First, China's mathematical problem-solving ability is very strong, but his problem-solving ability is not strong.
It is true that we have the most powerful computing power in the world, but in the era of artificial intelligence, the ability to learn through memory and repeated training is not so important.
Problem solving ability VS problem solving ability are two completely different concepts. Solving problems focuses on discovering unknown problems, proposing models and solving tasks with random uncertainties; Solving problems is just learning the known knowledge points of basic mathematics, so solving problems is non-creative work. Those problems are solved and puzzled, and they are solved quickly and slowly. The known answer has been waiting there for thousands of years.
The weather vane of the competition is more and more inclined to test the ability to solve problems, so it is not surprising that China was wiped out in the Romanian Masters this year. In recent years, the first place in the international Olympic competition is also the United States.
? Second, China's mathematics education system is too rigid and does not pay attention to the cultivation of creative mathematics thinking.
Mathematical ability plays an important role in thinking, making decisions and solving practical problems. Our present cramming education is just the opposite. Some people say that China only attaches importance to basic education and not higher education, but in fact, from the beginning of basic education, our direction is wrong. Our training from childhood is how to do problems accurately and quickly, lacking inspiring and creative teaching.
The students trained under this system lack the training of independent thinking and will only follow the route specified by the teacher. Therefore, China still has a long way to go if it wants to be ahead in the field of mathematics.
There was once a student studying in Cambridge who said to his mother with regret: Mom, now I know that my favorite is math! Chatting with students who study mathematics, I found that mathematics is really beautiful! But my boring training in the past killed my interest in mathematics and made me hate it. Now I realize how wrong this is!
Maybe we can have many great mathematicians, but they are all delayed by such reasons.
? Thirdly, I only heard that mathematicians from China went to study in the United States and other countries, but seldom heard that foreign mathematicians went to study in China.
There are many famous China mathematicians in China, such as Hua, Chen Jingrun, Su, Yu and Zhang, but only Chen Jingrun has never studied. It is impossible for foreign mathematicians to study in China.
In China, there have never been mathematicians like Gauss and Riemann in two thousand years. The ultimate goal of Professor China and researchers is to become "academicians" and gain academic and administrative rights. There are very few teachers who are really addicted to pure academic research, generally focusing on application, supplemented by foundation. However, applied mathematics in China has not reached the world level, let alone basic mathematics.
Fourthly, China lacks students who really love mathematics, and often adopts a utilitarian attitude.
China students often lack sincere love, passion and curiosity for mathematics, and the motivation to reveal the mysteries of mathematics. They regard mathematics as a means to get a decent job and a comfortable life. There was a foreign professor, and her most proud and talented student told her to give up her studies and join an investment bank after graduation because she could get higher income. She said angrily that she would never accept China students again.
Fifth, even if Huawei leads the 5G standard, it is mainly foreign scientists.
The origin of 5G originated from a paper on polar code published by Eldar Arikan, a professor at Turkish University of Bilkent in 2008. Huawei's main scientists mainly come from Russia, Israel and other western countries, and we can't cover up our problems with our immediate achievements. Our mathematical development has always followed the footsteps of foreign countries, lacking independent inventions, let alone leading the direction of mathematical science.
Mathematics is the starting point and end point of science, and its methods run through the whole process of scientific research and play a key role. Regardless of artificial intelligence, big data, software radio ... almost all the underlying technologies will point to mathematics, and related doctoral research will return to mathematics.
Qiu Chengtong, a famous mathematician, said that after 80 years of hard work, China's mathematics has not reached the grand occasion of the Japanese in the 1940s. Not to mention America.
However, we are not completely without opportunities: the Sino-US trade war is an opportunity for China to attach importance to mathematics education. Every year, more and more overseas students return to China, and the United States is also facing problems such as administrative intervention in scientific research and selling old scientists. If China seizes the opportunity, it still has hope to close the gap.