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When he came to Professor Zhang Shouwu's house, Zhuang Weiran was a little worried whether Professor Zhang Shouwu would reprimand him.

It was originally agreed that dinner would start at six o'clock in the evening, but now it was almost seven o'clock, and he had just arrived in front of Professor Zhang Shouwu's door.After ringing the doorbell, Professor Zhang Shouwu opened the door, smiled and said to Zhuang Weiran, "Oh, Xiaozhuang, you are here, hurry up, come in."

"Professor Zhang, I'm sorry." Zhuang Weiran stood outside the door embarrassingly, bowed and apologized to Professor Zhang Shouwu, "I was reading documents and materials in the office today, but I forgot the time."

"It's okay." Zhang Shouwu said gently, "This is a common thing, not to mention you, when Li Fei comes to my house for dinner, he often forgets the time because of his research or miscellaneous things. Even I It's the same."

"You're not that good, come in quickly." Zhang Shouwu beckoned.

Zhuang Weiran saw that Professor Zhang Shouwu was smiling, as if he was really lifeless, so he stepped into Zhang Shouwu's house cautiously.

"Hey, Shouwu, who is this young man?" Professor Zhang Shouwu's wife was holding a plate and putting it on the table.Seeing that Zhuang Weiran was very young, it was as if he was not yet an adult.

There are still some differences, "Shou Wu, who is this kid? He came to study at Princeton University?"

"Hi madam." Zhuang Weiran bowed to Professor Zhang Shouwu's wife, "I'm Zhuang Weiran, I just arrived at Princeton University not long ago."

"You are Zhuang Weiran." Professor Zhang Shouwu's wife widened her eyes and sized him up in disbelief. "I thought Zhuang Weiran would be at least [-] years old. Are you an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University?"

"Yes." Zhuang Weiran nodded.

"Shouwu has been chanting your name at home recently." Professor Zhang Shouwu's wife said with a smile, "I thought Xiaozhuang would be a young man, but I didn't expect to be a teenager. No wonder Shouwu said you are a genius boy."

"Professor Zhang is joking. Compared with him, I am nothing."

"Xiao Zhuang, you!" Zhang Shouwu's wife shook her head and said, "I heard that many professors have been talking about you in private recently. I don't know much about mathematics. But I have stayed at Princeton University for a long time. time. Those professors, who are not arrogant, see people, can't wait to throw their faces in the sky?"

"It's you, let these proud professors talk about your affairs calmly." Zhang Shouwu's wife gave a thumbs up, "You have real skills."

Zhuang Weiran scratched his head, smiled and said nothing.

"Xiao Zhuang, don't you drink?"

"I'm sorry, Professor Zhang, I really don't know how to drink." Zhuang Weiran had an embarrassing aura between his brows.

Professor Zhang Shouwu laughed and said, "It's okay, it's better for mathematicians to drink less alcohol. Alcohol affects the brain's thinking, doesn't it?"

Zhuang Weiran could only laugh a few times in embarrassment, but did not speak.

He really didn't know what to say about this.Because he can't drink alcohol at all, and he doesn't need to drink alcohol.Professor Tao also forbade him to drink. There was a project before, and someone really wanted him to drink.

But he was beaten back by Professor Tao.

What a joke, Zhuang Weiran himself is Professor Tao's favorite student, and asked him to drink with him, Professor Tao almost stood up and hit someone.

"Let's eat." Professor Zhang Shouwu sat at the table and waved to Zhuang Weiran, "If Xiaozhuang wants to eat Chinese cuisine in the future, he can come to my house at any time. There is nothing else in my house, but this Chinese cuisine is guaranteed to be authentic."

Zhuang Weiran smiled, and Zhang Shouwu patted his head, "By the way, I forgot, Xiaozhuang seems to have heard that he can cook."

"Yes." Zhuang Weiran nodded, "But I don't have much time to cook, I'm mainly busy with research."

"That's it. If Xiao Zhuang is too busy to eat late in the future, you are welcome to come here at any time." Professor Zhang Shouwu shook his head with a smile, "I should have asked you to come over for dinner a long time ago, but I haven't taken the time to come."

"Xiao Zhuang's English is much better than when I came to Beacon Country." Zhang Shouwu seemed to have thought of some past events, "When I came to Beacon Country to study at Columbia University, my English was terrible."

Speaking of this matter, Professor Zhang Shouwu's wife also smiled and said, "At that time, Shouwu's English was scolded many times by his tutor Professor Goldfeld. Even after graduating from Ph.D., he applied for a job at Columbia University. When I was an associate professor, I was almost dismissed because my English was not very good."

This thing is indeed an interesting one.

Zhuang Weiran had also heard about this matter before. In fact, the professor at Columbia University was still Professor Zhang Shouwu.In the end, Professor Zhang Shouwu worked as a professor at Columbia University, and then switched to Princeton University as a professor in the Department of Mathematics a few years ago.

"Xiao Zhuang, don't just talk, eat quickly."

"Thank you, Professor." Professor Zhang Shouwu said with a smile, "How long are you going to stay at Princeton University?"

"I don't know." Zhuang Weiran shook his head blankly, he really didn't know how long he should stay at Princeton University.

"Do you plan to return home?"

"Yes." Zhuang Weiran nodded, "I am a visiting scholar myself, and I will definitely go back in a few years. However, I want to stay at Princeton University for a few more years, so that I can learn as much as possible from Princeton University. The most quintessential thought of the Department of Mathematics, and then go back to China.”

"Ambition." Zhang Shouwu patted Zhuang Weiran on the shoulder, "After returning to China, will you still study mathematics?"

"I'm not sure about that." Zhuang Weiran hesitated, "That's right, professor. I am a student of mathematics and physics. I can tell you this. Most of mathematics, such as number theory, algebra, and functional analysis, etc. Wait, I know almost everything. As far as physics is concerned, I have a little bit of experience in thermodynamics, mechanics, and electronic physics. I don’t know whether I will study mathematics or physics when I return to China, but what is certain is that , I want to go to a research institute or a university."

"Xiao Zhuang, have you heard?"

"Ah?" Zhuang Weiran looked at Professor Zhang Shouwu blankly.

Professor Zhang Shouwu said mysteriously, "You are nominated for the Fields Medal this year. It is said that you have great hopes of winning the award."

"This..." As the most authoritative award in mathematics, in fact, the nomination of winners will not be revealed before each award.It is even more impossible to know who will receive the award.

But you can still guess, according to these four years, all mathematicians under the age of 40 have made contributions to mathematics.Guessing all the way, I can still guess one or two.And Zhuang Weiran is the best guess.

Counting the mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematics or made major breakthroughs in the past four years, Zhuang Weiran is the most recommended.

The Yang-Mills existence and quality gap itself is a double problem of mathematics and physics.There are countless mathematicians and theoretical physicists working together to overcome this problem. Over the past few decades, I don’t know how many people have won the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize in Physics for their contributions around this problem.

But no one can solve this problem, but this problem was solved by Zhuang Weiran, a native of China.In itself, it is a matter of great attention.It's just that many people are discussing whether Zhuang Weiran untied it alone or with others.When Zhuang Weiran submitted a manuscript, he directly erased other people's names and turned them into his own academic achievements.

Because it's hard to believe that a teenager can make Yang-Mills' existence and quality gap.Many people even conspired that whose child Zhuang Weiran was, that's why he was treated like this.

Such discussions are actually not uncommon in the academic world. When Professor Tao Hanhai applied for Princeton University, Princeton University also considered the possibility, but finally accepted Zhuang Weiran.They believed that Zhuang Weiran was not the kind of person who would tamper with academic papers.Although, they have never seen Zhuang Weiran.

It can be seen from the paper that the demonstration process of the nonlinear partial differential limit equation itself cannot be imitated.In this world, there are almost no people who can achieve this level of nonlinear partial differential limit equations.

Zhuang Weiran's thesis can prove that he is indeed a genius.

"Professor Zhang." Zhuang Weiran blinked, "Before I heard that the Fields Medal was drawn, I would not reveal these contents at all."

"Indeed." Zhang Shouwu said without hesitation, "Everyone in the organizing committee of the International Congress of Mathematicians has signed a confidentiality agreement, so the authority of the Fields Medal is sometimes even higher than that of the Nobel Prize."

"But you also know that everyone is a mathematician, so don't you know who has made breakthrough contributions enough to win the Fields Medal in the past four years?" Zhang Shouwu said in a deep voice, "Xiao Zhuang, I just Let me tell you, you will definitely win the Fields Medal this year. Not everyone can do a one-hour academic report."

Zhuang Weiran held his job bowl, "Professor Zhang, what do you mean, I can really win the Fields Medal?"

"Then if I don't get it, who will I cry to?"

"Who dares not give you this award?" Professor Zhang Shouwu stared at him, making Zhuang Weiran shrank his neck in fear.

"Professor Zhang, you can't say that. There are many mathematicians who can win the Fields Medal. After this year, the next International Congress of Mathematicians will have no chance to win the Fields Medal. I think, even if it is to take care of For those mathematicians who are able to win the award, but will not be able to win the Fields Medal in a few years, it is my turn to line up, and it cannot be this year." Zhuang Weiran did have such a guess.

Although everyone is saying, he has secured the Fields Medal this year.But he has a skeptical attitude towards this.

Just like what he said just now, there are many people who are eligible for the Fields Medal, in terms of seniority.He, Zhuang Weiran, was still a young child, counting the ages of previous Fields Medal winners.The youngest recipient of the Fields Medal was in 1954, when the French mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre was 28 years old.

How old is Zhuang Weiran now, ten years younger than Professor Searle in 1954.Even if he can indeed win the Fields Medal, it is estimated that he will be able to win this honor at the third International Congress of Mathematicians after two sessions.

"The International Congress of Mathematicians and the Nobel Prize do have such a tradition." Professor Zhang Shouwu pondered.