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Even though Lin You was already the best among his peers in the country in the field of mathematics, Lin You tried his best and could only understand part of Ning Chen's thoughts.

In addition, Lin You's main energy is now focused on his own projects, and he is currently unable to spare time to study Ning Chen's methods in detail.

"It doesn't matter, it took me several days to confirm that this method is feasible. Of course, I am still a long way from solving Qiu Chengtong's conjecture, and I am just taking another small step forward. .”

"This small step is already very impressive. I don't know when I will dare to try to solve a problem of this level. Hey, I'd better finish the topic in front of me first."

The next day, Ning Chen contacted Feng Lan, hoping that Qiu Chengtong could have time to chat with him in person.

Although Ning Chen is very confident in his latest method, after all, Qiu Chengtong is the proposer of the entire conjecture, and it would definitely be better if Qiu Chengtong can take a look at it in person.

After sending the message to Feng Lan, Ning Chen continued his research while waiting for Feng Lan's reply.

At this time, Qiu Chengtong was sitting in the office of Jingzhai Building, concentrating on his work.

Now Qiu Chengtong is very busy every day. In addition to carrying out his own research work, he also has to take care of the work of the scientific research training camp.

However, out of his love for mathematics and his sense of mission and responsibility for the future development of the Chinese mathematics community, Qiu Chengtong still does not find such a life difficult, but actually enjoys it.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of Qiu Chengtong's office.

Based on the characteristics of the knock on the door, Qiu Chengtong knew that it must be Feng Lan.

This time, Qiu Chengtong did not let Feng Lan wait outside, and quickly let Feng Lan in.

"How about it? Did they ask any good questions in the past two days?"

"Professor Qiu, everyone has indeed asked a lot of questions, especially Ning Chen, who said that there is important progress in the subject and he wants to communicate with you in person."

Hearing Feng Lan mention Ning Chen, Qiu Chengtong's mood suddenly rose.

In Qiu Chengtong's case, Ning Chen has been labeled as "special attention". As long as Ning Chen raises any questions, Qiu Chengtong will give priority to answer them.

"Really? Then let him come over now."

Qiu Chengtong didn't care what others asked, and directly asked Feng Lan to reply to Ning Chen first.

Feng Lan couldn't help but smile when he saw this. Feng Lan had not seen many students who could attract such attention from Qiu Chengtong in so many years.

Feng Lan immediately contacted Ning Chen. Ning Chen learned the news and said he would come over soon.

While waiting for Ning Chen to come over, Qiu Chengtong took Feng Lan's notebook and looked at the issues that other students in the training camp wanted to discuss with him.

Qiu Chengtong picked up the pen and annotated at the back. Many of the issues did not arouse Qiu Chengtong's interest, and only a few of them were worthy of discussion with the students in person.

At this time, there was a knock on the door again in the office.

"Please come in!"

The person who knocked on the door was Ning Chen. After receiving Qiu Chengtong's permission, Ning Chen opened the door and walked in.

"Ning Chen, you are very busy these days, aren't you? You didn't even come to the open class?" Qiu Chengtong said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, Professor Qiu. I have been studying my own subject these days and have invested a lot of energy in it, so I have not attended the open classes for the time being. I will continue to attend the open classes in the future."

Ning Chen knew that it was not easy for Qiu Chengtong to invite these top experts in mathematics at home and abroad, and he should cherish this opportunity.

"It doesn't matter. Whether you want to participate in the open class or not depends entirely on your personal circumstances. Moreover, we have recorded the video of the entire open class. You can choose to watch it back later. Come on, first tell me about your recent experience. Make progress."

After hearing Qiu Chengtong's words, Ning Chen put the draft paper he carried on Qiu Chengtong's desk and explained his ideas to Qiu Chengtong.

"Professor Qiu, these days I have studied a new method that can transform a class of fourth-order completely nonlinear elliptic equations. Here we must first prove that the following theorems are true. First, in (M, In the interval [ω0]), there is no Kahler metric of constant quantity curvature. Second, the Calabi-Futaki invariant of (M, in the interval [ω0]) is not zero, or there is a Kahler potential ∈ E, where K()\u003c ∞, and there is a locally finite energy geodesic..."

Ning Chen first explained a few theorems that he had proved before. These theorems were quite obscure. Even Qiu Chengtong thought for a while before he understood the theoretical basis and confirmed the theorems that Ning Chen had concluded. And there is no problem.

In this way, time passed little by little, but both of them were immersed in these mathematical theories and almost lost the concept of time.

Feng Lan was waiting quietly in the office. In fact, Feng Lan's mathematics level was not bad. She could often understand some of the exchanges between Qiu Chengtong and others.

But this time, Feng Lan really felt that Ning Chen was talking about something from heaven, and couldn't understand what Ning Chen was talking about at all.

But according to the response given by Qiu Chengtong, it was confirmed that the theory described by Ning Chen was indeed very valuable.

Unknowingly, the whole morning passed, but the exchange between Ning Chen and Qiu Chengtong did not end.

"Professor Qiu, what do you want to have for lunch?"

Feng Lan did not dare to disturb the communication between Qiu Chengtong and Ning Chen, but after all, Qiu Chengtong was over sixty years old, and Feng Lan had to pay attention to Qiu Chengtong's physical condition.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Chengtong glanced at the time and was a little surprised at how quickly time passed.

"I didn't expect it would be noon so soon. Feng Lan, why don't you bring two meals for me and Ning Chen? We still have some issues that we haven't finished studying."

"Okay, Professor Qiu, I'm going to buy food now." Feng Lan agreed.

Ning Chen also realized that he took up a lot of Qiu Chengtong's time. If this continued, other students might not have the opportunity to ask Qiu Chengtong for advice.

"Professor Qiu, did I bother you for too long today?"

"Why bother? If others can reach your level, I wish I could be with them 24 hours a day. Don't think about that, let's get on with it."

Ning Chen knew that Qiu Chengtong was a very straightforward person. Since Qiu Chengtong said so, Ning Chen no longer had so many worries.

Feng Lan quickly bought the food back, and Ning Chen and Qiu Chengtong continued their discussion while eating.

Finally, around three o'clock in the afternoon, Ning Chen explained all his current thoughts to Qiu Cheng.

"What a wonderful idea. Your current research content gives me hope that Qiu Chengtong's conjecture can be completely solved."

Although the work Ning Chen is doing now is just a small hole in the high wall, this is already a crucial step on the road to this position.

Feng Lan was also very surprised when he heard this. Could it be that this unsolved conjecture that has troubled mathematicians all over the world for more than fifty years is really going to be solved by a nineteen-year-old young man?

Being so affirmed by Qiu Chengtong, Ning Chen was in a good mood, which at least proved that there was nothing wrong with the work Ning Chen was doing now.

"Professor Qiu, I feel that I still have a lot of work to do next... I don't know if I can really solve all the problems in these three months."

Hearing Ning Chen's words, Qiu Chengtong couldn't help but laugh.

"Ning Chen, do you really plan to solve a problem that we haven't solved for so many years in three months? You don't take other mathematicians seriously."

When Ning Chen opened his thesis defense, Qiu Chengtong did not really have such hopes for Ning Chen. This was not because Qiu Chengtong looked down on Ning Chen, but the difficulty of this topic was indeed too high.

But just based on the breakthroughs Ning Chen has made now, Qiu Chengtong is already impressed by Ning Chen again.

Ning Chen realized that his words were somewhat inappropriate, and quickly waved his hands and said:

"No, no, no, Professor Qiu, I don't mean any disrespect. It's just that this is the task of this training camp, and I still hope to do my best to complete it."

"What are you afraid of? I just like your drive, which is exactly the same as when I was young! No matter how much progress you can complete, your performance in this training is very good. And I have a feeling that to solve this conjecture The work may be divided into multiple parts, and even if only one part is completed, it will be an outstanding achievement in the entire mathematical community."