对话李克正教授:为什么学习代数几何

A Dialogue with Professor Ke-zheng Li:Why Study Algebraic Geometry

以与首都师范大学的李克正教授对话的方式,通过其口简要介绍代数几何这门重要学科在我国的早期发展情况,详细回忆李克正教授在国外学习代数几何的过程,以及他回国后的教学与研究成果,并通俗地阐述代数几何方法对于解决重大数论问题所起的关键作用.

Based on an interview with Professor Ke-zheng Li of Capital Normal University, this paper recorded Professor Li^s brief description of the early development of algebraic geometry in China, his detailed experience of studying algebraic geometry in America, and his accomplishment of teaching and research after return to China. This paper also contains Professor Li^s viewpoints of the key importance of algebraic geometry method in solving the major number theory problems.