From university academician to chief academician

Ye Fei's office!

A young man stood in front of Ye Fei.

The young man has a square face, wears black-rimmed glasses, is wide and long, and wears a black down jacket and dark jeans.

His name is Lin Yi, a junior student at the School of Mathematics at Zhonghu University.

He spared the back of his head, showed an honest smile on his face, and said shyly: "Professor Ye, are you recruiting graduate students next year?"

After hearing that Ye Fei became an associate professor, everyone knew that Ye Fei would recruit graduate students.

Ambitious students who originally wanted to be admitted to graduate school at a better university than Zhonghu University.

But seeing Ye Fei recruiting graduate students, some students wanted to be admitted under Ye Fei.

Many people at Zhonghu University know that Ye Fei's research speed is very fast.

Moreover, the issues he is currently researching are all relatively cutting-edge issues.

If you become his graduate student and hold his lap, why don't you take off?

Therefore, many students want to apply for Ye Fei's graduate degree.

Therefore, smart people like Lin Yi have come to spy on the military situation a long time ago.

Ye Fei thought about it. Although he wanted to recruit graduate students, he had not seriously considered the requirements for graduate students.

Lin Yi saw Ye Fei being silent and staring at Ye Fei closely, and her heart started to lift.

After a moment, Ye Fei raised his head and looked at Lin Yi. Lin Yi immediately retracted his gaze and looked more relaxed.

Ye Fei asked: "Are you going to apply for my graduate degree?"

"Ah..." Lin Yi said, "Yes!"

"what's your name?"

"Lin Yi!"

Ye Fei smiled and said: "You study the courses well. As long as you pass the basics, I will naturally recruit you, mainly in number theory. In recent years, my research direction has been in number theory."

"When the time comes to recruit graduate students, I will mainly test number theory during the interview."

The postgraduate entrance examination is divided into a written test and an interview. The written test is a paper issued by the school, and the interview is a face-to-face conversation between the teacher and the student.

After hearing this, Lin Yi felt relieved and said, "Which aspect of number theory is it?"

The scope of number theory is very broad, and if he were to learn it all, one year would definitely not be enough.

"Gaussian function, Diophantus and ABC conjecture, etc."

"No prime numbers?"

The most well-known numbers in number theory are the prime numbers, especially the Mersenne primes.

Almost everyone who studies prime numbers will study Mersenne primes.

"No!" Ye Fei shook his head.

Many people may be interested in studying prime numbers, but Ye Fei is not interested in them.

This is a sinkhole. Ye Feicai has no interest in going into such a sinkhole.

"Thank you, Teacher Ye!" Lin Yi said.

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Zhong Weidao: "Ye Fei, you said you have been studying number theory in recent years?"

"Yeah!" Ye Feidao: "Yes, I have been studying number theory in the past few years."

"Don't study other things?" Zhong Wei asked: "For example, algebra, geometry, partial differential calculus, and nonlinearity?"

"I will definitely study other things." Ye Feidao: "But number theory is a big research after all. Many mathematicians can't finish it in a lifetime. I can't be greedy and focus on number theory research for the time being."

“Unless there is no progress in number theory research, we will study other things.”

“As for which aspect to study, we mainly look at where the research is stuck at the time, and then find breakthroughs in other fields based on the stuck aspects.”

Ye Fei's method is also a method studied by many mathematicians.

There is cross-research between various fields of mathematics, such as number theory geometry, algebraic geometry, number theory partial differentials, and algebraic partial differentials.

If one area is stuck, it can be helpful to study other areas related to the stuck area.

This situation is called academic linkage.

"You have finished studying the ABC conjecture." Zhong Wei said: "What aspect should we study now?"

"Gaussian conjecture?"

Tan Lingling said: "Gauss's conjecture? Haven't you already proved it?"

The other three people in the office stared at her in silence.

"What's wrong?" Tan Lingling looked confused.

Ye Fei said funny: "When did I prove the Gaussian conjecture? You are talking about the Gaussian circle, right? That is the Gaussian circle, not the Gaussian conjecture."

"The names are all different, they themselves are different."

Tan Lingling blushed instantly, knowing that she had made a big embarrassment.

The other two people also shook their heads inwardly, but they were not surprised.

After all, is it Tan Lingling, a Tan Lingling who has no ambition at work and little academic achievements?

Zhong Weidao: "You have already proved the ABC conjecture, don't you think it is easier to prove the Gaussian conjecture again?"

In terms of difficulty, the ABC conjecture is much more difficult than the Gaussian conjecture.

Mathematicians like challenges. After proving difficult problems, they rarely prove low-difficulty problems.

It's like people who have eaten abalone rarely eat sea cucumbers again.

Ye Feidao: "No, the reason why I can prove the ABC conjecture is because of the experience of many predecessors. There are many people around the world who have proved the ABC conjecture. I have learned from their theories and found new ideas after summarizing."

"Actually, in terms of difficulty, I think the Gaussian conjecture is more difficult than the ABC conjecture."

"Also, you may have a misunderstanding, thinking that the ABC conjecture is more difficult than the Gaussian conjecture. In fact, the Gaussian conjecture is not simpler than the ABC conjecture at all. Someone proved the class number problem of the quadratic field in the Gaussian conjecture and won the Fields Medal."

This person is Nice Alan Baker, who proved the number-like problems of quadratic fields for some problems in number theory and became the winner of the Fields Medal in 1970.

Han Dong shook his head in his mind. Zhong Wei was studying mathematics. Why didn't he even know this basic knowledge?

Han Dong said: "Ye Fei is right. Gaussian conjecture is not as simple as you think. Many of the problems in it may win international awards."

Zhong Wei asked: "Ye Fei, what international awards do you think you can win if you prove Gauss's conjecture?"

Ye Fei shook his head and said: "Big awards are almost impossible, but small international awards can be won."

"Huh?" Tan Lingling asked: "Why is this? Didn't you say that Gaussian conjecture is not less difficult than ABC conjecture?"

Ye Feidao: "Difficulty is difficulty, but winning awards is not based on difficulty, but on effectiveness."

"The role of Gauss's conjecture is to extend the number theory of rational numbers to the number theory of algebraic numbers."

"In terms of function, it is much weaker than the ABC conjecture."

"So, even if I prove the Gaussian conjecture, I won't be able to win an important international award."

"Unless it can be proven that there is a huge mathematical problem."

"Didn't you say that someone won the Fields Medal for proving a problem from Gaussian conjecture?" Tan Lingling was completely confused.

Ye Feidao: "This is a very complex problem. The reason why Baker won the Fields Medal is because he took a small problem from Gaussian conjecture, derived it, and finally proved a problem of great effect."

"It's like a tree. Someone takes a part of the tree and makes it into a wood sculpture, and eventually sells it for a very high price."

"So, do you understand?"

Tan Lingling nodded and said: "So that's it. Then why do you have to prove Gauss's conjecture? Why not take a part of Gauss's conjecture and study it. Even if you can't win the Fields Medal, you can still win a big international award!"

When Ye Fei heard this, he was speechless and said: "Sister, we also need to have that ability. Do you think big international awards are so easy to win?"

Ye Fei's academic accumulation is not enough. Maybe he will have enough accumulation in a few years and he can try it.

At this time, Ye Fei's phone rang.

"Huh?" Ye Fei took out the phone and asked in confusion: "Why did Professor Qu call me?"

Professor Qu is Professor Qu Guangjie, professor of mathematics at Fudan University.

They haven't contacted each other for a long time.

Ye Fei answered the phone and said with a smile: "Hello, Professor Qu!"

"Haha..." Professor Qu laughed and said, "Ye Fei, you are famous both at home and abroad now!"

"No way." Ye Fei smiled and said, "Professor Qu, do you have anything to do with me?"

"That's it, Ye Fei, our school wants to invite you to be a visiting professor in our school, what do you think?"

"Visiting professor?" Ye Fei was stunned for a moment.

Every school has different requirements for visiting professors. The better the school, the higher the requirements for visiting professors.

As one of the top universities in Xia State and one of the top five universities in the country, Fudan University has very high requirements for visiting professors.

Of course, visiting professors at Fudan University are highly demanding and highly valuable.

Visiting professors at Fudan University must first be associate professors and be no more than 60 years old.

Moreover, the majors and research directions they are engaged in meet the development needs of Fudan University, and they can come to Fudan University for collaborative research and give several academic lectures every year.

Ye Fei said hesitantly: "Professor Qu, Fudan and I have no need for research cooperation!"

It is also possible to be a visiting professor, but at least he must have cooperation needs with Fudan University.

However, his current research does not require cooperation from Fudan University.

Professor Qu said: "It doesn't matter in this regard, as long as you can come to Fudan to give academic lectures once or twice a year."

Visiting professors are an honor for the professors themselves, and joining Fudan University as a visiting professor for a well-known professor is also an honor for Fudan University.

Ye Fei has now proved the ABC conjecture and is a well-known mathematician at home and abroad. So his becoming a visiting professor at Fudan University is an honor for Fudan University.

Ye Fei thought for a moment and then said: "Yes, but this requires talks between Fudan University and Zhonghu University."

"Okay, I'll ask the school to talk to Zhonghu University later."

Since Ye Fei agreed, Zhonghu University should also agree.

After all, he was just a visiting professor, and it was not like he lured Ye Fei to Fudan to become a lecturer.