From small town academic to chief scientist

The most excited people in the country are the leaders of Chongqing University and the leaders of several departments.

Principal Zhang is currently convening an important speech by the entire Chongqing University leadership.

"We also have a clear understanding of the results of Zhouyi, and have made great achievements in the direction of mathematics. Such talents are of great significance to the future development of our Chongqing University.

Therefore, we suggest that several of our academicians at Chongqing University jointly seek instructions from above to apply for a top-notch young talent for Zhou Yi. "

The dozen or so people in the conference room were somewhat silent, and one of them said:

"Is it possible? This is not to deny Zhou Yi's achievements. The key point is that he is only 18 years old. After we apply, will we be rejected? Online public opinion is also a big factor. Will some people from Beijing University object? We have no idea about these. .”

"You have to give it a try. Contact Mr. Qiu. He is very close to Academician Yang Le. It should be no problem if three or four academicians jointly sign on."

Principal Zhang also thought about it and realized that there must be resistance, but there is also an opportunity to do it at a high cost.

Vice President Li Xiao, who is also an academician of the Academy of Engineering, said:

"Just invest in an academician in advance, invest in Daxia's first Fields Medal winner, and maybe he can be invited back to teach. Even if he doesn't come back to teach, this trace of incense will still be retained, which will be more beneficial to us. Cons."

Principal Zhang said:

"Okay, let's make this decision. Try to get it done before Zhou Yi goes to Shuimu University. Special matters will be handled specially."

Zhou Yi has woken up at this moment and is replying to Xia Xuefa’s congratulatory message.

After processing everyone's news, Zhou Yi began to prepare to go to the canteen, first paying homage to his five internal organs temple.

In the special canteen, Zhou Yi saw Schultz again.

"Hey, Zhou, it's such a fate that we meet again."

Schultz greeted warmly.

Zhou Yi also replied enthusiastically:

"Yeah, which direction are you going to listen to the math report on?"

There are about two hundred people giving lectures in the entire ICM, and many of them are in the direction of geometry, algebra, and number theory.

They were invited to participate in a conference of this level and are basically at the forefront of the world in their respective fields.

They are also mathematical stars in their respective fields.

It is necessary to listen.

Schultz said:

"Some reports on number theory and algebra. What about you?"

Zhouyi said:

"It's also a report on number theory or algebra."

The two nodded, and then discussed their respective opinions on the ABC conjecture.

We talked about it until the afternoon, and two 45-minute number theory reports were about to begin. At this time, Tian Shi found that Zhou Yi was also in the report room, and connected the microphone directly.

This one is a report by Raphael Bozart-Plessis from the University of Aix-Marseille, France.

New insights into the relative trace formula and the Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture.

Zhou Yi didn’t know much about this conjecture.

But Professor Tian Shi, who was attending the class together, knew a lot. While listening, he said to Zhou Yi:

"The high-level Gan Gross Proud conjecture was proved by Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei, the golden generation of Beijing University. Their equation connected two quantities in number theory and geometry. The geometry side and Hodge in algebraic geometry Guess it's related,

The number theory side is related to the Riemann Zeta function in the Riemann hypothesis. This equation itself can be regarded as some expansion under the BSD conjecture framework. "

Tian Shi is doing BSD conjecture, so he knows it very well.

Zhou Yi also knows that Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei were once praised by many people as the most promising mathematical geniuses to win the Fields Medal.

It's a pity that it's still a little bit behind after all.

Among the golden generation of Beijing University, many talents have indeed emerged, and they have also won many major awards in the field of mathematics.

The School of Mathematics at Beijing University ranks first in the country, and it is worthy of its reputation. There is no doubt about it.

But the future is hard to say.

Tian Shi continued to say:

"In fact, this equation is related to the Hodge Hypothesis, Riemann Hypothesis, and BSD Hypothesis. It is widely used. This French mathematician seems to have made a new discovery."

Zhou Yi nodded and listened silently.

It has to be said that the people who can be invited to participate in the report conference are basically the best in the industry.

At least it opened up Zhou Yi's horizons greatly. Maybe he can study their papers carefully when he goes back and find some useful tools to help him prove the ABC conjecture.

And the French mathematician's content helped further develop the emerging Langlands programme.

This also made Zhou Yi more convinced of the connection between geometry, number theory, and algebra.

This kind of result may not be used by Zhou Yi for the time being, but it may be a useful tool one day in the future.

Another session was held by Anna Karajani from Imperial College London, which was about cohomology and its applications of Shimura variants with torsion coefficients.

Zhou Yi listened for a long time and finally understood something.

Probably the central idea is that Shimura variants are certain highly symmetric algebraic variants that generalize modular curves and play an important role in Langlands programming.

Anna Karajani will investigate certain disappearing conjectures and results about the cohomology of Shimura varieties with torsion coefficients under conditions of local and global representation theory. A toy model of a modular curve is used to illustrate the geometric components required to establish these results.

Among them, the boss of Imperial College also used the program. It seems that modern mathematics and computers are very closely connected.

Zhou Yi felt that if his math level hadn't exceeded LV2 and he had laid a very solid foundation in the early stages, these meetings might have sounded like he only knew a little bit about it.

After listening to the afternoon report, Zhou Yi sorted out the results and asked if there were any methods that could be used to prove the ABC conjecture.

At the dinner party in the evening, Academician E said to Zhou Yi:

"Book of Changes, don't be in a hurry to go back. There are many reports on the cutting-edge of today's mathematics at the four-year conference, which are worth listening to.

Perhaps a report in another field will one day become a sharp sword in your hand, cutting through some confusing questions. "

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"good."

“And there aren’t many opportunities to interact with other top mathematicians, so this is an excellent opportunity.”

Academician E said in a calm tone.

Zhou Yi originally wanted Academician Hubei to contact the airport and book a flight in advance so that he could return home early.

Because the rice at home is about to ripen, and if I don’t go back to help harvest the rice, my grandparents will have to harvest it. In the deep mountains, harvesting machines cannot enter.

Coupled with the extremely hot summer this year, Zhou Yi was afraid of something happening.

But after Zhou Yi listened to Academician Hubei's suggestion, he finally decided to let his grandparents collect it together when he returned.

The meeting ended on July 14th. Zhou Yi looked at the schedule and found that there was no speech on number theory on the 12th.

On July 13, a lecture on number theory was given by someone from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

As for the report on the progress of the BSD conjecture, Zhou Yi decided to go back on the 12th. Regarding the report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at that time point, you can watch it directly online.

After making the decision, Zhou Yi said to Academician Hubei:

"Academician Hubei, I want to go back on the 12th. As for the subsequent reports, I will listen to them online, and I will transfer the air ticket money to you."

Academician E was stunned and said:

"Okay, there is no need to pay for the air tickets. These are all reimbursed by the higher-ups. To participate in this kind of conference, you don't need to pay for it yourself. If the higher-ups don't pay, Chongqing University will reimburse you."

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"good."

In the following time, Zhou Yi listened to reports on algebra and number theory as planned. If the time was repeated, he would listen to reports on number theory and algebra first.

As for the report on the algebra direction that I missed, I will listen to the replay in the room at night.

At the same time node, in different conference rooms, there may be multiple reports with different directions.

Sometimes Zhou Yi would also listen to some reports on geometric directions.

This conference has greatly improved Zhou Yi, whose eyes were limited to Kepler's conjecture and ABC conjecture.

After a few days, the harvest was very good. Zhou Yi has asked Mudan to find the papers of the last three people who gave lectures on number theory, algebra and geometry at IMC.

These papers all added up to one or two thousand pages, which gave Zhou Yi a huge headache.

It will probably take a lot of time to finish reading it completely, and it will take at least one summer vacation to finish it.

But the good news is that among these papers, there may be mathematical tools that Zhou Yi needs to use to overcome the ABC conjecture.

These tools cannot play a decisive role, but they can do some auxiliary work.

Scientific research is to build on the results of predecessors and then advance.

After Zhou Yi said goodbye to Schultz, Terence Tao, IMU President Carlos Koenig, and the mathematicians from Bactria,

I boarded the plane to Yuzhou Airport.

This time I gained a lot,

But the mission is not yet complete.

Three tasks, none completed.

"The Proof of Kepler's Conjecture" has been published in the "Journal of the Chinese Mathematical Society".

The "Proof of Newton's Problem" has also been published in "New Advances in Mathematics" and was reviewed and published by Faltings himself.

Therefore, there is still one article in the top journal of "Acta Mathematica" to fully complete task one.

Task two is to prove a world-class conjecture on your own. Up to now, I only have an idea for the ABC conjecture from the Book of Changes.

Whether this is feasible or not remains to be studied.

The last task three is to read the book list issued by the system. During this period, I have been busy listening to the reports of various mathematics masters, and I have also been delayed.

But there is progress. Without going to IMC, could the two papers of Zhou Yi be published in such a short time?

Don’t wait years for it to finally be published.

Professor Xiang Yi's paper and Hales' paper had been quarreling in the mathematics community for several years. It was Zhouyi's turn, and if it hadn't been for Qiu Chengtong's strong recommendation and coincident with this International Congress of Mathematicians, as well as the previous Newton's lattice 567-dimensional The preparation for the proof is estimated to start in three years.

So Zhou Yi clearly knew that there was help from his future teacher Mr. Qiu, a bit of luck, and his own previous foreshadowing.

The time, place, and people are favorable, and you have the right time, place, and people.

Looking at the white clouds outside the airplane window, Zhou Yi opened his tablet and looked at the books on his tablet. It would be difficult to pass seven or eight hours without reading some books.

PS: Please give me monthly tickets and full reservations.

Thanks to Tata for the 1,500-point reward for going to dinner, and thanks to the book friend **** for the 100-point reward.