Winter nights in Stockholm come quickly.
This is a city close to the Arctic Circle. Before three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky has quickly darkened.
However, for people living in this city, they have long been accustomed to it. The dark night and the cold Arctic wind have not dispelled the enthusiasm of residents and tourists. There are still many people moving on the streets.
Especially now, the whole city of Stockholm is filled with a "festive" atmosphere. The lights dispel the darkness, and the people coming and going are wandering on the streets, enjoying this special atmosphere.
For a city, or even a country, it is an absolute honor and pride to be able to host the award ceremony with the world's highest honor award.
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In the room of the Stockholm Grand Hotel, Xu Chuan took a nap for a while, regained his energy, and then went out to take his parents and sister downstairs to the hotel restaurant for dinner.
"Wow, bro, there is fried pork with chili peppers here!"
"If I had known that the hotel we were staying in had this, we wouldn't have had to run out to find food."
In the restaurant, Xu Xiao looked at the dishes on the buffet plate and was stunned for a moment, then shouted in surprise.
Xu Chuan smiled and touched the girl's head. The Stockholm Grand Hotel did not serve Chinese cuisine, but as a Nobel Prize winner, it was not a big deal for him to ask the hotel to temporarily prepare some Hunan cuisine.
Maybe the taste is not very authentic, but it is enough to be able to eat hometown food in a foreign country.
On the side, Father Xu looked at his son in front of him with some emotion after seeing the familiar dishes. His casual comment yesterday was remembered by the child.
But he didn't say anything, he just picked up the food on the plate.
After all, they are a family.
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"Long time no see, Professor Xu." In the restaurant, Xu Chuan was holding a plate and selecting dishes when a familiar voice came to his ears.
Turning around, he saw his mentors at Princeton, Deligne and Witten, with another familiar figure following them.
"Teacher, senior sister, when did you arrive?" Xu Chuan asked in surprise: "Didn't I just arrive tomorrow?"
Witten smiled and said: "I originally planned to come tomorrow, but when I booked the tickets, I found that the tickets were gone, so I moved it a day in advance."
On the side, Deligne looked at his student up and down and said, "It seems that you have lived a good life after returning to China. It seems that you have gained some weight?"
Xu Chuan scratched his head and said with a smile: "No? But it's possible. After all, I don't seem to be exercising much during this period."
Hearing this, Witten asked curiously: "What have you been doing since you went back?"
He still knows something about Xu Chuan. When he was at Princeton, even when he was studying the Hodge conjecture, he would run several laps on the football field every day, rain or shine. Now after returning to China, he didn't even have time to exercise?
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "I can't say this for now, but you should know it after a while."
Deligne was also a little curious about this, but he didn't ask and said with a smile: "This is the highest honor. I am very happy that you can win it, but I hope that this Nobel Prize will bring you inspiration."
, rather than contentment.”
Xu Chuan won the Nobel Prize, which was also an honor and honor for Deligne.
After all, bringing out a Nobel Prize winner and a Fields Medal winner is worthy of praise for anyone.
However, he was more worried that Xu Chuan would stop moving forward after winning the Nobel Prize, wasting his talent and time.
In his opinion, this student has enough ability to go further and create greater brilliance.
Winning the Nobel Prize at the age of 21 is an honor for him, but it may also become a limitation for him.
Winning the world's highest honor award at a young age may cause some changes in his mentality and stop him from moving forward.
The Nobel Prize has always been awarded to older scholars, and this is not without concerns.
As the highest award in the world, this lifetime honor can easily make a person fall into various moods such as satisfaction and complacency, and thus lose the motivation to always climb to the top.
Many of the people who have won the Nobel Prize in the past have never made any great achievements in their later careers. Although this has something to do with their age, the impact of the Nobel Prize is definitely there.
Deligne really doesn't want Xu Chuan to take this path, especially since he is still so young.
After hearing Deligne's words, Xu Chuan replied solemnly: "Don't worry, mentor, I have never given up on scientific research and academics. The Nobel Prize is just the beginning for me."
Deligne nodded slightly and said with a smile: "That's good, Witten and I are going to eat first."
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Deligne and Witten left, leaving behind their senior sister Liu Jiaxin who had been following them.
"Long time no see, senior sister." Xu Chuan smiled and greeted his senior sister.
Liu Jiaxin raised her head and said, "Well, congratulations, you won the Nobel Prize."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "You already said it once on the phone, are you getting used to it at Princeton? How do you feel about Professor Mark Braverman?"
Nodding, the senior said seriously: "The professor is very nice and takes good care of me."
"Professor Braverman has done in-depth research on algorithms, complexity theory and artificial intelligence learning. You should be able to learn a lot from following him."
When the senior sister wanted to learn from him, he refused.
Unlike Amelia, it can be said that this senior's field of study is basically outside his research scope. He has not had much contact with algorithms and artificial intelligence in his previous life.
However, at Princeton, there are top professors in these two fields, and Professor Mark Braverman is the representative he mentioned.
The professor will receive the highest honor a computer scientist can receive in 2022 - the 'imu Abacus Award' awarded at the International Mathematical Congress.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, this award is still called the ‘Nevalina Award’, and it will not be renamed the ‘imu Abacus Award’ until next year.
Being able to win this award can be said to be the top computer science professor. In the field of mathematics, it is equivalent to winning the Fields Medal.
Although Princeton's computer science is not as good as some of the top universities that specialize in this field, in some subtle branches of computer science, such as artificial intelligence, data analysis, etc., it can compete with those top computer universities.
After all, Princeton is a mecca for mathematics, and the relationship between mathematics and computers goes without saying.
The senior sister pursed her lips and nodded. She had no regrets about going to Princeton, but it was a pity that the person in front of her returned to China.
The two of them were reminiscing and communicating when suddenly, a crisp voice sounded in their ears.
"Brother! Who is she?"
Holding the plate of vegetables, Xu Xiao jumped over and stood next to Xu Chuan, looking curiously at the senior sister opposite, with excitement and the light of eating melon shining in her eyes.
In fact, she noticed the movement here very early, but she just lingered and never came over. It wasn't until Xu Chuan was communicating with a girl alone that she couldn't hold back her curiosity and ran over.
Xu Chuan introduced with a smile: "This is a senior I met when I was studying at Nanjing University. Her name is Liu Jiaxin. She is currently studying for a PhD at Princeton."
"This is my sister, Xu Xiao, a ghostly girl. She is currently studying at Shuimu University. She is just a freshman this year."
Across the way, upon hearing Xu Chuan's introduction, the senior suddenly became nervous and stammered to say hello to Xu Xiao.
As for Xu Xiao, she came over with the dinner plate in her hand: "That's great, Sister Jiaxin. It's very difficult to get into Princeton. Are you majoring in mathematics?"
"By the way, Sister Jiaxin, how did you meet my brother?"
A series of questions popped out of Xu Xiao's mouth. She was now interested in this sister. This seemed to be the first time she saw a female friend around him.
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The night passed quickly.
At two o'clock in the afternoon on December 10th, Swedish time, the entrance of the Stockholm Grand Hotel was crowded with reporters from all over the world.
These reporters either carried cameras on their shoulders or held microphones in their hands, looking towards the hotel door. They were waiting, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the Nobel Prize winner to come out of the hotel.
Among them, CTV media reporters from China have already occupied the front row position, explaining passionately to the camera. Behind the camera, tens of millions of people are watching.
"Hello everyone, I am a reporter from CTV. This is the Stockholm Grand Hotel. It is the place where previous Nobel Prize winners temporarily live before receiving their awards. Every year, the winners attending the Nobel Prize award ceremony will depart from here.
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"I will broadcast the entire event live and take you through this year's Nobel Prize award ceremony."
“You can see that there are too many people here. In addition to reporters from other media, there are also many overseas Chinese compatriots in Sweden and local citizens of Stockholm. Everyone participated in this grand event...
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In front of the camera, a beautiful reporter wearing a thick down jacket explained passionately, and the camera on the shoulder of the cameraman also rotated. The atmosphere at the scene was fiery and there was a sea of ​​people.
Compared with the bustle of the scene, there were more people squatting in front of their mobile phones or TVs.
Although Xu Chuan is not the first scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, there were others such as Yang Zhenhuan and Li Zhengdao before him.
But as the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history and the first Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winner in history, he still attracts more people's attention.
Everyone is waiting in front of the screen for that person to appear.
To be continued...