中国数学曾经有过光辉灿烂的历史,只是到了近代才落后的。“五四”运动前后,随着大学设立数学课,一批青年出国学习西方数学,我国数学又开始逐步走上世界舞台。经过几代人的努力,取得了显著进步,以华罗庚为代表的一些数学家在数论、代数、分析及拓扑等领域做出了许多很好的工作,为祖国赢得了良好的国际声誉。近些年来,我国数学出现了迅速发展的新局面,一些原来基础较好的学科继续发展,并取得了引人注目的新成果,原来比较薄弱或者是空白的研究领域,现在也能看到中国数学家的足迹,甚至引起国际上广泛的重视。相当一批数学家特别是一些优 Chinese mathematics once had a glorious history, only lagging behind in modern times. Before and after May Fourth Movement, with the establishment of mathematics classes in universities, a group of young people went abroad to study Western mathematics, and our country mathematics began to gradually embark on the world stage. After several generations' hard work, remarkable progress has been made. Some mathematicians represented by Hua Luogeng have done a great deal of good work in the fields of number theory, algebra, analysis and topology, and have won a good international reputation for the motherland. In recent years, the rapid development of math in our country has seen a new situation. Some of the original well-established disciplines continue to develop with striking new achievements. The original weak or blank research fields can now also see China Mathematicians' footprints have even attracted widespread international attention. A considerable number of mathematicians are especially good ones