Reborn Technology Scholar

Chapter 262 Scholars’ Reaction

Not only China, but also various universities and scientific research institutions around the world, as long as they are related to mathematics and physics, organize people to conduct research as soon as they get the journal.

Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study.

An old man was holding five special issues of "Chronicles of Mathematics" and was reading them carefully one by one. If anyone in mathematics or physics saw this, they would respectfully call him Professor Witten.

This person is none other than the famous ‘Edward Witten’ in the world of mathematics and physics!

Edward Witten, born in 1951, is 63 years old this year, but he is a mathematician and physics master. There are few people like him who are at the top of the world in mathematics and physics. He has profound physical intuition and superb mathematical ability.

He specializes in quantum field theory, string theory and related topology and geometry. His main contributions include proof of the positive energy theorem of general relativity, supersymmetry and Morse theory, topological quantum field theory, superstring compactification, mirror symmetry, super

Symmetric gauge field theory, and conjectures on the existence of m-theory.

Professor Witten has made extensive contributions to theoretical physics and promoted a large number of important mathematical advances. He has published more than 350 books, mainly in the related fields of quantum field theory, string theory, topology and geometry. Witten is in the world of physics

Witten is widely regarded as one of the most important theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Although in some respects it is difficult to classify his profound contributions, Witten's contributions to physics focused on supersymmetry, and to mathematics

Topology.

When he was young, Witten believed that the mechanism of supersymmetry violation provided a natural explanation for a series of problems, which is the solution to the so-called series problem. In supersymmetry theory, the Witten index is used to determine whether supersymmetry has been violated.

He developed the Seberg-Witten theory with Nathan Seberg of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Of course, it was string theory that completely established Professor Witten's status in the world of mathematics and physics. String theory is a theory used to explain all natural forces. In 1984, Witten's gravity anomaly made an important contribution and established the first string theory.

The revolution paved the way. At a string theory conference at the University of Southern California in the mid-1990s, Witten speculated that there was a unified theory that had not yet been discovered, called M-theory. M-theory may be the most fundamental theory of the physical theory of the universe, such as

In his book "The Grand Design", Hawking believes that M-theory may be the ultimate theory of the universe.

Not only was he the first string theory revolution, he also made outstanding contributions to the second string theory.

Not only his outstanding contributions to physics, Professor Witten's research on pure mathematics has a profound impact. For example, he used Jones polynomials to explain the Chern-Simens theory. This research had a profound impact on low-dimensional topological structures and derived

Quantum invariants. His outstanding contributions to mathematics also earned him the Fields Medal in 1990. Witten also became the first physicist to win the Fields Medal.

But Witten was unwilling to give in, because he believed that he was more of a physicist than a mathematician. His greatest scientific research achievement in his life was none other than string theory, and nothing could compare to the Nobel Prize in Physics.

A physicist's award.

Witten looked at the paper on the existence proof of the solution to the Yang Mills equation, and all his attention was forgotten. Even the original course asked him to hire someone to take it for him. At this moment, there is nothing more important than

Reading papers is more important.

Starting from the first line of calculation, the smooth calculation process seemed to contain a kind of magical power, which firmly caught his eye.

In particular, the understanding of the differential geometric ideas of partial differential equations in the paper, as well as the new mathematical tools and applications created by Qin Yuanqing, were so clever that he could hardly believe it.

"The incredible verification methods and ideas, and Qin's wisdom are really amazing!" Professor Witten put down the paper in his hand, his eyes filled with wonder: "No wonder the "Chronicles of Mathematics" dared to risk such a huge dedication and jump directly to

After passing the review process, the paper will be published directly. This paper on the existence proof of the solution of the Yang-Mills equation is a first-class paper."

"I can't find any major problems in the paper. As expected, Qin Zhen proved it!" Witten drank the paper, his eyes filled with wonder.

If a mathematician proves the existence of a solution to the Yang-Mills equation, then to put it bluntly, it is completely worthy of a Fields Medal.

After all, in the past half century, six Fields Medalists have been born relying on Yang Mills' theoretical research.

Of course, Witten knows very well that Qin Yuanqing has already won the Fields Medal. It is much more difficult to win a second Fields Medal. Simply relying on the existence of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation to prove this result is not enough for Qin Yuanqing.

Won the second Fields Medal. But taking into account Qin Yuanqing's achievements in mathematics in the past four years, the two problems of the minimal model program and the bab conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture, plus this Yang·

If the existence of a solution to Mills' equation is proved, then this year's Fields Medal will no longer be awarded.

"Damn it, this person is getting older, his thinking has slowed down, and his energy has declined. If only 10 years ago, I could have read these five papers in one go." Witten sighed reluctantly and helplessly, and

Without picking up the second paper, I got up and walked around.

Unknowingly, he was also a 60-year-old man.

I opened the curtains in the office and the sun shone on me. On the lawn outside the window, two young men and women were cuddling together and reading a book.

Witten couldn't help but look envious in his eyes, it's great to be young!

If possible, he is willing to use all his wealth to pay God for ten years to make himself ten years younger!

"Witten, how do you like the paper?" Professor Fefferman saw Professor Witten standing there in a daze and couldn't help but ask.

"I have finished reading the first paper. It is logically rigorous, just like Qin's other papers. Although it is not as developed as his previous papers, from my personal point of view, he proved the existence of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation!" Wei

Professor Teng said humorously: "Fefferman, your committee can prepare for Qin's second Fields Medal!"

Professor Fefferman is also a well-known professor of mathematics at Princeton, and this year he happens to be a member of the jury for the Fields Medal of the Congress of Mathematicians.

"Qin's talent in mathematics is really amazing. He is amazing in mathematics and has great attainments in physics. Witten, you are the most knowledgeable in mathematics among physicists. Qin is now the most knowledgeable in physics among mathematicians.

." Fefferman said with emotion: "If there is no problem this time, he will also win the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, which you have not done yet."

So heartbroken!

Professor Witten was critically hit by Professor Fefferman's words, and the damage was as high as 9999. Fortunately, Witten was not Chinese, otherwise he would have understood what it means to be a Zha Zhahui. If he is a friend, he would kill me, and the damage would be 9999 with one knife.

Witten's biggest regret is that he failed to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his string theory. This is known to many people. Now that Fefferman says this, he feels heartbroken. Isn't it just for the sake of thinking that he has been tirelessly engaged in research over the years?

Did you try again? But before you succeeded, Qin Yuanqing had a chance to win the Nobel Prize in Physics first.

"I have just read the first paper. In my personal opinion, it is the same. Qin should have proved the existence of a solution to the Yang-Mills equation, which should be no problem," Fefferman said.

Compared with Shuimu University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Princeton is undoubtedly stronger, and there are still some people who can understand the first paper.

This happens constantly in every corner of Princeton University.

Qin Yuanqing didn't know what happened at Princeton University at this time. Today happened to be the weekend. Qin Yuanqing thought that he had been busy with research some time ago and had not taken care of his family, so he took his wife and children to play on the lawn.

As for the papers, it took half a month to study the five papers from publication to scientific research institutions and into the hands of scholars. This time, he did not put the rubbing version on the paper website. Scholars have to get it if they want to read the papers.

"Chronicles of Mathematics" journal.

"Daddy~~Daddy~~ball" the baby girl shouted.

Watching the precious girl and the brat playing with a ball, Qin Yuanqing smiled and rolled the ball back to the brat.

The world of children is so simple, and they can have a lot of fun with just a ball.

At this moment, Qin Yuanqing just felt that there was no need for children to attend various interest classes after childhood, but that they just needed to grow up happily. If they were interested in reading, their academic performance would not be bad. If they were not interested in reading, it would be fine.

You can learn whatever you want, as long as you are happy and healthy, and as long as you have a normal outlook on life and don't harm others, that's it.

When I was a child, I was too demanding and too strict, which suppressed my child's nature and didn't play enough. As a result, when I grow up, I often end up in two extremes, either continuing to engage in scientific research seriously, or playing crazy.

In Shuimu University, those who can enter Shuimu can be said to be the pride of heaven, but there are always one or two every year who go to extremes and are dismissed by the school.

"WeChat and Weibo are going crazy now, why don't you explain?" the young lady asked curiously. She must browse WeChat and Weibo every day, uploading daily photos of her life, children, or food.

, or scenery, share some of your own views.

Therefore, even though he has been out of the spotlight for more than a year, Jingtian’s Weibo user followings have grown rapidly, reaching more than 30 million, and he is still the Weibo queen.

"No need to explain, just hold an academic report after a while and that's it! Few doctors can understand the first paper." Qin Yuanqing said with a smile.

Many people are actually just joining in the fun, unable to understand what is being said, and then make their own comments, questioning this and that, without any self-awareness. Arguing with such people is completely useless.

Real scholars will not express their opinions easily until they do not understand or understand it, let alone a scientific research institution. They need to go through rigorous and careful argumentation and finally get the results before they express their opinions.