From small town scholar to chief scientist

Chapter 128 Returning to China Early (Subscribe)

The most excited people in the country were the school leaders of De Yu University and the leaders of several colleges.

President Zhang is currently convening important leadership speeches from the entire Chongqing University.

"We also understand the achievements of the Book of Changes. Great achievements have been made in the direction of mathematics. Such talents are of great significance to the future development of Yuda University.
Therefore, we suggest that several academicians of our Chongqing University jointly ask for instructions from above to apply for a young top-notch talent for Zhou Yi. "

More than a dozen people in the conference room were a little silent, and one of the big men said:

"Can it work? It's not to deny the achievements of Zhou Yi. The key is that he is only 18 years old. After we apply, will we be beaten back? Internet public opinion is also a big hurdle. Will some people from Shangjing University object? We have no idea about this. .”

"You have to give it a try. Contact Mr. Qiu. He is very close to Academician Yang Le. It should be no problem for three or four academicians to co-sign together."

Principal Zhang also thought about it. There must be resistance, but there are opportunities for doing it at a high price.

Li Xiao, the vice president and academician of the Academy of Engineering, said:

"Just invest in an academician in advance, invest in the first Fields Medal winner in the Great Xia Kingdom, and maybe you can invite him back to teach at that time. Even if you don't come back to teach, this trace of incense will stay. It will benefit us more than Disadvantage."

Principal Zhang said:
"Okay, let's make this decision and try to get it done before Zhou Yi goes to Shuimu University. It's a special matter."

Zhou Yi has woken up at this moment, and is replying to Xia Xue's message of congratulations.

After dealing with everyone's news, Zhou Yi began to prepare to go to the cafeteria, and pay homage to his five internal organs temple first.

In the special cafeteria, Zhou Yi saw Schultz again.

"Hey, Zhou, it's fate that we meet again."

Schultz greeted warmly.

Zhou Yi also replied enthusiastically:
"Yes, which direction are you going to listen to the mathematics report?"

There are about 200 people making reports in the entire ICM, and many of them are in the direction of geometry, algebra, and number theory.

They are invited to participate in this level of conference, and they are basically at the forefront of the world in their respective fields.

They are also mathematical stars in their respective fields.

It is necessary to listen.

Schultz said:
"Some reports on number theory and algebra, how about you?"

Zhou Yi said:

"It's also a report on number theory or algebra."

The two nodded, and then talked about their views on the ABC conjecture.

Talking all the way to the afternoon, two 45-minute number theory reports were about to start. At this time, Tian Yi found that Zhou Yi was also in this report room, and directly connected to Mai.

This one is a report from Raphael Bozart-Plessis from the University of Aix-Marseille, France.

New insights into the relative trace formula and the Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture.

Zhou Yi didn't know much about this conjecture,

But Professor Tian Yi, who was listening to the class together, knew a lot. While listening, he said to Zhou Yi:

"At the beginning, the high-level Gan Gross Prader conjecture was proved by Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei, the golden generation of Shangjing University. Their equations are two quantities that connect number theory and geometry, and Hodge in geometry and algebraic geometry. Guess about,
The number theory side is related to the Riemann Zeta function in the Riemann hypothesis. This equation itself can be regarded as some extensions under the framework of the BSD conjecture. "

Tian Ye is engaged in BSD conjecture, so it is very clear.

As for Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei, Zhou Yi also knew that they were once praised by many people as the most promising mathematics geniuses to sprint for the Fields Medal.

It's a pity, after all, it's still a little bit worse.

Among the golden generation of Shangjing University, there are indeed many talents, and they have also won many awards in the mathematics field.

The School of Mathematics of Shangjing University is number one in the country, and it is worthy of the name, beyond doubt.

But the future is hard to say.

I saw Tian Ye continued:

"Actually, this equation is related to the Hodge conjecture, the Riemann hypothesis, and the BSD conjecture. It is widely used. This French mathematician seems to have made a new discovery,"

Zhou Yi nodded, then listened silently.

It has to be said that the people who can be invited to participate in the report conference are basically the top in the industry.

At least Zhou Yi has broadened his horizons. Maybe he can study their papers carefully when he goes back, and find some useful tools to help him prove the ABC conjecture.

And the French mathematician's content helped to further develop the nascent Langlands project.

This also made Zhou Yi more convinced of the connection between geometry, number theory, and algebra.

This kind of result may not be available to Zhou Yi for the time being, but it may be a sharp weapon one day in the future.

The other was Anna Kalayani from Imperial College London, Eiko, on the cohomology of Shimura variants with twist coefficients and their applications.

After listening to Zhou Yi for a long time, he finally understood a little.

Probably the central idea is that Shimura variants are certain highly symmetric algebraic variants that generalize modular curves and play an important role in Langlands planning.

Anna Kalayani will investigate some vanishing conjectures and results on cohomology of Shimura varieties with twist coefficients under local and global representation theory.A toy model of a modulus curve is used to illustrate the geometric components required to establish these results.

Among them, the boss of Imperial College of Technology also used the program. It seems that modern mathematics and computers are very closely related.

Zhou Yi felt that if his math level had not broken through LV2 and he had laid a very solid foundation in the early stage, these meetings might sound half-knowledgeable.

After listening to the report in the afternoon, while sorting out the harvest, Zhou Yi contacted if there were any means that could be used for reference to prove the ABC conjecture.

During the dinner at night, Academician E said to Zhou Yi:

"Zhou Yi, don't be in a hurry to go back. The four-year conference has many reports on the cutting-edge of mathematics today, which are worth listening to.
Maybe a report in some other field will become a sharp sword in your hand one day, splitting some questions that puzzle you. "

Zhou Yi nodded and said:
"it is good."

"And there are not many opportunities to communicate with other top mathematicians, this time is also an excellent opportunity."

Academician E said in a flat tone.

Zhou Yi originally wanted Academician E to contact the airport, book a flight ticket in advance, and return home early by himself.
Because the rice at home is about to ripen, if I don’t go back to help harvest the rice, my grandparents have to harvest it. In the deep mountains, harvesting machines can’t get in.

Coupled with the extremely hot summer this year, Zhou Yi was afraid of accidents.

But after Zhou Yi listened to Academician E's suggestion, he finally decided to let his grandparents wait for him to go back and collect them together.

The meeting ended on July 7th, Zhou Yi looked at the schedule behind, there was no speech on number theory on the 14th,

On July 7, regarding a speech on number theory by a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Still about the report on the progress of the BSD conjecture, Zhou Yi decided to go back on the 12th. Regarding the report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at that time, I will watch it directly online.

After making a decision, Zhou Yi said to Academician E:
"Academician E, I think I will go back on the 12th. As for the subsequent report, I will listen to it online, and I will transfer the ticket money to you."

Academician E was taken aback, and said:

"Okay, as for the ticket money, you don't need it. These are paid by the higher-ups. To participate in this kind of conference, you don't need to pay for it yourself. If the higher-ups don't pay, Yuda will also pay for you."

Zhou Yi nodded and said:
"it is good."

In the following time, Zhou Yi listened to the reports on algebra and number theory according to the plan. If the time was repeated, he would listen to the report on number theory and algebra first.

As for the report on the algebra direction that I missed, I will listen to the replay in the room at night.

At the same time node, different conference rooms may have multiple reports with different directions.

Sometimes Zhou Yi also listened to some reports on geometric directions.

This conference greatly improved Zhou Yi, who was only focused on the Kepler conjecture and the ABC conjecture.

After a few days, the harvest is very good.Zhou Yi has asked Peony to find the papers of the people who gave lectures on number theory, algebra and geometry at the IMC in the last three sessions.

All these papers add up to one or two thousand pages, which gave Zhou Yi a big headache.

I am afraid it will take a lot of time to read it thoroughly, at least one summer vacation cannot finish it.

But the good news is that among these papers, there may be mathematical tools that Zhou Yi needs to use to overcome the ABC conjecture.

These tools cannot play a decisive role, but can do some auxiliary work.

Scientific research is based on the results of predecessors, and then advance.

After Zhou Yi bid farewell to Schultz, Tao Terence, IMU Chairman Carlos Koenig and mathematicians from the Great Xia Kingdom,

Then set foot on the plane to Yuzhou Airport.

This time the harvest is full,
But the task is not complete.

None of the three missions were completed.

"Proof of Kepler's Conjecture" has been published in the "Journal of the Magnesium Mathematical Society".

And "Proof of Newton's Problem" has also been published in "New Advances in Mathematics", which was reviewed and published by Faltins himself.

So there is only one top-level journal of "Acta Mathematics", and task one can be fully completed.

The second task is to prove a world-class conjecture alone. Up to now, Zhouyi has only had an idea for the ABC conjecture.

Whether it is feasible or not, we have to continue to study.

The last task three is to read the book list issued by the system. During this period of time, I have been busy listening to the reports of various mathematics masters, and I have been delayed.

But there is progress. Without going to IMC, can the two papers of Zhou Yi be published in such a short time?
Had to wait years for it to finally get published.

Professor Xiang Yi's papers and Hales' papers had been arguing for several years in the mathematics circles. It was Zhou Yi's turn. The foundation of the proof is estimated to start in three years.

So Zhou Yi clearly knew that there was the help of his future teacher Mr. Qiu, a little bit of luck, and his previous foreshadowing.

When the right time and place are in harmony with people, you will occupy the right time and harmony with people.

Looking at the white clouds outside the plane window, Zhou Yi turned on his tablet and looked at the books in his tablet. It was really hard to pass the seven or eight hours without reading some books.

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　Thanks to Tata for going to dinner for the reward of 1500 coins, and thanks to book friend **** for the reward of [-] coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)