从蓝图到宏业——华罗庚的所长就职报告与中国科学院的数学事业

Magnificent Mathematics Arising from Blueprint——Hua Loo-ken’s Address and Mathematical Development at CAS

1952年7月,在中国科学院数学研究所宣告正式成立前夕,已被任命为首任所长的华罗庚就新建数学研究所的战略目标、方向任务及人才培养等作了就职报告。事实证明,这份重要的报告不仅成为中国科学院数学研究所的建所纲领,而且绘就了一幅新中国数学发展的蓝图。文章根据新近整理的华罗庚所长就职报告的文稿,分析了该报告的要点及其对中国科学院数学研究事业的深远影响,特别是阐述了在共和国科技史的重要节点,中国科学院的数学家所展示的重大自主创新成果。

Right before the establishment of the Institute of Mathematics of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)in July of 1952,Hua Loo-ken,newly appointed director of the institute,addressed the audience on the institute’s strategic objective,research fields,training of the young scholars,etc.,which was in fact not only a programmatic documents for construction of the Institute of Mathematics but also a blueprint for development of mathematics in China after 1949.According to a recently discovered manuscript of the address,this study analyses the main ideas in Hua’s address with its far-reaching impacts to the advance of mathematical researches in CAS,and introduces in particular the innovative achievements contributed by mathematicians from the CAS of historical significance for progress of science and technology in the People’s Republic of China.