From small town academic to chief scientist

March 26th,

Zhou Yi felt that class was a waste of time, so he came to Dean Miao Lai's office.

"Dean, I don't want to go to class. It's a waste of time. I want to read the literature alone."

Miu Lai didn't have any objections, but said:

"Let's go like this. You can go if you want. I'll say hello to the teacher. However, your graduation thesis this year will be at least an SCI in Area 1, regardless of direction."

As for the four major journals, Miao Lai did not think that the current level of Zhouyi could publish papers of this level.

The entire Chongqing University has only published three papers in the four major journals. After so many years since the school was founded, there have only been three papers.

Moreover, it was published in cooperation with others, so one can imagine the difficulty.

Even if Zhou Yi is a monster and extremely talented, Miao Lai doesn't think Zhou Yi has such ability.

Zhouyi said:

"Dean, I am planning to go to Shuimu University for graduate school. The direction of my current research is very similar to Bill Carr. Being his student may have unexpected effects."

Miu Lai's originally plain expression changed slightly and he said:

"Doing mathematics with a Fields Medal winner does have a good future. Mr. Qiu is also there. Maybe you can study with Mr. Qiu when you study for a Ph.D.

However, there will be no great achievements in the future. After a few years, it may be difficult to select academicians. You have to understand the inside story. "

Zhou Yi took a deep breath, nodded and said:

"In learning, you can't just strive for these things, and I have confidence."

Miu Lai took a deep breath and said:

"Oh, okay, just make your decision. We will not interfere with your choice. Chongqing University is your strongest support. Study hard and come back to Chongqing University to teach in the future."

Zhou Yi heard this and said:

"Okay, Dean, I'm leaving first."

"great, good luck."

Miu Lai finally encouraged him.

As soon as Zhou Yi left, Miao Lai received news that three days later,

Bill Carr, the 2018 Fields Medal winner, and Lu Mei, director of the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Operations Research at Shuimu University, will visit Academician Yang of Yuzhou University and Yunnan Normal University.

This news is no small news.

The people attending the reception this time were not only the presidents of the two universities and the deans of the Institute of Mathematics, but also the leaders of the Ministry of Education of Yuzhou.

It can be said that we attach great importance to it.

Because it is necessary to discuss the establishment of a Qiuchengtong Applied Mathematics Academic Center, which is tantamount to greatly improving the scientific and technological level of Yuzhou.

Zhou Yi also knew about the news later, but it had nothing to do with him and there was nothing to pay attention to.

On the contrary, the Qingming Festival is approaching, and Zhou Yi is going home to worship his ancestors, his eldest grandfather, his second grandfather, his third grandfather and his parents.

Every year during the Qingming Festival, Zhouyi will go back and do it.

Moreover, the peonies in his hometown are also in bloom. Zhou Yi promised Xia Xue to go back to see them with her, so he must not break his promise.

In the past few days, the entire school atmosphere has suddenly changed, and banners have been put up.

Zhouyi lived a very comfortable life. He did not go to class and allocated his time freely. He got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and read Yue Xinyi's documents until 6 o'clock in the afternoon.

The focus capsules and enhanced version of the focus capsules that I had previously stored were all consumed in three days.

I just write my thesis in the evening.

The proof of Newton's lattice problem and the proof of Kepler's conjecture require a lot of space.

It’s also quite time consuming.

Moreover, the dean requires that graduation be an SCI in one area, which is not a simple matter.

For his graduation thesis, Zhou Yi didn't want to just rely on the guesses given by the system. Instead, he relied on existing knowledge to write a good thesis.

Zhou Yi also understood a lot about Mochizuki Shinichi's more than 500-page paper.

The Focus Capsule greatly accelerated the progress of Zhouyi research.

It can be regarded as understanding Mochizuki Shinichi's thoughts.

Create many different topologies and compare things between different topologies.

He also created a theory dedicated to studying the ABC conjecture, called the Teichmuller theory of the universe.

As for whether it is correct or not, Zhou Yi thinks it will take half a month to determine.

Once Zhou Yi has read through all these 500 pages of the paper, Zhou Yi will not only have a great understanding of the ABC conjecture, but he may also be able to solve all the doubts in it.

When Zhou Yi was reading the paper in the library and was fascinated, an Iranian looked at Zhou Yi for a long time.

It wasn't until Zhou Yi realized something was wrong that he looked at the person behind him in confusion.

"Who are you?"

Zhou Yi asked doubtfully.

Why does this person look different from Daxia people, and his hair is surprisingly short? Since when did Chongqing University have such a person?

Seeing Zhou Yi's confused look, Birkar immediately said in fluent English:

"Bill Carr, nice to meet you."

When Zhou Yi heard this, there was a look of disbelief in his eyes, Bill Carr, the 18-year Fields Medal winner?

Why are you here?

Zhou Yi quickly said in English:

"Hello."

Zhou Yi stretched out his hand and shook hands with Bill Carr.

"How about we go out and talk?"

Bill Carr said.

This is the library, and there are many students reading books.

Zhouyi said:

"good."

After a while, Zhou Yi walked with Birkar by the lake, carrying his laptop bag and schoolbag.

"I see you are studying Mochizuki Shinichi's thesis?"

Birkar spoke first.

"Well, yes, I have become somewhat interested in the ABC conjecture recently."

Zhou Yi did not hide anything.

"I thought you would be more interested in Kepler's conjecture, but I didn't expect that you would study the ABC conjecture."

Birkar's tone was a little confused. Zhou Yi's paper could not have been written without extensive research on Kepler's conjecture.

Zhou Yi didn't know what to say. Is it possible to tell him that I have proved Kepler's conjecture?

Obviously impossible.

Let’s talk about this kind of thing later.

Let's fool him first.

"No, the research on Kepler's conjecture has reached a bottleneck. Let's relax by studying the ABC conjecture."

Bill Carr:?

Is it so relaxing to relax?

"Anything gained?"

Birkar finally asked,

At the same time, the evaluation of Zhouyi was somewhat lowered.

As a young student, the most taboo thing is a hammer in one place and a stick in the other.

The reason why I asked this was to see if Zhou Yi had any talent for number theory.

As a mathematician, he must have done some research on the ABC conjecture, but he didn't go into it deeply.

But you still know some basics.

Zhou Yi also wanted to take the opportunity to communicate and see what the Fields Medal winner had to say.

Of course, the best person to talk about this issue is Schulz, but with Zhou Yi's current status, there is no chance to talk to him.

"Fortunately, Mochizuki Shinichi's core idea is to use the theory he constructed to create many different topologies, and compare things between different topologies. I have to say, it's an amazing idea..."

After some conversation, Birkar discovered that this young scholar really had something. He understood Mochizuki Shinichi's thesis to a higher degree than he did.