From small town academic to chief scientist

The so-called rumors will most likely spread that Master Qiu is robbing someone's achievements again.

A top math expert actually peeked into other people's math results.

It’s still a big mathematical conjecture like the twin prime conjecture.

By then, not only will the mathematics world be in turmoil, but many marketing accounts may also start to take the lead.

Mr. Zhang Yitang's original Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is an example. The exaggerated marketing account directly said that Mr. Zhang Yitang proved the Riemann Hypothesis.

The key is that these marketing accounts don’t even know what the Riemann Hypothesis is.

Qiu Chengtong asked again:

"Where are you now? If it doesn't work, just give up on this subject. It seems that you have been busy with other things during this time. Anyway, I am the only one who knows about this subject, and no outsiders should know about it."

Zhou Yi felt warm in his heart, knowing that Qiu Chengtong cared about him, and said:

"The progress is relatively smooth. There should be no problems within a month."

Qiu Chengtong said:

"They have been studying this topic for many years. With the advent of your Zhou analysis method, others have also studied it thoroughly, so I think you should hurry up."

Zhouyi said:

"Okay, Teacher Qiu, thank you."

"What can we say between us? Thank you. Come on."

After Qiu Chengtong finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi also agreed with his teacher's words.

People who study number theory are the smartest people in the world. Even if they are slow to analyze the Zhouyi analysis method, they have studied it thoroughly after more than a year.

It is possible that many number theory problems will explode in a spurt.

Maynard and Harold Hoefgot had only provided a beginning.

Zhou Yi directly logged into arxiv and checked the papers of Will Savin and Mark Shusterman. Zhou Yi also learned a lot about finite field methods.

In the 1940s, the famous French mathematician Andre Weil invented a method that could accurately convert arithmetic in small number systems into integer arithmetic. This discovery incorporated the concept of finite fields into out of public view.

In the setting of finite fields, some knowledge from geometry can be used to answer questions about numbers.

This is a unique property of finite fields, and many problems have been answered by restating them in this geometric way.

This Weil was the great mathematician who proposed the Weil conjecture. He proposed several Weil conjectures.

Later, it was proved by Bernard Dwork, Alexander Grothendieck and Pierre Deligne that there is also a Riemann Hypothesis of the sum function field.

He also established a good foundation for algebraic geometry and discovered the Weil representation, which Segal and Shale had previously introduced into quantum mechanics. It provided a good framework for understanding the classical theory of quadratic forms.

So when Zhou Yi heard about finite fields, he already had a strong hunch that it would be the right idea.

Because Zhou Yi also knew this method very well, he had studied it carefully in order to understand the proof process of Kepler's conjecture.

The life experience of Wei Yi, the big boss, is also very legendary.

Compared with Zhou Yi himself, Zhou Yi found it difficult.

Many great mathematicians experienced a lot of hardships and even life-threatening situations when they were young.

Such as Alexander Grothendieck and 2018 Philippine Prize winner Bill Carr.

Regarding Weil, he was born in Paris, studied in Paris, Rome and Göttingen, and received his doctorate in 1928.

Weil, a Jew and conscientious objector, fled France to Finland after the outbreak of World War II.

His autobiography confirms the famous anecdote that he was arrested in Finland on suspicion of espionage and was saved from execution only by the intervention of Rolf Nemarina.

After the war, Weil went to America, taught at the University of Chicago, and then settled down at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Zhou Yi was really surprised after reading their paper on arxiv.

His understanding of Zhou's analytical method is very profound, and he is even proficient in it. Although the new tools he created are immature, with Zhou Yi's mathematical intuition, he feels that they are right and workable.

Zhou Yi sighed:

“This idea is really tempting, and I want to steal their idea.

However, it is not impossible to prove the twin prime number conjecture from another direction. The ultimate use of the sieve method and the circle method, coupled with Zhou's analytical method, may also be able to prove it.

After reading their thoughts, my thinking became much smoother. "

For several days, Zhou Yi has been studying a new combination of the sieve method, the circle method and Zhou's analysis method. When eating, he will be reminded by Mudan to go out to eat with Xia Xue.

Or sometimes Xia Xue would take the initiative to come to Zhou Yi's apartment to cook for Zhou Yi.

Seeing Zhou Yi's draft paper all over the floor, Xia Xue was also very helpless.

After carefully sorting it out for Zhou Yi, he said softly:

"Brother Yi, what do you want to eat tonight?"

Zhou Yi took the pen and said while writing:

"Shredded pork with green pepper or braised pork ribs, both will do."

Not long after, Xia Xue simply fried a piece of shredded pork with green pepper, and then said:

"There are no ribs in the refrigerator, so I'll just make do with it tonight. I'll buy some ribs tomorrow."

Not long after, Zhou Yi ate heavily and said:

"Haha, Xue'er's skills are getting better and better."

Xia Xuejiao glanced angrily, and then said:

"Eat well and go to bed early tonight. I have to go to receive the award tomorrow. So many media and reporters don't want to expose me like this."

Zhou Yi touched his dark beard and said:

"Hehe, as long as Xue'er doesn't dislike it, I don't care what other people think."

"I just know how to talk a lot. Eat quickly. After eating, I still have to write a paper."

Xia Xuemei said very gently with a smile in her eyes.

Zhou Yi seemed to have remembered something and asked while eating:

"How is the promotion of Daxia culture on Scientific Research Assistant? I haven't paid attention to it for a long time."

Xia Xue said:

"It's not bad. At least now young people are happy to see the revival of our excellent traditional culture. Our national cultural confidence is rising, and society's acceptance of Hanfu is also increasing day by day."

Zhouyi said:

"Don't you want to organize some Hanfu exhibition or activities on the Research Assistant, or promote some excellent traditional articles every day?"

Xia Xue said:

"Preparations are underway. I will also be preparing to wear Hanfu at exhibitions and events."

After saying this, Xia Xue looked straight at Zhou Yi, fearing that Zhou Yi would disagree.

Zhouyi said:

"Well, then Xue'er has to be well prepared."

The two chatted while eating.

After washing the dishes, Zhou Yi sent Xia Xue to the office, then returned to the apartment and continued to have sex.

As for receiving the award the next day, hanging up your beard and washing your hair the next day is a sign of respect for them.

Schultz directly rejected the New Horizons Award in Mathematics. Zhou Yi wouldn't have bothered to accept it if he hadn't seen that the Mathematics Breakthrough Award came with three million magnesium gold.

This award has only been established for a short period of time, and its gold content is slightly inferior. However, if you are not good enough in mathematics or strong enough, you will not be able to win it if you are not a star player in a certain field.

Speaking of this award, Zhou Yi also knows some of the stories in it. The golden generation of Beijing University said that doing mathematics is not for winning awards.

Then when the New Horizons Prize in Mathematics was awarded to them, they rushed to get it.

He said no, but his body was still very honest.

When they return to China, these awards will be their qualifications. When the time comes, coupled with the connections at Beijing University, there is still great hope for being named an academician.

Zhou Yi thought that he would have to work with them in the future, so these things became rotten in his stomach.

At any rate, Xu Chengyang and Zhang Wei are willing to come to the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study. Why not have the institute have two more academicians?

The next day, Zhou Yi hung up his beard, washed his hair, cooked a hard-boiled egg, ate some bread, drank some milk, and then headed to Lecture Hall No. 1 of Shuimu University with a stack of information.

Before reaching the lecture hall, there were countless students, self-media and official reporters taking photos of Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi has become accustomed to it. Every day at Shuimu University, there will be people secretly filming him, either openly or covertly.

Some people directly approached Zhou Yi to ask for autographs or photos.

Zhouyi is now a walking traffic star. If he comes with some melons or big news, he will be top traffic.

Traffic is money, so anyone who wants to make money will not struggle with traffic.

Zhou Yi doesn’t know how many marketing accounts and self-media accounts he supports alone.

Just the mathematical conjectures proved by Zhou Yi are still being popularized by some people.

If Zhou Yi hadn't made an official announcement before and went to war for Xia Xue, I don't know how many girls would have thrown themselves into his arms.

Girls who are bolder and more open-minded may even forcefully hug and kiss Zhou Yi.

When he arrived at the lecture hall, Zhou Yi saw many acquaintances from the mathematics community.

"Professor Zhou, we meet again."

Many people said hello, and Qiu Chengtong was already talking to many people.

As one of the top figures in the world of mathematics, there must be many people who want to communicate with him.

What Zhou Yi didn't expect was that Xu Chengyang also came back.

At this time Xu Chengyang said:

"Hey, you didn't expect that I'm back."

Zhou Yi said with some surprise:

"You're actually back. Why don't you stay at Princeton for a few more years?"

Xu Chengyang said:

"I just came back to have fun, relax, and come back to inquire about the situation in the country."

Zhouyi:...

"The Mathematics Breakthrough Award is worth 3 million magnesium gold, and the Mathematics New Horizons Award is worth 100,000 magnesium gold. Professor Zhou has made a fortune."

Xu Chengyang sighed.

Zhou Yi laughed and said:

"good."

Not long after, the host this time had already taken the stage.

Zhou Yi saw that this was Teacher Ma who was not interested in money.

Xu Chengyang said:

"The 'Scientific Breakthrough Prize' was founded in 2012 by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and his wife, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife, Alibaba Group founder Mr. Ma and his wife, and Facebook co-founder Established jointly by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Apple Chairman Arthur Levinson and other well-known industrialists,

It aims to recognize the research achievements of the world's top physical, mathematical and life scientists. So Teacher Ma is the host of this event held in Daxia Kingdom. "

Not long after, Teacher Ma started reading on it,

"Due to some reasons last year, we were unable to hold the Scientific Breakthrough Award last year and kept everyone waiting. This time, we will award it together in 2022 and 23."

Soon there was applause,

Teacher Ma took the microphone and said:

"The first award is the Mathematics Breakthrough Award. There are two people this time. One is Professor Zhou Yi from Shuimu University in Daxia, in recognition of his amazing achievements in Hilbert's 18th question and number theory;

At the same time, I have been friends with Professor Zhou Yi for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to make friends because Professor Zhou Yi is too busy. Today the opportunity is in front of me, and I must seize it. "

"Invite Professor Zhou."

Not long after, Zhou Yi stepped onto the high platform, and the assistant on the side began to elaborate on Zhou Yi's achievements. After finishing speaking, Teacher Ma said:

"Today, we are not only awarding the Mathematics Breakthrough Award to Professor Zhou Yi, but also the Mathematics New Horizons Award."

Winning two awards at the same time, everyone present could not help but sigh. It was indeed Professor Zhou, and he really had a lot of cards.

Regarding the Breakthrough Award and the New Horizons Award, the New Horizons Award is more like a subsidiary of the Breakthrough Award, but I have never heard of anyone winning two at the same time.

If Zhou Yi's achievements in mathematics were not too exaggerated, he might not have received this kind of treatment.

Zhou Yi simply said:

"Thanks."

Then he cooperated with Teacher Ma to take photos, and many people in the audience applauded. Even the big guys in the physics and biology worlds had no idea about Zhou Yi's name in the past two years.

That was also thunderous.

After taking pictures, Teacher Ma said:

"Professor Zhou, why don't you say a few words?"

Zhouyi said:

"Thank you everyone for recognizing me. I will continue to work hard."

After saying the Book of Changes, he got off the stage.

Teacher Ma then talked about the next winner of the Mathematics Breakthrough Prize.

It was Takuro Mochizuki from Kyoto University who won the 2022 Science Breakthrough Prize-Mathematics Prize, and was also the first Japanese to win the Mathematics Prize for this project.

In recognition of his outstanding work in the theory of straight contact bundles on algebraic varieties (including the case of irregular singularities), but compared with the achievements of Zhou Yi, that pales in comparison.

Xu Chengyang on the side said:

"If it weren't for you, Professor Zhou, the Breakthrough Prize might have been won by people from the island country. The island country still has mathematical strength."

Zhouyi said:

"Indeed, just after I stepped down, Teacher Ma gave me a list. I looked at it. Apart from me, there were only three Daxia people who won the award. There were nearly thirty people. Most of them were from Ou Mei, even the island country. three people,

Among them, there is one person each for the Physics Breakthrough Award and the Mathematics Breakthrough Award. The island country still has some strength. "

Xu Chengyang said:

"I also read that Ye Jun, who won the Physics Breakthrough Award from the Great Xia Kingdom, graduated from Jiaotong University in Shanghai with a bachelor's degree, but in the end he changed his nationality.

However, he is very capable and has won many awards in various physics circles. He also holds a high position in Chou Country and is responsible for very important things. It is worth poaching him back.

The other two Bactrians who won the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontier Award are also overseas.

Wang Hong is at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Wang Yilin is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I don’t know if they will come back. "

Zhou Yi sighed and said:

"I don't know if they can come back yet. I will try to recruit them back when the time comes. There are too many overseas Chinese and there are too many talented people. Being able to recruit our Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies is a strengthening of hard power. "

Xu Chengyang said:

"That's right, a research institute or a good university cannot be supported by one person. This is why Mr. Qiu has recruited so many top mathematics talents to come to Shuimu University.

The Maryam Mirzakhani New Horizons Award was established in 2019 to commemorate the first female Fields Medal winner, Maryam Mirzakhani, who unfortunately passed away in 2017.

The first female Philippine Medal winner suffered from cancer and also commemorated the spirit of the rest of the cancer battle.

It also honors female mathematicians who have achieved early in their academic careers.

Recipients must be female mathematicians who have obtained a PhD within the past 2 years.

Wang Hong won the award for her research progress on the restrictive conjecture, the local smoothness conjecture and related issues.

He is a mathematical talent and needs to be found!

The key point is that Wang Hong graduated from our Beijing University with a bachelor's degree. If you don't dig her up, she will be left to Beijing University. "

After Zhou Yi listened, he said:

"Then we have to dig it out. Wang Hong still has some strength. I'll go talk to the three of them later and see if I can dig him out."

Xu Chengyang said again:

"I guess the reason Wang Yilin won the award is because he promoted innovative research on Loewner energy in plane curves.

He is also a talent. "

Zhouyi said:

"No problem, I will personally invite them. I don't know if it will work, but I will definitely give it my sincerity."

Xu Chengyang said:

"Come on God Zhou, I really want to help my hometown now."

While Zhou Yi was talking to Xu Chengyang,

The Breakthrough Prize in Physics and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences have also been awarded, followed closely by the New Horizons Prize.

When the Maryam Mirzakhani New Vision Award was finally presented,

The reason why Wang Hong and Wang Yilin won the awards was indeed revealed by Xu Chengyang.

Zhou Yi lamented that he might have to start paying attention to these young overseas scholars, otherwise he would never be able to recruit talents and it would be difficult to communicate with Yuzhou senior officials.

"Old Xu, if there are any outstanding overseas Chinese talents, you can recommend them to me later, and I will go and find them myself."

Zhou Yi said suddenly.

Xu Chengyang said:

"Okay. No problem, but is the funding Yuzhou gives you really enough?"

Zhouyi said:

"Don't worry, it's definitely enough. It's not just the Yuzhou government that gives us funds, but also the central court."

Xu Chengyang said:

"That's okay."

At this time, many students from Shuimu University, Shangjing University and other universities in Shangjing who participated in the award ceremony have begun to post videos of Zhou Yi winning the award on various social platforms.

If you don’t eat this wave of traffic, you will be sorry for Professor Zhou’s great reputation.

If one day the author suddenly stops updating, I think everyone should know what happened to the author. Woohoo, in the core area of ​​the poisonous circle, I am simply scared to death! ! ! !