Talk in Valedictory of ICAMTPBCS-2016 by Dr.Linfan MAO
(毛林繁博士在ICAMTPBCS-2016闭幕式上的讲话)
Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon!
(女士们、先生们,大家下午好!)
I have heard many good works and good ideas in the past 3 days here. So, please allow me congratulating to CMS for organized this successful conference, the International Conference on Applications of Mathematics in Topological Dynamics, Physical, Biological and Chemical Systems.
(过去3天里,我在这里听到许多很好的科研工作,以及好的科研思想,故此,允许我首先在这里对加尔各答数学会成功组织“数学在拓扑动力学、物理、生态和化学系统中的应用国际学术交流大会”表示祝贺。)
I always believe an applied mathematician should be a philosopher, thinking about our world all the times, not only just calculating because mathematics itself is a philosophical subject for our world.
(我一直认为,一个应用数学家本身应当是一个哲学家,穷其一生思考我们这个世界本源而不单单是从事数学计算,因为数学本身是一门关于我们这个世界的哲学类学科。)
This is my 4th time come to India for mathematical conference. Each time, many young scholars asked me to provide a few open problems for them. In fact, it is easy but I never do so because there are many and many opened problems in mathematics and mathematical sciences for them today, for example, on the last section of each chapter of the 3 books of mine donated to the library of CMS yesterday. However, to decide what to do is simple, and to decide not to do what is a little different but more important.
(这是我第4次来到印度出席数学学术会议。每次都会有一些青年学者向我询问,希望我能够给他们出一些研究题目以供研究。这实际上是一项很简单事情但我从未做过,因为今天的数学以及数学科学中有大量的未解决问题供他们选择而无需我在提供,例如,在我昨天捐赠给加尔各答数学会馆藏的我本人3本书的每一章最后一节中都有大量的未解决问题。在科学发展的今天,决定研究什么是一项很简单的工作,但决定不研究什么则与此不同,然而对科学研究更重要。)
In my opinion, the most important for an applied mathematician is not just solving a mathematical problem with only self-interest, but should contribute to other sciences by mathematics, not only just calculating but also the creative to mathematics, and then the beneficial to human beings. Along with a research, one should look over more researches of other scientists in your or not in your fields, and then push forward the promotion and development for different sciences altogether. Considering all of these things, I think this conference is success and it is valuable for all attendants.
(我个人认为,对应用数学家来说,重要的绝不单单是去解决那些仅是个人或少数几个人感兴趣的数学问题,而应当采用数学方法对其他科学做出贡献,不单是数学计算而是数学创造,进而才能有益于人类社会。在从事一项数学研究的同时,研究人员应当多看看,多了解其他研究人员的研究工作,无论它们属于或是不属于个人的研究领域,进而推动不同学科共同发展。正是考虑到这些缘由,我认为本次学术交流会是一次成功的大会,对每一位参会代表都是值得的。)
Thanks for you attention! Thanks!
(谢谢大家!谢谢!)