Rebirth of science and technology academic master

Chapter 262 Scholars’ Reaction

Not only China, but also various universities and scientific research institutions around the world, as long as they are related to mathematics and physics, organize people to conduct research as soon as they get the journal.

Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study.

An old man was holding five special issues of "Chronicles of Mathematics" and reading them carefully one by one. If anyone in mathematics or physics saw this, they would respectfully call him Professor Witten.

This person is none other than the famous ‘Edward Witten’ in the world of mathematics and physics!

Edward Witten, born in 1951, is 63 years old this year, but he is a mathematician and physics master. There are few people like him who have reached the top level in the world in mathematics and physics. He has deep physical intuition and superb mathematical abilities. He specializes in quantum field theory, string theory and related topology and geometry. His main contributions include proof of the positive energy theorem of general relativity, supersymmetry and Morse theory, topological quantum field theory, superstring compactification, mirror symmetry, supersymmetric gauge field theory, and conjectures on the existence of M-theory.

Professor Witten made extensive contributions to theoretical physics and contributed to a number of important mathematical advances. He has published more than 350 books, mainly in the fields of quantum field theory, string theory, topology and geometry. Witten is widely regarded in the world physics community as one of the most important theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Although in some respects it is difficult to categorize his profound contributions, Witten's contributions in physics focused on supersymmetry and in mathematics on topology.

When he was young, Witten believed that the mechanism of supersymmetry violation provided a natural explanation for a series of problems, which was the solution to the so-called series problem. In supersymmetry theory, the Witten index is used to determine whether supersymmetry is violated. He developed the Seberg-Witten theory with Nathan Seberg of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Of course, it was string theory that completely established Professor Witten’s position in the world of mathematics and physics. String theory is a theory used to explain all natural forces. In 1984, Witten's gravity anomaly made an important contribution, paving the way for the first string theory revolution. At a string theory conference at the University of Southern California in the mid-1990s, Witten speculated that there was a unified theory that had not yet been discovered, calling it M-theory. M theory may be the most fundamental theory of the physical theory of the universe. For example, Hawking believed in his book "The Grand Design" that M theory may be the ultimate theory of the universe.

Not only the first string theory revolution, he also made outstanding contributions to the second string theory.

Not only did he make outstanding contributions to physics, Professor Witten also had a profound impact on pure mathematics. For example, he used Jones polynomials to explain the Chern-Simens theory. This research had a profound impact on low-dimensional topological structures and derived Quantum invariants. His outstanding contributions to mathematics also earned him the Fields Medal in 1990. Witten also became the first physicist to win the Fields Medal.

But Witten was unwilling to give in, because he believed that he was more of a physicist than a mathematician. His greatest scientific research achievement in his life was none other than string theory, and nothing could compare to the Nobel Prize in Physics. A physicist's award.

Witten looked at the paper on the existence proof of the solution to the Yang Mills equation, and all his attention was forgotten. Even the original course asked him to hire someone to take it for him. At this moment, there is nothing more important than Reading the paper is more important.

Starting from the first line of calculation, the smooth calculation process seemed to contain a magical power, which firmly caught his eye.

In particular, the understanding of the differential geometric ideas of partial differential equations in the paper, as well as the new mathematical tools and applications created by Qin Yuanqing, were so clever that he could hardly believe it.

"It's really incredible ways and ideas of verification. Qin's wisdom is really amazing!" Professor Witten put down the paper in his hand, his eyes filled with wonder: "No wonder the "Chronicles of Mathematics" dared to risk such a big dedication and jump directly to After passing the review process, the paper will be published directly. This paper alone is a proof of the existence of solutions to the Yang-Mills equation, which is a first-class paper."

"I can't find any major problems in the paper. As expected, Qin Zhen has proved it!" Witten closed the paper, his eyes filled with wonder.

If a mathematician proves the existence of a solution to the Yang-Mills equation, then to put it bluntly, it is completely worthy of a Fields Medal.

After all, in the past half century, six Fields Medalists have been born relying on Yang Mills' theoretical research.

Of course, Witten knows very well that Qin Yuanqing has already won the Fields Medal. It is much more difficult to win a second Fields Medal. Simply relying on the existence of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation to prove this result is not enough for Qin Yuanqing. Received his second Fields Medal. But taking into account Qin Yuanqing's achievements in mathematics in the past four years, the two issues of the minimal model program and the BAB conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture, plus this proof of the existence of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation, So this year’s Fields Medal is no longer available.

"Damn it, this person is getting older, his thinking has slowed down, and his energy has declined. If only 10 years ago, I could have read these five papers in one go." Witten sighed reluctantly and helplessly, and Instead of picking up the second paper, I got up and walked around.

Unknowingly, he was also a 60-year-old man.

Opening the curtains in the office, the sun shines on you. On the lawn outside the window, two young men and women are cuddling together and reading a book.

Witten couldn't help but look envious in his eyes. It's great to be young!

If possible, he would use all his wealth to pay God for ten years to make himself ten years younger!

"Witten, how do you like the paper?" Professor Fefferman couldn't help but ask when he saw Professor Witten standing there in a daze.

"I have finished reading the first paper. It is logically rigorous, just like Qin's other papers. Although it is not as developed as his previous papers, from my personal point of view, he proved the existence of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation!" Wei Professor Teng said humorously: "Fefferman, your committee can prepare for Qin's second Fields Medal!"

Professor Fefferman is also a well-known mathematics professor at Princeton, and this year he happens to be a member of the Fields Medal jury of the Congress of Mathematicians.

"Qin's talent in mathematics is really amazing. He is amazing in mathematics and has great attainments in physics. Witten, you are the most knowledgeable in mathematics among physicists. Qin is now the most knowledgeable in physics among mathematicians. ." Fefferman said with emotion: "If there is no problem this time, he will also win the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, which you have not done yet."

So heartbroken!

Professor Witten was critically hit by Professor Fefferman's words, and the damage was as high as 9999. Fortunately, Witten was not Chinese, otherwise he would have understood what it means to be a Zha Zhahui. If he is a friend, he would come to chop me, and the damage would be 9999 with one knife.

Witten's biggest regret is that he failed to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his string theory. This is known to many people. Now Fefferman feels sad when he says this. I had been doing research tirelessly over the years just because I wanted to have another impact. As a result, I had not yet succeeded, and Qin Yuanqing had the opportunity to win the Nobel Prize in Physics first.

"I have just read the first paper. In my personal opinion, it is the same. Qin should have proved the existence of the solution to the Yang-Mills equation. This should be no problem." Fefferman said.

Compared with Shuimu University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Princeton is undoubtedly stronger, and there are still some people who can understand the first paper.

This happens constantly in every corner of Princeton University.

Qin Yuanqing didn't know what happened at Princeton University at this time. Today happened to be the weekend. Qin Yuanqing thought that he had been busy with research some time ago and had not taken care of his family, so he took his wife and children to play on the lawn.

As for the papers, it took half a month to study the five papers from publication to the hands of scientific research institutions and scholars. This time, he did not put the rubbing version on the paper website. Scholars have to get it if they want to read the papers. "Chronicles of Mathematics" journal.

"Daddy~~Daddy~~ball" the baby girl shouted.

Seeing the precious girl and the brat playing with a ball, Qin Yuanqing smiled and rolled the ball back to the brat.

The world of children is so simple, and they can have a lot of fun with just a ball.

At this moment, Qin Yuanqing just felt that there was no need for children to attend various interest classes when they were young. Instead, they just needed to grow up happily. If they were interested in reading, their academic performance would not be bad. If they were not interested in reading, it would be fine. You can learn whatever you want, as long as you are happy and healthy, and as long as you have normal views and don't harm others, that's it.

When we were young, we were too demanding and too strict, which inhibited our children's nature and did not play enough. As a result, when they grow up, they often end up in two extremes, either continuing to engage in scientific research seriously, or playing crazy.

In Shuimu University, those who can enter Shuimu can be said to be the pride of heaven, but there are always one or two every year who go to extremes and are persuaded to drop out by the school.

"WeChat and Weibo are going crazy now, why don't you explain?" the young lady asked curiously. She must browse WeChat and Weibo every day, uploading daily photos of her life, or her children, or her food. , or scenery, share some of your own views.

Therefore, even though he has been out of the spotlight for more than a year, Jingtian's Weibo user followings have grown rapidly, reaching more than 30 million, and he is still the queen of Weibo.

"No need to explain, just hold an academic report after a while and that's it! Few doctors can understand the first paper." Qin Yuanqing said with a smile.

Many people are actually just joining in the fun and can't even understand what's going on. Then they make their own comments, questioning this and that. They have no self-awareness at all. Arguing with such people is completely useless.

Real scholars will not express their opinions easily until they do not understand or understand it, let alone scientific research institutions. They need to go through rigorous and careful argumentation and finally get the results before they express their opinions.