How many people remember the old man Wu Wenjun?

Professor Wu Wenjun, a famous mathematician in China, was so busy studying mathematics that he didn't even remember his birthday.

One day, a guest came to visit him, and when they met, he said: "Listen to your wife, today is your 60th birthday, I am here to congratulate you!" ”

Oh, yes? Professor Wu listened and said casually.

The guest was puzzled and thought, "I'm afraid this mathematician is old and confused, and his memory is failing, otherwise why would he even forget his birthday?" However, the guest later discovered that this was not the case.

When they talked about Professor Wu's research on proving geometry with machines, the guest pointed to a machine designed by the professor and asked, "When was this machine installed?" ”

December 6 last year. The professor did not hesitate.

What progress have you made in researching the problem of proving geometry with machines? The guest asked again.

Big progress can't be talked about. By January 11 of this year, I had programmed more than 300 commands for the computer and completed the first step of preparation. The professor continued.

At this time, the guest was very surprised and asked, "Professor Wu, you can't remember your own birthday, but you remember these days so clearly, what is the reason for this?" ”

Professor Wu Wenjun smiled heartily: "I never remember those meaningless numbers. In my opinion, what does it matter if the birthday, one day earlier, one day late?

So, I can't remember my birthday, my lover's birthday, my children's birthday, but there are some numbers that I have to remember and are easy to remember. For example, the end of the year, December, of course; And 6 is exactly half of 12. At the beginning of the year, it was naturally January, and on January 11, the Arabic numerals were 111, and the three 1s were rowed, which was easy to remember.

Wu Wenjun can't remember his birthday, but he remembers those "must-remember" numbers, and it is so easy to remember these numbers. This shows both his selflessness in his obsession with mathematics and his professionalism as a mathematician. Many scientists have achieved extraordinary things because of this kind of scholarly demeanor.

A problem has raw data, and the answer to the problem is also expressed in the form of some data, and the original data and the conclusion data are connected by some form of relationship, and this relationship is the equation, and the establishment of the relationship is the establishment of the equation.

2.In this sense, ancient Chinese mathematics is a kind of algorithmic mathematics, that is, a kind of computer mathematics, and our oldest mathematics is also the most suitable and modern mathematics of the computer age.

3.Solving various problems becomes solving various equations, so solving equations has become the main goal of the historical development of Chinese mathematics for more than 2,000 years.

4.Ancient Chinese mathematics developed polynomial equations, difference equations, and infinitive equations, but when it came time to really solve calculus, due to various political, ideological and social reasons, it came to a halt and stopped at the gate of analytic geometric calculus. However, the Chinese equation of difference is actually one that is most suitable for the computer age.

Famous quotes. 5.In the process of developing equation solving, ancient Chinese mathematics has clear clues, step by step, and continues to advance, forming new concepts and methods in this process, so that mathematical theories have been developed accordingly.

6.In the history of ancient Chinese mathematics, we solved equations in order to solve problems, developed our mathematical theories in order to understand equations, and developed our basic mathematics, from which we can see the superiority of our mathematical methods.

7.I was inspired and guided by ancient Chinese mathematics, combined with some modern Western technology, using computers to prove geometric theorems, and finally forming the often mentioned mathematical mechanization.

8.Today's Chinese mathematics often follows in the footsteps of foreigners.

9.I have a "strange theory", don't keep talking about masters. I remember reading it when I was a child, it seems that Liang Qichao or who said such a meaning——— heroes all come out of backward countries.

10.There are few people, and everyone admires one occasionally, and when the whole is really developed and everyone is about the same, they don't particularly feel who is a hero.

11.In the future, mathematics should follow the path of ancient Chinese mathematics, rather than the international path, which is a general trend.

12.When I was in school, I liked physics the most because it was closer to reality.