I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 556 Cross-border physics project cooperation project?
The three-day academic report meeting was very fulfilling. The reports on the latest cutting-edge academic achievements made by mathematicians from all over the world opened the eyes of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

For example, the report "Prove the Landau-Siegel Zero-Point Conjecture" by Professor Zhang, a mathematician of American summer descent.The so-called "Landau-Siegel zero point conjecture" asserts that the Siegel zero point does not exist.It is "a special and possibly much weaker form" of the generalized Riemann conjecture, and the proof of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture can be used as a support for the establishment of the Riemann conjecture.

In his report, Professor Zhang proved with detailed derivation that "the real original characteristic L-function of modulo D has no real zero in the interval (1c(logD)^2024, 1], where c is the absolute effective constant", which caused Surprise and loud applause from the audience.

If Qin Ke's report on the fourth set of expressions about Riemann's conjecture was not too dazzling, Professor Zhang's report this time would probably be the one that can almost be compared to the "hail conjecture proof" in this academic report. Great results.

"Application of Mathematics in Intelligent Algorithms" by Professor Emily Bolivar, a mathematician from Hungary, greatly promotes machine intelligence learning with the help of high-dimensional approximation theory, generalization error analysis and training algorithm analysis. Outstanding results have been achieved in the field.

Professor Leippe, a mathematician from Germany, also shared his academic achievements of using group theory to promote the development of crystallography.

After listening to these cutting-edge achievements in theoretical mathematics and applied mathematics, as well as the ideas obtained through exchanges with acquaintances such as Faltings, Linden Strauss, Wiles, Stewart, Mr. Qiu, Professor Tao, etc. The news made Qin Ke feel the faint pressure and the excitement of meeting a strong enemy.

There is no shortage of geniuses in the international mathematics community, but many geniuses do not put their minds on proving mathematical conjectures, but instead study deeply in their own professional fields, especially in the field of applied mathematics. The rapid progress is inseparable from the help of these top mathematicians.

In the past year or so, Qin Ke has indeed taken the lead in theoretical mathematics, but in recent years, besides him, there are also many mathematicians under 40 years old who have made great achievements. For example, Professor Maynard of Eagle Country, in The prime number structure and Diophantine approximation theory published in the previous year are known as the most outstanding achievements on Diophantus in the past ten years; another example is Professor Huffman from the United States, who has successively proved the strong Mason conjecture and the Dorian Wilson's conjecture about geometric lattices proved Helen Lauter-Wells' conjecture about matroids, and he also conducted in-depth research on Hodge's conjecture... The outstanding mathematicians who have been nearly forty in these years are all The hottest winners of the latest Fields Medal.

Not to mention those mathematicians who have made great achievements in the field of applied mathematics.

There are only four Fields Medals at most each year, and Qin Ke feels that his current achievements alone are still a bit hanging, especially in terms of age.

It is an open unspoken rule to give priority to the Fields Medal to outstanding mathematicians who are close to 40 years old. When I sat down for dinner with many familiar bigwigs last night, the bigwigs also hinted at such risks. Encourage Qin Ke strives to complete the last set of expressions of Riemann's conjecture before the end of the year, or prove Goldbach's conjecture.

Look at the time, it is the end of February, and you have to overcome Goldbach's conjecture by September at the latest, and strive to raise your mathematics level to the "grandmaster level", so that you can fully understand and understand the first part of "The Complete Explanation of the Riemann Conjecture". Five sets of expressions and publish them publicly, so as to ensure that the Fields Medal is in the arms.

Otherwise, it will be four years later.

Of course, even four years later, Qin Ke is still only 24 years old and is still the youngest Fields Medal winner in history, but now he has the opportunity to win the Fields Medal at the age of 20, why not work harder , fight for it?
Qin Ke ignited a fierce fighting spirit, and at the same time secretly made up his mind. In the next six months, in addition to the subjects of computational seed science and desert sweet potatoes, his main energy will be put on the proof of Goldbach's conjecture.

But now that he met Faltings this time, Qin Ke remembered the Humboldt Research Award a few days later, so after the dinner on the last day, he stopped Mr. Faltings and asked him for advice. What a scientist worth working with.

Faltins was not surprised that Qin Ke won the Humboldt Research Award, but he was surprised that Qin Ke did not want to find a mathematician from Germany to cooperate on the project.

"Qin Ke, what do you mean, you choose to cooperate with a German physicist or chemist on the subject stipulated by the Humboldt Research Award?"

Qin Ke nodded and said, "Yes, my major is physics, not mathematics. Of course, I am also very interested in chemistry."

Qin Ke really doesn't need any transnational cooperation in mathematics. It is enough to have Ning Qingyun as a partner, especially when he reaches the "grandmaster level", he is enough to sit side by side with the top leaders in the international mathematics world. There is no need at all. With the help of external forces.

There is only physics and chemistry. In this respect, Xia Country is indeed behind De Country. It is a rare opportunity for cross-border scientific research cooperation. How could Qin Ke miss it?Anyway, he had confirmed at that time that the agreed terms of the Humboldt Research Award were only to cooperate with scientific researchers from Germany, and this kind of cooperation could be in various fields, not limited to mathematics.

Of course, because Qin Ke cooperates remotely with Deguo scientists through the network, he will give priority to theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry topics that do not require experimental equipment or only require a small amount of experiments, rather than applied physics and chemistry topics.

After hearing Qin Ke's intention, Faltings shook his head and said: "You should focus on mathematics. Your talent in mathematics is the only one I have ever seen in my life. I even think you have a chance to surpass my teacher Grothendieck. If you If you like, I can introduce you to Professor Tano Stephenson of the Technical University of Munich, who is second to none in algebraic geometry at the Technical University of Munich. He should also be happy to cooperate with you."

Grothendieck is a true master of mathematics, and is called "the pope of modern algebraic geometry" by the international mathematics community, which shows his attainments and reputation in algebra and geometry.Both Faltings and Deligne are Grothendieck's students. It is really rare for Faltings to make such a high evaluation of Qin Ke.

Qin Ke was moved in his heart, and he said seriously: "I have my own learning and research methods in mathematics. Except for Ning Qingyun who has been with me for a long time, no one else can cooperate with me, so I can only let you down, Mr. Thank you for your kindness. I still hope to conduct cooperative research on topics in theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry."

Faltings pondered for a while before saying: "I do have many friends who are familiar with physicists and chemists in Germany, but if you prefer theoretical orientation, I can introduce you to Roger Cole." Professor Pater, he is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Munich. His main research direction is condensed matter physics. Although I don’t know much about physics, I know that condensed matter physics is the mainstream direction in the future, especially Professor Koppett’s achievements in quantum computing It's quite deep, and it's a worthy partner. It's just..."

The upright old man glanced at Qin Ke, and continued, "He has relatively high requirements for partners."

The implication is that Qin Ke's current physics level is still unknown in the world, and Professor Coppett may not be interested in him and is willing to cooperate with him.

Qin Ke nodded slightly: "I want to try it." He is still very interested in quantum mechanics and quantum computing, especially the S-level knowledge "A new type of carbon crystal composite nanomaterial suitable for 1nm chips." "Process" involves a lot of quantum knowledge and applications. If you can cooperate with Professor Koppett on the theoretical topic of quantum computing, it will be of positive significance for you to fully understand this S-level knowledge in the future.

Seeing Qin Ke's attitude, the old Mr. Faltings shrugged helplessly: "I will introduce you to one or two. Quantum computing requires higher mathematical ability. I heard that he also needs the help of a master who is proficient in mathematics to assist in quantum entanglement." It’s okay for you to try data analysis on exchange.”

As soon as Qin Ke heard it, he understood that the old gentleman still hoped that he would develop in the direction of mathematics, so he was only halfway through speaking just now, thinking that he would retreat in spite of difficulties, and decided to help him when he saw his firm attitude.

Qin Ke was a little dumbfounded, but also warmed to the old gentleman's recognition of him in mathematics.

After all, it is very rare for a top international mathematician like Faltins to encourage and recognize a young mathematician from other nationalities and skin colors so sincerely.

The next day, Faltins was going back to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Before leaving, he handed the written letter of introduction to Qin Ke and said, "I will also call Professor Koppett in the next two days to explain this. As for whether you can succeed in the end, it depends on your performance."

Qin Ke sincerely thanked again: "Thank you, old man."

"You're welcome. I still hope that you can spend more time on Riemann's conjecture. This time your report will make us old guys very gratified. We can see Riemann's conjecture in our lifetime. This great treasure The mystery is our long-cherished wish!" Faltings patted Qin Ke on the shoulder, and then turned and left.

Looking at his somewhat hunched back while dragging his suitcase, Qin Ke bowed slightly, and he sighed in his heart that these seniors really have a lot to learn from young people in terms of their love of mathematics from the bottom of their hearts.

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After the academic report, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun stayed for two more days to visit and play, and then flew to Bonn, Germany, and then drove to Bad Godesberg.

The entire itinerary had been reported in advance, and Chen Ming arranged it properly, basically not letting Qin Ke and his two worry about it, just boarding the plane and getting on the car according to the itinerary.Except that there is no tour guide to introduce the attractions, it is almost the same as traveling with a group.

Bonn is an ancient capital with a history of nearly 2000 years and the hometown of the great musician Beethoven.The famous University of Bonn is located here, among which the Max-Planck-Radio Astronomy Research Center has the world's largest and most advanced radio telescope, and is a top scientific research institution for studying the solar system, the Milky Way and outer space radio sources.

When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun arrived in Bonn, there were three days before the awarding ceremony of the Humboldt Research Prize, and the two happened to have some fun, so they left two places in the Rhine Grass Park, Beethoven's former residence, the Rhine Riverside, and the Art Museum. Sweet figure of people holding hands.

Time soon came to the award ceremony of the Humboldt Research Prize.

Compared with the award ceremony of the Crawford Prize, the award ceremony of the Humboldt Research Award was much inferior in terms of pomp and audience, and most of them were local academic celebrities in Germany.

There are 80 winners this time, covering disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering, computer and earth science, but only one quota is allocated to each country in each field.

For example, in Mathematics, Qin Ke was the only one who won the award in the Xia Kingdom, but there was also Professor Zhu from Tongqi University who won the engineering field. According to reports, this Professor Zhu has made great achievements in geological engineering. Although Qin Ke didn't pay attention This field has also heard its name.

The Humboldt Foundation deliberately arranged the two of them in adjacent seats. Interestingly, when the staff knew that Ning Qingyun had a colleague coming to watch the ceremony, they actually contacted a deputy secretary-general of the foundation to come over to say hello, and said that because of the quota regulations I'm really sorry that I can't present the award to Ms. Ning for the time being this year, but it will be prioritized next year. Please be considerate of Ms. Ning.

This attention and politeness made Professor Zhu stunned, and he had to sigh in his heart that this pair of young mathematicians indeed has a reputation and status that far exceeds that of ordinary scholars in the world.

The entire awards ceremony lasted for nearly three hours, and Qin Ke received back a medal, certificate, bonus check and a letter of intent for cooperation in scientific research projects.

The letter of intent must be signed and returned to the foundation. However, it is not necessary to immediately decide on a cooperation project. The formal cooperation project can be reported to the Humboldt Foundation by international mail within one month, and the project can be completed within five years. After the project, the final report of the project should be reported to the Humboldt Foundation.

However, the Humboldt Foundation does not participate in the distribution of the results of the cooperation project, and the revocation of this final report is only a proof that the letter of intent contract has been fulfilled.

After all, its original intention is not to make profits, but to promote cooperation and exchanges between German scientific research institutions and international outstanding scholars.

The award ceremony is followed by a two-week academic report meeting, which does not require full participation.

According to the schedule, Qin Ke's academic report will be in mid-March. Although he really wants to hear the reports of these internationally renowned scholars, Qin Ke decided to take advantage of the seven-day gap to go to the University of Munich to visit Professor Roger Koppett, finalize the project cooperation matters for this time.

The University of Munich is an elite university with the strongest comprehensive strength and the most international reputation in Germany. Its science, especially physics, chemistry, medicine, mathematics, computer science and other majors, can be ranked among the top ten in the world.

Roger Koppett can become a professor of the Department of Physics at the University of Munich, and he is naturally a great physicist. He can be ranked in the top five in Germany in the field of quantum computing in the direction of condensed matter physics, and has won the most authoritative award in Germany. The Grand Prize in Physics - the Max Planck Medal, has also published papers in "Nature" and "Science", and is a veritable physics leader.

As for Qin Ke's international achievements in physics, there is only one material science paper related to fluid mechanics that was submitted to "Nature Materials" for more than two weeks without any feedback.

The gap between the two is a bit big.

Ning Qingyun said nervously: "Qin Xiaoke, do you have the confidence to persuade this Professor Coppett to cooperate with you?"

Qin Ke smiled, with a confident light shining in his eyes: "It's up to people, so let's try first. I'm about [-]% sure."

(End of this chapter)