Chapter 912 Opportunity

The moment Liu Tao's last words fell.

The audience stood up from their seats.

The thunderous applause resounded in an instant and lasted for a long time in the auditorium. The applause rushed to Liu Tao like a tide.

This represents their recognition of Liu Tao's report.

Especially when I had some doubts that were answered on the spot, I was even more excited now.

The honor of proving Fermat's conjecture belongs to Liu Tao.

But based on Liu Tao's results in proving Fermat's conjecture, they can derive hundreds or even thousands of papers.

And they can go to schools to give lectures on how Liu Tao proved Fermat's conjecture, which can bring them a lot of money every year.

Mathematicians have a high status, but they don't make much money.

But mathematicians also need to eat and live, and no one would object to making more money.

In a sense, Liu Tao is the bread and butter of many mathematicians.

After listening to the report, many mathematicians admired Liu Tao's achievements in mathematics.

They all know that Liu Tao is not a mathematician. He is best known for his attainments in the fields of physics and chemistry, followed by computers.

As for mathematics, it can only be ranked last.

But just like that, Liu Tao made such important results.

Yang Zhenning applauded with a smile on his face. He is a physicist with very good mathematical skills. One of the important reasons why he can produce so many physical results is that he has very strong mathematical abilities.

He advised Liu Tao to hold this report meeting to further enhance the influence of Southwest Associated University's mathematics major.

Although the mathematics major of Southwest Associated University has always been ranked first in the country, far ahead of prestigious schools such as Peking University and Fudan University, it is only ranked outside the top ten in the world.

In addition to the late reconstruction of Southwest Associated University and insufficient foundation, a very important reason is the lack of sufficiently important mathematicians.

At present, the most famous mathematician in the School of Mathematics of Southwest Associated University is the current dean of the School of Mathematics, Qiu Chengtong. Qiu Chengtong studied under Chen Shengshen and has served as a mathematics professor at Stanford University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the University of California, San Diego. He won the Fields Medal in 1982 and became a professor at Harvard University in 1987.

It took Yang Zhenning a lot of effort to invite Qiu Chengtong to serve as the dean of the Department of Mathematics of Southwest Associated University.

As for other mathematicians, although there are a few who are world-class, none of them can be called a master.

But Liu Tao is different. He proved Fermat's conjecture. Even if Liu Tao has no other mathematical achievements later, he is definitely the world's top mathematician.

Speaking of which, Yang Zhenning was quite emotional. Southwest Associated University was able to reach world-class levels in many fields because of Liu Tao.

Now, the improvement of the status and influence of Southwest Associated University's mathematics major still relies on Liu Tao.

Moreover, Liu Tao’s strong support for Southwest Associated University remains as always and has never changed.

This year, Panshan Group has allocated as much as RMB 5 billion in funding to Southwest Associated University. This is the first time that funding for Chinese universities has exceeded RMB 5 billion.

In addition, Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen each donated 1 billion yuan to Southwest Associated University, which brings the school funding of Southwest Associated University to more than 7 billion yuan this year.

The more money you have, the easier it will be to do things.

Only scientific researchers have enough funds to conduct scientific research.

The school can also provide scholars with better benefits and treatment, and have enough funds to invite world-famous scholars to join or give lectures.

You know, when scholars give lectures at universities, they are not free, they all need to be paid.

Just like Yang Zhenning, when he was in the United States, the remuneration he received from lectures in a year was much more than his salary income, bonuses, and royalties combined.

And with enough funds, the school's scholars can participate in some important international academic conferences, participate in international exchanges, and expand their reputation. It also allows school students to participate and expand their horizons.

In addition, the school has talented people in charge, so it can attract world-famous scholars to the school.

Prior to this, Southwest Associated University had several world-famous conferences that attracted worldwide attention.

One is the International Physics Conference, which is a conference organized by Yang Zhenning using his influence and held in December every year. Every year, famous physicists from all over the world are attracted to attend the conference and conduct academic exchanges. The conference lasts for a week.

One is the International Chemistry Conference, which is organized using the influence of Liu Tao and others. It is held in June every year and attracts scholars from all over the world in chemistry-related fields to conduct academic exchanges here. There are even Scholars' research projects are sponsored, or their results are funded, and the conference also lasts a week.

One is the World Computer Conference, which is a conference organized by taking advantage of Panshan Group’s leading position in the computer field. As the world’s leader in supercomputers, it is also the world’s largest supercomputing center. It is also the world’s number one university in computer science. This conference is very attractive to scholars and computer-related engineers from all over the world. At this conference, everyone can communicate, spread ideas, and inspire inspiration. This meeting is held on July 15th every year.

One is the World Internet Conference, which is the location of one of the root servers and the National Internet Center. It is also the earliest university to offer Internet-related majors. It ranks first in the world in this regard and has a great influence in the world. It attracts a large number of scholars and entrepreneurs in the Internet field every year, and also attracts major venture capital institutions in the world to come here. Perhaps only one idea can attract millions of dollars in angel investment. The meeting is fixed on November 11 every year.

One is the International Mechanical Conference, which is mainly aimed at conferences in the field of machinery. As an ancient profession with hundreds or even thousands of years in the world, mechanical-related majors are still full of vitality and future. This conference will involve the frontier areas of the mechanical field, the latest achievements, and explore the future development direction of the mechanical field. The conference is fixed to start on June 5 every year and lasts for a week.

In addition, Southwest Associated University has more than ten conferences, all of which are relatively influential, but they are limited to the whole country or Chinese circles.

In mathematics, there was a Chinese Mathematician Conference before, which was held every two years. Awards were given, and the Fields Medal was studied. Gold, silver and bronze awards were set up, but this conference was limited to Chinese.

Yang Zhenning and others tried to promote this award from Chinese to the whole world, making it an important mathematics award, and also allowing Chinese mathematics to have better communication and integration with world mathematics, so that Chinese mathematics can develop better.

In ancient times, Chinese mathematics had many achievements that can be praised. But later, Western mathematics completely surpassed Chinese mathematics.

To this day, Chinese mathematics still lags behind world mathematics, or Western mathematics.

If you lag behind, you should learn.

Only by knowing shame can you be brave!

I wish you all a happy National Day