I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 686 Accident, Disbandment, Termination, and, Taking Over to Continue!

"That's right, they asked me to be one of the reviewers, and they earnestly asked me to complete the review as soon as possible. It seems that "Annual Journal of Mathematics" is planning to take advantage of this craze and release your manuscript as quickly as possible. I guess this paper will probably be published in the September issue." Speaking of this, Professor Tao couldn't help laughing, and said in an exaggerated tone:

"Submit your paper in early August and publish it in September. Only the two of you can enjoy this kind of speed treatment. However, after reading your paper, I think it is not difficult for them to attach so much importance to it. What is mentioned in the paper The 'Three-Layer Infinite Flow Loop Algorithm' is indeed very innovative and ingenious, and I am amazed. I spent half a year writing the "Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation" and your paper Compared with the obvious gap, I am really convinced to you this time. I look forward to the day when you really conquer the NS equation!"

Professor Tao thought about it for a long time before finally ending the call. He wanted to apply what he learned from the phone chat to justice in the academic world.

Qin Ke checked the time, and the call totaled 52 minutes.

Professor Tao really doesn't think the phone bill is expensive.

However, thinking that Professor Tao, who was evaluated as a "cold mathematician who doesn't like to talk" by outsiders, chatted with him for almost an hour, Qin Ke still felt very fulfilled.

Moreover, communicating with Professor Tao will also make Qin Ke feel very happy.

In this world, besides Ning Qingyun, Professor Tao is probably the only one who can talk freely with him about mathematics without worrying that the other party will not understand. Moreover, Professor Tao's knowledge is even higher than that of Ning Qingyun, and his mathematical thinking is also very active. , Occasionally burst out words, will give Qin Ke a new mathematical inspiration.

Qin Ke put down his phone and stretched his waist. Seeing that Ning Qingyun was looking at him with his chin propped up, he couldn't help smiling and said, "What's the matter? Suddenly, my husband, I'm very handsome?"

Ning Qingyun blushed slightly, and said coquettishly, "Can you stop being so thick-skinned?" But one thing to say, this villain is indeed quite handsome, especially when he talks about mathematics, his radiant expression will always make Ning Qingyun gave birth to the feeling that this guy really likes mathematics from the bottom of his heart.

This was particularly attractive to Ning Qingyun, who admired boys who were good at math since childhood.

The girl withdrew her gaze so that Qin Ke wouldn't be too complacent, but the following words still showed admiration: "By the way, the article you wrote "Ten Questions on the Famous Chinese Mathematician Obadiah Sean", I I just finished reading it carefully, it is really amazing. No wonder even the winner of the Philippine Award, Wu Baozhu, admires you so much!"

Sometimes Ning Qingyun really felt that her boyfriend was the prince of mathematics sent from heaven. Even if Gauss was resurrected and Euler was reborn, it is estimated that his talent in mathematics could not surpass Qin Ke's.

Qin Ke pointed to his face: "It's useless to just praise, let me give you some practical rewards."

Ning Qingyun bit her red lips, seeing him smiling and looking at her with anticipation on her face, after all, the girl had nothing to do with this thick-skinned rascal, so she had to take the initiative to move over to him, and was about to kiss him on the face. Ke suddenly reached out and hugged her tightly, leaned over and kissed her.

Ning Qingyun let out a small cry, then closed her eyes, lost in her boyfriend's dominance.

The two got tired of it for a long time before sitting together and watching the discussion under the combat paper in arXiv.

I saw that the number of comments under the paper has exceeded [-], and it is still increasing, which can be described as very lively.Considering that arXiv is only an academic website, this number of comments is a record.

Seeing these comments, Qin Ke didn't even bother to guess the ending of Obadiah Sean, and he probably won't have the opportunity to meet this academic hooligan in the mathematics circle again.

"It seems that this is a great harm for the people." Qin Ke said happily.

Ning Qingyun's little face was a little more blush than before, she leaned happily in her boyfriend's arms, and asked: "Qin Xiaoke, I saw in the comments that "Journal of the American Mathematical Society "was going to publish Obadiah Sean's paper, and it seems that the paper is still related to me? What's the matter?"

Qin Ke said unexpectedly: "There is such a thing? I don't know, but if it is true, this "Journal of the American Mathematical Society" will be blacklisted in the future, and he will not be submitted to him anymore."

Ning Qingyun couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling: "Have you become more and more proud recently... It's as if someone is kneeling and begging you to contribute."

"Is there? I mean 'poor and strong, the ambition not to fall into the blue sky'!"

"Currently using ancient poems, where are you poor?"

"Then at least 'Yijian' is not wrong, right?" Qin Ke smiled and squeezed his eyebrows, it took Ning Qingyun a while to understand what he meant, her face flushed, and she punched Qin Ke hard a few times: "Rogue! "

However, there was an inexplicable sweetness in the girl's heart, and she thought to herself, what mother said was right, there is really no need to be too shy about some things, although the words of this villain sounded a bit rascal, but people couldn't help but give birth to a feeling that both sides were already Closely connected, there is me in you, and you are inseparable from me.

While the two were chatting and laughing, Qin Ke's cell phone rang again. This time it was the same overseas long-distance call, but the caller ID showed that it was the office number of Professor Copette from Deguo.

Qin Ke was a little surprised. Professor Copette is a more rigorous and serious Chinese style, similar to old Mr. Faltings. Every time he contacts here, he will pay attention to the time difference. He has never tried to go beyond ten o'clock in the evening like this. Also contact myself.

He quickly connected the phone and said in German: "Professor Koppett, hello, I'm Qin Ke, what can I do for you so late?"

To Qin Ke's surprise, an unfamiliar voice came from the opposite side: "Professor Qin, hello, I am Harold Aldrich, Professor Coppett's assistant..."

Harold?Qin Ke did know him, but it was usually Coppet who contacted him directly, and only occasionally would it be Harold who would contact him.

And... if I heard it right, Harold's voice seemed to carry a kind of suppressed sadness.

Qin Ke's eyelids twitched subconsciously, and an inexplicable sense of unease surged in his heart.

Sure enough, his premonition came true, and Harold's voice choked up and said: "Professor Qin, I'm sorry to tell you a sad news, something happened to Professor Coppet..."

According to Harold, Professor Coppett stayed up all night the night before leading the team to conduct experiments, and did not return to his residence until the early morning when he was about to return to the laboratory. Then he did not come back to work the next day. Harold and others thought that Professor I'm getting older, and I need to rest more after staying up all night, so I don't care, I'm just busy analyzing the experimental data.They didn't see Professor Coppel come back to work until this morning, and they couldn't reach him on the phone. Harold and the others felt that something was wrong. After reporting to the school, they went to the professor's residence to look for it.

As a result, everyone unexpectedly found Professor Coppett lying on the ground from the window, and there was no response to how much he screamed. When Harold and others finally found someone to open the door and send Professor Coppett to the hospital for emergency treatment, they missed it. The best time for treatment.

"The doctor said that the professor's coronary heart disease suddenly worsened due to long-term anxiety and staying up late, causing blood clots, which in turn led to acute ischemic stroke... Although he was finally rescued, he was almost speechless and his body was completely damaged. Unable to move... It may take a long period of rehabilitation to barely recover a certain level of language and mobility..." At the end of Harold's voice, he couldn't hide the crying.

Qin Ke was stunned, unable to speak for a long time.

He had indeed heard that Professor Coppett had a bad heart. He had undergone major surgery a few years ago, and his body was indeed not in good health. He had advised him many times not to stay up late, but he never expected that he would suddenly fall into a coma. It also caused paralysis due to stroke.

"Oh, it's all because we didn't notice that the professor was in a bad state... and didn't stop him from being brave..." Probably because he felt that he shouldn't be too rude in front of Qin Ke, Harold sniffed hard, trying to stabilize his emotions, Make your voice more normal, but still can't hide the sadness and guilt.

He is a student of Professor Coppett, and has been working in Professor Coppett's team since graduation, and he has a deep affection for his teacher.

"The professor is really in a hurry recently. Originally, according to his plan, he should have achieved more impressive results in June, so as to win this year's Nobel Prize. Failed to make a breakthrough. Recently, I heard that Professor John Krause of the University of California had made a new breakthrough in the photon entanglement experiment that violated Bell's inequality. The expiring laboratory stayed up late for all-night experiments, and as a result, such an accident happened... I should persuade him more..."

Listening to Harold rambling guiltily, Qin Ke felt quite uncomfortable.

In fact, at the beginning of this year, Professor Copette's team was at the forefront of the world in terms of topological quantum computing because of the help of two top mathematics experts, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. To switch to the right direction, the time accumulation is still too little, and it is not as good as those top teams that have been engaged in related research for many years.

In July this year, the team of Professor John Krause of the University of California announced that they had successfully used the basic inequality "Bell's Inequality" satisfied by the correlation measurement on the quantum entangled state to realize the "ghost" in the space-like distance. Long-range quantum correlation, that is, "two particles 1 and 2 are located in places A and B. As long as a person in place A measures the state of particle 1, he can immediately know the state of particle 2, even though he has not arrived at place B."

This is an experimental result that almost perfectly describes the beauty of quantum nonlocality. It is a major breakthrough in the field of quantum entanglement. There have been rumors in the scientific community. Professor John Krause may even be awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.

This puts great pressure on Koppett, who is also aspiring for the Nobel Prize in Physics, because Professor John Krause is also studying quantum topological computing, and it is in a similar direction. He only needs to apply these results to topological quantum computing It is very likely that we will be the first to realize stable and reliable quantum computing!The research results of Coppett's team have devoted countless efforts, which will become the evidence to verify the research results of Professor John Krause's team!

One is the first original, and the other is just evidence. The status in the physics world is so different that it can basically be declared that Professor Coppett has no chance for the Nobel Prize. This makes Professor Coppett, who has been pursuing the Nobel Prize all his life, how can he accept it? Got it?

This is not the worst. The worst thing is that because of the long-term failure to achieve enough dazzling results, Professor Coppett's research group has been restricted by the school in terms of funding and laboratory scheduling. The professor felt stressed, and his temper became irritable. Several times, Qin Ke heard the old man swearing in the video conference.

Over the past month or so, every time it was hard to schedule to get the experimental equipment, Professor Koppett didn’t listen to Qin Ke’s health advice, and every time he went crazy and led the team to stay up all night to do experiments in order to get more as soon as possible. The data allowed Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to further optimize the mathematical model, and strive to basically form a relatively complete theoretical system of topological quantum computing in September this year.

Unexpectedly, because of too much hard work and a hidden disease in his body, Professor Copette finally fell into the darkness before dawn!
Qin Ke shook his head and sighed softly. He and Professor Coppet had no contact other than research work. They were not good friends, but they were also partners. For this ambitious, ambitious and professional Deguo old professor , still quite admirable, how can you not be sad when you hear this bad news at this time?
For an old professor who is obsessed with scientific research, being paralyzed and lying on the bed like this is probably more uncomfortable than losing his life.

"Harold, tell me the name of the hospital where Professor Coppert received treatment, and I will leave for Deguo as soon as possible." In the end, Qin Ke could only say this.

Five days later, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, accompanied by Chen Ming, Chen Lan and others, flew to Deguo and arrived at the hospital where Professor Copette is currently receiving treatment.

When the two came to the ward, Professor Coppett was still sleeping. All he could see was his eyes closed, his face pale, his whole body obviously lost his radiance, and his face was frighteningly emaciated.

Ning Qingyun's eye circles were red, this kind girl bit her red lips and held Qin Ke's hand tightly, unable to speak a word.

Qin Ke's heart is also very heavy.

He has been in contact with Harold from time to time these days, knowing that after several days of intensive treatment by the doctors, Professor Coppett has barely recovered some ability to speak, but basically he cannot leave the wheelchair for life, and even if he wants to recover from lying in the hospital bed At the stage of sitting in a wheelchair, it also takes a long rehabilitation exercise to make it possible.

And Professor Coppett's scientific research team also had to face the dilemma of disbanding.

In universities in Deguo, each scientific research team is initiated by an academic leader. Once the academic leader is gone, it is basically impossible to escape the end of disbanding or merging into other research teams.The Coppett team has not yet received the relevant notice of disbandment. It is probably because the University of Munich has two foreign Fields Medal winners in this team, and it is a transnational cooperation project, so it is more cautious in handling it.

The most obvious evidence is that when Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun into the ward, Joachim Huber, the vice president of the University of Munich, who had been notified in advance, was already waiting on the bench at the door, and accompanied the two of them. Enter the ward to visit Professor Coppert.

Because Professor Koppett was still sleeping, Qin Ke and others did not disturb his rest, so they left the ward together.

Joachim Huber said politely: "Professor Qin, Professor Ning, shall we go outside for a walk?"

Qin Ke already guessed the topic he wanted to talk about, probably related to the disbandment of Professor Coppett's team.

Sure enough, when Joachim Huber arrived at the quiet part of the hospital, he cut straight to the point: "Professor Qin, Professor Ning, I regret to inform you that because Professor Koppett's physical condition is no longer able to support the research work of the team, After careful consideration by our school, it has been decided to disband Professor Coppert's research team from now on, and the original research projects will also be officially terminated."

Seeing that Qin Ke didn't speak, he sighed again: "I know that you have put a lot of effort into this project, and Professor Coppert even encountered such an unfortunate thing in order to complete this project, but according to our latest news, John from the University of California ·Professor Krause's team is likely to make major breakthroughs in similar scientific research topics within this year, while Prof. Coppert's team is too far behind on this topic, and now there is a lack of academic leaders who can stand up , There is really no need to continue, it will only waste time, energy and money.”

Qin Ke nodded silently, he could understand the decision of the University of Munich.

Academics are sometimes so cruel. Theoretical research in the same or similar direction, once one party completes it first, the research results of the other teams will become meaningless.

Just like Qin Ke proved the Riemann conjecture, how many mathematicians in the world have turned their efforts into blank paper.

The topic of "Topological Quantum Computing" carried out by Professor Coppet is also more of a theoretical topic rather than a practical scientific one. It does not involve patented technology. Once someone has proposed a similar and excellent theoretical result, unless Professor Coppett can put forward more outstanding results with greater differences, otherwise it will be a waste of effort to continue, at most he can only verify that the results of others are correct and contribute to the glory of others.

After all, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are foreign scholars, and they will not come to teach at the University of Munich. Naturally, it is impossible for the University of Munich to assign them the status of project leaders belonging to the school.

After comprehensive consideration, directly terminating this project and disbanding Professor Coppert's research team has become the optimal stop loss plan.

"Professor Qin, I also know that this topic is related to the international cooperation contract stipulated by the Humboldt Research Award. Our school is willing to issue a final report with an 'excellent' evaluation and submit it to the Humboldt Foundation for you. Humboldt Foundation. Of course, we also welcome you and Professor Ning to continue to participate in other projects of our school. Our school is happy to cooperate with the two in-depth cooperation."

Qin Ke shook his head. He really has no intention of cooperating with the University of Munich now. Such cross-border cooperation is still inconvenient. Qin Ke is even more unwilling to hand over the fate of the project to others like this. He declined: "Thank you Mr. Huber, I'm just sorry, we don't want to cooperate with scholars other than Professor Coppett for the time being."

"That's a pity. If you guys change your mind, you can always contact me, here's my business card."

As the vice president of the University of Munich, Joachim Huber is also a very busy person. It is really a great honor for these two Fields Medal winners to take such a long time to wait and accompany Qin Ke to speak and explain himself. Now, when the conversation was over, he shook hands with Qin Ke again and bid farewell.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun did not return to Professor Coppert's ward immediately, but continued to walk in the square outside the hospital.

It is now mid-August. Compared with the capital city of Xiaguo, which is extremely hot at this time, the city of Munich is only about 20 degrees Celsius. The temperature is very comfortable. The sun is shining warmly overhead, and you can still see Wandering musicians were playing the piano and singing, children were running and playing with balloons, and several couples squatted down to feed the white pigeons on the square.

The sunny and peaceful scenery of a foreign country made the two of them recover a lot from their originally gloomy mood.

Ning Qingyun held Qin Ke's hand tightly, and said unwillingly: "Is this the end of the topic of topological quantum computing?"

Her study of quantum mechanics is not very deep, but she has been following this subject since March last year. In order to better optimize the mathematical model, both she and Qin Ke have put in countless efforts and spent a lot Time and energy to learn related theories.

Now that this subject is about to be terminated suddenly, she feels regretful that all her hard work has been wasted.

Thinking of Professor Copette who was still lying in the ward, the girl felt even more sad and sad that her collective efforts had been wiped out.

"It won't end like this." Qin Ke stopped, looked up at a white pigeon soaring high, and said firmly, "Whether it's for Professor Coppet or our own hard work, this We will continue the project. But it will not be in Deguo anymore, I plan to change it to China to continue!"

"Shall we proceed by ourselves?" Ning Qingyun asked in surprise.

"Yes. Do you remember the supplementary agreement we signed with the University of Munich?"

"Supplementary agreement..." Ning Qingyun's eyes lit up again.

This "Topological Quantum Computing" project is a theoretical project of transnational cooperation. According to the initial agreement, the theoretical results of the project will be shared by Professor Koppett representing the University of Munich and Qin Ke.

But later, Professor Kopet realized the important role of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's mathematical modeling for the team. In order to make them have a better willingness to cooperate and devote more energy to this cooperation project, he asked the school to After agreeing, he signed a supplementary agreement with Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun on behalf of the University of Munich.

According to this supplementary agreement, after the theoretical results of the project are formed into a paper in the future, the first authors will be Roger Koppett, Qin Ke, and Ning Qingyun, and the results will also be shared by the three.

Now that the University of Munich disbands Professor Coppert's team and terminates this project, it is equivalent to automatically giving up the relevant rights. In theory, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun can take all the current research results of the team and continue this research on their own .

However, the information in Qin Ke's hands is not complete at present, and the complete information of the subject is in the hands of Professor Coppett.

　I'm too busy at work today, and it's past ten o'clock in the evening when I get home from get off work.It is estimated that it is too late to add an update, and try to make up for it tomorrow.

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