Not long ago, a senior high school student caught much attention at the second World Laureates Forum (世界顶尖科学家论坛) in Shanghai. She is Tan Fanglin, a senior high school student from Shanghai.
The forum brought nearly 70 world's top scientists together to discuss important issues (议题) about science. Besides the world's top scientists, the forum also invited many young scientists. Tan Fanglin was among them, and as a 15-year-old girl, she was the youngest member in the meeting Her research has improved people's understanding of the connections between the Fibonacci sequence and Bezout numbers (斐波那契数列与贝祖数). The findings have won her many prizes in youth innovation (创新) competitions in Shanghai and elsewhere in China.
From a very young age, Tan has always been crazy about math. This is largely because of the influence of her father, who is a math teacher in East China Normal University. According to Tan's head teacher, she never takes after-school classes or too many exercises. Her achievements come from her strong interest in math and the right study method.
Talking about her experience, Tan said, "Taking part in the WLA Forum and communicating with great scientists face to face have further encouraged me to do scientific research like math and I dream of achieving good research results like the top scientists. To make my dream come true, I'll have to keep learning."
