With two steamed buns and a bottle of mineral water in his hand, Wei Dongyi, the god of mathematics at Peking University, who was interviewed, became popular on the Internet. People lamented his simplicity and praised his achievements.
But you know what?In the world of mathematics, there is a Chinese bigwig Yau Chengtong, who is a real legend!
Yau Chengtong, born in Chinese mainland, is a mathematical god who has won more than one or two awards, including the Wiblen Prize, the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and other highest awards in the world mathematics community.
He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences9 academicians, including foreign academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In addition, he is also a member of Stanford University, Harvard University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, etcProfessor or honorary professor of more than a dozen world-renowned universities.
His achievements are so brilliant, so how did he achieve such outstanding achievements?
Professor Yau was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province in 1949 and moved to Hong Kong with his parents. His father is the famous educator Qiu Zhenying, and his mother Liang Ruolin was born in a scholarly family, and has been influenced by good Chinese culture since childhood.
When Yau Chengtong was growing up, his mother gave him a very good education in terms of life standards.
However, when Yau was 14 years old, his father died suddenly, and the family was cut off financially. Her mother, Liang Ruolin, was in poor health and could only turn to her younger brother for help when she was desperate. But her younger brother suggested that the Yau siblings raise ducks. How does this work?
Liang Ruolin, who was born in a scholarly family, knew the importance of studying, and she worked hard to earn money and work hard to support the Qiu Chengtong brothers and sisters. And Yau Chengtong also works part-time, while studying and studying diligently.
In 1966, Yau was admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Chinese University of Hong Kong. He completed all the courses and received the appreciation of Professor Chern, and the help of American Professor Salaf.
Professor Chern is also a distinguished Chinese mathematician. Subsequently, Yau went to the University of California, Berkeley, where he became a graduate student of Professor Chern and received his Ph.D. from the same university.
While studying at the University of Berkeley,Yau Chengtong has successively proved world-class mathematical problems such as the "Calabi conjecture" and the "positive mass conjecture".and pioneered a whole new field of mathematics: geometric analysis
At the age of 28, he was hired by the University of California, Los Angeles. Several mathematicians in the department at that time quoted a quote from Mr. Chern Shiingshen: ". .When he graduated at the age of 21, he was destined to change the face of mathematics in the world.
In the same year, Yau attended the World Congress of Mathematicians and gave a report.
It can be said that the 28-year-old Yau Chengtong has stood at the peak of the world's mathematical community. He is not only the pride of the Chinese, but also the pride of the whole world!
The reason why Yau Chengtong is so good is because of his love and dedication to mathematics.
The world of mathematics is full of wonders and challenges, and the seemingly complex types of questions contain unfathomable knowledge. At the University of California, Berkeley, known as the world's center of differential geometry, it is home to some of the world's top mathematicians and geometricians.
At that time, Professor Chern's class attracted many students, but because of the advanced mathematics, fewer and fewer people came to listen to the class, and in the end, only Yau Chengtong was left in the whole classroom. But instead of giving up, he became more engaged.
Yau completed his Ph.D. after only one year at Berkeley。He used a very ingenious methodThe famous "Wolf conjecture" was solved.
In 1981, he received the Wiblen Prize from the American Mathematical Society, the highest honor in differential geometry. The following year, he won the Fields Medal, the highest honor in the world of mathematics.
In 1989, he became president of the World Association of Differential Geometry, becoming a leading figure in this field.
Although Yau became an American citizen, he always remembers that his roots are in China. He has always been very concerned about the cause of mathematics in China. After the reform and opening up, he returned to China many times to contribute to the development of mathematics in China.
In 1984, he recruited more than a dozen doctoral students from China and trained them. His student, Tian Gang, was awarded the Wiblen Prize in 1996Become one of the world's most prominent differential geometricians.
Yau also established research centers in Hong Kong, Zhejiang, and Tsinghua University, and he also initiated and organized the International Chinese Mathematics Conference, which is held every three years. He hopes to unite Chinese mathematicians around the world to contribute to the cause of mathematics in China and the world.
In 2003, he established the Yau Chengtong Teaching Scholarship**.
In 2010, he set up the "Yau Chengtong College Student Mathematics Competition". In this competition, Wei Dongyi, whom we mentioned earlier, won four individual gold medals and one all-around award.
In 2018, he set up the "Yau Chengtong Mathematics Talent Class" at Tsinghua University.
As a Chinese, Yau has made outstanding contributions to the cause of mathematics in China. I hope that Chinese students can achieve more with his help.