What is the literary accomplishment of mathematicians?

Xu Lizhi, a famous mathematician, summed up his academic experience in five aspects: cultivating interest, pursuing simplicity, attaching importance to intuition, learning to be abstract and not afraid of calculation. Recently, he gave lectures in Nanjing, adding a special item-he loves literature, instills after-school education, and can't ignore literary literacy. In the eyes of many people, mathematics and literature seem to be the poles of a magnet. The former depends on rational thinking, while the latter belongs to thinking in images, which are mutually exclusive. However, many great mathematicians in history have good literary literacy. Descartes has a special liking for poetry, and thinks that "poetry is the product of passion and imagination". Poets let the seeds of knowledge spark by imagination. Leibniz, a mathematician admired by Marx, has a strong interest in poetry and history since he was a child. He made full use of the books at home, made the past serve the present, and laid a solid foundation for his pioneering achievements in a series of disciplines such as philosophy and mathematics. When Gauss, the prince of mathematics, was studying at the University of Gothenburg, his two favorite subjects were mathematics and language, and he remained interested all his life. Of the 25 books he borrowed from the library in his freshman year, humanities accounted for 20. Just when the ideas of mathematicians or linguists haunted his mind, Gauss, aged 19, successfully solved the problem of drawing straightedge and straightedge with regular 17 polygons, which strengthened his belief in teaching and research. Cauchy, a great mathematician after Gauss, loved mathematics from an early age. When an idea flashed through his mind, he often interrupted other things, calculating and drawing in his book.

Mathematicians Laplace and Lagrange discovered his mathematical talent. It is said that Lagrange predicted that Cauchy would become a great mathematician, and warned his father not to let his children get in touch with mathematics too early, so as not to go astray and become a great mathematician who "doesn't know how to use his own language". Fortunately, Cauchy Primary School studied classical language, history, poetry and so on systematically at home under the guidance of his father. It is said that when Cauchy was in political exile abroad, he taught literature and poetry in an Italian university, and a book "On the Law of Poetry Creation" was handed down. Cauchy's literary skills can be seen from this. G. Paulia was particularly interested in literature when he was young, especially the works of Heine, a great German poet. He was proud to be born on the same day as Heine and won an award for translating his works into Hungarian. Russell, who gave lectures in China 192 1 year, is a famous contemporary philosopher, mathematical logician and discoverer of the famous barber paradox. But he is also a writer, and he has published many collections of novels. To the surprise of many professional writers, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature with 1950.

Look at the mathematicians in China. Hua is good at poetry, and popular science articles are condescending and easy to understand, which is a model worthy of emulation by future generations. Sue loved old-style poetry since childhood and read many books on literature and history. He takes poetry as his hobby and uses it to adjust his life. Xu Baozong studied classical literature since childhood, and learned to write ancient prose after 10. His article is concise, rich in connotation and extraordinary in skill. Li Guoping is not only one of the founders of China's reanalysis, but also an excellent poet. His collection of poems, Selected Poems of Li Guoping, was published by Wuhan University Press 1990. The preface is a ode by Su: "It is famous all over the world, with fresh sentences and fantastic words. Swallow Changhong Lian Guangyu, and wave colored pens to clean up the dust. East, west, north and south, people dream frequently in spring, summer, autumn and winter. I have always preferred chanting, and jade is not a tool. " To several altars.

Mathematics and literature are interlinked. People who study mathematics should pay attention to literary accomplishment, especially young people who are interested in mathematics.