Great Country Academician

Stockholm City Hall.

In the elegant auditorium, Xu Chuan held two red certificates and stood on the stage to deliver a speech.

Accompanied by elegant music, the award ceremony of the Crawford Awards came to an end.

The ceremony for the Crawford Awards is over, but the celebrations for the Crawford Awards have not yet begun.

The celebration will be held at the Red and Blue Stop in Stockholm, where both the dinner and the evening will be held.

After the party, Xu Chuan will stay in Stockholm for two days.

Because he is going to give lectures on the Weyl-Berry conjecture and the calculation method of actuarial celestial parameters using the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.

That's the rule of the Crawford Award.

Similar to the Nobel Prize, the winner of the Crafford Prize is required to give a public speech when receiving the medal. This speech is also called the "Crafford Lecture".

The same is true 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 awarding the year.

Awardees also need to participate in this discussion to discuss the future development direction of the awarding discipline.

As for Xu Chuan, he won two Craford Awards by himself, so he had to give two speech reports, corresponding to different disciplines.

After the award ceremony, Xu Chuan walked out of the gate of the auditorium carrying the medal certificate.

The moment he appeared at the door, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward, all kinds of microphones were handed over, and the equipment in the hands of the cameraman not far away was even more flashing.

"Mr. Xu Chuan, hello, how do you feel as a scholar who won both the Craford Prize in Mathematics and the Prize in Astronomy for the first time?"

"Hi, Mr. Xu Chuan, I'm 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 flooded in.

Although I don't really want to be interviewed, but in today's situation, I'm afraid I won't be able to get through without an interview.

After choosing a few simple questions to answer, Xu Chuan fled the venue as if fleeing.

But today's interview, he is destined not to escape.

Media reporters from other places can run away, but interviews by this media reporter cannot be avoided. Face, still have to give.

Please ask the waiter to find a quiet room, Xu Chuanduan is sitting on a chair, opposite is a young lady with a pretty face and figure.

It was Yang Ma who was specially transferred from China to record the whole process of the Craford Award presentation and conduct a comprehensive interview with Xu Chuan.

The Crawford Award, which is a banner for the country's basic science.

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 Craford Prize is not comparable to the Nobel Prize, it still has considerable weight in the field of science.

Such an international award, not to mention the miracle of winning double awards in the same year, is to win one of them alone, or even share it with others. As long as the winner is a scholar of Chinese nationality, it is worth arranging a special trip .

Compared with other honors, this is the first time for a young scholar of Chinese nationality to make his voice heard on this occasion. He proved to the world that in Huaguo, the younger generation can also produce excellent 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 a little time, sorry for the inconvenience."

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. In any case, when facing beautiful things, people are always in a happy mood, even if it is only limited to appearance.

Sun Yutong smiled and said: "Then let's start now. This time you have won the Craford Prize for Mathematics and Astronomy. Can you talk about your feelings and mood? What do you think this award means to you? value?"

"When I first received the winning call, I was really surprised, and I couldn't even believe it."

"After all, the Crawford Prize has never in its history given two different prizes to the same person in the same year, or even different prizes in different years."

"But when it's confirmed."

Xu Chuan expressed some of his thoughts in a regular manner, and thanked his parents, the motherland, and all the names he could think of.

After all, it was a formal interview with Yang Ma.

Sun Yutong smiled, and then asked: "Before coming here, we have learned about your Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem and your achievements in the astronomical field. Many well-known scientists have said that for the astronomical field , 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 their high evaluation of this achievement. From the current point of view, this is indeed a very good tool. It can help us better understand the properties of some distant celestial bodies. Condition."

"For example, use this tool to understand the life state of a star, to determine whether it has stable periodic activities, to determine whether there are habitable planets around it, and so on."

"These are still very important to the future of mankind."

Hearing this, Sun Yutong immediately asked: "You mean that the future of this achievement lies in the interstellar era?"

Xu Chuan looked at the beautiful reporter in surprise, nodded, and said, "It can be said that, after all, only when sailing in the sea of ​​stars can the greatest value of this tool be realized."

Sun Yutong: "Then what do you think, when will we be able to truly sail on the sea of ​​stars?"

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "It depends on when the controllable nuclear fusion technology can be developed."

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Like the Nobel Prize, the Crafford Awards ceremony is followed by a grand celebratory dinner.

The specifications of the celebration are the same as those of the Nobel Prize, and they are both held in the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall.

This theoretically incomplete hall has hosted countless grand banquets.

Whether it is the Noel Award, or the Craford Award, or other awards or other important matters.

Every year, famous scientists from all over the world gather here to accept awards. Therefore, when you are in it, you can naturally feel a kind of quiet and atmospheric light of wisdom.

Perhaps it has never been invaded by the country on which the sun never sets, and Sweden still retains almost the original etiquette and customs of the country's nobles.

The Nobel Prize, Craford Awards and other dinners are not like the dinners in the United Kingdom and the United States, where you can walk around with a plate and make new friends.

The dinners of these important ceremonies are more like domestic banquets, including the arrangement of wine and vegetables on the table, the way of serving, eating, and display of the wine and vegetables, etc., are all strictly regulated.

But after the dinner party and the dance party, there is not so much attention.

At the party and dance, Xu Chuan saw many familiar people.

For example, his three mentors, Chen Zhengping, Deligne, and Wei Teng, these three mentors are getting together and don't know what they are talking about.

Professor Terence Tao who came from California, Professor Artur Avila who came from Brazil, and even some physicists who came from CERN, all greeted and congratulated him.

Holding a wine glass, Xu Chuan walked in the venue, and from time to time someone would come up to introduce himself and clink glasses with him.

Regarding this, Xu Chuan never refused. It is always good to make more friends.

"Congratulations, Xu Chuan."

In the ballroom, an old man with half head of white hair came over with a glass of wine.

"Academician Pan, your old man is here too." Xu Chuan hastily stepped forward to greet him.

This old man is called Pan Deming, an academician of mathematics at Peking University, one of the earliest batch of mathematicians in the country, and has participated in various secret projects of the country (in the past), for example, he used to make missiles and send satellites to the sky with Mr. Qian. Very respectful.

"I thought that no Chinese would get this medal in my lifetime, but I didn't expect Nantah University to produce a good student."

Standing beside Xu Chuan, Academician Pan Deming said with emotion.

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "You will live a long life, and there are still many things you can see in the future."

Pan Deming smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "Enough, enough."

After a pause, he continued: "Please be considerate about what happened to Mo Kun earlier, Peking University is sorry."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan hurriedly said: "You are too serious. This is just his personal behavior and has nothing to do with Peking University. Besides, he has already been punished."

Pan Deming smiled, skipped this matter and asked, "How many years are you going to study in Princeton?"

Xu Chuan thought for a while, and said, "The short term is two or three years, and the long term is four or five years. I still have a lot to learn."

Pan Deming patted his hand with a smile, and said, "It's good to learn more knowledge, you are not yet nineteen this year, even in another four or five years, you will only be twenty-three or four."

After a pause, the old man then asked, "Will you be a professor at Princeton or come back?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Of course I'm back."

Hearing this, Pan Deming's muddy eyes brightened by two points, and he said with a smile, "It's good to be back, good to be back."

He did not invite Xu Chuan to become a professor at Peking University after his return.

Although he has been away from academia for a long time, he also knows that the current Peking University is not suitable.

Mo Kun was a student of Shantou Tiangang at Peking University School of Mathematics, and Mo Kun plagiarized Xu Chuan. Peking University did not stand up and thoroughly investigate the results immediately, and announced Mo Kun's remarks first.

Although this is the method that all major colleges and universities will do, there is no doubt that the senses that Peking University will leave Xu Chuan will not be very good.

At this point in time, invite someone to be a professor at Peking University. What do other people think? not suitable.

Instead of using the remaining friendship on this, it is better to wait later.

From his perspective, this young talent will definitely have other achievements in the future.

Maybe some mathematics lectures will be held in China. Although the first place is definitely to choose Nantah University, Peking University should also have the opportunity to take a chance or two.

Of course, for Pan Deming, the more important thing is that as long as Xu Chuan comes back, it doesn't matter where he is 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 stalwart figure when he participated in the Dongfeng project back then.

Pan Deming came over to say hello and left, while Xu Chuan wandered around the ball.

On the dance floor, all kinds of people dance gracefully to classical music. But Xu Chuan didn't have much intention of getting involved.

He knows a little bit about 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 even if he hasn't learned it before.

It's just that as a Chinese, such things as dancing have never been imprinted in his bones. Compared with the openness of Western countries, Chinese people still have to be more conservative after all.

So if he could not dance, Xu Chuan would try his best to avoid the ladies who invited him to dance. If he couldn't avoid it, there was nothing he could do.

The next morning, at the gate 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 blue and yellow national flag fluttered in the breeze, complementing each other perfectly.

The national flag hanging on it 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 national flag of China has been hung here, in 2012 and 2015, Professor Tu and Mr. Mo Yan, who won the Nobel Prize, let the national flag fly here.

But this is the first time the national flag has been hoisted for the Crawford Award.

Looking at the national flag fluttering in the wind, Xu Chuan's heart was also 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 dedicated to Nobel Prize scholars, the lecture hall is naturally extremely 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 Swedish citizens who were attracted.

A Craford Award winner who is less than nineteen years old, and also an unprecedented double winner of the Craford Prize in Mathematics and Astronomy, most people are quite interested.

As the main speaker of the Crawford Award Academic Conference, Xu Chuan, dressed in formal attire and tie, walked up to the podium from the side of the podium, taking the proof of the Weyl-Berry conjecture and the application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem as his In the center, an hour-long report was launched.

This is a mathematics report, and the core of it is naturally mathematics.

And tomorrow, he will have an astronomy report meeting, and the theme at that time will be the observation of celestial body information in the hydrogen envelope of Betelgeuse, and the report on the calculation method of actuarial celestial parameters.