"I would like to award you an honorary doctorate on behalf of Princeton University. You won't refuse this request, right?"
Deligne said this with a smile, and then looked at Xu Yun calmly, waiting for an answer.
"Honorary doctorate?"
Xu Yun repeated the sentence in a low voice, feeling quite surprised.
He is naturally very clear about the honorary doctorate, which is an honor awarded by universities in recognition of their great contributions to the world.
Currently, he has not yet graduated with a master's degree, but he is about to be awarded a doctorate by Princeton University.
This is indeed somewhat unexpected.
But as Deligne said, he could not refuse this request.
Besides, it doesn't hurt him.
He was invited to come for academic exchanges and given the opportunity to join the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was already given great importance, and now that he was being awarded an honorary doctorate, he must be given face.
After all, it's not good to reject someone twice in a row.
The thought stayed here, Xu Yun no longer hesitated, and immediately nodded in agreement.
"I accept."
"The principal will issue your degree certificate to you tomorrow, and there will also be students and teachers watching the ceremony." Deligne finally felt relieved after hearing Xu Yun's affirmative answer and added.
Not everyone at Princeton University awards honorary doctorates, so it is quite a ceremony.
The conversation between the two also confused others around them. They were stunned for a few seconds before realizing that Xu Yun had not graduated yet.
Faced with such a strong sense of gap, the remaining students immediately lost interest and left one after another.
When the classroom became quiet again, Xu Yun walked up to Vicky and spoke.
"Professor Veitch, the development of mathematics requires questioning and debate. I don't care."
"I have a lot to learn from you." Wei Wei shook his head and took off his reading glasses and said with emotion.
The next few people did not stay in the classroom, and Deligne went to the principal's office to discuss tomorrow's ceremony.
Xu Yun did not go out. After the open class, he went to the restaurant to have dinner and then returned to his room.
It is worth mentioning that although he accepted an honorary doctorate from Princeton University, he did not take it too seriously.
According to the current situation, when he returns to China after attending the Mathematicians Conference, he will directly receive a master's degree certificate.
Become a real PhD student.
I will not give up the dual doctorate degree from Jingzhou University just because of this honorary doctorate degree.
What's more, after becoming a doctor, he can participate in the selection of outstanding young people and be responsible for some vertical projects.
Rather than participating in other projects, he wants to solve the problem himself.
The satisfaction of exploring new knowledge and solving problems is incomparable to other things.
That night.
Although Xu Yun was sitting at the desk, his attention was actually focused on the panel, muttering softly as he looked at the advanced task.
"It's less than a day until the mission begins. I should be able to get the mission reward this time."
The LiDAR Joint Laboratory is already writing a final report. Although the research results have not been announced to the public for the time being, it should not affect the judgment of the panel and the issuance of task rewards.
Therefore, although tomorrow is the honorary doctorate awarding ceremony, what he is looking forward to more is the award.
I am eager to know what level the automated intelligent module robot drawing can reach.
After all, unlike previous theoretical mathematics, there are so many scenarios where robots can be used, and they even indirectly represent the technological development of different countries.
There is also the mechanical romance in men's hearts.
Silent all night.
The next morning, Xu Yun put on the academic uniform sent by the school and went to the ceremony.
Every time Princeton University awards an honorary doctorate, it attracts reports and attention from all walks of life, especially this time to a graduate student in his early twenties.
Coupled with Xu Yun's special status, it naturally attracted a lot of news media.
As soon as he arrived at the scene, he saw many well-known local media, and what was even more surprising was that they also included international news from the main station.
Seeing one of the male reporters waving to him, he nodded slightly and smiled.
In addition, he also saw an acquaintance, Hofer, the chief editor of the editorial board of the Annual Journal of Mathematics.
As soon as he met the opponent's target, he saw him approaching.
"Congratulations, Dr. Xu."
"Thank you Mr. Hofer for coming to today's ceremony." Xu Yun extended his hand to shake Hofer's congratulations, and casually asked a question about the Annual Journal of Mathematics: "Mr. Hofer must have been missing a lot recently. Review papers with high academic value, right?”
"No matter how valuable it is, it cannot be compared with your paper. Are you really not going to publish a paper on topological group theory?"
When Hofer heard this, he first complimented him, and then cleverly brought the topic to what he cared about most.
Xu Yun knew that Hofer was talking about yesterday's open class, and the other party obviously knew that topological group theory was proved.
When topological group theory was first proposed, it caused a shock in the entire number theory community.
If the academic community knew that topological group theory had been thoroughly proven, you can imagine how heated the discussion would be.
As the editor-in-chief of the Annual Journal of Mathematics, Hofer must have hoped that Xu Yun could publish this paper in the annual journal.
Xu Yun wanted to understand this and did not give a clear answer. Instead, he pretended to be mysterious and whispered: "Don't worry, Mr. Hofer. I guarantee that my new paper will be more shocking than topological group theory." Hofer did not wait for the words. I responded and went to Deligne to prepare for taking the stage.
Perhaps attracted by Xu Yun's words, Hofer still stood there looking a little absent-minded.
"A paper more shocking than topological group theory?"
"What could it be?"
With the famous scene where scholars in the field of number theory collectively urged for revision, Hofer could not think of any paper that was more attractive than this.
Just as he was muttering softly, a bold idea suddenly emerged in his mind uncontrollably.
"Could it be..."
"Does it prove that the new world mathematics problem cannot be solved?"
"This is impossible."
But it didn't last for a few moments before he denied it again.
After all, from the time when mathematical problems were proposed to modern times, although one was proved by Perelman and Xu Yun respectively, no one was able to prove two, not to mention that the distance in between is still so short.
He admitted that topological group theory is very valuable, but its practical application to prove famous conjectures in number theory is still very difficult and takes a lot of time.
But I also think of Xu Yun's demonic talent and his ability to solve Hodge's conjecture at such a young age.
This kind of uncertainty is something no one else has.
Therefore, in the end, he was unable to make an accurate judgment and had to temporarily forget about it and ignore it.
Anyway, no matter what the direction of Xu Yun's new paper is, it will be published in their annual mathematics journal.
Just wait patiently for this surprise.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
Under the lens of numerous media at home and abroad, Xu Yun received an honorary doctorate certificate from Princeton University President Isger on the ceremony stage, and kept smiling for a group photo.
After the tedious degree awarding ceremony, Xu Yun was naturally interviewed by reporters.
Finally, he gave the opportunity to the station's foreign correspondent.
"I am Liu Yang, our foreign correspondent. Can you tell me how you feel about receiving an honorary doctorate from Princeton University?"
“I am surprised and happy about this honor.”
"The International Congress of Mathematicians will be held every four years at the beginning of next month. Will you go to attend?"
"I'll be heading to de Janeiro next."
"Are you confident about winning the Fields Medal?" Liu Yang handed the microphone to Xu Yun again and asked seriously.
Xu Yun had only one sentence for this: "I believe that the International Mathematical Union will make a fair selection."
After the interview, Xu Yun did not leave any time for other reporters. After finishing the process, he returned to his temporary residence.
After all, his focus was on the mission rewards. Seeing that the mission limit was about to arrive, he naturally wanted to find a clean place to check the drawings.
At this time, relevant reports quickly spread to the country, causing quite a stir on the Internet.
Due to the research on the solid-state lidar project, Xu Yun barely showed up in the first half of the year.
This has greatly reduced the popularity of him on the Internet. It was under this circumstance that it was suddenly revealed that Xu Yun received an honorary doctorate. This made everyone feel very surprised and confused. It was inevitable that they would involuntarily enter the topic to discuss and understand the situation.
What's more, Xu Yun also commented on the Fields Medal.
"What's going on with Zhuancao? When did Xu Shen run to Princeton?"
"Honorary doctorate, I'm envious!"
"Shouldn't he be attending a mathematician conference? Why did he end up at Princeton University?"
“You wouldn’t know this if you don’t watch the news.”
"Xu Shen is still too humble. If you don't win the Fields Medal, who will?"
"Waiting for the youngest Fields Medal winner to be born."
"It's really exciting."
Compared with the attitude of domestic netizens, when relevant news was released overseas, many people's comments were full of sourness.
Among them, users from Neon even threatened that Xu Yun would never win the Fields Medal.
"It proves that Hodge's conjecture is just luck. How is it possible to win the Fields Medal in your twenties?"
"Professor Ohno is right, he doesn't have a high level at all."
"Must be packaging genius."
"An honorary doctorate from Princeton University means nothing. Many businessmen can get it."
"If the jury were not stupid, they would definitely not have awarded the award to him."
Some netizens who circumvented the firewall saw Xu Yun being slandered, and without saying a word, they returned to their usual platform and asked someone to set up a ladder to help.
Although they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they will never be timid in the line.
Because even if Xu Yun was really packaged, it would be better than Neon not being able to find anyone who could be packaged.
No one expected that this report would trigger a new round of online confrontation, which made the entire Internet pay attention to the opening of the Mathematicians Conference in a few days, wondering what the final result would be.
On the contrary, Xu Yun, who was involved in the incident, did not pay any attention to the online discussions at this time.
Staying alone in the room and looking at the panel in front of you, you can see that the advanced task has been successfully completed. Apart from gaining 120 points, the most important thing is naturally the drawing.
Thanks to Tiandu Cloud for the 100-point reward!
(End of chapter)
