Around March 18, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei's speech at the expert symposium once again exploded the Internet, and the importance of mathematics disciplines also attracted attention, coinciding with the launch of the Alibaba Mathematics Competition on March 14, the International Mathematics Day, with a total prize fund of more than 4 million yuan.
In recent years, mathematics has become more and more favored, on the one hand, with the advent of the era of digitalization and artificial intelligence, mathematics plays an increasingly important role; On the other hand, well-known universities are paying more and more attention to mathematics in their admissions such as the Qiangji Program, and mathematics as a basic discipline has also attracted more and more attention.
In the business world, the most important people in mathematics are undoubtedly well-known companies such as Huawei and Alibaba. Ren Zhengfei believes that Napoleon's proposal of "mathematics to build a country" greatly promoted the progress of French mathematics. In his opinion, physics is mathematics, civil engineering and architecture is mathematics, mechanics is mathematics... Mathematics can be used to solve problems in a variety of places, covering a wide range, for example, civil engineering experts solve algorithmic problems in civil architecture through their understanding of civil architecture.
So why does Huawei attach so much importance to mathematics? Ren Zhengfei pointed out that in the future towards the information society, the importance of mathematics is getting higher and higher, artificial intelligence is mathematics, and algorithm problems are mathematical problems. For example, he said, ten years ago, a professor's paper in Turkey ignited a raging fire for the development of 5G; In the fifties of last century, Professor Wu Zhonghua of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' ternary flow theory on the isentropic facet calculation method of jet engines, which laid the foundation for today's aircraft engine industry.
Alibaba Group is also a champion of mathematics, and the Global Mathematics Competition is jointly organized by the China Association for Science and Technology, Alibaba Foundation and Alibaba DAMO Academy to open the global trend of focusing on mathematics, understanding mathematics, appreciating mathematics, and helping mathematics. Since its first edition in 2019, the tournament is now in its fifth edition and has become a global event in the field of mathematics.
On March 14, the 2023 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition was officially launched, and as in previous years, the format is divided into qualifiers and finals. The qualifiers are open to everyone, regardless of eligibility, age, just love mathematics (e.g. in previous years, secondary school students, doctors, delivery boys...). There are contestants of all status).
The preliminary round will start at 8 o'clock on April 15 and will be in the form of an online quiz opening format, where you can consult materials and use programming software, and the competition will last a total of 48 hours, that is, 8 a.m. on Monday, April 17. Designed by 33 mathematicians from universities around the world, the professional questions focus on scene and life to stimulate the enthusiasm of the whole people for mathematics.
According to reports, since the start of the call for topics in February this year, a number of "magical questions" have been received, many of which are from previous winners, and they have transformed into questioners this year. The organizing committee also added a new topic that is open to the whole society, has no answers, and has nothing to do with the prize money: let everyone tell their own stories with mathematics in a mathematical way.
It is worth noting that the prize set by the organizing committee is also generous enough, up to more than 4 million yuan, divided into four levels: 4 gold awards, each with 40,000 US dollars; 6 silver prizes, $20,000 each; 10 bronze awards; Excellence Award for 50 people, $5,000 each.
According to the participation situation in previous years, the number of participants in the preliminary round exceeded 50,000, and the promotion rate was about 1%, which was extremely challenging. Zhang Yitang, a well-known mathematician, believes that whether you are a mathematical genius or a non-professional player, it is important to cultivate an atmosphere, stimulate their curiosity, and let them really feel the beauty of mathematics.
He also extended a warm invitation to everyone: regardless of your level of mathematics, if you are interested, you can participate, because it helps improve your overall thinking skills. So, will you also be a participant in a math competition?
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