"The principal suddenly called us over in such a hurry. Do you think he had some orders?"
November 16, 2016, Jingzhou University, Experimental Building of the Department of Mathematics.
Dean Qin Xiangxin was talking to Tang Yanshan next to him. The two of them came down the stairs together, a little doubt appearing in their eyebrows.
Yesterday, the news came that Xu Yun and the others had won the Higher Education Society Cup, and he was particularly happy.
With this honor for the Department of Mathematics at Peking University, he will have more face as the dean of the school in the future.
Don’t be greedy for the results obtained by other colleges.
The key is that since last year, he has blown away his bullshit.
Initially, I was a little worried when I calmed down, fearing that I would be slapped in the face if I could not get the trophy back. Fortunately, Xu Yun did not disappoint him and successfully led the team to win the highest national award in the mathematical modeling competition.
In the morning, he was thinking about making trophies and holding an awards ceremony, and planned to determine the time as soon as possible.
It would be a good idea to invite someone from the competition organizing committee to come over and present the trophy.
As a result, he suddenly received a call from the principal, asking him and Professor Tang to go there as soon as possible. The tone sounded like he was very anxious about something important.
Normally, he, the dean, is in charge of the mathematics department, and it is indeed rare for the principal to be so interested in it.
Therefore, he did not dare to delay. He called Tang Yanshan and the two of them went to the principal's office together.
"Is it to commend our mathematics department for winning the highest award in the National Mathematical Modeling Competition this year?"
Tang Yanshan kept walking, casually giving his own guesses about Qin Xiangxin's questions.
"It's possible." Qin Xiangxin nodded in agreement.
Immediately, the two of them stopped delaying and quickly walked towards the parking area.
The president's office of Peking University is in the administrative building on another campus. I walked there and didn't know it would be until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
Driving through the roads of Jingzhou City, we arrived at the campus where the principal's office is located in a short time.
Qin Xiangxin and Tang Yanshan simply arranged their clothes downstairs in the administration building. When they went up, they saw that the door of the principal's office was open, so they walked in first and then said hello.
"Principal Wu."
Just after he finished speaking, Qin Xiangxin looked up and saw Xu Chongxing from the Institute of Physical Education was also there, and subconsciously shouted something.
"Lao Xu, are you there too?"
Xu Chongxing was standing nearby. Facing Qin Xiangxin's shouts, a smile quickly appeared on his face and he replied in a very envious tone.
"Congratulations, Lao Qin, your mathematics department has become famous this time."
Qin Xiangxinsheng thought that the other party was talking about the Higher Education Society Cup, and immediately grinned and said proudly:
"Next year, your Institute of Physics will also organize people to participate. Maybe they can also achieve good results."
Wu Zhongping wore a suit and a pair of transparent narrow-frame myopia glasses on his face. He looked more formal and solemn.
However, when he saw Qin Xiangxin and Tang Yanshan coming over, he changed his usual serious style. A smile appeared on his face and he quickly stood up and asked them to sit down on the sofa next to him.
"You guys are here, sit down quickly."
Although Qin Xiangxin felt strange about the principal's attitude today, he still temporarily stopped talking with Xu Chongxing, and they sat on the sofa next to him.
At this time, Tang Yanshan couldn't suppress his curiosity, and after everyone sat down, he took the initiative to ask.
"headmaster."
"Is it because Dean Qin and I were called here today because of the Higher Education Society Cup or because there are some major issues that require our mathematics department to assist in research?"
"None of them." Wu Zhongping shook his head.
When Tang Yanshan and Qin Xiangxin heard this answer, they couldn't help but become more curious.
Fortunately, Wu Zhongping didn't like to show off, and then told the real reason.
“Last night, the school’s official mailbox received a letter of thanks from Princeton University.”
“Thank you for giving us a genius for the world of mathematics.”
The words paused temporarily, leaving Qin Xiangxin and Tang Yanshan time to digest the news.
"A thank you note from Princeton University?"
"A student from our department?"
Qin Xiangxin and Tang Yanshan were shocked at the same time, and a lot of thoughts flashed through their minds.
They are very aware of the international prestige of Princeton University, and it is indeed not an easy thing to send a letter of thanks specifically for a certain person.
After learning about this, Qin Xiangxin's first thought was whether a doctor in the department had made some achievements in mathematics.
Just as he was about to ask further questions, Tang Yanshan's tentative voice suddenly came to his ears.
"Could this genius be my student Xu Yun?"
Tang Yanshan could think of Xu Yun not only because he was his student, but also because he knew the standards of other people in the department very well.
It is basically impossible to suddenly produce some academic results.
But Xu Yun is different.
In addition to his amazing talent in mathematics and extremely high learning efficiency, he is also the most unexpected special existence.
There is a chance that Xu Yun can get a letter of thanks from Princeton University.
Regarding the answer given by Tang Yanshan, Wu Zhongping smiled and said nothing, but Xu Chongxing next to him nodded and concluded.
"Old Tang."
"You really taught a good student."
"Xu Yun submitted a paper to the Annual Journal of Mathematics. The paper was not only accepted by the editorial board, but was also urgently published in this month's journal."
"The email sent by Princeton University is to thank Xu Yun for this paper."
Speaking of this, Xu Chongxing did not hide the envy and joy on his face at all.
how to say.
I really wish Xu Yun was from their institute.
"Is it really Xu Yun?" Tang Yanshan couldn't believe it when he saw his speculation was confirmed. He paused for two seconds to recover, and quickly confirmed to Wu Zhongping: "His paper was submitted to Mathematics annual journal, and was accepted by the editorial board?”
"That's right." Wu Zhongping smiled and nodded.
Tang Yanshan knew that Xu Yun had written a paper in the field of mathematics and submitted it to a journal in the first area of the Academy of Sciences.
But I never expected that this journal would be the Annual Journal of Mathematics.
As one of the four major journals in the field of mathematics, although the Annual Journal of Mathematics is divided into the first area of the Academy of Sciences, the difference between them is very big.
Even if he wants to successfully publish a paper in the Annual Journal of Mathematics, the whole process is not easy.
It takes a long time to prepare.
Not to mention getting a thank you letter from Princeton University.
"This kid actually gave me such a big surprise." After the shock, Tang Yanshan couldn't help but murmured fondly, obviously feeling very happy at the moment.
If his students can achieve such results, he will only feel proud as a teacher.
At this time, Qin Xiangxin also realized that he still underestimated Xu Yun's true level.
To be able to publish a paper in the annual mathematics journal as a sophomore, let alone win the highest prize in the Higher Education Society Cup, and to participate in a competition with college students of the same grade, it would be a complete victory.
If you can't get it, that's a problem.
And when he thought about what he had just said to Xu Chongxing, an embarrassed expression suddenly appeared on his old face.
"Lao Xu, did you congratulate me just now because of your thesis?"
"What do you think?"
Xu Chongxing gave Qin Xiangxin a rare look, and replied in a deep voice: "Last year our college won the first prize in the national physics experiment competition. I would envy your mathematics department for having a higher education society cup."
Wu Zhongping didn't look at the smile on Qin Xiangxin's face, his eyes still fell on Tang Yanshan.
"Professor Tang."
"I didn't expect that your research on algebraic geometry and topology has gone so far."
"You were behind Xu Yun's thesis, right?"
"You have made a great contribution to the school."
Tang Yanshan was thinking about asking Xu Yun when he came back in the afternoon why he didn't tell him in advance that the journal he was submitting to was the Annual Journal of Mathematics, but when he heard Principal Wu's words, his mind seemed to be cleared instantly.
He didn’t even know which journal Xu Yun had submitted to, and he didn’t revise Xu Yun’s paper.
There is no need to talk about the word guidance.
He will never take credit for something that is not his own.
Therefore, he was stunned for a moment, then reacted and immediately explained: "The principal will tell you the truth, this paper was written by Xu Yun alone."
“I didn’t even know he was submitting to the Annual Journal of Mathematics.”
"Is everything you said true?" Wu Zhongping's expression suddenly changed, his expression very serious.
Although Tang Yanshan didn't know what happened, he still answered truthfully.
"It's all true."
Tang Yanshan once again confirmed that Wu Zhongpingrao was in the position of university president, and he was shocked.
Others with the same expression include Xu Chongxing, the dean of the Academy of Physics.
If it were just an ordinary math yearbook paper, he would be happy that the school had such a genius.
But he had just read Xu Yun's paper.
Although there was only Xu Yun's signature on the paper, he thought that Tang Yanshan's guidance was indispensable behind it. After all, Tang Yanshan was the most senior professor in the field of algebra in the Department of Mathematics.
As a result, Tang Yanshan's words completely changed his mind.
“You are so young and promising, it’s incredible!”
"It is our greatest pride at Jingzhou University to have students like this." Following Wu Zhongping's heartfelt emotion, Xu Chongxing couldn't help but add.
But this made Qin Xiangxin and Tang Yanshan next to them full of questions.
I thought that even if I published a paper alone in the Annual Journal of Mathematics, there would not be such a big reaction.
At this time, Wu Zhongping noticed the slightly confused expressions of the two people, and quickly reacted. When the emotions calmed down a little, he asked them a rhetorical question.
"Do you know what classmate Xu Yun wrote in his paper?"
"Proof process of Hodge's conjecture." As soon as he said the previous sentence, he couldn't help but tell the result.
Almost as soon as Huo Qi guessed that these four words were spoken, Qin Xiangxin and Tang Yanshan stood up suddenly.
The two pairs of pupils can only be described as earthquakes. In any case, I never thought that Xu Yun would be confident enough to prove Hodge's conjecture. You must know that even he, a senior professor in the field of algebra, would not dare to touch such a thing easily, otherwise it would be impossible. Be careful and you may fall into it.
"Principal, are you kidding?" Qin Xiangxin's expression was a little tense.
As the dean and professor of the Department of Mathematics, he and Tang Yanshan are very aware of the difficulty of the Hodge conjecture.
Even a team of the most powerful mathematics experts in the country cannot say that they are sure to prove the Hodge conjecture.
But at this moment, Xu Chongxing's words next to them gave them an even greater shock.
(End of chapter)
