From small town academic to chief scientist

In the following time, Zhou Yi was busy writing papers while concentrating on being a scientific research assistant.

Zhou Yi could just solve Liu Qingfeng's technical problems.

In particular, the key technology for complex scene image and text recognition is to convert a handwritten paper into LaTeX code output conceived by Zhou Yi.

It can only be said that the strength of the team is still strong.

This gave Zhou Yi the idea of ​​expanding his team.

In Chongqing University, there are actually many talented people, especially those from the School of Computer Science and the School of Mathematics.

Many mathematics masters are engaged in artificial intelligence, and they can poach many people if they want.

The premise is that you have to be able to afford the salary.

Zhou Yi thought about it and forget it. At least within a year, iFlytek's mathematics Ph.D. would not be able to fully understand his thesis.

Secondly, even after understanding it, it still requires trial and error before converting it into an application.

Just develop the technology of image and text recognition yourself first.

April 25th.

Zhou Yi decided to surrender the two papers he had written.

"Proof of Kepler's Conjecture\

,""Proof of Newton's Problem".

In fact, the two papers can be combined into one paper, but in order to complete the tasks, they are separated.

Publishing more articles to top mathematics journals will give you one more bargaining chip for your future self.

The paper "Proof of Kepler's Conjecture" was submitted by Zhou Yi to the "Journal of the Chinese Mathematical Society".

Zhou Yi estimated that it would take some time to study the mathematics in Magnesium to understand this paper. He might not be able to understand it by then, and Chongqing University would have to hold a press conference to explain it in person.

The paper "Proof of Newton's Problem" was submitted to "New Advances in Mathematics".

"New Advances in Mathematics" is headquartered in Germany. What Zhou Yi was thinking about was,

The proof of Kepler's conjecture is for the Chinese to verify, and the proof of Newton's problem is for the Europeans to verify.

This is a reasonable distribution.

Zhou Yi secretly praised his wit.

As for when the manuscript can be approved, it depends on the level of the reviewer.

Zhou Yi conservatively estimated that the mathematics experts who studied Kepler's conjecture were all eagerly invited before the National Congress of Mathematicians.

as expected,

Three days later,

Zhou Yi's article "Proof of Kepler's Conjecture" was directly sent to Professor Milnor by the technical editor who reviewed it.

Not only Professor Milnor, Professor Xiang Yi and Hales, who have long studied Kepler's conjectures, have obtained rubbings of this paper.

Professors from Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Harvard and many other powerful universities in mathematics in the United States all received a copy of the rubbings.

Even Yau, who was at Shuimu University, got a rubbing.

Because this paper was written by his future student, and it was written to prove Kepler's conjecture.

The first reaction of countless professors when they get the paper is confusion. Besides being confused, they are still confused.

Zhou Yi's article "Proof of the Unification of 'Lattice-Type' Newton's Problems in 5-, 6-, and 7-Dimensional Spaces" published in the Annual Journal of Mathematics actually caused quite a stir.

This paper, after being thoroughly understood, will definitely lead to a huge improvement in information technology.

But it’s only been a while, and we haven’t had time to apply it yet.

Just tell us that you proved Kepler's conjecture.

If they hadn't seen that the name of the author of the paper was yizhou, they would have thought that it was submitted by another ignorant person.

Every day someone claims to have proved Kepler's conjecture, just like someone on arXiv claims to have proved the Riemann hypothesis every day.

But seeing that it was Zhou Yi's paper, I had the patience to read it.

Just when these professors were studying Zhou Yi's paper seriously, they received another paper, also written by Zhou Yi.

"Proof of Newton's Problem".

Two words instantly appeared in the minds of countless professors.

I'm crazy.

Can you put two papers on top of one.

One article was published in "New Advances in Mathematics" and the other article was published in "Journal of the Chinese Mathematical Society".

water?

Or do you think the way mathematicians are connected today is still the same as in the 19th and 20th centuries?

These two papers only require you to understand the proof of Kepler's conjecture, and the other proof of Newton's problem is probably not worth it.

Professor Deligne and Professor Milnor were sitting under the same room,

Looking at the two papers in his hands, the expression on his face couldn't help but be solemn.

"Deligne, how about we read the first paper first, "Proof of Kepler's Conjecture"?"

Deligne is mainly engaged in number theory, but Kepler's conjecture can also be regarded as a number theory direction. He must have understood something about it after being immersed in mathematics for many years.

"good."

However, the most professional one is Professor Milnor. He has studied Kepler's conjectures for many years and is now an authoritative one in this direction.

"Why did this guy divide a paper into two? Is he afraid that our math professor won't understand it? It's a bit puzzling."

Milno complained while watching.

"I don't know, he probably has his own ideas, but didn't he accept the offer you sent him?"

Deligne asked.

"No, I was cut off by that old guy Qiu Chengtong."

Milno said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Deligne's mouth twitched and said:

"Qiu Chengtong is more than ten years younger than you, right?"

"You're going to be buried anyway, so what's the difference?

As long as I find the slightest error in this paper, I will send it back to Zhou Yi to revise it so that he will not choose me as his tutor. I am better than Qiu Chengtong, okay? "

Milno said bitterly.

Obviously, he didn't expect that he would be rejected if he wanted to personally recruit disciples in his later years.

The reason turned out to be that Qiu Chengtong wanted to give him a scholarship of 200,000 yuan.

Can the things of a mathematician be measured by money?

Can’t Princeton afford this amount of money?

I am the winner of three ingredients, but I don’t even have this portion.

When Professor Xiang Yi from the University of California, Berkeley, received two papers,

His face was already numb, so he immediately contacted Professor Zong Ming at Beijing University.

Professor Zong Ming's research in this direction is not much weaker than him.

"Professor Zong, have you read the rubbings of those two mathematics papers?"

Xiang Yi's tone on the transoceanic phone call was very uneventful, with a hint of shock.

"Look, the author of the paper is Mr. Yau's future apprentice. However, I haven't understood the paper yet. The new theories involved are very novel. I feel that it will take me a lot of time to understand it thoroughly.

As for whether it is correct or not, the results will come out after reading the paper deeply. "

Professor Zong Ming had a tone of decadence at this moment.

After pursuing this direction for a lifetime, the result may be proven in advance by a young man under 20 years old.

Who can I ask to explain this?

"I plan to return to China and study together. If there is anything I don't understand or understand, I plan to go to Yuzhou University to ask Zhou Yi in person, or stay at Yuzhou University."

Xiang Yi's tone was a little decisive.

"Ah? As for that?"

Professor Zong said with some doubts.

“As for, I originally published a hundred-page paper trying to prove that I proved Kepler’s conjecture, but I didn’t expect to be publicly accused of proving that my proof was wrong.

If this conjecture is not proven in this life, I think I will not be able to swallow this breath. Even if Kepler's conjecture is not proved by me, I still want to see it proved with my own eyes. At present, this paper has a high chance of being true, right? "

Xiang Yi's tone was somewhat aggrieved.

I thought I was the proud man of heaven and proved a conjecture that had been unresolved for four hundred years in the mathematical world, but I didn't expect that in the end, I was said to be proven wrong.

This feeling is tantamount to the ABC conjecture paper that Mochizuki Shinichi has painstakingly studied for a long time, but Schultz thought it was wrong.

Shinichi Mochizuki painstakingly wrote a 600-page paper and created the Interuniverse Teichmuller Theory (IUT).

As a result, I was told by name that my proof thesis was wrong. This feeling can only be felt by losers.

Professor Zong Ming said:

"It's not what I said, and it's not like you don't know what happened between us and Qiu at Beijing University. Zhou Yi is Qiu's student this time. What you did made us a little embarrassed."

"Hmph, I don't care about your nonsense. Why are you getting involved? It has nothing to do with you. Anyway, I have decided to visit Yuzhou University. It's up to you whether you come or not."

Xiang Yi's tone changed somewhat,

"And I'm not saying that some of the domestic scientific research atmosphere really needs to be changed. If I fail, I will try to return to China within ten days."

After Xiang Yi finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Schulz, who was in Germany, was looking at the two papers in his hands with a shocked expression.

I thought that the editor of "New Advances in Mathematics" had given me a surprise, but I didn't expect that there was something even more shocking on the other side of the ocean.

Kepler's conjecture is about to be proven!

A young undergraduate.

Although he published an article titled "Proof of the Unification of the 'Lattice' Newtonian Problem in 5-, 6-, and 7-Dimensional Spaces" that was eye-catching, he did not expect that

In just a short time, papers proving Kepler's conjecture have been sent.

Schultz looked at the first few pages of the paper and found that it was very concise and clear, without a trace of nonsense.

Compared with Mochizuki Shinichi's paper, I don't know how much simpler it is.

Then take a good look at the paper of this rising star in mathematics. If I find an error, I will point it out to you bluntly like Professor Deligne did.

Schultz thought to himself.

Mathematics does not allow for the slightest bit of uncertainty.

This is the most basic quality for a mathematician who specializes in mathematics.

Qiu Chengtong, who was in Shuimu, was also shocked at this moment. He had thought that he had accepted a talented apprentice, which would give him hope of revitalizing his school.

I didn’t expect that this student whom I had never met before would give me such a big surprise.

This apprentice he has never met before has the hope of surpassing the apprentice who turned against him at the beginning, and by a huge margin.

"Mr. Qiu, are we going to visit Yuzhou University? After all, face-to-face consultation may help us understand this paper faster."

Bill Carr, the 18-year Fields Medal winner said.

Obviously, he was also shocked by these two papers from Zhouyi.

Qiu Chengtong said:

"If we don't go now, we can't even understand the paper. If Milno finds out, I won't want to go anymore. I won't go, but you have to go."

It was obvious that Qiu Chengtong was prepared to thoroughly study Zhouyi's thesis alone.

Bill Carr said:

"Then I will go. The food in Yuzhou is very good. I like the spicy feeling. I have to say that Yuzhou is a wonderful city. I will go there first for this study tour."

Zhou Yi, who was still concentrating on writing code in the library of Yuzhou University, didn't know that mathematicians around the world were excited.

A conjecture that has been unresolved for four hundred years may be proven by a new mathematical star.

Is it possible that, after the German mathematical genius Schultz, Daxia will also produce a mathematical genius?

Countless mathematicians are paying attention to the authenticity of this paper. This paper has ignited the atmosphere for the upcoming International Congress of Mathematicians.

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