最近幾天,一段北大數(shù)學老師韋東奕接受采訪的視頻刷屏網(wǎng)絡(luò)。
面對突如其來的關(guān)注度,北京大學北京國際數(shù)學研究中心在2日發(fā)布文表示:“青年學者需要安靜的治學環(huán)境”。
“韋東奕是一位非常優(yōu)秀的青年數(shù)學家,他專注于數(shù)學世界,為人純真,生活簡樸,在校就讀和工作期間均得到了師長同學的關(guān)心和幫助,不受打擾地學習和工作,取得了引人注目的工作成果。數(shù)學研究需要安靜的治學環(huán)境。我們也衷心希望社會各界與我們一起營造有利于年輕人專心開展學術(shù)研究的氛圍。”
接受采訪視頻爆紅
在網(wǎng)絡(luò)流傳的采訪視頻中,一位看上去“平平無奇”的北大老師介紹自己曾是北京大學數(shù)學系的本科生、研究生,現(xiàn)在是北大老師,獲得過高中數(shù)學聯(lián)賽山東省冠軍,拿到過國際數(shù)學奧林匹克競賽金牌,也因此最終被保送進入北大。
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.
在視頻的結(jié)尾,當被問到對于今年高考的同學有什么想說的話時,他說道:“加油,歡迎來到北京大學,我也不會說別的。”
這一番履歷,足以讓他稱得上是“數(shù)學大神”!此外,鏡頭前的他,形象質(zhì)樸,語氣平和,手里還提著一瓶桶裝水和一袋饅頭,直接成為熱搜里的名場面!
網(wǎng)友們也很快認出,這位接受采訪的低調(diào)老師,還就真是個“牛人”,他就是被不少人稱為“陳景潤接班人”和“數(shù)學天才”的韋東奕。
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!
視頻來源:南方都市報
保送北大,拒絕哈佛
據(jù)媒體報道,韋東奕出生于山東,父母都是山東建筑大學的老師。父親是數(shù)學教授,家中有不少數(shù)學讀物。韋東奕小時候就喜歡看這些書,小學一年級時韋東奕讀到《華羅庚數(shù)學學?!?,感受到了解題時的快樂。
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.
韋東奕初中時就加入了學校的奧數(shù)訓練隊,和高中生一同訓練。到高中時,他進入了國際數(shù)學奧林匹克競賽國家隊。也正是在國際數(shù)學奧林匹克競賽(IMO)上,韋東奕一鳴驚人。
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,在西班牙馬德里結(jié)束的第49屆國際數(shù)學奧林匹克競賽中,高一年級的韋東奕以滿分獲得金牌。在2009年舉辦的第50屆國際數(shù)學奧林匹克競賽中,韋東奕再度以滿分的成績拿到了金獎。
Wei Dongyi participated in the 49th IMO and got his results: of six questions, 100 percent accuracy with full marks.

參加第49屆國際奧數(shù)競賽的中國隊選手牟曉生(右)、韋東奕獲得滿分后合影。新華社記者陳海通攝
獲得國際數(shù)學奧林匹克競賽金牌后,韋東奕被北京大學數(shù)學系預錄取,并于2010年正式成為北京大學數(shù)學系本科生。在韋東奕大三那一年,哈佛大學曾邀請其去就讀,并且承諾了為其免除英語考試等服務(wù),但是他本人并沒有答應(yīng)。韋東奕選擇繼續(xù)在北京大學就讀碩士、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,韋東奕留校擔任助理教授。據(jù)統(tǒng)計,韋東奕已完成25篇學術(shù)論文。

圖源:澎湃視頻
面對這樣的人生履歷,網(wǎng)友們也整齊劃一的表達了態(tài)度:佩服!
韋東奕的高中班主任、現(xiàn)任山東師范大學附屬中學教師張永華在接受澎湃新聞采訪時說,“再給他五六年的時間,我相信他會在學術(shù)上有所作為,或許會在數(shù)學領(lǐng)域做出驚艷世界的研究成果。”
張永華也表示,“現(xiàn)在關(guān)于他的視頻在網(wǎng)上火了之后,各種評論很多,有正面的,也有負面的,我不希望這些評論影響到他。希望公眾對其少些關(guān)注,給他一個做學術(shù)研究的安靜空間。”

圖源:澎湃視頻
北京大學數(shù)學科學學院工作人員則表示,韋東奕自己也已獲悉視頻一事,但婉拒了媒體采訪。
綜合來源:China Daily微信公眾號,澎湃新聞,南方都市報