mathematicians are generally handsome, but handsome is not the reason for his good mathematics.
As for the purest meaning of mathematics ...
In front of countless shots, Lu Zhou smiled and said to her.
"You are right, the significance of science is to change the world."
"And the significance of mathematics lies in changing science."
...
Like the Nobel Prize, a grand celebration banquet was held in the Blue Hall on the first floor of Stockholm City Hall after the award ceremony of the Krafford Awards.
Everyone, including the King and Queen of Sweden, and many scientists from the Academy of Sciences, came together to share the beauty of science in a warm atmosphere.
In this sense, the Crawford Prize is almost like a preview of the Nobel Prize. It is probably a mathematician who wants to miss the Nobel Prize to experience the addiction of the Nobel Prize.
In order for this award to complete its original purpose, at least in terms of the specifications of the banquet, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has followed the specifications of the Nobel Prize.
For example, before the banquet begins, the dishes at the banquet are kept absolutely secret.
For example, the banquet and the ball are strictly separated. The dinner is in the blue hall, and the ball is in the gold hall. And stipulate that everyone's seat is fixed ... This is somewhat different from the current mainstream British and American academic conferences.
Before the banquet officially started, Lu Zhou met many acquaintances and greeted them one by one.
Such as Schultz, such as Helfcott ...
It may not be possible to come too far apart or too busy to study, but European mathematicians, especially those who study the direction of prime numbers, can basically come.
In fact, Lu Zhou found that with more academic conferences, the circle of mathematicians is so large. If you are more precise in a certain direction, which bulls can even count with your fingers.
However, the appearance of a big man was unexpected for Lu Zhou.
This man is Faltins, a great bull in the field of algebraic geometry.
His name once left a legend in Princeton.
The reason is once, because after 94 years, he has been a professor in Princeton for nearly ten years, and then returned to his hometown in Germany.
As for now, he is already the director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and the editor-in-chief of Invention of Mathematics (), one of the top four journals in the mathematical world.
Although Max Planck is not as famous as Princeton, it is also quite high in the ranking of world research institutions. Especially in the fields of physics and engineering, Max Planck is working on a very low-key project, but now it is not mentioned.
Compared to Charles Fefferman, who was humble, Faltins' "German pride" left the legend in Princeton in no way inferior to his achievements in mathematics.
It is said that he once played chess with Peter Sanak (Princeton number theory bull mentioned above) and lost. The old gentleman didn't panic, leaving a line relished by countless Princetonians: "You-are-better-on-chess, UU Reading www.uukanshu.combut-I'm-a-much-better- mathematican. "
The straightforward translation is: you play well, but I hang more math than you.
In short, the Germanic old man is very difficult to get along with, but he does have proud capital. After all, after the death of Grothendieck, the throne of algebraic geometry is hard to say now, and it must be left to history to judge. But if he could compete with him, it would probably be Grothendieck's lord Deligne.
As for Lu Zhou and his only intersection, that is probably the paper on Goldbach's conjecture proof. As one of the six reviewers, Mr. Faltins himself gave two amendments, and the angle was quite tricky.
I have to admit that the old man's mathematical ability and rigorous mathematics really admire him. Although the two amendments to Lu Zhou were completed smoothly, it took a lot of effort in the meantime.
What's more, the old gentleman's seat is right next to him.
What surprised Lu Zhou the most was that, while he was thinking about whether to disturb the old man's meal, Faltings reached out and picked up champagne, and took the initiative to talk to him.
"Congratulations on your winning the Crawford Prize, Professor Lu Zhou."
"Thank you!"
Deeply surprised, Lu Zhou and the old gentleman gently touched a glass.
He sipped the champagne elegantly, and saw the old Germanic man pause for a while, then went on slowly.
"A month ago, only three of today's mathematicians had hope to surpass me. Now I have changed my previous view. It is four, not three."
Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou was almost not choked by the champagne he just drank.
Hold the grass!
Is this exaggerating or pretending?
I feel like I met my opponent ...