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Preface
On May 7, Academician Yau Chengtong was invited to Huazhong University of Science and Technology to participate in a lecture on "Scientific Spirit and Practice", and gave a report on "The Current Situation and Future of Chinese Mathematics".
In the report, he bluntly put forward the current situation of the development of mathematics in China, claiming that the current level of mathematics in China has not yet reached the level of the United States in the 40s of the 20th century.
This remark sparked countless discussions with different opinions, and also set off a wave of heated discussions about "Chinese mathematics" on the Internet.
Hexun.com, 2024-05-07, "Mathematician Yau Chengtong: China's mathematics level is not as good as that of the United States in the 1940s! Mathematics is the foundation of physics》
Famous mathematician
Yau was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province in 1949, and later moved to Hong Kong with his family.
The Qiu family has no source of income, and they have to worry about the house, and their life is also very poor, and they may not have enough to eat at the worst time. Although his father taught at the school, the salary of a teacher at that time was not much, and it was difficult to support the expenses of a family.
By 1963, his father died of illness, and the family was hit hard, so the children in the family planned to stop studying and were ready to go out to earn money to supplement the family.
It was his mother who single-handedly re-supported the family, doing handicrafts, borrowing money, and pulling the children in the family to grow up on her own, and sending them all to higher education.
In 1966, Yau Chengtong lived up to his mother's expectations and was successfully admitted to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and chose to major in mathematics.
Yau is now a famous Chinese-American mathematician, the first Chinese winner of the Fields Medal, and a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is often invited to give lectures on mathematics at various universities in mainland China, promoting mathematics to more and more people, so that more and more students can understand the importance of mathematics and realize the interest of mathematics, and also hope that more aspiring young people in China will be able to make greater contributions to mathematics in the future.
In addition to giving lectures to promote the importance of mathematics, he also made more contributions to the cause of mathematics in China. Over the years, he has been committed to philanthropy and has donated many funds to various universities for the research and development of mathematics.
He once said that he did charity for two reasons: on the one hand, he sincerely hoped that China's education could develop better, and on the other hand, he was influenced by his parents and had been drenched in the rain, so he also wanted to hold an umbrella for others.
A student once mentioned to him that when he couldn't pay the tuition and was about to drop out, it was Yau's father who took the initiative to help the student and paid the tuition for others, so that the student could complete his studies.
And this incident was also discovered long after his father's death, he said that he just felt that he admired his father at that time, and he was willing to help others when his family was also very difficult, at least this heart was worthy of admiration.
Therefore, he was also influenced by his father to a large extent, so he would help others when he was able, he believed that reading was very important, and the importance of mathematics was undoubted, and basically the development of all technologies was inseparable from basic mathematics.
He is still running for the cause of mathematics to this day, and it can be said that his life has been dedicated to mathematics and has made countless contributions to mathematics.
Yangtze River Daily, 2024-05-11, "At this event of China University of Science and Technology, academicians talk about the spirit of scientists"
Mathematical achievement
Yau has been doing research in mathematics and physics, including differential geometry, differential equations, and general relativity.
He developed a method of partial differential equations in differential geometry, which went on to solve the Calabi conjecture, for which he was later awarded the Fields Medal.
He is not only committed to his own research on mathematics, but also to help the cause of mathematics education in China.
He has funded and established many mathematics centers across the country, specifically to cultivate more high-end mathematics talents in the local area, and also to provide a training platform for more students who are interested in mathematics.
China Overseas Chinese Network, 2024-04-28, "East and West Questions: People|Yau Chengtong: Let those who need get what they need"
He has not only set up charitable foundations in Chinese universities, but also set up many awards named after himself, aiming to cultivate more young people who are interested in mathematics.
He attaches great importance to the cultivation of middle and high school students, hoping to discover more children who are gifted in mathematics from an early age, and cultivate these children's research ability in mathematics in a timely manner.
Most of the start-up funds required for the establishment of the competition activities proposed by him are invested by him as the head person, and at the same time raise funds from all walks of life, friends, institutions, etc., to maintain the management and operation of these activities.
Sometimes, when the funds are insufficient, he will personally lobby others, hoping that everyone can donate and make a contribution to the cause of mathematics.
His sincerity has indeed touched many people, and they have taken the initiative to donate money to the event, and everyone is willing to make their own contributions to the development of mathematics in China.
For him, his task is not only to focus on research, but to cultivate more high-end talents who love mathematics like him and can study mathematics.
Under his leadership, China's mathematics has developed in a better direction, and more and more young people have devoted themselves to the field of mathematics and made more contributions to mathematics.
Perceptions of mathematics
Yau Chengtong said that no matter which country it is, if it wants to develop science and technology, it must first develop mathematics, and the importance of mathematics cannot be underestimated.
Today, in a lecture at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, he revealed the development and future trend of mathematics in China, and showed the importance of mathematics to a country.
He pointed out the current situation of the development of mathematics in China, said that China's mathematics has not yet reached the level of the United States in the 40s of the 20th century, and pointed out that mathematical science and theoretical physics are the foundation, and mathematics is the foundation of engineering theory and physics.
He believes that the next three years can be said to be a critical period for the development of mathematics in China, so the first effort for China to do is to provide a better academic research environment for students.
Only in this way can we attract more high-end talents to return to China and contribute to the cause of mathematics in China.
He said that young people should not be too conservative, they should dare to make bold innovations, have higher requirements and goals for themselves, and strive to work harder in the field of mathematics to obtain breakthrough results, so as to make greater contributions to the cause of mathematics in China.
Although the current situation of China's mathematics in China is a bit too absolute and controversial, in any case, his purpose in raising this question is good, and he also hopes to encourage everyone to work harder to study mathematics and hope that China's mathematics will develop better.
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