Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 172 You are the only one with a big mouth here!
"Fields?"

"It's still Nevanlinna, Chern, Gauss..."

The President of the International Mathematical Union calls and invites you to participate in the conference, usually because you have won an award.

The International Congress of Mathematicians has four awards: the Nevanlinna Prize, the Chern Prize and the Gauss Prize.

The Nevanlinna Prize is a computer award and has little to do with mathematics.

The Chern Prize is a new award and has been given several times to mathematicians over the age of 50.

The Gauss Prize is generally awarded for lifetime achievement, and the winners are generally older.

Zhang Shuo thought about it carefully and still felt that Fields was the most likely candidate. Getting Fields was somewhat unexpected, but also not unexpected.

Many media outlets have said before that he might be able to get Fields through his research.

Some people in the mathematics community also say this.

Although he had expected to win the award, Zhang Shuo still felt excited when he received the call from the president of the Mathematical Union. After all, it is the highest award in mathematics.

But, it's not 100 percent yet.

Before the Mathematicians' Congress, no one dared to say that they could win the Fields Medal, even if they received a call from the president of the union.

Zhang Shuo quickly opened the email and checked it, and found that he had indeed received the electronic invitation letter, which asked him to fill in his address and that a formal physical invitation letter would be sent by mail.

The invitation letter contains three contents: one is an invitation to attend the Mathematicians' Congress, and the other is an invitation to participate in the opening ceremony, which is also the award ceremony.

Finally, you are invited to give a 45-minute report.

It is common for the winner to be invited to give a 45-minute report. Other well-known scholars or mathematicians with very influential research may also be invited to give reports.

"But what is the report about?"

"Can't we continue talking about the numerical simulation of the N-order equation? There's not enough time..."

When Zhang Shuo was thinking, he heard a noise coming from the corridor and several figures appeared at the door. They were Luo Yongjun, Wang Hui, Sun Xingli and Su Bingkang, with Tong Jie following behind them.

Luo Yongjun walked in the front, with his head held high and chest puffed out, looking very proud.

Wang Hui also said, "That's amazing, Lao Luo, it's amazing to be invited to give a speech."

"Can this be included in the file?"

Sun Xingli was watching from the side with a frown on his face.

Tong Jie followed at the back. She was not familiar with Zhang Shuo and seemed to be hesitating whether to go in or not.

Sun Xingli pulled her sleeves, showing a nonchalant look, glanced at Luo Yongjun and curled his lips again, "Zhang Shuo, your teacher Luo is amazing. He was invited to give a report at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians!"

"The research on the boundary extension of the Monge-Ampere equation is said to be very influential."

"What do you mean by 'it is said'? It has a great influence to begin with."

Luo Yongjun corrected himself dissatisfiedly. This was the only achievement he had worth boasting about, and he had to stick to the influence of the achievement.

Zhang Shuo understood what he heard, and then asked in confusion, "Why are you here...?"

"Doesn't Lao Luo want to show off? Otherwise, why would he come to the High Court?" Sun Xingli continued to complain.

Tong Jie was standing nearby and burst out laughing as he listened.

Wang Hui and Su Bingkang also found it very funny. They all knew Luo Yongjun's character, so they just went along with the compliments. After all, saying nice things didn't cost any money.

"What are you talking about?"

Luo Yongjun glanced at Sun Xingli with dissatisfaction and said nonchalantly, "You are just jealous! You were not invited!"

Sun Xingli pursed his lips and said nothing.

He was indeed a little jealous. Last year he also completed a major research and proved the Jeboff conjecture together with Zhang Shuo.

Such a significant achievement, but there was no invitation to the Mathematicians' Congress?
Perhaps, possibly, the International Mathematical Union attributed the main credit for the completion of the research to Zhang Shuo?

Although it is true, it is still depressing to think about it.

Luo Yongjun ignored Sun Xingli and asked, "I'm here to ask you, have you received an invitation from the International Mathematical Union?"

"Forehead……"

Zhang Shuo hesitated.

Luo Yongjun was surprised and asked, "Didn't receive it? That's impossible? Even you didn't receive it?"

Su Bingkang said doubtfully, "Could it be that it's not Zhang Shuo's turn yet? That shouldn't be the case. Usually the difference between electronic invitations is no more than a few hours, and many are sent out at the same time."

"I got it."

Zhang Shuo pointed at the screen and said, "See for yourselves."

Sun Xingli came over quickly and saw the electronic invitation letter displayed on the screen, as well as the content on it.

He opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, and then his mouth remained open and never closed again.

"Let me see."

Luo Yongjun impatiently pushed Sun Xingli away, and then his expression became exactly the same as Sun Xingli's.

"what happened?"

Wang Hui was about to walk over with the clothes when he heard Luo Yongjun suddenly shout, "Invitation to the award ceremony? This is a prize!"

The office fell silent for a moment after these words were spoken, and Wang Hui and Su Bingkang both rushed over to take a look.

Tong Jie was stunned for a moment, then he walked over and touched Sun Xingli with his hand, and asked in a low voice, "If I understand correctly... is it Fields?"

There was some uncertainty in her tone.

Sun Xingli finally closed his mouth. He swallowed hard and nodded fiercely at Tong Jie, "More than 90%!"

"No, more than 99%!"

"As far as I know, the other three of the four awards of the Mathematicians' Congress are not suitable for Zhang Shuo, so..."

"Fields!"

Luo Yongjun exclaimed, even more excited than Zhang Shuo, "China's first Fields!"

“It really won an award!”

The door of the office opposite opened.

Tan Youming came out. He and Tong Jie asked a few questions and were also shocked. Even though he had expected Zhang Shuo to win the award, he still felt different when he actually won the award.

This is the first Fields scholar in China!

Significant!

He was calmer than the others. He took a deep breath and reminded them, "Keep your voice down and don't let anyone know. The invitation letter doesn't say you're sure to win."

"The Fields Medal is only announced at the Mathematical Congress. Being invited to attend the opening ceremony does not guarantee winning."

"It will be a big deal if this gets out, so don't make a mistake."

This sentence reminded everyone present.

Several people quickly said, "Yes, don't spread it out, don't make a fuss, just a few of us know about it."

"Luo Yongjun, you better keep your mouth shut!"

"Yes, Lao Luo, don't tell anyone. Just tell them whatever they ask you." "Don't tell anyone, not even your wife."

"Do remember this!"

Luo Yongjun was warned from all sides. He kept nodding excitedly, "I definitely won't tell you. Don't worry. I won't tell you!"

"I'll keep it a secret!"

After saying several sentences in a row, he suddenly felt something was wrong and asked in confusion, "Why are you all talking about me?"

The others looked at each other and pursed their lips at the same time.

Sun Xingli said directly, "Because, you are the only one with a big mouth here!"

……

Zhang Shuo was very likely to have obtained information about Fields, and was forced by Tan Youming to be "confined to the High Court."

It is unclear whether the people present said it privately, but there must be others who knew about it.

Zhang Shuo was very excited about winning the award. Fields is the Nobel Prize in mathematics and the highest honor for mathematicians.

Plus, he’s the first Fields in the country, so I can’t be too excited.

However, after the excitement, we still have to calm down. The International Congress of Mathematicians has just been prepared and will not be held until August.

He still works and lives as usual.

Zhang Shuo put his attention back on research. He hoped to complete the theoretical connection between electromagnetism and gravity as soon as possible. The first priority of research was to "expand the team". One more person meant more strength. He found Liu Mingkun's contact information and called him during lunch break.

At Capital University of Science and Technology, Liu Mingkun is in his office, lamenting about life with his colleagues.

To be precise, it is a lament about the funding.

Liu Mingkun is an associate professor at Capital University of Science and Technology. His office is full of young scholars in the field of physics. He and another colleague are both engaged in research in theoretical physics.

Others are in experimental physics, quantum physics and other fields.

When it comes to applying for funding, scholars in the field of experimental physics generally do research as part of a team and do not tend to worry too much about funding issues.

The direction of quantum physics is between experiment and theory, and you can also find a team to get funding and research.

Theoretical physics is too difficult.

Scholars in this field apply for funding on their own, and it is very difficult to find a research team. Scientific funds rarely have large funding projects purely in the direction of theoretical physics.

"I applied for school support programs, and I only got 3 last year, which is worse than math."

Liu Mingkun smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Another colleague in theoretical physics, Yan Kexiang, also said, "Yes, it's too difficult. It's not like you have a team to follow and do research, so you don't have to worry about funding at all."

He was talking about other people.

Others corrected him immediately, "You can do whatever research you want. We and the team have no business having funding."

"So what if the project is big? The quantum laboratory is a big project, more than two million, and I only get a subsidy of 1,200 yuan a month. Fortunately, I don't have a graduate student, otherwise the allowance would not be enough."

"It's not easy anyway, so it's better to go for applied fields."

Someone asked, "Liu Mingkun, didn't you attend that theoretical physics conference last time? Your research was praised by Professor Zhang Shuo? If you continue in this direction, the school should provide funding."

Liu Mingkun said helplessly, "That's what I planned, but it's hard to say whether the school will approve it or not. Even if the school approves it, it will be difficult to support the second project. Unless there are achievements, it will still be difficult to apply for a scientific fund project."

As he was speaking, the phone suddenly rang. He found it was an unknown number, and after hesitating for a moment he finally answered it.

At this time, I heard the other side ask, "Is this Professor Liu Mingkun? I am Zhang Shuo from Soochow University."

"Hello, hello!"

Liu Mingkun replied in a daze, his expression clearly showing something was wrong.

The others fell silent with curiosity.

Zhang Shuo continued, "I heard your report at the last theoretical physics conference and it was amazing, so I would like to invite you to join my research team to study the relationship between electromagnetic force and gravity..."

Liu Mingkun thought he had misheard and was stunned for a long time. Then he reacted and shouted, "Okay, okay, I agree, I agree!"

"I'll join!"

"When can we sign the agreement? I'll go to Sudong, I'm always free!"

"Uh~~"

Zhang Shuo didn't expect Liu Mingkun to react like this. He was stunned for a moment, then said, "Anytime, you're welcome!"

The two spoke a few more words and then hung up the phone.

After Liu Mingkun put down the phone, his expression became a little dull. His colleague next to him asked quickly, "Did you just say Zhang Shuo?"

"Professor Zhang Shuo?"

"what's up?"

Liu Mingkun took a deep breath and couldn't hide the smile on his face, "Professor Zhang Shuo invited me to join his research team!"

"Professor Zhang Shuo is my idol. I was thinking about doing research along his path, but I didn't expect that he would invite me to join his team and do research with him..."

"Oh my god, I can't believe his team..."

Everyone else was also stunned.

Who is Zhang Shuo?

He is one of the top mathematicians in the country, and even in the world. He has a great influence in the field of physics. He led the experimental direction of the CP group of the Institute of High Energy Physics, helped the Computing Center complete the deviation analysis algorithm, and made physical discoveries that shocked the world.

In addition, he is a very famous genius, as he is only 25 years old, and he may even win the Fields Medal this year.

Such a talented team is really attractive.

Liu Mingkun?
How lucky is this guy that Professor Zhang Shuo actually called him and invited him!
……

Zhang Shuoke had no idea that his phone call would make Liu Mingkun so excited. He was very happy that Liu Mingkun chose to join.

Liu Mingkun is still very capable.

If the team has one more talented scholar, the research speed will be much faster.

By utilizing the system task function, he can ensure that the research is moving in the right direction and assign tasks to each member. When the time comes, the combined efforts will increase the research progress.

After conducting A-level research, it became increasingly difficult to complete a research project, and he was a little impatient to study the "relationship between electromagnetic force and gravitational theory."

[Research project name: Theoretical connection between electromagnetic force and gravity (difficulty assessment: A). ]

【Progress: 45.421%.】

This research requires a total of 3000 research coins, and the remaining requirement is 1650.

If a team is conducting research, they can directly use "氪币" to solve problems encountered, and the speed of completing the research will definitely be greatly accelerated.

“Try to finish it quickly!”

"It would be best if we could complete the research and find the connection between electromagnetic force and gravity within a month. Then we can understand the internal connection between the four major forces. Then, it may become easier to study the connection between other forces..."

"This opens the door to verifying the 'origin theory' and even to the application of science and technology..."

Zhang Shuo felt very excited just thinking about it, and was even more excited than winning the Fields Medal at the National Congress of Mathematicians.

(End of this chapter)