From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 84 The first reward is here

Zhang Qihua opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Say Lin Mo got the wrong project?

Zhang Qihua would rather admit that he applied for the wrong project title.

After all, the name of Kakeya's conjecture is much louder and more gimmick than the study of Fourier transform restriction problems.

Zhang Qihua even regretted why he didn't directly report Kakeya's conjecture when he applied for his project.

Zhang Qihua shook his head.

He thought for a while, and without knowing that Lin Mo could prove it so quickly, even if he were to face the two problems of Fourier transform restriction research and Kakeya's conjecture again, he, who always seeks stability, would definitely choose the former. .

I am still too conservative, maybe I can be more radical in the future?
Zhang Qihua thought silently.

But now that Lin Mo said this, Zhang Qihua had nothing to refute. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. At least for the time being, he no longer had to go to the Science and Technology Department and undergo three trials.

On the other side, Qi Gang was a little messy in the wind.

You have solved the big problem of Kakeya's conjecture, but you are still struggling with why it is not consistent with the originally applied project. Just based on your reputation of proving Kakeya's conjecture, you have applied for the final project. Who in the school dares to object?

Not only will they not object, but they will publicize it and even directly change your original project application for you.What else needs to be studied about Fourier transform?
Qi Gang thought this way not because she lacked academic spirit or disrespected academic research, but after this incident, she realized that she was terribly wrong. She completely underestimated Lin Mo's ability. He was not a pedant at all.

Of course, in a sense, Lin Mo was trying to sell things on someone else's head. He was studying the Kakeya conjecture under the guise of studying Fourier transform.It's just that selling dog meat with sheep's head is a bit different from Qi Gang's idea of ​​selling dog meat with sheep's head.

Qi Gang finally realized the value of Lin Mo. Lian Kakeya guessed that such a century-old problem could be solved in such a short time, and Lin Mo was obviously confident, so he established the project as a short-term project.

What about the NS equation?According to Lin Mo's definition, a short-term project only takes half a month or a month, so does a long-term project not take three to five years?
At this moment, Qi Gang was tempted. She couldn't wait to drag Lin Mo to start studying the NS equation, and strive to solve the problem of the NS equation as soon as possible.

Therefore, Qi Gang didn't want Lin Mo to spend his time studying Fourier transform, but wanted Lin Mo to devote himself to the research of NS equation now.

Seeing Lin Mo dragging Bill Carr to discuss the Fourier transform issue, Qi Gang couldn't help but speak.

"Lin Mo, how about we study the NS equation first?"

Lin Mo couldn't help but look at Qi Gang, but before he could speak, Birkar beside him made a surprised sound.

"Lin Mo, do you want to study NS equations?"

"Well, the project has been approved, but..."

"The NS equation is a bit difficult, so I want to start with the basics and solve some basic methodological problems first, such as Fourier transform. The NS equation is a partial differential equation. If you want to solve it, you will inevitably use Fourier transform. , so, I want to start with this aspect first.”

In the latter sentence, Lin Mo looked at Qi Gang and said, obviously explaining to Qi Gang.

Qi Gang opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but couldn't find any reason to refute. Instead, he felt that what Lin Mo said made sense.

Bill Carr was still shocked that Lin Mo was preparing to study the NS equation, which was one of the seven major problems of the millennium. However, considering that Lin Mo had been studying the Kakeya conjecture before, and had already proved it, Bill Carr felt that Lin Mo Studying the NS equation is not something that is too ambitious and cannot be understood.

This made Bill Carr not sure what to say for a while.

At this time, there was silence in the entire office.

Just then, suddenly the office door opened.

"Hahaha, Lin Mo, good news, good news!"

Tian Fangyi's voice came from the door, and everyone looked at him.

Tian Fang entered the office one by one and was stunned for a moment when he saw Birkar, but he quickly reacted. "Professor Bill Carr, why are you here?"

Tian Fangyi has been busy with other things these days and has not come to the Mathematics Research Center, so he does not know about Birkar's arrival. At this time, he was surprised when he saw Birkar.

"I discussed some math issues with Lin. Also, it's good to call me Kocher. Calling me a professor is too unreasonable."

"Oh, okay, Kaocher, are you still used to staying here? If you need anything, you can always tell me."

"Old Zhang, Kaocher is here, why didn't you say anything to me?"

Hearing Tian Fangyi's words, Zhang Qihua rolled his eyes.

You are so busy, I told you, so what can I do?

"Old Tian, ​​you just said there was good news. What good news was it?"

Zhang Qihua was too lazy to explain to Tian Fangyi and directly changed the topic.

"Oh, that's really good news! Lin Mo, the first bounty that Kratz guessed, which is the $100 million bounty from Holt Labs, has been agreed to pay! But..."

At this point, Tian Fang paused.

"But the other party made a request."

Lin Mo couldn't help but frown. These organizations had completed their bounty tasks. Instead of cashing out the rewards as promised, they still had to make demands before cashing in?There really is no contract spirit at all.

"any request?"

"They hope you can develop an algorithm based on the proof of Kratz's conjecture..."

"algorithm?"

"Yes, that's the case. They hope you can build an algorithm similar to a neural network based on Kratz's conjecture. This may be related to a research they are conducting, but the specific content may be confidential. They didn't say."

Research an algorithm?
Lin Mo frowned, proving Kratz's conjecture and studying algorithms were completely different things.

"Of course, the other party said that they can pay additional fees for the algorithm. As long as you agree to help them research the algorithm, you will immediately cash in the bonus for Kratz's conjecture. As for the algorithm, it will be settled separately."

Seeing Lin Mo frowning, Tian Fangyi quickly added.

After hearing this, Lin Mo relaxed slightly.

"In terms of algorithm, how much is the other party willing to pay?"

"One million U.S. dollars. The other party promises that as long as you can develop the algorithm, the other party is willing to give you a fee of 100 million U.S. dollars. Of course, I think this fee can still be negotiated. How about it? Do you want to agree?"

Tian Fangyi looked at Lin Mo, waiting for his answer.

Lin Mo thought for a while, since the other party is willing to pay extra, it is not impossible to discuss this matter.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll agree to them, but..."

"I can't guarantee when the algorithm they want will be developed, and... is an algorithm only worth $100 million?"

Lin Mo felt that since the other party made such a request and did not hesitate to offer a reward of 100 million for Kratz's conjecture, this algorithm must be very important to the other party. In this case, shouldn't the conditions be up to him?

(End of this chapter)