In the half century since the 1920s, a large number of accomplished mathematicians have emerged in Wenzhou, a water town in the south of China. Wen's mathematicians made great contributions to the mathematics research, mathematics education and the organization and dissemination of mathematics activities in modern China, which had a wide social impact. Even as the hometown of these mathematicians, Wenzhou is also called "the hometown of mathematicians". Professor Chen Shengshen, an international mathematician, wrote five big characters (see right) [1] when he visited Wenzhou on June 5438+ 10, 2003. The following is a brief introduction to the main achievements of 10, a hot-blooded mathematician, and its influence on modern mathematics in China.

Jiang lifu

(1890— 1978, academician of academia sinica), born in Pingyang, Zhejiang (now Cangnan County, Wenzhou). 19 10 went to the United States from boxer indemnity to study mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley; 19 15 years to obtain a bachelor's degree; 19 19 received a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard university in the United States; 1934 went to the university of Hamburg for further study; And in 1938. He has served as a professor of mathematics in Nankai University, Xiamen University, The National SouthWest Associated University, Lingnan University and Sun Yat-sen University. He was the president of "New chinese mathematical society" (1940), the director of Institute of Mathematics of Academia Sinica (1947), and 1948 was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica. He is good at dealing with geometric problems by algebraic and analytical methods, especially "circular prime geometry and matrix theory" In mathematics education, he returned to China from 65438 to 0920, founded the Mathematics Department of Nankai University and served as the first department head, and trained a number of famous mathematicians at home and abroad, such as Liu Jinnian, Shen Youcheng, Wu Daren and Liao [3]. Cultivating high-quality mathematics talents is one of Jiang Lifu's outstanding achievements. In addition to scientific research and teaching, he also takes into account the organization of China's mathematics team, such as leading the "New chinese mathematical society", establishing the Institute of Mathematics of Academia Sinica, and actively contacting and recommending young mathematicians to study abroad. In addition, he also served as the chairman of the Committee for Examination and Approval of Mathematical Terminology (1923), and made contributions to the examination and approval of corresponding mathematical terms in China, Britain, Germany and Japan, and published a Compendium of Arithmetic Terminology (1938). Regarding Jiang Lifu's position and influence in modern mathematics in China, Professor Chen Shengshen, an international master of mathematics, said: "For many years, Mr. Jiang was the most important leader in the mathematics field in China. Academician Su commented: "He has made great contributions to the cause of modern mathematics in China and has far-reaching influence. Without him, China's mathematical outlook would be different. ".[3]

1 Chen Shengshen. Speech at Professor Jiang Lifu's Birthday100th Anniversary Conference, Nankai Alumni Newsletter, Issue 1 (1990).

su buqing

(1902—2003, Academician of Academia Sinica, Academician of China Academy of Sciences), born in Pingyang, Zhejiang (now Pingyang County, Wenzhou). 1920 studied in the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tokyo Higher Institute of Technology, 1923 entered the Department of Mathematics of Northeast Imperial University for further study, 1927 went directly to the graduate school, 193 1 obtained the doctor of science degree. He has successively served as a professor of mathematics at Zhejiang University (193 1) and Fudan University (1952), and founded the Institute of Mathematics of Fudan University and served as its director for many years. He used to be president of Fudan University (1980) and honorary president (1983). In addition, he also served as the editor-in-chief of China Mathematical Journal, the first mathematical magazine in China (1936), and founded the international mathematical magazine Mathematical Yearbook as the first editor-in-chief (1980), and was successively elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences (1948) and China Academy of Sciences (/kloc-). Su has made outstanding achievements in the fields of differential geometry and computational geometry, especially in affine differential geometry, projective differential geometry and general spatial differential geometry. The China School of Differential Geometry founded by him has a wide influence at home and abroad. Since 1927, more than 60 academic papers and more than 0 monographs and textbooks have been published. Sue is an outstanding math educator. 193 1 After returning from Japan, he became the head of the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University. In addition to offering many basic courses of modern mathematics with Professor Chen, he also founded a mathematics seminar in China, and successively trained a number of accomplished mathematicians such as Zhang Sucheng, Xiong, Fang Dezhi, Bai Zhengguo, Yang Zhongdao, Gu Chaohao and Hu. Sue is enthusiastic about the academic exchange and popularization of mathematics, and has written books on how to learn mathematics. 1952, long-term chairman of the Shanghai Mathematical Society and former vice chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society. 1983 was elected honorary chairman and organized many math competitions in Shanghai and the whole country. He was also a famous social activist, and served as the director of the Central Committee of China Democratic League and the vice chairman of the Seventh China People's Political Consultative Conference. Regarding Su's achievements and influence, W Braschke, a famous German mathematician, once commented that "Su was the first geometrician in the East!" 1976 after the American mathematical delegation visited China, it was concluded that China Institute of Differential Geometry headed by Su was established in Zhejiang University. 1987, at the scientific report meeting to celebrate his 85th birthday and 60th anniversary of teaching, his student Professor Gu Chaohao said: "Su Lao is an internationally recognized authority on geometry, and his high-level work in affine differential geometry and projective differential geometry has occupied an indisputable position in the international mathematics field. Su Lao has made great contributions to the construction of mathematics discipline in China. He worked hard at Zhejiang University and Fudan University to create influential disciplines at home and abroad. He has also made indelible contributions to the reform of China's cultural and educational undertakings. " [3] "He is one of the founders of modern mathematics in China". [4]

Karina Zhao

(19 10-2003, Academician of China Academy of Sciences), Wenling, Zhejiang (1937, 1954- 1957,1958-/kloc-0. 1926 was admitted to the preparatory course of Xiamen University, 1928 was promoted to the Department of Mathematics, 193 1 transferred to the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University, 1933 graduated, 1935 studied at the University of Manchester, England at his own expense, 1935. He has served as assistant professor of mathematics department of Nankai University, professor of mathematics of Sichuan University and Chongqing University, director of the Institute of Mathematics of Chongqing University (1949- 1950), director of the Institute of Mathematics of Sichuan University (1953) and president. He used to be the editor-in-chief of Journal of Sichuan University and the deputy editor-in-chief of Mathematical Yearbook. 1955 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences [2]. Ke Zhao is an expert in number theory and has made outstanding achievements in the fields of number theory, combinatorial theory and algebra. Since 1937, hundreds of academic papers and 3 monographs have been published at home and abroad. 1940 As the head of the Department of Mathematics of Sichuan University, he attached importance to teachers' scientific research work and the cultivation of students' ability, and initiated the establishment of a mathematics special research course with the participation of teachers and classmates. He advocated the research of applied mathematics and promoted the rapid development of functional analysis and cybernetics, partial differential equations and computational mathematics in Sichuan University. And I personally participated in the application and popularization of mathematics with young and middle-aged teachers. Ke Zhao's contribution and influence are not limited to Sichuan. He has done a lot of work for the development of mathematics in China, and 1983 was elected honorary chairman of chinese mathematical society. 1990, Stahle, an American mathematician, commented on Ke Zhao's achievements: "It's amazing that China people have made great achievements so early" and said: "The masterpiece about quadratic form is great!" . In the history of Sichuan University, it is recorded that the special research course initiated by Ke Zhao "has brought up a group of talents who have made great progress in mathematics" [5].

Xu xianxiu

(19 12—2002, Academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province)), born in Yongjia, Zhejiang (now Yongjia County, Wenzhou). 1935 graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University, 1946 went to the United States to study at Brown University, 1948 received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics, 1949 spent one year at Princeton Literature Institute, and studied as a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in summer, an academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province). He was appointed professor of engineering science at Purdue University, professor of applied mathematics at Illinois Institute of Technology, professor of aviation department at Purdue University, and adjunct professor at Taiwan Province Provincial University, Tsinghua University (Hsinchu) and Jiaotong University (Hsinchu). Xu Xianxiu is an applied scholar. 1973- 1980 was appointed as the State Science and Technology Commission of Taiwan Province Province, and 1979- 1989 was appointed as the chairman of the Industrial Research Institute. He suggested the establishment of Hsinchu Science Industrial Park, which has made great contributions to the development of modern science and technology and industry in Taiwan Province Province. At the same time, the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University was established in Hsinchu on 196 1, and the summer mathematics seminar was held every year from 1962, and he served as the president of Tsinghua University in Hsinchu on 1970- 1975. He actively promoted mathematics education in Taiwan Province Province, which made the level and scale of universities develop rapidly. In view of Xu Xianxiu's outstanding contributions to Purdue University in 1955- 1963 and 1968- 1978, Purdue University awarded him 1980 Outstanding Contribution Award and awarded him 1993 Honorary Doctor. At the same time, due to his special contribution to science, technology and education in Taiwan Province Province, the authorities of Taiwan Province Province awarded him the Gold Star Medal from 65438 to 0989. [6]

To Chen Fu.

(19 16— 1990, academician of academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province)), born in Ruian, Zhejiang (now Ruian City, Wenzhou). 1944 Graduated from Mathematics Department of Xiamen University, 1946 Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Mathematics, Zhejiang University. Later, he went to the University of California, Berkeley, and 1970 was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province). 1947 Up to now, he has been a lecturer, associate professor and professor in the Department of Mathematics of Taiwan Province Provincial University, and has served as the director of the Department of Mathematics of Taiwan Academia Sinica and the director of the Institute of Mathematics. He specializes in analytical mathematics, with many achievements and rich writings. Especially in the research of Fourier series and functional analysis, outstanding achievements have been made. He seduced students in mathematics teaching, tirelessly taught students, and achieved remarkable results. He has taught mathematics at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Tohoku University in Sendai, the University of Malaysia, Nanyang University in Singapore and the University of the Netherlands, and has also served as a professor of mathematics at Soochow University and Tamkang University in Taiwan Province Province. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, 1958- 1968 won the first Zhongshan Award in Taiwan Province Province and the first works award of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan Province Province. ②

② Cai, Professor Xiang, Department of Mathematics, Taiwan Province Provincial University, No.272, 2002.

Yangzhong avenue

(1923 ——, Academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province)), born in Pingyang, Zhejiang (now Cangnan County, Wenzhou). 1946 graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University, 1948 worked as an assistant at the Institute of Mathematics of Academia Sinica, 1949 studied at Durham University in the United States, 1954 received his Ph.D. in mathematics, and went to the University of Illinois as a postdoctoral fellow in the same year. 1948 was a visiting researcher at Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies in the United States. He also served as Director graduate department of the Department of Mathematics for 4 years and Head of the Department of Mathematics for 5 years. 65438-0968 was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province). Yang Zhongdao specializes in algebraic topology and topological transformation groups. The main achievements include the establishment of "Young's Mean Theorem" in topology, the proof of F J Dyson's conjecture and the final solution of W blaschke's conjecture, and many important achievements have been made in cooperation with many famous mathematicians abroad. He has published hundreds of academic papers and many books on topology. He has been teaching at the University of Pennsylvania for 35 years and trained a group of mathematics talents. For example, larryMawn, who has been the head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts for many years, came from his door. [7] Since 1989, he has returned to China to give lectures many times, which has contributed to the cultivation of modern mathematics talents in China.

Gu chaohao

(1926 ——, Academician of China Academy of Sciences), born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang (now Lucheng District, Wenzhou). 1948 graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University, 1957 went to the Department of Mathematical Mechanics of Moscow University in the former Soviet Union for further study, 1959 received a doctorate in physics and mathematical science, and 1980 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences [3]. He has taught in the Mathematics Department of Zhejiang University (1948) and Fudan University (1952) successively. He used to be director of the Institute of Mathematics of Fudan University, dean and vice president of the Graduate School, president of China University of Science and Technology (1988) and president of Wenzhou University (1999). His research fields include differential geometry, partial differential equations and mathematical physics. In the fields of infinite continuous transformation quasigroups, hyperbolic equations and mixed partial differential equations, and the mathematical structure of gauge fields, he has made outstanding achievements in the international mathematics field. Since 195 1 year, more than 100 papers and monographs have been published. In recognition of his outstanding achievements in scientific research, Shanghai awarded him the title of the first scientific and technological hero in 2003. The research group of partial differential equations led by him has now developed into a prestigious research laboratory at home and abroad, and trained a new generation of influential mathematicians at home and abroad. He used to be the vice chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society and the chairman of the Shanghai Mathematical Society. He was invited to visit the United States, Mexico, West Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Britain, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and other countries for academic exchanges, and gave lectures in many domestic universities and Taiwan Province Province. His doctoral thesis "On some generality of transformation quasigroups and its application in differential geometry" is regarded by critics as "the first work that has made substantial development and progress in this field after E.Cartan, the most famous master of differential geometry in modern times". Friderichs, a famous American mathematician, commented: "Gu Chaohao's work has realized his long-cherished wish of further applying positive symmetric equations to mixed equations". Gu Chaohao's outstanding achievements are well-known at home and abroad.

Xiang Wuzhong

(1935 ——, Academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province)), born in Yueqing, Zhejiang (now Yueqing, Wenzhou). 1953 entered the Department of Mathematics of Taiwan Province Provincial University, 1957 received his bachelor's degree, and 1962 received his doctorate from Princeton University. 1980 was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan Province Province), and 1989 was elected as an academician of the National College of Arts and Sciences. He used to be a professor of mathematics at Yale University and Princeton University, and a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, Amsterdam University in the Netherlands and Bonn University in Germany. 1982 ——1985 was the head of the mathematics department of Princeton university. Xiang Wuzhong is a famous topologist who has made great achievements in low-dimensional topology. Because of his outstanding achievements in topology research, he was invited to give two 45-minute and 1 hour invitation reports at the international congress of mathematicians held in Nice, France and Warsaw, Poland in 1 year. It can be seen that his achievements are well-known in the international mathematics field. He is also a member of the editorial board of many academic journals, such as the Annual Mathematics published in the United States.

③ Princeton University Information (2004).

Jiang boju

(1937 ——, Academician of China Academy of Sciences), born in Pingyang, Zhejiang (now Cangnan County, Wenzhou, born in Tianjin), is the son of famous mathematician Jiang Lifu. 1953 studied in the department of mathematical mechanics in Peking University; 1978- 1979 as a visiting scholar at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies; 1980- 198 1 gave lectures at UC Berkeley and UCLA; And was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences on 1980. 1957 worked in Peking University, 1985- 1992 served as deputy director of Nankai Institute of Mathematics, 1995- 1998 served as the first director of Peking University Institute of Mathematical Sciences,1989-/kloc-. Jiang Boju focused on topology and made outstanding contributions in the field of fixed point theory. Because of his outstanding achievements, he has won many national science conference awards and national natural science awards. In particular, he won the first Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award (1988) and the Heliang Heli Fund Science and Technology Progress Award (1996). Jiang Boju takes the development of mathematics in China as his own responsibility, and always puts teaching and guiding graduate work in the first place, and strives for perfection in lectures. For many years, he presided over the research group of mathematics teaching reform and actively participated in the reform of mathematics education. He is enthusiastic about the popularization of mathematics, actively participates in middle school students' mathematics competitions and lectures, and also publishes many books on popularizing mathematics, which has a great influence on teenagers.

Li Banghe

(1942 ——, academician of China Academy of Sciences), born in Yueqing, Zhejiang (now Yueqing, Wenzhou). 1965 graduated from the department of applied mathematics of China University of Science and Technology, and worked in the Institute of Mathematics of China Academy of Sciences in the same year. He used to be the director of the Basic Mathematics Research Office of the Institute, and now he is a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics and System Science of China Academy of Sciences. In 2003, he was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences. Li Banghe's research fields are quite extensive, and he has made important achievements or breakthroughs in differential topology, low-dimensional topology, partial differential equations, generalized functions, nonstandard analysis, algebraic geometry, algebraic mechanization and so on. He has published more than 90 research papers. For example, in the qualitative study of partial differential equations, he denied the assertion of Oliynyk, an academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, that the number of discontinuous lines can be counted, and answered three conjectures of Lachs and Gliem, academicians of American Academy of Sciences, about general and piecewise analysis. Ivanov, an academician of the former Soviet Academy of Communication Sciences, once commented on his work of applying nonstandard analysis to generalized functions: "The multiplication of generalized functions was successful only in a few cases before, and Li Banghe obtained a series of results by using nonstandard analysis." His work in differential topology won the second Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award (1989), and many of his research achievements have been cited by scholars at home and abroad, which has great influence in the world. In the 20th century, many famous mathematicians were born in Wenzhou. In order to carry forward Wenzhou's tradition of attaching importance to basic mathematics education and cultivate more mathematics talents in 2 1 century, Wenzhou established the "mathematician cradle plan" in 2002, aiming at cultivating young people. I believe that under this rare innovation in the history of mathematics, Wenzhou will create more brilliant mathematical talents and make contributions to building China into a powerful mathematical country in the 2 1 century!