Hua used to be a naughty boy, but he was very talented in mathematics. Once, the math teacher worked out a famous arithmetic problem in ancient China-one, I don't know how much. Three numbers of three, and there are two left; Five numbers of five, and there are three left; Seven numbers of seven, leaving two. How many such things? After the topic came out, the students talked about it, and no one could tell. Hua raised his hand and said, "I figured it out. It is 23. " Not only did he get the numbers right, but the algorithm was also very special, which surprised the teacher greatly.
However, the clever boy dropped out of school after finishing middle school because his family was poor. He returned home and did business in his small grocery store, selling cigarettes, needlework and other things, and shouldering the burden of raising a family for his father. However, Hua still loves mathematics. Unable to go to school, he tried to teach himself.
On one occasion, he borrowed some math books from his teacher, and became fascinated when he saw them. From then on, he studied mathematics and accounting while doing business. Sometimes he is so absorbed in reading that he forgets to say hello when people buy things.
In the evening, after the shop closed, he wandered around the kingdom of mathematics wholeheartedly. For a whole year, I spent more than ten hours studying the borrowed math books almost every day. Sometimes he sleeps until midnight and thinks of a solution to a math problem, so he turns over, lights a small oil lamp and writes down the solution.
Serve the country.
65438-0936, recommended by Professor Xiong Qinglai, Hua went to Cambridge University in England to study.
Hardy, a famous mathematician in the 20th century, has long heard that China is brilliant. He said, "You can get a doctorate in two years." But Hua said, "I don't want to get a doctorate." I just want to be a tourist. " I came to Cambridge to study, not to get a degree. "
In the past two years, he has devoted himself to studying the theory of heap-based prime numbers, published 18 papers on the problems of Waring, altruism and Chigodbach, obtained the famous Fahrenheit theorem, and showed the outstanding wisdom and ability of China mathematicians to the whole world.
From 65438 to 0946, Hua was invited to give lectures in the United States and was hired as a tenured professor by the University of Illinois. His family also settled in America. With a house and a car, life is very comfortable. At that time, many people thought that Hua would never come back.
The birth of the new China touched China's love for the motherland. 1950, he resolutely gave up his comfortable life in America and returned to his motherland. He also wrote an open letter to China students studying in the United States, urging them to return to China to participate in socialist construction. In his letter, he revealed a childlike heart that loves China. Although mathematics has no national boundaries, mathematicians have their own motherland.
From junior high school graduation to people's mathematician, Hua has gone through a tortuous and brilliant life path and won great honor for his motherland.