From small town academic to chief scientist

For more than ten days, Zhou Yi was excitedly studying Wiles's paper.

At the same time, as time goes by,

The meteorological science papers before Zhou Yi played a great role.

Although wildfires occur frequently in Bati, with sufficient fire-fighting equipment and personnel, the fires are basically extinguished without any danger.

The power shortage problem was greatly alleviated because of the cooperation between Zhou Yi and Cao Jin.

The economic value created by that paper alone is worth billions.

This number is either higher or lower.

Of course Zhou Yi didn't know these things.

Zhou Yi devoted himself to Beal's conjecture.

These days, Zhou Yi finished reading Wiles's paper and combined it with the tools he used to prepare for the ABC conjecture.

Zhou Yi can be sure that the difficulty of this conjecture is much greater than what he expected.

Zhou Yi originally thought that this conjecture would not be much difficult, but Zhou Yi found that it was simply extremely difficult.

Even harder than Fermat's Last Theorem.

MMP, as expected one million magnesium gold is not easy to obtain.

Damn it, Zhou Yi felt like he had fallen into a dead end again.

Just when Zhou Yi was living a fulfilling life and losing his hair, Bill Carr came to Zhou Yi's office.

When Zhou Yi saw Birkar, he put down his pen and paper,

"Long time no see, Bill Carr."

Zhou Yi said first.

"Hey, long time no see, Zhou Yi. I heard from Mr. Qiu that you have been studying ABC guesses recently. Do you have any clues?"

Bill Carr said.

Zhou Yi heard this and said with a bitter smile:

"I originally planned to study several conjectures related to the ABC conjecture to see if I could improve my tool for proving the ABC conjecture, but it turns out that the beal conjecture is also so difficult, which is so annoying."

Zhou Yi is ready to chat with Bill Carr.

Bill Carr is the winner of the Fields Medal. In the 2018 IMU, it was a class where great players fought, and Bill Carr just won the Fields Medal.

It is enough to prove its strength.

Two of the candidates for the Philippine Award in 2022 won the Philippine Award in 2022.

The most popular one is Marina Vyazovska, the goddess of mathematics in Ukraine. In 2016, she proved the densest packing problem of equal spheres in 8-dimensional space, and then proved the densest packing problem of equal spheres in 24 dimensions. Dense packing problem.

After thirteen years of sharpening a sword, the moment he drew it, he won this year's Fields Medal.

Another person who was suppressed was Maynard, who won the Fields Medal this year. He is an expert in analytical number theory and is also from Oxford University in Yingguo.

There is no doubt about Bill Carr's ability to stand out from that year.

Hearing this, Birkar said thoughtfully:

"Actually, the most important thing about studying a conjecture is not to prove it, but to develop useful mathematical tools from it. Beal's conjecture is said to be more difficult than Fermat's Last Theorem. When you chose it, didn't you tell Mr. Qiu?"

Zhou Yi was speechless. No wonder it was so difficult. I really wanted to slap myself. It was a bad choice. It was so hard to guess.

Asking for trouble?

Only then did Zhou Yi remember that Birkar would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, and said:

"Did you come to see me today for something?"

Bill Carr said:

"The School of Mathematics at Shuimu University is about to start the semester, and we are going to invite you to give a lecture for freshmen to seniors."

Zhou Yi was puzzled and said:

"speech?"

Bill Carr said:

"Yes, it's a lecture, and this lecture is not only for undergraduates, but also for new graduate students. Li Fengjun from Aurora University and Wu Yong from Chang'an Jiaotong University have all come to Shuimu University."

Zhou Yi was surprised and said:

"Aren't they going to go abroad? I remember chatting with them during the math competition, and they all found their own schools, and they were all pretty good."

Bill Carr said:

"In the end, we chose to come to our school, Shuimu. Originally, the leader of their academy wanted Mr. Qiu to take them in person, but Mr. Qiu accepted you and Wanyi Guliang as his apprentices, so I accepted these two students as my apprentices."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised, what the hell, could it still be like this?

But then I thought about it, how many people would have the opportunity to have a Philippine Prize winner as a mentor in their lifetime?

"Actually, it's not just these two people who came to Mizuki. There were also many people from the math competition you participated in who ended up choosing Mizuki. It's just that you didn't know it."

Birkar said calmly,

"These people have good potential. As long as they study mathematics tirelessly, they will definitely become world-class mathematicians. In the past, there was a golden generation at Beijing University. I think they can also be regarded as the golden generation of our Shuimu University. In the future, they can at least become the top mathematicians at Shuimu University." The cutting-edge power of the system.”

Zhouyi said:

"Well, we are all old acquaintances, so it doesn't hurt to meet. How long is the specific time for the speech?"

Bill Carr said:

"It has to be some time in the evening, probably after the World Artificial Intelligence Conference."

Zhouyi said:

"Well, it's up to you."

Birkar added:

"Actually, Mr. Qiu has also fallen into a misunderstanding. Haven't you noticed? You can prove the Polignac conjecture first. There is no need to stick to the ABC conjecture. I personally think it is a waste of time. As for the Bill conjecture, you can also give up. .”

Zhouyi:...

This was what Qiu told Zhou Yi at first. Unexpectedly, Bill Carr also had this view. Could it be that we shouldn’t have studied the ABC conjecture from the beginning?

"Actually, it's not a bad idea to turn around and study the Polignac conjecture. You should know that you should first prove the impact of the Polignac conjecture and Goldbach's conjecture on the ABC conjecture. I'm just giving you a suggestion. Of course, the choice is still yours. In my hands, after all, you are the greatest genius I have ever seen."

Birkar said very sincerely.

These words made Zhou Yi very excited. Zhou Yi was just about to speak.

I saw Bill Carr whispering to Zhou Yi again:

"I heard that the Chinese Mathematical Society is planning to award this year's Veblen Geometry Prize to you."

When Zhou Yi heard this, he said with some confusion:

"No, Bill Carr, isn't this award only given to members of the American Mathematical Society? I am not a member of them."

Bill Carr said:

"As long as you receive this award, you will be considered a member or honorary member of this society by default. This year's highest award in geometry was still up for debate, but after your four papers came out, there was basically no suspense.

Even if Vyazovska writes a new work, it will not be taken away from you.

If this award is not in your hands, I think there is no need to continue this award. "

Zhou Yi smiled sheepishly. This compliment made him so embarrassed.

I keep praising myself like this, which makes me feel quite embarrassed.

Zhou Yi likes to deal with real people like Bill Carr.

"Actually, Bill Carr, you are also very strong. I admire you very much. In 2018, you suppressed the two people who won the Philippine Prize this year. You are one of the most powerful mathematicians in the world."

Zhou Yi also praised.

Bill Carl was immediately in awe, he and Zhou Yi really cherished each other.

Xiao Wanyi on the side couldn't stand it anymore. She buried her head and tried her best not to laugh out loud.

Zhou Yi originally wanted to ask how much the bonus was, but how could he ask about money for something as sacred as mathematics?

"Approximately how much is the bonus?"

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask, who doesn't like money?

"$50,000."

Birkar said,

"I feel that this year's Geometry Academic Conference will most likely be held at Shuimu University. It depends on whether Mr. Qiu will fight for it. Your results are so amazing, and the next Philippine Prize has basically been booked."

When he said the last sentence, Birkar remembered how he said during the Zhouyi of Chongqing that he wanted to solve Kepler's conjecture.

In the end, this guy really solved it.

I don’t know what Vyazovska’s expression was at the IMU conference. She was so regretful that she didn’t go.

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"oh oh."

Fifty thousand dollars, if you convert the exchange rate, this is 35 W.

The only way Zhou Yi can make money now is in artificial intelligence. The best way is to hold the speech recognition system in complex scenarios and the complex image-text conversion technology in his hands.

However, these two technologies are key technologies for his scientific research assistant and cannot be easily given to others. Even if he gave Zhou Yi shares, Zhou Yi would feel panicked at the loss.

After saying that, Bill Carr had left.

Xiao Wanyi on the side was dumbfounded as she read the result of just querying Veblen's geometry.

"Junior brother, this award is the highest award in the field of geometry, just one level lower than the Fields Medal. The last winner was Chen Xiuxiong and his team."

Zhouyi said:

"Hey, luck, luck, keep going! Senior sister, you also strive to win this award. We, Teacher Qiu, will try to win this award."

After saying that, Zhou Yi continued to do his own thing.

After Birkar returned to his office, he immediately called Qiu.

"Mr. Qiu, I have told Zhou Yi some news. I think he will not be focusing on the ABC conjecture and Bill's conjecture. He may turn around and work on the Polignac conjecture or Goldbach's conjecture."

Birkar said softly.

Qiu Chengtong said:

"Well, as a teacher, I can't force him to change direction. It might be better to let him learn to progress step by step. The results will be achieved one by one, which is better than being too ambitious.

He is still young, and as long as no evildoers appear in the future, he will put an end to these speculations one by one. I can't even imagine what kind of prestige he will gain after proving Goldbach's conjecture in China. "

Goldbach guessed that there was overwhelming publicity in the country.

As long as anyone has attended nine years of compulsory education, no one will not know what Goldbach's conjecture is.