Chapter 208 The tears of the astronomical world flowed to the mathematical world
After sending away Halifax Bruce, the director of PPPL Laboratory, Xu Chuan had a headache.
Judging from the memories of the previous life in my mind, the PPPL Plasma Laboratory, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the US Energy Bureau, seems to have been studying how to control plasma turbulence in the past two years.
This also fits the purpose of Bruce coming to him, to control plasma turbulence modeling.
As for the specific progress and situation, he is not very clear. After all, when he conducted experiments in PPPL in his previous life, it was already after 2030.
Although he has seen some historical data from the PPPL laboratory, it has been a long time and he cannot remember it clearly.
However, he is certain that this research must have failed and been abandoned in the end.
After all, if it succeeds, PPPL Laboratory will definitely apply this technology, and he will definitely have a very clear memory.
After watching Halifax Bruce leave, Xu Chuan turned around and picked up his mobile phone from the sofa, preparing to buy a ticket to return home.
But when the ticket booking software opened, he finally hesitated for a while and then closed the ticket purchase page.
Although he wanted to return to China as soon as possible, now was not the right time. He was still waiting for an opportunity, but he didn't know if it would come.
Shaking his head, Xu Chuan stabilized his emotions and began to think.
The experience in his previous life made him panic when he faced the application of nuclear energy physics in this country again.
But in fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that being approached by PPPL is not an urgent matter that requires him to buy a ticket to return home immediately.
According to the custom of this immigration country, if you want him to stay, then the executive of the immigration ju will come and personally invite him, not the director of a laboratory.
This has something to do with the immigration policy of the United States. Top scholars like him are no longer restricted by ordinary immigration applications.
Even the highest level of EB-1A talent application in the US immigration policy is not worthy of his achievements.
For such talents, the immigration judiciary is usually specially introduced.
For example, in March this year, the genius Cao Yuan, who completed the 1.1° angle superconducting experiment with double-layer parallel graphene, was specially invited by the American immigrants.
So if the United States really invites him to stay, it will probably be someone from the immigration office who comes in person, not the director of PPPL.
Bruce came to him, most likely accepting Fefferman's suggestion, and wanted to invite him to study the control of plasma turbulence with Fefferman.
But now that he has rejected the invitation with an annual salary of 1.5 million meters, Bruce will go back to discuss with other senior executives and managers to discuss whether to increase the price and pay other costs to continue inviting him.
But according to the American people's urine, there is a high probability that continuing to increase the price will be denied.
Because Fefferman, the Philippine Prize winner, has accepted the invitation.
When a top mathematician has already accepted the invitation, it is not worth spending a lot of money to invite another mathematician.
If you apply this to any laboratory or company, the results will most likely be the same. The annual salary of 1.5 million meters is already very high. If you improve it, who knows how much effort it will take to get him.
Therefore, it is speculated that PPPL Laboratory will definitely let Fefferman try it alone first. If the work can be advanced, there will be no need to invite him again.
If Fefferman can no longer advance, PPPL will definitely come back to him.
So when the next invitation will be, it depends on Fefferman's personal ability.
But what is certain is that Fefferman will most likely not be able to solve this problem, not even with the help of Purdue University.
On the one hand, the phased results of the NS equation cannot provide support for plasma turbulence modeling.
On the other hand, Fefferman's physical abilities are not good enough.
Xu Chuan knew nothing about his friend's abilities. Not to mention mathematics, he is the winner of the Philippine Prize and the world's top expert.
I also have some abilities in physics, but they are basically limited to the analysis of high-energy physics and particle physics, which I learned while working with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
As for fluid mechanics, although Fefferman had some contact with it because of his study of manifold mathematics, he did not go into depth and had basically no contact with turbulence.
When the two of them collaborated in a previous life, he taught him bit by bit the in-depth knowledge of fluid mechanics.
It is impossible to model plasma turbulence without knowing much about turbulence. Even with the help of turbulence experts from Purdue University, it couldn't be done.
If possible, he and Fefferman had already solved this problem in a previous life.
If possible, he would never need to risk traveling to Princeton to study mathematics again in his life.
So what is certain is that as long as the PPPL laboratory does not give up control of plasma turbulence, they will definitely come back to him later.
More favorable terms will definitely be offered at that time.
For example, helping him immigrate, bonuses, profit sharing, income sharing, promising academician glory and other things.
Although PPPL Laboratory does not have such great energy, its superiors do.
In order to retain a talented person, this immigration country can offer conditions that many people would never dare to imagine.
As for when to come to him, this depends on Fefferman's ability.
But according to his understanding of Fefferman, this time may be about two to three months.
After thinking about these things clearly, Xu Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little calmer.
I have to say that Fefferman, his lifelong friend, really scared him this time, so scared that he almost bought a ticket and ran away.
Of course, the blame cannot be placed on Fefferman’s head.
Instead, he had to thank his good friend.
Without the ideas and ideas brought by Fefferman, we don’t know how long it will take to produce this phased result of the NS equation. One of his purposes in coming to Princeton in this life was to seek to establish a mathematical model for ultra-high temperature plasma turbulence in controllable nuclear fusion reactors.
Now that he has this initial result, he can take at most two steps forward and start modeling attempts.
Once he has figured out the control model of plasma turbulence, and combined with the superconducting materials, dual magnetic mirror systems and other things he developed in his previous life, he can try to launch a charge towards controllable nuclear fusion.
Although issues such as first wall materials and tritium self-sustainment are still not clear, as long as the ultra-high temperature plasma in the reactor chamber is controlled, the remaining troubles will be far less big.
It's like taming a wild horse. The first thing you have to do is put the reins on it.
As long as the reins are on, there is a certain chance of taming it.
However, before trying to tame this wild horse, he had to go back.
Fortunately, he has never entered the field of applied science in his life.
Research in pure theory and basic science has not been paid too much attention by this country in the current year.
If he waits 20 or 21 years later when this country begins to block talents in the field of basic science, he will definitely not be able to go back with his current achievements.
As for now, there is still enough time. He should still be able to leave before formally rejecting the immigration invitation and breaking his face.
In fact, at this moment, Xu Chuan probably had some speculations in his mind as to why there had been no movement from the United States, including his home country, and no one from the immigration office or talent introduction organization had come to look for him.
However, this speculation will take some time to be verified.
After returning to normal life, Xu Chuan focused his time on teaching his four students and continuing to make breakthroughs in the NS equation.
However, there was no liver-breaking research this time. It was just a follow-up attempt on the NS equation, and the main focus was not even on this.
The days passed like this little by little, and in the blink of an eye, the time came to the end of June.
As he had expected, the PPPL Physics Laboratory did not come to him again in the past ten days, and Fefferman also disappeared in Princeton.
Obviously, PPPL Laboratory finally chose a more ‘saving’ method.
After all, the annual salary of 1.5 million meters is terrifying enough, and if it continues to increase, no one knows how much it will cost to invite the young genius.
What's more, Xu Chuan's age is there. He is in his early twenties, and even though he has great achievements in mathematics, he does not have enough scientific research experience.
Whether it is worth spending a huge price to invite him, even with the endorsement of Fefferman, a Philippine Award winner, is still uncertain.
In comparison, it is undoubtedly safer to let Fefferman try it alone.
This also allowed Xu Chuan to further confirm his suspicion.
At the end of June, on this day, Xu Chuan was explaining the 'algebraic varieties and group mapping' tool to his four students, when his mobile phone vibrated in his pocket.
Xu Chuan stopped explaining, took out his phone and took a look. The number looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.
After the call was connected, the voice on the other end came over: "Hello, Professor Xu Chuan, I am Martin Gretcher, Secretary-General of the International Mathematical Union."
Some familiar voices made a figure who looked like a bald eagle immediately appear in Xu Chuan's mind. He smiled and said: "Hello, Secretary-General Martin."
Martin Gleicher, executive committee member and secretary-general of the International Mathematical Union, is a German mathematician, but his inverted V-shaped eyebrows and aquiline nose, coupled with his sharp eyes, make him look like the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States. Quite similar.
However, completely contrary to his appearance, Martin has a very easy-going personality and once promoted the 2006 International Mathematics Congress in China.
Prior to this, he had received a call from the Secretary-General in April, inviting him to attend the International Mathematical Union Congress and give a one-hour report at the meeting.
"I hope the call did not disturb your research." Martin Glecher said with a smile on the phone: "I am calling you this time to invite you to give a sixty-minute report at the International Mathematics Congress."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan was a little confused: "A one-hour report? But I remember that I agreed last time, and I have already submitted the report papers."
Martin Glecher explained: "This sixty-minute report is an additional invitation."
"Due to your previous expansion of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics circles are eager for you to explain it in detail. After receiving letters from many well-known scholars, and after discussions by the committee, I would like to invite You will give an additional report at this mathematics conference ”
Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, a little confused, and asked hesitantly: "The astronomy community and the astrophysics community are writing to you? Invite me to hold a mathematics report? What is going on?"
Martin Grecher shrugged and said: "Yes, they said they have sent you many emails and made many phone calls. They would like to ask you to explain the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, but You keep putting it off because you don’t have time.”
"Many scholars who study astronomy find it difficult to use your expanded Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem freely, so they eagerly hope that you will hold a few more lectures."
After a pause, Secretary-General Martin then joked: "What can make three Nobel Prize winners in astrophysics and more than twenty top scholars in non-mathematical fields unite to write to the International Mathematical Union, please ask a mathematician You are the first person to give a mathematics report since the establishment of IMU, and it is probably a miracle that will never happen again.”
"In addition, Professor Sal Perlmutter wanted me to tell you that if you take the stage this time to report on the expanded application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, he will write to the Nobel Prize Committee every year until you Until winning the Nobel Prize.”
Three Nobel Prize scholars and more than 20 top scholars jointly wrote to IMU. IMU could not ignore this application no matter what.
Moreover, it is the responsibility of IMU to promote international cooperation in mathematical research and encourage and support international mathematical activities that contribute to the development of mathematical science.
The International Mathematical Union will definitely find ways to promote this kind of report conference that will help expand the influence of mathematics.
"Forehead".
Hearing Martin's explanation, Xu Chuan paused for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on his face and a bit confused about whether to laugh or cry.
After the secretary-general's reminder, he finally remembered the emails that had been casually dealt with in the mailbox in the past, and the phone calls he had casually answered.
However, he really didn't expect that all the casual rejections in the past would actually go to the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
Although he didn't care about the results in the astronomical world, he was too embarrassed to refuse anymore when things got to this point.
(End of chapter)