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Ning Wei feels a headache.

In his imagination, the first meeting between him and Tian Yanzhen should not be like this.

On the day of his graduation thesis defense, Ning Wei inevitably listened to Professor Jiang Da’s suggestions for his future.

For example, the choice of future research directions.

Ning Wei is no longer interested in continuing to study the smooth and unique solutions to the NS equation.

Although the proposition given by Tian Yanzhen actually leaves room for improvement, it only allows him to advance rather than completely solve this world-wide problem. But Ning Wei feels that the most valuable part of this global problem has been completed.

Because he has found a way to deal with the solution when the research encounters critical value problems, such as the Ningwei space that made Lukassen Friend obsessed with it, and in the future, Ningwei’s paper was praised by the world. After mathematicians confirm it, the conversion formula will probably be named Ningwei function.

The next research is actually very tedious and laborious.

The NS equation is an equation that describes fluid mechanics, and various possibilities must be considered in number theory.

Therefore, in order to prove that the incompressible NS equation has a smooth and unique solution under any circumstances, we have to define and construct all possible extreme environments in mathematics, and then prove that the physical quantities can be accurately located through this equation. This is very tiring and meaningless. big.

To put it bluntly, it's similar to his EDA project. The framework is set up, and then he adds details. Isn't there something wrong with his mind?

Therefore, when the Jiang University professor told him that he should be extremely cautious when choosing topics in the future and not just listen to his tutor's suggestions, Ning Wei had already thought carefully about his next research direction.

At this time, Ning Wei looked at his future mentor sincerely and said sincerely: "Director Tian, ​​can you change the topic? In fact, I have been quite interested in statistics and big data recently. And at that time, I I told you that I am not very interested in continuing to study number theory, I still hope to make achievements in applied mathematics."

This sentence made Tian Yan really stunned.

Is this impossible to twist around?

I have made major breakthroughs in the research direction of NS equations before. If I continue to promote the research of NS equations, even if it takes three or four years to completely solve this world-wide problem, the youngest Fields Medal winner in history will be in China. Appeared.

The twenty-six-year-old Fields Medal winner.

The youngest recipient of the Fields Medal in history was French mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre, who was 28 years old when he won the award.

This made Tian Yanzhen very angry, but he did not attack immediately, but asked: "Ning Wei, do you know why you didn't receive an invitation to the ICM Fort Conference that just ended?"

"Ah? This year's ICM conference has already been held?" Ning Wei was stunned and asked.

Tian Yan was really speechless.

"So it's not that you, a young boy, didn't sign up because the organizing committee didn't invite you, but that none of the professors at Jiangsu University's School of Mathematics ever mentioned this to you?" Tian Yanzhen asked in surprise.

Ning Wei said nothing.

Indeed no one mentioned it.

This is actually a two-way misunderstanding. In the opinion of the Jiang University professor, Ning Wei has already hooked up with Lao Tian. Even the second paper on the general solution of NS equations has Lu Dongyi's name written on it. I wonder if Ning Wei would come to such an important meeting? Participate. Yan Da has already talked with Ning Wei.

If Ning Wei wanted to participate, he would have signed up long ago without receiving a special invitation letter.

From the perspective of Tian Yanzhen and Lu Dongyi, Ning Wei is still at Jiangnan University after all. If Ning Wei is interested in participating in this conference, the professors from the School of Mathematics must have already encouraged Ning Wei to fill out the application form on the official website of the conference. .

Neither party expected that Ning Wei didn't care about the time of this year's International Congress of Mathematicians, so when he went home to spend time with his family, the conference had already ended.

Otherwise, I would rather be interested in listening to it.

Of course, the reason why neither party discussed this matter with him was that it was definitely impossible for Ningwei to win the Fields Medal this year.

Seeing Ning Wei's innocent look, Tian Yanzhen's tone slowed down: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you didn't participate. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you go to this conference or not."

"But in fact, many mathematicians have asked about you at this meeting and expressed regret that you could not attend this meeting. The main reason why the organizing committee did not send you an invitation letter is because of two points. First, you are solving NS The correctness of the Ning's space solution method given for the equation problem needs to be further verified by the mathematical community. Second, two papers that solve the key problems, including the one you collaborated with Lu Dongyi and the paper proving the KLS conjecture, have been published. It’s too late.”

"But it doesn't matter, you are still young, you are only 22 years old this year, and you will only be 26 years old at the ICM conference four years later, which means that the next ICM conference will really be the stage for your performance. But this involves a problem, you are currently in The most important achievement in mathematics is a solution to supercritical value research that needs to be verified, and the proof of the KLS conjecture. Whether this will allow you to win the Fields Medal in four years is still unknown.”

"After what happened with Lucassen Friend, you should also understand that the mainstream judges for this type of academic awards are still Western scholars. This also means that if you want to conquer them four years later, you will need to be more persuasive. The results are proof!”

"If you can continue in this direction and even completely prove this problem, coupled with the achievement of proving the KLS conjecture, I can say that you will be the most shining new mathematical star at the ICM conference in four years! They can't find it To refuse to award you the Fields Medal for any reason."

"But if you change your research direction now, it's hard to say whether you can produce world-class results in four years. But by then, even if your solution is proven to be correct, more mathematicians will use your method to advance If you know the solution to the NS equation, and you will definitely get a very high voice during the Fields nomination and selection process, but it is not foolproof, do you understand?"

Tian Yanzhen tried sincerely to make Ning Wei change his mind.

Of course, this is not just his expectation. In fact, many mathematicians in China now hope that Ning Wei can win the Fields Medal in four years. Think about it, achieving a breakthrough of 0 also directly broke the minimum age breakthrough for Fields winners. This is something worthy of special mention.

In short, Ning Wei's talent cannot be wasted!

However, Ning Wei still shook his head and said: "Director Tian, ​​I know you are doing it for my own good. In fact, I have been thinking about this issue for a long time, but I am not really interested in continuing to advance the NS equation. I have also studied the Philippine The reason for awarding the Erz Prize is, to put it bluntly, it is either to solve a global problem or to establish a sect. What I want to take now is the second path. To be honest, I really have some experience in statistics now. "

Having reached this point, Ning Wei still insisted on his opinion, which made Tian Yanzhen feel like he had nothing to say.

Especially, there are so many people who have a little knowledge of statistics. How come I don’t see anyone taking Fields?

As for Lu Dongyi next to him, he was completely impressed by the calmness shown by his junior brother.

Everyone is pushing you to get a Fields back, but you have to change your research proposition at a critical moment?

Could it be that the sudden inspiration during the Chinese New Year was fake?

"Okay, then tell me, what is the proposition you want to study next?" Tian Yanzhen asked, suppressing the anger brewing in his chest.

"Basic algorithm mathematical construction of new big data computing and strong artificial intelligence." Ning Wei blurted out without hesitation.

This is a proposition that he has considered for a long time, and it is also a problem that he plans to solve during his graduate and doctoral studies, because he can feel that he has an extremely strong research impulse in this direction.

"Um?"

Tian Yanzhen and Lu Dongyi exchanged a look, and Tian Yanzhen still asked: "Please tell me carefully."

"Okay, Director Tian."

"You should know that in order to further develop our current big data mining and artificial intelligence propositions, there are actually many basic mathematical problems that need to be solved. They can be roughly broken down into these small problems."

“First, the basic mathematical theory specifically supporting big data analysis has not yet been established. Big data analysis and mining still use traditional statistics and analysis methods. As big data is paid more and more attention, these technologies are becoming more and more important. It is becoming more and more backward, such as the off-site migration of very large data and collaborative computing between supercomputers, which is still a worldwide problem."

"Second, there is currently no basic big data algorithm for reconstructing the big data environment."

"Third, artificial intelligence involves the problem of regular transfer between two different distributions of data, which is a learning problem that draws inferences from one example."

"Fourth, establish a machine learning function space-oriented learning theory. Machine learning at this stage is mainly about the selection and generalization of samples and data. We need to extend this idea to allow the machine to handle specific problems while also being able to Perform selection and generalization.”

"If you specifically want to apply for this topic, you can choose the first category. Basic mathematical theory research that supports big data analysis."

Ning Wei's words left Tian Yan really speechless.

Because what Ning Wei said has proved that his desire to change his research direction is not a temporary enthusiasm, but a carefully considered choice. And it really hits the pulse of the development of the current era.

To put it bluntly, artificial intelligence in this era still belongs to the era of weak artificial intelligence, and the processing of big data is actually at its most elementary stage.

Even the most advanced so-called deep learning technology, how many elements are in each layer, what non-linear mechanism is used for each element, etc., all need to be preset manually in advance, even for the world-famous Alpha Dog. .

Without the ability to understand by drawing inferences from one example, all artificial intelligence can only rely on extremely rudimentary data mining technology in the big data era, and naturally cannot breed truly strong artificial intelligence.

If Ning Wei could really solve this topic, he would indeed be considered the founder of a sect.

It is equivalent to building a foundation and setting a standard for future research on artificial intelligence and big data computing technology.

If Ning Weizhen can make some achievements on this problem in four years, not to mention completely solving the entire big proposition, as long as he can choose one of the four small propositions he subdivided to completely solve, plus he is advancing the solution of the NS equation For his contribution and the achievement of proving the KLS conjecture, the Fields Medal is also within easy reach.

Even without those previous achievements, there is a high probability that winning a Fields Medal will be no problem.

reason?

Oh, what does it mean to be a Grandmaster? That is, all future research in this direction will need to use his research theory.

If the Fields Medal is not awarded to the founder of the school, it will directly deny the possibility of winning the prize for all mathematicians who will continue to research in this school in the future.

Because all future research results in this direction are based on the mathematical theory developed by Ning Wei, if you don’t award the best mathematician in the entire field, but give awards to his disciples, what is the credibility of this award?

The solution proposed by Ning Wei for the study of NS equations can be said to be pioneered by standing on the shoulders of his predecessors.

However, at this stage, there is indeed no basic mathematical theory that is specifically aimed at big data and has been proven to be effective. If it is really done, it will create another precedent in the field of mathematics subdivision.

But there are two problems for Tian Yanzhen.

First, I would rather do research on whether the sudden transformation and change of direction can be achieved.

Second, Tian Yanzhen's current research direction has nothing to do with these, so in order to accept such a disciple, he has to change his future research direction?

So, the office was quiet.

Big eyes stared at small eyes, and those standing nearby stared.

"Why……"

After a while, Tian Yanzhen sighed and asked, "Ning Wei, are you really so confident in yourself?"

Ning Wei nodded and said in a sincere tone: "As I said just now, I really have some experience in this direction."

God has some insights.

Hearing these four words, Tian Yan really wanted to vomit blood.

"It's just a little bit of experience, why don't you choose what you are good at?" Lu Dongyi helped the boss complain.

"Hey, to be honest, senior brother, I think my understanding of the NS equation is just a little bit." Ning Wei replied humbly.

There was nothing left to talk about. Lu Dongyi had gathered ten thousand MMPs in his throat, but he decided not to say it out loud. He hadn't said bad words in a long time, and he couldn't break the habit because of his junior brother.

"Okay, since you have some experience, I'll give you a year to prove that you do have some experience. I don't ask you to completely master this small topic in one year, but at least you have to be able to do it. Get results that are justifiable. If you can't do it, how about you continue to advance the NS equation honestly for the remaining three years?" Tian Yanzhen finally decided to give in.

Even with his status, he could not force Ning Wei to continue research that he had no interest in.

The twisted melon is not sweet after all.

"Promise to complete the task!" Ning Wei accepted Tian Yanzhen's proposal.

One year is enough!

His brain reacted extremely strongly to this direction, which is enough to show that this direction is very exciting.

"Okay, go ahead! By the way, you still need to check the materials carefully and write down the new proposal report. Remember to hand it over to me before August 15th. In addition, if you have any difficulties in life, just talk to you, Senior Brother Lu Say. He can help you solve it."

"Thank you, Director Tian."

"Oh, by the way, you still insist on taking the postgraduate entrance examination?"

"Well, don't worry, Director Tian. I'll be fine. And I can stay here for a long time to receive your guidance before taking the postgraduate entrance examination."

"Forget it, I don't dare to guide you! Go ahead, go ahead!"