Chapter 78 The seventeen-year-old genius
On the side, Zhou Hai saw Xu Chuan's doubts and added with a smile: "You don't know, your senior is my student, and his graduate thesis is a supplement to the asymptotic theorem for non-smooth regions. , the learning goal of the PhD is the Weyl_Berry conjecture. ”
"Now that you have proved the weak Weyl_Berry conjecture, his graduate thesis and doctoral student learning goals have to be re-selected."
Hearing this, Cai Peng looked at Xu Chuan with even more resentment.
This is simply too deceiving.
After hearing the explanation, the corners of Xu Chuan's mouth twitched, feeling a little embarrassed.
He also didn’t expect that his research paper would kill a senior’s graduation thesis and doctoral study goals.
Although he sympathizes with Senior Cai now, the paper has been published and there is nothing he can do about it.
Therefore, Mr. Cai should re-select his topic. I hope he will not be greatly affected and his graduation will not be delayed.
"Your talent in mathematics is beyond my imagination. I thought it was just your hobby, but I didn't expect that you actually achieved results in mathematics."
"If I remember correctly, it seems that you have to wait until the end of December of this year's lunar calendar, close to the Little New Year, for you to truly turn eighteen, right?"
"I have taught dozens of students in the past 20 to 30 years, ranging from college students to doctoral students. But in terms of talent, you have really refreshed my understanding of geniuses in this world."
On the other side, Chen Zhengping, who had been silent until now, suddenly sighed.
Although he is not a person in the field of mathematics, he also knows the weight of a world-class conjecture.
Not to mention the top mathematical conjectures such as the Riemann Hypothesis and the Hodge Hypothesis, there are also problems such as the weak Weyl-Berry conjecture and the twin prime conjecture that are at the bottom of the world-class conjectures. If you prove any of them, you can become a mathematics professor at NTU.
Moreover, they are not lecturers or associate professors, but full professors with established qualifications.
Such an achievement seems incredible to a freshman.
In particular, Xu Chuan has not been studying mathematics since he was a child. His in-depth study of mathematics seems to have started when he participated in the IMO competition in the third year of high school. Before that, although his mathematics scores were good, they were still at the level of ordinary people. within the scope.
Unexpectedly, he could make such a breakthrough in the field of mathematics within a few months of the IMO competition, plus less than a semester in the first half of his freshman year, and only one year in total.
This even gave Chen Zhengping a slight misunderstanding and inner hesitation. Would it be better for him to study mathematics?
One year of in-depth study can prove a world-class mathematical conjecture. This talent is even more outrageous than cheating.
But then, this thought that popped up was thrown out of his mind.
Xu Chuan's talent in mathematics is strong, but his talent in physics is not worse than that in mathematics.
Although his achievements in physics are not as high as today's mathematics, they are still not low at this age.
A paper calculating typical distances between particles in the Bose-Einstein condensation phenomenon was published in Advances in Physics, also a top journal in physics.
Although the impact factor of SCI is ranked in the Q3 area, the important thing is the pioneering method.
There are many talents who can publish papers in SCI, but few can create their own methods.
It seems that there really are those kind of cross-border geniuses in the world who boast that they can learn deeply and freely in various fields, just like Leonardo da Vinci in history.
On the other side, Zhou Hai and Cai Peng were stunned when they heard Chen Zhengping's words.
Not yet eighteen years old.
This sentence made Cai Peng, a graduate student, so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head.
Fell into a big hole, seventeen years old? Did he really hear that right? He solved a world-class mathematical conjecture at the age of seventeen. What kind of monster is this?
When he was seventeen, he seemed to be still in his second year of high school? It seems that I only go back to my hometown every year to fish in the pond.
But he has already solved a world-class conjecture at the age of seventeen.
I was struck, deeply struck.
Hearing Chen Zhengping's sigh, Xu Chuan smiled shyly and said, "I will be eighteen in more than a month."
Hearing this, Cai Peng didn't want to speak anymore.
In his heart, he just wanted to curse: "Minors are not allowed to enter the Internet. Oh, no, minors are not allowed to pretend to be beta!"
At this moment, the office door was pushed open.
Two old men walked in one after another.
Xu Chuan looked over. The old man walking behind seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while. As for the old man in front, he is a completely unfamiliar face, but looking at the eyes of these two people, they are staring directly at him, seeming to be directed at him?
Sure enough, his guess was correct. As soon as he entered the door, the old man walking in front lit up when he saw him. He walked up quickly and took his hand and said excitedly:
"This is classmate Xu Chuan, right? I am Rong Zhizhuan, the dean of our School of Mathematics at Nanjing University. I heard that a young genius from our School of Mathematics at Nanjing University has proved a world-class conjecture. When I saw him today, he certainly lived up to his reputation."< br>
"Ahem, it's just a temporary inspiration, it's nothing."
Xu Chuan coughed lightly and said modestly.
"It's not good for young people to be too modest. Besides, it's normal to be a world-class problem addict in your freshman year."
Before Rong Zhizhuan could answer, another old man with a thin figure and face standing behind raised his eyebrows.
Xu Chuan glanced at this familiar old man with some surprise. The tone made him instantly remember who it was. Academician Zhang Gongqing from the Department of Mathematics at P University, whom he had met during an exchange meeting at Princeton in his previous life.
His main research directions are nonlinear analysis, partial differential equations, tensor eigenvalues and graph theory. He has won famous mathematics awards such as the Science and Technology Progress Award, Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award and Hua Luogeng Mathematics Award.
"This is Academician Zhang Gongqing from the Academy of Science and Technology. He has been communicating with our school these past two days."
On the side, Rong Zhizhuan introduced with a smile, and Xu Chuan greeted him respectfully.
Zhang Gongqing smiled and continued: "When I was communicating at Riyue University a few days ago, Zhang Weiping told me that there was an extremely talented student in last year's mathematics competition. He said that if he studies mathematics, he will be a good student in the next two years. There must be a Fields Medal in ten years, but it’s a pity that I went to college to study physics. I think it will be you.”
"You are very nice young man. Professor Gowers was full of praise for your paper. Are you interested in coming to P University to study mathematics? Your talent should not be wasted on physics."
Xu Chuan smiled awkwardly, saying this as if studying physics was not the right path.
On the other side, Chen Zhengping walked over and said unceremoniously:
"There are so many geniuses in P University, but they still come to Nanjing University to compete with me for students? Are you embarrassed?"
"What do you mean this talent shouldn't be wasted on physics? Is studying physics a wrong way?"
He was the only one in the entire office who said this. They had a good relationship. They were both senior players and academicians of the Academy of Science and Technology, so no one had to give face to the other.
Zhang Gongqing did not blush, and smiled and said: "What are you trying to do to steal students? This guy's talent in mathematics is much better than that in physics. It's perfect for him to study mathematics."
(End of chapter)