Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 264 Time difference
Therefore, Li Mingzhi also said to Zhou Ming: "I know this. After all, you have to be busy with other things. As long as I know that you haven't given up on mathematics research, I will be satisfied."

Li Mingzhi also hung up the phone very quickly, and Shen Qingqiu just happened to walk over at this time.

"Who should I call?"

"The Dean Li of our school is the Dean Ming Ming Li of the School of Mathematical Sciences that I told you about before."

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After receiving Zhou Ming's reply email, the International Mathematical Union also held a meeting to discuss whether this year's Fields Medal should be awarded to Zhou Ming.

However, the final result of this urgently held meeting is no surprise that Zhou Ming will be added to this year's Fields Medal winners.

It's their business whether to present the award or not, and it's Zhou Ming's business whether he comes to receive the award on site or not. There is no conflict. If Zhou Ming really doesn't come to receive the award on site, they will also award awards to the other three winners. This is a precedent. It's not like it hasn't happened before.

In August 2000, the International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Madrid, Spain. The International Mathematical Union finally decided that the number of winners of the Fields Medal was four, and one of them was It is Grigor who solved the seven "Millennium Prize Problems" selected by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Clay Mathematics Institute in the United States in early 21, and is also known as one of the seven major mathematics problems of the [-]st century. Ray Perelman.

The original Grigory Perelman received an invitation from the International Mathematical Union to participate in the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Madrid, Spain in [-] and received the year at the opening ceremony of the Congress. When he received the Fields Medal, he also chose to refuse this huge honor.

It was also Perelman's behavior at the beginning that made many people think that Zhou Ming was the second Perelman. They also devoted themselves to research and were equally indifferent to fame and fortune.

But the difference between Zhou Ming and Perelman is that Zhou Ming did not refuse all the awards. For example, Perelman refused to receive the $100 million prize of the "Millennium Mathematics Award", but Zhou Ming did not refuse.

Although Zhou Ming didn't go to the "Millennium Mathematics Awards" award ceremony to accept the award, the Clay Institute of Mathematics finally organized a live webcast award ceremony and transferred the $100 million bonus to Zhou Ming's account.

Therefore, in this emergency meeting held by the International Mathematical Union, the most discussed among everyone was not whether to continue to include Zhou Ming in the list of winners, but whether to make an exception for him and conduct a webcast to present awards.

If it were other people, they might not have this idea.

But facing Zhou Ming, they thought differently.

Because firstly, it is already [-]. Compared with the original [-], Internet technology has made great progress and development. Now many meetings are held on the Internet. , which is not a difficult task.

The second reason is that they all refused to accept the award, but Zhou Ming was still different from Perelman back then.

At the beginning, Perelman was really indifferent to fame and fortune. Whether it was the US$100 million bonus of the "Millennium Mathematics Prize", or the 5000 Canadian currency bonus and a gold medal of the Fields Medal, he would was not received.

But Zhou Ming is different. Whether it is the previous awards or the Fields Medal they are going to give out now, the reasons Zhou Ming gave for refusing to accept them are that he is too busy and has no time to go to the awards ceremony to receive the awards, and he There have also been some examples of webcasts receiving awards before.

Zhou Ming didn't say anything like "I refuse this award", and the reasons he gave have room for maneuver.

Under such circumstances, some members of the International Mathematical Union felt that if Zhou Ming was really too busy to come to the award ceremony to receive the award, they might as well organize Craford for Zhou Ming with the Royal Swedish Academy. When it came to the mathematics awards, an exception was made to present the award via webcast, so Zhou Ming was also made an exception to present the award via webcast.

After all, many people know about the wide scope of Zhou Ming's research, especially in the field of biological research. Zhou Ming's contribution is also very large. It is understandable that such a person is usually busy.

However, some members of the International Mathematical Union do not agree with the idea proposed by some members, because in their view, the Fields Medal is one of the highest international awards in the field of mathematics and the Nobel Prize in mathematics. It is high and holy.

Now, someone actually refused to come to accept the award on the grounds of being too busy, that's fine, Zhou Ming wasn't the first one after all.

What's more, they actually want to present some kind of online awards just for Zhou Ming, which is regarded by some as a blasphemy against the Fields Medal.

What these people don't know is that the sanctity of an award lies in the recipient, not in the award itself. There is nothing sacred in the award itself, because it is neither created from scratch nor improved from bad to good. Just a compliment to someone who has done something outstanding.

And what they don't know is that if Zhou Ming hadn't obtained the life simulator, the world would be four years later, in [-], when the International Conference of Mathematicians would be severely disrupted by the epidemic and the international political situation. , the meeting originally scheduled to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, will be changed to an online meeting. Four years later, this situation can be regarded as the norm since the epidemic.

However, the reason given by these people is naturally not the sacred Fields Award in their minds, so they can't make an exception for Zhou Ming to give him some kind of webcast award. The reason they gave is that doing so would be harmful to the other three. Winners are an act of disrespect.

Fortunately, there are not many members of the International Mathematical Union who have such an idea. In the final voting results, they still decided that if Zhou Ming was willing, they would host a webcast to present awards for Zhou Ming.

After replying to the International Mathematical Federation through email that he was too busy to go to receive the award, Zhou Ming no longer cared too much about this aspect, but continued to focus on gene medicine "Evolution" research.

Just three days after Zhou Ming replied to the email from the International Mathematical Union, Zhou Ming received another email from there in his mailbox. If it wasn't for the habit of checking his mailbox after returning home every day, Zhou Ming would have given this matter to forget.

Zhou Ming clicked on the email sent to him again by the International Mathematical Union and began to read it.

"Are you still busy with work?"

Just as Zhou Ming was reading the email sent to him by the International Mathematical Union, Shen Qingqiu had already walked to Zhou Ming's side at some point, and put his hands around Zhou Ming's neck from behind Zhou Ming. Leaning against Zhou Ming's face, looking at the email in English on the computer screen in front of Zhou Ming, he whispered to Zhou Ming, for fear of disturbing Zhou Ming's work.

"It's not about work. As you know, I don't usually take my work home to do it. This is from the International Mathematical Union. A few days ago, there was an email from there, saying that I was invited. To participate in this year's No.20 Eighth International Congress of Mathematicians and receive the award."

Zhou Ming held Shen Qingqiu's hand, pulled her into his arms, and let her sit on his lap.

After kissing Shen Qingqiu on the cheek, he explained to Shen Qingqiu while continuing to look at the English email on the computer screen.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, Shen Qingqiu had just taken a shower and was wearing silk pajamas.

Maybe it was because of just taking a shower, or maybe it was because of Zhou Ming's intimacy, Shen Qingqiu's face was flushed at this time, and the two of them didn't look like an old couple who had been together for several years, but more like First love couple who haven't been together for long.

"Award? What kind of award?"

Shen Qingqiu, who was held in Zhou Ming's arms, asked Zhou Ming curiously.

"The Fields Medal is an award in the field of mathematics. After I received the email, I said that I was too busy recently and had no time to go to receive the award on site and refused.

Unexpectedly, they said that they could do the same as when the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences presented the Crafford Award to me before, and specially set up a webcast for me to present the award, so that I would not have to travel so far to Brazil to receive the award.

Oh, by the way, this year's International Congress of Mathematicians is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, so if you want to receive the award, you have to go to Brazil.

In this way, it only takes an hour or two, and it won't take me too much time. "

Zhou Ming explained to Shen Qingqiu.

"Fields Medal?" When Zhou Ming mentioned the Fields Medal, Shen Qingqiu also showed surprise on his face, although whether she was an undergraduate or a graduate student, she was studying biology.

But my partner has achieved such an achievement in mathematics. There was a period of time before, whether it was on the TV news or on various Internet website platforms, there were discussions about Zhou Ming's mathematics everywhere. Shen Qingqiu also understood some of this aspect. Knowing the three major awards in the field of mathematics, the Abel Prize, the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize, what is the twin prime conjecture, what is the Goldbach conjecture, and what is the Riemann conjecture.

The Crawford Award Zhou Ming just mentioned was an award he had won before, and Shen Qingqiu had also learned about it carefully.

"Do you also know about the Fields Medal?" Seeing Shen Qingqiu's surprised expression, Zhou Ming asked.

"Of course I know. You have made so many achievements in mathematics. How can I, a wife, not understand anything?"

Shen Qingqiu said.

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On the day of receiving the second e-mail from the International Mathematical Union, Zhou Ming and Shen Qingqiu chatted a bit late, and did not tell Li Mingzhi about it until the next night from the Luzhou Institute of Life Sciences. On the way home, Zhou Ming contacted Li Mingzhi and told him about it.

"... After I received the email from the International Mathematical Union yesterday, I replied to them with another email, saying that I could spare an hour or two to come, and asked them when the time would come. The specific time of the awards, I think today or tomorrow night I go back and open the e-mail and I should be able to see the e-mail they will give me."

In the car, Zhou Mingzheng and Li Mingzheng were talking on the phone.

"The awarding time must be in the morning of the local time, because at noon and after noon, the winners of the Fields Medal and the winners of the Newanglinna Award will give plenary reports." People who have made reports at the Congress of Mathematicians remember the procedures in the International Congress of Mathematicians quite clearly.

The English name of the Nevanlinna Prize mentioned by Li Mingzhi is the Nevanlinna Prize, which was established by the Executive Committee of the International Congress of Mathematicians in [-] and accepted by the University of Helsinki in April [-]. Gift, named in memory of the Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna who passed away in the previous year, the award is a gold medal and a cash prize.

The Newanglinna Award is also awarded at the four-yearly International Congress of Mathematicians, and the winner must also be no older than 40 years old in the year of the award. The difference from the Fields Medal is that it rewards research in information science. A scientist who has made outstanding contributions to mathematics.

However, because Nevanlinna had cooperated with the Communist forces, the International Mathematical Union began to change the name of the Nevanlinna Award to the IMU Abacus Award four years later, in [-].

"Since you replied to the emails and promised to accept the webcast awards, it must be stable.

By the way, you haven't chosen the site for the webcast to receive the award yet, have you?You can't just accept the award at home, why don't you accept the award live in the school's lecture hall?At that time, I will ask the students of our school's School of Mathematical Sciences, whether they are undergraduates or graduate students, to go to the lecture hall to watch the live broadcast of your award. "

Li Mingzhi on the other end of the phone suggested to Zhou Ming again.

Hearing Li Mingzhi's suggestion, Zhou Ming couldn't laugh or cry, he quickly said to Li Zhizhi: "Dean, you just said that the awarding time must be in the morning of local time, and the Fields Medal will be awarded later. Laureates and Newanglinna Prize winners made plenary reports.

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is eleven hours behind the time in the capital of China, and it will be night when the Fields Medals are presented.

If these students stay up most of the night and come to the school lecture hall to stay up late to watch the International Mathematics Conference, I guess I will be scolded to death in private by them. "

"It's not that exaggerated. You also said that the time difference between the two sides is eleven hours. If the awards start at eight or nine o'clock in the morning over there, it's only seven or eight o'clock in the evening on our side, even if it's nine or nine o'clock in the morning. It starts at ten o'clock, and it's only eight or nine o'clock at night here.

And you only have to spend an hour or two, and the latest is [-] o'clock in the evening. There is no need to stay up late. Nowadays, college students are still awake at more than [-] o'clock in the evening. "

Li Zhiming explained to Zhou Ming.

(End of this chapter)