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Indian President Partibha Patil presents the Fields Medal to Ngo Bao Chau in Hyderabad, India yesterday. — AFP/VNA/VNS Photo |
Chau was among the four mathematicians to win the prize at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians held in the southern city of Hyderabad in India yesterday.
Professor Chau's work with a 30-year-old mathematical conundrum, known as the fundamental lemma theory, was groundbreaking achievement in the mathematics community and earned him the award.
The Professor's work was selected by Time magazine as one of the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2009, and he was the first Vietnamese to win the prestigious Clay Research Award in 2004.
Indian President Pratibha Patil presented the Fields Medals to the winners.
The Fields Medal, founded by the Canadian mathematic John Charles Fields and first awarded in 1936, is annually awarded to a maximum of four mathematicians below the age of 40. The prize has been commonly regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematicians
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International distinction ‘brings honour to nation' HA NOI — President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday sent a message of congratulations to Ngo Bao Chau who won the Fields Medal in mathematics. Triet said he highly valued Chau's achievements and his contributions to mathematics, thus bringing honour to the nation. He said that Chau's prize reflected on mathematics in Viet Nam and that he hoped Chau would continue to contribute to the field inViet Nam and the world. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung also sent a message of congratulations to Professor Ngo Bao Chau. Dung said the occasion was the pride of the nation's educational sector and a strong encouragement for young scholars in Viet Nam. He expressed his hope that Chau would have more time to lecture in Viet Nam and his belief that there would be more talents to serve and honour the cause of national reconstruction and development due to the guidance of professors like Chau. Chau has proposed the establishment of an advanced scientific research institute following models in South Korea and Japan. He also called on the educational sector to do more to stimulate the studiousness of youth. — VNS |
Professor Le Tuan Hoa, rector of the Viet Nam Mathematics Institute, said the proof of the fundamental lemma was a great achievement in terms of global mathematics.
Specialist Tran Minh Tuan from the institute said this event could ensure the establishment of a Viet Nam Advanced Mathematics Institute to enhance the nation's mathematic development.
During the past 70 years, 48 mathematicians from 11 nations have received the Fields Medal.
Chau was born in Ha Noi in 1972. His father was former Viet Nam Institute of Mechanics director Professor Dr Ngo Huy Can, and his mother, Associate Professor Tran Luu Van Hien.
He won two gold medals at international mathematics Olympiad when he was a high school student and was offered a scholarship to study in Paris.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan had invited him to return to work in Viet Nam. The professor will give lectures at the University of Chicago in early September. — VNS
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