Great Country Academician

Jinling, Nanda.

In the office of the Institute of Mathematics, Xu Chuan clicked on his mailbox, found the official mailbox of the International Mathematical Union, and sent Cai Peng's paper and his letter of recommendation to it.

For Cai Peng, his level of care is indeed not that great.

After all, when he first accepted this student, the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion project was in full swing, so that in the past two years, he had almost no time and energy to guide his study.

It wasn't until the dawn fusion device successfully completed ignition that he transferred some of his energy.

However, this student worked harder than expected. In the field of differential equations, he had excellent talent and enough sweat, and finally successfully took his own steps on this path.

So much so that he was willing to go to the International Mathematical Union to help him apply for an opportunity.

After all, time is already quite urgent. If you miss this session, you will have to wait another four years.

And if he can give a report at the International Congress of Mathematicians, it will be of great benefit to Cai Peng, both academically and in terms of his future.

The International Mathematical Union responded quickly. In response to Xu Chuan's request, the current President of the International Mathematical Union, Xi Keneng, personally responded by phone, saying that IMU would conduct a preliminary review of the paper as soon as possible. If the paper has no major flaws, , a forty-five-minute report meeting will be arranged for this purpose.

This is a regulation of the International Mathematical Union. For IMU, every report meeting, whether it is forty-five minutes or one hour, the people and content of the report meeting need to be carefully selected.

After all, the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians can be said to be the most grand exchange meeting in the mathematics world.

After receiving the call reply, Xu Chuan glanced at Cai Peng, who was waiting nervously and expectantly. He nodded with a smile and said, "IMU has received it. It's not a big problem."

Hearing this, Cai Peng's eyes quickly filled with surprise: "It's really a troublesome professor."

Xu Chuan smiled and waved his hand, saying: "It's small things, you should prepare well."

The paper "Stage Proof of Minimum Differential Calculation of Dimensional Polynomials for Differential Equations" is enough to qualify for the International Congress of Mathematicians. What Cai Peng lacks is just some processes and time.

For him, as a tutor, it is his job to fight for some benefits for his students.

Cai Peng nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "I will definitely prepare carefully."

In the office, the eyes of several other students who were paying attention to what was going on here were full of envy. It would be great to give a report at the International Mathematical Union Conference!

Noticing the eager looks of several students, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Work hard, the future is yours."

After encouraging several students, he opened the pre-downloaded paper on his computer.

He has the direction of unifying strong electricity. What he needs to solve now is to solve various problems encountered when moving in this direction, and try to make a new model or theory for the unified strong electricity theory and gravity. .

Although he can still step on the shoulders of other scholars, such as string theory, Einstein field, Yang-Mills field and other things to continue to study, he still hopes to establish a theory of his own.

After all, he is already at the forefront of theoretical physics in this area.

For a scholar, the most important thing is not only rigor but also innovation.

A world without innovation will not move forward.

After finishing lunch in the small cafeteria of Nanda University, Xu Chuan returned to the office. When he saw him coming back, his assistant Tang Ran walked over quickly.

"Professor, a media reporter from "Nature" magazine wants to do an interview with you. There are papers proving the existence and mass gap of Yang-Mills, as well as some physics-related things. We have made an appointment before."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan raised his head and glanced at her, thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered that he had agreed to an interview invitation from Nature magazine after giving a report on the existence of solutions to the Yang-Mills equation.

But the other party never came, and he almost forgot about it.

Nodding, he replied: "Okay, you let them come."

For him, being interviewed by media reporters has long been a normal thing.

Since he became famous, there have been many media wanting to interview him, especially after making a certain result. During that period of time, it can be said that there are different media wanting to interview him every day.

Although most of the time he does not have that much time to accept interviews from these media, but sometimes he will selectively accept interview appointments from some suitable media.

On the one hand, it satisfies the public's curiosity about the content of my research, and on the other hand, it expands my reputation and that of China.

After all, without the interviews and publicity of these media reporters, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand how important and great the achievements of a scholar are, and it is also difficult to know what the academic capabilities of a country are.

Although he doesn't care much about many things, such as money and power, he is still willing to do it if he can improve himself as much as possible in academia and even the world and enhance the country's reputation.

As for "Nature" magazine, although it is more commercial than "Annals of Mathematics" and "Physics Reviews", it is undeniable that Nature is more famous among ordinary people than "Annals of Mathematics" and "Physics Reviews". 》These professional journals are larger.

The media and journals under its name, when facing the masses, will weaken a lot of professional knowledge, but they can let ordinary people understand to the greatest extent what this scientific achievement is and what use it has for all mankind.

Tang Ran nodded, turned around and brought the media reporters from Nature magazine over.

"Hello, Professor Xu, it's an honor to interview you." The reporter from "Nature" smiled and stretched out his hand, shook Xu Chuan's hand gently and said hello.

"Hello, please take a seat." Xu Chuan greeted with a smile.

After adjusting the recorder, "Nature" reporter Penn Weiner smiled and said: "Thank you very much, Professor Xu, for taking some time out of your busy schedule. In order not to delay your research, can we start the interview now?" ?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Okay."

Nodding, Penn Weiner said: "Before coming, we heard that you have published the proof paper of the mass gap problem on the Arxiv preprint website. If it is also verified by the academic community, it will be You solved the third millennium puzzle.”

"This seems incredible to the outside world. Can you tell us how you do this? Or, do you have any skills in learning and academic research that you can share?"

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "Actually, there are not many skills. For me, interest is probably the only reason."

"interest?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, interest is probably a person's best teacher. If on top of this, you can also have perseverance, hard work and other abilities, I believe that no matter which field you are in, All can reach the top.”

After flipping through the record book in his hand, Penn Weiner then asked: "After the quality gap paper was uploaded, there were rumors that you have controlled the unification of the three forces of strong and weak electricity. I would like to ask if this is true. ?”

Xu Chuan shook his head and said: "This is too exaggerated. The unification of the three forces of strong and weak electricity is the Holy Grail of theoretical physics in the 21st century. To complete its unification, we still have many problems that need to be solved."

Hearing this, Penn Weiner glanced at him in surprise and asked curiously: "It is said in the physics community that if anyone can solve the Yang-Mills existence and mass gap problems, then whoever can solve the problem of strong electricity Unification. And you are the scholar closest to this field in today's physics community. I would like to ask, in your opinion, how far are we from the unification of strong electricity and the final Holy Grail of grand unification?"

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan thought for a moment and then said: "Honestly, I can't give an answer to this question."

After a pause, he continued: "In my opinion, we are still a long way from unifying strong electricity, so how can we unify the more mysterious gravity as well."

"A hundred years ago, we were proud to think that we could control all truth through reason. At that time, Mr. Lord Kelvin thought that our physics building had been completed, and all that was left was some embellishment work."

"But what about now? With the development of physics, we feel more and more insignificant. The more we know, the more we feel great and yet insignificant."

"For more than a hundred years, we have been moving towards the goal of grand unification, and on the way, we have discovered many, many things. String theory, quantum theory, relativistic sterile neutrinos, and dark matter all still exist. There are a lot of mysteries waiting for us to solve.”

Penn Weiner thought for a moment and asked: "You mean, we may need to solve difficult problems such as string theory and quantum theory before we have a chance to unify gravity?"

Xu Chuan smiled, leaned on the sofa and said: "Gravity is too mysterious. It is very simple. Simple, all objects with mass have gravity. It is also very complicated, so complicated that we still don't have a perfect theory. To be able to describe it accurately.”

After a pause, he made a joke: "Perhaps one day we will unveil the veil of dark matter, and we can explore and study this most mysterious force by comparing it with regular matter."

"As for great unification, in my opinion, I can only say that this is probably not a problem that can be solved in this century."

The interview lasted nearly an hour. Compared with other media, as a reporter for the scientific journal "Nature", Penn Weiner's questions were much more professional.

For this type of interview, Xu Chuan is still willing to chat for a while. If he has the opportunity to express some of his views on academic research and scientific development in a more concise way to the general public, he is still willing.

As he said, interest is always the best teacher of learning.

Scientists also develop from ordinary people. If we want to develop science on a grand scale and keep moving forward, arousing ordinary people's interest in science is undoubtedly the best way.

Perhaps the current group of people who read journals and news no longer have the ability to embark on the path of academic research, but under their influence, the next generation of enlightenment will naturally become more interested in science.

After seeing off the reporters from Nature, Xu Chuan refocused his attention on the research on the unified theory of strong electricity.

Days passed like this, and the date for the International Mathematical Congress was gradually approaching.

On July 10th, when Xu Chuan was packing his luggage and preparing to leave for St. Petersburg to attend this International Congress of Mathematicians, a piece of good news was delivered.

The site selection and exploration work for the Large Strong Particle Collider has been completed.

After hearing the news, he originally planned to set off with his students and chose to temporarily change his route to the capital to finalize the location of the collider first.

As for the few students, they were left to Gu Bing.

They are all adults anyway, so there is no way they could lose it.

Beijing, Fuxing Road.

Downstairs of the Science and Technology Headquarters building, Xu Chuan got off the Hongqi car. After saying hello to Zheng Hai, he walked towards the inside of the building.

"Academician Xu, you are here."

As soon as he entered the hall, a warm voice sounded in his ears. Xu Chuan turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walking happily towards him.

Taking a closer look, he was greeted by Wu Tianhua from Xingcheng in his hometown in southern Hunan.

"Mr. Wu." Xu Chuan greeted with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook it.

Wu Tianhua said with a smile: "The site selection and exploration work for the Large Strong Particle Collider has been completed. Our hometown, Star City, fully meets the conditions. Didn't I come here as a site selection representative to fight for opportunities? If not for other temporary projects there, I'm busy with work, and it's leadership week."

The Large Strong Particle Collider, a super-large basic comprehensive scientific research equipment, has far more significance than the equipment itself.

For China, this is their effort to transfer the world's basic science center of physics. They hope to use this project to develop this entire area into an 'international science city' or even a 'future world science center'.

Although this idea has been "half-finished" with the United States' involvement in CERN, the Large Strong Particle Collider project can still bring extremely huge economic, scientific, cultural, academic, etc. developments to the location. .

Not to mention other things, the preliminary planning funds for the collider project alone have reached the level of 100 billion.

For such a project, not to mention a prefecture-level city like Star City, even a world-large city like Capital City will do their best to fight for it.

After all, the impact it can bring cannot be described in terms of money.