The appearance of computer is a great achievement in the development of mathematics in the 20th century, which greatly promoted the deepening of mathematical theory and the direct application of mathematics in the front line of society and productivity. Looking back on the development of mathematics in the 20th century, mathematicians are deeply grateful to David, the greatest master of mathematics in the 20th century. Hilbert. 1900 At the 2nd World Congress of Mathematicians held in Paris on August 8th, Hilbert put forward 23 mathematical problems in his famous speech. Hilbert problem has inspired the wisdom of mathematicians and guided the direction of mathematics in the past hundred years, and its influence and promotion on the development of mathematics is enormous and immeasurable.
Taking Hilbert as an example, many famous mathematicians in the contemporary world have sorted out and put forward new mathematical problems in the past few years, hoping to point out the direction for the development of mathematics in the new century. These mathematicians are very famous, but their actions have not attracted the attention of the world mathematics community.
At the beginning of 2000, the Scientific Advisory Board of Clay Institute of Mathematics in the United States selected seven "Millennium Prize Questions", and the board of directors of Clay Institute of Mathematics decided to set up a grand prize fund of 7 million dollars, and each "Millennium Prize Question" could be awarded 6.5438+0 million dollars. The purpose of choosing "Millennium Prize Problem" by Clay Institute of Mathematics is not to form a new direction of mathematics development in the new century, but to focus on major problems that are crucial to mathematics development and mathematicians dream of and expect to solve.