2024-05-07 03:44:02
Qiu Chengtong: Chinese mathematics is conservative, focused on material rewards, and lacks innovation. There is an 80-year gap between the level of mathematics in the United States and that of the United States.
Famous mathematician Qiu Chengtong delivered a speech on “The Current Situation and Future of Chinese Mathematics” at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen earlier (April 30), emphasizing that the level of China’s mathematics has not yet reached the level of the United States. in the 1940s, national critiques of mathematics focused too much on material rewards and lacked innovation. Young people are afraid of acquiring cutting-edge knowledge.
Qiu Chengtong mentioned in his speech that if China wants to become a country strong in science and technology, it must master basic sciences. The basis of fundamental science is mathematical science and theoretical physics, and mathematics is the basis of physics and all engineering theories. He pointed out that any modern and powerful country must be among the best in mathematics, but at present, China’s mathematical community does not have a clear idea of its position at the forefront of the world.
Qiu Chengtong added that China is far from old mathematical powers such as the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Japan began to stand out in the world of mathematics in the late 1940s, and mathematicians who had an impact on the world emerged. American mathematics already led the world in 1960, but China had not yet reached the level of the United States in the 1940s (between 1940 and 1949). In other words, the difference between Chinese mathematics and American mathematics is almost 80 years.
Yau, 75, who grew up in Hong Kong, is the first Chinese to receive the Fields Medal (International Prize for Outstanding Mathematical Discovery) and a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In recent years, he joined Tsinghua University full-time. as director of the Mathematical Sciences Center. He said that in recent years, the International Conference on Basic Sciences had been organized and a “Best Paper Award” had been established. The conference invited more than 160 scholars from around the world who have made important contributions in the fields of mathematics, theoretical physics and engineering. , and selected the 85 best articles.
Qiu Chengtong said: “I am very surprised by the analysis results! Among the 85 articles, only 6 are the work of domestic university professors, while there are more than 70 articles whose authors are American university professors! They are in China. Researchers who received major awards were not selected, which shows that their research results have not entered the forefront of mathematics in the world and have not been generally recognized by their international peers .
Qiu Chengtong explained that the reason is that most opinions on assessment awards and promotions in China are determined by domestic peers, and the opinions of international experts are rarely sought. However, most of China’s most important scholars are older and tend to follow the old ways. In this context, young Chinese scholars will continue to follow the old ways, will not be interested in innovation, and will gradually deviate from the world’s avant-garde development.
Yau criticized that the Chinese government’s method of incentivizing scholars to engage in study focuses too much on material rewards. Salary and housing support received by Chinese academics have exceeded those of most American professors, but they do not account for achievements in content. of the stock market itself. He pointed out that many universities stipulate that they only give generous salaries and housing allowances to academics wearing “hats”, so all young academics work hard to obtain their “hat”. Young people do not dare to engage in cutting-edge knowledge because some judges do not understand this cutting-edge knowledge and have selfish motives. They fear they will no longer have a place once cutting-edge knowledge becomes popular in China.
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