From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 103 Who will kill the deer?

As the organizer, the Xia Guo Mathematical Society has done a very good job in terms of service.

The accommodation is arranged in a five-star hotel, two people share a room.

Ye Fei shared a room with Yuan Zhengsong, Xu Wen shared a room with Zhou Lin, Academician Wei shared a room with another Academician Xia Guo, and the five rooms were next to each other, making it easy to move around.

After five people entered the room and packed their luggage.

Academician Wei called them all to the room where Ye Fei was.

Five people gathered in a group, some sat on the edge of the bed, some sat on the chair.

Academician Wei looked at the few people and said, "We came neither early nor late. There are more than a dozen rooms near us on this floor, all of which are Xia Guo scholars. You can communicate with them."

"It's not only a way to make connections, but also to exchange academic issues."

Ye Fei and the others all nodded, agreeing with Academician Wei's statement.

In academia, you must not work behind closed doors. This is a taboo.

The painful lessons of seclusion and isolation should be engraved in the blood of the people of Xia, and they will never be forgotten.

If you do not communicate academic issues with others for a long time, your knowledge may fall behind the world after a few years.

Academician Wei said: "There are still many foreign scholars here, you can also communicate with them, but remember..."

Academician Wei said seriously: "Some knowledge cannot be shared. For example, some of you are doing technical research, so don't leak the technical content."

Mathematicians not only do theoretical research, but also applied research.

For example, Ye Fei has done some experiments.

As for Xu Wen and the others, they must have done experiments.

It is also unrealistic to say that we have been doing theory and not doing application.

Very rare throughout the scientific community.

"If it leaks out, you know the consequences. This is not only your personal loss, but also the country's loss."

"There are too many foreigners here, and they are all smart people. You can't guarantee whether some people have ulterior motives."

"I often encounter places like this where there are many foreigners. Someone tells you a formula, and you get caught in it without knowing it."

"By the time you realize it, it's too late to regret it."

"So, when communicating with this group of foreigners, you must raise your spirits."

Zhou Lin muttered: "It's so dangerous, we don't communicate with them, we only communicate with Xia Guo scholars."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Academician Wei gave him a sharp look, and said, "If you don't communicate with them, how do you know their academic achievements and how far they have reached?"

"And how do you know new international academic knowledge?"

"Can't you think about it? If they can tell us what to say, can't we tell what to say to them?"

"We and them are both opponents and friends, both games and cooperation."

"These principles, you should understand!"

The four of Ye Fei nodded. They were all smart people and understood what Academician Wei said.

They said: "Understand!"

"You just need to understand." Academician Wei said: "Also, don't leak out the content of the academic report you gave on stage."

"Although the papers you need to make an academic report have been posted on Arxiv, the contents of the academic report must be different from those on Arxiv."

Everyone nodded, yes, indeed.

Arxiv is only the first draft, and the final draft is in their heads.

Moreover, the content gap between the final draft and the first draft is very large.

It can even be said that the similarity is less than one-third.

The first draft is equivalent to an outline, and the final draft is the specific content.

"If you leak it, if you are inspired by them."

"Although there is no loss to the country, there is a loss to you personally."

"You guys will go on stage to give an academic report later. If the content is the same, I don't think you will be able to make an academic report."

Think about it, the content of the academic report made by others is similar, the person who did it first is fine, and the person who does it later will be considered plagiarism.

At that time, the audience will let the person who does it later roll off, and the scene is very embarrassing.

Zhou Lin smiled and said: "Academician Wei, don't worry, we know this, how could we leak the content of the academic report to them."

"Even if they tried to trick us, we never mentioned the content of any academic report."

"It's good that you know."

Seeing that everyone was nervous, Academician Wei said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, take it easy, this is not the Olympic Games, there is no such thing as competition scoring, you may encounter academic report topic crashes, but the probability is very high." Low."

"So, your opponent is not others, but yourself."

"As long as you defeat yourself, you will win."

Xu Wen smiled and said: "Academician Wei, we may not crash the subject of the academic report, but someone may crash."

"Huh?" Academician Wei asked suspiciously, "Who?"

"Ye Fei!" Xu Wen said with a smile, "He might collide with James Maynard's son, Amata Maynard, on the subject of an academic report."

Academician Wei asked in surprise, "Is it the 2022 Fields Medal winner James Maynard?"

"Yes!"

Academician Wei frowned and asked, "What's his son's name?"

"Amata Maynard!" Xu Wen said.

"Yes, Amata Maynard." Academician Wei said, "How is his ability?"

Xu Wendao: "The ability is very strong."

"Graduated from Cambridge University with a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the age of 18. At the age of 19, he proved the conjecture of factor coefficients. At the age of 20, he proved the minimum interval of prime numbers. At the age of 21, he proved the maximum interval of prime numbers. At the age of 24, he proved the Littlewood conjecture of Diophantine approximation. At the age of 26, he proved that The Lehmer conjecture of the discreteness of algebras."

These conjectures, except for the factor coefficient conjecture, are no less difficult than the continuum hypothesis that Ye Fei once proved.

The remaining conjectures are more difficult than the continuum hypothesis.

"At 27, he made major contributions to the BSD conjecture on elliptic curves."

This is another conundrum, harder than all of Amata's past conundrums.

Because the BSD conjecture is one of the eight conjectures in mathematics.

Although he is not a direct proof of the BSD conjecture.

But the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves is of great help to the BSD conjecture.

The difficulties related to the eight major conjectures are very difficult.

It is conceivable that the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves is difficult.

Of course, Amata did not prove the BSD conjecture of elliptic curves.

If he could prove it, he might have a Fields Medal.

But even so, he made a major contribution to the BSD conjecture on elliptic curves.

Also very powerful.

"Now at the age of 28, he has become the youngest full professor of mathematics at Cambridge University."

"At the same time, he is also an intermediate research fellow at the Cambridge University Mathematics Center."

"Probably in another two years to be promoted to Senior Researcher."

Research fellows are divided into intern research fellows, assistant research fellows, associate research fellows and research fellows.

In these four levels, they are divided into elementary, intermediate and advanced.

A junior researcher is equivalent to a fourth-level professor, an intermediate researcher is equivalent to a third-level professor, and a senior researcher is equivalent to a second-level professor.

The higher level is academician, or fellow, which is equivalent to a first-level professor.

If it is a first-level professor who has not obtained an academician or a fellowship.

In the mathematics center, it is generally at the deputy director level.

If it is an academician or fellow, it is generally at the director level.

Everyone was shocked. Judging from Amata Maynard's resume, he is indeed very strong.

He conjectures almost once a year, and is also a mid-level researcher at the Cambridge University Mathematics Centre.

Cambridge University Mathematics Center is one of the best mathematics centers in the world.

The only mathematics centers comparable to it are MIT Mathematics Center, Harvard University Mathematics Center and Princeton Mathematics Center.

Being a junior researcher in the best mathematics center in the world is very powerful.

In terms of ability, it is only one level away from first-level professors, and only two levels away from academicians.

Looking at young mathematicians around the world, he is the top group.

"And the content of his research is exactly the same as Ye Fei's."

"A paper on the Gaussian class number conjecture was hung on Arxiv not long ago."

"And Ye Fei also posted a paper on the Gaussian class number conjecture on Arxiv not long ago."

"So, I say that the two of them are likely to crash on the topic of academic reports."

I want to know with my ass, Amata Maynard posted a paper on the Gaussian number conjecture on Arrive not long ago.

Then it is very likely to make a conjecture about the Gaussian number conjecture in the academic report at the International Conference of Young Mathematicians.

And Ye Fei is also working on the Gaussian number conjecture in the academic report.

In this way, the two collided on the subject.

As long as there is a crash on the topic, the scholars present will compare the academic reports of the two.

If one side is weak and the other side is strong, it is easy to find the gap between the two by comparing them.

At this time, whoever is weak is embarrassed.

Moreover, this is an international conference, facing young mathematicians from all over the world.

What they represent is the country and the individual. Ability is one aspect, but face is more important.

Academician Wei looked at Ye Fei and said worriedly, "Ye Fei, are you sure?"

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Academician Wei, don't worry, I can do it."

How can a man say no, you have to do it, otherwise you are not a man.

Academician Wei reassured: "It's okay even if you can't compare, there are too many outstanding people in this world, and there will always be someone who is better than you."

"Besides, you are several years younger than Amata. Maybe you will be better than him in a few years."

Of course, these words are words of consolation.

Amata is only 28 this year, and Ye Fei is 24 this year. There is only a four-year-old difference between the two.

Four years may pass by studying only one difficult problem.

For people in academia, four years is almost negligible.

Looking at Ye Fei's resume, the number of problems Ye Fei proved is not equal to that of Amata.

Therefore, four years later, it is almost impossible for Ye Fei to compete with Amata.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Academician Wei, you don't need to comfort me. I know how much I am. Amata is very good, but I don't think I am so bad."

Academician Wei smiled and said, "It's good that you know, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"This is a mathematics conference. We don't need the Olympic spirit. The mathematics conference is to show your own achievements, not compete with others."

After finishing speaking, Academician Wei looked at the rest of the people and said, "You guys have a good rest first, and you can also go and communicate with others."

"But don't be too busy, keep your spirits up and prepare for tomorrow's International Youth Mathematicians Conference."

"Next, you will have to listen to academic reports for ten days. This is a tough battle."

"Okay, Academician Wei."

After Academician Wei finished speaking, he stood up and left the room.

He also has his own business to do.

The International Conference of Young Mathematicians not only came to many well-known young mathematicians, but also many academicians and fellows.

He also wants to exchange academic issues with these people.

After Academician Wei left, Xu Wen and Zhou Lin left Ye Fei's room.

Ye Fei turned on the computer and checked the academic report draft he had prepared.

For Amata, he is still a little stressed.

If the two of them collided with each other at that time, he would not know who would win.

"I can do it!" Ye Fei secretly encouraged himself.

Ye Fei has always been confident in his ability since he got the system.

Maybe the number of difficult problems he has proved is incomparable with Amata.

But the quantity cannot be compared, let's compare the quality.

Amata room!
At this time, Amata was checking the content of his academic report. For this academic report, he was going to make a big splash and completely confirm his position among young international mathematicians.

Amata has always wanted to get rid of her father's influence.

Because he is the son of James Maynard, many people have placed high hopes on him since he was born, hoping that he will become a top international mathematician in the future.

Therefore, when he went out, when others mentioned Amata Maynard, they would say that he was the son of James Maynard.

Instead of saying that he is Amata Maynard.

Amata did not like this behavior.

He hoped that when he went out and mentioned Amata, everyone knew him instead of his father.

Therefore, after graduating, he did not follow his father, but studied alone, hoping to break out in the world of mathematics alone.

Hill walked in excitedly from the outside.

Hill is Amata's roommate. He pulled a chair, sat next to Amata, and said, "Amata, I heard some news. The topic of your academic report this time crashed with some people. .”

"Crash?" Amata glanced at her roommate suspiciously, and asked with interest, "With whom?"

"Crash with two people." Amata said: "Balaz Hawkins, who graduated from Princeton with a Ph.D. in mathematics, and Ye Fei, who graduated from Zhonghu University with a Ph.D. in mathematics."

"You don't need to pay attention to Ye Fei, but you must pay attention to this Baratz Hawkins. His ability is very strong."

"His teacher is the 2002 Fields Medal winner, Vladimir Vvotsky from Northern Russia."

"Balatz Hawkins once proved the transcendence of Euler's constant, the problem of perfect numbers, and the existence of non-prime power-order projective planes, and made great contributions to Zhou's conjecture and Riemann's conjecture."

Judging from his resume, Baratz Hawkins' abilities are not weaker than Amata's at all.

"And I heard that his academic report this time is also a paper on the Gaussian number conjecture."

Amata felt a little heavy when he heard that, and said, "It doesn't matter if you know the opponent's ability, everything that needs to be prepared is ready."

"Even if his academic report is better than mine, I can't change the content of the academic report now!"

"That's true!" Hill said, "But I believe that you will be able to defeat the opponent."

"I hope!" Amata said.

Amata thought that this International Conference of Young Mathematicians was a sure thing, but he didn't expect to jump out of the variable of Balats Hawkins.

Let's meet when you meet, there are people who are not weaker than you, and in the eyes of others, there must be a competition between them.

But for two people of similar strength, no one knows who will win.

(End of this chapter)