I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 951 Five Fields Medal winners jointly present a big gift package—the ultimate theory of the universe!

In late September, most countries in the northern hemisphere have ended more than three months of extreme high temperature and drought weather, and have entered the golden autumn season with crisp air, which is the best time to travel.

Unfortunately, several consecutive autumn rains have brought certain travel inconveniences and affected the fun of autumn outings.

However, after experiencing the extremely hot and dry weather for several consecutive months, which was so unbearable that even the small rivers on the ground were about to dry up, the people welcomed this kind of autumn rain. Even the news reported that "the long drought will come again". Manna” is an apt title to celebrate that the hard summer is finally over.

It's just that most people don't realize that worse and more severe tests are yet to come...

For the international mathematics community, the most concerning event recently is not the weather problem, but the problems of more than a dozen people including Edward Witten, Faltings, Deligne, Wiles, Wu Baozhu, Lindenstrauss, etc. An invitation letter sent by a Fields Medal winner and industry leader invites outstanding mathematicians from all over the world who are good at mathematical analysis to join the "Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team" that Qin Ke is forming. This invitation letter is quite demanding.

First of all, the age of the invitees is basically 35 to 55 years old. It is said that because of the high intensity of work, mathematicians who are too old are not suitable. At the same time, the mathematical analysis ability and experience requirements of the invitees are quite high, which is very high. Well-known people in the industry and those who have achieved sufficient results will not be invited.

Secondly, mathematicians who are currently employed in meteorological centers in various countries or serve as temporary experts are basically excluded, apparently in order not to seize the scientific research strength of meteorological centers in various countries.

Based on the above conditions, only about two hundred mathematics experts and professors around the world received invitation letters. Many people are proud to receive this invitation letter. After all, it is a recognition of strength and experience, and it is jointly recognized by more than a dozen Philippine Award winners!

It can be said that receiving such an invitation is enough to double their status!

For this reason, the mathematicians who received the invitation letter are very cautious about this invitation. After all, most of the qualified mathematicians are outstanding mathematicians with a certain status, either mathematics professors at prestigious universities or famous mathematics research institutions. The researchers here have their own careers to be busy with.

Asking them to give up their current work and life and go to the distant Xia Kingdom to join an unfamiliar team, even if the leader of that team is the most popular math master of Xia Kingdom in the world of mathematics today - Academician Qin Ke, it still makes them sad. Confuse.

The invitation letter also provides another way of cooperation, which is remote video cooperation, but the necessary "service time" must also be guaranteed. You cannot agree to join but be busy with your own affairs and ignore the task instructions issued by the team. This means that once they agree to join, it will definitely have a serious impact on their daily teaching work or the current research work at hand.

Of course, the benefits of joining this team are also obvious. Not to mention the "team allowance" that is higher than the monthly salary of a professor at a prestigious school, at least there are many benefits for improving your qualifications and abilities.

This "Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team" is mainly engaged in post-analysis, screening and modeling of big data in order to solve the increasingly severe extreme climate disasters in today's world. Extreme climate disasters have become a topic of great concern to countries and people around the world. In recent years, they have seriously affected the global economy, and in turn affected people's livelihood and livelihood. Many people have been displaced and lost their lives as a result.

If you participate in a research team that solves such a problem that threatens the "rise and fall of mankind" and achieves results, it will definitely add the brightest color to your work resume, and your reputation in the hearts of the people will also skyrocket.

Moreover, being able to work with mathematicians who are equally good or even better will obviously expand and improve your own vision, ability, and way of thinking. Especially the leader of the team is known as "the modeling level of the international mathematics community is unparalleled." Qin Ke!

You must know that the "Extreme Climate Disaster Prediction Model" established by Qin Ke's team has an accuracy rate that is unparalleled in the world. The US Meteorological Center has such strong research capabilities that it is unable to establish a comparable prediction model. So much so that in the past two years, there have been successive mistakes in responding to extreme climate disasters, and the American people have been so angry that they can't even lift their heads.

This shows how advanced Qin Ke is in big data modeling.

Being able to do research with such top experts is simply the best way to improve your abilities!

Precisely because the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious, these outstanding mathematicians, who can be called the core of the Mesozoic generation in the international mathematics community, are hesitant...

At the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Professor Kelvin Thomson was also hesitant.

Professor Kelvin Thomson is 43 years old this year. He is a professor of mathematics at Princeton University. His most famous academic achievement is the Wursch conjecture that proved the direction of the Diophantine equation. Over the years, he has also won the Sherbo Memorial Prize in Mathematics and the Ford Prize in Mathematics, and can be regarded as one of the Mesozoic leaders at Princeton University.

Last year, Professor Thomson accepted the invitation of the current dean, Mr. Peter Goddard, to join the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and participate in mathematical research at the Institute for Advanced Study. The research directions are number theory and big data analysis.

In order to focus on research, he has stopped recruiting graduate students in the past two years. The only exception is Wei Yuyuan who came with a letter of introduction from Qin Ke.

Wei Yuyuan is also the only graduate student he is currently supervising.

It can be said that Professor Thomson is an "old acquaintance" of Qin Ke. When Qin Ke was still a freshman, he went to Princeton University to give an academic report. Professor Thomson watched Qin Ke take a deep breath after a long-distance run in the Tiger Bar. After solving the two major mathematical problems of "there are infinite number of Mersenne prime numbers" and "there are infinite number of prime numbers in Fibonacci sequence", he began to soar into the international mathematics community, not only taking away what he had most likely obtained. He won the Cole Prize for Number Theory, the Crafford Prize, the Ramanujan Medal, and finally the Fields Medal, the top award in mathematics.

Professor Thomson's perception of Qin Ke gradually changed from his initial vigilant alienation to his sincere admiration and closeness. When he met Qin Ke several times at international mathematics conferences, he took the initiative to talk to him. Especially last year, he accepted Wei Yuyuan, who was recommended by Qin Ke, as his student. With Wei Yuyuan as a link, he had more contacts with Qin Ke. He exchanged emails in private from time to time, and also sent greeting cards to each other on important holidays.

Therefore, if Professor Thomson is thick-skinned and claims to be good friends with Qin Ke, it is okay.

However, Professor Thomson is still hesitant whether to join Qin Ke's "Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team". The reason is nothing more than the above two points, plus he is currently highly regarded by the dean, Mr. Peter Goddard, and he "abandoned" Mr. Peter Goddard for Qin Ke, which has no conscience. Can't do it.

At this time, there was a knock on the office door. Professor Thomson opened the door and took a look, surprised: "Dean?"

The visitor turned out to be Mr. Peter Goddard.

"Kelvin, I've been seeing you absent-minded lately. Are you worried about the invitation letter Faltins gave you?" Mr. Peter Goddard smiled kindly and got straight to the point when he came in.

Professor Thomson nodded sheepishly.

"Hahaha, I guess you feel that if you join Qin Ke's team, you will have to stop the research project I gave you, and feel sorry for my trust and reuse?" Mr. Peter Goddard's gray eyebrows relaxed. , said with a smile: "When Falstin was drawing up the list of invitations, I was beside him and gave him a lot of opinions. I just didn't sign on it because of his identity. Otherwise, I'm afraid that half of the people in the Institute for Advanced Study would Mathematicians have to run away..."

He patted Professor Thomson on the shoulder: "Kelvin, follow your inner wishes and don't worry about me. If you can do research with Qin Ke, your mathematical talents will be more fully explored and your growth will be faster." It will be faster. By the way, if you are willing to go to Xia State, I can write you a letter of recommendation and let you be a distinguished professor at Qingmu University. I believe that with your level, both Qingmu University and Qin Ke will be very successful. You are welcome to join us.”

"But..." Thomson was still hesitating. His family is all here, and they went to the Xia Kingdom to stay for a few years. Really... "By the way, this is the latest preprint of the paper that Qin Ke's team has just uploaded to arXiv. It is said that it has been submitted to "Nature Physics" . I only read the beginning, but I am sure that this will be a great paper that will be handed down from generation to generation. I hope this paper can help you make up your mind."

Professor Thomson took over the printed thick paper in surprise. The title of the paper was "Precise control of random events in the decay of radioactive elements based on the new "WQTNQ theoretical system"". The first author was Qin Ke, Edward Witten, Tao Zhe Xuan, Ning Qingyun!

"WQTNQ theoretical system? Precise control of random events in the decay of radioactive elements?" Professor Thomson almost stopped breathing.

He had never heard of the "WQTNQ theoretical system", but he knew very well what "accomplishing precise control of random events in the decay of radioactive elements" meant.

This means that mankind has overcome the difficulty of making radioactive elements harmless and can realize the safe application of radioactive elements. Its significance is even greater than that of overcoming nuclear fission technology and realizing nuclear power generation!

This... this is a great scientific research achievement that is almost 100% certain to win the Nobel Prize in Physics!

Looking at the author column, if you include Qiu Chengtong in the second work, there were five Fields Medal winners working together to complete it! Just looking at this lineup, we can almost rule out the possibility of problems with the paper. Moreover, Academician Qin Ke has always had an excellent academic reputation. No one can find any flaws in the papers he published, let alone this time five Philippine Prize winners have joined forces to attack!

"It's amazing...they actually used mathematics to a godlike level..." Professor Thomson only hurriedly read the abstract and the final conclusion page, and roughly understood the content of this paper.

The first third demonstrates the new M theory named "WQTNQ theoretical system" from a mathematical perspective, the middle part is physical definition and analysis, and the last part is experimental verification, and throughout it is almost all mathematical thinking and Mathematical Argument.

The "new geometry" that has become popular this year plays a "backbone" role in this paper, and its essence is fully utilized in an unconstrained way.

This is a great paper that both physicists and mathematicians will be fascinated by and benefit from!

Professor Thomson quickly made his decision. He took a deep breath, slowly closed the paper, then raised his head and looked firmly at Mr. Peter Goddard and said: "Dean, I will now formally apply to you for five years." During the five years of suspension, I will take my wife and children, move to the capital of Xia State, and join Academician Qin’s team. I believe that only there can I find the path to my mathematical dream. .”

Mr. Peter Goddard's eyes revealed a light of encouragement and expectation, and he smiled and said: "Go, I look forward to your return in five years. I believe that when you come back, you will definitely make a difference to our Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. bright future!”

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Not only Professor Thomson, but also the entire international mathematician and physics circles were shocked by this paper titled "Precise Control of Random Events in the Decay of Radioactive Elements Based on the Brand-New "WQTNQ Theoretical System"". I don't know how many people stayed up all night. , just to stay up late at night to read, or to verify the theories contained in it, or to eagerly absorb the thinking and knowledge above that are ahead of the times.

After reading this paper, Professor Kamran Wafa, the winner of the Breakthrough Prize in Physics and a string theorist at Harvard University, sat in his office for three hours, and then tore up all the manuscripts in his office and threw them away. When they got into the trash can, his students thought the teacher was crazy and hurriedly tried to grab it back. Professor Kamran Wafa looked pale and waved his hands and said:

"It's unnecessary. We are too far behind. Compared with the results of Qin Ke and Witten's team, our current research results are at least fifty years behind..."

Professor Fry Harvey, Dirac Prize winner, member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the American Physical Society, and representative of string theory at the University of Chicago, was also seen walking on the playground in a daze, muttering something to himself. "This is going to start a new round of string theory revolution... All the current popular string theories will be outdated..."

Sheldon Glashow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and known as the father of the "Standard Model of Particle Physics," has never been optimistic about string theory. The phrase "String theory is just a high-IQ test tool for utopians" came from him. mouth. He also tried his best to prevent string theory from appearing at Harvard University, where he teaches. Unfortunately, he failed, but he still insisted: "String theory may take decades or even longer research time to establish a logical system. I prefer it." Yu believes it simply cannot be achieved in the real world."

But even such a "die-hard opponent of string theory" had to struggle to answer a student's question after reading this paper: "Maybe my previous judgment was wrong. This 'WQTNQ' Theory', maybe it will become the basis of the ultimate theory of the universe in the future."

The whirlwind stirred up by this paper spread throughout the world. Countless media reported frantically and reprinted Sheldon Glashow's words. The newspapers with headlines even directly printed the attractive news headline-"The Five Phils" This is a big gift package jointly presented by the award winners - the ultimate theory of the universe! 》

As the paper spread, the already popular "new geometry" was pushed to the altar and was called "a new myth in the world of mathematics."

For a time, as long as you dare to claim to be a mathematician but do not study "new geometry", you will definitely be ridiculed by your colleagues as a "laggard" and "will soon be abandoned by the times"...

The paper attracted so much attention that the several authors were naturally the targets of frantic follow-up reports and interviews by the media. However, except for Edward Witten and Mr. Qiu, as well as Academicians Ji Xingming and Du Jianzhang who were in charge of the experiment, the media were surprised to find that , Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun and Tao Zhexuan of the University of California actually "disappeared", and no one could interview them.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun, that's all. They have never liked to be interviewed by the media, but Professor Tao, who has always been known as the "Internet trumpet", actually went "missing" and refused the media at such a highlight moment of global attention. Their interview is really very curious.

The reporters tried their best and could only find out from Professor Tao's wife Laura that Professor Tao has now joined the team of Academician Xia Guoqin Ke, and even the school's teaching has been replaced by someone else. There is really no time for interviews. As for them Laura said she had “no comment” on what exactly she was studying.

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While the whole world is discussing this paper, which has established the status of the "WQTNQ theoretical system" in the next few decades, a large number of mathematicians who have received invitations have decided to join Qin Ke's "Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team" At that time, in the Xia Kingdom, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were busy with their partners in the fluid mechanics laboratory.

They have been really busy recently. If they had not considered that the paper was related to the treatment of nuclear sewage and thus affected the solution of the fresh water crisis, they would have even planned to postpone the paper. Later, they only took time out of their evenings to study in Laos. Based on Tao's mathematics part, Witten's physics part and experimental part, I completed the secondary optimization and improvement, and then submitted it... After finishing it, I returned to the topic of climate variability in the Arctic.

With Qin Ke's strength as the God of Mathematics at this time, he is fully focused on the research of one topic. He is also assisted by top experts like Ning Qingyun and Tao Zhexuan, and there are dozens of skilled researchers behind him. The progress of the research should be It's better to move forward quickly.

But the amount of data is so huge, the truth is hidden in layers of fog, and the difficulty is extraordinary. It was not until September 9 that Qin Ke finally discovered the clues he had always wanted to find from the huge data of hundreds of millions.

"Found it! The reason for the extreme climate phenomena in the Arctic!"

And this is very likely to be an important factor in the occurrence of extreme and abnormal climate disasters around the world!

　I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance and ask for monthly tickets at the end of the month!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)