Associate Professor Wang Hong from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University publicly shared her research findings on the 3D Kakeya conjecture at the seminar, drawing the attention of numerous professionals and mathematics enthusiasts.
柯朗数学科学研究所的副教授王虹在此次研讨会上公开分享了她在三维挂谷猜想上的研究成果。这一令人惊叹的成果吸引了众多专业人士和数学爱好者的目光。
Wang Hong, born in the southern Chinese city of Guilin and a graduate of Peking University, is an associate professor at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
王虹,出生于中国南方城市桂林,毕业于北京大学,现任纽约大学Courant数学科学研究所副教授。
In 1917, Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya asked: What is the smallest area a one-inch needle can sweep while rotating in all directions on a flat surface? A simple rotation forms a circle, but creative movements can reduce the area. This led to the Kakeya conjecture.
1917年,日本数学家挂谷宗一提出了一个有趣的几何练习问题:将一根无限细、一寸长的针放在平坦的表面上,然后旋转它,使其指向各个方向。针可以扫过的最小面积是多少?如果你简单地围绕它的中心旋转它,你就会得到一个圆。但可以用创造性的方式来改变方向,这样你划出的地方就可以更小。此后,数学家提出了这个问题的一个相关版本,称为挂谷猜想。
Wang and her collaborator Joshua Zahl, from the University of British Columbia, presented their milestone proof in a preprint paper that has not undergone peer review on the open-access repository arXiv on Feb 24.
王虹和不列颠哥伦比亚大学的约书亚·扎尔接过了这个“接力棒”,继续在三维挂谷猜想的证明上深耕。在开放获取存储库arXiv上以预印本论文的形式公布了研究成果,宣告证明了三维挂谷猜想(Kakeya Conjecture)。尽管该论文尚未经过同行评审,但已在数学界引起了广泛关注。
Some believe that Wang will be a strong contender for the Fields Medal, one of the highest international honors in mathematics. Since the Nobel Prize does not include a category for mathematics, the Fields Medal is often regarded as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics".
有观点认为,王虹将成为菲尔茨奖的热门候选人物。如果这篇论文最终通过严格的同行评审,王虹极有可能成为中国首位获得菲尔兹奖的数学家,以及全球第三位拿下菲尔兹奖的女性得主。
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