Although the Crawford Awards ceremony has ended, the celebration of the Crawford Awards has just begun.

After the awards ceremony, Lu Zhou walked out from the main entrance of the Stockholm Concert Hall and was preparing to take the bus at the door to the nearby Stockholm City Hall.

However, just as he appeared at the door, the reporters who had been ambushing for a long time swarmed in, and all kinds of microphones and lenses came together.

I saw a well-dressed reporter Miss Sister grabbed the front and asked quickly.

"Hello, Mr. Lu Zhou, I am a reporter of ctv. Can I interview you?"

Ctv?

Originally, Lu Zhou did not want to be interviewed, but ctv certainly had to give a little face.

After all, it must be a positive report.

Looking at the young female reporter, Lu Zhou and Yan Yue replied: "Of course."

The female reporter grinned and asked: "As the first Chinese scholar to receive the award, what is your current mood? What do you think?"

"Excited, pleased, and thankful..."

Lu Zhou paused for a moment and thanked him for the name he could have thought of helping him.

Miss reporter continued to ask: "We all know that Goldbach's conjecture is one of the crowns of the theory of numbers. The story of Chen Jingrun and '1+2' has also inspired the enthusiasm of a generation of Chinese students in mathematics. Now the building In the end, you will be closed to the dome, and many people are still confused about the meaning of solving the '1+1' problem. So what is the meaning of mathematics for you?"

Lu Zhou did not answer this question directly. Instead, after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked: "What do you think is the meaning of science?"

The reporter did not expect Lu Zhou to suddenly ask questions, but smiled and replied smoothly: "I think it should be to change the world. All the wealth that modern society has is based on the breakthrough of science and technology."

Lu Zhou nodded with approval.

Yes, this reporter is a bit level.

At least he is level than the one he has dealt with before.

Therefore, he is also very happy to talk to such reporters.

What is the meaning of mathematics?

Just for the sake of force?

of course not.

Even if there may be a little bit in the process, Lu Zhou feels that it is not the main thing for him to be a by-product of the chemical reaction.

It’s as if a mathematician is generally handsome, but handsome is not a good reason for his math.

As for the purest meaning of mathematics...

In front of countless shots, Lu Zhou smiled and said to her.

"You are right, the meaning of science is changing the world."

"And the meaning of mathematics lies in changing science."

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Like the Nobel Prize, after the end of the Crawford Awards ceremony, there was a grand celebration banquet in the Blue Room on the first floor of the Stockholm City Hall.

All of them, including the Kings and Queens of Sweden, and the many scientists of the Academy of Sciences, gathered together to share the beauty of science in a warm atmosphere.

In this sense, the Crawford Awards are like a preview of the Nobel Prize, presumably for the nobel Prize-winning mathematician to have a Nobel Prize addiction.

In order for this award to be completed, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences is based on the specifications of the Nobel Prize, at least for the specifications of the banquet.

For example, the dishes on the banquet are absolutely kept secret until the banquet begins.

For example, the occasions of banquets and dances are strictly separated, eating in the blue hall and dancing in the gold hall. And stipulate that everyone's seat is fixed... This is somewhat different from the current mainstream British and American academic conferences.

Before the official start of the banquet, Lu Zhou met many acquaintances and also greeted them one by one.

Such as Schultz, such as Helfcott...

It may not be possible to go too far or study too busy, but mathematics scholars in Europe, especially those who study the direction of prime numbers, can basically come.

In fact, Lu Zhou found that academic conferences have participated a lot, and the circle of mathematicians is so big. If you are accurate in a certain direction, there are some big cows who can count them even with their fingers.

However, the appearance of a big man was unexpected for Lu Zhou.

This man is Faltins, the big cow in the field of algebraic geometry.

His name once left a legend in Princeton.

The reason why it was once, because after 94 years, he was a professor in Princeton for nearly ten years, he returned to the hometown of Germany.

As for now, he is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, and is also the editor of one of the four top journals in mathematics, Mathematical Inventions.

Although Maple is not as famous as Princeton, it is also quite high in the rankings of world research institutions. Especially in the fields of physics and engineering, Maple is doing a very low-key project, but for now.

Compared to the humility of Charles Fefferman, Faltins's "Germanic self-sufficiency", the legend left in Princeton is in no way inferior to its achievements in mathematics.

It is said that he once played chess with Peter Sanak (the Princeton number theory mentioned above) and lost. The old gentleman is not in a hurry, leaving a line that has been talked about by countless Princeton people: "you-are-better-on-hess, but-i\'m-a-muh-better-mathematian."

The free translation of the straight white point is: You have a good chess, but my math is more than you.

In short, the Germanic old man is very difficult to get along with, but he does have a proud capital. After the death of Grottendick, the throne of algebraic geometry is not easy to say now, and it must be handed over to history to judge. But the one who can fight with him is probably Grothendieck's Gao Deli.

As for Lu Zhou and his only intersection, it is probably the paper on the proof of Goldbach's conjecture. As one of the six reviewers, Mr. Faltins gave two revisions, and the angle was quite impressive.

I have to admit that the old man's mathematical ability and rigor of mathematics are really admirable. Although the two revisions of Lu Zhou were completed smoothly, it was a lot of work.

And more coincidentally, the old gentleman's seat is just next to him.

What surprised Lu Zhou most was that when he considered whether to disturb the old man's meal, Faltins reached out and picked up the champagne, and took the initiative to talk to him.

“Congratulations on getting the Crawford Award, Professor Lu Zhou.”

"Thank you!"

Deeply surprised, Lu Zhou and the old gentleman touched a cup gently.

Elegantly tasted the champagne, I saw the old Germanic man paused, and continued slowly.

"One month ago, only three of today's mathematicians had hopes to surpass me. Now I have changed my previous opinion, four, not three."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou was almost not picked up by the champagne he just drank.

Hold the grass!

Is this being a boast or a force?

I feel like I have met my opponent...