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"Mr. Jaffe, tell me, what do you think?" Ms. Shirley Tillman looked at Jaffe.

"Well, I mean, even if Mr. Witten went to talk to that group of people on the committee, I don't think that group of people would be happy."

"Then Mr. Jaffe, what better idea do you have?" Professor Witten said calmly, "I'm all ears."

"Perhaps, we can add some more people on the basis of the joint dissertation defense organizing committee, such as setting up a special international dissertation defense organizing committee, inviting professors from France, Germany, England, Huaguo, etc. to set up a special committee. Come together to review Yu's thesis defense. The rules can be strict or strict. In this way, even if someone wants to graduate early in the future, they still need to go through the international thesis defense organizing committee. As for other settings, we can discuss it slowly. I want to see how many people agree with Yu's graduation. If there are not many people, my opinion will be in vain."

Jaffe smiled, and Ms. Shirley Tillman raised her voice and said, "So, how many people agree with Mr. Yu's graduation? Please show your hands and vote."

Everyone has been whispering, but when Ms. Shirley Tillman asked everyone to raise their hands, many people really raised their hands, which seemed to be in favor of Yu Wanzhou's graduation.Gradually, more and more people raised their hands. Yu Wanzhou himself was qualified to graduate directly, and some people took the lead in raising their hands. Naturally, everyone began to raise their hands to agree that Yu Wanzhou could graduate directly.

"Okay, it seems that everyone is in favor of Mr. Yu's graduation." Ms. Shirley Tillman said in a deep voice, "Then, we need to fight for it on the joint graduation defense committee, and Mr. Weiteng and I will try our best to fight for it." this matter."

After speaking, Ms. Shirley Tillman left the meeting room, and everyone left in a bustling manner.

Deligne packed his things and said to Witten, "How sure are you that Yu can solve the NP-complete problem? If it is feasible, it will be the most rigorous thesis defense. If it is not good, it may become a joke."

"I am very confident." Professor Witten said, "He has proved two Millennium Prize problems before, and I don't think he will make a mistake this time."

"I hope so." Professor Deligne left, and Jaffe walked to Professor Witten's side and said, "Old friend, it seems that Yu may really be able to graduate."

"I hope so." Wei Teng shrugged his shoulders, "Who can say clearly."

"Well, my old buddy, you should be more optimistic. If it is an international joint debate meeting, I think there is nothing to do even if they disagree. The minority obeys the majority, which has always been the case." Jaffe patted Wei Teng's professor He continued, "However, as to whether we can get there, it depends on everyone's efforts."

Indeed, it is very difficult to form a special organizing committee for the international graduation thesis debate, especially—it is temporary.

It is really not easy to invite well-known and authoritative professors in mathematics from many countries, and to review and debate Yu Wanzhou's graduation thesis within a few days.

Of course, Jaffe believes that there are still many people who will be very interested in this graduation thesis defense.

First of all, these professors need to be contacted one by one, and then a team of dozens or even hundreds of people will be appointed to review Yu Wanzhou's graduation thesis defense, not only for them, but also for Yu Wanzhou. tough stuff.

Think about dozens, if not hundreds, of world-renowned and authoritative professors sitting in front of you, reviewing your graduation thesis defense, and asking yourself, do you feel particularly panicked?Even if you are full of confidence, at that moment, you will definitely feel a little flustered.

This is a very good idea, if only the joint graduation thesis defense organizing committee in the United States-it is difficult for them to agree to Yu Wanzhou's graduation now, even though everyone knows that Yu Wanzhou already has the strength and authority of a professor , but he only stayed at Princeton University in the United States for more than half a year, and it is impossible for him to graduate.

But to form an international joint graduation thesis defense organizing committee, as long as everyone agrees that Yu Wanzhou has graduated, then the organizing committee in the United States will have no objection.After all, the international community has already agreed. If they disagree, they may be complained by professors and scholars from other countries. There is no need for this.

Jia Fei's move was quite damaging, it was just to force the organizing committee to agree to Yu Wanzhou's graduation now.

But there is still a fatal weakness, that is, Yu Wanzhou's graduation thesis defense must attract professors and scholars who are authoritative in mathematics.Ordinary professors and scholars get together, which is of no use at all.

Jaffe believes that Yu Wanzhou's graduation thesis must be fatal to any mathematician and professor.

This is not an academic defense at all, more like an academic report.

"Just let me send the letter." Jia Fei said with a smile, "I also very much hope that Yu can become our colleague. To be honest, I am very curious about how he will educate the students."

"Thank God he didn't lead that group of students astray." The professor who walked over said with a smile, "Maybe, maybe he will take the students to the chemistry laboratory."

"That's his style."

Yu Wanzhou stretched her waist. It is already the end of April, and there has not been an accurate answer for him yet.I went to Professor Weiteng's office a few days ago. What Professor Weiteng meant was that if Yu Wanzhou waited for a while, there might be results.

It seemed that Professor Witten didn't intend to tell the whole story about their plan, and Yu Wanzhou didn't know much about the school's attitude.It seems a little ambiguous.

He can only continue to read documents and materials in the library, and by the way, think about what the next topic is.

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Xie Qing was sorting out Professor Chen Yuan's mailbox when he suddenly found an email from Princeton University. He was stunned for a moment, looked at Professor Chen Yuan next to him and said, "Professor, there seems to be an email from Princeton University here, signed by Michael Dr. Jaffe."

"Oh?" Chen Yuan was also a little puzzled. He had almost no academic exchanges and contacts with Princeton University. He knew Michael Jaffe, but he was not familiar with him at all. Why did you send him an email?

Professor Chen Yuan clicked on the email with doubts.

Good guy, Jaffe actually invited him to join an international graduation thesis defense organizing committee to review Yu Wanzhou's doctoral thesis defense.

"So fast?" Although Yu Wanzhou has already published it on NSTL, Professor Chen Yuan is not particularly familiar with this part, and it is difficult to verify it.He never expected that Yu Wanzhou would actually apply for a doctoral degree so soon.It seems that Princeton University is also preparing to do something big.This International Special Graduation Thesis Defense Organizing Committee seems quite interesting.

Professor Chen Yuan sent an email back to Jaffe, saying that he would participate in this graduation thesis defense.

During this time, many people received invitation letters from Princeton University, inviting them to participate in Yu Wanzhou's graduation thesis defense.Almost everyone who received the invitation letter agreed to this request, very interesting graduation thesis defense.The topic of the dissertation defense is the proof of NP-complete problems, which is the most ruthless doctoral dissertation defense in this century, none of them.I believe that the number of people invited by Princeton University is not only a dozen, but also a lot.

More like a grand academic report meeting.

"Yu." When Professor Wei Teng called Yu Wanzhou, Yu Wanzhou was working on a project on his computer.

"Professor, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Are you free now? Maybe you should come to the office, I have something to tell you."

"Good professor, I'll come to the office right away." Yu Wanzhou hung up the phone, looked at the questions on the computer, thought for a while, turned around and left the dormitory.When she came to Professor Weiteng's office, Yu Wanzhou knocked on the door.

After hearing Professor Witten's invitation, he opened the door and entered the office.

"Professor Witten, hello."

"Hello, Yu." Professor Wei Teng said with a smile, "I regret to inform you..."

"Um..." Yu Wanzhou froze for a moment, "My application for doctoral graduation was not passed?"

"No, it's passed." Professor Wei Teng spread his hands, and Yu Wanzhou smiled.

"Yu, you shouldn't be happy so quickly." Professor Wei Teng continued, "Your graduation may not be the same as other people's graduation."

"Huh?" Yu Wanzhou scratched her head, looked at Professor Wei Teng, and said puzzledly, "It's not the same?"

"That's right." Professor Witten nodded slightly, "We have invited more than 100 representative and authoritative professors and scholars from different countries and universities. This is a special international joint defense. The organizing committee mainly reviews whether you can graduate and whether your graduation thesis is qualified."

"You'd better have a mental preparation. A hundred or so authoritative, famous scholars and even masters of mathematics will come to Princeton University to conduct a final review on you."

Yu Wanzhou smiled wryly, "This formation is quite large."

"No way, this is the only way we can let you graduate." Professor Witten said, "The debate organizing committee simply does not agree with your graduation thesis defense now, we can only persuade them to conduct a grand graduation thesis Reply. They also reluctantly agree, and you need more than two-thirds of the people to agree to your graduation before you can graduate. "

"This graduation defense is in mid-June. Yu, you still have more than a month. I hope you can temporarily spend the rest of your time on your graduation thesis defense. Believe me, no one will make it easy for you to pass this time." Defending the graduation thesis."

"Thank you, Professor Weiteng." Yu Wanzhou took a deep breath, "This is already a surprise for me."