International mathematics master Qiu Chengtong walked into Nanjing Tianzheng Primary School

Jiangsu Education News Network News (Correspondent Wang Wei) On the afternoon of October 21, the first Chinese winner of the Fields Medal of the "Nobel Prize in Mathematics", the director of the Yau Chengtong Mathematical Science Center of Tsinghua University, the dean of Qiuzhen College, a professor at Harvard University, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, and a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yau Chengtong walked into Nanjing Tianzheng Primary School to give a keynote speech, sharing his study experience with all teachers and students, and exchanging "mathematics learning and mathematics education".

Academician Yau Chengtong, who has distinguished himself in honor and outstanding achievements, can be called a Grand Slam winner in the international mathematical community, and his life is legendary and inspiring. This time, when he entered Tianzheng Elementary School, he chose the turning point of his life's future - the experience of being recommended to study at the University of California, Berkeley, and gave a keynote speech entitled "My Years of Studying at Berkeley" for the teachers and students present.

"Grandpa Yau, I think math is really hard to learn. Can you tell us about how you learned mathematics well when you were a child? "Grandpa Yau, who has influenced you the most in your math studies?" At the meeting, in the face of questions from the students of Tianzheng Elementary School, Professor Yau Chengtong also gave his own answer: "To turn mathematics into an interesting thing, don't feel difficult, go to the museum and other favorite places to discover the 'mathematics' around you, and cultivate your own interest." ”

Professor Qiu Chengtong presented his autobiography "My Geometric Life" to the Nanjing Municipal Teaching and Research Office and Tianzheng Primary School, which stimulated the interest and love of Tianzheng students in mathematics and geometry, encouraged them to aspire to become world-class scholars from an early age, and Tianzheng Primary School gave back students self-made pulp paintings and mathematical education research monographs. This activity is also the first time that Professor Qiu Chengtong has walked into the primary school campus to give a lecture.