August 28th.

The capital of the United States, New York.

The award ceremony of the 16th Veblen Prize was held in the Great Hall of the Headquarters of the American Mathematical Society.

A total of more than 300 mathematicians attended this award ceremony.

Big names in digital geometry and topology were present in person.

For example, Professor Fresnel, the prover of the Poincaré conjecture, Professor Dexter, who is known as the "King of Topology"...

As a candidate, Gu Lu and the other five nominated mathematicians sat in the second row of the auditorium.

Mr. Ord-Lens, the president of the American Mathematical Society who is nearly seventy years old, walked tremblingly to the microphone on crutches.

I received a sealed letter from the staff, which contained the list of winners of this year's Veblen Prize.

Under the attention of everyone, President Aude tore open the envelope and took out a piece of cardboard.

There are three people's names written on it.

"I am very happy to be able to award this sacred award once again. The Veblen Prize has been around for nearly fifty years since its establishment. The original intention of this award was to recognize those who have made contributions to the fields of geometry and topology.

Mathematicians who have made great contributions are honored to have their research results applied. They also work hard to make the world recognize the weight of the Veblen Prize." President Oder said slowly in his small voice.

"Now, let me announce the winners of the 16th Veblen. They are..."

President Aude's voice suddenly became louder.

Everyone in the audience also pricked up their ears, looking forward to this tense moment.

"They are: Gu Lu! Noah Emmett! Kenneth Emmett! Let us congratulate these three mathematicians!"

Sure enough, as no one expected, Gu Lu won the Veblen Prize that year!

The scene was filled with thunderous applause!

Hearing his name, a faint smile appeared on Gu Lu's lips.

Although I had long expected it, it is indeed a happy thing to win the Veblen Prize.

The Veblen Prize may not be well-known in the outside world, but in the fields of geometry and topology, the value of this award is second only to the Fields Medal, the highest award in mathematics.

Sometimes, with such an award in hand, it is enough to stay in a university and wait to die.

"Now, let's invite the three award-winning mathematicians to come to the stage to receive their awards."

Under the envious eyes of all the mathematicians, Gu Lu and the other two winning mathematicians stood up and walked to the stage.

When the tall, handsome and young Gu Lu stood on the podium, he instantly became the focus of everyone.

Having said that, everyone has long heard that a young mathematician named Gu Lu suddenly emerged some time ago. He proved the Bab Conjecture in one go and became a favorite to win the Veblen Prize.

Now that they saw Gu Lu's true appearance, the group of elderly mathematicians were all speechless and scratching their thinning hair.

Even if Gu Lu is young, the key thing is... he is so handsome!

Looking at the dazzling Gu Lu on the stage, I knew he was an award-winning mathematician, but those who didn’t know thought he was a special guest star invited by the Mathematical Society!

President Aude hung three medals made of pure gold around the necks of the three of them, and then handed each of them a red leather award certificate.

At the age of 24, Gu Lu also became the youngest winner of the Veblen Prize in history.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that Simon, as the previous "youngest winner", did not attend this Veblen Award ceremony.

As for the reason...

Simon's external explanation was that he was ill and was unable to attend the Veblen Prize award ceremony.

But only a very small number of people believe Simon's lies.

Everyone knows it very well.

Simon must not have wanted to see his title of "the youngest winner of the Veblen Prize in history" taken away by his former rival, Gu Lu.

As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind, Simon simply chose not to go.

In fact, everyone's guess was pretty good.

As early as a month ago, when Simon learned that this year's Veblen Award Ceremony would be held on August 28, Simon had the intention to participate.

After all, as the winner of the last Veblen Prize, Simon has no reason not to participate.

But in mid-August, the American Mathematical Society announced the list of nominees for this year's Veblen Prize. When Simon saw Gu Lu's name prominently listed, he felt bad.

Many situations flashed through Simon's mind at the same time.

Finally, after careful consideration, Simon chose not to go away because of his illness.

Gu Lu stood on the stage happily holding the Veblen Prize trophy, and he had to raise his hands to applaud him in the audience. Simon could not imagine that scene.

If you don't go, you won't go even to death!

Simon knew that the record that was broken by him three years ago would definitely be broken by Gu Lu again this year.

However, out of sight and out of mind, Simon chose to escape.

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Veblen Prize Award Ceremony.

Gu Lu scanned around the scene and did not see Simon's figure, which made him feel a little disappointed.

"Didn't you come?"

Gu Lu was worried in his heart, but he still had that faint smile on his face.

After the three mathematicians who won the Veblen Prize took a group photo with President Oder, they delivered their acceptance speeches one after another.

Gu Lu also said some cliche words like thanking the school, thanking the teachers, thanking the parents, etc., and then returned to his seat amidst the applause of everyone.

After the awards ceremony, there was a dinner party.

As the youngest winner in history, Gu Lu is naturally the focus of everyone's attention.

Many people came to talk to Gu Lu, some to talk about academic issues, and some just to establish a relationship with Gu Lu.

Gu Lu has a bright future. In the field of algebraic geometry, he is a genius as famous as Simon, Carl and others. They don't want to be friends with Gu Lu, they just want not to be enemies with Gu Lu.

Gu Lu also came and refused.

This is the first time he has truly come into contact with the "high-end society" in the mathematics world. The academic atmosphere in the United States does not exist, and Gu Lu does not need to take sides.

Making friends with more mathematicians from major universities will only do you good, not harm.

During the conversation with Gu Lu, everyone also discovered that Gu Lu was not as arrogant and arrogant as they thought. Instead, he was very humble, saying that he was very young and would need the guidance of his seniors in the future, etc.

During this period, many famous universities also extended an olive branch to Gu Lu.

Just like Simon did when he became famous, he offered all kinds of generous treatment and conditions, just to get Gu Lu to teach in their school.

After all, according to the current momentum of the Law of Nature, even if it does not win the Fields Medal in the future, it will still become a presence that mathematicians cannot underestimate!

For young and promising mathematicians like Gu Lu, major famous universities will only accept too little, not too much.

Everyone is not aware that Gu Lu is currently teaching at Yenching University in China.

But, who said that Yenching University’s corner cannot be poached.

The Mathematics Department of Yenching University is certainly ranked number one in the country!

But looking globally, it only ranks in the 20s.

The universities that extended an olive branch to Gu Lu at the dinner included world-class universities such as Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, and MIT.
Chapter completed!