Chapter 123 The opponent must have given too much!
At 7:58 the next morning, Pan Jingyuan was already sitting upright in front of the computer and entered Zoom through the invitation link sent by Professor Dennis in the email. Because team members are located in different regions, even across three continents, he has long been accustomed to using Zoom for meetings and communications.
As one of the official cooperation platforms with Harvard, Pan Jingyuan was already accustomed to using this conference system when he was a PhD student at Harvard.
He was the sixth person to enter the conference room. It can be seen from the video that everyone's mood is not too high.
In fact, the same is true for Pan Jingyuan.
Although he had accepted this fact, he was not very happy after all.
The convener of the meeting, his mentor Dennis, looked calm.
About a minute later, Professor Sam took time to enter the conference room, and everyone was there.
"Okay, everyone should know the situation now. Pan, you had face-to-face communication with Qiao Yu in Huaqing. Please tell me your thoughts first." As soon as everyone arrived, Dennis didn't When he said something about the situation, he started to call names directly.
Of course, in this small meeting similar to a group meeting, everyone is an acquaintance, and there is really no need to say anything.
Pan Jingyuan quickly elaborated on what was discussed at the meeting last night.
Most of them were the opinions of other professors. As for himself... To be honest, he didn't have much idea.
There is no point in saying too much unless he can solve the problem right away. But obviously, he doesn't have any clue yet.
I can’t tell everyone that he has been tutoring Qiao Yu and answering Qiao Yu’s various questions during this period, right? His mentor wouldn't blame him, but others would probably want to eat his flesh alive.
It can be seen from the expressions of several people that not everyone can accept the sudden complications at this time.
"Okay, thank you Pan. I believe everyone has seen Qiao Yu's proof process. To be honest, I think it is very beautiful. Obviously we underestimated the complexity of this problem. But I hope everyone can cheer up and solve problems when they happen. The problem is gone.
It's useless to complain about anything else now. Supplement, so I hope everyone will focus on solving this problem completely. Sam, where do you think we should start to solve this problem? Of course, others can also speak up if they have ideas..."
...
This video conference lasted for more than two hours.
Although everyone was in a low mood earlier, Dennis is a person who is very good at motivating people.
For example, during meetings, he never lets everyone choose whether to speak or not, but calls them by name one by one. When someone's name is called, they will say a few words regardless of whether they have an idea or not.
At least Pan Jingyuan feels that this method of meeting is more efficient and useful.
Human thinking is inherently inert. When speaking freely, many times they place their hopes on others and are too lazy to use their own brains. However, calling names one by one forces everyone to think and then say something.
In this process, you may get inspiration, or even some perfunctory speeches may bring inspiration to others.
It’s just that the effect today is not very good.
Although many methods were proposed in the next hour, Pan Jingyuan knew very well that these methods would take a lot of time to verify.
Of course, when facing a new problem, it is normal for everyone who has already planned to open the champagne to have a brief period of confusion. At least Pan Jingyuan believed that in as little as one or two months, or as much as one or two years, under the leadership of Dennis, they would be able to finally solve the problem raised by Qiao Yu.
The time span is a bit long, but sometimes mathematics is just like those who study chemistry or materials next to me. It depends on luck. In other words, scientific research also has a certain element of metaphysics in it.
Many scientific breakthroughs that affect the development of the world come from accidents or sudden flashes of inspiration.
The former has many applications, while the latter is suitable for mathematics.
The most famous is probably the discovery of penicillin. Alexander Fleming originally wanted to cultivate some bacteria. Who knew that improper operation caused the petri dish to be contaminated by mold? Then through observation, he found that all the bacteria around the mold were killed. As a result, the first antibiotic in human history was discovered, and the medical field began to change. The antibiotic era began.
You must know that when penicillin was first discovered, it was like a panacea described in fantasy novels. Bacterial pneumonia and wound infections, which had a very high mortality rate before, have been reduced since the introduction of this antibiotic.
Mathematics is actually the same. Maybe just a flash of inspiration after getting up from a nap can solve a difficult problem. Of course, there may not be any examples of this, because this kind of thing is very idealistic, and most of it comes from the oral accounts of those genius mathematicians. It is difficult for outsiders to tell whether they are bragging or not.
For example, Pan Jingyuan has never enjoyed the sudden inspiration and epiphany, because every time he makes a breakthrough, he learns down-to-earth and then makes a discovery naturally. But he believed this because he had seen it with his own eyes.
And right next to him, a certain boy suddenly shouted "Yes" and was then invited to the podium to scold Fang Qiu. He was convinced that this kind of mathematical epiphany was inevitable. exist.
...
As the meeting was about to end, Pan Jingyuan suddenly received a private message.
Yes, Zoom also supports the private chat function in video conferences. Of course, this also depends on the chat permissions set by the meeting host. However, as the meeting convener, Dennis never restricted the team’s private chat function. Convenient for everyone to communicate privately.
The message was from Frank.
To be honest, Pan Jingyuan had a very average personal relationship with Professor Frank. They didn’t have much communication on weekdays. This was the first time in my memory that the other party specifically talked to him in private during the meeting.
Although they are the only two people in the team who are from China, in the eyes of the rest of the team, the relationship between the two should be very good. But the relationship between the two is obviously not as good as everyone imagined. Sometimes Pan Jingyuan wonders why he is not so cold towards Professor Frank.
In the end, it can probably be summed up as the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.
"Professor Pan, I sent you an email this morning. You might have been asleep by then. I mainly wanted to ask you about Qiao Yu."
"Oh, What do you want to know?”
“Professor Pan, why don’t you check your email first and I’ll call you after the meeting? Is it convenient for you?”
"Okay."
......
Pan Jingyuan didn't think much about it.
Video conferences are also meetings. If you chat privately during the meeting, you may miss other people's speeches. But it’s basically garbage time now. Everyone has basically said what needs to be said, and now Dennis is cheering everyone up.
To be honest, Pan Jingyuan has always felt that his mentor is good in every aspect, except that he is a little wordy, talks too much, and has a lot of loudspeaker attributes.
So the last ten minutes of every meeting were garbage time, but given Dennis’s authority in this field, no one pointed out this little flaw.
After all, no one is perfect.
But in the last few moments, probably no one really listened to the mentor’s words of encouragement. To be honest, they are all adults, so they naturally know what to do next. Moreover, mathematical research has its own particularities.
Pan Jingyuan opened his mailbox, found Professor Frank's email among the unread emails, and clicked on it to read it.
There is nothing special worth paying attention to. The main thing is to ask some questions about Qiao Yu. What left Pan Jingyuan speechless the most was that this guy actually asked Qiao Yu if he had heard of him and if he was willing to study abroad at Berkeley, which was too much.
Fortunately, I just sent him a private email. If Mr. Yuan found out about this, he would probably sneeze at him.
Who doesn’t want a student like Qiao Yu? They don’t even need to worry too much. If they are left there, they will grow naturally and their future achievements will be limitless.
When Tian Yanzhen was CMO, he directly tricked Qiao Yu into coming to Yanbei University, which made Mr. Yuan depressed for a long time. This guy wants Qiao Yu to go to Berkeley to be his student. It's just a dream.
Of course these words are just what I think in my head. After closing the email, Dennis's speech was almost over.
“By the way, I had a phone call with Professor Schultz. He said that he had made suggestions to the organizing committee of the International Conference on Algebraic Geometry to be held next month and would invite Qiao Yu to attend the conference and Give a thirty-minute report, so if you have time, I suggest you attend this meeting.
Maybe we can communicate with Qiao Yu. As someone who found the loophole, maybe he will have some special ideas that can inspire us. Of course, Pan, you have the most contact with Qiao Yu. If you have the chance, you can discuss more with him. "
"Okay, Professor Dennis. "Pan Jingyuan took a deep breath and answered.
Good guy, can Qiao Yu give a thirty-minute report at the International Algebraic Geometry Conference?
Sure enough, the mathematics community is very interested in geniuses. It's always so good!
Damn... I'm so envious!
"Okay, that's it for today. If you have any ideas, please feel free to contact me via email."
After that, Dennis pressed the button to end the meeting.
Pan Jingyuan had just logged out of Zoom, and the overseas phone call came directly from him.
"Hello, Professor Frank, hello."
"Hello, Professor Pan, have you read my email?"
"I just watched it. But I also asked about it. It seems that Qiao Yu has no plans to study abroad. In fact, he has not even started his undergraduate studies. As far as I know, the current training method at Yanbei University is mainly to let him Self-study."
"Self-study?"
"Yes. He has no specific learning tasks, and he has a high degree of freedom in learning. As for whether he will choose the courses in the future. Studying abroad is something that will happen in the future, but I guess. Until he reaches adulthood, Yanbei University will not recommend him to go abroad."
"Oh, that's such a pity. But since he has not been assigned any specific tasks, why would he suddenly do this to us? Are you interested in the research topic?”
Pan Jingyuan also felt a big headache when he heard this question. After thinking about it, he said: "I guess Mr. Yuan mentioned it to him once before. His paper on the estimation of the upper bound of rational points of curves comes to mind. You've seen it too.
Mr. Yuan may have thought that Qiao Yu had a suspicion about Langlands, and I happened to be in the team, so he asked him if he was interested in joining our research group. He refused, but maybe because of Mr. Yuan’s recommendation, he became interested in our results. "
"That's it. Yuan Laozhen really...did a good thing. Otherwise, if the paper is published and proven to be wrong, it will be even more troublesome. "
Pan Jingyuan could hear the insincerity in these words, so he decisively changed the subject: "Will you go to the algebraic geometry conference next month? "
"I'm not sure yet, it depends on the time schedule. By the way, that Qiao Yu is still going to participate in this year's IMO? "
"Yes, in fact, he also knows that participating in IMO is meaningless, but he still wants to get a ranking to repay his alma mater. ”
"That's right. He has a grateful heart and is a good boy."
"Who says it's not the case? Professor Frank, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."
"Okay."< br>
Pan Jingyuan hung up the phone and shook his head. He always felt that the Berkeley professor was a little absent-minded when chatting.
Forget it, he was too lazy to think about it.
The afternoon was Qiao Yu's special performance, and he wanted to go and hear how this kid planned to whip the corpse.
For Pan Jingyuan, these two days have been really tough. It's just that the achievements of six years have been exposed. The most annoying thing is that he was the one who led this guy to get started. Thinking about it, I feel quite aggrieved.
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At 1:50 pm on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Qiao Yu was answering the phone in his dormitory at the International Mathematics Center of Yanbei University.
“I’m in the room, yes, I’m getting ready to go there...ah? You want to come over...wait, are you going in the afternoon too?...No, of course...then I’ll wait for you .”
After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yu didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
If he heard correctly just now, Director Tian said that he wanted to accompany him to Huaqing to attend his lecture today?
To be honest, Qiao Yu was a little surprised by this.
After Chen Zhuoyang learned that Qiao Yu had contacted the opposite party, he once told him that although his tutor had a good relationship with some professors at Huaqing School of Mathematics, he had not taken the initiative to go to Huaqing for more than ten years, let alone I attended the report meeting with Grandpa Shi across from me.
Probably the kind of attitude where I know you are right across the street, so I choose to stay away from you.
This actually made Qiao Yu a little worried.
He was afraid that Director Tian and Grandpa Shi would get into a fight during the afternoon report meeting.
To be fair, no matter what conflicts there are between Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin, at least they are both very good to him. If they really get into a fight, he won't even be able to watch the fun...
< br>In fact, Qiao Yu still prefers that the relationship between the two of them maintain the ambiguous relationship with an occasional phone call, and it is better not to meet each other.
But the mentor’s free will naturally cannot be interfered with by him.
He didn't have time to think too much. In less than five minutes, Qiao Yu saw Tian Yanzhen waving to him through the window and hurriedly carried the computer and walked out the door.
"Director Tian, you really went there."
"What? I can't go there?"
"That's not true!"
"You even called grandpa, what should I be afraid of? Right?" Tian Yanzhen glanced at Qiao Yu with deep meaning.
Qiao Yu was speechless.
Just go, as long as he is not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
“By the way, don’t use those messy emails in the future. In the future, you can directly use the email address provided by the research center for external contacts. I have already applied for you, and the address of Professor Xue should have been sent to your WeChat. ."
Qiao Yu immediately took out his phone and took a look. Sure enough, Lao Xue sent him a WeChat message.
"Address:
"What is a homepage?"
Tian Yanzhen explained: "You can edit your achievements and put them on the page for public display. For example, your learning experience, representative achievements, and projects you are working on These. There are templates, you can understand them at a glance."
Qiao Yu said: "I understand this, I have studied those centers before. Professor. But I’m still a student, right? Can a student have a homepage?”
Tian Yanzhen replied: “You can find out by going back to the official website.”< br>
Qiao Yu nodded honestly and responded: "Thank you, Director Tian. Wouldn't it be a great honor for me?"
Tian Yanzhen smiled, and then said: "Yes, you are indeed very popular now. From the 19th to the 23rd of next month, the World Congress on Algebraic Geometry will be held at the French Institute of Advanced Sciences, and the organizing committee has listed you as a special lecture. Guest, you are invited to give a 30-minute report. How about it? Are you interested? "30-minute report? What is the main topic?" Qiao Yu asked with interest.
At this moment he thought of the senior from Huaqing. According to Lao Xue, that guy was invited to participate in a top computer conference when he was a freshman. He is not even a freshman yet, and someone has invited him to attend the conference, which means that he has won again.
Tian Yanzhen glanced at Qiao Yu and said angrily: "What are you thinking about? You are most likely at the branch meeting. As for what to talk about, that is your business. All you can talk about now is about Qiao Yu Points and the derivation of the upper bounds of rational points on curves are two things. If you decide to go, you can talk about them
But the most important significance of this kind of conference is not the thirty-minute lecture you get on stage, but that outside of the conference, you will have the opportunity to communicate face-to-face with mathematicians from all over the world, such as Peter. Schultz, he recommended you to give the report this time.”
Qiao Yu's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Wow! This is the real-life version of asking a hero who is a hero! Sure enough, geniuses also cherish each other, so if I go there, won't I have the opportunity to drink with Peter Schulz? Talking about heroes? Director Tian, I will be the first to mention your name."
Tian Yanzhen paused and glared at Qiao Yu, but his gaze was really not lethal.
Well, it is normal for a sixteen-year-old child to have some messed up things in his mind.
And it’s embarrassing to be able to flatter people just right every time.
"That means you agreed to go?" Tian Yanzhen asked.
"Yeah." Qiao Yu nodded.
He is still very interested in chatting with Peter Schulz.
If there is anyone whom he admires most after reading so many papers, it is probably this mathematician.
He is using other people's results, but they have really come up with this set of things, and the difficulty is very different.
Of course, Qiao Yu doesn’t think he is inferior to Peter Schulz.
After all, he only came up with the prototype of the near-complete theory during his master's degree. Qiao Yu feels that when he starts studying for a master's degree, he will not necessarily be worse than Peter Schultz. And he will definitely be richer than this boss in the future. The latter is important.
Tian Yanzhen said: "Okay, I have taken the time to apply for the visa recently. Is your passport already available?"
Qiao Yu replied: "Definitely participating. IMO, it was already done, but it was all handed over to Professor Zhou for insurance. "Nevermind."
Tian Yanzhen nodded and said, "Should I apply for a visa for you all together, or let Professor Zhou help you apply for a C visa in France?" Make an appointment for you, and he will accompany you to the embassy when the time comes.”
"Okay, Director Tian. Wait, Director Tian, aren't you going to France to attend this meeting? I have to give a speech for thirty minutes!" Qiao Yu suddenly reacted and asked.
Tian Yanzhen really glared at Qiao Yu this time: "I will go, but I don't need to apply for a visa. I have a multiple-entry visa from Europe, which has not expired yet."
"Oh, that's right!" Qiao Yu nodded.
No wonder awesome people can run around at all times. They are still in the country at night, and the next morning they can go to a square in the west to feed pigeons, as if they don’t need a visa to go abroad...Multiple-entry visa This thing still sounds cool.
However, Qiao Yu still thinks this is a little troublesome.
I really hope that when he grows up, everyone in China, no matter where they are in the global village, can just buy a ticket and go if they want to go. As for the visa...it’s very annoying to think about the hassle of getting a visa despite the DF Express.
Of course, if foreigners want to come to China, they still have to apply for a visa.
There is no way, there are too many people in China...
Anyway, Qiao Yu feels that if facts are educating China more than once, and running a country in a global village, it cannot have double standards. Just make a difference between the kingly double standards and the domineering double standards.
"I'm going to France next month and Australia in July. Your schedule is also very tight." Tian Yanzhen said with emotion.
Every time he thought about Qiao Yu being only sixteen years old, he would feel a little disappointed. This is probably the case when people get older...
Excellent old people can always see the high-spiritedness of their youth in equally outstanding young people.
This is probably one of the reasons why Qiao Yu is so rare.
......
Teacher and student chatted casually while walking, and unknowingly walked into the territory of Huaqing.
Qiao Yu planned to go to the Mathematics Research Center as usual, but Tian Yanzhen stopped him: "If you don't go this way, go to the library."
"Library?" Qiao Yu was a little confused.
"Yes, your special lecture in the afternoon is arranged in the Century Lecture Hall of Shaw Hall." Tian Yanzhen said concisely and comprehensively.
"Huh? Why?" Qiao Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Because the Century Lecture Hall can normally accommodate eighty people. If necessary, more seats can be added." Tian Yanzhen explained casually.
Oh, the place is relatively big.
But Qiao Yu found it more and more interesting.
His special lecture was changed to a lecture hall, but Huaqing did not notify him, but said hello to Director Tian first. Qiao Yu was sure that the person who informed Yan Bei was definitely not Grandpa Shi. With Mr. Yuan's character, he would definitely not do this.
Well, it has nothing to do with him anyway.
He is only responsible for speaking on stage. It is none of his business what the people listening below think.
...
That’s what he thought in his heart, but when he came to this lecture hall, Qiao Yu still felt something was different.
Obviously, Tian Yan really appeared, which surprised many professors.
But soon Tian Yanzhen led him to have a passionate conversation with the professor invited from abroad. This process made Qiao Yu quite embarrassed. Because foreign professors are really not reserved when they praise people...
Professor Elton, in particular, used three "very" and "good" in a row to evaluate his ideas and achievements, which both made people uncomfortable. He felt that it was a bit over-the-top and showed the impoverishment of spoken English vocabulary.
In fact, Qiao Yu didn't mind that Professor Elton used some words instead of being so colloquial.
For example, excellent, outstanding or remarkable, after all, these words are more formal.
However, Qiao Yu also noticed keenly that most of the professors from Huaqing only came to say hello and did not gather around them, maintaining a relatively reserved distance.
And when these professors saw Tian Yanzhen appearing in the lecture hall, everyone was obviously surprised, and some were even stunned...
Qiao Yu only found it more and more interesting.
Finally, after chatting for a while, Qiao Yu saw his grandpa entering the venue for the first time.
Really, at that moment, Qiao Yu clearly felt that the voices in the lecture hall were a little quieter. Director Tian and him were standing opposite the door. Opposite them were several foreign professors and professors from Yanbei University.
Through the gap between people, Qiao Yu felt that Mr. Yuan should also be able to see his mentor. But it didn’t matter even if he didn’t see it, because Mr. Yuan and Professor Felice beside him were walking straight towards this direction.
Qiao Yu quietly glanced at the instructor beside her from the corner of her eye, and found that the expression on Tian Yanzhen’s face had not changed. She rolled her eyes and went straight to meet him...
" Grandpa Shi, you are finally here. Director Tian also came to listen to my special lecture today. I am so happy.”
Mr. Yuan smiled and patted Qiao Yu on the shoulder, then strolled to the group of people chatting in the front row and glanced at Tian Yanzhen.
"Old Yuan." Tian Yanzhen nodded slightly.
"Yes." Yuan Zhengxin nodded slightly, and after greeting everyone, he said in a moderate tone: "It's almost time, let's get started. Qiao Yu, come..."
Standing on the podium with Yuan Zhengxin, Qiao Yu discovered that the more than 80 seats below the lecture hall had been filled up unknowingly, and someone even moved a stool to sit in the back.
It’s just that the atmosphere of today’s report meeting was obviously weird.
Many eyes were still looking at Tian Yanzhen's position in the front row, and some were even whispering. They probably still couldn't accept it. Lao Tian, who was opposite him, sat in the front row of the press conference in a majestic manner, with Yuan Tian. Old face to face.
But no matter what, today’s occasion is already perfect for a sixteen-year-old boy like Qiao Yu.
Qiao Yu even felt that the World Algebraic Geometry Conference next month, if it were held at a branch venue, would probably be of this size.
The next moment, Mr. Yuan’s steady voice sounded in the lecture hall.
“Thank you all for attending today’s report. Qiao Yu, I think everyone already knows him. He is a rising star in the field of mathematics and a joint venture between Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center and our Huaqing Mathematics Research Center. Cultivated students.
Today, he will share with you his way of thinking about a type of conjugate ridged singular points on algebraic varieties. I believe that his lecture can bring us some new perspectives and thinking, and can also stimulate us to have in-depth discussions in this field. Let us look forward to today’s wonderful sharing together. ”
The applause from the audience began to ring.
Qiao Yu’s mind was thinking about what Yuan Zhengxin just said...
Good guy, he suddenly became an alliance between both sides. How come he doesn’t know about the talents he has cultivated?
Qiao Yu glanced at Lao Tian in the audience... Well, that's fine. He was still sitting as steady as a mountain, applauding with a relaxed smile on his face, and he didn't look very annoyed. He was indeed a boss. We discussed it down below, and then came over with him in a big way
He didn't even let him know the slightest bit, and his words were terrifyingly strict.
Of course, this doesn't matter to Qiao Yu...
Anyway, he often comes to Huaqing to eat, and by the way, he uses the office in Qiuzhaili as a study room. If there was joint training, he felt that Huaqing should also prepare a special study room for him, instead of having to share the same room with Mr. Yuan.
In this way, he can stay in Huaqing from day to day, and return to Yanbei on day 2, 46...
Looking away from Director Tian, he looked at the back row, and what he saw was the back row. Qiao Yu found the surprised expressions of the professors even more interesting.
But there were also some things that made him depressed. For example, not everyone was looking at him, and there were actually people who were looking down and didn't know what they were doing... Bad review! You're already a professor, but you still don't listen carefully in class. It's so unethical.
Forget it, that’s okay.
Anyway, the big guys in the audience are having so much fun, so no one will care about his skin, right?
Before the lecture began, Qiao Yu glanced at Professor Pan in the audience again. When the applause stopped, Qiao Yu began his explanation.
"Good afternoon, teachers, everyone..."
After saying a few simple polite words, Qiao Yu began to explain his entire thinking process in an orderly manner with the help of the prepared PPT.
Of course, during the explanation, Qiao Yu did not forget to sincerely thank Professor Pan Jingyuan for his selfless help.
Pan Jingyuan also received a lot of curious looks.
It’s just that Qiao Yu felt keenly that Professor Pan didn’t seem to be too interested in his thanks, so Qiao Yu thanked him a few times...
It wasn’t intentional, he Many of the ideas in the initial stage did come from Pan Jingyuan’s guidance, as evidenced by their WeChat chat records.
Of course, Qiao Yu also thanked Professor Elton who inspired him that day.
The old professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton smiled sincerely in the audience.
Forty-five minutes passed quickly like this.
Qiao Yu followed the previous request and left fifteen minutes for questions.
After answering a few questions, the lecture is coming to an end.
Qiao Yu began to make a final summary: "Thank you again for coming to today's special lecture. In addition, I have a wonderful idea. Maybe we can use a new tool to solve part of the geometric Langlands conjecture - The applicability of global consistency problems to complex singular points
I even think that this tool may not be complicated. It only needs to allow us to locally reconstruct the geometric structure at this type of singular points and ensure that the local properties can be correctly globalized to ensure that the Ambidexterity theorem works at complex singular points.
Such as constructing a homology layer in the local geometry of the point and constructing an operator that can operate on it. Of course, this is just an irresponsible assumption.
Unfortunately. Yes, today's time has come. I think maybe next time we meet again, we must We can come up with a result. And I believe it must be a good result. This tool must exist, but it is still in the process of being developed.”
After that, Qiao Yu bowed slightly, but there was no one in the audience. There was the warm applause that should have been heard, but a few scattered sounds disappeared after Pan Jingyuan spoke.
"Qiao Yu, can you tell me your solution?"
Qiao Yu simply shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, Professor Pan, it's really just a very empty idea at this stage. I've said everything I can. You know, it's a very pure mathematical intuition...
It's like I studied your team's paper. In this way, I had an intuitive feeling that the proof process might not cover all situations. Then, after thinking for a long time, I suddenly got inspiration."
Then Qiao Yu assured seriously: " Of course, if I really have a solution, I will report it to you as soon as possible.”
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Finally, warm applause rang out.
Qiao Yu also roughly understood everything that happened next. The communication was all after the meeting.
Actually, he had experienced it last time, but he chose to run away quickly instead of staying to discuss it in detail with the professors. But today was different. He stayed with Tian Yanzhen to join many professors' discussions, and even had a meal with several invited foreign professors and Huaqing professors from Mr. Yuan's side.
Qiao Yu finally had the opportunity to have more in-depth exchanges with these great professors in the field of mathematics.
Completely different from the very targeted questions asked in the lecture. After the meeting, everyone was very casual and divergent in both questions and answers. For example, while chatting, I would evaluate and analyze some ideas and opinions recently proposed by a certain professor. Some of them approved of it, and some of them were disdainful.
From some small details, we can see the relationship between so-and-so and so-and-so.
At the same time, everyone will also discuss some problems encountered in recent research work. Of course, you don’t necessarily need others to give answers. We just want to chat together and see if we can put forward some suggestions for construction.
As we chat about this, we will turn to the research results of a certain professor who is not present, and the cycle continues...
In short, this kind of communication is easier and the coverage is wider. Guang, if you happen to come across a topic that interests you, you can indeed get a lot of inspiration. For Qiao Yu, the biggest gain was probably that in just over an hour, Qiao Yu's mind was filled with the names of several professors he had never seen before, as well as their recent projects and achievements.
It can be seen from this that these mathematicians still communicate a lot in private. The professors are not present, but many professors at the scene seem to know the progress of their work, including Peter Schu. Waltz.
For example, he learned from Professor Elton that Peter Schultz was recently collaborating with computer scientist Kevin Buzard of Microsoft Research and was busy doing "liquid tensor experiments." It was a new term, but after the professors’ explanation, Qiao Yu probably understood that it was to verify the correctness of mathematical theories through computer-assisted formalization.
More specifically, Buzard's team developed an interactive theorem proving assistant called Lean and invited Peter Schultz to cooperate. The specific work is to transform complex mathematical theories into verifiable by Lean. form.
This involves meticulous decomposition of multiple mathematical theorems and propositions, and ensuring that each step in the formalization process is accurate.
Qiao Yu feels that this is a thankless job. After all, this job requires countless time and energy. But considering that the partner is Microsoft, Qiao Yu feels that it is understandable...
Microsoft must have given too much!
In addition, Qiao Yu even heard many secrets in mathematics from these professors. Of course, he didn't know whether they were secrets or not.
For example, some small quirks of a certain boss...
Some people asked him privately about Director Tian and Mr. Yuan, but Qiao Yu made them laugh and went around... …
What does he know about the things between the big guys? He doesn't know anything!
In short, Qiao Yu has always adhered to academic issues and boldly expressed his opinions. As for some news in the mathematics world, he listened to it as a story and never commented...
In addition to communicating with professors, he was also busy observing the interactions between Huaqing professors and Director Tian.
At first, some people tentatively chatted with Director Tian. After discovering that Mr. Yuan did not seem to be obviously unhappy, more and more people began to communicate with Director Tian...
Fortunately, there was no direct communication between Director Tian and Mr. Yuan. Occasionally their eyes would meet and they would quickly look away, which made Qiao Yu sigh in relief.
Although he has always been honest with the two bosses, people who like to dance on both sides still don't want the two bosses to sit together and reconcile accounts for nothing. After all, no matter how smart the brain is, it is impossible to pay attention to every detail at all times.
It’s good to keep a detached attitude like this.
The Huaqing and Yanbei research centers will have more cooperation and exchanges in the future. It would be better for the two big guys to stay in their respective territories.
Qiao Yu, who was rapidly calculating various thoughts in his mind, forgot one thing, that is, in the Internet age, everyone is a part of the Internet, and professors are no exception.
Just now he was looking at the expressions of the Huaqing professors. God knows how many professors there secretly took out their mobile phones and took pictures of Yuan Zhengxin and Tian Yanzhen in the same frame.
Yes, it is not only the professors from Huaqing who do this, but also the professors from Yanbei.
After all, for the Chinese mathematics community, this is definitely a big event, a huge event.
Everyone originally thought that these two big guys would probably never interact with each other forever. Who would have thought that Tian Yanzhen would suddenly appear in the Century Lecture Hall of Huaqing Yifu Pavilion and stand face to face with Yuan Zhengxin.
Qiao Yu only found it interesting, but in the eyes of others, this was a melon, a big melon, a shocking figure in the world of mathematics.
So we really can’t blame him for the fact that at the beginning of his special lecture, many professors in the back row lowered their heads and made small moves. In fact, everyone was spreading the news through their own channels.
Of course, in all the photos in the same frame, no matter from which angle, as long as they show the front faces of Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin, they must also have the front faces of Qiao Yu.
Because he stood with Tian Yanzhen before, and then with Yuan Zhengxin.
While eating, he simply sat between the two of them, maximizing his exposure.
Thanks to Chinese Treasures and Sun Moon Tonghui 3768 for the reward and encouragement!
Completed the 38th day of 10,000-word punch-in!
(End of this chapter)