I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 225 One Small Step And One Giant Leap
Charles Fefferman finished calculus at the age of 12, graduated from the University of Maryland at the age of 17, received a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton at the age of 20, and became a full professor at the University of Chicago at the age of 22.

Charles Fefferman was only 29 years old when he won the Fields Medal, and none of the other nine Philippine Medal winners present was as young as Fefferman when they won the Fields Medal.

Fefferman was a mathematics prodigy when he was a child, and a mathematics genius who shocked the world when he was young. Now he is the head of the Princeton mathematics department and the big boss here.

Princeton University recruits talents from all over the world, and the managers in charge of these talents must also have the strength of talents themselves, otherwise they will not be able to control a group of talents.

Fefferman was ahead of his peers from childhood until he was a little old man, a man with great ambition and desire to dominate.

Fefferman, an old genius in his early 60s, has his eyes on Shen Qi, a young genius in his early 20s.

The onlookers were middle-aged uncle geniuses and older geniuses.

If the Chern Mathematics Award can be won, the winner will speak on stage and answer questions from Chinese experts in the subsequent academic conference.

Shen Qi thought that today was the scene of the awards ceremony, and he couldn't invite anyone in the expert group to ask him for money.

These dozens of bigwigs gathered together, not to mention the Chen Shiingshen Mathematics Awards, even the Philippine Awards, it is not a grand scene that can be seen every time.

"Dear Mr. Fefferman, I am very honored to join today's academic seminar." Shen Qi stood up, walked slowly in the room, and the state gradually came out: "The research on Walsh's conjecture has been continuing. But no one proved it in the most convenient way, so I did it, my inspiration was to give an effective irrational measure for some numbers in the imaginary quadratic field. Fortunately, I succeeded."

Fefferman held the coffee in one hand, flipped through the Journal of the American Mathematical Society in the other, raised his legs, and asked sharply, "Your inspiration was not mentioned in your paper."

"It is mentioned in the paper that it does not count. It is Princeton's rule that all the gentlemen here have passed it." Shen Qi paced to the window, resting his elbows on the window sill, smiling calmly, but his mind was extremely nervous The organization of the next round of language.

"Yes, this is the rule of Princeton." Professor Witten laughed.

"Chinese boy, you learn so fast, smart boy." Professor Elon Linden-Strauss smiled.

Shen Qi is trying to use Princeton's method to let the bigwigs in Princeton know him, accept him, and remember him.

It seems to be working.

Director Fefferman was serious, he put the coffee cup on the table, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied: "Your method is not new through the effective irrational measurement of some numbers in the imaginary quadratic field, and then gives an effective algebraic approximation. Even a little corny."

This... Shen Qixin said, yes, Director, you are really straightforward.

Shen Qi was silent, thinking quickly in his mind how to deal with it.

At this moment, Professor Linden-Strauss, who had just assisted Shen Qi, pointed out in a counterattack: "Pade approximation, Thue's equation, Gap criterion, that's right, Shen Qi, you all use tens of technology from years ago or even 100 years ago.”

This... Shen Qi looked at Professor Linden-Strauss in astonishment, this Israeli is an expert in number theory.

Could it be that the high-level meetings in Princeton are in this style, praising me for the first minute and making things difficult for me for the next minute?Enough milk first, then kill with one punch?

A middle-aged and elderly white man who was also reading the Journal of the American Mathematical Society added: "There is no new technology."

Deny Trinity!

Shen Qi looked at this big-headed, thin-necked, and dazzlingly white-skinned Caucasian boss. This man was none other than Grad Faltings, a well-known mathematics genius in the 80s.

Grad Faltings was 32 years old when he won the Fields Medal, and he became famous at a young age. He is an authoritative expert in the fields of algebraic geometry and number theory.

The three Filipino award winners, Charles Fefferman, Elon Linden-Strauss, and Grad Faltings, pressed and denied Shen Qi one after another within 1 minute, which greatly surprised Shen Qi.

Just a few minutes ago, Shen Qi thought he was invited to attend the Princeton Outstanding Youth Commendation Conference.

Professor Witten shrugged at Shen Qi, saying that he could not help, and he was not good at number theory.

The international academic struggle was indeed extremely complicated and cruel. Shen Qi walked slowly to the fireplace, squatted down, and observed the fire in the furnace.

A group of big shots just looked at Shen Qi, only the sound of crackling wood burning could be heard.

"Shen Qi?" Director Fefferman reminded Shen Qi to wake up.

Shen Qi stood up and faced all the bosses, still maintaining a calm smile: "A new technology was not used in the Apollo moon landing project, it was all a comprehensive application of known technologies, and I think that synthesis is also a kind of innovation. What do you think, Mr Fefferman?"

"Next, I will answer Professor Linden-Strauss's question. I did not use a new technology to prove the Walsh conjecture, but the Thue equation I defined is different from other Thue equations in the world. I define it here In, if for a certain k greater than or equal to 0, u2k+1 is a square number, then u1 is also a square number. I should be the first person in history to define this way, of course, this is nothing, anyone who has Anyone with elementary mathematics knowledge can define it."

"Professor Faltings, your question is the same as that of Professor Linden-Strauss. My answer is that when I make an effective approximation to a redefined mathematical assumption, it is new and completely new."

……

Shen Qi walked among the big shots like a troubadour, singing loudly the poems he thought were beautiful.

Be calm and confident, even if you are not 100% sure, you must show confidence.

Most of the statements Shen Qi made in this room did not appear in his dissertation, because he also just had a new inspiration.

People, they were all forced out.

Even if you are forced to die, you must be decent.

"Proof of the Walsh Conjecture of the Diophantine Equation" has been officially published. If Shen Qi is given another chance, he thinks he can write an even better paper.

This is thanks to the pressing questions of the three Philippine award winners.

Shen Qi sublimated his ideological realm and academic cognition to a new height within half an hour.

Math experience +1
+2
……

Mathematics experience points are being brushed up and down, Shen Qi is now level 9, this kind of large-scale daily math experience value brushing has never happened after reaching level 5 in mathematics.

Shen Qi made a statement for half an hour without stopping.

Director Fefferman refilled three cups of coffee, he did not interrupt Shen Qi, he finally showed a smile.

Linden-Strauss and Faltings, two world-class masters in number theory, kept nodding their heads, and Shen Qi's professional presentation gradually moved them.

Shen Qi finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the big guys no longer asking questions or denying. In fact, only he knew in his heart that in this debate, more than half of his arguments were made up. Read it again, and you will definitely be criticized by the bosses for skeptical life.

It's not that Shen Qi's thesis is full of loopholes, but that the big bosses in Princeton's mathematics department are too demanding, even harsh.

In addition to being able to write, you also have to be able to speak and act, you must have enough roles, your expressions must be rich and changeable, and you must have a mysterious smile in your confidence.

"This is the end of my statement on the proof of Walsh's conjecture, thank you." Shen Qi continued to perform for more than half an hour, his mouth was dry and his facial muscles cramped from laughing.

"It's very exciting, even more exciting than the paper you wrote." Director Fefferman applauded, and said to Shen Qi: "That's why I invited you to participate in today's meeting, the number theory textbook for undergraduates in the Department of Mathematics of Princeton, because One of your proofs needs a revision."

"Among the editors who presided over the revision work, there are two Fields Medalist winners. Yes, JAMS does not count for publishing your paper. It only counts if our group of people passes it. Grad, Elon, what about your opinions? ?” Director Fefferman turned to ask the opinions of the two mathematics masters.

Professor Faltings said: "The new number theory textbook will reduce by about 7 to 9 pages."

Professor Linden-Strauss said: "Shen Qi's name will appear in the new textbook. He proved the Walsh conjecture this year. The reduction of 7 to 9 pages is due to the addition of Walsh's theorem."

"This is one small step for mathematics, but one giant leap for you. I have written three textbooks for use by students at Princeton and Hopkins universities. Children, do you want to challenge yourself?" Professor Witten looked at Shen Qi asked.

"Edward, you are too lazy. You only have three copies. I have six."

"Edward and Andre just happen to have one more book than me."

"Shen Qi, my child, do you want to challenge me?"

The bigwigs asked one after another that the textbooks they wrote were all classic textbooks in the mathematics field. Even Berkeley, the "mathematics capital of the West Coast", was secretly using mathematics textbooks written by some professors in Princeton.

"I..." Shen Qi was speechless, I'm not targeting any of you, what I want to say is that everyone here is... really bosses!

Hahaha.

Laughter abounds.

The bosses no longer teased Shen Qi, they were picky and recognized Shen Qi's small achievement, which was a small step for mathematics, but a giant leap for a young mathematics researcher.

(End of this chapter)