I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 595 The Clay Mathematics Research Award, and the Ostroski Award!
Zink set the goal of the first millennium problem to be solved next as the "Navier-Stokes equation".

The reason is very simple. Since he and Ning Qingyun are now focusing on fluid mechanics and NS equations, they should solve this first. After all, if physics needs to be upgraded, and if it wants to win prizes, it must have good academic achievements in physics.

As for Hodge's conjecture, just treat it as dessert and fun after dinner, spend two or three years slowly digesting and absorbing the S-level knowledge "Uncovering the Hodge's Conjecture" in your mind, and then consider publishing it.

After setting a goal, Qin Ke planned to focus on physics, but cracking the Riemann Hypothesis was no small feat. There were an endless stream of interviews and reports from all over the world, and invitations to lectures from all over the world flew over like snowflakes.

Fortunately, Qingmu University tried its best to block the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Only some interviews that could not be avoided required Qin Ke to deal with it, so that Qin Ke could put most of his thoughts back on study and scientific research.

Before Qin Ke had just breathed a sigh of relief, another overseas international call came.

The phone call this time made Qin Ke jump up.

This is a call from the Ostroski Foundation in Switzerland, informing Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun that they have won the Ostroski Award for their outstanding achievements in number theory. In late October, I went to Zurich to win the award.

The Ostroski Award is an international mathematics award that is as prestigious as the Cole Award and the Craford Award.

It is a mathematics prize established by the famous Swiss mathematician AM Ostroski and has been established for more than 35 years.

The Ostroski Award is awarded every two years. Each session rewards 1 to 2 mathematicians who have made significant contributions and achievements in the basic theory of pure mathematics or numerical analysis. There is no limit to nationality, age and gender. The bonus is [-] yuan per person. million Swiss francs.

As long as he wins this award, it means that he will be able to complete 4/5 of the five international mathematics awards that are equivalent to or higher than the 'Kehl Number Theory Award' required by the system, and the last one, Definitely the Fields Medal.

This news put Qin Ke in a good mood, especially to be able to win this award with Ning Qingyun. At that time, he can go to the United States to get the Clay Mathematics Research Award, and then fly back to China to rest for about a week, and then fly to Zurich with Ning Qingyun After winning the Ostroski Award, you can travel locally for a few days, and then you can fly directly to Berlin to participate in the International Congress of Mathematicians held by IMU in early November.

Based on such a calculation, from the middle of next month to the first ten days of November, he will basically be in a state of flying around... In addition to the "topological quantum computing" cooperated with Professor Kopet, and the lime plant cultivation experiment The new desert sweet potato research project is in full swing in the laboratory, and it may not be easy to concentrate on studying the turbulence problem in physics in the laboratory.

However, the road to scientific research is very long, and there are still decades of time in life to devote to scientific research. What's the rush?

Qin Ke relaxed his mind. What he wanted to do most at this moment was to tell Ning Qingyun the good news that the two had won the Ostrosky Award.

Oh, Ning Qingyun is not here today, today is Saturday, Gu Yanfei and the others asked Ning Qingyun to go shopping.

Slowly, Ning Qingyun also had more and more good friends around her, which made Qin Ke feel particularly gratified.

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Time flies by in study and scientific research. Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun participated in the turbulent flow research group of Teacher Jiang Weixian, and at the same time took time to give lectures at Qiuzhen Academy of Qingmu University, twice a week.

On the Yanda side, there is also an average of about two weeks to give a public academic lecture.

On weekends, the two either go on a date, or go to the lime plant cultivation laboratory to participate in and guide researchers to increase research and experiments on "new desert sweet potatoes", and the data in them are used to improve "computational seed science".

The "Topological Quantum Computing" cooperating with Professor Koppett chose the new "topological superconducting vortex state" direction, and the progress was slow at the beginning, but as time went by, good teamwork made the research progress begin to speed up , It is estimated that some exciting results will be produced in March next year at the earliest.

During Qin Ke's return to academic research, the lingering voices surrounding the Riemann conjecture in the media and academic circles are still lingering and lively.

For example, the 50 copies of "Annual of Mathematics (Riemann's Conjecture Special Album)" released in early October were quickly sold out, and the editorial department of the Annals of Mathematics stated that they would not reprint it, making this special album temporarily out of print. People increase the price online to buy it, just to collect it and commemorate the great moment when the Riemann conjecture was cracked.

For example, Qingmu University has established the "Qin Kening Qingyun Scholarship for Excellent College Students", with 1 places each year, each with a scholarship of [-] yuan, which is used to reward outstanding undergraduate students in Qingmu University who study hard.

This is the first scholarship of Kiyoki University named after the school's young mathematicians.

And the Yan University next door is not far behind. After obtaining the consent of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, it also established the "Qin Ke Ning Qingyun Scholarship for Outstanding College Students", which is also a scholarship of 1 yuan.

The two newly established scholarships of two top universities in China have attracted considerable attention.

This further stimulated various merchants in the country. They frantically contacted Qin Ke to seek business cooperation. The highest bid has exceeded 1 million yuan, which is higher than most traffic stars. It caused a huge sensation for a while. Of course, more What caused a sensation was that both Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun rejected all commercial endorsements and advertisements, causing countless discussions.

In particular, Qin Ke's sentence "academics are pure, I just want to study and research purely, I have no time, energy and interest in participating in any commercial activities", has become a heated discussion on the Internet.

Some people say that the two are too stupid, after all, this is more than one billion!You don't have to do anything in this life, just lie on the money, sleep and play!How could Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun refuse, how could they refuse?

More people admired and applauded it, feeling that it was this indifferent focus on fame and fortune that made this couple of academic gods achieve such dazzling academic achievements today.

Even the "Xia Guo Youth Daily" published a special commentary, writing: "In this impetuous era of quick success and quick profit, everything is money-oriented, can keep calm in the face of great achievements and promises of great fame, and not be moved by money. Ask the original intention, only pursue pure academic and scientific research, this is the real scholar's demeanor!"

Another news that caused a big sensation was that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were selected as candidates for the "Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professor" at the same time, instead of the "Changjiang Young Scholars" candidates that everyone thought were more likely.

Although they are only candidates, anyone with a discerning eye knows that since the two can be included in the list of candidates, it is not surprising that their names will appear in the official list of "Cheung Kong Scholars Distinguished Professors" announced on January [-] next year.

"Cheung Kong Scholar" in his early 20s!I don't know how many people are jealous and how many people are amazed, but no one dares to raise objections. After all, when it comes to academic achievements in mathematics, looking at the whole country, there are really few people who can surpass Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

There were even rumors on the Internet that this was a preparation for Qin Ke's election as an academician of the Academy of Sciences next year.

It can be said that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are very popular in China, and they are the kind that are so popular.

In the midst of this heated discussion, Qin Ke, accompanied by Chen Ming, Zheng Haiqiao and others, bid farewell to Ning Qingyun, flew to Oxford University in Eagle Country, and participated in the Riemann Hypothesis Academic Report held by the Clay Institute. And receive a Clay Research Award certificate and a check for $100 million.

Qin Ke's arrival aroused enthusiastic support from local students. After the report meeting, students from Oxford University, including overseas students from Xiaguo, lined up to ask Qin Ke for his autograph. The scene was even hotter than chasing stars.

In fact, Qin Ke is indeed a legendary star among overseas students. In this era when studying abroad is proud and foreign education is popular, Qin Ke is based on the domestic education system, but still has achieved great academic achievements that surpass the vast majority of mathematicians. , how can you not be amazed and regarded as an academic icon?

Even the Eagle Country students at Oxford University asked excitedly after getting their signatures: "Professor Qin, are you recruiting graduate students at Qingmu University? We would like to study abroad at Qingmu University and study mathematics with you."

When they heard that Qin Ke is currently only a specially-appointed professor at Qiuzhen Academy and has not recruited graduate students for the time being, all the Eagle Country students couldn't hide their disappointment.

However, Xia Guo reporters who were present took pictures one after another and quickly recorded that Ying Guo students wanted to study at Qingmu University, which had never happened before.

Another student asked: "Professor Qin, I heard that the president of Oxford University, Carlson, would like to invite you to join Oxford University with an annual salary of one million pounds, a research fund of tens of millions, and the profession of deputy dean of the School of Mathematics. This matter? Will you agree?"

Seeing countless expectant eyes looking at him, Qin Ke thought for a while and said, "First of all, I would like to thank President Carlson for his kind invitation. I still have not completed my studies in China. My job is a graduate student in the Department of Physics. I will continue Because of my studies, I can only decline Principal Carlson."

The student didn't give up, and asked again: "Professor Qin, after you finish your physics studies, will you consider working at Oxford University again?"

"No. I have never considered going abroad to work." Qin Ke said solemnly: "I admire Mr. Qiu from Qingmu University. With his passion, he gave up his good life abroad and returned at the age of more than 70 years. In China, I only want to cultivate a world-class mathematician for the motherland, and I also want to learn from him. And my mathematics teacher, Academician Wang Heng, once said that the future of Xia's mathematics field is entrusted to you young people in hand."

Qin Ke thought of his teachers, and his heart was full of enthusiasm: "There are also my teachers Deng Hongguo, Shi Cunyuan, Lin Haibo, and Zheng Jianzhou in high school. Dedicated to the mathematics cause of the motherland. They are old, now it is my turn, I will stay in the country, try my best to promote the development of mathematics in the motherland, so that more and more Xiaguo students grow into Excellent mathematician!"

He looked at a group of Xiaguo international students: "The current domestic mathematics level is indeed not as good as that of world-class universities. I respect your choice to study abroad. For example, Oxford University does have a good educational environment. But I hope , after you finish your studies, you can return to the motherland, serve the motherland, and train more outstanding talents for the motherland. Yes, the motherland still has a lot to improve, but doesn’t this just require everyone to come back and work hard to change?”

Qin Ke never thought of going abroad to work. With Ning Qingyun's family background, it is impossible to go abroad for a long time. It is not easy to go abroad to participate in academic reports and win awards like now and then.How could Qin Ke leave his beloved cabbage and go abroad alone?
What's more, he can have the most favorable working conditions and research conditions in China, and he really wants to make more contributions to the education of his motherland, whether it is the establishment of the Lime Scholarship Fund, or the position of a specially-appointed professor on the podium , and to recruit master and doctoral students in the future. He hopes that the future of the motherland will be better, that there will be more talents, and he hopes that the mathematics circles in the motherland will have a new atmosphere, and there will be no more protectionism in those places and the blood of students' academic achievements. The so-called master of mathematics.

He hoped that the tragedy experienced by his teacher Deng Hongguo and his good friend Associate Professor Chen Licheng would not happen again.

To this end, he needs more companions, and he needs to use his influence to attract more companions to work together for the goal of "making the mathematics world better".

Qin Ke bowed slightly to the group of foreign students: "May I be able to walk with you on the road of mathematics development of the motherland in the future, thank you!"

Young people are passionate, they will have the desire to serve the country and the dream of strengthening the country in their hearts, and they love their motherland, so when they heard Qin Ke's sincere words, what responded to him was warm applause from the international students and a picture of A teary face!
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Qin Ke won the Clay Mathematics Research Award and did not attract much attention. After all, the reputation of this award is still weak. Qingmu University only released a short message on the website, and the major media reposted it and did not mention it much. .

Qin Ke returned to China and began to seriously prepare the speech at the International Conference of Mathematicians with Ning Qingyun.

Qin Ke's one-hour report, and Ning Qingyun's 45-minute report.

This is the largest and highest-level event in the international mathematics community. The two represent not only themselves, but also the entire Xia Kingdom mathematics community, and it is even more related to the final ownership of the Fields Medal.

So even if Qin Ke holds the two "artifacts" that prove Goldbach's conjecture and Riemann's conjecture, and the Fields Medal is almost in his pocket, he still will not relax his preparations.

Until the last moment, no one knows if there is an accident, and taking academic reports seriously is also the basic quality of a scholar.

But before the two left for Zurich to receive the Ostroski Award, Wei Xueming, the head of the Lime Plant Cultivation Laboratory, called an emergency call:
"President Qin, something happened to the lime plant cultivation laboratory, can you come over as soon as possible?"

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun looked at each other, feeling nervous. Wei Xueming is a down-to-earth person. If something urgent hadn't happened, he wouldn't have called for help like this!

(End of this chapter)