Great Country Academician

"Then I will trouble you, Professor Deligne. If there are no other questions, I will leave first."

In the review team's office, Xu Chuan smiled and bowed slightly to Professor Deligne.

He knew that the old man in front of him was a perennial reviewer of the Annals of Mathematics, and had a huge influence on the Annals of Mathematics. With his guarantee, he didn't have to worry about his paper being ruined.

Of course, it is impossible for the Annals of Mathematics to do this kind of thing, unless they don't want to do it anymore.

"Xu, I hope to see you again in Princeton this September." Professor Deligne said with a smile.

Xu Chuan waved his hand and left the office freely.

The blue and white plane drew an arc in the blue sky, and after a long time, the plane landed at Modu International Airport.

The plane came to a complete stop, and Xu Chuan got off the plane with his backpack and suitcases on his back.

[Congratulations to 'Xu Chuan', a first- and fifth-grade undergraduate student in our school, for overcoming the world's difficult Weyl-Berry conjecture. 】

In the reception hall of Modu International Airport, a large red banner was drawn to attract the attention of many passengers and airport staff.

The speed of information transmission on the Internet is always faster than that of an airplane. When Xu Chuan handed over the proof process of the Weyl-Berry conjecture to the Annals of Mathematics for publication, the Weyl-Berry conjecture was promoted to the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, The exact news that the "Annual of Mathematics" will record this proof in the next issue has already been delivered to China.

Compared with the news proved by the stage at the previous report meeting, the news transmission this time is more rapid.

Although the national-level news media will not report the paper before it is officially published in the "Annual Journal of Mathematics", there is no doubt that the rapid spread of news on the Internet is due to their behind-the-scenes promotion.

The Weyl-Berry conjecture is not as famous as top conjectures such as Goldbach's conjecture, Riemann conjecture, and standard conjecture. Even many people, including mathematics students who study mathematics, do not know the existence of this conjecture.

But its difficulty lies there. Mathematical conjectures at the T2-T3 level can be nominated for top mathematics awards such as the Fields Medal and the Abel Prize after being proven.

If there are no well-known achievements in the mathematics community in the next two years, the Fields Medal can also be expected at the International Mathematical Congress in 2018 two years later.

Oh, including the Crawford Award in May this year, and I hope to get it.

Compared with applied engineering, in terms of basic science, compared with Western countries, domestic basic science is indeed much weaker.

Apart from other things, in mathematics, some top awards, such as the Fields Medal, Abel Prize, and Crawford Prize, have not been won by scholars of Chinese nationality.

Not to mention Chinese or ethnic Chinese, that is of no significance to the country.

The appearance of an outstanding and outstanding local scholar, especially when he is still so young, only 18 years old, and just entered university, for the country, this can greatly enhance the self-confidence of the people, drive the development of mathematics, and make this year And in the next few years, students who devote themselves to the basic science of mathematics will be greatly improved.

This is undoubtedly important for the development of the country.

Therefore, whether it is the news network or the media workers such as Renren Daily and Youth Daily, they have all prepared their manuscripts.

Waiting, only the proof paper of the Weyl-Berry conjecture has been published in the Annals of Mathematics.

As soon as the thesis is released, these state machines will be activated and promoted nationwide and even around the world to help improve Xu Chuan's reputation, and then to strive for top mathematics such as the Crawford Award, Fields Award, and Abel Award. awards.

After all, this is no longer a matter for Xu Chuan alone, but has been linked with national honor.

For these official news media, they will only confirm and publish the papers 100% when they are published, but for the media workers below, it is different.

They do not need papers to be officially published. After confirming the accurate news that the Weyl-Berry conjecture was promoted to the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, a carnival has already begun.

So, not only Nantah University with a banner hanging up at the airport to receive Xu Chuan today, but also countless media journalists and city leaders of Jinling City.

When Xu Chuan came out of the airport with a backpack and a suitcase on his back, the reception crowd became a sensation.

"Come, come, come out."

In the crowd, someone yelled something, and immediately, the cameraman carrying the camera and the reporter with the microphone rushed forward, and surrounded Xu Chuan who was bewildered.

All kinds of flashing lights kept ringing along with the clicking sound, and so did the reporters' inquiries.

"Student Xu Chuan, may I ask how you managed to prove two world-class conjectures within one year?"

"Student Xu Chuan, can you share with us how you feel now?"

"Student Xu Chuan."

The loud voices and flashing lights directly drowned Xu Chuan, but fortunately, the crowd separated after a while.

Mayor Jiang, the president of Nantah University, the dean of several colleges, and some unfamiliar faces came up from the road where the reporters left.

"Student Xu Chuan, congratulations, you have proved another world-class problem."

Mayor Jiang came forward with a smile, and warmly held Xu Chuan's hands and congratulated him.

"Mayor Jiang, you are being polite. This is just a trivial matter." Xu Chuan said modestly.

"This is still a trivial matter. You have proved a difficult mathematical problem that no one has been able to prove for decades. Even if it is a famous event in the world, you are too humble."

Mayor Jiang patted the back of Xu Chuan's hand. After the two exchanged pleasantries, they introduced him to the strange leader next to him.

This time, in addition to the city leaders of Jinling City, the secretary-general of the province also came to pick him up, which shows how much the higher authorities attach importance to him.

After all, generally speaking, if the leaders of the province want to take the initiative to pick up the plane at the airport, it is usually possible only if it involves foreign high-level diplomacy or the arrival of top domestic figures.

However, for a well-known scholar like Xu Chuan who has proven a world-class problem at a young age, and is even expected to win the Fields Medal two years later, it is normal to make an exception once.

The group did not delay too much time at the airport, after a while of pleasantries, the group got in a special car and went straight to Jinling.

After all, this is the magic capital, and it has already left the province. If there is a welcome ceremony and award ceremony, it will not be here.

On the special car arranged by the school, Xu Chuan sat in the same car with his tutor Chen Zhengping, the dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences Rong Zhizhuan, and the principal Liu Gaojun.

After the group chatted for a while, the instructor Chen Zhengping looked at Xu Chuan and asked, "You should be graduating when you come back this time."

It is said to be a question sentence, but it is actually an affirmative sentence. As long as Xu Chuan thinks, Nanjing University is ready to let him graduate at any time.

"After graduation, mathematics should be fine, but in physics, I don't have any good grades, so I plan to postpone mathematics and graduate together with physics."

Xu Chuan also knew what the tutor meant, but he didn't follow the tutor's instructions.

"It's okay. For you, physics is not a problem. After returning to school, I will arrange a physics exam for you. As far as the undergraduate content is concerned, you can get a diploma after passing. This is not difficult for you."

On the side, Rong Zhizhuan, the dean of the School of Mathematics, said quickly. After finishing speaking, he added: "Here, after you graduate, the school will arrange a direct Ph. , you just get ready."

It's not a problem to say that you didn't pass the physics exam directly.

"Uh, this is not very good."

Xu Chuan was dumbfounded by Dean Rong's words, so he made the decision for him? He didn't even speak.

Xu Chuan didn't continue to answer the conversation, and changed the topic, saying: "The dean, I want to apply to borrow the school's astronomical observatory and astronomical observation equipment after returning to school."

"Huh? What are you borrowing those things for? Why are you suddenly interested in astronomy." Rong Zhizhuan asked curiously.

"Not interested in astronomy, but related to the Weyl-Berry conjecture I proved before. The core of the Weyl-Berry conjecture is derived from drum fractal and spectral theory."

Xu Chuan shook his head slightly, and continued: "To put it simply, after the Weyl-Berry conjecture is proved, we can use this conjecture to verify and calculate the precise size of distant stars."

"Such as stars, black holes, and galaxies, these stars and galaxies, which could only be judged vaguely by some numerical values, can now make more accurate judgments through this theorem."

"I have considered this aspect before when we proved the weakened form of the Weyl-Berry conjecture, but at that time, on the one hand, the Weyl-Berry conjecture was not fully proved, and on the other hand, our school's astronomical observation equipment had its own task, so I don’t have the nerve to speak.”

"Now the Weyl-Berry conjecture has been proven, so I would like to borrow the school's astronomical observation equipment to research and demonstrate it."

Rong Zhizhuan suddenly understood, nodded and said: "This is no problem, but how long will it take you?"

The school's astronomical equipment does not belong to him, but since Xu Chuan has spoken, and it is related to the Weyl-Berry conjecture, naturally there will be no delay, but the time needs to be discussed, after all, these astronomical equipment also have their own tasks.

Xu Chuan thought for a while and replied, "It shouldn't take too long, at most half a month. If it's short, it can be done in a week or ten days, but it needs the participation of radio telescopes, astronomical observatories and many other equipment."

He only needs to collect the data of Betelgeuse, and it is some designated data, which does not take too long.

"That's no problem at all. I thought it would take you a few months. I'll just apply for you when I go back in ten days and a half."

Hearing this, Rong Zhizhuan heaved a sigh of relief, it's only half a month, it won't affect anything.

"About you need to study the Weyl-Berry conjecture and use astronomical equipment, the school will coordinate the equipment for you, but you remember to set up a scientific research project, how much research funds you need can be applied to the school, this is related to the Weyl-Berry conjecture, if it comes out The results can be used to publicize, not only in schools, but also in higher levels.”

On the side, the principal Liu Gaojun who had been sitting silently on the chair suddenly interrupted.

He understood better than Rong Zhizhuan the importance attached to the Weyl-Berry conjecture. If Rong Zhizhuan only considered the mathematical value of Xu Chuan and the Weyl-Berry conjecture itself, he considered more.

For the above, from the Weyl-Berry conjecture, no, it should be said that the bigger the result derived from the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, the better.

This can win publicity resources to a greater extent, let more people know about it, and expand its influence.