I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 583 The youngest mathematician to appear in Time magazine

Researchers and full professors are treated at the same level in institutions of higher learning like Qingmu University. The only difference is that researchers do not have teaching tasks, but focus more on undertaking national projects and leading teams (non-students) to do scientific research.Full professors generally have teaching tasks, need to attend classes regularly, and lead students to do projects, as well as the number of papers published each year.Professors can also undertake national projects, but the core members of their teams are mainly postdoctoral, doctoral, and master students.

In general, researchers do not need to participate in teaching affairs and can focus on research projects, which is suitable for those who are addicted to scientific research.

Professors are more suitable for those "good teachers" who like to preach and teach. After all, lectures will greatly distract the energy of scientific research.Of course, there are also some lazy professors who ask graduate assistants to help correct homework or even give lectures, and concentrate on scientific research by themselves. It’s just that even if such “not doing their main job” professors have achieved great scientific research results, they are often difficult to accept. Students' respect.

Seeing that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were still considering, Mr. Qiu put down all four appointment letters with a smile: "You choose slowly, don't worry, the salary is the same, and there are other generous rewards for scientific research results. But you are not short of money. If you choose a researcher, your Lime Number Theory Laboratory will be officially upgraded to a national scientific research institution. Professor, you will be the youngest postgraduate tutors in the history of the school, after two years of postgraduate teaching, you can go through a process to mix up qualifications, and then you can lead doctoral students."

"And you have a high degree of freedom of choice. It is stated in the letter of appointment that if you want to switch from a researcher to a full professor, or from a full professor to a researcher, you can switch at any time. You only need to contact the school to sign a new one." If you are willing, it is not impossible for the school to build you a specialized mathematics academy similar to the 'Seeking Truth Academy'."

The old gentleman added with a smile: "Of course, no matter which letter of appointment you choose, I remember that you have promised to give lectures at my Qiuzhen Academy. My requirements are not high. Twice a week, two classes each time, the courses you decide Just let me know when you come down. Qiuzhen Academy can help you purchase and distribute textbooks and so on.”

It can be said that the conditions given by Qingmu University are very generous, and it has given Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun the greatest degree of freedom.

In China, apart from the one for Mr. Qiu, there are only two letters of appointment for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun with such loose conditions.

In the end, after discussing with Ning Qingjun, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun temporarily chose a researcher appointment letter with a higher degree of freedom in time.

The two also need to focus on the three directions of physics, biology, and materials. Mathematics will only retain the topic of "Navier-Stokes equations" for the time being, and this topic is closely integrated with physics. The two plan to spend a year or two Grind slowly, and there is no sense of urgency that must be overcome in the short term.

In fact, it proved that Qingmu University quickly invited Mr. Qiu to present the letter of appointment in person, which was really a very good move.

Although Qin Ke’s proof of the Riemann conjecture has not yet been officially recognized by the IMU, the international mathematics community has its own judgments. The probability of IMU’s recognition is undoubtedly very high, and even if the last group of expressions of the Riemann conjecture is not mentioned In this way, the academic achievements Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun made before are enough to shine brightly.

How could such a talent be let go?

So not long after Old Mr. Qiu arrived, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came to him personally.

He was sincere and friendly, and proposed to hire Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to teach in the Department of Mathematics of MIT. They are also full professors, postgraduate tutors, and the school also provides villas with permanent residence, personal assistants, and $500 million per year. Teaching and research funding, the "privilege" of being able to meet the principal's scientific research needs at any time, etc., the conditions are so rich that it is staggering.

And at noon that day, the world's top universities, including Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study, all called, inviting Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to teach at the school. Graduate tutors are equally well-paid, and Princeton University even stated that they will be equipped with a large house and a luxury car, 100% solve the nationality problem, and allow independent recruitment of doctoral students without the slightest interference from the school.

The last point is the important power. Generally, professors can enroll students independently, but they have to report to the school for approval. If the school re-examines that the recruited students do not meet the school's enrollment requirements, they have the right to refuse.

However, Princeton University gave Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun the greatest autonomy in recruiting students. Even if they recruited ten Xia Guo students every year, the school would not interfere, but agreed directly and unconditionally.

Such treatment is really attractive.

As long as the two nod their heads, they will be the youngest full professors in the history of these world's top prestigious schools, and become the powerful upper elite in the United States, living a comfortable life like others.

Old Mr. Qiu couldn't help joking when he heard these conditions: "Princeton is really willing to spend money, and I'm afraid it doesn't have such a generous treatment for ordinary Fields Medal winners. No, no, you two hurry back to China, I'm afraid if I stay here again, you two will be snatched back by those schools with real estate certificates and luxury cars."

Returning to China immediately is of course just a joke, because both Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun will continue to accept interviews from international media, although after the IMU confirms that the Riemann Hypothesis is proven, it will be a sure thing for Qin Ke to win the Fields Medal. But the two had such an opportunity to be watched by the whole world, how could Uncle Chen and Qingmu University miss it?

Even if Qin Ke doesn't need to build momentum again, Ning Qingyun still needs it. Which country thinks there are too many Fields Awards?Especially for a country with a "mathematics medal shortage" like Xia Guo, before Qin Ke, the most powerful mathematician of his nationality had won the Ramanu Gold Medal, and he couldn't even touch the edge of the Craford Award. Not to mention the Fields Medal.

If Qin Ke got a Fields medal and Ning Qingyun got another one, it would really be... just thinking about it would make people wake up from their dreams with a smile.

It is by no means impossible for Xia Guo’s mathematics to achieve leapfrog discoveries all at once. Even if it is only a leap in form, it is enough to rekindle the confidence and enthusiasm of the people of this ancient country in mathematics, and encourage students to actively devote themselves to mathematics, the foundation of all science and technology. Among the great theoretical disciplines of the Chinese Academy of Sciences - not just limited to the pursuit of the gold medal in the Olympiad, and the goal is only to increase points in the college entrance examination and obtain tickets to prestigious schools.

In the next two days, Qin Ke's hotel became the focus of media attention. Large media from all over the world continued to conduct exclusive interviews with Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, some of which were arranged by Uncle Chen and Qingmu University, and more It was spontaneously initiated by the media, and they arrived in an endless stream like cats smelling delicious food. If Chen Ming and others hadn't led the security guards to maintain order, it is estimated that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun would be caught by the microphone handed over. submerged.

Faced with countless questions, Qin Ke, who has long been familiar with dealing with reporters, seemed to be able to handle them with ease, and Ning Qingyun also learned the "knack" taught by Qin Ke. When it comes to mathematics, use mathematics as a metaphor, say a series of extremely professional terms, and put on an expression of "I'm just answering your question with a very superficial metaphor", to ensure that no matter how difficult the reporter is, it will be embarrassing retreat.

Although Qin Ke's method was a bit crooked, it was very effective. The reporters could only change the subject in an annoyed manner without knowing it, making Ning Qingyun, who was not very good at interacting with people and would be a little nervous when facing the camera being filmed, slowly Also started to cope with it.

With the writing skills of the reporters, the reports about Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were overwhelming, most of them were praises, and of course there were also jealous and jealous people who said some sour words.

Among the interviewed media were reporters and photographers from the world-renowned magazine Time Magazine. After completing the interview, the reporter politely asked for Qin Ke's opinion and presented a photo of the famous reporter Baze Meyer. I took a close-up photo of Qin Ke deriving the last set of expressions of the Riemann conjecture on stage, and asked Qin Ke to authorize this photo to be placed on the cover of Time Magazine.

This means that Chin Ke will be on the cover of Time magazine's next issue.

Qin Ke knew that this was an opportunity to expand the influence of Xia Guo's mathematics and change the status quo of Xia Guo's mathematics circles, so naturally he would not refuse.

So a week later, Qin Ke's photo appeared on the cover of "Time Magazine", breaking the record of Facebook President Mark Zuckerberg on the cover of "Time Magazine" at the age of 26, and became the first person in the world to be on the cover of "Time Magazine". youngest mathematician.

And Qin Ke's photos and the story of "Young Mathematician of Xia Kingdom and Riemann's Conjecture" have entered thousands of households and become "other people's children" in the mouth of parents all over the world, as well as countless students. A role model of admiration and admiration.

Not only is the international media extremely lively, but the major newspapers and websites in Xia Guoli have also spared no effort to promote the Riemann conjecture. The two social messages released by Professor Tao have been widely quoted. Whoever mentions it is not full of glory?

Even CC1 and the Xiaguo Education Channel have set up special serial reports on "Academicians of Mathematics will introduce you to the Riemann conjecture" to fully interpret the past and present of the Riemann conjecture.

All of this is naturally to show that Xiaguo Mathematics is heading towards a glorious future.

If the IMU had not officially announced that Qin Ke had proved the Riemann conjecture, the scene would have been ten times more exciting.

Unlike the fiery media circles, the academic circles, especially the mathematics circles, slowly fell silent.

Because the complete on-site video has been released, it clearly records the whole process of Qin Ke deriving the fifth set of expressions. Derivation.

Some of them have the purpose of learning, some have the purpose of verification, and some want to find fault with them and become famous all over the world.

Internet celebrity professors and academic masters in the major academic live broadcast rooms also used this incident to make comments and analyze Qin Ke's derivation process.

It is a pity that the vast majority of people soon fell into the self-doubt state of "who am I", "where am I" and "why should I read this book", especially those mathematicians whose research fields are not in line with analytic number theory , the original confidence and arrogance have been obliterated in the first third of the derivation process, and by the time I read halfway through, I have no idea what Qin Ke is writing.

After all, Qin Ke involved too many mathematical theories in the derivation process. Nowadays, most mathematicians and researchers tend to specialize in subdivided fields. There are almost no people who are proficient in various subfields. Even Professor Tao, who is known as "the genius among geniuses", is only familiar with most fields and can talk eloquently. He is really good at nine subfields, including harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, analytic number theory, and algebraic number theory.

Looking at the whole world, only Qin Ke has such a huge knowledge system provided by the system, and he has integrated Riemann's mathematical knowledge and mathematical thinking, coupled with the mathematical ability comparable to the Philippine award boss, and the mathematical ability comparable to Ramanujan. Intuition is the only way to write dozens of pages of derivation process that integrates [-] or [-] sub-fields and sub-disciplines in one hour and three minutes.

Therefore, mathematicians from all over the world are dizzy, and it is conceivable.

After two days of interviews, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were finally able to return home.This time Mr. Qiu happened to be going home, so he "escorted" the two of them back together.

Mr. Qiu is not good at analytic number theory, but he is a real expert in calculus, algebraic geometry, differential geometry, topology, and mathematical physics. He has proved major conjectures such as the Calabi conjecture and the positive mass conjecture. He also made a lot of achievements. The Calabi-Yau manifold named after him is the basic concept of string theory in physics.

Along the way, both Qin Ke and Mr. Qiu exchanged ideas on mathematics and physics, and felt that they had benefited a lot.

And Mr. Qiu was also surprised. These two young mathematicians have active thinking, mature and rich knowledge systems, and solid theoretical foundations. They are indeed not inferior to any professor in China, and they are even better. The academic achievements of Nuo University.

Under Qin Ke's repeated requests in advance, the news of their return to China was blocked this time, and there was no large-scale welcoming ceremony, so Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun finally had to quietly return to Xingguang Mingyuan's new home to rest comfortably for two days.

Then, accompanied by their assistant Fang Yongtang, the two quietly returned to Yuanzhou to visit relatives.

Ning Qingyun was going to see his grandparents and report the good news, and Qin Ke also wanted to meet his parents, sister, grandfather and other relatives, but the attention of the two of them was too high, even if they wore sunglasses and hats very low-key, Sitting in a more private seat like the first class cabin, he was still recognized by fellow passengers.

So not long after they got off the plane, the news that "Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun have returned to China and are in Yuanzhou" quickly spread on the Internet.

As soon as Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun back to his hometown, Qingping Town, the leaders of the town led people to present silk banners and plaques with gongs and drums, and the whole town was boiling. They all drove here, greeted Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun in various ways, and invited them to go back to the university in Yuanzhou to teach.

After finally coping with it, reporters from all walks of life and self-media arrived. The most ridiculous thing was that several old people who looked somewhat similar to Qin Yanghui also came to "recognize relatives" after hearing the news, saying that Qin Ke had been separated for many years Grandpa wanted Qin Ke to "recognize his ancestors and return to his family", but when he asked about Qin Yanghui's childhood in the orphanage, his answer was full of flaws. Later, Chen Ming came forward and brought these "recognized relatives" away with a few people .

Being disturbed like this, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun had no choice but to end their plan to rest in Qingping Town for a few days ahead of schedule, and drove to a relatively secluded and quiet nursing home to accompany their grandfather Ning Jingguang and grandmother Chu Mimei.

Qin Xiaoke hadn't seen her brother and sister-in-law for a long time, and she was clamoring to follow, but Ning Qingyun softened her heart and let her follow.

After arriving at the nursing home, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun finally got away from the spotlight and the hustle and bustle, and lived a peaceful life again. They can also put their energy back on the subject at hand, and pay attention to the research progress of computational seed science and new desert sweet potatoes , to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in quantum theory with Professor Coppett who is far away in Germany, and at the same time continue to study NS equations slowly to prepare for the upcoming postgraduate life of the two.

But such a peaceful and fulfilling life was soon broken by an unexpected phone call.

(End of this chapter)