I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 773 Mr. Yang’s entrustment and new world problems

Ning Qingyun and Qin Xiaoke next to him saw Qin Ke on the phone, and they all fell silent, especially Ning Qingyun, who was stunned when he heard Qin Ke call the other party "Mr. Yang".

Qin Xiaoke asked in a low voice: "Who is this 'Mr. Yang'? Sister-in-law."

"He was the first Xia-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics at the age of 35 based on the theory of 'parity non-conservation'. He has now restored his Xia nationality." Ning Qingyun explained in a low voice.

Qin Xiaoke's tongue froze when he heard that, and suddenly he had the sense of reality that "my brother is really a great big shot".After all, looking at the whole country, it is estimated that there are no more than ten young people who can be contacted by Mr. Yang, a respected and national treasure-level senior.

At this time, the three of them were sitting in the back row of the car, and it was very quiet except for the slight wind from the air conditioner. Both Ning Qingyun and Qin Xiaoke could hear the old man's voice from the other end of the phone:
"Xiao Qin, I listened to the secretary finish reading your and Xiao Ning's paper on the general solution of the NS equation recently. Although mathematics is not my specialty, I can't fully understand it, but I can hear that it is logical and full of imagination and passion. Very creative."

Mr. Yang speaks a bit slowly, but his words are clear. The most shocking thing is that at the age of [-], he has even finished listening to the extremely complex and profound paper on the general solution of NS equations written by Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun!

"I made this call just to ask if you are interested in continuing to study the 'Yang-Mills Existence and Quality Gap' (also known as 'Yang-Mills Existence and Quality Gap') problem that Robert and I have ?I heard that you tried to solve the Yang-Mills equation with an original mathematical method at the conference of the Einstein Science Award at the beginning of the year. The general solution of the Yang-Mills equation is also my long-cherished wish. If you can Before I was buried, I saw the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation, and I have no regrets in my life. It is a pity that I have waited for so many years and no mathematician can do it..."

It is very difficult to prove the existence of the solution of the Yang-Mills equations and even find the general solution by mathematical methods, no less than the NS equations. It is not surprising that no one can find the general solution.

"Now that I think about it, only you and Xiao Ning, who have found the general solution of the NS equation, may find the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation... If it is possible, I will entrust the answer to this question to you two ...cough cough..."

After the old gentleman said so many words in one breath, he suddenly coughed a little. Hearing the sound of the secretary patting his back softly, Qin Ke couldn't help feeling moved.

At the beginning, Mr. Yang and Professor Mills only deduced the hypothesis of "Yang-Mills existence and mass gap" from physical theory and experiments, but they could not prove it mathematically. After decades, Mr. Yang The ultimate answer to this hypothesis is always on the mind.

This is a true scientific researcher's dedication to truth!

Qin Ke said earnestly and solemnly: "Mr. Yang, don't worry, Qingyun and I are already conducting research on the Yang-Mills equation, and we have some ideas on how to find a general solution. We will strive to solve this problem within this year." The Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap' problem."

"Within this year? Good!" Old Mr. Yang calmed down his cough, and his voice became visibly excited: "I'll wait for your good news!"

"We have finished writing the thesis, and we will definitely notify you as soon as possible."

After finishing the call with Mr. Yang, Qin Ke still sighed in his heart, and said to Ning Qingyun, "We are going to work hard."

Ning Qingyun was also very moved when she heard it. She nodded and said softly, "I was wondering just now, would I still be like the old gentleman, thinking about academic matters for decades? Later, I realized that I might not be able to be so persistent. .”

Qin Ke said with a smile: "This is a hypothesis and conjecture put forward by Mr. Yang himself, and he will be worried if he has not found the answer. We didn't come up with any hypothesis and conjecture."

Qin Xiaoke blinked and blinked: "Brother, didn't you also put forward a 'Qin's conjecture' before?"

Qin Ke was a little surprised: "You still remember?"

"Of course, I have checked the results of you and sister-in-law on the Internet, otherwise how can you brag to your classmates." Qin Xiaoke was triumphant.

"It is just a conjecture connecting Riemann's conjecture and prime numbers, and it has lost its meaning the moment Riemann's conjecture is cracked."

"Oh..." Qin Xiaoke responded sharply without knowing it.

Ning Qingyun was still thinking about what Mr. Yang entrusted, she was a little worried and said: "Qin Xiaoke, it's good that you promised to find the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation, we have the 'Lime Tsunami Storm Current Cycle Algorithm' , I have a clue about finding this system of nonlinear partial differential equations, but it is too difficult to solve the problem of 'Yang-Mills existence and quality gap' within one year, right?"

The two have recently begun to use the "lime tsunami storm flow cycle algorithm" to study the Yang-Mills equation, but the problem of "Yang-Mills existence and quality gap" is not equivalent to finding the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation .

"Yang Mills' Existence and Quality Gap", as one of the world's seven major mathematical problems, originated from the Yang Mills theory in physics.The formal formulation of the problem is: prove that for any compact, simple gauge group, the Yang-Mills equations in four-dimensional Euclidean space have a solution that predicts the existence of a mass gap.

If the equivalent is replaced by a mathematical language, it is - "Find the general solution of the quantum Yang-Mills equation for the compact, simple non-Abelian Lie group G in Re^4 as the gauge group, and prove that the mass gap is greater than 0 .”

It is divided into two parts. The first step is to prove and obtain the general solution of Yang-Mills equations, and the second is to prove that this general solution has a special property called "mass gap assumption".

Finding the general solution of the Yang-Mills equations can greatly promote the research of the standard model of particle physics, but the second step of the "mass gap assumption" is more important.

The "mass gap hypothesis" arose in studies leading to quantum chromodynamics.

Compared with quantum electrodynamics, many assumptions of quantum chromodynamics are confirmed by experiments, but cannot be proved by mathematical theory. The "mass gap hypothesis" is one of them.

Physicists have confirmed through physical theory experiments and computer simulations that there must be a strongly interacting "mass gap" for vacuum excitation, that is, there is a non-zero minimum energy level (that is, there is no massless particle wave) .Unfortunately, it is still impossible to explain or prove this hypothesis in mathematical language.

It sounds a little puzzling that physics can be established by mathematics but cannot be explained.In fact, it is easy to understand with an inappropriate analogy.It is like a sculptor carving out a statue that everyone thinks is very beautiful, but if it is beautiful and why it is carved in such a way that everyone thinks it is beautiful, the sculptor can't tell the reason, and the aesthetes can't explain it either.

If the problem of "mass gap hypothesis" is solved, it will not only be a major breakthrough in theoretical physics and greatly promote the unification of physics, but also a major breakthrough in mathematics, and it is very likely that a new kind of mathematics will be born. Such as developing quantum field theory into a mathematical theory!
However, in order to solve the problem of "mass gap hypothesis", one must be extremely proficient in cutting-edge QFT (quantum field theory), QED (quantum electrodynamics) and QCD (quantum chromodynamics), and create a new mathematical processing method. possible.

Now Ning Qingyun has a certain idea of ​​the first step to prove and obtain the general solution of the Yang-Mills equations, and he is still [-] to [-]% sure of finding the general solution within this year, but for the second part "quality gap assumption ” The proof is not confident.Her research on QFT, QED, and QCD is not very deep.

Qin Ke smiled: "It's okay, we will solve the problem of the general solution of the Yang-Mills equations before September, and we will work together on the follow-up 'quality gap assumption'."

Qin Ke's current physics has reached the level of a real master. In terms of quantum field theory, quantum electrodynamics, and quantum chromodynamics, he is by no means inferior to most senior physics professors who specialize in this direction. level, he still has considerable confidence in solving the "quality gap hypothesis", especially his mathematical intuition tells him that as long as a general solution is required, the "quality gap hypothesis" will also have solutions and clues.

"Yes. I will work hard." Ning Qingyun clenched her small fists tightly.

Both Qin Xiaoke and Fang Yongtang, who was driving the car, were confused. Qin Xiaoke simply checked the life story of Mr. Yang on the Internet, and quickly said: "Mr. Yang is over a hundred years old, and he is still engaged in Scientific research? Bro, you won’t be like him, you will really dedicate your whole life to science, right?”

"Mr. Yang has been retired for many years, but he has never given up on his pursuit of physics. Me..." Qin Ke thought for a while: "I guess I will completely retire when I am on the scientific research front until I am 80 years old. Spend your days on the rattan chair and amuse your children and grandchildren."

But he thought about it again, it's really hard to say, he and Ning Qingyun have been practicing the Oriental Secret Code, and practicing the Oriental Yuanyuan Method in the future will definitely stay young and live longer and healthier than others, not to mention the S-level knowledge in hand In "Cracking the Code of Human Aging", it may be as healthy as a middle-aged person to be alive at the age of [-].

And by that time, most of the problems that human beings currently have, should have answers in his eyes, right?
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With this episode, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun spent most of their free time during Qin Xiaoke's college entrance examination on the general solution of Yang-Mills equations, but as a millennial math problem, this nonlinear partial differential The difficulty of the equation is frighteningly high. Even with the "lime tsunami storm flow cycle algorithm" in hand, there is still little progress. It is like a huge reef, no matter how severe the tsunami storm is, it will not move.

But water droplets can penetrate stone. As long as we persevere, identify the key points, and optimize the "lime tsunami storm flow cycle algorithm" according to the Yang-Mills equations, we will be able to overcome it sooner or later.

What Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun needed most when facing math problems was patience.

In the blink of an eye, the most important exam that Qin Xiaoke experienced in his life came to an end with the sound of cicadas singing in summer.

Qin Xiaoke and his good friend Xiao Wen are both science students. The 3+1+2 subjects of the college entrance examination are Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, biology, and geography.Anyway, after the exam, the little girl said that she was in excellent condition and performed bravely. She hardly encountered any problems that could not be solved. Especially this year's math test paper was relatively simple. Qin Xiaoke even said that she was sure to get a score of 140 or more.

Qin Ke was also completely relieved. In fact, he didn't pay much attention to the little girl's final college entrance examination results. After all, Qin Xiaoke had already been admitted to Central America.He just hopes that his sister can have an unforgettable life experience, and that her hard work will be rewarded, so as to deepen her understanding of "no pain, no pain".

Qin Xiaoke, who was freed from the college entrance examination, was like a bird out of the cage. Apart from practicing painting for three hours a day, she let herself go. Xiaogui Dadi made suggestions, but the little girl's aesthetics is still very online, so all the wedding matters, big and small, were settled on June 6.

Before flying to Sweden, Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun and Qin Xiaoke on a trip to the seaside for three days and three nights to celebrate Qin Xiaoke's high school graduation.

After the tour was over and Qin Xiaoke was handed back to his parents, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun boarded an international flight together on June 6, and flew to Stockholm under the full protection of Wei Feng and Wei Jing. Go to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to receive the Rove Shock Mathematics Prize, and donate the handwritten NS equation research paper by the way.

The two received a warm welcome at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Mr. Goran Hansen, the dean, took over the manuscript with great care, and repeatedly stated that he would use the best preservation technology to preserve this manuscript in the history of human mathematics and physics. Great academic gem.

As for the awarding ceremony of the Rove Shock Mathematics Prize, it was slightly simplified compared to the Crafford Prize, but it was also presented by the King of Sweden himself.

The King of Sweden smiled and said in English: "I am very grateful to the two academicians for their contributions to human civilization. I hope to see you here again at the end of the year."

The end of the year is the Nobel Prize award ceremony. I heard that even the King of Sweden said so. Although he will not participate in the selection, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun both guessed that they are sure to win the award, at least [-]% above grasp.

After receiving the medal, certificate and 60 Swedish kronor prize of the Rove Shock Mathematics Award, Qin and Ke only had a short day's rest before flying to Italy to receive the Balza International Foundation's Balza Award. grace award.

This is also an international award. Although it is not very famous, the bonus of up to 100 million Swiss francs is quite high. It is also famous for its high bonus.

There is another surprise in Italy, that is, the Royal Italian Academy of Sciences has already arranged staff to wait at the Balzahn International Foundation. The identity of the scientist's foreign academician, and soon notified the dean to come.

So that day, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun had an additional identity - foreign academicians of the Italian Royal Academy of Sciences.

Because of this episode, the two had to change their travel plans in Rome and went to the First University of Rome to hold a public lecture.

The two were also warmly sought after and welcomed by the students at the First University of Rome.

It was not until June 6 that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were able to fly to Paris to participate in this year's Academic Exchange Conference and Selection Conference of the Scientific Breakthrough Award.

However, on this flight, the two encountered unexpected things.

(End of this chapter)