Chapter 323 Inciting a storm in mathematical physics
The arrival of Fefferman and others, coupled with the proof of NS equations and new mathematical tools, allowed Xu Chuan to hold an exchange meeting in the living room of the villa.
Six Fields Medal-level experts, a small-scale but top-notch mathematics exchange meeting, almost all scholars who stand at the pinnacle of the human mind, the collision of sparks of wisdom brought about by opening their minds and speaking freely, was a great influence for everyone. benefit.
Not only Xu Chuan, but everyone present also gained a lot.
For people like them who are almost at the pinnacle of human science, there are few opportunities for such progress.
If it weren't for a few elderly people who had run out of energy after traveling long distances and ended the show, Xu Chuan would have planned to have another show after dinner together.
Several top Philippine Award tycoons left to rest, and Xu Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he did not rest. Instead, he turned around and came to the study room and began to sort out some of the inspiration and theories he had just gained from the exchange in his mind.
After all, it would be difficult even for him to encounter such an opportunity again.
Not everyone is willing to communicate freely. Everyone has selfish motives. This is normal, which is why this opportunity seems rare.
For him, seizing such an opportunity might allow him to advance further on the path of mathematics.
On the other side, with the speeches of Terence Tao and several other top experts, the discussion on the NS equation on the Internet was completely detonated.
Not only in the mathematical world, for NS equations, the existence or not of smooth solutions is also related to the development of fluid mechanics in the physical world.
Therefore, the voice of the discussion was like a colorful butterfly in the Amazon rainforest. It gently flapped its wings in the mathematics world, and formed a revolution in the physics world that swept the entire fluid mechanics and even dynamics, kinematics, and rheology. A huge storm occurred in various disciplines such as science.
Major scientific research forums and websites are discussing this matter.
[By the way, does the proof of the NS equation have any results? 】
[Professor Xu is probably going to be super awesome again. Top experts such as Terence Tao and Fefferman have expressed their optimism about Professor Xu's proof paper. 】
[Hiss~, outrageous! Off the charts! How outrageous! 】
[Sichuan God is so fast in scientific research. Before I even finished my graduation thesis, he solved one of the seven millennium problems. 】
[Proving the Hodge conjecture in 2018, and proving the NS equation in 2019, one per year. Guess which one he will take action next year? 】
[You really think of him as a god. Even if God comes, he is not so outrageous. One thousand years of problems per year, tsk tsk. 】
[I want to go to Nanda to meet Sichuan God. I heard that this big shot often attends classes at Nanda, and I want to get an autograph! I don't know if there is a chance. 】
[Take me upstairs, I want to go too. 】
The discussion on the Internet was quite intense. At the same time, NTU also announced the time of the NS equation report meeting on its official website.
On December 1st, Professor Xu Chuan will give an academic report on "Proof of Existence and Smoothness of Solutions to the Three-Dimensional Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equation" in the auditorium of the old campus of NTU. Scholars are welcome to sign up!
NTU’s announcement has once again made scholars who pay attention to NS equations enthusiastic.
Many mathematicians and physicists who are interested in NS equations have begun to log on to NTU’s official website to apply.
With the huge influx of traffic, even though the teachers from the School of Computer Science had added backup server resources in advance and stabilized the program, they were almost paralyzed by the direct impact.
However, for these scholars who apply to participate, not everyone can get an invitation letter.
First of all, NTU will definitely give priority to those world-renowned top scholars. There can be thousands of people in this section alone.
After all, NS equations are a huge field, not only in mathematics, partial differential equations, topology and other fields, but also in physics and industry, involving all aspects.
After these people are queued up, the remaining ones can take the turn of the scholars who actively applied.
Even so, the NTU auditorium could only be filled with more than 3,000 and less than 4,000 people even if it was fully booked. It was destined that a large number of scholars would not be able to witness this grand event in person.
On the other hand, the traffic of NS equation naturally attracted the attention of many media reporters.
In the United States, in the office building of the Washington Times Media, the editorial team responsible for tracking breakthroughs in the field of science and technology and academic fields is browsing the latest news.
"It's unbelievable, the NS equation has actually been solved?" In the office, science and technology editor Andrew Whitt exclaimed while browsing the news on the web.
"This is the biggest hot spot recently, and you've only just realized it now?" A colleague next to me joked with a smile.
Andrew Whitt shrugged and said: "You know, I never pay much attention to the news of that country. After all, in such a backward place, what scientific research results can be produced? A group of sick men of East Asia, no matter how they develop the economy, they can What's the use? Technology is always as backward as a monkey."
Hearing this, the other editors in the office all laughed.
To be honest, in the United States, a place where freedom of speech is respected but political correctness is extremely important, such insulting language rarely appears in public.
After all, once someone gets caught, the consequences are quite serious, ranging from leaving your job to being put in the bureau for a few years.
But in the Washington Times, a media outlet, it doesn’t matter. Because everyone is our own people and have the same position.
The Washington Times sounds a lot like the state media of the United States, but it is not.
It is just a newspaper founded by a financial backer from a South Korean country who likes disgusting people. The purpose of its existence is specifically to serve disgusting people.
This media is the earliest propagandist of the "neighboring threat theory". It has always promoted the threat of their neighboring countries to the world, concocted all kinds of fake news, and never stopped on the road of slandering and disgusting their neighboring countries.
As for now, after more than 20 years of evolution, this newspaper has become a propaganda machine for the United States, Sakura Country, South Korea and other countries and right-wing forces.
However, it is precisely because of its far-right political stance that its sales are extremely low, less than one-tenth of that of another New York media, the Washington Post.
In fact, the Washington Times has been in a state of loss since its inception, has not brought any commercial income, and has to rely on the blood transfusion support of its sponsors.
However, for the financial backers behind it, they don’t care about this loss. As long as it can disgust neighboring countries, losing a little money is nothing.
As for the NS equation, which is currently the most popular in the field of science, they have no reason not to get involved.
Although there is not much that can be discredited about Professor Xu, it would be good for them to export one or two articles about threats from neighboring countries.
However, Andrew Whitt, who was writing the article, always felt that such a manuscript lacked some meaning.
Raising his head, Andrew Whitt thought for a moment, looked at his colleagues next to him and asked, "I remember last year, the two of us went to interview another professor together, maybe it was also about the NS equation? Do you have any impressions? ”
After hearing this, the colleague who was asked thought for a while and replied: "I seem to have some memory. I remember that he was a physics professor at Rice University? It seems that people from that country immigrated here."
"What, what do you think?" Andrew Whitt rolled his eyes, with a malicious smile in his eyes: "If I remember correctly, this Professor Jiang seems to think that there is no answer to the NS equation. . Maybe we can do something about this? ”
Hearing this, the colleague opposite asked with interest: "What do you want to do?"
Andrew Whitt smiled and said: "Of course I will interview this dear Professor Jiang again."
The colleague opposite thought for a while and roughly understood what Andrew was thinking, and asked curiously: "Would he agree? He is also from China, right? Even though he has immigrated here."
Andrew shrugged and said: "No, you don't understand the people in that country. For those who have immigrated, although not all, many of them may only do it because they prove that their choice is not wrong. They look down on people from their original country even more than we do, and are even more willing to step on them.”
After a pause, he added: "And I know that Professor Jiang's economic conditions don't seem to be very good. Not many people in the academic world accept his theory. Maybe he can reject me, but he certainly won't reject Mi Jin." ! ”
"Maybe I can make big news!"
On the other side, on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas, Jiang Kangcai, who had just finished a physics class, was walking on the path feeling a little irritable.
When he accepted Rice University's invitation to immigrate here a few years ago, he undoubtedly came with the idea of making great achievements.
But after arriving here, he discovered that Rice University's exclusion of foreigners or China was more serious than he imagined. He originally thought that American universities could treat every professor equally, but it turned out to be just a fantasy.
If that's all, forget it.
Recently, the theory on which he relies for survival, "the proof that there is no smooth solution to the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equation" has encountered major setbacks and doubts.
Although this proof has not been well accepted by the mathematics and physics communities for several years, no one can prove that the work he did is wrong.
The most important thing is that this theoretical job gave him the opportunity to immigrate to the United States.
If a smooth solution to the NS equation exists, there is no doubt that his theoretical work is wrong, and Rice University would probably fire him without hesitation if he was invited to be a professor based on this theoretical work.
Putting this theory aside, with his academic level, if he wanted to find a full professor position in an American university, he would probably have to go to one of those pheasant universities.
Just as he was having a headache, Jiang Kangcai suddenly found a white man standing in front of his house.
"Hello, Professor Jiang, nice to meet you." Andrew Whitt stepped forward to say hello: "Introduce yourself, I am a reporter from the Washington Times, you can call me Andrew."
"I have some questions about the NS equation. I want to talk to you and do an interview with you. When is it convenient for you?" Andrew Whitt asked with a hypocritical smile.
If it weren't for the big news he planned, he would really be too lazy to come here to look for a yellow-skinned monkey.
Jiang Kangcai looked Andrew Whitt up and down, frowned and said: "Sorry, I don't have time."
Although he is quite willing to accept interviews from media reporters, this will help expand his reputation and promote his NS equation theory.
But he has not only heard of the notorious reputation of the Washington Times, but has also been manipulated by them. In an interview last year, he twisted his theory to the point where he almost became a joke.
This media is extremely targeted at Chinese people. I am afraid that they came to see him today just to see his jokes.
After saying that, he prepared to go around the other party, but was quickly stopped.
"Professor Jiang, I think I can help you! We learned that in 2014, you proved the NS equation and published 'Proof that there is no smooth solution to the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equation'. Maybe You need our help to take your work to the world! ”
"Of course, there is also the one million meters of gold from the Clay Mathematics Institute! I believe that based on your theory, you can get it!"
Hearing this, Jiang Kang stopped and stared at the other party with a frown.
To be honest, he is actually somewhat dissatisfied with the world of mathematics and physics.
Because the mathematics and physics circles did not pay much attention to his paper "Proof that there is no smooth solution to the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equation".
Although some journals did include his papers, the journals that included him were not the top journals. He had also submitted articles to top journals such as "Annals of Mathematics", "New Advances in Mathematics" and "Nature", but all of them were rejected.
In his opinion, if the mathematics and physics circles did not find the loopholes in his paper, they should prove that his paper is correct. Therefore, this is the contempt of those journals for his Chinese identity.
Upon seeing this, Andrew Whitt felt hopeful and quickly added: "If you are willing, Professor Jiang, we at the Washington Times will be happy to promote your theories and papers for you."
"Of course, the premise is that you need to ensure that your theory is correct, or at least can not be found by the mathematical community."
Hearing this, Jiang Kangcai was indeed a little moved, but the Washington Times was so notorious that he was worried that his remarks would be arbitrarily altered.
After thinking for a while, he said: "I can guarantee that there is no problem with my theory, but what should you do?"
Andrew Whitt said quickly: "You only need to accept an interview, express during the interview that there are no problems with your paper, and make a comment on Professor Xu's paper. It is enough."
Hearing this, Jiang Kangcai said quickly: "I'm sorry, I refuse. Besides, I can't help him and he can't point out the errors in Professor Xu's paper."
After saying that, he walked around the other party and left.
He is not a retarded person. When Andrew proposed to comment on Professor Xu's paper, he probably knew what the other person wanted to do.
Although he thinks his theory is equally sound, it does not mean that he can offend a Nobel Prize + Philippine Prize-level expert.
What's more, he didn't even understand the other party's paper.
"One hundred thousand meters of gold!"
"Two hundred thousand dollars! You don't need to point out any problems in the paper, just comment on it!" Andrew Whitt shouted after him.
Jiang Kangcai stopped, looked at the other party, and said: "Two million meters of gold!"
It’s almost impossible to survive at Rice University anyway, so it’s better to make a big profit this time and just leave.
As for academic disputes, he didn't care. He couldn't return to China anyway, and Professor Xu couldn't come to the United States to cause trouble for him.
Andrew Whitt: "Two million is too high! At most half a million! And if we add more money, I need you to cooperate with us!"
Jiang Kangcai took a deep breath and said: "Deal!"
PS: There is another chapter in the evening
(End of chapter)