The gifted college of Hanoi National University was established by the Vietnamese government on 1965. Its task is to guide and train talented students. The school offers different specialized courses, including mathematics, informatics, physics, chemistry and biology, among which Bao Chau Ngo studied mathematics.
Bao Chau Ngo's love for mathematics stems from the influence of his parents. He has done a lot of math exercises since junior high school and likes math. 1988, Bao Chau Ngo 1 1 grade, he went to Australia to participate in the 29th International Olympic Mathematics Competition. This is his first time to take part in the competition. The gold medal was won with a perfect score of 42 points.
Bao Chau Ngo also took part in the same competition, including Australian Tao Zhexuan.
A year later, 1989, Bao Chau Ngo participated in the Olympic Mathematics Competition again and won the gold medal again. But this time, he is actually not interested in the competition, but only participates at the request of the school. In fact, he has lost interest in the math contest since he won the gold medal last time.
1989 after graduating from high school, Bao Chau Ngo plans to study in a university in Budapest. Unexpectedly, due to the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the new Hungarian government no longer provides scholarships for Vietnamese students. Bao Chau Ngo had to find another way out, and finally got a scholarship from the French government to study at the University of Paris VI, but he chose to study at the famous Paris Normal School in France.
Here, he studied under the mathematician Michelle Blue. Bruyey's research expertise lies in algebraic geometry and representation theory.
At that time, this influential article by Roger Godement, the "father of French self-control", was shining brilliantly in French mathematics. He wrote many introductory articles and books, which made the mathematics community have great enthusiasm for the Langlands plan and self-discipline form. At one time, almost everyone was doing relevant research. Hervé Jacquet, a student of Goldmont, and Langlands completed the basic work of self-control representation theory.
Bao Chau Ngo was surrounded by this enthusiasm, and his teacher Bourrouilh suggested that he follow Gérard Laumon, a mathematician from XI University in Paris, to do research, so Bao Chau Ngo formed an indissoluble bond with the Langlan Project. The cooperation with Lomon led to the proof of the basic lemma in unitary groups, which won them the Clay Research Award awarded by Clay Institute of Mathematics in 2004.
This achievement of Bao Chau Ngo and Lomond also made him stand out in the field of mathematics. So, in fact, Bao Chau Ngo began to study as a doctoral student when he was in college. From 65438 to 0997, Bao Chau Ngo received a doctorate from XI University. In his doctoral thesis, he solved a problem very similar to the basic lemma, which also made him feel that the idea of solving the basic lemma was clearer.
Since 1998, Bao Chau Ngo has been trying to conquer this basic lemma with his unique rhythm. It took him 10 years to achieve this goal. Meanwhile, in 2005, 33-year-old Bao Chau Ngo won the title of professor in Vietnam, becoming the youngest professor in the history of Vietnam.
In the past ten years, Bao Chau Ngo was very lucky. Under the French scientific research system, he was able to concentrate on his mathematics research without considering the issue of publishing papers. "I'm not interested in writing bad papers. I only write a few good papers. My colleague told me,' Don't waste time writing bad papers, a good paper is better than a hundred junk papers'. This is not my way, this is the French standard. " Bao Chau Ngo told the China media.
In 2007, Bao Chau Ngo won the Wolfah Prize. In 2008, Bao Chau Ngo finally solved the general situation of the basic lemma. Over the years, many people's research needs to assume that the basic lemma is correct. With this breakthrough, these research results can be successfully established.
The proof of basic lemma was selected as one of the top ten scientific advances in 2009 by Time magazine. At the 20 10 international congress of mathematicians, he won the fields prize for his contribution. 20 10 September to present, professor at the University of Chicago.
Outside of mathematics research, Bao Chau Ngo is a very family-oriented person who knows how to enjoy life. He treats people with humility and sincerity. "When I was a guest at his house, he would build a fireplace with charcoal, take out good wine and play music. The two little daughters are always pestering him and are happy. " Yun Zhiwei said, "Compared with myself, his taste in life is much higher."
Bao Chau Ngo now has dual French and Vietnamese citizenship. He read a lot of French literature, liked Camus' works, read Jia Pingwa's works and the Vietnamese version of China's classical works.
Now, Bao Chau Ngo has been invited to join the University of Chicago. One of the reasons why he chose the University of Chicago was to allow professors to do research without heavy teaching tasks. Another reason is that "Chicago has very good experimental primary and secondary schools", where his children can go to study.