Qiu Chengtong: The junior high school section is just a good time to cultivate children's mathematics interest

Many students want to learn mathematics well, but is this love out of origin? Today, Qiu Chengtong, the well -known mathematician, the first Chinese winner of the Phils Award, and the dean of the Tsinghua University Seeking Academy, pointed out in Shanghai that many students include teachers, and they know very little about the most important mathematicians in the world in the past 300 years. It can be said that without the nourishment of mathematical culture, it is impossible for students to talk about mathematics's interest in mathematics, let alone to do well in learning.

"The foundation of science is mathematics, and all the language in nature depends on mathematics." In this lecture, Qiu Chengtong hopes to share and pass on the beauty of mathematics in his mind to more primary and secondary school students: Mathematics is a door to a door. Seeking true knowledge, we must observe from the perspective of beauty; mathematicians are not "weird people" in the public impression, but people with flesh and blood, who are diligent in learning and thinking about. Can grow. "

Good at communication and mutual learning,

It is the common characteristic of many scientists and mathematicians

There is a compulsory course for Tsinghua University to seek the college, which is the history of mathematics taught by Qiu Chengtong himself. In his opinion, letting young people understand the history of mathematics is not only to feel how wonderful the research results of mathematicians made by all ages, but also to understand the fun of some mathematicians, and more importantly, stimulating students' interest in mathematics. Especially to let the young people today know how mathematicians in history have taken the road of creation. In this way, when they are engaged in research in the future, it will be easier to get out of their own way.

In Qiu Chengtong's view, to further enhance China's level of mathematics development, teachers and students need to pay more attention to the history of mathematics, and they must understand the most important mathematicians in the past 300 years. After all, if the students' vision is not wide enough, it is impossible to do learning well, and their interest in mathematics will not last.

"Teaching the history of mathematics can also let more students know that mathematicians are also flesh and bloody people, rather than the 'weird man' described by some media reports. The life of mathematicians is also colorful. Great mathematicians in history, Like poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu, he is a talented scholar. "Qiu Chengtong said with an example of the mathematician of Ferma's theorem, and many media reports described Andrew Wells to hide in the attic at night. It took a long time to solve this problem, but the fact is not exactly the case. During the provenance of Ferma Ding theory, Andrew White also communicated with many scholars to increase his own vision.

"I have never seen a great achievement from a isolated mathematician. They can sit in the library and read books to understand the ideas of the college asked. You can also communicate with the thinkers. The understanding of cutting -edge issues. "In the lecture held yesterday, Qiu Chengtong and the primary and secondary school students in Shanghai shared his observations: Many scientists and mathematicians were good at making friends with others through dating or communicating with others to learn from each other's successful experience. This is also the common characteristic of many outstanding scientists.

For young students, he gives suggestions: everyone should have their own learning habits and temper. Among many learning methods, find a few good friends to chat and communicate, which is also a way to learn quickly.

Junior high school section,

It's a good time to cultivate mathematics interest

Nowadays, more and more scholars have begun to pay attention to the potential recognition and early training of top -top talents. Those "good seedlings" with mathematical talents can be selected at about when they are about age? How to choose?

Qiu Chengtong bluntly said that in addition to talent, always maintaining interest in mathematics is the most important factor in learning mathematics. He himself became interested in mathematics after hearing the story of several Italian mathematicians who solved astronomical problems in the second day of the second day. From the perspective of the growth experience of many mathematicians, the age of eleven and twelve is often an important age group of interest in mathematics and other disciplines. It's right.

"The junior high school section is just a good time to cultivate mathematics interest. At high school, you need to go through further learning to lay a good basis for mathematics. If you want to make some real achievements in this field, you need to have a longer persistence. "Qiu Chengtong said.

Keep a love for nature,

More interests will help mathematical research

Speaking of mathematics learning, Qiu Chengtong brought some experience and feelings of "coming people".

He reminded young students: maintaining love for nature, and more interest will also help mathematical research. This is because the progress of science can only be achieved on the shoulder of the giant, and many important discoveries come from observation of nature. By observing new ideas, combined with the theory of the predecessors, or rely on yourself to rely on yourself Seeking a new method. "Such an innovative concept can not be done by artificial intelligence."

Qiu Chengtong further explained that literature and art, mathematics, and science are resonance between human heart and nature. For example, when we see the Yangtze River flowing, some people can lament "the water rolling the Yangtze River eastward water", and some people began to explore the water quality of the Yangtze River. Different disciplines study the beauty of nature from different perspectives. Qiu Chengtong laughed, which is why countries with rich culture accumulation can cultivate first -class mathematicians. From Cuban, Greece to Egypt, China, and India, first -class mathematicians have been cultivated in civilized countries, which is enough to see the importance of culture in mathematics and other knowledge.

It was with such an original intention that Qiu Chengtong proposed the concept of "Tongcai" training to lead the development of mathematics basic disciplines at the beginning of the founding of Tsinghua University.At present, the college not only offers basic courses such as mathematics, physics, but also set up general courses such as "History of Mathematics", "Lonely Mind in the Universe", "Aesthetic Practice of Calligraphy Art", and "Seeking True Lecture Hall" and "History of Science"Emperor a series of notification lectures.

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Author: Jiang Peng Zhang Peng

Edit: Zhang Peng

Editor in charge: Fan Liping

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