Yesterday (October 31st) evening, the first Yau Chengtong Girls' Mathematics Competition for Girls' Secondary School Students came to an end. After fierce competition, 1 gold prize, 3 silver prizes, 6 bronze awards and 15 winners were finally selected. According to the news of Suzhou Middle School in Jiangsu Province, the school's senior high school student won the bronze medal on Monday, becoming the only student in Jiangsu Province to be listed.
Initiated and chaired by professor Chengtong Yau, an internationally renowned mathematician, the competition aims to train female mathematicians and encourage more girls to devote themselves to the study of mathematics. The first competition was hosted by the Yau Chengtong Center for Mathematical Sciences of Tsinghua University and hosted by the Affiliated Middle School of Tsinghua University. The prize was named the "Knott Prize" in honor of Eminott, a Jewish-German female mathematician known as the "mother of abstract algebra.".
The first Yau Chengtong Girls' Mathematics Competition opened in September and received a total of 931 valid application materials from 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, including some overseas countries. After the qualification review, more than 140 students participated in the competition, 35 were shortlisted for interviews, and 25 won awards. The reporter learned that the Tsinghua University Yau Chengtong Mathematical Science Leadership Talent Training Program (hereinafter referred to as the "Tsinghua Mathematics Leadership Program") recruits students with outstanding mathematical potential and strengths at the secondary school stage around the world. The program enrolls no more than 100 students per year, enrolled in the Mathematics and Applied Mathematics major of Tsinghua University (eight-year system), relying on tsinghua University's Truth Seeking College for training, using the "3+2+3" training model, from undergraduate continuous training to doctoral students. The winners of the Yau Chengtong Girls' Mathematics Competition can be selected for the "Tsinghua Mathematics Leadership Program". (Su Bao Rong Media reporter Yuan Yi picture from Suzhou Middle School and Tsinghua University Yau Chengtong Mathematical Science Center)