I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 924: Having a god-level mentor is really a blessing and a pain!

Although Qin Ke paid little attention to the response to this "new geometry" paper, the mathematical community will never ignore the great significance of "the complete unification of algebra and geometry" and "laying the foundation for a unified theoretical framework of mathematics."

Just as Qin Ke, Ning Qingjun, Edward Witten, Lao Tao, and Mr. Qiu returned to the garden villa of Qingmu University in a vehicle arranged by Wei Feng, the sensation caused by these two papers was becoming more and more popular abroad. Especially since many famous mathematics professors and mathematics masters have commented on the preprint version of arXiv, it has aroused the interest of countless people.

Among these comments, the speech of Professor Unamuno, a "tenured professor" at the Technical University of Munich, winner of the "Leibniz Prize" and winner of the "Wolf Prize in Mathematics", attracted the most attention:

"I am Unamuno. I have just spent two days reading this paper on 'New Geometry'. As a person who has pursued the unification of mathematics as his lifelong research goal and has devoted 30 to [-] years of research energy to Professor of Mathematics on the Langlands Program, I felt very complicated at this time. Because I found that the development potential of this 'new geometry' in the unification of mathematics, the completeness of the system, and the compatibility between algebra and geometry were far beyond It exceeds the Langlands Program. I am heartbroken for my decades of research efforts, and I am also excited about the future of unified mathematics with greater hope for success."

"Academician Qin Ke is a mathematician I admire very much. At the Steele Prize award ceremony, I invited him to join me in my research project on the unification of mathematics, but at that time he was modest and needed to continue. Study more and accumulate knowledge, and declined my invitation. I regret it. But now it seems that his refusal is not a bad thing for the mathematics community. At least he will lead the team in the direction of Grothendieck algebraic geometry starting this year. The 'new geometry' created by him is most likely the most correct principle."

"In the following research, I have decided to abandon the Langlands field and choose to study and master this 'new geometry' in depth. I know very well that the great goal of the unification of mathematics can no longer be achieved in my hands. But I really want to see how Academician Qin Ke and his team will use 'new geometry' to win the Holy Grail of mathematics in the future."

"Finally, I sincerely congratulate Academician Qin Ke and his team, and I am happy that the mathematics community can usher in a new future."

Professor Unamuno is extremely famous in the international mathematics community. He has always been famous for his fanatical pursuit of the "unification of mathematics". He is especially famous for the Langlands Program, second only to Mr. Langlands himself, and for proving the Langlands Program. He is as famous as Wu Baozhu, the Fields Medal winner of the Fundamental Lemma.

Therefore, in today’s world of mathematics, if one wants to talk about the “unification of mathematics”, no one can avoid the name Professor Unamuno.

Another famous American algebraic geometer, Professor Friedrich Rosenberg of Harvard University, also made a very high evaluation: "I have read it for two days and only saw more than 70 pages. I read I have read more than 5000 papers. This is the only paper that allowed me to learn something new on every page and read every page carefully and repeatedly. I will put down the work and research at hand and Continue to spend a month studying this paper and strive to fully understand this 'new geometry'. This is indeed of such important value."

Seeing that both Professor Unamuno and Professor Rosenberg praised this "new geometry" so highly, some mathematicians who couldn't understand and were screaming quickly shut up.

The speeches of the two celebrities also triggered a new round of discussion frenzy. On social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as on mathematics forums, comments about these two papers were overwhelming and completely occupied the traffic.

Of course, there is no lack of media from various countries adding fuel to the flames and getting a share of the traffic.

The international media are reporting this event crazily, so you can often see relevant news and reporters interviewing mathematicians on television stations in various countries.

For example, the famous "London Times" conducted an interview with Rod Fletcher, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of IMU (International Mathematical Union).

Reporter: "Secretary-General Fletcher, what is IMU's comment on the two papers recently uploaded to arXiv by Academician Xia Guoqinke's team?"

Rod Fletcher: "We at IMU also attach great importance to these two papers and mobilized a large number of experts in algebraic geometry to study them."

Reporter: "Can you tell us whether IMU has received a review request from the Annals of Mathematics? According to past experience, millennium conjectures such as the Riemann Hypothesis are submitted to IMU for expert review by relevant journals. of."

Rod Fletcher: "Yes, we have received relevant applications, but the difficulty of both papers is very high, especially the second paper proving the Hodge conjecture. It is difficult to find suitable experts for review. . At present, we still mobilize famous mathematicians from all over the world to study these two papers, and then select suitable review experts."

Reporter: “How long do you estimate it will take for the review results to be issued?”

Rod Fletcher: "It seems that the most suitable reviewers were the authors of these two papers and the mathematical masters mentioned in the 'Acknowledgments'. Now we can only find others, although Una Professor Muno, Professor Friedrich Rosenberg and other mathematicians have already agreed to serve as review experts, but it will take a lot of time to select more than 20 people. If the review time is included, it is estimated that the fastest The review results will not be released until next year.”

Reporter: “Secretary-General Fletcher, Professor Unamuno and Professor Friedrich Rosenberg you just mentioned have spoken highly of these two papers. Many people in the industry also think that these two papers This paper is correct, what do you think about this?”

Rod Fletcher: “It is difficult to directly conclude that any professional academic paper that has not been collectively reviewed by peer experts has no errors or omissions, but the members of Academician Qin Ke’s team are basically leaders in the international mathematics community. Personally, I am more optimistic about these two papers.”

Reporter: "May I ask Secretary-General Fletcher? Obviously, the chances of both papers passing the review are very high. Whether they create 'new geometry' or prove the 'Hodge Conjecture', they are both achievements that have a huge impact on the mathematics community. At the International Congress of Mathematicians at the end of this year, will IMU consider awarding the author of the paper a second Fields Medal?"

Rod Fletcher: "We at IMU have never had a precedent of awarding the Fields Medal twice, but there is no doubt that even aside from the results of these two papers, Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun of Xia Guo have previously The dazzling mathematical achievements achieved and the huge contribution to the development of mathematics deserve our highest respect from IMU."

Reporter: "IMU's most prestigious honor is the Fields Medal. Do you mean that IMU will break this precedent and award the Fields Medal to Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun again?"

Rod Fletcher: "The matter is of great importance. We still need to hold serious internal meetings to discuss and study it. Please wait for the answer to be announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians in November this year."

It has to be said that Rod Fletcher, the Secretary General of IMU, is quite qualified. This last answer has filled this year’s International Congress of Mathematicians with suspense and greatly enhanced IMU’s presence. With the interview video spread, and the related discussions are also extremely heated. Some people think that "even the Nobel Prize has been awarded to the same winner twice. Why can't IMU's Fields Medal be an exception?", and others think that " IMU still has many major awards, such as the Chern Medal, the Gauss Medal, etc., and it may not be an exception to award the Fields Medal for the second time."

The final result of the constant controversy is that countless people are naturally curious about whether IMU will make an exception and award a second Fields Medal. The number of people who decided to watch the International Congress of Mathematicians Award Ceremony has exceeded 2 million. .

The one that is most able to join in the fun and work flexibly is the World Food Prize Foundation. It soon publicly announced that the "World Food Prize" award ceremony originally scheduled to be held in the United States in August this year will be postponed to November 8. It was held in Des Moines, Iowa, at the beginning of the month, and the reason was very considerate. "It will allow Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun to waste less time flying to the United States to receive the award, and have more time to devote to research." above".

The time for awarding this award was just before the International Congress of Mathematicians. It was very popular, and it was really thoughtful, so it gained a lot of popularity.In fact, the World Food Prize Foundation is forced to do nothing. You must know that although the "World Food Prize" is the world's number one "botanical award", with a prize of up to 25 US dollars, botany is actually less popular, and its reputation It is not even as good as the Cole Prize for Number Theory in the American mathematics community, so it has to use this method to increase its popularity.

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It’s so lively abroad, and naturally it can’t stop at home either.

With various reports and interpretations by the media, related topics have long occupied the top of the hot search list. Thanks to this popularity, even ordinary high school students roughly understand what "new geometry" is, and "the unification of mathematics" What it is, it suddenly set off a craze for learning mathematics.

The atmosphere in Qingmu University was equally enthusiastic. Even though they were used to seeing the "super gods" of these two young academicians from their own school, the results achieved this time were so exaggerated that they still became the topic of discussion for countless students in the dining hall.They left the campus, and when they mentioned this matter to other relatives and friends, they looked proud and kept saying, "How about our Academician Qin, Academician Ning?"

As the first-generation students of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, even the doctoral students Dirk Hill, master students Liang Shaoping and Luslan Baker, who were the best in mathematics, felt a lot of pressure.

Having two incredible mentors is certainly something worth bragging about and celebrating, but when the mentors have already ascended to the status of gods, as a student, all that is left is the emotion of admiration and the tremendous pressure.

After all, with such dazzling but extremely low-key tutors, students like them receive extra attention and have to accept the critical eyes of those around them. Not only are they cautious in their words and deeds, not daring to make any mistakes so as not to embarrass their tutors, they also have to While studying, make sure you understand the achievements of your instructor, lest you fail to answer when someone asks, which would be really embarrassing and embarrassing to your grandma’s house.

Of course, the worst offenders are physics students such as Jiang Xiaopang and Hua Manting. When their former basic science class classmates see them, they will ask, "What's so great about that new geometry?" "What's the idea behind the proof of Hodge's conjecture?" I can’t understand Ke Ge’s paper at all, so I rely on you to help explain it”…

But both "New Geometry" and "Hodge's Conjecture" are too difficult. Dirk Hill, a Ph.D. student in mathematics, can only understand a superficial understanding, let alone a master's degree student in physics like Jiang Xiaopang. Well, their understanding of it is really not that good.

Later, after listening to Gu Yanfei and Ximen Hui's "crying", Ning Qingyun smiled and helped write a "thesis key points" of more than 1000 words. Jiang Xiaopang and others felt like they had found a treasure. Regardless of whether they could understand it or not, they had to memorize it first. Just use it to fool people...

Alas, so having a god-level mentor is really a blessing and a pain.

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For Qin Ke, the real benefit of this successful creation of "New Geometry" is not the further improvement and consolidation of his reputation, nor the fact that the big shots at the top regard him as a treasure and an unparalleled national scholar, but the salvation of the god of learning. Rewards and recognition from the world system.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host! After independent learning and research, the host successfully led the team to expand and improve 'algebraic geometry', laying the core foundation for the self-developed unified theoretical framework of mathematics, which has produced immeasurable and significant positive effects on the development of the mathematics community. Impact, the 'Grade Makes Me Improve' assessment score is 'S+'! The 'Grade Make Me Improve' function takes effect, your academic points (mathematics) +40000!"

This time it’s a full 40000 academic points!

Qin Ke was overjoyed. You should know that he had worked so hard to solve a world-class millennium mathematical problem and only got 10000 mathematical points.The reward obtained this time is equivalent to overcoming four millennium problems!

With the issuance of 40000 math points, his math upgrade progress bar has jumped a lot, and he is only one step away from reaching the level.

"Mathematics level: Grandmaster level, next level: God of mathematics level, upgrade progress: 92672/100000"

There are only about 7000 points left to reach the highest level of mathematics, the "God of Mathematics Level".

He only needs to wait for the international academic community, especially IMU, to hold a review meeting and publicly announce that he and Ning Qingyun have proved the "Hodge Conjecture", then he can get another 10000 academic points and max out his mathematics level!
——Although according to the reward rules of the original system, Qin Ke himself has S-level knowledge "Revealing the Hodge Conjecture" in hand, which proves that it is impossible to obtain rewards for the Hodge Conjecture, but Qin Ke uses a different S-level system than the above. Knowledge and brand-new "new geometry" to prove Hodge's conjecture would be different.

According to Qin Ke's estimation, the system has a high probability of issuing a reward of 10000 points.

He was sitting on the sofa, happily looking at the system interface while teasing his two babies, Xiaoxiao and Zhengzheng, when he suddenly heard Qin Xiaoke say in surprise: "Brother, sister-in-law, come over and take a look, Grandpa Wang, come on TV!”

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun subconsciously looked up and saw an interview program being played on the TV.

The interviewee was none other than their teacher, Academician Wang Henglao, a master of number theory who is nearly ninety years old.

Presumably because the media could not interview Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun, Lao Tao, Edward and other people directly related to them, they interviewed various figures in the field of mathematics. Naturally, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun’s teachers, Academician Wang Heng, were One of the best people to interview.

Academician Wang Heng has long been indifferent to fame and fortune, but as a man in the world, there are always human connections that cannot be avoided, so he finally accepted a brief interview with the "Xiaguo Academic Journal", in which he described the significance of the unification of mathematics. , and the prospect of this "new geometry" as the core of a unified theoretical framework for mathematics.

I just heard the reporter on the TV ask: "Excuse me, Academician Wang, how do you feel about these two disciples achieving such outstanding results?"

(End of this chapter)