Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 139 If he doesn’t win the award, Fields will be questioned!
This is not the first time that the official website of Soochow University has announced Zhang Shuo’s research results.

The Publicity Office in the Administration Building is very experienced and they wrote the announcement very quickly: "The fermion Hubbard model is a description of the state of electrons in the superconducting mechanism and is also the simplest model for describing the superconducting mechanism.

In the study of superconducting mechanisms, the fermion Hubbard model is very important, but due to its complexity, numerical solutions have always been a global difficulty and have troubled the scientific community for decades.

Professor Zhang Shuo of our school has made a breakthrough in the numerical method research of the fermion Hubbard model. He has developed an infinite multiple discrete analysis method that can use analytical and computational means to numerically solve the fermion Hubbard model..."

"This research will promote breakthrough developments in superconducting mechanisms and will also affect the research and development and application of future superconducting technologies..."

The announcement issued by Soochow University will not have much impact because there is already a lot of public opinion online.

There are also many discussions within the university.

At the Institute of Advanced Mathematics, many people looked at Zhang Shuo differently.

It was like looking at a god!
Qi Zhixiang, Wang Hui and others also knew that Zhang Shuo had completed the research on the fermion Hubbard model and even knew the specific progress, but they did not know that the research was completed in one week.

After seeing the public opinion on the Internet, they realized, "Yes, when did Zhang Shuo start researching? We have no idea."

"He has no time to do research. He was doing simulations of the NS equations before, and then he was preparing for the work of the CP group. He also gave a lecture at the Capital Aerospace Institute. It has only been a short time since he came back."

“So it was completed in one week?”

“It’s really amazing!”

Several researchers were discussing something in the large office on the first floor. It was really unbelievable.

They could see Zhang Shuo every day, but they didn't know that he was studying the fermion Hubbard model. So the speed of his research must be very fast, otherwise there would be no news at all.

Tan Youming also didn't know. He said puzzledly, "The last time I discussed this with Zhang Shuo, he said he was studying the problem of proving the NS equation. I don't know how it suddenly became the fermion Hubbard model."

"Zhang Shuo's level of computational mathematics is truly amazing. I don't know how to describe it."

Zhang Shuo and Sun Xingli walked past the door of the first-floor office together and were immediately stopped by Wang Hui.

Wang Hui ran over and asked, "Zhang Shuo, did you really complete that research in a week?"

"How is that possible!" Zhang Shuo immediately shook his head and denied it. "I have been researching for a long time, at least a month and a half, or even longer."

Wang Hui opened his mouth blankly but said nothing.

The others also looked over in confusion. They felt that Zhang Shuo’s view of time might be completely different, and there was an insurmountable generation gap between the two sides.

One week?
A month and a half?
In the face of research on the numerical solution of the fermion Hubbard model, is there really a gap between the two times?

Wang Hui was stunned for a long time, and suddenly an idea struck him and he said, "Zhang Shuo, we have a good relationship, right? I have been studying the operator space problem, and this project is an outstanding young scientist. How about joining my project team? I will also share my current achievements with you."

Qi Zhixiang also reacted, "What's the point of studying operator spaces? Zhang Shuo, I remember you said that you are interested in physics and may study geometry problems in the future. My field is differential geometry, which is an interesting direction!"

Chen Tianze hurriedly said, "What's the point of your research? Zhang Shuo is studying computational mathematics and number theory. I am studying number theory methodology, and the next step is to study Riemann primes. You just completed the Gerbov conjecture, and we can explore the Riemann conjecture together."

"Cough cough."

Tan Youming wanted to speak just now, but was interrupted repeatedly. After a long while, he finally got in line and whispered, "I think the field of harmonic analysis is also very good..."

This sentence was said too softly and was selectively ignored by others.

A group of people surrounded Zhang Shuo and kept promoting their own fields, saying, "Algebra and representation theory are interesting!"

"The Riemann hypothesis is so interesting!"

"Zhang Shuo wants to study physics, especially theoretical physics. How can we construct a theory without geometry?"

Zhang Shuo felt overwhelmed after listening to this.

After completing the fermion Hubbard model, he only wanted to focus on the research of the proof of the NS equation. No matter how much he paid attention to the experiments at the Institute of High Energy Physics, he did not want to be distracted by other issues.

As for other areas, let’s forget about it for now.

……

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Superconductivity Laboratory.

The numerical solution of the fermion Hubbert model is very important. The Superconductivity Laboratory invited three academicians and more than a dozen professors to study and discuss Zhang Shuo's paper together.

They need to determine whether the methods in the paper are valid and they also need to understand the methods.

The more the merrier!
With a large number of academicians and professors together, the research speed of the paper becomes very fast.

In just three days, they determined that the method in the paper was effective. "This method requires multiple analyses and then discretization."

“Reanalyze, and then discretize.”

"This process requires a lot of computing power."

"After the discrete analysis, we can use the computer to perform numerical calculations on each discrete set of equations and columns, and finally summarize and analyze them..."

"Multiple infinite discrete analysis is the core of the research. As long as this discrete analysis is carried out, numerical solutions can be obtained later." "Although it also requires a lot of analysis, the results can be obtained in the end."

This is the conclusion reached by a large number of academicians and professors.

After confirming the validity of the paper's method, the Academy of Sciences' Superconductivity Laboratory issued an announcement, "Congratulations to Professor Zhang Shuo of Soochow University for completing the discrete analysis method research of the fermion Hubbard model."

"This new analytical method enables the fermion Hubble model to obtain a numerical solution, which is of great significance and value in promoting the study of superconductivity mechanisms..."

The news released by the Academy of Sciences' Superconducting Laboratory was not as grand as that released by Soochow University. It only briefly mentioned the research content, but everyone knows what it represents.

The first thing is to confirm Zhang Shuo’s thesis results.

The second is that they attach great importance to the research results, which is why they would congratulate them. The research itself belongs to Soochow University and has nothing to do with the Superconducting Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences.

The Superconductivity Laboratory not only published its results to congratulate the researchers, but Professors Zhu Zhilong and Xue Hongwei also accepted interviews with reporters. They talked about two important points of Zhang Shuo's research. "One is the research itself, which is of great significance to the superconductivity mechanism. It can promote the research and development of the superconductivity mechanism and explore the underlying principles and mysteries."

"Secondly, in mathematics, many mathematical models do not have fixed numerical solution methods. They all rely on continuous analysis, both physical and mathematical analysis."

"Mathematical models are not like equations, because they are very complex and can only be analyzed in various ways. There are many disciplines related to them, such as the study of inverse problems, or some analytical methods of multi-group theory, etc."

"Professor Zhang Shuo's research has pioneered a multi-discrete method, which is to split the mathematical model and perform discrete analysis on each part."

"This method may have a certain degree of universality, which means it can be used to study other mathematical models."

The Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including its Superconductivity Laboratory, still has a certain authority.

Their confirmation of Zhang Shuo's research also further proves that there is no problem with the research itself.

At this time, the news also spread internationally.

The international influence of the journal "Superconductivity" is still relatively low, and the content of the new issue was not initially noticed internationally.

When domestic public opinion was boiling, the international community also quickly learned the news, and many media outlets moved domestic news abroad.

It was only at this time that the international community noticed the results published by Zhang Shuo. The international reaction was similar to that in China, and everyone was very surprised.

The numerical solution of the fermion Hubbard model is indeed an international problem. Now a new discrete method has been developed that can solve the model numerically.

Such results are of great significance.

Many academic media outlets also reported on the success of the research and affirmed Zhang Shuo's computational mathematics skills.

Zhang Shuo's name is not unfamiliar internationally.

There was a time before when international public opinion said that Zhang Shuo and Agostini had jointly deceived the whole world.

Later, he completed the research on the Jebov conjecture and it attracted international attention. The influence of the computational simulation of the NS equation became even greater, and many scientific research institutions conducted targeted research.

In the international mathematics and physics communities, Zhang Shuo's name is not only well-known, but also very famous.

What many people don’t know is that Zhang Shuo’s name is also very famous in some top award selection organizations.

For example, the International Mathematical Union.

Kei Nakajima, president of the International Mathematical Union, contacted Anton Kapustin of the California Institute of Technology as soon as he saw the news. He made it clear that "if there is no problem with the research, the name of the Fields Medal winner can be determined."

"Zhang Shuo from Soochow University, China!"

"Professor Qiu Chengwen nominated him, and we had discussed it in a meeting before. The research on computational simulation of NS equations is of great significance, but there are still doubts about whether to award the Fields Prize."

"Now there won't be any doubt."

"He developed a numerical solution method for the fermion Hubbard model, and including previous research, his contribution to the field of computational mathematics is very great."

“If even he can’t win the award, I think the Fields selection will be questioned!”

Kei Nakajima is the President of the International Mathematical Union and the Chairman of the Fields Medal Committee.

According to the rules of the Fields selection, the name of each committee chairman will be made public, but the names of other members will remain anonymous until the award is presented at the conference.

This is mainly due to concerns that the Fields selection will be affected by other external factors, which in turn will affect the fairness of the award selection.

Anton Kapustin is an important member of this Fields Committee.

Kapustin was not surprised by what Nakajima said. He said with emotion, "We are also studying his paper. The splitting and discretization method of the fermion Hubbard model is really quite groundbreaking."

"Professor Binns said that this method can be used in other mathematical models. This is an amazing method."

"I agree with you, and I believe others will agree, of course, provided that there is no problem with the research."

"I'm still not 100% sure, but I think there's no problem."

(End of this chapter)