In the elegant auditorium, Xu Chuan stood on the stage and delivered a speech, holding two red certificates in his arms.
With the elegant music playing, the Crawford Award ceremony came to an end.
The Crafford Award ceremony has ended, but the Crafford Award celebration has not yet begun.
The celebration will be held at Stockholm's Red and Blue Park, where dinner and an evening party will be held.
After the party, Xu Chuan will stay in Stockholm for two more days.
Because he had to give lectures on the Weyl-Berry conjecture and the actuarial celestial parameter calculation method using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.
This is the rule of the Crafford Award.
Similar to the Nobel Prize, the winner of the Crafford Prize will be required to give a public speech when receiving the medal. This speech is also called the "Crawford Lecture."
The same goes for Nobel Prize scholars. After winning the Nobel Prize, they will also be required to give a public speech, which is the so-called 'Nobel Lecture'.
In addition, after the lecture, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will organize an international scientific discussion on the topics selected for the award that year.
The award recipients also need to participate in this discussion to discuss the future development direction of the award-winning discipline.
As for Xu Chuan, he won two Crafford Awards, and his lectures had to be given twice, corresponding to different disciplines.
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After the award ceremony, Xu Chuan walked out of the auditorium door carrying the medal and certificate.
The moment he appeared at the door, reporters who had been waiting for a long time swarmed him, handing them all kinds of microphones, and the cameraman's equipment in the distance was flashing constantly.
"Hello, Mr. Xu Chuan, how do you feel as the first scholar to win the Craford Prize in Mathematics and the Astronomy Prize at the same time?"
"Hello Mr. Xu Chuan, I am a reporter from the BBC. Can we interview you?"
"Mr. Xu Chuan..."
The swarming media almost put the microphone into Xu Chuan's mouth, and all kinds of questions came in noisily.
Although I don’t really want to be interviewed, I’m afraid I can’t get through today’s situation without an interview.
After choosing a few simple questions to answer, Xu Chuan left the venue as if he was running away.
However, he is destined to not be able to escape today's interview.
Reporters from other media outlets can run away, but reporters from this media cannot avoid being interviewed. Face must still be given.
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I asked the waiter to find a quiet room. Xu Chuan was sitting on a chair, opposite a young lady with a pretty face and figure.
Yangma was specially transferred from China and was responsible for recording the entire process of awarding the Crafford Prize and conducting a comprehensive interview with Xu Chuan.
The Crafford Prize is a banner for the country's basic sciences.
After all, no one in China has ever won this award.
Basic science has always been a relatively weak field in China, but being weak does not mean that it will not develop.
Although the Crafford Prize is not as good as the Nobel Prize, it is still quite important in the field of science.
For such an international award, let alone the miracle of winning two awards in the same year, even if you win one of them individually, or even share it with others, as long as the winner is a Chinese scholar, it is worth arranging a special trip.
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Compared with other honors, this is the first time that a young Chinese scholar has made his voice heard on such an occasion. He has proved to the world that the younger generation of China can also produce outstanding young scholars.
"Hello Mr. Xu Chuan, I am Sun Yutong, a reporter from CTV. Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to accept our interview."
"The interview may take up a little time, please excuse me."
The beautiful reporter with a pretty face showed a very friendly smile and her voice was pleasant.
This reminded Xu Chuan of a meme on the Internet: 'Sure enough, all the good-looking ones are handed over to the state.'
"No trouble." Xu Chuan showed a standard smile. No matter what, when faced with beautiful things, people are always in a happy mood, even if it is limited to appearance.
Sun Yutong pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Let's start now. This time you won the Crafford Prize in Mathematics and the Astronomy Prize. Can you talk about your feelings and mood? What do you think this award means to you?
value?"
"When I first received the call that I won the award, I was really surprised, and I even couldn't believe it."
"After all, the history of the Crafford Prize has never been to award two different prizes to the same person in the same year, or even to different prizes in different years."
"But when it's confirmed..."
Xu Chuan expressed some of his thoughts in a decent manner, and thanked his parents, his motherland, and all the names he could think of.
After all, it is a formal interview with Yang Ma.
Sun Yutong smiled and then asked: "Before coming, we learned about some of your xu-weyl-berry theorem and the achievements you made using it in the astronomical world. Many well-known scientists said that for the astronomical world,
, this is an epoch-making achievement. What do you think of this?"
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "I am very grateful to them for having such a high evaluation of this result. From the current point of view, this is indeed a very excellent tool. It can help us better understand the characteristics of some distant celestial objects.
Condition."
"For example, we can use this tool to understand the life state of a star to determine whether it has stable periodic activity, determine whether there are habitable planets around it, etc."
"These are still very important for the future of mankind."
After hearing this, Sun Yutong immediately asked: "Do you mean that the future of this achievement lies in the interstellar era?"
Xu Chuan looked at the beautiful reporter with some surprise, nodded, and said: "It can be said that after all, only by sailing in the sea of stars can the greatest value of this tool be realized."
Sun Yutong: "Then do you think, when can we truly sail across the sea of stars?"
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "It depends on when controllable nuclear fusion technology can be developed..."
"..."
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Like the Nobel Prize, there is a grand celebration banquet after the Crafford Prize award ceremony.
The specifications of the celebration are the same as those for the Nobel Prize, and they are both held in the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall.
This hall, which in theory has not yet been completely completed, has already hosted countless grand banquets.
Whether it is the Noel Prize, the Crafford Prize, or other awards or other important matters.
Every year, famous scientists from all over the world gather here to receive awards. Therefore, when you are there, you can naturally feel a quiet and atmospheric light of wisdom.
Perhaps because it has never been invaded by a country on which the sun never sets, Sweden still retains its almost original aristocratic etiquette and customs.
The Nobel Prize, Craford Prize and other banquets held are not like the banquets in Britain and America, where you can walk around with your plate and make new friends.
The banquets of these major ceremonies are more like extended banquets in China. There are strict regulations on the arrangement of wine and food on the banquet table, how to serve the wine and food, how to eat it, and how to display it.
However, the party and dance after the dinner are not so particular.
At parties and dances, Xu Chuan saw many familiar people.
For example, his three mentors, Chen Zhengping, Deligne, and Witten, these three mentors are getting together to communicate with each other.
There were also Professor Terence Tao who came from California, Professor Artur Avila who came from Brazil, and even some physicists who came from China, all of them greeted him one by one and congratulated him.
Holding a wine glass, Xu Chuan walked in the venue. From time to time, people would come up to introduce themselves and clink glasses with him.
Regarding this, Xu Chuan never refuses, and it is always good to make more friends.
"Congratulations, Xu Chuan."
In the ballroom, an old man with half white hair came over holding a glass of wine.
"Academician Pan, you are here too." Xu Chuan hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
This old man's name is Pan Deming. He is a mathematics academician at Peking University. He belongs to the country's earliest batch of mathematicians. He has participated in various confidential projects of the country (in the past). For example, he once worked with Mr. Qian to build missiles and send satellites to the sky.
Very respectful.
"I thought I would never see a Chinese get this medal in my lifetime, but I didn't expect that NTU would produce such a good student."
Standing next to Xu Chuan, Academician Pan Deming said with emotion.
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "You will live a long life. There are still many things you can see in the future."
Pan Deming smiled hoarsely, shook his head and said: "That's enough, that's enough."
After a pause, he continued: "Please be considerate of what happened to Mo Kun before. Peking University can't forgive you."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan hurriedly said: "You are exaggerating. This is just his personal behavior and has nothing to do with Peking University. Besides, he has already been punished."
Pan Deming smiled, skipped the matter and asked: "How many years do you plan to study at Princeton?"
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "It can take as little as two or three years, or as long as four or five years. I still have a lot to learn."
Pan Deming smiled and patted his hand and said: "It's good to learn more knowledge. You are not yet nineteen this year. Even if you are four to five years later, you will only be twenty-three or four."
After a pause, the old man asked: "Will you be a professor at Princeton in the future or come back?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Of course I'm back."
Hearing this, Pan Deming's cloudy eyes brightened up a bit, and he smiled and said: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back."
He did not invite Xu Chuan to become a professor at Peking University when he came back.
Although he has left academia for a long time, he also knows that the current Peking University is not suitable.
Mo Kun is a student of Tian Gang, the head of Peking University's School of Mathematics, and Mo Kun plagiarized Xu Chuan. Peking University did not immediately stand up and thoroughly investigate the results, but first announced Mo Kun's remarks.
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Although this is a method used by major universities, there is no doubt that the sensory experience Peking University left for Xu Chuan will not be very good.
At this time, if I invite someone to be a professor at Peking University, what will other people think? It’s not appropriate.
Rather than using the remaining friendship for this, it is better to wait for the future.
From his perspective, this young genius will definitely have other achievements in the future.
Maybe some mathematics lectures will be held in China. Although the first choice is definitely Nanjing University, Peking University should also have the opportunity to participate in one or two.
Of course, for Pan Deming, the more important thing is that as long as Xu Chuan comes back, it won't matter where he becomes a professor in the future.
He had a hunch that this young man's future achievements would definitely not be low.
It may even be taller than the majestic figure he had when he participated in the Dongfeng project.
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Pan Deming came over to say hello and then left. Xu Chuan was wandering around in the dance.
On the dance floor, all kinds of people danced to classical music with graceful movements. However, Xu Chuan had no intention of participating.
He is quite good at this kind of ballroom dancing. After all, he has experienced so many parties and dances in his previous life, so he can learn a little bit without learning it.
It's just that as a Chinese, dancing has never been ingrained in his bones. Compared with the openness of Western countries, Chinese people are still a lot more conservative after all.
Therefore, if he can avoid dancing, Xu Chuan will try his best to avoid the ladies who invite him to dance. If he cannot avoid it, there is nothing he can do.
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The next morning, at the entrance of the Mathematics Branch of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the national flags of Sweden and China were flying.
The red national flag and the interlaced blue and yellow national flag flutter in the breeze, complementing each other perfectly.
The national flag hanging here is not random. Only when the Crafford Prize or the Nobel Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the national flag of the winner will be hung.
Although this is not the first time that the Chinese national flag has been hung here, in 2012 and 2015, Professor Tu and Mo Yan, who won the Nobel Prize, had let the national flag fly here.
But this is the first time the flag has been raised for the Crafford Prize.
Looking at the national flag fluttering in the wind, Xu Chuan's heart was rippling and beating.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Chuan walked into the lecture hall of the Mathematics Branch of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
As a lecture hall exclusively for Nobel Prize scholars, the lecture hall is naturally very spacious and can even accommodate thousands of people at the same time.
But at this moment, the huge lecture hall is already extremely crowded.
Not only were the seats full, but the corridors between the seats were also full of people, not only scientists and students, but also attracted Swedish citizens.
A winner of the Crafford Prize who is less than nineteen years old, and an unprecedented double winner of the Crafford Prize in Mathematics and Astronomy, most people are quite interested.
As the main speaker of the Craford Award academic conference, Xu Chuan, dressed in a formal suit and tie, walked up to the lecture platform from the side of the podium and presented the proof of the Weyl-Berry conjecture and the application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.
center, launched an hour-long report.
This is a mathematics report, and the core of it is naturally mathematics.
Tomorrow, he will have an astronomy report meeting, and the theme will be the observation of celestial information in Betelgeuse's hydrogen envelope, as well as a report on actuarial celestial parameter calculation methods.