Math Genius
Mr. Truong Ich Duong (1955) came from an intellectual family in Shanghai (China). His father was a professor of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University, and his mother was a civil servant.
At the age of 4, he could remember the capitals of 100 countries and the names of the emperors of various dynasties. At the age of 5, he showed an interest in studying mathematics and at the age of 9, he proved the Pythagorean Theorem. At the age of 12, Mr. Duong studied calculus.
With an outstanding talent for Mathematics, Mr. Duong was a student at Tsinghua High School (affiliated with Tsinghua University). However, because he was caught up in the 1968 "going up the mountain to the village" movement (young intellectuals from the city returned to their hometowns to immerse themselves in rural life), he only finished secondary school.
In 1977, China resumed the college entrance examination, and Mr. Tang borrowed high school textbooks to study by himself. Thanks to his diligence, intelligence, and good self-study ability, after a few months he mastered general knowledge, especially mathematics. In the 1978 college entrance examination, Mr. Tang scored high and was admitted to the Mathematics Department of Peking University.
In college, his grades were excellent. Therefore, Professor Phan Thua Dong of Mathematics was very impressed with Mr. Duong. The professor not only guided his scientific research, but also helped Mr. Duong consolidate his missing knowledge. In addition, the then principal of Peking University, Professor Dinh Thach Ton, also highly appreciated Mr. Duong.
Refusing to return home, staying in the US as a waiter for 7 years
In 1985, after receiving his master's degree, thanks to the help of Mathematician Mac Ton Kien, Mr. Duong was awarded a scholarship to study for a doctorate at Purdue University (USA) at public expense. After doing research, Mr. Duong chose 'Jacobi's Conjecture' as his doctoral thesis topic. It took Mr. Duong 2 years to complete his thesis, the proof process will be based on the research results of Mathematician Mac Ton Kien.
During his research, Mr. Duong found that the conclusion in Professor Mac Ton Kien's 'Jacobi Conjecture' was wrong. This made the professor angry and he refused to send a letter of recommendation for employment to prevent his position in the academic world and research organizations from accepting Mr. Duong.
Knowing the situation, Peking University at that time proposed that Mr. Duong return to the school to become a professor. But he refused, determined to stay in the US to work as a waiter for 7 years to earn money to complete his doctorate program. He had to do everything from washing dishes, serving food to delivering express delivery. Unable to pay for living expenses, Mr. Duong borrowed a friend's basement to sleep overnight.
Although life was difficult, he did not give up, determined to prove that what he did was right. At that time, he thought about returning to China, but quickly gave up the idea because he had not achieved anything in the US. Finally, in 1992, he completed his doctoral thesis at the age of 37.
Success in old age
After receiving his doctorate, Mr. Duong always looked for opportunities to teach at universities to prove his ability. In 1999, thanks to the introduction of friends, Mr. Duong was invited to be a guest lecturer at the University of New Hampshire (USA). Although his income was low, he had a stable job without manual labor. Here, he became famous for his excellent teaching talent.
Thanks to his constant efforts, at the age of 50, Mr. Duong became an official lecturer at the University of New Hampshire (USA). In 2008, Mr. Duong began researching the number theory 'Double Prime Conjecture' . The research lasted for 5 years, and in 2013, he successfully came to a conclusion and wrote an article published in a scientific journal.
At the age of 58, his name officially entered the academic world and became a famous mathematician. In addition, he also published a paper on 'The distance between prime numbers' , proving the existence of countless pairs of primes with a distance of less than 70 million.
The above series of successes gave him the opportunity to stand in the lecture hall of the Mathematics Department of Harvard University, proudly introducing his research results and winning many awards such as: Outstanding Scientist , Shaw Prize , Morning Star Prize for outstanding researchers ...
At the age of 60, Mr. Duong was invited by the University of California (Santa Barbara, USA) to become a professor of Mathematics. At the peak of his career, in 2018, he decided to return home to devote the rest of his life to his homeland.
Currently, Professor Duong holds the position of Director of the Phan Thua Dong Institute of Mathematics at Shandong University. Returning to China to contribute in his old age, Mathematician Truong Ich Duong pledged to break the traditional thinking and develop Chinese Mathematics to be on par with other countries in the world.
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