From small town academic to chief scientist

Chapter 101 There is something wrong with his thinking

After listening to Zhouyi's views on the ABC conjecture, Bill Carr said

He looked surprised. He didn't expect a 19-year-old boy to study Mochizuki Shinichi's thesis so thoroughly.

Not many people in the entire mathematical community understand Mochizuki's papers, especially Mochizuki's so-called IUT theory.

In other words, they are all skeptical.

Among them, Mochizuki Shinichi’s colleague Schultz reacted the most intensely.

"Then what is your attitude towards Mochizuki Shinichi's paper?"

Bill Carr asked this question for some reason.

Zhou Yi shook his head and said:

"I can't see right or wrong yet. I can only say that this person is amazing. It may take me another month to fully digest his paper."

?

Birkar slowly raised a question mark in his heart.

A month?

Could it be that this man is really a young genius?

Others haven't understood it after years of research, but you can figure it out in a month or two.

Zhou Yi saw Bill Carr's expression and realized that he had gone too far. The man in front of him was a Fields Medal winner.

So Zhou Yi said calmly:

"Actually, I'm more interested in Kepler's conjecture and Newton's problems that were born from it. It's just that it's temporarily stuck in a bottleneck. I believe it will be proven soon."

Birkar directly ignored Zhou Yi's words in his heart. From the conversation just now, it can be seen that this plainly dressed young man is indeed very talented.

It deserves Professor Milnor's praise, but the painting style is wrong.

How to study two conjectures at the same time, and they are both extremely difficult conjectures.

There is something wrong with this man's thinking.

Zhou Yi said this to pave the way for his subsequent publication of papers, so as to be as reasonable as possible.

Bill Carr thought for a while and said:

"Actually, even if you study Mochizuki Shinichi's paper thoroughly, it won't be very helpful in proving the ABC conjecture. And your research on Kepler's conjecture has already made some progress.

The proof of three dimensions is actually more sophisticated than some old professors who are immersed in this field. Instead of being too many and complicated, it is better to be less and more refined. Maybe Kepler's conjecture will really be solved. "

Zhou Yi could feel the sincerity of this Fields Medal winner and said lightly:

"Thank you for your advice. I wonder if you have anything to do with me?"

After discussing mathematics for so long, Zhou Yi finally remembered if this big boss had something to do with him.

Bill Carr said:

"We are planning to establish a Qiu Chengtong Applied Mathematics Research Center in Yuzhou. We are discussing with Academician Yang of Chongqing Normal University, the principal of your school and the leaders of the Education Bureau.

Now the director of the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Operations Research at Shuimu University is discussing with them. "

"Applied Mathematics Research Center?"

Zhou Yi was puzzled and said:

“Don’t we at Yuda have a municipal key applied mathematics research center?

Moreover, Chongqing Normal University also re-established the National Research Center for Applied Mathematics because of Yang.

It is higher than the level of Chongqing University. "

The game here is probably due to Academician Yang’s great contribution.

Therefore, the mathematics status of Chongqing University is quite embarrassing in Chongqing.

Although Yang is not an academician of the two academies, but an international academician, the word academician carries a different weight.

What's more, he is an academician of the International Academy of Scientific Research, composed of 36 member countries and international associations, and his gold content is no less than that of some people.

To put it in a harsher way, he is not an academician of the two academies because he has no sense of the world.

Bill Carr said:

"Whether it can happen or not is not certain, it depends on what Chongqing Normal University wants, but the main reason I am looking for you is to tell you that Mr. Qiu is going to accept you as his apprentice.

Professor Milnor from Princeton also wants to accept you as his apprentice and wants to ask you where to go to graduate school or directly get a PhD. "

Zhou Yi was confused when he heard this.

What?

Mr. Qiu and Professor Milno actually planned to accept him as their apprentice.

This is ridiculous, a fantasy?

Both of these are the world's top mathematics masters.

Not to mention Mirno, a triple winner, Qiu Chengtong is also a double winner, winner of five world-class mathematics medals, and his Calabi-Yau manifold is the basic concept of string theory in physics.

Although Mr. Yang remains skeptical about string theory.

Zhou Yi said dizzy:

"Boss, please sit down on the bench first. Let me think about it. The news comes too suddenly."

I originally thought that I would go to graduate school with Birkar, but I didn't expect that Mr. Qiu would personally accept me as his apprentice.

Of course it's no problem to follow Qiu, and it's no problem to go to Princeton for direct study. It's just a matter of choosing which one is more beneficial to you.

The only pressure for following Qiu is the pressure from Beijing University. The different schools of thought and the secret rivalry will definitely have some impact on his future.

Going to graduate school at Princeton basically didn’t have this kind of impact.

Birkar also asked people to check Zhouyi's information before he came, so he immediately said:

"Come to Shuimu Qiuzhen Academy and you will be directly awarded a living allowance of 200,000 yuan every year. Don't worry about the rest, it will be taken care of."

Zhou Yi looked at Bill Carr with a shocked face, and said with some disbelief:

"20W?"

"Please tell Mr. Qiu that it is my honor to be his student, Zhou Yi."

Zhou Yi said directly without thinking.

20W, Zhou Yi has never seen so much money in his life.

You can have so much money just by studying, so there is no reason not to go.

Princeton would not give Zhou Yi so much money.

Even if Princeton is indeed a top university, it is only 20W.

Bill Carr said:

"Mr. Qiu paid all this money out of his own pocket. Mr. Qiu also teamed up with many celebrities and companies to raise funds. He said that he wanted to narrow the gap with Harvard, because Harvard gives some outstanding graduate students a year-long 40,000 magnesium grant every year. ."

Zhouyi said:

"Please be sure to tell Teacher Qiu that I, Zhou Yi, will definitely not go to Princeton for graduate school."

Birkar smiled when he heard this and said:

"Well, it's settled then. I look forward to seeing you in Shuimu this September. I have to discuss matters at the Applied Mathematics Center, so I'll leave first."

Looking at Bill Carr leaving, Zhou Yi thought for a while, this Applied Mathematics Center is probably going to be cool.

Where is the best place to build it?

Chongqing University? Southwest Normal University or Chongqing Normal University?

It's all a problem.

Even if it is established, will anyone be willing to go?

The math teachers from the three schools wish they could all be established in their own schools.

Once you have achieved academic results, you can be considered as belonging to your own school.

After Birkar left, he took out his cell phone and called Mr. Qiu.

"Hello? Mr. Qiu."

"Well, it's me."

A strong voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I talked with Zhou Yi. His talent is indeed good, but there is something wrong with his thinking."

Bill Carr spoke his mind directly.

It was also the first time for Bill Carr to see a young man under 20 years old studying two world-class mathematical conjectures at the same time.

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