From all-round academic master to chief scientist

A passenger plane took off from Romania and headed for Beijing in China. It flew across the endless sky and finally entered China's airspace, getting closer and closer to its destination.

On the plane, all the passengers were chatting about their own things and waiting to arrive.

"Lin Shen, can I see your trophy?"

Lin Xiao said angrily: "Get out of here, how many times has it been?"

These guys had been saying this to him from time to time since he got the special award trophy. At first, he thought it was nothing, but later he thought about it and realized what these guys were talking about.

"Can't you keep me as simple and handsome as I am?"

Several other people rolled their eyes, "Ah, yes, yes."

Lin Xiao shook his head, these people still refuse to listen despite repeated admonitions.

Sure enough, he could only appreciate things like handsomeness alone.

At this time, Chen Qiusheng next to him suddenly took out a few banknotes from his arms and handed them to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao took a look. He didn't recognize any of these banknotes. He had no idea which country they were from. Oh, he recognized a dollar bill. Of course he had to recognize it after watching so many American movies.

He asked without any doubt: "This is it?"

Chen Qiusheng smiled: "Didn't I tell you? During the exam the next day, I will make a bet with the deputy team leaders from other countries on whether you can come out an hour early. Several team leaders made a bet with me. The bet was two one-yuan notes from their home country, and I won, so we split it half and half."

Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh or cry. You really made a bet with others.

However, this bet is not big, and it is probably just entertainment for the deputy leaders when they are bored.

Then he didn't refuse. He took the banknotes and took a look. There were five in total, which meant that five deputy leaders had bet with Chen Qiusheng.

"Here, this is dollars, this is pounds, this is rubles, and there's money from Singapore and Romania."

Lin Xiao nodded, he is now considered a person with foreign exchange.

He put the five banknotes into his arms, and then looked back at the computer in front of him. What was displayed on the screen was his paper.

When reading your own paper, in addition to checking whether there are any problems or errors, it is also to review the past and learn the new.

At this time, he was thinking about the new method in his paper.

Group theory, modular formal theory, number theory...

The combination of these things easily reminded him of one thing, and that was the Langlands Programme.

The simplest understanding of Langlands' program is that it is a set of conjectures that point out three branches of mathematics that developed relatively independently: number theory, algebraic geometry, and group representation theory. In fact, they are closely related.

If it's a bit more complicated, it means that all nth-order good Euler products are all automorphic L functions of GLn.

The study of this grand unified theory in mathematics is not uncommon in the entire mathematics community. Once the proof of the entire Langlands program is completed, it means that we can connect several previously completely independent theories. Use theory as a thing.

This is obviously of great significance to the entire mathematical community. It is like a grand unified theory in physics that unifies quantum mechanics and general relativity.

These two grand unified theories mean further access to the truth of the universe.

Although the grand unified theory in mathematics is on paper, it is difficult for ordinary people to know the use of those Arabic numerals, strange symbols, and the arrangement and combination of fancy Greek letters. But even if these mathematics are useless, they are It will be used in applied fields at some point. Who knows whether the Langlands program, once unified, will have an impact on the grand unified theory of physics?

Of course, Lin Xiao did not pay so much attention. He was limited to the textbook he read on algebraic geometry and did not conduct in-depth research. It was just his 'Lin Group Transformation Theory' - he was sure to use this The theory is named 'Lin's group transformation theory' because the scope of the group is larger than the modular form.

And his theory unknowingly solved a problem in a specific area of ​​Langlands' program.

"Express this group matrix and then simply process it like this..."

Lin Xiao remembered the lecture he listened to at the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

"Quadratic reciprocity?"

He briefly used it in his mind and finally shook his head. He didn't get anything valuable.

However, at this moment, a flight attendant came over and said to him: "Sir, the plane is about to land. Please put away your computer and small table to avoid accidents."

Hearing what the stewardess said, Lin Xiao nodded, turned off his computer, put it in his bag, and then packed it up. He stopped thinking about these problems, cleared his mind, and prepared to land.

About half an hour later, the plane landed smoothly. Lin Xiao and the others quickly got off the plane, took their suitcases, and left the lobby directly.

But when they arrived at the entrance of the pick-up hall, they saw a surprising scene.

I saw a group of people standing in the hall, holding red flags in their hands, and holding a few banners, which read "Congratulations to the IMO Chinese team players for winning the first place in the team!", "Welcome the IMO champion team home!", "The young man wears the red flag and returns home to win glory for his country!"

Obviously, these people are here to greet them.

"Damn, why are there so many people?"

Sun Woo exclaimed.

"There are so many reporters there, damn!"

Li Huaimin walking beside said with a smile: "We are all here to greet you. You are our heroes."

Hearing Li Huaimin's words, the fatigue of the several teenagers who had been on the plane for so long was instantly wiped away, and a sense of glory arose in their hearts.

Can they now be called the young heroes of the motherland?

Probably OK.

Lin Xiao also had a smile on his face. No matter what, in the face of this recognition, I believe not many people can't help but be happy.

Then, they walked into the airport reception hall together, and the group of people quickly recognized them and immediately rushed towards them.

The person at the front was Gong Zhou, the secretary-general of the Chinese Mathematical Society.

He came to Lin Xiao and the others with a smile, opened his hands, and said loudly: "Welcome home!"

Then, Lin Xiao and the others were submerged in the crowd. The people who came to greet them took the initiative to take over each of their luggage, and then asked them all kinds of questions.

Especially Lin Xiao, as the winner of the special award, he certainly received the most attention, with several beautiful ladies smiling at him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Classmate Lin!"

"Do you want some water, Mr. Lin?"

"Classmate Lin, can I touch your trophy?"

"Classmate Lin is really amazing!"

Lin Xiao felt that he heard a very familiar question, but he gradually lost himself in the solicitude.

This is how heroes are treated.