Chapter 147 Project Establishment
As we all know, in China's chat software, if you type three question marks at a time, it never means just confusion, but a series of emotions that are difficult to describe.
Anyone who has a Ph.D. and is not planning on dawdling around will know that when you apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China when you are young, the Youth Science Fund project does have preferential treatment.
To put it bluntly, when men apply for projects before the age of 35 and women before the age of 40, they compete solely with projects from the pool of their peers.
At this stage all competitors are still academic newcomers.
Once you exceed the age of academic newcomers and want to apply for these scientific research funds, sorry, applying at this time means competing with all scientific research teams in the big pool.
In extreme cases, there may be a team led by a former mentor among the competitors.
So generally if you cannot get a national project in your youth, it will be really difficult to get it in this life.
Although Chen Zhuoyang has given up on doing scientific research, he plans to shine in the field of mathematics education.
But after studying for a Ph.D., can anyone expect to do a project to commemorate their lost youth?
Of course, that doesn't mean that Chen Zhuoyang hasn't done anything. After all, there are always some benefits to following Director Tian.
When he was studying for his Ph.D., Chen Zhuoyang received a doctoral program fund from the BU in Education, but that was also the highlight of his life.
I originally planned to make this project great, and then get another general project before graduation, so that he could enter the scientific research world.
It is a pity that after the first project was not completed perfectly, there was no future.
The above-mentioned project was naturally impossible, but another school-level project was accepted.
It was at this stage that Chen Zhuoyang realized that he was actually not suitable for scientific research until graduation.
To be honest, on the day of graduation, Chen Zhuoyang really felt that this was the highlight of his life.
After experiencing many hardships from all aspects after studying for a Ph.D., Chen Zhuoyang has realized that the most powerful person he can have close contact with in his life is probably his mentor.
Of course there may be an additional junior brother. Moreover, Chen Zhuoyang believes that if he encounters any trouble in the future, the help from his junior disciples may be greater than that of his mentor.
I'm really not complaining that Tian Yanzhen isn't good enough to him, it's just that Qiao Yu is young.
There are endless possibilities when you are young, this is a fact that no one can deny.
This is also the reason why Chen Zhuoyang has always kept in touch with Qiao Yu. He was afraid that Qiao Yu would forget him.
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"Hey, senior brother, it's already eleven o'clock, and you haven't gone to bed yet? What are you busy with?"
Qiao Yu ignored the three question marks , asked curiously.
Chen Zhuoyang is now a lecturer at a 985 University. If nothing else happens, he may become an associate professor in four or five years.
Then he got married and had children in college, and devoted his life to China's mathematics education.
But these are not the reasons why Senior Brother Chen is still playing with his mobile phone. Don’t teachers need to teach?
Oh, by the way, I’m still on vacation...
“I’m working on lesson plans and preparing lessons. Next semester, the school has arranged for me to teach differential geometry to juniors in the Department of Mathematics. Hey, Teaching is not that simple.”
"Senior brother is amazing! You can teach juniors right away. Wouldn't it be no problem to be promoted to associate professor in the future?"
"...These are not important. Let me tell you that Director Tian helped you apply for a key project. What topic is this?”
Seeing this sentence, Qiao Yu felt that Senior Brother Chen was becoming less and less good at chatting, and he had to correct this wrong thinking.
“It wasn’t Director Tian who helped me apply for key projects, it was me who came up with some ideas. Both my supervisor and Grandpa Shi felt that this idea was qualified to be included in the national key projects!”
“ Ah, yes, that’s what I meant. What’s your idea? ”
"A brand new axiom system. Professor Zhang Yuantang's evaluation is that if I can complete this system, the symbol system of mathematical papers will be unified in the future. But in fact, my idea is to use geometric methods to solve number theory problems in the future."< br>
"As expected of you, you are so strong! Junior brother can do national key planning projects at the age of sixteen. Wait for you to become a As an academician, I must help my senior brother.”
“So, do you want to join the team?”
“I can do it too.”
“Be the master of the framework’s proof. You definitely can’t do it, but after I proved the main lemmas and theorems, I think it’s OK to have studied mathematics to prove the detailed work.”
"Really? Is there still room for the research team?"
"The research team has not been established yet, but preparations should start in the next two days. I am not in a hurry, but Director Tian and Grandpa Shi are both I’m so worried!
Especially Director Tian, let me fill out all the parts of these forms except team members. Otherwise, why do you think I’m still up so late?”< br>
"Junior brother, you must leave a place for me! Senior brother, you can rest assured when doing things. As long as it is not a proposition that is completely incomprehensible, I promise to complete it with all my heart."
"Okay. But. It will be very hard, and you often have to work overtime. For example, today you have to write a resume as detailed as possible, and you can’t be fooled by your previous template.”
"No problem, but I don't have enough time today. It's already past midnight to start preparations. How about when I finish it and send it to your email directly?"
"Well, okay, you hurry up and write it. "Okay."
"Received, thank you so much, junior brother"
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Qiao Yuting saw the smiling face that Senior Brother Chen sent at the end. Satisfied.
Qiao Yu felt much better when he thought that someone would stay up late with him tonight.
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Almost all official application materials have the same problem, that is, when ordinary people come into contact with them for the first time, they can easily become afraid of those very standardized terms.
Because there are many things that I don’t know how to fill in at all.
But this problem obviously does not exist for Qiao Yu.
After all, Arita Yanzhen personally explained it to him. Perhaps Tian Yanzhen has not had many opportunities to fill in such application materials in person over the years, but as a member of the fund's review committee, he has had many opportunities to review these materials.
In fact, it didn’t take long for Qiao Yu to fill in the information. Especially since his resume is actually very simple.
So far, all he can produce is that he has published three papers and was invited to give a report at the World Congress on Algebraic Geometry.
But if you consider that two of the three papers were published in the top four journals, and the opening report was a 60-minute opening report, the relatively simple resume is still very convincing.
Especially in China, unlike abroad, when doing various hats or applying for projects, the review committee will only recognize the first author in more cases.
Coincidentally, he is the first author of all these papers published by Qiao Yu.
So even though his resume seems quite small, it only takes one-third of a page to write it.
But in terms of quality, it can be said that more than 95% of the professors who have written a few pages or even dozens of pages on their resumes have been compared.
After all, mathematics is different from computers. There are not many world-class conferences with enough influence. Only one person can be invited to give an opening report at each conference...
China’s current The development stage happens to be a big country in mathematics, not a powerful country in mathematics.
Domestic pure mathematics research is indeed relatively backward compared to the world. So many people have been criticizing why China’s IMO scores have always been very good every year, but world-class mathematics awards are always missed by Chinese people...
For example, the Fields Medal.
So far, no local mathematician has received this honor.
In fact, this question is also very simple. At present, the policy guidance of mathematics research is still oriented towards application...
The direction of encouragement and various scientific research hats are more inclined to be given to projects that can have practical application scenarios immediately.
It’s not that there is no long-term concern, but that China really has immediate concerns.
No matter what the situation is now in that once arrogant country on the other side of the ocean, at least from the 1940s and 1950s to now, it has been completely carefree for seventy or eighty years.
Especially since the 1990s, it has become outstanding at all levels. At that time, China's development had not even started yet.
Even now I am still catching up...
As we all know, the Fields Medal prefers to honor researchers who have made major breakthroughs in the field of theoretical mathematics.
Coincidentally, progress in the field of theoretical mathematics is actually difficult to realize directly. It is often necessary to wait dozens or even hundreds of years before people can find suitable application directions from basic mathematical theoretical research...
A very obvious example, Fourier analysis has experienced a wide range of applications since its introduction. for a whole century.
In 1807, when Fourier was studying the problem of heat conduction, he proposed the concept of decomposing functions into sine and cosine waves. In his paper "Analytical Theory of Heat", he directly established the preliminary theory of Fourier series and Fourier transform.
It was already in the early 20th century when people discovered that the propagation and modulation of radio waves required the use of Fourier series to describe frequency and waveforms.
By the mid-20th century, the Fourier transform had become a core tool in engineering fields such as communications engineering, acoustics, and image processing, and it continues to this day.
This is a very frustrating and helpless thing. Many mathematicians eventually choose to go abroad, which actually has something to do with their orientation.
It’s not that we don’t pay attention to theory, it’s that we really don’t have the qualifications to put mathematical theory in the most important position for the time being.
This has always been a problem that worries Tian Yanzhen.
Coincidentally, in this era when China has begun to gradually become stronger, sixteen-year-old Qiao Yu appears suddenly.
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Early the next morning, Qiao Yu had already completed all the information required for the Youth Fund.
When I opened my email and was about to send it to Director Tian, I happened to see that Senior Brother Chen’s rewritten resume had also been sent.
After Qiao Yu downloaded it, he put it in the attachment and forwarded it to Tian Yanzhen without reading it. By the way, I mentioned in the body of the email that I would like Senior Brother Chen to join the project team.
Since everyone wants to join the research team, they must first help their own people.
Anyway, Qiao Yu doesn’t think it matters whether the collaborator is capable or not. After all, Qiao Yu is confident that he can handle the most difficult part by himself. The rest are parts that require repeated verification and do not require a master with strong mathematical abilities.
This is based on Qiao Yu's strong self-confidence and a very simple concept.
Capable boss-level professors should work on their own projects and do not need to interfere with other people's projects, so as not to cause a waste of resources.
After sending the email, Qiao Yu slipped out of the school and went straight to Huaqing.
Although he was absolutely assured of Mr. Yuan, he was still quite curious about Qiao Xi's accommodation in Huaqing.
After quickly sneaking into Huaqing, Qiao Yu bought a shared bicycle and found the west building of Huaqing directly based on the address Qiao Xi sent him.
There are several rows of traditional multi-story houses here. The architectural style is quite simple. Most of them are four-story residential buildings. The houses are obviously a bit old, but it can be seen that they are well maintained. Everything is clean and the environment is much better than the railway community in Star City.
According to the room number given by Qiao Xi, Qiao Yu went directly to the second floor of Unit 2, Building 3. He went up and knocked on the door. It took a while before Qiao Xi opened the door sleepily.
"Why are you so early? It's only seven o'clock!"
"Going to bed late and getting up early is good for your health." Qiao Yu answered casually, then leaned down and slipped into the room.
"Change your shoes!"
"No, this is not a dormitory, why is it so complicated? Huh? Not bad, or two bedrooms and one living room?"
Yes, after rushing in, Qiao Yu has already walked around the interior layout of the house.
To be honest, the layout is even somewhat similar to their old house in Star City, except that the kitchen and toilet have been changed.
Under Qiao Xi's melting gaze, Qiao Yu came to the door honestly and changed into a pair of slippers.
Sure enough, his mother still loves him. His slippers were ready when he arrived yesterday, so he couldn't help but ask: "Did you buy me new slippers yesterday?"
Qiao Xi answered casually: "No, I had it when I moved in yesterday. Mr. Yuan thought of everything I could think of and unexpected."
Okay, Qiao Yu felt Bai was moved.
"It's definitely not Grandpa Shi. It's just that Grandpa Shi has handed over the matter and someone will naturally help with the preparations. But your two bedrooms and one living room are indeed a bit too much. I don't even have the treatment you do!"< br>
Qiao Yu said sourly.
He only had one room and one living room in Yanbei.
But the advantage is that it is in the research center, and the research center is not far from the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Mathematics, Weiming Lake, Boya Tower, and the East Gate.
The east gate of Yanbei University is one of the most prosperous entrances and exits. It is next to the subway line, which is far more convenient than here.
"It makes sense, but is it possible to arrange two rooms specifically for me in the hope that you can live more in Huaqing in the future?"
Qiao Xi walked into the bathroom and prepared to brush her teeth casually. said.
Qiao Yu thought it made sense. This is probably what Grandpa Shi thinks. Otherwise, there is really no need to allocate a two-bedroom apartment to Qiao Xi. I can only say that Grandpa Shi is thoughtful.
Qiao Yu sat directly on the obviously new sofa in the living room, and then lay down on it.
I have to say it is soft and quite comfortable.
"It's nice here, it feels like going home." Qiao Yu said with emotion.
No one paid attention to him. A few minutes later, Qiao Xi walked out of the bathroom and asked, "What did you just say?"
Qiao Yu shook his head and said, "It's nothing. By the way, how did Grandpa Master arrange it for you? Did I tell you last night?" I will study on my own and take classes with the elite class when school starts. They also tested my English ability. They said that some courses will be taught in English, and the textbooks and handouts will also be in English. "
Qiao Xi answered casually.
"Well, that's easy. But you have to memorize professional English. I guess the courses taught in English are similar to those at Yanbei, which means algebraic geometry, topology, differential geometry, etc."
"Oh." Qiao Xi responded noncommittally, and then asked: "By the way, yesterday Teacher Yuan said that you are ready to do research?"
"Well, I plan to let you join the team. Hehe, you represent Mr. Yuan of Huaqing, and I represent Director Yan Beitian. If we complete this project together, we will be invincible."
Qiao Yu Thiefi Said nervously.
"Stop it, Mr. Yuan talked to me about this matter yesterday. He personally thinks it's best not for me to join this topic now, for fear that it will affect the review of key projects. And I really don't have that ability now."
Qiao Xi shook her head and refused.
Qiao Yu said nonchalantly: "Grandpa Shi, you are just worrying. I'm telling you, I don't even need a research team for this project. At most, I have to work harder, and we can still do it if we spend more time.< br>
I understand everything about the application projects, which are nothing more than providing some funds for exchanges and holding conferences. We don’t need to buy any laboratory equipment for our mathematical research.
If you don’t give it a pass, forget it! Anyway, this project actually doesn’t require any money. When the time comes, just a few of us will build this axiom framework. In fact, it is the same. "
Qiao Xi glared at Qiao Yu and said, "Don't be ridiculous. It's not as simple as you say?" Mr. Yuan said yesterday that organizing seminars, academic forums, and special courses all require fees.
If you can really complete this topic, you will not only publish papers but also monographs and textbooks. Do you think these will be free of charge? Also, do you think that Professor Tian invites so many professors to give lectures for you because they are all friendly? "
Qiao Yu said seriously: "I'm not fooling around. What Grandpa Shi said is right, but I don't need it. What kind of seminars and academic forums are there for those bells and whistles?
I’ve told you everything, even I am confident that I can complete this project. Not to mention I could find someone to help me. You have to have faith in me.
If I fail to apply for this project in the end, it will not be my loss. Do you understand? You listen to me on this matter. I will tell Grandpa Shi later. "
Qiao Xi was speechless and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? I just came to Beijing to study, and I don’t really have any ambition to become a great mathematician! "
Qiao Yu said seriously: "It's not that I'm anxious, but I think you are used to learning on the job. And the framework I want to build actually does not require understanding of very advanced mathematics at the initial stage.
Because it starts from the most basic framework. For example, the mapping of each natural number, basic algebraic geometric rules, and concepts of elementary number theory.
This means that if you join the team and build the basic framework with us, you will be able to quickly master piles of basic mathematical concepts and knowledge after the project is completed.
And you can also master the application of this framework proficiently. Do you know why Director Tian and Mr. Yuan attach great importance to my framework? Because it has the potential to become the most important tool for future mathematical research. ”
Looking at each other, neither of them gave in.
Qiao Xi couldn’t beat the child up because of this problem, or force Qiao Yu to change his mind.
The child is not naughty after all
It's not that the Qiao family is democratic, or that Qiao Yu started making money to support his family very early.
But Grandpa Qiao Yu once taught her that she could give Qiao Yu a good beating because he was naughty and did bad things, so that he could distinguish right from wrong from an early age.
But you must not beat Qiao Yu just because he has different opinions from you. Especially when you don’t even know if you are right or not.
Obviously, this is what Qiao Guozheng said. She really didn't know whether Qiao Yu was right or Mr. Yuan was right.
So Qiao Xi finally gave in.
"Okay, I don't understand this. If you think this is best, go and convince someone who understands."
"OK! I'll tell Mr. Yuan and the instructor that your meal card hasn't been processed yet. Right? Let’s go to dinner now. I’ll treat you to a feast.”
“No, it’s done. My information was handed over in advance.” Qiao Xi took out a piece of information from her pocket. A student card that is common to the whole school.
"Okay, then you treat me to dinner, and then you come back to study, and I will go to Qiuzhai to discuss this matter with grandpa."
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"You want your mother to join the research team? Why?"
In Yuan Zhengxin's office in Qiuzhai, Qiao Yu completely repeated the reasons he just told Qiao Xi.
Then he said: "Grandpa, think about it, although my mother's basic skills are a little bit poor, she can read literature! Joining this research group can bring in some basic knowledge while doing this work. I learned the concept.”
Mr. Yuan looked at Qiao Yu for a long time. After a while, he asked: "Besides your mother, who else do you want to join Huaqing?"
Qiao Yu said confidently: "I know Professor Pan best, so I definitely hope that Professor Pan can also join. . And Professor Pan has been studying the geometric Langlands conjecture before.
As you know, the topics I do are actually related to some of these concepts. It would actually be easier to understand if he joined.
As for the other people in Huaqing, it’s better to just do what you want. Anyway, I will definitely trust the people you recommend. If you are a professor, it is best to bring more students, so that I can complete the main framework and prove that the progress can be faster. "
Mr. Yuan raised his finger and pointed at Qiao Yu, and said in a low voice: "You kid, do you know a lot? Do you think students should do whatever the instructor asks them to do? "
Qiao Yu said in surprise: "Isn't it? What do you and Director Tian ask me to do? I always obey your orders. Of course, I am referring to learning and research. "
Yuan Zhengxin was speechless and thought for a moment before saying: "Okay, Qiao Yu, your axiom system is a grand systematic project.
Each step requires rigorous definition, proof and verification. Start with the basic axioms and gradually introduce the ones you mentioned including modal distance, geometric structure, topological structure, etc.
In the meantime, some numerical experiments and interdisciplinary collaboration will be promoted. Therefore, you cannot be too willful in selecting the research team. I will recommend several professors to you. "
Qiao Yu nodded cautiously and said: "Don't worry, Grandpa, the only candidates I have determined now are Professor Xue, Senior Brother Chen, Professor Pan and my mother. I will listen to you and Tian for other candidates. guided. "
Yuan Zhengxin glared at Qiao Yu and said angrily: "That senior brother of yours, Chen? Good boy, I don’t know how much you have learned at Yanbei Hao. You have really learned the essence of this nepotism. "
"It's unfair, grandpa! ”
Qiao Yu immediately shouted: "I am really not nepotism. Yes, Senior Brother Chen's scientific research level is indeed a bit poor, but at that time you praised him for being very meticulous in writing papers, right?
This is Senior Brother Chen’s merits. And you should have some confidence in me, right? I’ll definitely be able to prove the axioms. There are many other things that need to be proved carefully and patiently, right?
Let Senior Brother Chen assist me? The basic theorems introduced by Zuo prove that this is obviously making the best use of everything! As the leader of the research team, I just need to let everyone use their strengths, isn’t it?”
After complaining, Qiao Yuyi He looked at Yuan Zhengxin with an aggrieved face and said, "Unless you have no confidence in me and think that my basic axioms prove that this cannot be done by one person!"
Yuan Lao was speechless.
"Okay, okay, okay, you all have a point. Hey... you go back and discuss it with your instructor. If he has no objection, then so be it!"
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Tian Yan Zhen naturally has no objection.
So the final list of the research group "Axiomatic System of Generalized Modal Number Theory on Multiple Transcendental Spaces" was finalized in two days.
Qiao Yu is naturally the initiator and team leader of the project. In addition to Xue Song, four other young professors from Yanbei were invited to join Qiao Yu's research team.
Lu Yansong studies partial differential equations and differential geometry, Bao Yuanqiang studies Lie groups, Zhang Mingxian studies big data sampling and complex data analysis, and Ding Zhenggang studies graph theory and low-dimensional topology.
As for Huaqing, in addition to Pan Jingyuan and Qiao Xi, three more professors were added.
Fan Zhou, Fang Jianan, follow the name of Guan Road. The research directions are function theory of multiple complex variables, geometric analysis, symplectic geometry, ultra-high-dimensional statistical inference and big data algorithms.
At the bottom of the list is Chen Zhuoyang, who is outside the two schools.
After the research team was formed, Qiao Yu’s project application was submitted directly by Tian Yanzhen.
Qiao Yu was also fortunate to attend the Natural Science Foundation's scientific research review meeting with his mentor and Mr. Yuan when the freshmen of Yanbei University had already begun military training...
For Qiao Yu, this was indeed a very interesting time. Experience...
Thanks to book friends 20190130224905377 and eugenehowel for their rewards and encouragement
(End of this chapter)