From university academician to chief academician

As the organizer, the Xia Guo Mathematical Society has done a very good job in providing services.

Accommodation is arranged in a five-star hotel, with two people sharing a room.

Ye Feishi shares a room with Yuan Zhengsong, Xu Wen shares a room with Zhou Lin, and Academician Wei shares a room with another Academician Xia Guo. The rooms for the five of them are next to each other, making it very convenient to move around.

Wait until the five people enter the room and pack their luggage.

Academician Wei called several people to the room where Ye Fei was.

Five people gathered together, some sitting on the edge of the bed and some on chairs.

Academician Wei looked at the few people and said: "We are here neither early nor late. The dozen or so rooms near us on this floor are all Xia Guo scholars. You can communicate with them."

“Not only can you make connections, but you can also exchange academic issues.”

Ye Fei and the other four nodded, agreeing with Academician Wei's statement.

In academia, you must not work behind closed doors. This is a taboo.

The painful lesson of seclusion should be engraved in the blood of Xia people and will never be forgotten.

If you don’t communicate with others about academic issues for a long time, your knowledge may fall behind the world in a few years.

Academician Wei said: "There are many foreign scholars here. You can also communicate with them, but remember..."

Academician Wei said seriously: "Some knowledge cannot be exchanged. For example, if some of you are doing technical research, the scientific and technological content must not be leaked."

Mathematicians not only do theoretical research, but also applied research.

For example, Ye Fei once conducted some experiments.

The three of them, Xu Wen, must have done experiments before.

It would be unrealistic to say that we always do theory and not apply it.

Very rare throughout science.

"If it leaks out, you will know the consequences. This will not only be your personal loss, but also the country's loss."

"There are too many foreigners here, and they are all smart people. You can't guarantee whether some people have ulterior motives."

"In places like this where there are many foreigners, I often encounter people trying to trick you and you are tricked into it without even realizing it."

"By the time you react, you will already regret it."

"So, when communicating with these foreigners, you must be alert."

Zhou Lin muttered: "It's so dangerous. We don't communicate with them. We only communicate with Xia scholars."

"What are you talking about?" Academician Wei glared at him fiercely and said, "If you don't communicate with them, how do you know their academic achievements and how far they have gone in their research?"

"How do you know the latest academic knowledge in the world?"

"Can't you think about it? They can trick us, can't we trick them?"

"Between us and them, we are both opponents and friends, a game and a cooperation."

"You should understand these principles!"

Ye Fei and the four others nodded. They were all smart people and understood what Academician Wei said.

They said: "Understood!"

"As long as you understand." Academician Wei said, "Also, the contents of the academic reports you give on stage must not be leaked."

"Although the paper you need to make an academic report has been posted on Arxiv, the content of the academic report is definitely different from what is on Arxiv."

Everyone nodded, yes, indeed.

It's just the first draft on Arxiv, and the final draft is all in their heads.

Moreover, the content gap between the final draft and the first draft is very large.

It can even be said that the similarity is less than one third.

The first draft is equivalent to an outline, and the final draft is the specific content.

"If you leak it, they will get inspiration."

"Although there is no loss to the country, there is a loss to you personally."

"You will go on stage to give an academic report later. If the content is the same, I don't think you can give an academic report."

Think about it, if there are similarities in the content of academic reports made by others, the person who does it first will be fine, but the person who does it later will be considered plagiarized.

When the time comes, the audience will tell the person who did it last to get out. The scene will be very embarrassing.

Zhou Lin smiled and said: "Academician Wei, don't worry, we know this, how could we leak the contents of the academic report to them."

"Even if they want to trick us, we will never mention the content of any academic report."

"It's good that you know."

Seeing that everyone looked very nervous, Academician Wei said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous. Relax. This is not the Olympics. There is no competition scoring. You may encounter a crash on the subject of an academic report, but this probability is very high." Low."

"So, your opponent is not others, but yourself."

"As long as you defeat yourself, you will win."

Xu Wen smiled and said: "Academician Wei, we may not have an academic report on car crashes, but someone may crash a car."

"Huh?" Academician Wei asked doubtfully, "Who?"

"Ye Fei!" Xu Wen said with a smile: "He may collide with James Maynard's son, Amata Maynard, on the academic report topic."

Academician Wei said in surprise: "Is it James Maynard, the 2022 Fields Medal winner?"

"Yes!"

Academician Wei frowned and asked, "What is his son's name?"

"Amata Maynard!" Xu Wen said.

"Yes, Amata Maynard." Academician Wei asked: "What are his abilities?"

Xu Wendao: "The ability is very strong."

"I graduated from Cambridge University with a PhD in mathematics at the age of 18. I proved the factor coefficient conjecture at the age of 19, the minimum interval of prime numbers at the age of 20, the maximum interval of prime numbers at the age of 21, the Littlewood conjecture of Diophantine approximation at the age of 24, and the Littlewood conjecture of Diophantine approximation at the age of 26. The Lehmer conjecture of algebraic discreteness.”

These conjectures, except for the factor coefficient conjecture, are no less difficult than the continuum hypothesis once proved by Ye Fei.

The remaining conjectures are all more difficult than the continuum hypothesis.

"At the age of 27, he made significant contributions to the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves."

This is another puzzle, harder than any of Amata's past puzzles.

Because the BSD conjecture is one of the eight major conjectures in mathematics.

Although he did not directly prove the BSD conjecture.

But the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves is of great help to the BSD conjecture.

Problems related to the Eight Conjectures are very difficult.

One can imagine the difficulty of the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves.

Of course, Amata did not prove the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves.

If he could prove it, he might win a Fields Medal.

But even so, he made significant contributions to the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves.

It's also very powerful.

"Now at the age of 28, he has become the youngest full professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge."

"Also, he is an Intermediate Research Fellow at the Center for Mathematics at the University of Cambridge."

"Maybe I'll be promoted to senior researcher in two years."

Researchers are divided into intern researchers, assistant researchers, associate researchers and researchers.

Among these four levels, they are divided into primary, intermediate and advanced.

Junior researchers are equivalent to fourth-level professors, intermediate researchers are equivalent to third-level professors, and senior researchers are equivalent to second-level professors.

The higher level is an academician or fellow, which is equivalent to a first-level professor.

If you are a first-level professor who has not obtained academician or fellow.

In math centers, this is usually at the associate director level.

If you are an academician or fellow, it is usually at the director level.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Judging from Amata Maynard's resume, he was indeed very strong.

He is a guesser almost every year and is an Intermediate Research Fellow at the Center for Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University Mathematics Center is one of the best mathematics centers in the world.

The only mathematics centers that can compete with it are the MIT Mathematics Center, the Harvard Mathematics Center and the Princeton Mathematics Center.

Being a mid-level researcher in the best mathematics center in the world means you are very powerful.

In terms of ability, there is only one level separated from first-level professors and only two levels separated from academicians.

Looking at young mathematicians around the world, he is one of the top ones.

"And what he is currently researching is exactly the same as Ye Fei's."

"Not long ago, a paper on the Gaussian class conjecture was posted on Arxiv."

"And Ye Fei also posted a paper on the Gaussian number conjecture on Arxiv not long ago."

"So, I say the two of them probably collided on the topic of academic presentation."

As you can tell from your buttocks, Amata Maynard posted a paper on the Gaussian class conjecture on Arrive not long ago.

Then it is very likely that the academic report at this International Conference of Young Mathematicians will be about the Gaussian number conjecture.

Ye Fei also gave an academic report on the Gaussian number conjecture.

In this way the two collided on theme.

As long as there is a collision on the topic, the scholars present will be asked to compare the academic reports of the two people.

If one party is weak and the other is strong, it is easy to find the gap between the two by comparison.

At this time, whoever is weak is embarrassed.

Moreover, this is an international conference, facing young mathematicians from all over the world.

They represent the country and individuals, ability is one aspect, and more importantly, face.

Academician Wei looked at Ye Fei and said worriedly: "Ye Fei, are you sure?"

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Academician Wei, don't worry, I can do it."

How can a man say no? You have to do it even if you can't, otherwise you are not a man.

Academician Wei said with relief: "It's okay even if you can't compare. There are too many outstanding people in this world, and there will always be someone better than you."

"Besides, you are several years younger than Amata. Maybe in a few years, you will be better than him."

Of course, these are words of comfort.

Amata is only 28 this year, and Ye Fei is 24. There is only a four-year age difference between them.

Four years might pass by just studying one difficult problem.

For those in academia, four years is almost negligible.

Looking at Ye Fei's resume again, the number of problems Ye Fei has proven is not equal to Amata's.

Therefore, four years later, it is almost impossible for Ye Fei to compete with Amata.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Academician Wei, you don't need to comfort me. I know how much I weigh. Amata is very good, but I don't think I am far behind."

Academician Wei smiled and said, "As long as you know, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"This is a mathematics conference. We don't need the Olympic spirit. The purpose of the mathematics conference is to show your own results, not to compete with others."

After speaking, Academician Wei looked at the other people and said, "You should have a good rest first, and you can also go and communicate with others."

"But don't be too busy. Keep your spirits up and prepare for tomorrow's International Conference of Young Mathematicians."

"Next you have to listen to academic reports for ten days. This is a tough battle."

"Okay, Academician Wei."

After Academician Wei finished speaking, he stood up and left the room.

He also has his own things to do.

The International Conference of Young Mathematicians not only attracted many well-known young mathematicians, but also many academicians and fellows.

He also wants to discuss academic issues with these people.

After Academician Wei left, Xu Wen and Zhou Lin left Ye Fei's room.

Ye Fei turned on his computer and checked the academic report he had prepared.

As for Amata, he is still a little stressed.

If the two of them really collided, he would not know who would win.

"I can do it!" Ye Fei secretly encouraged himself.

Ye Fei has been very confident in his abilities since he obtained the system.

Perhaps the number of difficult problems he has proven is incomparable to Amata's.

But quantity cannot be compared, let’s compare quality.

Amata room!

At this time, Amata was reviewing the contents of his academic report. For this academic report, he was ready to make a splash and completely confirm his status among international young mathematicians.

Amata has always wanted to get rid of his father's influence.

Because he is the son of James Maynard, many people have placed high hopes on him since his birth, hoping that he will become a top international mathematician in the future.

Therefore, when he goes out, when people mention Amata Maynard, they will say that he is the son of James Maynard.

Rather than saying that he is Amata Maynard.

Amata did not like this behavior.

He hoped that when he went out and mentioned Amata, everyone would recognize him instead of mentioning his father.

Therefore, after graduation, he did not follow his father, but studied alone, hoping to make a career in mathematics alone.

Hill walked in excitedly from outside.

Hill was Amata's roommate. He pulled up a chair, sat next to Amata, and said, "Amata, I got some news. The topic of your academic report this time collided with some people. ."

"Crashed the car?" Amata looked at her roommate in confusion and asked with interest: "With whom?"

"I crashed into a car with two people." Amata said: "They are Balazs Hawkins, who graduated with a Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton, and Ye Fei, who graduated with a Ph.D. in mathematics from Zhonghu University."

"You don't need to worry about Ye Fei, but you must pay attention to this Balazs Hawkins. His ability is very strong."

"His teacher is the 2002 Fields Medal winner, Vladimir Vvotsky from Northern Russia."

"Balazs Hawkins once proved the transcendence of Euler's constant, the perfect number problem, and the existence of non-prime power-order projective planes, and made great contributions to Zhou's conjecture and Riemann's conjecture."

In terms of resume, Balazs Hawkins' abilities are not weaker than Amata's at all.

"And I heard that his academic report this time is also a paper on the Gaussian class conjecture."

Amata felt a little heavy after hearing this, and said: "So what if we know the other party's ability? Everything that should be prepared is ready."

"Even if his academic report is better than mine, I can't change the content of the academic report now!"

"That's true!" Hill said, "But I believe that you will definitely be able to defeat the opponent."

"I hope so!" Amata said.

Amata thought that he was a sure winner at this International Conference of Young Mathematicians, but he did not expect that a variable like Balazs Hawkins would pop up.

If you meet someone, just meet them. There are people here whose abilities are not weaker than your own. In the eyes of others, there must be a fight between them.

But no one knows who will win between two people of similar strength.