Rebirth of science and technology academic master

Chapter 57 Report Meeting

Monday, November 2, 2009

Entering November, the temperature in Beijing has dropped. Yesterday, an unexpected snowfall came to Beijing. This was the first snow in late autumn and early winter in Beijing this year. From morning to afternoon, it ranged from light snow to sleet. Snow, finally snow, drifting down, covering the sky, covering the capital city in silvery white.

But today, although there is still snow on the ground and drizzle in the sky, Shuimu University is full of enthusiasm and fanaticism.

Because today will be Qin Yuanqing’s mathematical lecture on Mersenne prime numbers and Zhou’s conjecture proof at Shuimu University. Shuimu University has been raising funds for this lecture just after the National Day. In order to compete with Yan University for the title of China’s number one university, Shuimu University The university will not miss any detail.

The Department of Mathematics at Yan'an University ranks first in China. Shuimu University took advantage of Qin Yuanqing's report on Zhou's conjecture to prove it and slapped the Department of Mathematics at Yan'an University in the face.

Well-known mathematicians from all over the country gathered at Shuimu University, and many well-known mathematicians from other countries even came to attend this lecture.

Qin Yuanqing was invited by Director Lin of the Department of Mathematics early in the morning to greet the guests. To be honest, Qin Yuanqing didn't remember many mathematicians. Only academicians or top mathematicians in the field of mathematics could be remembered by Qin Yuanqing.

At exactly 10:00 in the morning, the lecture hall was crowded with thousands of people sitting, including little-known people and some big names in mathematics.

For example, Princeton professor Deligne, a favorite disciple of the Emperor of Mathematics Grothendieck, winner of the Fields Medal, came all the way from the United States. For example, Tian Gang, director of the International Mathematics Research Center at Yanda and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. . . . . .

Those who can participate in this lecture must at least be doctoral students, otherwise they will not understand it at all.

Qin Yuanqing tidied his clothes, and after the host finished his introduction, he walked to the podium. Qin Yuanqing already knew the paper well, and no one knew more about prime numbers than him, so he was calm and not nervous at all.

Although there are five academicians in the audience, hundreds of mathematics professors from various universities, and even Professor Zhou Haizhong, the proposer of Zhou's conjecture, is in the first row.

However, in the academic field, it has never been a place where seniority is used. What matters is that those who are successful come first. For example, Tao Zhexuan became a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles at the age of 24. At the age of 31, he won the Fields Medal, the Ramanujan Medal and the MacArthur Genius Grant.

For example, Shing-tung Yau, who became a professor of mathematics at Stanford University at the age of 25, won the Fields Medal at the age of 33.

There are many mathematicians with much higher qualifications than Tao Zhexuan and Qiu Chengtong, and many of them are even very famous, but if they cannot produce huge mathematical results, all their qualifications are useless.

Qin Yuanqing straightened the microphone and said slowly: Everyone should have read my thesis, which covers the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers and the proof of Zhou's conjecture. I think my thesis has been written in great detail. The school originally arranged a report The reporting session is one hour, but I think my report doesn’t need to be that long, almost half an hour is enough.”

Spend more time in the question-and-answer session! Qin Yuanqing spoke more quickly: Next, I will report on the research on the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers and the proof of Zhou's conjecture!

Qin Yuanqing opened his laptop and connected to the multimedia. The ppt already appeared on the big screen. For this reporting meeting, Qin Yuanqing spent 2 days preparing this PPT.

Since there were only over a hundred foreigners, most of whom were domestic mathematicians, Qin Yuanqing reported in Chinese throughout the process.

Sometimes domestic scholars are very sad because language is a gap. In order to communicate with advanced foreign experience, they have to learn foreign languages. Otherwise, when translated into Chinese, there will often be big deviations, leading to always stumbles in this regard.

Don't say that science has no national boundaries. Science is practiced by scientists, and scientists are bounded by national boundaries. Since the founding of the Republic, China has suffered a lot from cultural and academic barriers.

Therefore, Qin Yuanqing's report meeting was in Chinese. As for those foreigners, special translators had to be on hand to translate.

Therefore, from what was said before, we can conclude that when 2^(2^n)\u003cp\u003c2^(2^(n+1)), Mp has 2^(n+1)-1 are prime numbers. At the same time, when p\u003c2^(2^(n+1)), the number of Mersenne primes is 2^(n+2)-n-2! After Qin Yuanqing's report, he faced the audience The scholars bowed slightly to express their gratitude.

Bang bang bang...

Applause gradually sounded, spreading from the first row to the back row.

From a light drizzle, it turned into a pouring rain.

Bang bang bang bang——!

The entire lecture hall was filled with applause. The applause spread from the lecture hall to outside the lecture hall!

If anyone has any questions, you can ask them now and I can answer them. Qin Yuanqing pressed his hand gently and motioned for everyone to sit down. After the lecture hall became quiet, Qin Yuanqing said.

In the past period, dozens of university mathematics research institutions and mathematics research groups have announced that they have completed the demonstration work of Qin Yuanqing's proof, including Yan University and Huaxia University of Science and Technology.

That is to say, Qin Yuanqing's research on Mersenne prime numbers and the proof of Zhou's conjecture were recognized by the mathematical community, and Zhou's conjecture also became Zhou's theorem.

This report meeting is more of an academic meeting held by Shuimu University to enhance the reputation of the Department of Mathematics of Shuimu University.

There is no way, the current ranking of Shuimu University's mathematics department is not even in the top three in China, it is really shabby.

A few students sitting in the back raised their hands to ask questions, and Qin Yuanqing answered them politely. However, within an hour, there were no more questioners.

The host asked three times in a row if anyone had any questions, but no one raised their hands, so the host announced that this report would be a complete success.

The school held a celebration banquet in the hotel to entertain guests from afar. Of course, not everyone was invited. Those who could attend the banquet were mathematics professors or well-known scholars from various schools.

The celebration banquet is not held at one table, but in the form of Western food, buffet, and you can take what you want.

Young man, your talent is amazing. You have completed the proof of a difficult mathematical problem before you were twenty years old. Qin Yuanqing suddenly heard something in English and looked over. It was Professor Deligne, a professor from Princeton. He only heard what Deligne said. Professor Nie praised: You remind me of Shing-Tung Yau and Terence Chi-Shen Tao. They were as gorgeous as you back then!

Shing-Tung Yau, also known as Qiu Chengtong. And Terence Chi-Shen Tao is Tao Zhexuan.

Qin Yuanqing quickly said humbly: Professor Deligne is too polite, I am still far away from the two seniors!

Qiu Chengtong and Tao Zhexuan are undoubtedly the top mathematicians in the world. They have won almost all the mathematics awards they can get. It can be said that they have achieved a grand slam of awards.

In comparison, Qin Yuanqing only solved Mersenne primes, which is not worth mentioning.

While studying at Berkeley, Qiu Chengtong proved the Calabi Conjecture and the Positive Mass Conjecture, creating a new field of 'geometric analysis'. At that time, Qiu Chengtong was only 28 years old and was already the founder of a branch of mathematics. Because of Yau, Berkeley Analysis has become the world's middle school for differential geometry, gathering many outstanding geometers and young scholars. In Qiu Chengtong’s doctoral thesis, he cleverly solved the then-famous ‘Whorf’ conjecture.

It can be said that Qiu Chengtong represents the ceiling of differential geometry in the current world, with medals and honors all over his body.

Although Tao Zhexuan is only 34 years old now, he is also the world's top mathematician. He won the IMO mathematics gold medal at the age of 13 and has won three consecutive championships since then. He received a bachelor's degree from Flinders University at the age of 16, a master's degree from Flinders University at the age of 17, and a doctorate from Princeton University at the age of 21. He has been a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles since the age of 24. In 2006, he was only 31 years old. He has won the Fields Medal, the Ramanujan Medal, the MacArthur Genius Grant, and the Alan Waterman Award in 2008.

Tao Zhexuan has made extraordinary achievements in important mathematical research fields such as harmonic analysis, calculus equations, combinatorial mathematics, and analytic number theory, and is known as the Mozart in mathematics.

Qin Yuanqing is still far away from these two big bosses.

Young man, you are so humble! Professor Deligne smiled and said: Your mathematics level is much better than that of an undergraduate. I wonder if you want to go to Princeton to study for graduate school or a doctorate. I think every famous school in the world is willing to do so. The door is open for you!”

Qin Yuanqing looked thoughtful. At Shuimu University, it was no longer difficult to get him at the undergraduate level, and even at the graduate and doctoral level, it was no longer as good as him.

Although Princeton University ranks 13th in the world university rankings, when it comes to mathematics, Princeton is undoubtedly ranked first in the world. Princeton University and the nearby Institute for Advanced Study together form a world-renowned theoretical research center that has brought together Albert Einstein, von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, Robert Oppenheim Mo and other academic masters have had a profound influence on the development of basic mathematics, theoretical physics, computer science, economics and other disciplines.

And unlike Huaxia University, where a teacher has to teach dozens of students, at Princeton University, the teacher-student ratio is 1/6, which means that a teacher only needs to teach 6 students, which undoubtedly allows students to learn better.

At Princeton, there are many mathematics masters, all of whom have won the Fields Medal. After entering Princeton University, you can listen to the lectures of these mathematics masters and learn their mathematical logic, which will undoubtedly enable him to make rapid progress in mathematics.

Therefore, at this moment, Qin Yuanqing's heart was moved. It was indeed a holy land of mathematics and had a fatal attraction for him.