Not long ago, a senior high school student caughtmuch 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 fromShanghai.
The forum brought nearly 70 world's topscientists together to discuss important issues (议题)about science. Besides the world's top scientists, the forum also invited manyyoung scientists. Tan Fanglin was among them, and as a 15-year-old girl, shewas the youngest member in the meeting Her research has improved people'sunderstanding of the connections between the Fibonacci sequence and Bezoutnumbers (斐波那契数列与贝祖数). The findings have won her manyprizes in youth innovation (创新) competitions inShanghai and elsewhere in China.
From a very young age, Tan has always beencrazy about math. This is largely because of the influence of her father, whois a math teacher in East China Normal University. According to Tan's headteacher, she never takes after-school classes or too many exercises. Herachievements 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 withgreat scientists face to face have further encouraged me to do scientific researchlike 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."
