From small town academic to chief scientist

Although Zhou Yi's voice was small, the people around him heard it and looked at the people around Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi, Pierre Deligne, John Milnault, Jean-Pierre Serre, Yau Shing Tong, Andrew Wiles, Peter Schulz and others.

There are also two people, Gregory Margulies and John Griggs Thompson.

It has to be said that almost all the high mountains in the world of mathematics are on the Badaling Great Wall, and the C position for taking pictures can only be chosen from those few people.

But there is no doubt that the candidates in the first row are almost these people.

Everyone who was talking loudly suddenly stopped.

Deligne also knew the historical significance of this photo shoot and said:

"Well, I propose that the youngest Zhou Yi should stand in the C position. Zhou's geometry, Zhou's analytic method, and multiple extensions of Zhou's analytic method all undisputedly show that he is the first person in mathematics in the future.

Instead of me, an old man, standing in the C position, why not make way for the young people and convince everyone? "

Milno said immediately:

"I agree."

Qiu Chengtong also echoed:

"I have no objection."

Three math masters have said this, and it's hard for everyone to object directly.

However, they then thought that Zhou Yi's achievements in the future would definitely be earth-shattering, so they might as well be a favor and sell face to avoid being beaten up by Zhou Yi in the future.

At this time, Maynard and Harold Hoofgot also expressed:

"We agree too."

After a while, everyone said yes.

Zhou Yi was confused when he heard this.

ha? Have I become a C position?

Logically speaking, the C position should be Deligne.

Deligne said:

"Then let's put it in this order, Zhou Yi, John Milnor, Jean-Pierre Serre, Qiu Chengtong, Andrew Wiles, Peter Schulz, Gregory Margulis, John ·Griggs Thompson and the old man I’m in the first row,”

Not long after, Deligne was lined up.

Among those present, those who have not won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Medal, or the Abel Prize are not eligible to participate in the photo shoot, except, of course, the Book of Changes.

With Zhou Yi's current achievements, the achievements of some individual award winners are not comparable to Zhou Yi's.

Not long after, under the command of Deligne, everyone stood up. All the dozens of people were prominent figures in the field of mathematics.

In a solemn atmosphere and witnessed by countless media, the group photo of the Gechai report meeting was successfully taken.

Then each mathematician went on his own tour to take in the scenery of the Great Wall.

Deligne on the side said:

"In the future, it may be difficult to have so many mathematicians gather together to take pictures."

Milnor said:

"If Zhou Yi had solved a Millennium Problem, so many mathematicians could have gathered together. If the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study founded by Zhou Yi had become a global mathematics center,

There was also a chance to gather so many people again. "

"Then it might be difficult for us to see him."

Seer looked at the beautiful rivers and mountains, his eyes filled with endless nostalgia.

It is never a mathematical problem that defeats these proud mathematicians, but time, age, and the passing of life.

Deligne chuckled and said:

"Maybe we'll do it again in the second half of the year, maybe again next year."

In the evening, everyone had dinner together again, but this time everyone drank in moderation and tasted Daxia's delicacies with all their heart.

Many mathematicians have flights back home in the evening.

Zhou Yi sent a group of friends to the airport,

Before leaving, Milno said to Zhou Yi:

"I told the Federal Mathematical Society that the date for the Cole Number Theory Award has been moved up five days. Remember to come to the Federal Mathematical Society to receive the award."

Zhouyi said:

"Okay, thank you teacher for your help."

"Well, I'll see you later."

Not long after, Zhou Yi said goodbye to Deligne, Mirno, Purcell and others one by one.

Photos taken during the day are also circulating online.

Many official media outlets even forwarded Yangshi News, and even Zhou Yi posted a group photo on various social platforms.

[Professor Zhou’s card, the C position is actually Professor Zhou! 】

[One thing to say, shouldn’t the C positions be those super masters of mathematics? How did they become Professor Zhou? 】

[Inside information, I heard that several super math masters at the scene refused to accept the others, and finally unanimously decided that Professor Zhou would stand in the C position. 】

[Professor Zhou lies in C position. I'm sure this photo must be circulating wildly in the mathematics community and even academia. 】

[What’s more, Professor Zhou didn’t advertise. Is the scientific research assistant already well-known in China? 】

[Many people abroad know it, and many mathematicians are using it. 】

[I don’t know anyone above except Professor Zhou Qiu Chengtong, which is embarrassing. 】

[Upstairs, you are not alone, I am too, woo woo woo. I have witnessed Professor Zhou’s growth all the way. I never expected that I don’t recognize any of the people Professor Zhou has come into contact with now. 】

At this moment, Zhou Yi had returned to his room and began to check various information about Aerospace J, and combined it with Shannon's information.

Shannon's source coding theorem is an abstract study of the limits of data compression, that is, by analyzing how to code to achieve high-efficiency and high-reliability information transmission, without considering the specific properties of the physical system as the information carrier.

Zhou Yi can clearly discover Shannon's ideas and methods when he studied Kepler's conjecture.

These long-famous mathematical geniuses turned to applications, they are really kings, and so is Academician E Weinan.

"I can research this far just by relying on these methods, and I don't know what new system I can develop."

Zhou Yi murmured.

As the father of information theory, Shannon's historical status and influence are certainly of great significance.

The success of the Voyager deep space mission, the invention of the optical disk, the feasibility of mobile phone communications, the development of the Internet, the study of linguistics and human perception, and even the understanding of black holes and many other fields have had a very profound impact.

Seeing that it was late at night, Zhou Yi slowly fell asleep. There was too much information, so Zhou Yi had to take his time.

It cannot happen overnight.

The next day, Zhou Yi woke up as usual, had breakfast after his morning run and went to the office.

Zhou Yi looked at the time. Today happened to be Monday, and he needed to give a number theory class to the undergraduates at Shuimu University.

The current mathematical strength of Shuimu University, even if it does not include Zhouyi, is considered to be among the best in the country.

With the addition of two Philippine Prize winners, Shing Tong Yau and Bill Carr, as well as the participation of a number of international mathematics masters, its strength has long been different from what it used to be.

After class, Zhou Yi unexpectedly met someone, Shan Peng.

Zhouyi said:

"Professor Shan."

When Shan Peng saw Zhou Yi, he also greeted him and said:

"Professor Zhou, do you have your class today?"

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"That's right, I just finished the basic number theory class in the morning. This batch of students from Shuimu University are very talented."

Shan Peng said:

"We have indeed harvested a lot of good seedlings in recent years."

Zhou Yi and Shan Peng walked out of the teaching building. Zhou Yi said:

"Are you interested in coming to the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study in two years?"

Shan Peng was a little surprised and said:

"Um?"

"Isn't this a shortage of people? A research institute cannot rely on me alone. I plan to also contact Liu Gang and Ding Jian, and also invite some foreign friends or Chinese mathematicians abroad."

Zhou Yi said.

Shan Peng was originally from the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center of Shuimu University. Now Zhou Yi's sudden invitation caught her off guard.

"Yuzhou? It's a bit sudden. Let me think about it, isn't it still two years away? I'll think about it more."

Shan Peng said.

Zhouyi said:

"good."

Not long after, Zhou Yi separated from Shan Peng.

Zhou Yi whispered to Peony:

"Send Shan Peng's personal information to me again, and read the papers she published."

A voice immediately sounded from the headphones on Zhou Yi's ears:

"Shan Peng is a professor at the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center of Shuimu University. He is engaged in research in the direction of geometric representation theory.

Obtained his PhD from the University of Paris VII in 2011. After graduation, he worked at the French National Center for Scientific Research as an associate researcher. He also conducted research at the University of Caen, MIT, and the University of Paris South.

At the end of 2017, I returned to work at Shuimu University full-time.

He has won the Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award and the ICCM Mathematics Award Silver Award. In 2022, he was invited to give a 45-minute report at the World Congress of Mathematicians (ICM).

He also serves as an editorial board member of "J. Algebra" and has published many high-level academic papers in top mathematics magazines such as J. Amer. Math. Soc., Invent. Math., Duke Math. J., Adv. Math., etc. "

Zhou Yi sighed:

"You have to trick me into coming to the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, and Ding Jian, none of them can escape."

If these young talents join, Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies will not only have more young masters of mathematics, but also ensure that there will be no gaps in the next few decades.

The mathematics tycoons currently joining Shuimu University are all elderly people. How many years can they serve?

Thirty years at most.

And these young people in their thirties can serve for at least sixty years.

In sixty years, many things will become obsolete. Only things like mathematics will not become obsolete, and the impact they bring will be incomparable.

This is why Zhou Yi is very eager to recruit young talents.

As Zhou Yi walked, he thought about what other foreign talents could be tapped.

As soon as Zhou Yi returned to the office, Zhou Yi heard several of his apprentices discussing Xu Chenyang.

Zhou Yi slapped his forehead and then remembered that he had a fellow student in Princeton.

Isn't it Xu Chenyang?

He is a native of Yuzhou.

When he was popular and left, I could poach him back.

Wonderful!

By then, in Yuzhou, with the support of the central court and local government, it may not be possible to make a difference.

Zhou Yi also had frequent contact with Xu Chengyang at Princeton, and even invited him to his home to have hot pot, so it must be feasible to poach him.

As for the identity of the golden generation of Shangjing University, the grudges between the School of Mathematics of Shangjing University and Teacher Qiu, those are the affairs of the previous generation and have nothing to do with them.

This time the Cole Prize for Number Theory was held at Princeton University, and Zhou Yi felt it was an opportunity.

After several students saw Zhou Yi coming back, they stopped talking, but their expressions were still visibly excited.

After all, yesterday I met many big names in mathematics and met many foreign master's and doctoral students. My network and horizons have been greatly improved.

Zheng Keyu on the side said:

"Teacher, Shen Yiyu is coming. His graduation thesis has been submitted. I heard from my junior sister that their school has given the green light to all the trivial matters, so she wants to ask about the dormitory."

After listening to this, Zhou Yi said:

"Are you sharing a dormitory with Chu Li and the others?"

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he looked at Chu Li and Bai Yuting.

Chu Li said:

"Okay, we also want to share a dormitory with our junior sister."

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"That's it. For other trivial matters, please contact the person specifically responsible for this matter."

Zheng Keyu said:

"OK."

Zhou Yi was also very curious about this student who was admitted to Shuimu University from junior college to undergraduate.

How much ability does this take?

While Zhou Yi continued to browse information about information theory, a call came into Zhou Yi's mobile phone.

Zhou Yi took the phone and said:

"Hello."

"Hello, Zhou Yi, I'm Cao De."

A voice rang at the other end of the phone.

Zhouyi said:

"Ouch, it turns out to be Academician Cao, what's the matter?"

Cao De said excitedly:

"Good news. Traffic B is going to use a new type of asphalt and let it be used on highways across the country. They are going to reward you one million. In addition, the patent fee will be paid to you at 0.1%, which is about 100 million."

Zhou Yi said with a shocked look:

"How much?"

Cao De emphasized:

"One hundred million. The higher-ups feel they have treated you badly, and there will be additional compensation later."

Zhouyi:...

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment. One hundred million, a small goal can be achieved so easily?

It's only been less than three months.

Cao De on the phone said:

"Not only the asphalt project, but the previous power grid has also saved the country tens of billions. If you pay a patent fee of 0.1%, it will also be 10 million."

Zhou Yi looked numb. It turns out that making money is so easy.

I think back in those days, when Zhou Yi was delivering couriers all over the floor for money, it was like killing people and dogs.

I feel like I have nowhere to spend this money now.

"And there's good news."

Cao De took a breath and said,

"Overseas, Pakistan and other small Asian and African countries are ready to buy your asphalt patent. It is preliminary estimated that the money in your hands will exceed 1 billion. This is just the asphalt patent.

Because the power grid profession has also been discovered by other countries, the whole world is preparing to purchase power grid patents. It is initially estimated that hundreds of millions of patent fees will be generated. "

Zhouyi:...

This accidentally leads to wealth and freedom.

Before Cao De could finish speaking, the voice on the other end of the phone kept saying:

"The main reason is that the asphalt road at Oumei is already good. We just broke through a stuck technology, so we can't sell it to Oumei, otherwise we will make more money.

But just the two continents of Asia and Africa are enough for us to eat. "

Zhou Yi was puzzled and said:

“Why don’t countries in Africa and Asia buy OMG’s patent?”

Cao De smiled and said:

“Because our prices are lower and more durable than their asphalt, they are not competitive with us at all, and Tsarist Russia is also preparing to purchase our asphalt patents.

They have a large land area, and our asphalt can not deform at low temperatures. It may be a big business by then. "

Zhou Yi had heard that various stuck technology patents could make money before, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable.

Unfortunately, this deal is a one-time deal, and the next one may have to wait decades later.

Unless there is a war in those countries and the roads are damaged, it will be possible to continue selling them, otherwise it will be very difficult.

The same goes for the power grid, which is basically a one-time deal.

Unless the power grid is updated later, someone needs to be found to rebuild the mathematical model. However, after the paper is published, it is expected that it can be renovated and reused based on the level of applied mathematicians in other countries.

Zhouyi said:

"Thank you, Academician Cao, for your call. I've really made a fortune this time. It's not my fault that I don't know how to patent asphalt roads and power grid patents. I don't think I can get so much money by myself, right?"

Academician Cao De said:

"Our team gets 0.05%. It doesn't matter whether we have money or not. What's important is that we can get promoted and get what we want because of these skills, and contribute to the country, which is what scholars of our generation should do. "

Zhou Yi was silent, and along the way, people from the older generation, such as Academician Cao, Teacher Tang, Mu Yuan, etc., were all people with feelings of family and country.

Some are trying to break through stuck technologies for the country, while others are sparing no effort to cultivate talents for the country.

"It's a pity that we didn't have time to come that night. It's a pity that we couldn't witness another achievement of yours in mathematics."

Cao De sighed.

After all, Academician Cao also studied mathematics, but he switched to applied mathematics only in response to the needs of the country. The same is true for Academician E Weinan.

Zhouyi said:

"My field of mathematics will not stop here. I will send you a special invitation next time, so don't regret it."

"Haha, I'm waiting for your invitation."

Academician Cao smiled.

After Zhou Yi hung up the phone, the five students looked blank.

Oh my god, they heard the content of the phone call word for word.

I thought my teacher was only so good at mathematics and artificial intelligence, but I didn't expect that he was also involved in other aspects.

Do you want to be so perverted? My teacher is only 19 years old. Not only is he young and mature, but he is also very calm.

That's more than one billion dollars in money and wealth.

Zhou Yi glanced at them and said nonchalantly:

"I, Zhou Yi, are not interested in money. It's just a small amount. When your math foundation reaches a certain level, you can make so much money. Study with me, Zhou Yi, and you must have this kind of confidence."

Chicken Soup Zhouyi was just poured out casually. Unless all of these apprentices learned pure mathematics, they would make a lot of money in the future.

Three of the five disciples were very excited, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and said:

"We will work hard."

"Do you think Zhou's geometry is still difficult now? Is Zhou's analytical method still difficult?"

Zhou Yi said lightly.

"Disaster!"

This time, five people said in unison.

Zhou Yi Lenghan, please don't be so direct.

"I'm going to Princeton University to receive the award later. Are you going?"

Zhou Yi glanced at them and said,

"It will take about five days. Apart from receiving the award, I have other things to do."

The eyes of the five people were shining. They also wanted to go to Princeton University, but then they seemed to have made a decision. They all shook their heads and said:

"We are not going to go. In five days, we can read one or two more pages of the paper. Although you are the teacher to show off in person, you always tell us,

If you have time to watch others show off, you might as well use this time to improve yourself and give yourself the opportunity to show off earlier. "

Zhouyi:? .

"Did I say that?"

"Ahem, I told you that you were telling us a few days after we arrived."

Zhouyi:...

Originally, he wanted to take them out to learn more, but Zhou Yi felt very pleased to see his apprentice being so obedient and working hard.

"Okay, that's it. My senior sister Xiao Wanyi has a relatively deep understanding of Zhou's analysis method. You can go ask her for advice while I'm away."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he continued to read the literature. Reforming a world-class transformative technology is not a matter of a day or two.