From all-round academic master to chief scientist

Although the principal and the chairman of the school board of directors chose to attend the mathematics department in order to fight for him to attend classes in the physics department, Lin Xiao did not agree to stay at the Ecole Normale Supérieure as a professor.

Because he obviously doesn’t have time to stay here to teach and educate people. Since he will completely return to China within eighteen months at the latest, if he still stays here and brings a graduate student, he will leave in eighteen months. Well, isn’t that just misleading people?

Especially once he becomes a professor, there will definitely be a lot of students who want to apply for his students. Those students must be the best students. These students will definitely not want to see that they have worked so hard to get into the university. The doctoral supervisor ran away after a year, almost when they were about to graduate.

So Lin Xiao still rejected the invitation of the two old men.

Both of them felt a little sorry for this.

"Can't you stay?"

Lin Xiao shook his head and apologized: "Sorry, I hope to return to my motherland and contribute to the development of mathematics and physics there."

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, both of them couldn't help but feel regretful: "I think this is such a pity. If this is the case, it may be difficult for us to meet again in the future."

Lin Xiao smiled and said: "I welcome you to visit China in the future. I will treat you to our most delicious food."

"Then it's settled."

Mark Mezzard said with a smile.

"certainly."

"By the way, when will you leave? Let's see you off together then."

Lin Xiao said with a smile: "It's about half a month."

He still has to go through the relevant procedures so that he can take Mimi back.

"OK."

Neither of them said anything more.

However, at this time, Jean-Pierre Ser, who had been standing next to him, suddenly said: "But, Mezzard, haven't you considered giving Lin an honorary professor?"

Hearing this, Mark Mezzard immediately clapped his hands, and suddenly said as if he remembered: "Yes, yes, yes! I have forgotten this, Lin, you can't refuse this, can you?"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but smile, "Of course I won't refuse."

"That's good."

Mark Mezzard smiled and said: "It just so happens that you have half a month to go before you leave. After ten days, we will officially award you with the honorary professor's medal."

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

Lin Xiao said with a smile.

Several people laughed.

Then, this short but not simple graduation ceremony ended.

"This is the last graduation ceremony."

After leaving the graduation ceremony classroom, Lin Xiao walked to the atrium garden.

It's January now, and the cold air makes people shiver. It's completely different from the blooming flowers in April.

"time flies."

He sighed in his heart. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He glanced at it and saw that it was a domestic call.

"Professor Xu?"

Lin Xiao was stunned when he saw the name of the caller.

The caller was Xu Ji, his undergraduate tutor.

"Professor Xu, happy New Year."

After answering the phone, Lin Xiao said with a smile that New Year's Day was just yesterday, and of course it was also New Year.

"Happy New Year."

Xu Ji responded with a smile, and then said, "Have you graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris?"

Lin Xiao said: "Well, I graduated."

"Then you...will you come back?"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh: "I'm definitely coming back. If you haven't come back for the New Year, are you celebrating the New Year in a foreign country?"

Hearing this, Xu Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "Then when will you come back? Our Beijing University is also waiting to hold a graduation ceremony for you."

"Does Beijing University also want to do it?"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but be stunned.

"Of course, you were jointly trained by us and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris. If you graduated there, you must also graduate here."

Xu Ji smiled and said: "And strictly speaking, you should also complete your final graduation at our school. After all, you graduated from Beijing University."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing, and then said: "Okay, I will definitely be back before the 20th."

"Okay, let's talk about it then."

Then, the two briefly chatted for a few more words, and then hung up the phone.

Lin Xiao turned his attention to the courtyard in front of him again, took another photo, and then left.

Time passed quickly, and the time was approaching day by day for Lin Xiao's return to China. Afterwards, the Normal School of Paris also prepared an honorary professor awarding ceremony for Lin Xiao to commend his important status in the academic world. As for Lin Xiao, the honorary professor? Whether it belongs to the Department of Mathematics or to the Department of Physics has caused a quarrel between the president and the chairman of the school board. Of course, the honorary professor itself belongs to the entire Ecole Normale Supérieure, and this will not change.

After that, Lin Xiao began to prepare for returning home. After all, if he wanted to take Mimi back, he could only take flights that allowed pets.

Of course, it all depends on people, not to mention that Lin Xiao is already familiar with it, so there is no need to worry.

…

January 18th.

Lin Xiao officially embarked on a flight back to China.

Before he boarded the flight, he received another call from Paris.

He thought it was a farewell call from a friend in Paris, but when the call was connected, the voice on the other side made him startled.

"Hello Lin, I am Emmanuel Maxx."

Lin Xiao was stunned when he heard this voice.

"Mr. President?"

"Haha, it's me." The person opposite smiled heartily, and then said, "I heard that you plan to return to your motherland?"

"Yes."

"You know, scientists like you are the treasure of our entire humanity. To be honest, I also envy China for being able to give birth to people like you. Therefore, your departure is also a big loss for us in France. ." The president opposite said very sincerely: "So I want to know what conditions are required to keep you? We need scientists like you."

Hearing the other party's words, Lin Xiao smiled and said: "Thank you for staying, but as you just said, China is my motherland, and it is what I should do to repay the motherland. What's more, no matter what my scientific research is in the future, No matter what contribution I have made, it will always be the whole world that enjoys knowledge in the end, so you don’t need to regret my departure or stay.”

Hearing what Lin Xiao said, the president still tried to persuade him to stay: "You also said that the whole world enjoys knowledge, so why do you care about national distinctions? Science has no national distinctions."

"But scientists have different nationalities, Mr. President."

"Okay." The president gave up and finally said: "France's door will always be open to you, just like the Mona Lisa is always looking forward to you standing in front of her again to solve a difficult problem."

"Thanks."

Lin Xiao responded, and then hung up the phone.

The president of a country personally called him and asked him to stay. This kind of honor is obviously not something that just anyone can experience.

But no matter how many promises the other party made, Lin Xiao would not agree to them.

Although in this era, there are gradually fewer people who have faith, there are still some.

Even if we do not seek world communism for the time being, we must at least make our country better.

"Flight xxx can start boarding. Passengers please line up to board in an orderly manner."

The announcement suddenly rang. Lin Xiao came to his senses, shook his head and smiled, carrying his luggage and carrying a cat bag - his flight allowed pets to be brought into the cabin.

Then, the queue for boarding began.

…

Herzliya Pituya, Israel.

Wolf Foundation.

"Today is already January 18th. As for whether to award Lin Xiao the Mathematics Prize or the Physics Prize, we must make a conclusion today. Don't forget, we will announce the news to the outside world the day after tomorrow."

Rhett Berman, CEO of the Wolf Foundation, looked at the board members present and urged.

"I have said that Lin Xiao is a mathematician. He has mastered Goldbach's conjecture, the twin prime conjecture, and, yes, the root search method! In addition, there are also the mathematical methods he used in deriving multi-dimensional field theory. It means that Lin Xiao is 100% a mathematician!"

Council member Professor Ehud Kennan stood up and said: "So we should give him the Wolf Prize in Mathematics first."

Another council member, Professor Sefi Hendler, took out a report directly from the bag next to him, threw it on the table, and said: "I have asked someone to do a social survey, and 80% of people We know that the solver of multidimensional field theory is Lin Xiao, but we know that only 60% of the Goldbach conjecture was solved by Lin Xiao. Therefore, there is no doubt that Lin Xiao is a physicist, and we should award the physics prize to him first. "

After saying that, Professor Sefi Hendler sat directly on the chair, crossed his legs, and faced Professor Ehud Kennan's sharp gaze without giving in.

Perhaps in the future, the question of whether Lin Xiao is a mathematician or a physicist will always cause controversy in the academic community. As an important world award with both the physics award and the mathematics award, their Wolf Prize will be given first If Lin Xiao is awarded the mathematics prize, it is equivalent to recognizing Lin Xiao's identity as a mathematician. If Lin Xiao is awarded the physics prize first, it is equivalent to recognizing his identity as a physicist. In these two cases, for the other party , obviously unacceptable.

As for why there is a debate over whether Lin Xiao is a physicist or a mathematician?

Probably because such a genius has not appeared for a long time, and people in both disciplines want him to become "one of their own."

Of course, it may also be because people in the mathematics and physics circles have nothing to do and have opened up a new battlefield with tacit understanding.

Naturally, one of these two professors studies mathematics and the other studies physics. Now they are tit for tat, which makes CEO Rhett Berman feel helpless. It is because these two professors have been arguing about this matter. Who let them They are the chairmen of the Mathematics Prize and the Physics Prize respectively.

The judges for several other awards watched as if they were joining in the fun. Mathematics and physics were quarreling, and other disciplines were just watching.

And what surprised them all was that Professor Sefi Hendler actually conducted a social survey, which was simply outrageous.

The two of them argued for a long time, until they were tired of arguing. During the intermission, someone suddenly said: "Why can't we award two awards to Lin Xiao at the same time?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone looked at each other.

Will the physics prize and the mathematics prize be awarded to Lin Xiao at the same time?

In the entire history of the Wolf Prize, no one has been able to win these two awards, let alone win them at the same time. Especially these two awards are considered to be the two most important awards in the Wolf Prize. Among them, the influence of the Mathematics Award is The power is the greatest.

If it were awarded to Lin Xiao at the same time...

That would really be considered breaking history.

However, soon the members who came to watch the show said: "Agree!"

"Agree!"

"support!"

…

Anyway, these two awards have nothing to do with them, and awarding two awards at the same time can also attract some public attention.

They were quite happy.

The two professors were drinking from water cups at this time. They were stunned when they heard this suggestion, and then they put down their cups and said, "How is this possible!"

Although this is a good solution, they still prefer Lin Xiao to take their prize alone.

However, CEO Rhett Berman said directly at this time: "Well, let's vote together with a show of hands."

"Those who agree to award both awards to Lin Xiao now raise their hands."

Everyone in the meeting raised their hands, except the two professors.

Rhett Berman spread his hands and said, "Okay, Professor Hendler and Professor Kennan, I believe they have no objections, right?"

"No."

The two professors responded reluctantly.

"so be it."

Rhett Berman nodded, "All award winners have been determined now and will be officially announced the day after tomorrow. Okay, that's it."

Everyone applauded.

At the same time, they couldn't help but recall the face of the young man named Lin Xiao in their minds.

If we count this year, this young man should be 21 years old. At the age of 21, he won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Physics Prize at the same time.

This not only refreshed the lower age limit for their Wolf Prize, but also created several pieces of history.

What an important honor this is for a person.

But considering what that young man has accomplished, it is not only deserving but even an honor for the Wolf Prize to be awarded to him.

If it is not awarded to Lin Xiao, it will even affect their credibility. Maybe if it is awarded to someone else, others will feel that it should be awarded to Lin Xiao first and be embarrassed to accept the award.

All in all, awarding both the Mathematics Prize and the Physics Prize to Lin Xiao is worthy of its name.

At this time, they are already looking forward to the waves that will be caused in the academic world after the news is announced.

I believe no one will question this.

…

January 20th.

It's eight o'clock in the morning China time.

When workers who wake up early open their eyes, the first thing they look for is the mobile phone next to them.

Then, almost everyone found that various software on their mobile phones sent them push notifications.

[Chinese mathematician and physicist Lin Xiao won the 2021 Wolf Prize in Mathematics and Physics]

[Lin Shen became the double winner of the world's top mathematics award and physics award! 】

Suddenly, people woke up in an instant.