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Chapter 135 Invitation from Princeton University

Before the editorial board of the "Annals of Mathematics" confirmed that Peter Sarnak announced that the twin prime number conjecture had been proved to the outside world on their behalf, their editorial board sent an email to Zhou Ming, which was an invitation letter, inviting Zhou Ming to be a professor at Princeton University.

[Dear Mr. Zhou, this is the editorial board of Yearbook of Mathematics, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Princeton University.

First of all, thank you for your contributions to the "Mathematics Yearbook". Your several high-quality mathematical papers have amazed the editors of our editorial board, especially this time when you wrote "There are infinitely many prime numbers P such that P+2 Is the perfect proof of the twin primes conjecture in "Is a prime number", we specially invited Viscount Pierre Deligne, who works as a senior researcher at Princeton, to evaluate your paper, and he said that you are a new star in the field of mathematics Nova, he is looking forward to meeting you and looking forward to your next research results.

You can achieve such outstanding achievements at such a young age of 22. The editors-in-chief of the editorial board of "Yearbook of Mathematics", the researchers of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, and many professors of the Department of Mathematics of Princeton University all admire you. Talent in mathematics, especially number theory.

After some discussion, we at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study sincerely extend an invitation to you, hoping that you can come to teach at Princeton University. We will not only provide you with superior treatment, but also grant you a professorship.

Princeton University is located in Princeton, New Jersey on the east coast of the United States. It is one of the 14 founding institutions of the Association of American Universities and a member of the Ivy League.

So far, among our Princeton University alumni, professors and researchers, there have been 15 Fields Medal winners, the world's highest mathematics award, and our school's graduate school of mathematics ranks first in the United States...

In addition, we would like to invite you to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is a world-renowned theoretical research institution. Academic sanctuary.

Scholars such as Albert Einstein, John von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, Robert Oppenheimer have all conducted research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton...

Hope you can join us as soon as possible, and we also look forward to your cooperation as soon as possible.

If you are interested, please contact us. 】

When Zhou Ming saw the email sent by the editorial board of "Mathematics Yearbook", he saw how powerful Princeton University and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study were described in it, and sent an invitation to himself to become a professor at Princeton University, inviting himself to join After the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, Zhou Ming was filled with emotions.

Because in the first half of this year, Zhou Ming had already received an email inviting him to study at Princeton University. It was less than a year before he received the invitation again, and this time the invitation had become an invitation to him. Went to be a professor at Princeton University.

In one year, such a huge change is like a dream.

Zhou Ming's emotions didn't last long, he replied an email immediately without any hesitation.

Zhou Ming naturally declined their invitation politely.

Zhou Ming's research results on soybeans will be released in February next year, and by then domestic policies on soybeans will definitely be changed.

If Zhou Ming really accepted the invitation and went to Ugly Country, and then let Ugly Country know that Zhou Ming made the super beans in China, then Zhou Ming probably wouldn't be able to come back.

After sending the declined email, Zhou Ming picked up the mobile phone on the table. He opened the call history and called Dean Li Mingzhi.

Li Mingzhi had read Zhou Ming's article proving the twin prime number conjecture before, and verified it by himself according to the method described in Zhou Ming's paper. After finding that there was indeed no problem, he contacted Zhou Ming once.

Therefore, in the call log on Zhou Ming's mobile phone, Li Zhizhi's name is in the front row, and Zhou Ming can see Li Zhizhi's name as soon as he opens the general record.

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, what's the matter?" On the other end of the phone, Dean Li was in a meeting, but when he saw that it was Zhou Ming calling him, he quickly booed the teachers who were in the meeting, and his voice was crisp asked Zhou Ming carefully.

"Dean Li, I just received an email from the Mathematics Yearbook. They have accepted my paper." Zhou Ming explained to Li Mingzhi the purpose of calling him.

"Accepted? So soon? It's only been less than a week, right?" Dean Li was also surprised when he heard that Zhou Ming said that "Mathematics Yearbook" had accepted his paper, and the other teachers present were also very surprised. He looked curiously at Dean Li who was on the phone.

They probably already guessed who Dean Li said Xiao Zhou was referring to, because Li Mingzhi usually called Zhou Ming Xiao Zhou, they had never heard that Li Mingzhi called other teachers Xiao Zhou,

However, what made the teachers who were in the meeting curious was what exactly Zhou Ming said to Dean Li that made Dean Li so excited.

"Well, in the email they sent me, they also said that they invited me to teach at Princeton University, and that they wanted me to join the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study." Having said this, Zhou Ming paused for a while, as if deliberately selling a lawsuit, and then added One sentence, "But I refused."

Dean Li was actually happy for Zhou Ming when he heard Zhou Ming say that Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University invited him.

After all, Princeton University’s mathematics is indeed among the best in the world, and many people who want to get into Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study cannot get into it. If Zhou Ming can really go to Princeton University and Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and stay for a few years before returning to China, that would be tantamount to Gilded.

But when Zhou Ming said that he had rejected them all, Li Mingzhi quickly asked again: "Refused? Why did you refuse? Why did you refuse? You can stay there for a year or two and come back."

In the tone of Li Mingzhi's last words, everyone around him could clearly hear the surprise and regret.

"Okay, okay, I have nothing to say if you insist on this, I'm still in a meeting here, I'll contact you later." After chatting with Zhou Ming for a few more words, Li Mingzhi didn't talk any more. After all, there are still many teachers waiting for him here.

After hanging up the phone, Li Mingzhi realized that these teachers were looking at him with curious and gossiping eyes. Now that the "Mathematics Yearbook" has passed, Li Mingzhi no longer hides it.

"The person who just called is Professor Zhou Ming, who our school just hired as an exception this year. When we were discussing whether to hire Zhou Ming as an exception, you and I got to know him. Moreover, he is now our colleague, so I won’t tell you about him himself.

What I want to talk about is Zhou Ming's recent affairs. I don't know if you have heard the gossip recently, or read Zhou Ming's article proving the twin prime number conjecture on arXiv.

I read his article a few days ago and found nothing wrong with it.Now he called me and said that he had received a notice from the "Yearbook of Mathematics" and that his paper had been reviewed and approved. "

Li Mingzhi explained to the mathematics professors present the specific content of the phone call he just received.

As soon as Dean Li's words came out, the professors present all started talking.

"I heard this news the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be confirmed so soon."

"I've heard my students talk about this before..."

"Professor Zhou proved the twin prime number conjecture, won't he be able to win the Fields Medal in 18, it seems that our country will have the first Fields Medal winner, and it is still from our school. "

"Haha, the number of students who will report to our school's mathematics major next year may increase significantly. Our school's mathematics major will also compete with Peking University."

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(End of this chapter)