Chapter 77 A Phone Call That Changed Perception (Part 1)
Qiao Yu admitted his cowardice very simply.
Face?
It doesn’t exist!
He is a fifteen-year-old kid who has not yet reached the age where he needs to save face.
If a group of professors really want to talk about face with him, then it will appear that those professors have no face.
Come on, if you can, come and quarrel with me, a fifteen-year-old brat, and let the news spread to see who gets embarrassed!
This is an unstoppable and shameless age advantage. If word spreads about it, it will kill the professor community.
But obviously, Qiao Yu overestimated the composition of this forum.
It would be fine if you just chatted privately with professors, but posting such a post directly on the forum really made many graduate students break their guard.
"Is this account hacked? Please show us your method of solving equations before we talk!"
"I feel offended!"
"Haha? Middle school students, do you think we are Do you believe it? "
"No? Qiao Yu? It can't be the one from Xingcheng Railway No. 1 Middle School?"
"The list of Little Libaba's finalists is out. The only gold medal winner in the algebra and number theory group is Qiao Yu. The school is Star City Railway No. 1 Middle School. You can find out by going to the official website."
"What? That's it. Is this rookie really a middle school student? ”
"Hehe, hehe, hehehe...a rookie?"
"Let me go, brothers, it turns out to be real! Sorry to bother you, I'll take my leave first!"
"Wait. Let’s delete our account together, I won’t play anymore!”
"This classmate Qiao Yu, I advise you to be more sensible and give you two minutes. It is best to delete this post before my tutor sees it!"
"Everyone, I will give you two minutes." Here are the screenshots of the rankings of Liba’s Algebra and Number Theory group, please rate it yourself.”
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Yes, to these graduate students, is Qiao Yu here to apologize? This is just to show off your face!
Applying for a question answering system has ensured that the people who can hang out in this forum are all mathematicians.
So no one’s heart is purer than anyone else’s.
Today is Saturday, and the day after tomorrow is Monday.
Although it is summer vacation, everyone who has studied graduate school knows that in order to maintain the consistency of research progress and academic results, in most cases, these graduate students, who are no longer valuable, also need continuous work during the winter and summer vacations. With learning.
Even if pure mathematics research is not as hard as engineering, and you don’t need to work around the laboratory twenty hours a day, and even your enlightened tutor will allow you to go home for the summer, but if you want to graduate on time, weekly Reporting is generally indispensable, even if it is reported remotely through WeChat or other software.
When the tutor is not available, there will usually be a junior supervisor watching over him. Those graduate students who have not completed the tasks at hand can already imagine the tutor's face and what he is likely to say after the news spreads.
"That's it? It's taken you so long to hand over such a piece of crap? You're really going back to the old days. Even junior high school students don't know as much as you do?"
What's even more sad are those who participated in the forum This time, Little Libaba’s math competition made it to the finals, and by the way, a domestic student also won a prize.
Although there are five tracks in the finals of the Little Libaba Mathematics Competition, this forum is for discussing algebra and number theory. The graduate students hanging out here must have chosen the track just like Qiao Yu.
At this time, someone took a screenshot of the final result and posted it to the forum, which didn’t look very good.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk...this ranking...forget it, I won't comment, let's go to the next one."
"I don't understand either, next one."
"Brother Zheng from Huaqing, first of all congratulations on you winning the bronze medal. But it's really not me who is making trouble, that Qiao Yu is here at this time By posting such a post in the forum, I think he just wanted to slap him in the face.”
"Ahem, I think this is a little too much. The administrator should come out and delete this post. It attracts too much hatred."
"I said don't do this. That high school student might be doing this." It’s so cool to peek at the screen.”
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Qiao Yu has indeed been peeking at the screen, and he keeps refreshing the screen.
This forum is too simple. There is no real-time reminder function for replying. It is not even as good as the post bar. You can only see new comments by refreshing manually. It's just a matter of adding a few lines of code between the front-end and the back-end. Most likely, the administrator is too lazy to add such practical functions.
But I have to say that the emotional value obtained in the forum is much more enjoyable than in the group chat of Class 13.
The only pity is that the forums where people keep complaining are not very high-level, let alone mathematics experts, there are only a few weirdos. Most of them are math masters and experts, with a few upstarts in the middle.
But this is good, you can play more relaxedly.
For example, when he saw a math guru saying that he was peeking at the screen, Qiao Yu replied without hesitation.
“Uncle, please don’t slander me. I didn’t peek at the screen at all! And I only entered the first year of high school in September, so the most you can say is that I am a quasi-high school student. After all, I am here I am apologizing to uncles and aunts, but I can’t throw this away at a large group of high school students!”
With such a low-level title, he must not be a professor.
Since everyone is a student, Qiao Yu is absolutely honest and must show an attitude of apology.
Looking back now, when a bunch of math geeks ridiculed him, these little Karami were also watching and supporting him, so we must not stop apologizing to them just because we are all students. As promised, all sentient beings equality.
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China, Xiaozhou.
It is already the end of August and school is about to start...
So Professor Xue Song from Yujiang University is busy on a blind date today.
Everyone who has been a professor in a university knows that as long as you have obtained the official position and become a big boss in the research field, your life during the semester is almost the same as during the winter and summer vacations, and there is nothing to do. The concept of not starting school.
It's just that some professors attach great importance to teaching, and will go over the courseware again before the semester, and even modify and update it to a certain extent.
Other professors are probably more chic and can forget that school is about to start without being reminded by their graduate students. When I attend class, I am confident that my knowledge is profound enough, and I can adapt to changes in every class, making those silly undergraduate students worship me, and there is no need to make special preparations at all.
Of course, for some young professors, well, in fact, there is not much difference between winter and summer vacations and the beginning of school.
Under the pressure of being promoted or leaving, neither scientific research nor teaching can be delayed. During the winter and summer vacations, I also worked hard overtime, either busy with projects or publishing articles.
Xue Song was actually somewhere in between.
In fact, he cannot be regarded as a powerful academic leader in the mathematics major of Yujiang University, but he is definitely a leader among professors of his age.
And Xue Song has a lot of say in the relevant directions of his research.
Not only because he has published two important papers, but also because some related research groups often invite him to participate in seminars when doing research projects, and he can indeed make some very good suggestions.
These suggestions cannot be written into a paper, but colleagues in related research fields know that Professor Xue Song of Yujiang University has a solid theoretical foundation, active thinking, and strong overall strength.
This is also one of the manifestations of status in the academic circle. Contributing unique ideas to high-level academic discussions is also one of the sources of fame.
It’s just that it’s hard to break out of this kind of fame.
Xue Song is only thirty-five years old this year. It is the age when he is in the prime of life and can produce results. His energy is mainly focused on his career, and some personal matters are naturally delayed.
In addition, there are very few women in mathematics circles, both at home and abroad.
So Xue Song, like Lan Jie, is still single in his thirties.
The difference is that Lang Jie's parents are open-minded enough and don't think being single for a lifetime is a big deal.
However, Professor Xue's parents are more traditional and hold the idea that there are three ways to be unfilial, and having no offspring is the most important thing, so they are anxious and angry every day about their child being single. Naturally, he mobilized everyone around him to help Xue Song find his future partner.
I can’t resist it, I can’t resist it at all.
Yesterday, his aunt just introduced a new female colleague from a public institution. Today happened to be Saturday, so they made an appointment to have a meal.
Originally, Xue Song just took care of some errands and planned to say goodbye and leave after dinner.
As soon as he walked out of the mall, the girl thanked Xue Song for inviting him to dinner. There happened to be a summer movie called "Chicken Doll" that I had always wanted to see, but because my work unit had been very busy, I couldn't go. .
In addition, it is still early today, so I want to invite Professor Xue to watch a movie together.
The girl took the initiative to invite, but Xue Song could not refuse, so he could only agree happily.
By the time the two of them arrived at the nearest cinema, there were only tickets available for 7:40.
The girl bought the tickets, Xue Song bought two drinks and two buckets of popcorn, and started watching the movie when the time came.
The first half of the movie was enjoyable, but in the second half, Xue Song’s phone became restless again, vibrating in his pocket.
It was naturally inappropriate to take out a mobile phone in a movie theater, so Xue Song excused himself to go to the toilet and walked out of the screening room before taking out the phone and looking at it.
Hey guys, in just a short while, I got three missed calls, and none of them were from the same person.
What kind of emergency is this?
Xue Song responded directly in the order in which he called.
“Professor Chen, what’s wrong?”
"Old Xue, I remember that you are on the marking team for this Little Libaba competition, right? Send me a screenshot of Qiao Yu's answer."
"Huh? Professor Chen, you may have misunderstood. Qiao Yu himself has just graduated from junior high school and has not yet..." "Hey, I I know. Oh, you haven't been to the forum yet, right? Just go to the forum and you will know. That guy is the rookie who solved your equation before."
"What? Qiao Yu is that rookie?" Xue Song was stunned.
But now that I think about it, it does fit that rookie status.
The forum IP shows that the address of the rookie when posting is Xingnan Province. Qiao Yu is indeed from Xingcheng, Xingnan Province, and goes to school in Xingtie No. 1 Middle School. There is also the word "Yu" in the ID. The most important thing is, Little Li Baba's competition question, he was obviously able to do it with ease.
But why didn’t he think of it at the time?
"Old Xue, Old Xue...I've been talking to you for a long time, why don't you talk anymore?" the other person urged.
"Oh, I was thinking about other things just now. Huh...it's him, no wonder I can't find out! But he is still a junior high school student..." Xue Song sighed subconsciously.
More than emotion, there is actually a bit of horror in the emotion.
Unexpectedly, he was simply deceived by Qiao Yu's age.
15 years old!
Even though he can skillfully solve the math problems given by professors, solving the equations he gave is more than just solving problems, and it also involves some of the latest research directions.
Local field theories such as modular form, number theory geometry, and p-adic number theory.
The questions in Little Libaba's mathematics competition are also difficult, but in a different direction. The format of the competition questions is very straightforward. Even if they are looking for integer solutions, they are usually limited to a specific range. What is tested is the contestants' basic problem-solving skills and their flexible use of theorems and methods.
Solving his equations directly involves the theoretical depth of modern number theory, and its solution requires more complex algebraic geometry tools, arithmetic geometry tools, and advanced skills in numerical analysis.
The simplest and easiest to understand difference is that the person who asked the competition question knows the correct answer and can give detailed steps to solve the problem as a reference answer.
But for the equation he gave on the forum, he, the question maker, didn’t even know the correct answer.
He only confirmed that there is an integer solution. As for the numerical solution, he does not know.
In other words, although Qiao Yu is only fifteen years old, and although he has not had time to go to high school, let alone go to university, he already has the ability to do mathematical research, and even this ability is considered was indirectly verified.
It can even be said that Qiao Yu is not only capable of answering competition questions, but his research ability is stronger than many mathematics graduate students in China.
Where is the gap?
Let's put it this way, on the day Qiao Yu disclosed the solution to the equation, he assigned finding the numerical solution to the equation as an additional task to his graduate students. There are students studying for master's degrees, Ph.D. students, and those studying for master's and Ph.D. degrees together, but more than a month has passed, and none of his students can find an idea yet.
It only took more than ten days from the time he gave the equation on the forum to Qiao Yu giving the correct numerical solution.
Comparing one person to another will really piss you off! At this moment, Xue Song didn't know whether to say that his students were too stupid, or that Qiao Yu was too capable.
"Yes, it's just because he is still a junior high school student, so we can't let him go. This kind of thing depends on your own methods. If you can grab this kind of student, the tutor will not have to worry about it during the master's and doctoral studies. I can use it as a guide, so can I take a screenshot of his answers? Send me a copy. I'll take a look at his thoughts."
After hearing this, Xue Song took a deep breath and said, "It's not convenient for me to be outside, but there's no need for you to read it. It is the only one with perfect scores in this year's number theory track. The problem-solving process and standards. The answer is not much different, or even more detailed.
In addition, don’t try to take advantage of him. You can’t win over Huaqing and Yanbei. I have communicated with him and this guy has a very clear plan for the future. Everyone looks down upon it, let alone your school.”< br>
“No, you have already communicated with him?”
“Yes, we even invited him to a meal. He was one of the contestants invited to Xiaohu to compete in the finals. . I happened to take a look here.”
"What about his tutor? He can tutor such a student. He is very good, right?"
"The teacher who brought him here is called Lan Jie. He has a bachelor's and master's degree from Shuangdan University. I checked it on CNKI If you read his master's thesis, "Combinatorial Design and Experimental Optimization: Research Based on Response Surface Methods," you will know how good it is. Anyway, my evaluation is that it is the most basic double-dan master's degree. "
"No, how did he get his knowledge in algebra and number theory? Don't say it was self-study."
"Why don't you ask me everything? You can figure it out yourself. Wouldn’t it be helpful to check the enrollment rate and Qingbei rate of Xingcheng Railway No. 1 Middle School in recent years? Okay, that’s all I know, so I’ll hang up now.”
He didn't even bother to say too much to his peers who were obviously trying to take advantage of the other party's ignorance.
He has been teaching at Yujiang University for five full years, so he naturally knows a lot about all kinds of bullshit in the academic world. Even if you don't deliberately inquire, many things will automatically trickle into your ears.
Various inheritances, factions, and even because there is a bit of overt and covert competition between a certain director and a certain director on a certain project, students who have graduated and are unaware of any simple cooperation with the other party will be criticized. Fellow disciples regard it as rebellion...
Many intellectuals who have stood at the top of the pyramid have narrow minds than the tip of a needle, but Xue Song has always been unwilling to get involved in such nonsense.
As for competing for results, there are more things. They appear friendly on the surface, but secretly they probably want each other to die.
Xue Song has already offended a lot of people for this reason, so naturally he doesn't care about offending more people.
After roughly knowing what the situation was, Xue Song did not call everyone back, but directly logged into the forum with his mobile phone.
Sure enough, I saw Qiao Yu’s post again. Well, there was also a private message.
Xue Song first glanced at the private message, ignored Qiao Yu's little thoughts, and clicked on Qiao Yu's post.
After seeing a bunch of students complaining there, I exited the browser and opened WeChat.
It was almost as he imagined. The group of professors who had been chatting animatedly in order to guess who the rookie was was completely deserted.
I couldn't help but sneer twice, then I called up my address book and was about to call Qiao Yu. I hesitated again, then walked into the screening room, found the girl I was going on a blind date with today, and said, "Sorry , the school just called, it’s a little urgent, I have to leave today Shall we contact you again?”
“Oh, okay, Professor Xue, work is still important.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
Xue Song smiled apologetically. Smiling, Rang turned around and walked out of the screening room, then dialed Qiao Yu's number directly.
There was no way, Xue Song felt that this call would take a long time. He couldn't let his girl wait in the screening room all the time. He didn't have to like it, but he couldn't disrespect it.
......
Qiao Yu, who was enjoying himself on the forum, immediately picked up the call when he saw the call coming from his cell phone.
How to quibble, Qiao Yu has already made plans in his heart. After all, some things will have to be faced sooner or later. Fortunately, this phone call is not to ask for guilt at all.
“Hello, Professor Xue.”
"Well, Qiao Yu, that Yu Jian Xiaoqianqian is really you, right?"
"Hehe..."
Qiao Yu laughed twice and was about to start quibbling, but the other person directly said Asked: "Have you told anyone else about the solution to the equation?"
"Well, I told Teacher Lan, but Teacher Lan said she didn't understand it very well." Qiao Yu said honestly.
"It's normal that he doesn't understand. If someone asks about it on the forum, don't talk about it for the time being. Your solution can be used to write a paper that is qualified to be submitted to the first area."
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After hearing this, Qiao Yu immediately replied: "Teacher Lan told me the same thing, but he said he must first make sure that my solution needs to be universal."
"No need to make sure, you Since it is possible to solve the numerical solution of this equation, this type of The Diophantine equation can definitely be solved. It just depends on how much computing power it consumes. I am sure about this."
"That's it..." Qiao Yu sighed, it seems. The difference between college professors and high school teachers is indeed very big.
"So don't mention it to anyone for the time being. If other professors call and ask, don't mention it either."
"Isn't that serious? University professors will still covet me for my small skills. Skill?" Qiao Yu said in surprise.
"Don't take professors' moral character too seriously. Let me tell you something. Two professors were drinking together and talking about a point. They had a more in-depth argument.
One of them After the professor returned, he wrote an article and published it directly. Because of this, another professor fought with him several times. Years of lawsuits have been fought over who is the originator of this point of view.
A point of view that has not been widely demonstrated can be fought like this. Do you think it will be possible for a paper like yours that can directly produce results? Someone is coveting it?"
Xue Song's answer made Qiao Yu feel amazed.
The professors mentioned by the good old man seem to be good people, but according to Professor Xue, this doesn’t seem to be the case?
But speaking of it, Xue Song's answer seemed to be more in line with his understanding of people, so he immediately replied seriously: "I understand."
"Well, just understand. This matter can be discussed later. "I'm making this call because of another very important question, what are your plans for the future?" The other person asked straight to the point, catching Qiao Yu off guard.
So I could only answer honestly: "Actually, I haven't thought about it yet."
"Okay, let me ask more specifically, do you plan to go abroad?"
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This time Qiao Yu answered firmly: "No, I want to take care of my mother in China."
"Then you will have to choose between Huaqing and Yanbei in the future. Which one do you plan to go to?"
Qiao Yu hesitated for a while, and then asked: "Well... I'm actually still here too Hesitating, um, do you think I can talk to these two universities about the conditions, such as scholarships?”
< br>"Who told you that you can negotiate terms with the university if you have the capital?"
Qiao Yu was a little confused and asked: "Is it impossible?"
"I can tell you clearly , if you only have a gold medal in Little Libaba’s mathematics competition, it’s really not enough.”
Qiao Yu asked: "What if I can still win the IMO gold medal?"
"Hang up the phone later and go check the list and results of the members who represented China in IMO in 2005. What if I If I remember correctly, there should be a man named Zhang Bin. In 2006, he was one of the only two gold medal players in the Chinese team with perfect scores.
At that time, he told me that Huaqing University and Yanbei University had indeed contacted him, but he only briefly asked if he had gone to them. After he expressed his intention to consider it, there was nothing more. I haven't contacted him for the second time.
Do you understand? Don't be fooled by the messy news from the outside world. It's all just to give parents some blood. At least in China, the so-called top scorer in the college entrance examination is of great significance to China. For Qing and Yanbei, it is actually nothing like the cabbage in the field. What a difference.
If the top scorer in the college entrance examination goes to another school, he may be looked down upon. The reality is that those top students in the eyes of high school teachers are just ordinary scum in the eyes of top university professors in China. , understand?”
Thank you to Sun Moon Tonghui 3768 and book friend 20180502233628331 for their rewards and encouragement!
(End of this chapter)