Wu Wenjun is a famous mathematician and "the father of mathematical mechanization". 19 19 was born in a scholarly family in Shanghai and passed away on May 7th, 20th. This year is his centenary birthday. In the world of mathematics, Wu Wenjun is always curious about new things and wants to find out. Therefore, his life "drilled" into many fields of mathematics, explored the depth of mathematics and revealed the breadth of mathematics, especially in topology, mathematical mechanization and the history of Chinese mathematics.

"Oh monitor, the main work. There are countless altars, and the military name stays in history. " This is a poem written by Fang Fuquan, vice president of Capital Normal University and academician of China Academy of Sciences, to commemorate Wu Wenjun's achievements in the field of topology. In 1950s, when Wu Wenjun was studying in France, the demonstrative classes and demonstrative embedded classes introduced were called "Wu demonstrative classes" and "Wu demonstrative embedded classes", and the relationship between demonstrative classes he derived was called "Wu formula".

Wu Wenjun's work is one of the major breakthroughs in topology around 1950' s, and it has become a classic achievement with far-reaching influence. Five Fields Prize winners cited these results.

Wu Wenjun in Life:

Being laughed at by my wife is a bit "playful". As long as I feel curious, I want to try. People who have come into contact with him still deeply remember his optimism, his warm smile and his modesty and indifference. South China, dean of the School of Mathematics and academician of China Academy of Sciences, called Wu Wenjun's smile "Wu's smiling face". "Teacher Wu's smile is very infectious and artistic."

In Xi Nanhua's view, this simplicity is particularly valuable today. When we feel lost, we can be inspired by the precious mathematical and spiritual wealth left by Mr. Wu. Just before the Cultural Revolution, Chen Jingrun made the result of "1+2" to Goldbach's conjecture, and submitted the paper to the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at that time. However, at that time, this work was considered as "funding revision", and whether or not to publish this article caused a heated debate.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Wenjun