中国数学家邓煜因在希尔伯特第六问题上的突破性证明获得2026年菲尔兹奖，实现了中国籍数学家在该奖项上"零"的突破[1]。菲尔兹奖揭晓于北京时间2026年7月23日晚，在美国费城进行[1]。邓煜与北大校友王虹共同完成了这项研究[1]。
希尔伯特第六问题于1900年提出，要求从微观牛顿力学严格推导出宏观流体方程，被称为数学史上"最硬的骨头"[1]。研究团队由邓煜、Zaher·Hani和马骁三人组成[1]。来自河南新乡的马骁现为密歇根大学数学系教授，时年28岁，作为邓煜的同门师弟和博士后，为这项成果做出了重要贡献[1]。邓煜表示："马骁的加盟，让我们的研究少走了很多弯路"[1]。新乡市委书记魏建平随后赋诗点赞："才俊出牧野，骁马跃关山。问鼎绝顶处，名震寰宇间。"[1]
Chinese mathematician Deng Yu was awarded the Fields Medal on July 23, 2026, marking the first time a Chinese-born mathematician has received the prestigious prize, often called the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics."[1] The achievement stems from a breakthrough proof of Hilbert's Sixth Problem, a challenge in mathematical history described as "the hardest bone to crack."[1]
Hilbert's Sixth Problem, posed in 1900, requires rigorously deriving macroscopic fluid equations from microscopic Newtonian mechanics.[1] The research team behind this breakthrough comprises Deng Yu, Zaher Hani, and Ma Xiao.[1] Ma Xiao, a 28-year-old mathematician from Xinxiang, Henan Province, currently serves as a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan.[1] Deng Yu credited Ma Xiao's contribution to the research, stating: "Ma Xiao's participation has saved our research from many detours."[1]
The Fields Medal was announced in Philadelphia on the evening of July 23, 2026, Beijing time.[1] Ma Xiao, who shares academic lineage with Deng Yu as a junior fellow student, has been dubbed the "green leaf" of the Fields Medal achievement for his instrumental role in the breakthrough.[1] Wei Jianping, Party Secretary of Xinxiang, commemorated the accomplishment with a poem: "Talents emerge from the Muye pasture, a valiant steed leaps over mountain passes. At the peak of the highest question, a name resonates across the universe."[1]