From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 537 Meet Professor Searle

Apparently, it is a history for the International Congress of Mathematicians to award two awards to the same person in a row.

Although two of the awards are not the top awards in mathematics like the Fields Medal, what you need to know is that whether it is the Gauss Award or the Chern Award, these two awards are only awarded to one person each time , and then awarded every four years.

Compared with the Fields Medal, which can be awarded to up to four people in one session, it is obvious that these two awards, which can only be awarded to one person, are even more difficult to obtain, let alone be awarded at the same time Give it to someone.

What's more, Lin Xiao has already won the Fields Medal.

That is to say, the Fields Medal can only be awarded once, maybe Lin Xiao will be able to win another one in the next Fields Medal.

In this way, under the envious gazes and congratulatory applause of everyone, Lin Xiao had two medals hanging around his neck, facing the camera, and then took a group photo with De Doren.

"Okay, Mr. Lin, congratulations again."

After taking a group photo, De Duolun also smiled and applauded Lin Xiao.

"I also thank the International Mathematical Union and the conference committee for their approval." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, then nodded to the audience present, and stepped off the stage amidst even greater applause.

After returning to his seat, the people next to him also congratulated him.

And Lin Xiao also responded one by one, then picked up the two medals on his neck and looked at them, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up.

Who can know whether there are political factors in these two medals?

It seems that he is worthy of the name, but it is inevitable that people will feel that there is a kind of goodwill in it.

Of course, it is better not to think about such problems than to think too much.

After shaking his head, he took off the medal and put it in his pocket.

This is France, so there is no need to worry about the theft of medals like the 2018 conference.

Next, continue to watch the rest of the awards ceremony.

Of course, the International Mathematical Union obviously knows that two consecutive awards to the same person are already heavyweight enough, so the next awards will naturally be awarded to other people.

Lin Xiao obviously never thought that he would be able to get a third one.

And just like that, the opening ceremony came to an end.

Everyone started to leave, and Lin Xiao was inevitably surrounded by many people, who then congratulated him.

Among them, he also met those old acquaintances from Princeton University.

Pierre Deligne walked up with a smile, and then said to Lin Xiao: "Boy Lin, you will give us a big news as soon as you come back. You really deserve it!"

Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly: "The conference wants to give me an award, I can't refuse."

Deligne laughed, then opened his arms, stepped forward and hugged Lin Xiao.

"No matter what, it's good to be back. Maybe scientists have national boundaries, and maybe science also has national boundaries, but no matter what, friendship must have no national boundaries."

"I think so too."

After Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, he also smiled and stretched out his arms to hug each other, and said at the same time.

The people present all laughed and applauded for this scene.

Afterwards, Lin Xiao decided to invite these old acquaintances to have an afternoon tea and chat at the same time. Everyone present agreed that the agenda in the afternoon was basically boring anyway, not to mention that most people It was for Lin Xiao's Riemann Hypothesis report, and he didn't pay too much attention to other reports.

So just like that, everyone went to a relatively luxurious hotel nearby and started their afternoon tea.

Lin Xiao was also among them, and chatted with these famous mathematicians about homework.

"By the way, where is Professor Pompieri? Didn't he come this time?"

Deligne was holding a cup of coffee, and when he was about to drink it, he heard Lin Xiao's question, and said with a smile: "He is 90 years old this year, and his body can't stand these tortures, so he didn't come, but Just rest assured, he will definitely see you on the day you report."

"I see." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, "Then is he in good health?"

"Not bad." Deligne said with a smile: "Don't worry too much about him. Speaking of which, those of us who study science generally live a long life."

Lin Xiao smiled, it is indeed the case, and there are indeed a lot of elderly scientists among scientists.

However, take a look at Deligne in front of you.

Pale hair, wrinkled face, and many age spots.

You know, this year's Deligne is also as old as 86 years old, and his body looks quite tough.

But when Deligne hugged him before, he could clearly feel that even the strength of his hug was very weak.

Do people eventually leave this world?

Lin Xiao had such an idea in his heart.

Can't the power of science and technology realize the longevity of human beings?
In the past, some scientists once proposed a concept called longevity escape velocity, which roughly means that through the development of science, it is possible to extend the life span of human beings by one year or more every year on average.

In this way, with such technology, it is possible to realize the longevity of human beings.

Even immortality.

But obviously, it is very difficult to achieve this, because no one can guarantee that their lifespan can be continuously extended in this way.

And most importantly, this technology also breaks the last kind of fairness in the world, that is, both the poor and the rich will eventually die within the same age range.

Because once this kind of technology appears by then, only the rich will be able to master it at the beginning.

Even the rich will monopolize this technology forever, and at high prices, make the poor a real reproductive machine and provide the rich with eternal labor.

At that time, the advanced society developed by human beings after thousands of years may evolve into the ancient slavery society again.

Therefore, this idea only slightly appeared in Lin Xiao's mind, and was quickly given up by him.

Even if such a technology is really developed, he will definitely not let such a technology leak out. For such a technology that disrupts order, sometimes it is better to be selfish.

"Hey, what are you thinking?"

At this time, Deligne beside him saw Lin Xiao thinking, so he couldn't help asking.

Lin Xiao came back to his senses, smiled and waved his hands, and said, "It's nothing."

Then he glanced to the side again, and then asked Laurent Laphrogue over there: "Laurent, I want to ask, Professor Searle, how is he doing recently?"

Hearing this question, Laurent Laphroague couldn't help showing a embarrassed expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiao frowned and asked again.

And Laurent Laphroaig sighed helplessly, and replied: "Professor Searle has a serious physical problem recently, and has been lying in bed for several months."

"What?" Lin Xiao showed an expression of disbelief.

……

The entrance of a small villa full of traditional Parisian temperament.

Lin Xiao appeared here, then pressed the doorbell and knocked on the door.

This is the home of Jean-Pierre Serre.

Following the knock on the door, after a while, footsteps came from inside.

"I'm coming."

A female voice came out, and then the door opened, and a girl in her early 20s appeared inside, with blond hair and blue eyes. In this country that has been dyed black, it is rare to see such a beautiful French girl.

The girl saw Lin Xiao outside, and she was still a little puzzled when she saw this ethnic Chinese, so she asked, "Excuse me, are you..."

Before the last French words were finished, she widened her beautiful eyes, covered her mouth, and said in disbelief, "You you you you... are you Lin Xiao?"

Seeing the surprised look of this girl, Lin Xiao smiled, and said, "If you are talking about Lin Xiao who won the Gauss Award and the Chern Award this morning, then it should be me."

And hearing Lin Xiao's words, the girl was even more surprised: "It's really you!"

Then she covered her cheeks that were probably flushed from excitement, ran into the house, and at the same time shouted inside: "Dad, that Lin Xiao is here!"

Seeing the girl running away and the open door, Lin Xiao rubbed his nose, wondering if he should go in or wait for their adults to come over?

But speaking of it, that girl should be the great-granddaughter of Professor Searle, right?
It seems that they are already this old, and they are only a few years younger than themselves.

Today's Lin Xiao already has a feeling that he is getting old.

Soon, a middle-aged man walked out of the house, that is, Jean-James Serre, the grandson of Jean-Pierre Serre.

The word "let" in French names is generally used by the older generation. Young people no longer add this word to their names, and they even madly ridicule those who are also young and have "let" in their names.

Of course, they certainly wouldn't ridicule the older generation with "Rang" in their name, maybe they are some great people?

For example, this Jean-James Searle is himself a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris. After all, it is not surprising that his grandson followed the path of his grandfather because of the grandfather of such a mathematician.

And he has also inherited his grandfather's talent very well, and has achieved quite a lot in mathematics, but he has not completely replicated his grandfather's talent. After all, before Lin Xiao, the youngest Fields Medal winner, That is his grandfather Jean-Pierre Serre.

Of course, after seeing Lin Xiao, Jean-James Searle also showed great enthusiasm.

In any case, Lin Xiao is the greatest genius in mathematics in this era.

Soon, after a simple chat, Lin Xiao expressed his intention to come.

"Are you planning to visit my grandpa?"

Lin Xiao nodded.

He needed to explain the misunderstanding to Professor Searle, which was also one of the purposes of his visit to France this time.

"I don't know if grandpa can see you now. Grandpa is too old. Although he doesn't suffer from any serious illness, he basically doesn't have much energy on weekdays." Jean James Searle stood up and said: " Let's go and have a look first, just come with me."

Lin Xiao nodded, and then went upstairs with him.

Soon, he entered one of the bedrooms.

I saw an old man with a skinny face and a tired face leaning on the bed, wearing a pair of reading glasses, and holding a magnifying glass in his hand, looking at a book in his hand.

Looks like a thesis.

If Lin Xiao goes up to take a look, he will find that this paper is his proof of Riemann's conjecture.

"Grandpa, are you awake?"

Seeing this scene, Jean-James Searle quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Well, just woke up, that girl Lucia called someone, is there a guest?" Professor Searle put down the paper in his hand and turned his head to look.

Jean-James Searle gave way to Lin Xiao with a smile, and said, "Look, who is here."

Professor Searle was taken aback for a moment, looked at Lin Xiao who was standing behind, and then showed excitement on his face.

"Lin...is it Lin? Are you here?"

Lin Xiao stepped forward, "Teacher, it's me."

At the door, Jean-James Searle sighed slightly when he saw this scene. How long has it been since he saw his grandfather so excited?

I wanted to remind Grandpa to calm down so as not to affect his body, but after seeing the scene in front of him, he finally forgot, left the bedroom, and closed the door.

On the bed, when Professor Searle saw Lin Xiao approaching, he opened his eyes wide and saw his face clearly. After confirming that it was Lin Xiao, he finally showed a gratified smile.

"You, you still know to come to see me."

Lin Xiao smiled, "Now that it is safe to go abroad, I will naturally come out."

Searle sighed, "You should have had a hard time these years, right?"

Lin Xiao was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's not that hard, not to mention it's worth it."

Searle smiled, "It's really worth it. You alone made your country achieve such a huge rise. I thought that this kind of thing would happen in the ancient times at most, but I didn't think that you alone It did."

"Maybe it's also...God's blessing." Lin Xiao said, is his system counted as God's blessing?
If the one who gave him the system came from a civilization with an unprecedented level of technology, then is it a kind of favor that he was chosen to get this system?
Or somewhere else, what determines all of this?
This question was quickly thrown away by him, then he looked at Professor Searle again, and said, "Teacher, I actually came here to ask you a question."

"Oh? What's the problem? Of course, it's the same sentence back then. If it's a math problem, I can't teach you. At most, I can only provide you with a little reference in life."

Lin Xiao smiled: "It's not that far-reaching, I just want to ask, do you still blame me for not replying to you back then?"

Searle was taken aback when he heard this question, and then he couldn't help laughing and said, "Could it be that you were talking about my [-]th birthday party?"

"Yes."

Searle shook his head, "I've already forgotten about that incident. It's been so many years, can I still be angry?"

Hearing such an answer, Lin Xiao also showed a smile on his face, "That's fine... Anyway, it's my fault for making the teacher angry with the students. In fact, I didn't reply back then because... ..."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about those things back then. Did you come here just to ask me if I was angry? If you are like this, then I will be really angry. "

Lin Xiao said helplessly: "Okay, then I won't talk about it."

Searle shook his head, then propped himself up, "Come on, help me, go to the window."

Lin Xiao nodded, then helped Serre up, left the bed, and went to the window.

While walking, he could also see Professor Searle's extremely thin body that seemed to be just skin and bones through the outline of the clothes swinging.

That's life passing by.

Lin Xiao couldn't help thinking again in the morning, is human life limited after all?
When I came to the window and looked at the scenery outside, Paris in July was also full of vitality.

Searle pointed to a rowan tree in the courtyard outside the window, and said, "I planted this tree by myself the year Josian left, and it is still so luxuriant now."

"Oh, Josian is my wife, a chemist. Unfortunately, she has been away for 26 years. If she is still here and knows you, she will be very happy."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "It will definitely."

Both of them looked out of the window quietly, and after a while, Searle spoke again.

"Lin, what do you think true freedom is?"

"True freedom?" Lin Xiao looked at the sky: "Until our technology can send us to every corner of the universe, every thought and will of ours can be realized due to the development of science and technology, this is I think freedom."

"Well, it's very idealistic, and it fits you very well." Searle nodded slightly, "But we need to pursue the freedom of the moment, the freedom you mentioned is too far away, at least, our generation can't see it, right? ?”

"It's like that bird." Searle pointed to the bird on the branch of the lush rowan tree, and said: "A few decades ago, there was no such tree here, so the birds had to settle elsewhere. Do you think they are freer now than before?"

"It doesn't count." Lin Xiao shook his head: "Because this tree also blocked them."

"Yes, so no matter how fast science and technology develop, it will actually make us lose another part of our freedom to some extent."

Searle nodded slightly: "So, your definition of freedom can go further."

"Most importantly, set your own heart free."

"Whatever comes to your mind, just try to do it. I will probably go to heaven soon to see my Josian, and you still have a lot of time to let you be more free."

Lin Xiao pondered, then nodded: "I see."

"Yeah." Serge nodded.

Lin Xiao said again: "However, teacher, you have to maintain a good mood. Although heaven is good, the world is worth staying in."

Searle smiled: "I know my physical condition, and I am more satisfied than most people if I can live to the end of my life."

"Of course, as a mathematician, what makes me more satisfied is that I can also witness the solution of the Riemann conjecture."

He turned to look at Lin Xiao, smiled and said, "So, I'm already looking forward to that day in two weeks."

Lin Xiao also smiled slightly, "I promise I won't disappoint you."

"Ah."

……

Two weeks passed quickly.

The International Congress of Mathematicians also ushered in the last day.

It is also the most important day.

The academic report on the proof of the Riemann conjecture officially arrived today.

The Paris government also attached great importance to this academic report, and specially arranged a conference room large enough to allow more people to participate in this century's academic report.

And the major media from all over the world also flocked here.

This report will be broadcast live globally.

And the number of people who followed has reached millions, which is unprecedented for a mathematics major report meeting.

This is also the Riemann conjecture, the most important problem in today's mathematics world, and the treatment it deserves!
(End of this chapter)