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最近几天北京大学数学老师韦东赫采访的视频刷屏网络。
面对突如其来的关注度,北京大学北京国际数学研究中心在2日发布文表示:“青年学者需要安静的治学环境”。
“韦东奕是一位非常优秀的青年数学家,他专注于数学世界,为人纯真,生活简朴,在校就读和工作期间均得到了师长同学的关心和帮助,不受打扰地学习和工作,取得了引人注目的工作成果。数学研究需要安静的治学环境。我们也衷心希望社会各界与我们一起营造有利于年轻人专心开展学术研究的氛围。”
接受采访视频爆红
在网络流传的采访视频中,一位看上去“平平无奇”的北大老师介绍自己曾是北京大学数学系的本科生、研究生,现在是北大老师,获得过高中数学联赛山东省冠军,拿到过国际数学奥林匹克竞赛金牌,也因此最终被保送进入北大。
A video of a Peking University math teacher has become popular on the internet. In the video, he introduces himself as an undergraduate and graduate student in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University, the champion of Shandong province in the high school mathematics league, and a gold medalist in the Mathematics Olympiad, which has also guaranteed him admission to Peking University.
在视频的结尾,当被问到对于今年高考的同学有什么想说的话时,他说道:“加油,欢迎来到北京大学,我也不会说别的。”
这一番履历,足以让他称得上是“数学大神”!此外,镜头前的他,形象质朴,语气平和,手里还提着一瓶桶装水和一袋馒头,直接成为热搜里的名场面!
网友们也很快认出,这位接受采访的低调老师,还就真是个“牛人”,他就是被不少人称为“陈景润接班人”和“数学天才”的韦东奕。
Netizens immediately recognized that this unassuming teacher was a real big shot, known as Chen Jingrun's successor and a rare mathematical genius — Wei Dongyi!
视频来源:南方都市报
保送北大,拒绝哈佛
据媒体报道,韦东奕出生于山东,父母都是山东建筑大学的老师。父亲是数学教授,家中有不少数学读物。韦东奕小时候就喜欢看这些书,小学一年级时韦东奕读到《华罗庚数学学校》,感受到了解题时的快乐。
Wei Dongyi was born in Shandong to a highly intellectual family. His father was a university mathematics professor who always kept many mathematics books at home. As a child, Wei Dongyi's favorite hobby was to read his father's books. In his first year in primary school, he read a book titled Loo-keng Hua's School of Mathematics, which gave him a different kind of joy by solving the problems. He has been fascinated by mathematics ever since.
韦东奕初中时就加入了学校的奥数训练队,和高中生一同训练。到高中时,他进入了国际数学奥林匹克竞赛国家队。也正是在国际数学奥林匹克竞赛(IMO)上,韦东奕一鸣惊人。
Wei Dongyi joined the middle school's Olympiad training team at an early age and trained with a group of high school students in his junior year. During his senior year, he was selected for the Mathematics Olympiad National Training Team. What made Wei Dongyi famous was his amazing performance at the IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad).
2008年,在西班牙马德里结束的第49届国际数学奥林匹克竞赛中,高一年级的韦东奕以满分获得金牌。在2009年举办的第50届国际数学奥林匹克竞赛中,韦东奕再度以满分的成绩拿到了金奖。
Wei Dongyi participated in the 49th IMO and got his results: of six questions, 100 percent accuracy with full marks.
参加第49届国际奥数竞赛的中国队选手牟晓生(右)、韦东奕获得满分后合影。新华社记者陈海通摄
获得国际数学奥林匹克竞赛金牌后,韦东奕被北京大学数学系预录取,并于2010年正式成为北京大学数学系本科生。在韦东奕大三那一年,哈佛大学曾邀请其去就读,并且承诺了为其免除英语考试等服务,但是他本人并没有答应。韦东奕选择继续在北京大学就读硕士、博士研究生。
After winning the IMO twice, Wei Dongyi enrolled in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University. Wei got an appealing offer from Harvard University who promised to exempt him from taking English language tests. Without hesitation however, he chose to stay at Peking University for his master's degree, after which he got his PhD.
2019年12月之后,韦东奕留校担任助理教授。据统计,韦东奕已完成25篇学术论文。
图源:澎湃视频
面对这样的人生履历,网友们也整齐划一的表达了态度:佩服!
韦东奕的高中班主任、现任山东师范大学附属中学教师张永华在接受澎湃新闻采访时说,“再给他五六年的时间,我相信他会在学术上有所作为,或许会在数学领域做出惊艳世界的研究成果。”
张永华也表示,“现在关于他的视频在网上火了之后,各种评论很多,有正面的,也有负面的,我不希望这些评论影响到他。希望公众对其少些关注,给他一个做学术研究的安静空间。”
图源:澎湃视频
北京大学数学科学学院工作人员则表示,韦东奕自己也已获悉视频一事,但婉拒了媒体采访。
综合来源:China Daily微信公众号,澎湃新闻,南方都市报
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