From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

A week ago, I said I forgot about the project, and I haven't officially started the research yet.

After a week, it was done.

Wang Jiming couldn't understand Wang Hao's research speed. How could it be completed after only one week?

For such a major experimental analysis, they asked two teams to ask, and they all got negative answers.

Wang Jiming still trusts Wang Hao. He knows that Wang Hao cannot simply say that it has been completed, and he must have reached a certain conclusion through analysis.

"Is everything completed, or is it only half completed, and we need to continue research with experiments and reference?" He was very uncertain, so he quickly read the content.

Wang Hao sent only a few charts, which marked the relationship between magnetic field strength and material, as well as the relationship between temperature and material.

The content of the chart is clear and straightforward.

At a glance, you know that the analysis has been completed, and the conclusion is even in front of you.

Ding Zongquan and Wang Jiming read the conclusion together. He immediately made a calculation based on the data, and was very surprised by the calculated value. He immediately asked, "Dean, did Professor Wang send you the final conclusion or a rough analysis?" determination?"

There is a difference between the two.

If you just do a simple analysis as a whole, you can draw a certain conclusion, but without a detailed analysis, the conclusion will definitely be very inaccurate.

At this time, let them do experimental verification, the purpose is to use new experimental data to continue to do refined analysis.

Another possibility is that the content on the chart is already the final conclusion.

Both scenarios are possible.

Wang Jiming couldn't be sure either. Wang Hao didn't make it clear on the phone, but he didn't ask again, because no matter which possibility it is, it needs to be verified experimentally.

Ding Zongquan said, "According to this data, the probability of steel cracks of each material will be greatly reduced."

"Steel cracks are the main reason for defective products, and our defective rate will be greatly reduced on the current basis."

"The data should exceed 70 percent."

After hearing this, Wang Jiming took a deep breath, "Let's not say that it can achieve the full effect, even if it is only two-thirds of the effect, it is enough to achieve the expected goal."

The goal of their research is to reduce the defective rate by half again.

In this way, the defective rate can be controlled within 0.5 points, or even within 0.25 points, and the defective rate has reached the range of very little. The technology of the production line can be said to be mature.

The purpose of their continuous research on the project is also to reduce the defective rate and improve the technology of the production line, but now it has only improved a little compared to the beginning, and it is still far from the goal of 50%. Numerically speaking, it is only 10% to 20% higher than the initial increase.

"No matter what the situation is, we will conduct experiments to verify it immediately."

After analyzing the conclusion with Ding Zongquan, Wang Jiming immediately made a decision. Since everyone in the conference room was still there, he directly explained the work.

WISCO Research Institute is already familiar with the experimental verification of double-kiln casting and rolling technology.

Since three years ago, they have been conducting research around this production line, with their own R\u0026D and cooperation with the alloy laboratory in the middle.

They immediately selected a steel with relatively fast manufacturing speed, adjusted it according to the magnetic field and temperature values ​​on the chart, turned on the experimental equipment, carried out simulation analysis and direct manufacturing.

This verification experiment takes a day, and the experimental equipment works from the afternoon to the early morning.

In order to get the results as soon as possible, there are more than a dozen people working overtime, squatting in the operation room, stopping the equipment in the early hours of the morning, and continuing to the next step of operation.

By the next morning, the staff began to collect data and quickly came to a conclusion, "The defective rate of this test accounts for less than 0.2% of all steel products."

"This is a rough estimate, because we verified it through experiments. Most of them are finished products, and some of them have small flaws. Whether they can be counted as defective products also needs to be analyzed."

"In terms of statistics on the defective rate, it is impossible to get results without going to the factory's production line."

This is a statistical conclusion.

Several researchers present were very surprised. They had never encountered this problem before doing experiments to verify.

Low defective rate?

So low that the experimental method can't be counted at all?

They are still clear about this concept, that is, the amount of steel produced in the experiment is too small to accurately count the very low defective rate. In other words, the defective rate has been so low that the experiment cannot be verified.

"This should be regarded as a great success, right?" Ding Zongquan's face was full of excitement, "Wang Hao is really amazing, a few data have helped us solve such a big problem."

Everyone was surprised by the conclusion.

Wang Jiming was also very surprised. This is definitely good news for the Wuhan Iron and Steel Research Institute. After thinking about it, he simply contacted the manager of the production line of the factory and asked about the time when the equipment of the Shuangku casting and rolling production line stopped. Reported to the past, "Next time you guys, adjust the magnetic field and temperature to the values ​​I said."

"This is indeed an experiment, but there is no need to submit an application."

"You can produce normally, and I will send someone over to count the defective rate."

"If the defective rate is much lower than it is now, it will be fine to produce according to this data in the future."

After Wang Jiming put down the phone, he looked at the statistics and sighed, "Wang Hao, it's amazing!"

"Eight million, worth it!"

Ding Zongquan immediately said, "When I heard you talk about this problem, I thought it would be no problem to ask Wang Hao to help with the analysis, so I kept increasing the price, and it must be confirmed."

"It doesn't matter if you spend a few million more, the most important thing is to solve the problem."

Wang Jiming couldn't help but think of the scene when Wang Hao was invited to help with the analysis.

Ding Zongquan didn't seem to care about money at all, and he just added a few million more, as if he was not on the side of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Research Institute.

Thinking about it now, it's true!

What is the investment of 8 million compared to the research results that can improve the double-gun casting and rolling production line and greatly reduce the defective rate?

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Xihai University.

Knowing the data verified by the experiment, Wang Hao also let out a sigh of relief.

Analysis, after all, is analysis, it has not been verified by experiments, and no one knows the specific results.

Now that he knew the result, the project could be said to have been completed. He thought about it carefully and realized the benefits of having someone under his command.

For the project of Wuhan Iron and Steel Research Institute, he only did the core work, including code writing, data summary and recording and other complicated work, all of which were handed over to Zhang Zhiqiang and two students.

So he felt very relaxed all the time, all added up, and it didn't take much time.

"It would be even better if other people can be better. At that time, even the process of analysis and arrangement can be handed over to others..."

Wang Hao thought about it.

Although the research has been completed and the conclusions have been sent to the Wuhan Iron and Steel Research Institute, but for the project, it is still necessary to summarize the analysis process.

Because it involves very complicated underlying logic, he still has to do the summarization work himself.

This is also where it takes time.

He wrote the summary report, not only for the projects of WISCO Research Institute, but also for his own outstanding youth project.

The content of his outstanding youth project is the NS equation. Now that the NS equation has been completed, there will be no follow-up content. Naturally, the project report can be written in advance.

It is better to submit the project earlier, and then you can apply for other projects later.

The advantage of the outstanding youth project is that the funding will not be recovered. As long as the project is completed normally, the remaining funds will still be placed in the school account and continue to be used to support other scientific research work.

This amount of funds is for personal support, so if you submit the results report earlier and settle the project directly, there will be only advantages and no disadvantages.

Of course, the settlement of the results must be done after the report. After all, there is no international academic institution that has recognized his certificate.

at the same time.

The Science Foundation, the Theoretical Mathematics Office of the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and several heads are also talking about Wang Hao's research.

The topic started with this year's outstanding youth and outstanding youth projects.

Whether it is an outstanding youth project or an outstanding youth project, the number of mathematical theory projects approved each year is very small, and they even discussed the establishment of a special fund to support theoretical research.

This is mainly because the research of mathematical theory competes with the research of application, and it can be said that there is almost no advantage.

It's okay to have no advantage before, and many people are used to it.

The advantage feels even smaller now.

Wang Hao's two projects seem to have suddenly raised the threshold for applying for funding for mathematical theory projects.

In the past two years, the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences has funded dozens of mathematical theory projects, of which only seven projects have funds exceeding 500,000 yuan.

Wang Hao personally took two. The first one is the excellent youth project, which studies the distribution probability of prime numbers. He submitted the results of Mersenne prime numbers, Kakutani conjecture, and the mathematical method to complete the proof of Kadotani conjecture.

This mathematical method won the Chern Shiing-shen Mathematics Award and the first prize of the National Natural Science Award.

After that, Wang Hao applied for the NS equation project, and is now preparing to report on the NS equation problem.

Looking at the content of the project he applied for, and then looking at the completion of his research, other people are even afraid to apply, and even the requirements of the review experts have become higher.

The Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences has also funded many top-level research over the past two decades.

Among them, there are several research projects related to the NS equation, but others have only made a small progress in research after several years.

That's already a big deal.

The expert reviewers of the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences knew when the project application was reviewed that it would take several years to make little progress.

If a paper can be published in a top international journal, the funding of hundreds of thousands or more than one million is worth it.

Wang Hao is different.

His Distinguished Youth Project started only a few years later, and he announced that he had solved the NS equation problem in just over two months.

That is not a small progress, it directly solves the problem.

Li Jianwei was watching the news on the Internet and found a discussion related to the NS equation, so he couldn't help asking, "You guys said, did Wang Hao really complete the proof? I read his paper, but the logic in it is too Complicated."

The person next to him immediately said, "It must be finished. I also read the thesis, and I feel the same as you, but you have to think about it. His thesis is not long, but the logic is complicated, but so far, no one has pointed out the mistakes. .”

This is very convincing.

After Wang Hao announced that he had completed the NS equation problem, because he posted the paper on the Internet, many scholars were studying his proof.

Until now, no mathematician has come forward to point out the error.

This means that the paper is likely to be correct.

After listening, Li Jianwei said, "Let me tell you something interesting."

"Last time, I went to Donggang to meet Academician Wei Fuquan. He was very optimistic about Wang Hao, and he judged that Wang Hao would be able to complete the proof of the NS equation within five years."

"As a result, I just returned to the capital when I knew that Wang Hao had posted the paper on the Internet."

Others also said, "Academician Wei's judgment is very accurate, the main reason is that Wang Hao completed the research too quickly."

"It feels like he is not a normal person, a genius is just different."

"I'm going to give a report at Donggang University this time. I guess there will be a lot of people."

"There must be many people, many foreign scholars are very interested, including some Fields winners."

"Donggang University, it's really the focus recently..."

The last sentence is a bit of a joke.

The situation of Donggang University is not good. Recently, they have been getting negative news, mainly around the dismissal of Wang Hao and the alloy laboratory.

The latter has the most negative news.

Because the Alloy Laboratory has attracted the attention of many people, news has been dug out one by one, and there are still many new news in the past week.

First of all, the trial against Ma Wenjun was postponed due to other project issues.

Wuhan Iron and Steel Group implicated the person responsible for the alloy laboratory project, and the director of a branch company was taken away for investigation.

Another steel company, Qinggang Group, stated that it would re-examine the horizontal project that funded the alloy laboratory seven years ago, because the project was funded for two years, costing more than 40 million yuan, and there was no meaningful research and development progress. .

etc.

Afterwards, Donggang University announced new news, and eleven persons responsible for the dismissal incident were punished.

Two of them were dismissed, three were suspended for review, and the others were given demerits at least.

Donggang University’s routine actions by Fenglei also calmed public opinion a little bit. The open acceptance of investigations by the Commission for Discipline Inspection and other departments, coupled with the large-scale internal handling of responsible persons, also let the public see the determination to solve the problem.

Academician Lin Yuliang, president of Donggang University, also stood up for an interview. He explained the problems of the alloy laboratory and the dismissal time.

At the end of the explanation, he also made a formal apology to Wang Hao on behalf of Donggang University. The attitude of apologizing, whether it is sincere or not, at least makes people feel much more comfortable.

The political department of Donggang University is under great pressure.

When I first heard that Wang Hao agreed to come to Donggang University to give a report, I thought it was a good thing. Doing top-level research reports can also boost Donggang University's international reputation and influence.

As a result, a good thing turned into a bad thing.

Now Donggang University is attracting international attention, not only domestic public opinion is concerned about negative news, but also a lot of international attention, which means that the world sees the problems of the school, which is a big blow to the school's international image.

In addition, they were also worried about another problem, "Wang Hao suddenly decided not to come, what should we do then?"

Wang Hao agreed to come to Donggang University to give a report, but there is no law that explicitly restricts scholars from temporarily changing the report plan.

This is not protected by law.

If Wang Hao suddenly decides not to come, Donggang University’s international promotion will become a joke again, or if Wang Hao simply cooperates with other universities and decides to give lectures in other universities, the invited scholars will definitely change their itinerary and go to other universities.

This is the embarrassing situation that universities may face when the influence of scholars exceeds that of universities.

Scholars all over the world accepted the invitation because of Wang Hao. They came to listen to Wang Hao's report, not to come to Donggang University to do anything.

Now the leadership of Donggang University has hated Huang Yichun to the core.

The dismissal incident is very infuriating, but in fact, it did not involve the higher leadership of Donggang University.

At that time, Wang Hao was just a doctoral student who had just been hired. He didn't even have the title of associate professor, and it was impossible to involve the vice president and principal. The person who decided to dismiss Wang Hao was Huang Yichun, who was the director of the Academic Affairs Office. He has certain authority in terms of personnel, and Huang Yichun also leads the meeting.

Now they are even investigating whether Huang Yichun has an affair with Chen Jianlin, and they want to send Huang Yichun to prison for several years.

Under such circumstances, Huang Yichun's life became even more difficult.

After he was fired, he didn't even dare to leave the house at home. Even so, some neighbors pointed at him, "Look, this is the house. The guy named Huang lives here, and he is the one who expelled Wang Hao from Donggang University." .”

"There is no distinction between right and wrong, I have lived for more than fifty years in vain!"

"As the director of the school, he can persecute scientists like Wang Hao. If he is the head of the district or county, he must be a serious corruption..."

...

Wang Hao will also pay attention to the news of public opinion. Knowing that Donggang University has apologized to him, he still feels a lot better.

For him, Donggang University has really become a thing of the past.

He just paid attention to it, and then continued to study.

He is learning.

The content of the study is to look at some advanced algebraic geometry research.

Wang Hao is very fascinated by the research of mathematical theory, or mathematicians all over the world are like this, mathematical theory is far more interesting than application.

Algebraic geometry is the content of pure theory.

This subject involves a lot of imaginary numbers, which makes it difficult to connect it with applications-there is no imaginary number in reality.

"The study of mathematical theory also has limitations." Wang Hao thought with a sigh, "The biggest limitation is that only research has no output."

This is true of most mathematical research.

Research in many fields cares more about 'output', so technical research can easily get funding, research results can also apply for patents, or directly improve technology, while theoretical research is relatively much more difficult to apply for funding.

This is the most restricted place, and it has also caused many talented scholars to give up theoretical research and turn to other fields.

Algebraic geometry is one of the fields where the 'brain drain' is very serious.

Many young scholars are engaged in the research of algebraic geometry with interest, but because the related fields are very difficult, it is very difficult to achieve results, and it has little connection with applications.

This makes it difficult for them to apply for funding, and even find a stable job to support continued research.

Wang Hao thought with a sigh, and then continued to study.

Zhou Qingyuan came to find him, he opened the door and walked in, and asked directly, "Wang Hao, you should go to Donggang University for your report, right?"

"What's wrong?"

Wang Hao asked back with doubts.

Zhou Qingyuan sat down and said, "I heard from several people that Donggang University is worried that you will suddenly change your mind."

"That will not." Wang Hao shook his head and said, "It has been decided and announced, and I will definitely not change my mind."

Zhou Qingyuan nodded and said, "The school has discussed it. When the time comes, I, Dean Luan, and Dean Chen will all go with you."

"Dean Chen is going too?"

Zhou Qingyuan smiled and said, "I'll give you a show no matter what, President Chen is an academician no matter what."

"Also."

"However, you still need to adjust your mentality." Zhou Qingyuan suddenly became serious as he spoke, "Not only Donggang University, but after this report, you will be..."

Without saying the rest, Wang Hao already understood.

He has been recognized as one of the top mathematicians in the world by virtue of his research on "Looking for the Mathematical Transformation Method of Infinite Columns".

Later, he completed the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, and now, he has solved the NS equation problem, one of the millennium mathematical problems.

These achievements are superimposed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the world's top mathematician.

At that time, people who can be compared with him can be counted on one hand.

Andrew Wiles?

Wiles proved Fermat's conjecture, and he completed Goldbach's conjecture of the same level.

Grigory Perelman?

Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture, and he completed the NS equation problem of the same level.

It is difficult to compare mathematicians in other fields, but there is no doubt that he has reached the highest peak of mathematical research.

Wang Hao was a little excited when he thought about it.

Some longing.

At the same time, I am looking forward to the report on the NS equation.