From small town academic to chief scientist

Birkar talked with Yau for a while, and Yau said on the other end of the phone:

"Young people, it's normal to be frivolous at a young age, not to mention that you have so many honors, and you published four major journals at the age of 19. It's normal to be a little arrogant. Just give me some advice after you come here."

Qiu obviously does not agree with studying two conjectures at the same time, but should focus on one direction.

Make results first and then talk.

After Birkar talked with Yau for a while, he hung up the phone.

Zhou Yi looked at the time at this moment and found that it was still early, so he continued to go to the library.

It wasn't until the afternoon, after Xia Xue also came for a while, that Zhou Yi said to Xia Xue:

"Have a meal."

In the cafeteria, Zhou Yi told Xia Xue what had just happened while eating, but Xia Xue said nothing while eating.

Until Zhouyi said:

"Going home on March 31st? Can you take a look at this year's peonies while offering incense?"

Only then did Xia Xue's eyes emit a ray of light,

"Um."

On Qingming Festival, there is no big event in the Book of Changes. I will definitely go back to worship my ancestors.

Just when Zhou Yi and Xia Xue returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors,

"Annals of Mathematics" is released as scheduled,

A paper titled "Proof of the Unification of 'Lattice Type' Newtonian Problems in 5-, 6-, and 7-Dimensional Spaces" caused a sensation in the entire Daxia mathematics circle.

It is really a big news in the mathematics circle that scholars from Daxia Kingdom have published independently in the four major journals.

As we all know, the total number of papers published by the entire Daxia Kingdom in the four major journals does not exceed fifty.

This shows how difficult it is.

The most shocking thing is that this paper was published by a sophomore undergraduate student at Chongqing University.

When many university professors were thinking about mathematics competitions, Miao Lai actively contacted various schools. Now it seems that Chongqing University really has a good idea.

This paper alone is more than enough to be a professor in a university.

International Mathematics Research Center of Shanghai University,

Professor Li looked at the paper in his hand with disbelief in his eyes.

"Is this the undergraduate I want to test? He actually proved the three-dimensional lattice-type Newton problem by himself. What an exquisite proof method.

Forget it, I just told Miao, don’t take the test anymore, come directly to my postgraduate studies, maybe you can really solve Hilbert’s 18th question. "

Is this still a test?

Even if he puts a hammer to the test, he himself has not been able to publish a single article in the four major journals.

The reason why they want to test is nothing more than wanting Yuda to bow to them.

Academician Tian Zhen and Professor Zong Ming, both at Beijing University, were amazed after seeing it.

Especially Professor Zong Ming, who studies this direction,

"Lao Tian, ​​why don't we recruit this person to come to Beijing University? In order to avoid being overtaken by Shuimu University, with such a talent, he may not be able to win the Fields Medal in the future."

Academician Tian Zhen said:

"Professor Li, didn't Miao Lai ask you to accept this student as your apprentice? Hurry up and send a message saying that we want to go to Beijing University and we will definitely use the best resources to train him."

Professor Li Wei said:

"The deans of several colleges have contacted many people before. It may be a little late for us to contact them now."

Academician Tian Zhen smiled and said:

"There should be very few schools in the country that would refuse our invitation. You should contact us first."

The Mathematics Department of Beijing University is the largest mountain and the largest school of thought in China.

Obviously, in their eyes, they did not think that Chongqing University had the courage and confidence to reject them.

And they are also very attentive in educating students.

Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Professor Tian Shi also looked at this paper in shock.

This was actually written by an undergraduate student. I thought it was a student from Chongqing University who had chosen his own project, but I didn’t expect it to be exactly what Miao Lai said.

Truly a young genius.

I said before that I wanted to be tested, but I didn’t want to accept a second-generation academic.

But after reading this paper, this idea has disappeared without a trace.

No second-generation student can publish such a top-notch journal, not even their parents.

Xiang Wuyi, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is also an expert in the field of Kepler's conjecture.

At the end of the 20th century, he once claimed to have proved Kepler's conjecture, but he later gave up when he was found to be wrong.

When Xiang Yi saw this paper, he thought it was researched by some old guy from Daxia Kingdom.

It turned out to be a sophomore undergraduate student from an unknown university.

Is domestic mathematics education so good now?

After reading this paper, Professor Xiang Yi said directly to his doctoral students:

"Xiao Wang, go and ask someone from the admissions office to send an offer to Zhou Yi, a sophomore undergraduate at Yuzhou University in Daxia, and ask him to come to me for a direct PhD. We can study Kepler's conjecture together. Maybe we can get it done in a year or two. It’s completely proven within.”

Professor Xiang Yi was obviously excited when he said this.

It has been twenty-seven years since the paper was published in 1990 and was considered wrong by his peers in 1995. Finally, he saw a glimmer of light.

Interestingly, it was Hales who pointed out that Professor Xiang Yi's proof was wrong.

The results that Hales proved using computers were considered unreliable by Princeton professor Conway.

Therefore, Kepler's conjecture has not been completely proven.

Miu Lai, who was in the office at the moment, never stopped calling.

Miu Lai replied to Professor Tian Shi:

"Zhou Yi plans to go to Shuimu University to study with Mr. Qiu. I really appreciate your invitation. On behalf of our School of Mathematics at Chongqing University and on behalf of Zhou Yi, I would like to express my gratitude."

"Ah, Mr. Qiu personally accepts an undergraduate as a disciple. It's really rare. At first, I thought he was a second-generation student from your Chongqing University. It turns out that he really has a good talent. I was superficial. It's a pity."

Just as I hung up the phone, Shangjing University called again.

"Dean Miao Lai? I'm Li Wei."

The other end of the phone said calmly.

"Oh, Professor Li, what's the matter?"

Miao Lai also replied in a neutral tone.

"Is that student you mentioned before Zhou Yi? We decided to let him come to Beijing University for further studies."

Miu Lai said calmly:

"It's a pity. Mr. Qiu asked Professor Birkar to come to Chongqing University to accept Zhou Yi as his apprentice. Zhou Yi himself agreed. Thank you very much for your kindness in going to Beijing University."

After Li Wei heard that Qiu Chengtong personally accepted Zhou Yi as his disciple, he stopped talking and said calmly:

"That's a pity indeed, so be it, excuse me."

After saying that, he hung up.

Qiu Chengtong personally accepted disciples, and no one would refuse.

After hanging up the phone at Beijing University, the call from Meiguo came again and never stopped.

All are famous mathematics professors.

Miao Lai thought about how he had begged famous teachers from various schools to accept Zhou Yi as a graduate student, but now professors from various schools have personally called to accept Zhou Yi as a disciple.

The two-level reversal made Miao Lai extremely happy.

When did our School of Mathematics at Chongqing University become so prosperous and have so many world-class schools call me? This is the first time in my life.

At first you were indifferent, but now you are too high for me.