The two report meetings have been completed, but the group still has to wait for two days in the capital to participate in Li Jiangao's project defense.
After Yu Chenggong had dinner on Sunday night, he quietly checked out of the hotel in Yanbei and led a group of people to check in at the Beijing International Conference Center where this year's Outstanding Youth Selection Meeting was held.
Although this is equivalent to wasting a day's room fee, it can give Yu Chenggong a sense of security, and the school won't mind.
This meeting started on Monday, but the reviews of the Department of Life Sciences and the Department of Chemical Sciences were conducted before Monday and Tuesday. Reviews for the Mathematical and Physical Sciences department do not begin until Wednesday.
After attending the opening ceremony on Monday, Qiao Ze also had a rare two days of free time.
Although it was his first day in the capital, Qiao Ze had no intention of going out for a walk, and finally decided to stay in the hotel.
As for the rest of the Xilin University of Technology team, this is not the first time they have come to the capital. Basically, they have visited all the attractions in the capital. Qiao Ze was too lazy to go out, so others naturally respected Qiao Ze's opinion.
The capital is located in the north of China. Even if the weather is sunny in November, the temperature is already hovering in the single digits. In addition, these days have been windy and the weather is too dry. Qiao Ze, who has been living in the south, is very uncomfortable and keeps having nosebleeds. , Su Mucheng, who really wanted to take Qiao Ze out for a walk, also gave up her thoughts.
You can't do nothing while staying in the hotel, so Qiao Ze decided to simply summarize his recent thoughts and many drafts, first summarizing the paper on the existence of Yang-Mills theory.
This time it was not Li Jiangao’s suggestion. After asking Qiao Ze that day, Li Jiangao chose to remain silent. Then he told Qiao Ze to choose whether to publish this research result.
Because when the Clay Mathematics Institute released the Millennium Problem, it originally divided the problem into two parts, the existence proof of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation and the mass gap problem.
If it were another person who didn't need persuasion, he would probably publish the proof process as soon as possible. Just as Zhang Hongcai described, if he can really solve this problem and be recognized by the mathematical physics community, he will gain both fame and fortune.
There is a saying in the mathematics community that if you don’t have a mine at home, you shouldn’t do number theory research. This actually makes sense. Because the vast majority of mathematicians who do number theory research may never achieve any results in their lifetime. But if the Riemann Hypothesis, Ge Guess, and any of the seven millennium problems are solved, the situation will be different.
Even if he disdains fame and fortune, he still can't help but publish, because the more such a mathematician is, the more he hopes to be recognized.
Just like Russian mathematicians solving the high-dimensional Poincare conjecture.
He could skip the Cray Institute's scholarship or even attend a series of conferences, but he still had to publish the paper.
But Qiao Ze is different after all.
The reason why Li Jiangao didn't give any advice this time was that he really doubted that Qiao Ze might be able to solve the quality gap problem in a few years. If the complete paper is published at that time, the impact will not be an earthquake, but a direct volcanic eruption.
So how to choose, Li Jiangao felt that it was better for Qiao Ze to think about it himself.
As for Qiao Ze's idea, it is also very simple.
He can hardly find anyone to discuss this topic now.
Even Xu Changshu could only briefly discuss some mathematical issues with him.
Although there is no separation of mathematical physics, at the level of this problem, it is not a big help if you have not studied quantum physics and various field theories in depth.
In fact, Qiao Ze has thought about whether he could find an opportunity to chat with Mr. Yang, and I believe the old man would not refuse.
But considering that Mr. Yang is 101 years old this year, a simple speech may be possible, but high-intensity thinking and argumentation are too difficult, so he gave up his mind.
Therefore, by publishing the mathematical proof process in advance, if it can trigger extensive discussions in the mathematics and physics circles, it may be able to give him some inspiration.
Anyway, idle is idle.
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When Qiao Ze is immersed in a very specific mathematical proposition, his thinking always becomes clearer and more focused.
The various formulas in my mind seem to be transformed into the movement trajectories of particles at the microscopic level, constantly moving along extremely complex geometric structures. It may even give Qiao Ze the illusion that these microscopic particles are no longer always in a quantum superposition state, and the uncertainty principle has become invalid.
Every particle, like the macroscopic world, has its own movement trajectory.
Even if their lives are extremely short, those particles, such as the Higgs boson, will decay and disappear in a blink of an eye after they are produced.
It's not that Qiao Ze denies the uncertainty principle, but that he suspects that in the microscopic world, the time prescribed by the macroscopic world no longer has meaning.
This can be taken as a reference from living organisms, such as a key parameter-the propagation speed of nerve signals.
In different media, the propagation speed of nerve signals has an upper and lower range. For example, the signal conduction speed of myelinated somatic nerve fibers is 39-90 meters per second. So theoretically speaking, the shorter the distance, the shorter the time required for communication.
This is why elephants move much slower than humans.
Similarly, at the level of microscopic particles, the Planck scale is the smallest scale that can be studied in current human scientific theory. If it exceeds it, it will be transformed into a black hole. The distance that light travels through the Planck scale is defined as the Planck time. .
If you can really experience the world from the perspective of particles, there is a high probability that the world where particles live is actually no different from the macroscopic world. Because the passage of time that particles can experience is vastly different from the passage of time defined by the macroscopic world.
Likewise, when the definition of time is changed, the speed that complements it will naturally change accordingly. Or if the definition of time is removed, then the microscopic world will be a world of pure force and energy.
In other words, the so-called uncertainty principle is nothing more than the uncertainty of the macroscopic world against the microscopic world. If a person could become the size of a Higgs boson, then everything he observed would be traceable.
The position of the particle is no longer a probability, but a determined position, and each of its movement trajectories can be clearly marked.
This is the picture that comes to Qiao Ze's mind at this time. The particles are fleeting under the definition of macroscopic time, but they have a clear trajectory.
The routes of countless trajectories eventually form a field in the physical sense...
The complicated thoughts finally turned into the lines of formulas, lemmas, and theorems on Qiao Ze's screen.
Only at such times would he completely forget the passage of time.
Even give up the habit of going to the balcony every two hours to gaze into the distance.
If Su Mucheng hadn't been by his side all the time, he might have even forgotten to eat.
Xu Changshu came again on Monday night.
Although I felt that I gained a lot from the exchange with Qiao Ze at the dinner last night, after all, there were too many people at the time and it was not convenient to keep talking. And Qiao Ze really didn't say a word after he started eating, so Xu Changshu couldn't help but come over again the next day.
The new hotel address was informed by Yu Chenggong on his own initiative.
Xu Dajiang contacted Yu Chenggong every day to inquire about Qiao Ze's situation. Yu Chenggong also learned from Xu Dajiang that Professor Xu was planning to transfer to Xilin University of Technology. Naturally, I felt that this professor was much more approachable.
The professors invited by Qiao Ze are somewhat capable. Not to mention that this person still holds the title of full professor from a place like Yanbei University.
This kind of talent will definitely be highly valued when they arrive at Xilin University of Technology, and Yu Chenggong doesn't mind selling well in advance. The all-rounded Director Yu has his own set of logic for doing things. Isn't it just the small people's connections that are accumulated through this kind of convenience?
Especially Lao Yu's eyes are very poisonous, and it can be seen that Xu Changshu is the type of scholar who is devoted to academics and has a rather simple mind. Although these people are inevitably a bit arrogant in temperament, they usually remember the good things about others.
Unfortunately, Xu Changshu came at the wrong time this time and was sent away after chatting with Qiao Ze for less than twenty minutes.
This visit also made Xu Changshu truly feel the reason why Zhang Hongcai said, "After talking to Qiao Ze, you can decide whether to go to Xilin or not."
Sure enough, face-to-face communication with Qiao Ze seems to be even more laborious than communicating by email.
When a person talks too little to a certain extent, it is very difficult to keep up with the other person's thinking.
But this made Xu Changshu feel even more excited.
Because in his opinion, although Qiao Ze didn't like to communicate, it just showed that this young man really focused all his energy on academic research.
Coupled with Qiao Ze's talent, working with Qiao Ze at Xilin University of Technology in the future will definitely give him the opportunity to study the most cutting-edge relevant theories.
He doesn't even need to add his name to the paper. As long as they can study together and understand the results for the first time, it is enough to bring great satisfaction. Not to mention that every time Qiao Ze said a few words, he could gain a lot.
This means that he still doesn't know that the reason why Qiao Ze is busy is writing a paper on the existence of Yang Mills.
If I knew it, I would probably be even more eager to change jobs from Yanbei University to Xilin University of Technology.
Platform resources?
nonexistent!
Xu Changshu didn't go to the lecture meeting at Huaqing University, but Xu Changshu could be sure from the lecture meeting at Yanbei University that as long as people like Qiao Ze are given a chance to show themselves once, they no longer need any platform and can really do it. Wherever he is, there is the platform.
If you can solve a global problem at your fingertips, why do you need a platform?
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In the past two days, videos related to Qiao Ze's lecture at Yanbei University have also been circulated in the Chinese mathematics community, especially within the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where the 150-minute video of the lecture began to go viral.
It was originally a semi-public report meeting, and Yanbei University invited several academicians to participate. All academicians took the initiative to request the full video content of the report meeting that day.
It may be difficult to understand the process of many of Qiao Ze's proofs in just a two-hour report, but the content is full of practical information. If you want to watch it over and over again, and then compare it with the papers published in the "Annual Review of Mathematics", you can still understand it. I roughly understand Qiao Ze’s thinking.
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On Tuesday, Qiao Ze’s lecture even set off a small-scale debate within the Academy of Sciences.
There is a debate surrounding whether Qiao Ze's idea is correct and whether it can truly solve this problem that has troubled mathematicians and physicists around the world for more than half a century.
If it were purely from an academic perspective, the debate might not be so intense, but once other things are involved, things will always develop in strange directions.
Just like what Zhang Hongcai said, once Qiao Ze can really prove this problem, resources will inevitably begin to tilt. This is different from the field of artificial intelligence that Qiao Ze is involved in. Although Qiao Ze also proposed research on mathematical theory, it has proven its application value.
In fact, there is little need for a small amount of basic R&D funds. Naturally, nuclear high-tech companies can directly follow up with resources from the social field, such as the cooperation between Xilin Licheng Technology and Youwei Group.
But simply proving the Yang-Mills theory is different.
This is truly purely theoretical research that promotes the progress of the entire discipline. But at the same time, when this kind of theoretical breakthrough is applied to reality and produces economic benefits, it is often calculated in units of ten or even decades.
What's more important is that these purely basic theoretical researches cannot directly produce benefits. What does produce benefits are the new technologies developed based on these basic theories.
There is no doubt that the former is more difficult, especially in an era of stagnant technological development. Each breakthrough may require decades of accumulation. However, these papers do not have the so-called benefits of patents and copyrights, and can only rely on uninterrupted persistence. Invest.
This is also the reason why theoretical scholars either remain unknown all their lives, or become famous and even recorded in history books.
But there is only so much investment in basic theory. If it is really confirmed that Qiao Ze's idea is OK, this will involve the allocation of funds. It may even dominate the issue of funding allocation.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are interests, there are rivers and lakes entanglements.
From ancient times to the present, from domestic to foreign countries, it is the same and has never changed. It will be difficult to change in the future.
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On Tuesday afternoon, in the small conference room on the third floor of the office building of the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, two academicians had just watched Qiao Ze's press conference video and were sitting in their respective seats, deep in thought.
"Lao Zhang, what do you think?" After a long time, one of the academicians asked.
The academician who spoke was Zhou Liang, who is now the director of the mathematics and interdisciplinary science research center in the academy.
The old Zhang in his mouth is Zhang Mingrui. He was once the first outstanding young man in the country and is also the current dean. Another identity is the executive vice president of the Chinese Mathematicians Society.
The research direction is algebraic groups and quantum groups. The biggest achievement ever was to prove lusztig's conjecture about the base ring of the bilateral cavity for the affine a-type weyl group, and to determine the sufficient conditions for the deligne-langlands' conjecture about the affine hecke algebra to be established. .
"Me? I think it's very interesting!" Zhang Mingrui raised his head and glanced at Zhou Liang, his expression seemed to be unfinished.
"Interesting? Are you saying you are optimistic that Qiao Ze can solve this problem? Then you have to write a letter and suggest that a support fund be provided to this young man." Zhou Liang said with a smile.
In fact, this lecture at Yanbei University does not coincide with Zhou Liang’s research.
But Zhou Liang’s main research areas are intelligent recognition algorithms, nonlinear uncertainty system control, intelligent control systems and game control systems, and human-computer integration systems. So Zhou Liang first knew and understood Qiao Ze mainly from Qiao Ze's first paper published in the "Duke Mathematics Journal" and the sudden emergence of Doudou.
But now, the name Qiao Ze is no stranger to him.
Even without these two report conferences, Qiao Ze's name has already entered the field of vision of these big guys.
After all, he is a young man who dares to apply to become a natural science expert at the age of eighteen, and no one from the mathematics department to the official can stop him.
"Let's take a look first. You also know that last night, several people almost got into a fight over this kid." Zhang Mingrui shook his head slightly and said.
"Then do you think he can completely solve this problem?" Zhou Liang asked again.
This time Zhang Mingrui hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head again and said: "I'm not sure, after all, I haven't studied this proposition specifically. But combined with his previously published papers and these proof ideas, I feel very hopeful. Big. Of course, the premise is that the formulas he derived during the report are correct."
"Oh." Zhou Liang nodded, and then asked a thought-provoking question again: "Then, Lao Zhang, if, I mean if, if he really proves this proposition... and is recommended as an academician , will you vote in favor?”
"Huh?" Zhang Mingrui was stunned by this question.
It's really not a targetless target, because Zhang Mingrui and Zhou Liang are both members of the presidium of the Academy of Sciences.
In the academician recruitment year, after the applicants pass the preliminary review, the presidium must finally determine the candidates for recruitment.
But Zhang Mingrui really didn't think about this issue.
Qiao Ze's age always makes others subconsciously ignore the many achievements he has made.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Zhang Mingrui smiled bitterly and said: "We shouldn't have to face this problem so soon, right? Even if his idea is correct, there are still several hurdles to completely solve this problem. Maybe it will take several years. The presidium will change after the new year, so we won’t need to worry about this issue.”
According to the election regulations of the presidium of the academic divisions of the Academy of Sciences, two members of the presidium are elected from each department for a four-year term and are not re-elected. So in theory, what Zhang Mingrui said is correct.
But precisely because of this, their decision is particularly important.
Because if Qiao Ze is really elected in the near future, he will definitely join the Department of Mathematical Physics, so the opinions of the two presidium members of the Department of Mathematics are naturally very important.
"What if this kid really solved the problem recently? You haven't noticed yet, have you? Since his first paper was published in the "Duke Mathematics Journal" in June, he has now published eight papers in top mathematics journals Papers. Especially these two papers in the "Annual Review of Mathematics" are less than half a month apart.
I think we need to consider this issue. Haha, he solved this problem 25 years ago... Haha, as a 21-year-old academician candidate, no matter what decision we make, the impact will be far-reaching. Zhou Liang said meaningfully.
Zhang Mingrui thought for a moment and smiled: "Old Zhou, if you don't study this direction, you don't know how difficult this proposition is. The tool pioneered by Qiao Ze is indeed very useful, but if his idea is correct, Qiao Slice and Qiao Space It is true that they will become independent research directions in the future, but it will take some time to fully solve this proposition."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Mingrui saw that Zhou Liang still wanted to speak, so he smiled and added: "Well, taking a step back, it doesn't matter if he really completes the proposition next year. After all... Mr. Yang is still alive!"
Zhou Liang nodded slightly.
Although Zhang Mingrui didn't say it clearly, Zhou Liang could certainly understand what the other party meant.
Since Mr. Yang is mentioned, he must respect Mr. Yang.
Therefore, if Qiao Ze could really prove the existence of Yang-Mills theory while Mr. Yang was still alive, given Mr. Yang's reputation in the academic world, Zhang Mingrui's choice would probably be to just close his eyes and raise his hands.
If not...
The presidium has most likely been replaced, so there is no need for them to consider this troubling issue.
In the end, Zhou Liang just sighed: "Hey, they say that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, but this wave behind... is too strong. Nineteen years old, only nineteen years old! Even if you start learning from your mother's womb, you will probably Is that all there is to it?”
Zhang Mingrui was stunned, then nodded in agreement, and subconsciously thought of when he was nineteen years old.
There's no comparison, there's really no comparison!
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While the two academicians were discussing Qiao Ze, Qiao Ze's hands also left the keyboard.
The main part of the thesis has been completed, and almost all of the two free days were spent on writing the thesis.
However, the paper is not complete yet.
Qiao Ze's habit of writing papers is to first write out the complete structure of the entire paper based on his own ideas, and then when checking the paper, he will complete some proof processes in the middle that may cause trouble to the reviewers.
The advantage of this is that many of the proof processes have actually been done before and are already in the computer, so you can just copy and paste them.
As for the format problem, you can directly ask Doudou to solve it. Doudou, a kid who has read through more than 10,000 papers, although he is a bit poor at finding paper support, it is still very useful to help organize the paper format and find some typos and grammatical errors.
So the next work is not too complicated and requires almost no brain use.
After resting for an hour, Qiao Ze had completed the paper, and the title was also very simple "Proof of the Existence of Yang-Millstone Solution".
Looking at the completed thesis, Qiao Ze did not feel that full sense of accomplishment or emptiness.
I just feel very bored.
Once his mind was empty, he began to subconsciously think about the proposition that was still bothering him, and even couldn't help but mutter to himself: "How to use mathematical language to describe the quality gap?"
"Ah?" Su Mucheng, who was watching a TV series next to Qiao Ze, raised her head blankly, glanced at Qiao Ze, and asked, "Brother Qiao, are you talking to me?"
Qiao Ze glanced at Su Mucheng and shook his head.
He was asking himself.
If anyone could answer this question, it would have spread throughout the world.
Unfortunately, he hasn't found the ultimate answer yet.
It's really difficult...
Qiao Ze thought to himself that he even doubted whether he was too young and frivolous five years ago and viewed the world too simply.
After knowing that Qiao Ze was not asking about herself, Su Mucheng gave Qiao Ze a sweet smile and once again immersed herself in Sherlock Holmes' detective thinking in the play. Little did he realize that the slightly dazed lover next to him was about to bring down the world.
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