Chapter 224 The Emperor of Mathematics is coming to an end (Thanks for the reward)
May 10th.
Wang Donglai took a plane directly to the Gallic Chicken Country.
The reason why he did not go to Norway immediately was because Wang Donglai wanted to go to the Gallic Chicken Country to meet someone.
A scholar who enjoys a huge reputation in the field of mathematics.
The most important thing is that Wang Donglai promised to visit this person when he had the opportunity.
This person is surprisingly Grothendieck, who is known as the Emperor of Mathematics.
Originally, Wang Donglai wanted to take Wang Yanxing and Cao Shuxian abroad for a tour, but they were rejected by them.
Seeing that Wang Chenyue was about to take the college entrance examination, the two of them were actually more nervous than Wang Chenyue himself and insisted on renting a house near the school to accompany them.
Seeing this, Wang Donglai stopped pressing and went abroad alone.
If Deligne hadn't said it himself, Wang Donglai wouldn't have known that the mathematical emperor was actually staying in a village in Gaul.
After all, this mathematical emperor is too low-key.
After all, he deliberately hides himself and does not communicate with the outside world.
Even some of his mathematical results were withdrawn by him and could not be released publicly, but could only be borrowed and circulated privately.
The flight from China to Gaul is not short, but compared to flying to the Bald Eagle, it is still shorter.
After having an international flight experience, Wang Donglai became extremely adaptable.
However, this time the flight journey had some unexpected changes.
He bought a first-class ticket, so the treatment was naturally better than that of ordinary class.
No matter where he is, as long as he has time, he will take out the books he prepared and read them.
He also tried converting books directly into document versions for electronic reading, but unfortunately he did not gain experience points, so he gave up on this method and continued to read with books.
During the journey, he obviously noticed that the flight attendants on the flight were more enthusiastic and considerate towards him than others.
The quality of flight attendants who can fly international flights is naturally not bad.
Slender figure and delicate face.
Coupled with a decent stewardess uniform, it highlights a bit of alluring charm.
However, Wang Donglai paid no attention to the flight attendant's performance.
Even so, the bold stewardess took the initiative to communicate with Wang Donglai.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he revealed Wang Donglai's identity, a genius student and the prover of the world's mathematical problems.
It wasn’t until this that Wang Donglai responded.
As a result, the originally boring flight time became a little more enjoyable.
When he got off the plane, Wang Donglai had a piece of paper on his palm with a contact information written on it.
Smiling, Wang Donglai threw away the note with his contact information.
Just when Wang Donglai was about to call Professor Deligne, he saw someone who surprised him.
The visitor is none other than Professor Deligne.
"Wang Donglai, thank you very much for coming."
Deligne walked up, nodded slightly to Wang Donglai, and said softly.
"I believe that anyone who knows something about mathematics will make the same choice as me if they know the name Grothendieck."
"Besides, I also agreed to this before There is an old saying in our country that people cannot stand without trust. "
"If you promise something to others, you must do it."
Wang Donglai quickly recovered from his surprise. Calm down and say to Deligne with a smile.
"Wang Donglai, I also know something about your country's culture. I hope that I will have the opportunity to travel to that magical eastern country in the future."
"My teacher has also read your paper. He said that you have a strong talent for mathematics and is very much looking forward to meeting you."
"Originally, he was not going to rush you, but you know , he is getting older, his body is not as good as before, and he can no longer resist. If he doesn’t see you again, he will probably die. There is no chance, so I will take the opportunity of you to receive the award to invite you here. I hope you won’t mind!”
“If you really feel uncomfortable, I can tell you. You apologize."
With that said, Deligne was about to bow and apologize.
After listening to Deligne's words and seeing his actions, Wang Donglai quickly supported Deligne and said, "Professor Deligne, you are too polite."
"If I didn't want to come, I would have refused at the beginning, but I'm already here, which means I am willing to come, so you don't have to blame yourself."
"If this news gets out and I can communicate with Mr. Grothendieck, I don't know how many scholars around the world will envy my good luck."
Wang Donglai was telling the truth. He still remembered the last time he had a conversation with De After one exchange with Ligne, he suddenly received a temporary side mission.
As Deligne's teacher, Grothendieck has such a great reputation and academic status in the academic world.
Maybe he will continue to receive tasks this time and get rewards from the system.
Deligne didn't know Wang Donglai's inner thoughts. Hearing what Wang Donglai said, he was extremely moved.
After all, although Deligne's academic status is not bad, Wang Donglai is now even more famous, winning the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Abel Prize one after another, and has already established his foothold in the academic world.
In the future, if you just need to work steadily, hold more academic seminars, and communicate more with other scholars, you will inevitably become a big boss in the field of mathematics.
Deligne is very familiar with this routine.
Therefore, Wang Donglai does not need to give himself such face.
With this thought in his mind, a more sincere smile appeared on Deligne's face, and he invited Wang Dong to come and said: "In this case, let's set off directly. The teacher is in a farm in the countryside."
"Then I'll trouble Professor Deligne."
Wang Donglai nodded, then followed Professor Deligne and walked outside.
Soon, Professor Deligne took Wang Donglai into the car and drove out of the city.
The two people in the car were not idle, but started discussing some mathematical theories.
It is worth mentioning that during the entire communication with Professor Deligne, Wang Donglai spoke Deligne’s native language.
After communicating for a long time, Professor Deligne suddenly woke up to this point.
“Oh, it’s hard to imagine that you speak Dutch so well. It’s like you grew up there.”
“Not only Dutch, but also German and French. They are all fluent.”
“It seems that in addition to your math talent, you also have a strong language talent.”
"As far as I know, you seem to have developed artificial intelligence programs in addition to studying mathematics, and have also made achievements in the field of computer programs."
"Fortunately, there is only one genius like you in the world. Otherwise, we old people will probably be completely eliminated."
Deligne joked with Wang Donglai with a smile.
"It's true. If there were many people like me, I'm afraid the world would have changed dramatically."
"But it's a pity that there is only one person like me. ! ”
Wang Donglai was not at all as modest as he was in China, but was extremely confident and flamboyant.
Because he knows that in the West, they do this.
On the contrary, if you act too humble and kind, you will only be considered to be incompetent and looked down upon by others.
That’s why Wang Donglai acted so confidently.
This sentence comes from Wang Donglai’s heart, so it is very contagious.
Deligne nodded and recognized Wang Donglai's words, and said: "Indeed, your talent has never been compared to yours in the modern era." "Although Schultz is favored by many people, but in the In my opinion, he is still far behind you.”
“At least, his achievements are far inferior to yours in your grade.”
< br>After finishing speaking, Deligne didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly sighed.
"Unfortunately, if you were white, I'm afraid you would have become an academic celebrity all over the world."
"I believe those damn media will promote you crazily instead of turning a blind eye to you like they are now."
Deligne said to Wang Donglai with a hint of resentment in his tone.
Hearing this, Wang Donglai didn't pay too much attention.
“The media thinks they have the right to speak, but they don’t know that the times are changing. If they cannot embrace the times, they will only be eliminated.”
“What’s more, the general trend of the world , Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.”
"When the news media loses its impartiality, it is not far from decay and death."
When Wang Donglai came here, he thought of the future development trend of the Internet.
Everyone has a mobile phone and as long as they can, everyone is a reporter.
It becomes extremely difficult to block information again.
Deligne naturally does not have future eyes. Seeing this scene in the future, when he heard what Wang Donglai said, he was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head. Apparently he did not believe that what Wang Donglai said would happen. .
Seeing this, Wang Donglai did not argue.
Skipping these topics, Wang Donglai and Deligne continued to discuss number theory issues.
Deligne originally thought that he could have the upper hand in the areas he was good at.
But after discussing it, he found that this was not the case.
Often when it comes to a problem, Wang Donglai's views and insights are no worse than his. In some cases, his unique and ingenious ideas have given him new gains.
Unconsciously, the discussion between the two gradually turned towards Deligne's question and Wang Donglai's situation.
It is often Wang Donglai who answers three of Deligne's questions, and Deligne can answer one of Wang Donglai's questions.
There is no limit to academics. Both of them are obsessed with academics, so naturally they don't care much about this.
Soon.
After three hours of journey, the car finally arrived in front of a large farm.
"This is my teacher's secluded place."
Professor Deligne and Wang Donglai introduced each other while the car was still driving towards the farm.
Finally, the car stopped in front of a house.
Professor Deligne got out of the car first, followed closely by Wang Donglai.
After arriving here, Deligne's face showed both a hint of happiness and a hint of depression.
Wang Donglai can naturally understand why Professor Deligne has such complicated emotions.
According to original history, the mathematical emperor would pass away on November 13th this year.
It is May now, and there are not many days left until November.
Grothendieck, who was eighty-six years old, had been suffering from illness for many years and was already terminally ill and in poor condition.
As a disciple, Deligne’s behavior is not surprising.
Under the leadership of Deligne, Wang Donglai soon met a bald old man.
The old man has an upright figure and a pale complexion with only a slight rosy color.
However, although the old man's face looked extremely old, there was an indifferent aura exuding it.
No one would have thought that this frail old man was none other than Grothendieck, known as the Emperor of Mathematics.
When Deligne and Wang Donglai came in, Grothendieck was covered with a blanket, sleeping on a deck chair, basking in the sun.
"Teacher!"
Deligne walked forward in small steps, squatted down, and called softly beside Grothendieck.
After shouting three times in a row, Grothendieck's eyes slowly opened.
"Deligne, why are you here?"
Grothendieck opened his eyes and saw Deligne, he immediately smiled and asked gently.
However, after saying that, his eyes shifted and he noticed Wang Donglai.
"Who is this? Deligne, the student you brought, come and show me?"
Wang Donglai is only 20 years old and looks extremely young. Standing next to Deligne, he is Such misunderstandings are normal.
"Teacher, this is Wang Donglai, the Chinese scholar you admire very much. It was he who proved that he cracked the Hodge conjecture and the ABC conjecture, and proved Zhou's conjecture at the Princeton academic seminar, and found Mason The distribution rules and precise formulas of prime numbers.”
Deligne quickly explained aloud, and also mentioned Wang Donglai’s achievements again.
"Oh, it's him!"
Although Grothendieck is old, his memory is obviously not bad. After Deligne said this, he remembered Wang Donglai's information.
Struggled and wanted to get up.
But Wang Donglai stopped him and said, "Professor Grothendieck, I really feel sorry for taking the liberty of coming to see you. How can I get you to get up? You can just lie down. It doesn't matter to me." ”
To be honest, Wang Donglai really doesn’t care about this, so what he said is true.
"I have read all your papers, including the ones you wrote about computers and those published in Advanced Materials."
"I can see that you have applied mathematics in practice, a lot of People who study mathematics only study mathematics and cannot apply it. You have done a great job.”
“Mathematics is a subject that is too difficult to learn. If you are still lacking. Without breakthroughs in the application field, it will never be able to fully develop.”
“I have been living in seclusion here for many years, and I have also been paying attention to changes in the academic world, and the results are very disappointing.”
"Fortunately, you appeared. Although you are an Oriental, in the eyes of many people, you are synonymous with backwardness, but I don't think so."
"Before I die, it will be my wish to meet a genius like you."
"I have prepared a copy of my academic results. If you are interested, you can bring it with you." One serving."
After saying so much in one breath, Grothendieck soon began to cough, and at the same time his energy weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The doctor on the side hurriedly stepped forward, took out the medicine, and started the medical machine.
Wang Donglai and Deligne also walked outside to avoid affecting the doctor's performance.
"Do you want to see the teacher's academic achievements?"
Deligne was a little depressed, but he still cheered up and asked.
"That is natural. Professor Grothendieck's academic achievements are so valuable. It is also an honor for me to be able to see them."
Before meeting Grothendieck, Wang Donglai still had great expectations.
But after the meeting, there was no change in the system, so he let it go.
However, something unexpected happened. Just after Wang Dong finished speaking, the system's mechanical sound started to sound.
“Ding dong!”
“The player triggered a temporary mission. Do you want to accept the temporary mission?”
(End of this chapter)