I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 282 Don't Pursue, Don't Refuse
The Seven Mathematical Millennium Problems were established in 2000 by the American Clay Institute, a wealthy research institute that announced that whoever can solve one of the Millennium Problems will reward him or her with $100 million.

The Poincaré conjecture has been cracked by the Russian mathematician Perelman. This year it is Shen Qi's turn. He and his team proved the Riemann conjecture.

The Clay Research Institute sent a congratulatory message: "Mr. Shen Qi, please come to the institute to accept the award."

Shen Qi: "I've been too busy recently, can you send me the check?"

Clay Research Institute: "No, the necessary condition for receiving a $100 million check is that Mr. Shen must be present. In addition to the $100 million prize, we will also present this year's 'Clay Research Award' to Mr. Shen, and Our Institute and MIT jointly invited Mr. Shen to give a keynote report on the Riemann Hypothesis at MIT."

Shen Qi: "Alright, let's meet in Massachusetts."

There's no need to struggle with the $100 million. After finishing the call with the Clay Research Institute, Shen Qi made an overseas phone call back to China: "Professor Sun, I may not be able to return to China until the end of this month. I have pushed all the entertainment that I could. I can't push back the invitation from the Lei Research Institute."

After the proof of Riemann's conjecture was approved by IMU, Sun Erxiong called Shen Qi immediately, hoping that Shen Qi could return to Yanda to give a speech.

Shen Qi agreed to Sun Erxiong, anyone can refuse, except Professor Sun and his alma mater Yanda.

"Understood, fully understood, the $100 million bonus from the Clay Institute must be obtained." Sun Erxiong said, and also expressed a strong wish: "Shen Qi, I still hope you can come back at the end of June. It’s the summer vacation. And some of your classmates in the mathematics department will leave Yanda in July to go to work in the workplace, and they are very eager to see you before they leave school and go to work.”

Shen Qi: "Try my best, try my best, if I can go back to Yanda before July, I will definitely come back."

Recently, Shen Qi has too many mundane affairs, giving speeches, accepting awards, making money, and being overwhelmed.

The Clay Institute is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which belongs to the Boston metropolitan area. Before going to the Cray Institute to make money, Shen Qi participated in the Ph.D. graduation defense of the Princeton Department of Mathematics.

The leaders of the Department of Mathematics of Pudong University were considerate and thoughtful. Considering that Shen Qi had recently participated in more frequent social activities, he gave Shen Qi the title of doctor earlier.

When people go out to pretend to be B, the titles belong to the professor and the dean. Shen Qi is the one who proved Riemann's conjecture. Although he has not become Professor Shen yet, the title of "Dr. Shen" can be used for a while. Period.

The doctoral graduation defense went very well, and Shen Qi's defense thesis was "Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis Based on 'Shen's Twin Matching Method'".

"Passed!" Director Fefferman said on the spot at the defense meeting.

"No problem!" Professor Faltings agrees.

"This thesis is not bad, the derivation is rigorous, and the logic is reasonable." Professor Linden-Strauss said solemnly.

"Elon, you have the right to overturn the proof of Riemann's conjecture." Faltins said.

"It cannot be overturned, so it is passed." Linden Strauss cast the last vote in favor. He was just joking. He is the technical consultant of Shen Qi's team. The Mann Conjecture Proof" paper makes some valuable suggestions.

The three examiners unanimously passed Shen Qi's doctoral graduation defense, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

With good grades, you can do whatever you want. Shen Qi got his PhD from Princeton the day after the defense meeting.

System: "New achievement! The host took less than two years to obtain a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University. The basic reward is 50 Xueba points, multiplied by the mathematics master talent coefficient 2.0, and the final reward is 100 million Xueba points. The balance is 5877510 Point Xueba points, please confirm with the host."

Shen Qi, wearing a Princeton doctor's suit, took a photo in front of a bronze tiger statue.

He went to elementary school at the age of 6 and graduated with a Ph.D. at the age of 22. His 16-year student days came to an end. Shen Qi started a new journey in his life. He drove to Massachusetts to make money.

A Riemann conjecture is enough for Shen Qi for a lifetime, and this is just the beginning.

Recently, the cash flow has become soft, and the $3 million bonus of the Scientific Breakthrough Award in March has not been used up. Shen Qi received another $100 million check in mid-June: the bonus for proving the Riemann conjecture.

In addition to the $100 million bonus for cracking the millennium puzzle, the Clay Institute also presented Shen Qi with an award—the Clay Research Award.

The Clay Research Award is a modest international award, rated as a B-level award by the system, and rewards Shen Qi with an achievement reward of 40 x 2 = 80 Xueba points.

The system has updated the progress of the conditions for promotion to Mathematics Level 14:

Condition 18: 2000/[-] million

Condition 0: S-level awards, 0; A+-level awards, 0; A-level awards, 4; B-level awards, [-]; B-level awards are not counted.

Condition 0: None of the top master-level hosts has published papers in the four major journals, and the progress is [-]%.

The balance of Xueba points: 6677510 points

Shen Qi, who received the money and the award, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Discovery Channel in the Cray Research Institute.

The reporter asked: "Dr. Shen, as the first mathematician to receive the Clay Institute's Millennium Puzzle Award, how do you feel?"

"I'm an ordinary person, I don't pursue money, and I don't deliberately avoid money." Shen Qi said calmly.

In terms of pretending to be B, Shen Qi only convinced one person, the Russian mathematician Perelman who solved the Poincaré conjecture.

Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture in 2003, and he was the first person to solve the Millennium Problem.

However, Perelman refused to accept the $100 million award from the Clay Institute, and he also refused to accept the 2006 Fields Medal.

In the 2006 Fields Medal winner list, we can see Perelman's name.

But at that time, Perelman did not go to the award ceremony to accept the award, and the IMU forcibly hung the Philippine Award on Perelman's name.

Until today, Perelman did not go to receive the Philippine award, he disappeared.

No money, no awards, and never published a journal paper, this is the style of Russia's king Perelman.

Regarding the proof of the Poincaré conjecture, Perelman published it on arVix, a website that does not require peer review.

Perelman does not submit manuscripts to journals, magazines, or academic literature that require peer review.

So Shen Qi only obeyed Perelman, he felt that compared with the Russian king, he was just an ordinary person.

The reporter from Discovery Channel continued to ask: "Dr. Shen, you have won the Ford Award, the Mathematics Breakthrough Award, and the Cray Research Award in a row for more than a year. prize?"

Shen Qi replied: "As I said just now, I don't pursue material things, and I don't avoid material things. I also have the same attitude towards honors and awards. I don't pay too much attention to them, and I don't deliberately refuse them. Thank you."

(End of this chapter)