Rebirth of science and technology academic master

Xu Jiayi, Yang Jing and others all chose Bishui Villa, which is across the Nansha River from the school, and it seemed that they had moved a lot of things there.

According to the plan, the Automobile Research Institute and the Aero Engine Research Institute would not start moving from Tsinghua Park to Shahe Campus until August, which is still half a year away. Unexpectedly, Xu Jiayi not only bought a house, but also started moving things in.

Qin Yuanqing took a look and found that the villas were about 250 square meters in size and had the style of an independent courtyard, which was pretty good.

In the past few years, Xu Jiayi has been the dean of the Automobile Research Institute, and has also taken a temporary position at the Aero Engine Research Institute. Together with salary and bonuses, his annual income is more than 2 million. It is not impossible to afford a house, and Xu Jiayi is not that kind of spendthrift. A person who spends a lot of money and wears only light makeup, she has always been known as a financial expert in the hospital. The interest rate for other people's money deposited in the bank is only 3%, but she can often increase the interest rate to 12% by changing her tricks.

Qin Yuanqing did not buy a house here. After all, as a flagship figure of Shuimu University, he already had a villa specially arranged by the school and was just waiting to move in after it was renovated. He did not need to think about housing.

After visiting Xu Jiayi's new home, Qin Yuanqing also returned to Tsinghua University. He was about to meet a heavyweight, that is, with his continuous work, Perelman finally agreed to teach at the Institute for Advanced Study of Shuimu University and became a graduate student at Shuimu University. researchers at the institute.

As for the olive branch offered by Qin Yuanqing, it was not a salary of US$500,000 per year, but a study of the Riemann Hypothesis together.

Ever since Goldbach's conjecture met Perelman, Qin Yuanqing kept extending olive branches and persisted until Perelman finally agreed.

Although Perelman is an eccentric, unwilling to accept job invitations and lectures from others even if he is poor, and he has not published a mathematical paper for more than ten years, it is undeniable that Perelman is still one of the world's top mathematicians Mathematician, unlike Wiles, Faltings and others, Perelman is just 50 years old and is in the prime of life. He can still play a great role.

"Perelman, here~~" Qin Yuanqing went to pick up Perelman in person. He recognized Perelman from the crowd at a glance.

In fact, Perelman's figure stood out among the crowd. He was a head taller than the others, and he was dressed plainly. He even had a hole in his denim jacket and was unkempt, and his hair and beard had grown very long.

"Hey, Qin, thank you for picking up the airport!" Perelman hugged Qin Yuanqing and thanked Qin Yuanqing first.

"Perelman, I want to thank you for accepting my invitation. You know, your joining will make me full of confidence in the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis." Qin Yuanqing said with a smile: "This has troubled the mathematics community for nearly two years. A century-old mathematical problem, it’s time to solve it.”

The Riemann Hypothesis is known as the brightest pearl in number theory. Since the mathematician Riemann proposed this conjecture in 1859, Hibbert proposed 23 problems that mathematicians in the 20th century should work hard to solve at the Second International Congress of Mathematicians. Mathematical problems, the Riemann Hypothesis has always troubled the mathematical community. The mathematical community has never heard of research on it. Although the Riemann Hypothesis has not been solved, thousands of hypotheses have been put forward based on the Riemann Hypothesis, that is, Once the Riemann Hypothesis is proven, the thousands of assumptions will become theorems.

The Riemann Hypothesis is also recognized as the most difficult of the seven major mathematical problems, and its difficulty is still higher than the Hodge Hypothesis.

Regarding the popularity of the Riemann Hypothesis, three months ago Nigerian professor Opeyemi Enoch claimed that he had successfully solved a 166-year-old mathematical problem and received a US$1 million prize. This news aroused great enthusiasm at home and abroad. Countless media outlets immediately went to the climax and reported on it, as if Enoch had really proved the Riemann Hypothesis. Unfortunately, it was not recognized by the mathematics community at all. The world's top mathematician They even just looked at it and didn't bother to comment.

In fact, this kind of news has never stopped in the past hundred years. I don’t know how many civil science masters or university mathematics professors have claimed to have proved the Riemann Hypothesis, but the result is undoubtedly that they are just clowns.

"Qin, in the world of mathematics, your strength is recognized as the first. Especially in the field of number theory, you have reached the pinnacle. Everyone recognizes that if any contemporary mathematician can solve the Riemann Hypothesis, then this person is the most promising. It could be you." Perelman smiled honestly: "I hope my joining can help you and solve the Riemann Hypothesis faster."

He chose to accept Qin Yuanqing's invitation to join the Shuimu Institute of Advanced Study not because of Shuimu's high salary. After all, with his reputation, if he was willing, he could earn millions of dollars a year by giving lectures everywhere. What really moved him was that Qin Yuanqing invited him to study the Riemann Hypothesis together.

Even though Perelman appears to have no desires, he actually wants to conquer the mountain of the Riemann Hypothesis.

"Qin, I also want to ask, why do you want to solve the Riemann Hypothesis?" Perelman asked curiously when he was in the car: "At present, in addition to the Riemann Hypothesis, there are seven major mathematical problems in the world. The odd conjecture, NP-complete problem, Navier-Stokoe equation, and BSD conjecture are all less difficult than the Riemann conjecture."

Qin Yuanqing smiled calmly and said: "Perelman, I think I have to correct your statement. In fact, among the seven major mathematical problems, the only remaining ones are the Riemann Hypothesis, the NP-complete problem, and the Navier-Stokoe equation. , BSD conjecture!”

Perelman was startled and asked in confusion: "Oh? Did any mathematician solve the Hodge conjecture during this time!?"

Although he asked this, Perelman was already running quickly in his mind to see if he had forgotten anything. However, Perelman never thought that someone had solved the Hodge conjecture.

"Perelman, I actually solved the Hodge conjecture last year, but I haven't published a paper yet." Qin Yuanqing spread his hands and said, "So, the Hodge conjecture is no longer included in it."

"Why? Since you have solved the Hodge conjecture, you should share this result with everyone. You know, once the Hodge conjecture is solved, algebraic geometry will usher in new and great developments!" Perelman wondered.

"Do you still remember Mr. Grothendieck? He gave me a manuscript before, which was of great help to me. I plan to find time to visit him and share this result with him before publishing the paper." Qin Yuanqing wrote He found a reason for himself: "This is out of respect for Mr. Grothendieck."

Of course Qin Yuanqing would not say that this involves novel subjects in the field of space, which may lead to the birth of anti-gravity technology in other countries. If he dares to say so, maybe Perelman will run away and return to Russia to continue being an otaku.

This guy's thinking is definitely different. Otherwise, he would not have thought that others were questioning him and deliberately embarrassing him after publishing the paper, so he simply gave up and was not even willing to be interviewed by the media. , I didn’t even want to work anymore, and lived a simple and extremely simple life.

Perelman was temporarily arranged to stay in a five-star hotel, and the house prepared for him was still being packed.

On the third day after Perelman arrived in China, Shuimu University held a grand ceremony and issued a certificate to Perelman. Perelman received the certificate, which represented that Perelman officially became a member of the Shuimu Institute for Advanced Study. , also became a Shuimu person.

Originally, Shuimu had Qin Yuanqing, and the Department of Mathematics was already at its peak, dominating the whole of China, and becoming an important place in the world of mathematics. Even if Tao Zhexuan joined the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University, it would only promote the development of mathematics at Zhejiang University, but it could not be said to threaten the Department of Mathematics of Shuimu. .

And now that Perelman has joined, the strength of the Mizuki Mathematics Department has become even stronger.

"Holy shit~~ Perelman, a math geek, actually joined the Mizuki Institute for Advanced Study??? It's incredible!"

"Didn't it mean that Perelman has practiced so much that he has overcome tribulations and become an immortal? How come he appears in the ordinary world?!"

"The great water and wood are invincible and will rule the world for eternity!"

"Let me ask you, who else in the world can defeat Mizuki!!"

"I heard that Perelman joined Mizuki this time because Academician Qin invited him."

"Anyway, I just want to say, Shuimu Liuhao~~~"

"It's so irritating~~~How did I, the Department of Mathematics at Yan'an University, end up like this!! (crazy)"

"Yanda, if you don't work hard, you will be left behind by Shuimu!"

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Perelman's joining MSU has caused a lot of heated discussion on the Internet. Mathematicians are relatively unknown among the public. Even the world's top mathematicians rarely win the Fields Medal. Ordinary people remember his name.

For example, if you randomly interview a hundred people on the street, not one of them may know Wiles, who proved Fermat's last theorem.

The reason why Qiu Chengtong and Tao Zhexuan were so well-known in China in the past was mainly because no mathematician in China had yet won the Fields Medal. Many Chinese people pinned a special emotion on them and were proud of them. .

But Perelman is an exception, because as soon as Perelman's strange behavior was reported by the media, it aroused the curiosity of many young people, making them curious about this maverick mathematician, and then became deeply interested in it. Write down his name.

In fact, not only in China, Perelman joined Shuimu University and became a member of the Shuimu Institute of Advanced Studies, which also caused great repercussions overseas, especially in the academic circle. Many people were discussing, how Perelman does not go to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. After all, the Institute for Advanced Study is much more famous than the Institute for Advanced Study.

Of course, there are also many mathematicians who are interested in working at the Shuimu Institute for Advanced Study.