When it comes to the field of mathematics in China, many people's first impressions are probably people like Hua and Chen Jingrun, whose achievements in the field of mathematics are obvious to all. They successfully broke the prejudice of other countries in the world against China's mathematics and won a place for China in the world mathematics field. But after them, a new math star Xu Chenyang appeared. Although he was young, he made many remarkable achievements in mathematics.
Graduated from Peking University, he is known as the "Golden Generation of Mathematics in Peking University". Not only that, he also won many international mathematics prizes. The math genius taught in China for a period of time after graduation, but a few years later, he left three sentences and returned to the United States for development.
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Xu Chenyang was born in Chongqing, a post-80s generation. When many children are still babbling, he has shown great interest in mathematics. At school, Xu Chenyang got the opportunity to represent Sichuan Province in the national mathematics competition. With his talent and excellent performance, he successfully entered the national team. At this time, Xu Chenyang, who has won many mathematics prizes, is only 17 years old, which can be said to be worthy of the name "young and promising".
The following year, Xu Chenyang, aged 18, was admitted to Peking University. Because of his extraordinary talent in mathematics, he completed all the undergraduate courses in only three years. At this time, Xu Chenyang has gained great fame in Beijing Institute of Mathematics.
After receiving his master's degree in Peking University, he was also invited by the United States to study for his doctorate at Princeton University, the "world mathematics center". Studying at MIT is the dream of many mathematicians. Therefore, after receiving his doctorate, Xu Chenyang came to MIT for academic research. Although the days in America were smooth sailing, in his heart, he always wanted to return to his motherland. After all, the academic circles of the motherland also need talents like him to make contributions. After careful consideration, Xu Chenyang also resigned from all affairs in the United States and returned to the motherland.
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When he first returned to China, Xu Chenyang won many awards, such as China Youth Science and Technology Award, Ramanukin Award and Future Science Award. In addition, he was hired as a professor by Peking University, and made great contributions to mathematics teaching in Peking University.
However, just a few years later, Xu Chenyang suddenly decided to leave Peking University and return to MIT. After the news came out, many people said they did not understand. After all, China's treatment of Xu Chenyang is very generous. But in the three sentences left by Xu Chenyang before he left, perhaps we can understand the reasons behind it.
Before leaving, Xu Chenyang said the following to his friends:
The phenomenon of mathematical fraud in China is serious; The spirit of middle school in China's mathematics field is impetuous, and many people study mathematics for fame and fortune. Due to the serious seniority thought of the older generation, the research of young scientists has not received due attention. From what he said, we can see that there are many negative factors affecting the development of young scientists in the field of mathematics in China. Even a top young scientist like Xu Chenyang will suffer such unfair treatment, not to mention those unqualified scientists.
Xu Chenyang's departure may be a wake-up call for the mathematics community in China. In the process of scientific research, we should choose talents and appointees according to scientific contributions. If you pay too much attention to fame and seniority, it will only be harmful to scientific research. In addition, the most taboo issue in academic circles should be academic fraud. If everyone pursues fame and fortune and does not hesitate to exchange any benefits for himself at the expense of counterfeiting, then the damage to academic research is very great.
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Xu Chenyang is a mathematical genius trained by China's mathematics field, but he finally left China because of the bad academic environment and became a talented person who contributed to American mathematics. This matter is inevitably regrettable. However, judging from this incident, relevant people in China academic circles should learn lessons in time, improve the domestic academic atmosphere, focus on academic research, and avoid too many external factors affecting the development of academic undertakings.
Many people think that China people are born worse than westerners, so it is normal to lag behind others in academic performance. But we can see from Xu Chenyang that the brain drain of many talents in China is the fundamental reason for the limited development of academic level. In order to raise China's academic level to a higher level, how to retain academic talents should be the main research goal in the next stage.