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Science: Creating the Future：Episode 4: Future Science Prize Laureates Series – Ngai-Ming MOK․Drawin

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“Maybe the ultimate goal of mathematics is ‘the truth, the goodness and the beauty’. Human sensation is the most direct and most primitive. First you must have a sensation, then you start pursuing for knowledge.”

Professor Ngai-Ming MOK is a mathematician specialising in the research of Several Complex Variables, Complex Differential Geometry and Algebraic Geometry. He is the laureate of the 2022 Future Science Prize – Mathematics and Computer Science Prize for the theory of varieties of minimal rational tangents (VMRT) and his proof of Ax-Schanuel’s conjecture for Shimura varieties. Complex analysis is very important in modern geometry and is the cornerstone of many algebraic theorems. Modern physics also has to make use of the fundamental research of complex numbers to advance.

Professor MOK does not only devote himself to the study in mathematics, but also acquires profound knowledge in areas such as literature, poetry and philosophy. Striving for the truth, the goodness and the beauty in knowledge, he draws an analogy and embraces both liberal arts and science to understand and reach out to the world.

Professor MOK has considered himself a pursuer of knowledge since a young age. Knowledge across disciplines strengthens his imagination and helps him a lot with his researches in mathematics. Some people think that modern mathematics and physics become more and more distant or even detached from reality, but to Professor MOK, scientists, artists and philosophers are just depicting the same scenery from different perspectives.

At the same time, as a professor of mathematics at the University of Hong Kong, Professor MOK commits to nurturing the next generation in the hope of developing more outstanding mathematicians. He said, “I really wish to have mathematicians with ability and potential developed or nurtured in Hong Kong.”
Professor MOK places great importance on nurturing the next generation. To him, inheritance is just as important as research. His advice is that students must be committed to mathematics in order to find the right path to unleash their potential.
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문화 - Culture
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Complex analysis, VMRT, beauty
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