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Chapter 133 Sorry, I really can’t think of a title for this chapter!
After the meeting, when they went to have dinner, the two professors with the highest status in the academic community naturally walked together with Qiao Yu and Tian Yanzhen.

Well, Qiao Yu must be put first here.

After all, the bosses came over this time because they wanted to chat with Qiao Yu more.

"Well, I heard that mathematicians are divided into Fields Medal mathematicians and sixty-minute report mathematicians... Then if I just give a sixty-minute report, does that mean I will become a second-tier mathematician?" Qiao Yu excitedly asked Schultz beside him.

It's not that I don't give face to Mr. Pierre Delini, but this big man is a little older after all. Relatively speaking, Peter Schultz, who is not even forty years old, should understand the minds of young people better and have no obstacles in chatting with him.

“First of all, I have never heard of this. But I think even if there is such a statement, the mathematician who gave the 60-minute report should be referring to the World Congress of Mathematicians, not this satellite conference.

There are many types of 60-minute reports, including opening reports, closing reports, main reports, or sub-reports. In short, if there is no restriction, 60-minute reports are actually very common, so if you are referring to the 60-minute report at the World Congress of Mathematicians, it is indeed very valuable.

Secondly, if you can give a 60-minute presentation at the World Congress of Mathematicians, you will generally win many mathematics awards. For example, many Fields Medal winners have been invited to give 60-minute presentations at the World Congress of Mathematicians at different times.

If I remember correctly, your advisor Professor Tian has won the Veblen Medal. And I think you shouldn't think about these things now, there is no point. You may even be nominated for the Fields Medal next year, but I think it is likely that you will be a runner-up.

Because you are still too young. When I was your age, I was still trying hard to attend IMO, but you have already come to attend math conferences. So, I think you don’t have to rush at all. Isn’t it better to bypass the so-called second-tier mathematicians and become a first-tier mathematician directly? "

Peter Schultz shrugged and said.

These words also earned Pierre Delini and Tian Yanzhen a knowing smile.

Successful older people generally like young people who are both capable and motivated because it’s like seeing their younger selves.

"Oh, I see. But I also want to participate in this year's IMO, in July. I also want to win a gold medal and bring glory to my country." Qiao Yu said generously, not caring about the smiles of the old professors.

"You? Going to participate in IMO? You are not qualified to participate, right?" Pierre Delini took over Qiao Yu's words.

"Ah? Why am I not qualified? As long as you are a high school student under 20 years old, you can participate in IMO?" Qiao Yu looked at the mathematics giant in surprise.

"Yes, the problem lies with high school students. Only high school students who have not enrolled in college are eligible to participate in IMO. Aren't you already in Yanbei University?" Pierre Delini said, and then glanced at Tian Yanzhen next to him.

"Oh, don't be afraid of that. I've been coming to Yanbei University for the past six months just to get used to university life. In fact, my student status is still in high school." Qiao Yu explained with understanding, then glanced at Director Tian.

Tian Yanzhen smiled but said nothing.

When he finally registered, Qiao Yu's student status was still at Xingtie No. 1 Middle School. However, after submitting his school enrollment certificate and registering, he had already transferred to Yanbei University, creating a time difference.

Generally speaking, after the registration is reviewed, the IMO organizing committee will not confirm the academic information of each contestant one by one, nor does it have the authority to do so.

Of course, Qiao Yu's situation is indeed somewhat different...

"Oh? But as far as I know, you have a paper published under the name of Yujiang University, and before the IMO is officially held, you will have another paper published under the name of Yanbei Mathematics Research Center. Of course, the publication unit of the paper may have nothing to do with your academic status.

Generally speaking, the IMO organizing committee will not pay attention to these, but if other delegations complain that your participation in the exam is obviously unfair..."

At this point, Pierre Delini spread his hands, his expression seemed to say, you know...

Qiao Yu was stunned. He had never thought about this before. He asked suspiciously, "No, other delegations can still complain about whether the players are qualified to participate?"

"Of course, if you participate in the IMO, it will cause trouble to the majority of delegations, and you may even receive collective complaints from multiple delegations. The organizing committee must also consider everyone's opinions, so I think it will be very difficult to win an IMO gold medal. Unless you can shut everyone up."

Pierre Delini shrugged his shoulders and said.

Well, this angle is too tricky and it is something Qiao Yu did not expect.

What does it mean that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand? This is it without a doubt.

Isn't it up to him to decide which institution he wants to publish his paper in? And this is obviously not his problem, but the problem of the journal editor. After all, if the institution writes about a middle school, those editors may not even look at it and throw it directly into the trash can.

"Well...what if we postpone the publication of the paper?" Qiao Yu thought for a while and asked.

“The paper can be postponed, but tomorrow’s meeting cannot be postponed. Let me put it this way. The people listening to your report at tomorrow’s meeting include experts and judges from the IMO organizing committee, and there may also be many IMO team leaders and professors from various countries. What do you think they will feel after seeing you on the podium tomorrow and seeing you again on the IMO field in July?
Anyway, if I were a team leader, I would definitely have some doubts. And you should also think about the IMO judges and let them supervise you in the competition. Well, to be honest, if you really want to participate in IMO, I might recommend you to be a judge of this IMO. "

Qiao Yu thought about it, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go there first when the time comes. We have substitute players anyway."

After a brief chat about IMO, we arrived at the restaurant.

In fact, the lunch time has passed, but the living habits here are obviously different from those in China. Those big professors obviously don’t care about lunch and are used to eating sandwiches, barbecue and the like.

The topic also changed to Qiao Yu's method of completing the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture.

The method of local-global consistency correction operator borrows some basic results of higher-order homology and local-global compatibility theory, and uses the basic properties of homomorphic space HOM, especially the homomorphic mapping between local and global systems to solve the problem. It is indeed a new idea.

Dennis and Schultz were probably the most active.

In Schultz's words, "I have always believed that the full picture of the geometric Langlands conjecture is far from being revealed, but there is no doubt that Qiao Yu's solution brings us closer to its true essence. Such work is not only a technical achievement, but also reflects a completely new way of mathematical thinking."

As for Dennis, his assessment was more concise: "Yeah, it's really exciting."

Of course there are some subtexts that neither of them said because everyone knows them.

It’s hard to imagine that this is the insight of a sixteen-year-old boy.

All the professors attending the meeting tacitly did not mention Professors Sam and Frank.

Of course, it’s useless to mention it. The warmth and affection shown in the academic world is often an illusion.

But Qiao Yu, who should have been in high spirits, was in a low mood.

Going to Australia to win an IMO gold medal was a goal he had set for himself. But now he might not be able to get the medal due to human intervention, which made him feel complicated.

But on the bright side, maybe Professor Pierre Delini was exaggerating. Maybe he thought too badly of those team leaders...

After all, IMO is a team competition, and a gold medal cannot actually determine the final result of the team competition.

Forget it…I don’t want to think about it anymore!

Things have come to this point, I can't not make a report at the meeting, right?
Qiao Yu can still distinguish between what is important and what is not.

……

Pan Jingyuan came to the hotel in the afternoon with several professors from Huaqing University.

After the plane landed and there was internet, Pan Jingyuan received a message from Professor Dennis and called Dennis back immediately.

After checking in at the hotel, Pan Jingyuan immediately found Dennis in the hotel room.

"Qiao Yu has given a complete solution?" Pan Jingyuan asked as soon as they met.

"Yes, I said, he is a magical Chinese boy." Dennis nodded.

“Is there a detailed process?”

"Of course, he has already explained it in detail to the judging panel of the organizing committee at the seminar this morning. But I don't think it's fair to Qiao Yu to repeat it again, but you will be able to hear his thoughts tomorrow. So, wait a day." Dennis spread his hands and said.

"Tomorrow?" Pan Jingyuan was slightly stunned, very confused, and asked: "But I remember Qiao Yu's lecture should be on the morning of the second day of the conference."

"Yes, that was originally the case. But it has been changed. The organizing committee and Professor Schultz will persuade Professor Shigeru Mukai to give the opportunity to give the opening speech of the conference to Qiao Yu. This has been unanimously recognized by the on-site organizing committee review experts. Of course, this also includes my approval."

Well, Dennis's final "my approval" was not a compliment to himself. Many people don't know that he was actually supposed to give the opening speech at the conference.

Then Dennis smiled and said, "So in tomorrow's opening report, Qiao Yu will spend about fifteen minutes briefly explaining about conjugate ridge singularities, and use the rest of the time to tell everyone how he solved the local-global unity problem and revised the Ambidexterity theorem."

"Opening report of the meeting?" Pan Jingyuan was stunned, and then couldn't help feeling a little envious.

After all, he has never had the experience of giving an opening speech at such a global academic conference.

There were quite a few speeches at small-scale conferences.

"Yes, Pierre Delini took the initiative. The organizing committee is probably in a hurry to revise the brochure. Fortunately, this is not the World Congress of Mathematicians, otherwise it would be a real mess. Phew... But at least this helps us solve a problem. You understand, Pan."

Dennis said with a shrug.

Pan Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.

"So we don't notify Sam and Frank in advance?"

"Sam will come to the meeting, and I will talk to him in the evening. As for Frank, I think he will know it first. After all, Mr. Lucas Eisen should have known the news." Dennis said without hesitation.

Obviously he had made up his mind.

LGIR is used to further construct a global morphism, mapping the reconstructed object of each local singular point into a new algebraic layer, thereby achieving consistency on the entire algebraic variety and making the geometric Langlands conjecture still valid without relying on the characteristic layer endomorphism.

This idea was something they had never thought of before. It was crazy enough and effective enough.

Based on Dennis's understanding of Sam, the other party should be able to understand his difficulties.

This is not a betrayal, but a respect for mathematics.

More effective and almost flawless mathematical methods are more likely to resonate with everyone.

"I understand." Pan Jingyuan took a deep breath. He had originally planned to talk to Qiao Yu, but now suddenly gave up.

After all, he actually has special feelings for Qiao Yu.

At least on this issue, he was half a mentor to Qiao Yu. He led Qiao Yu to a deeper understanding of this topic. If this was a final exam, then Qiao Yu seemed to have submitted a perfect answer sheet recognized by the authority.

As a teacher, it was a special feeling to learn how the answer sheet was written from the report meeting the next day.

Dennis nodded to Pan Jingyuan and said, "Okay, Pan, go eat something and go to bed early. Anyway, this is good news for us. We succeeded. Next, we can use these new tools to do more things.

High-dimensional Langlands correspondence, Langlands parameterized space structure, non-commutative geometry and Langlands correspondence... Look, we have saved a lot of time and can focus on more interesting problems. I believe Sam and Frank must think so too. "

"Of course, you're right. But...never mind. Thank you, Dennis."

"Haha, no need to say thank you. We are partners now."

……

On the other side, in the activity room prepared by the organizing committee for this exchange of mathematicians, Li Lixing, who had just arrived at the hotel, was chatting with a professor he was familiar with.

"Hey, Professor Li, have you heard? The organizing committee has decided to temporarily replace the speaker for tomorrow's opening speech. It is said that it is because Professor Shigeru Mukai feels unwell, so his speech will be moved to before the closing ceremony."

"Oh? Feeling unwell?" Li Lixing was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that this was most likely a euphemism given by the organizing committee to save the face of the professor who was scheduled to give the opening speech.

Generally speaking, unless it is a sudden serious illness, a minor cold or fever will not affect the 60-minute report.

If he really had a serious illness, he would not drag his crippled body to give a report before the closing ceremony.

"So, which professor's achievements made the organizing committee decide to temporarily replace the person?" Li Lixing asked casually.

It has nothing to do with him anyway.

If they produce results, the first author will have a chance to compete for the opening report, but their problems have not been completely solved.

But this kind of thing is indeed very abnormal.

You should know that as a satellite conference of the World Congress of Mathematicians, the World Congress of Algebraic Geometry is not held at a fixed time. Generally, the organizing committee will only hold such a conference when it thinks that some good results have appeared recently.

The opening report of each conference should, of course, be about the most popular research topics recently.

After all, algebraic geometry is an extremely important and lively direction in mathematical research.

Li Lixing had heard that the conference was originally scheduled to be held because of the breakthrough in the geometric Langlands conjecture. However, one month before the conference was scheduled, Qiao Yu suddenly found a loophole in the proof, and the organizing committee temporarily changed the person who would give the opening report.

From geometry the Langlands conjecture becomes a problem of K3 surfaces.

Who would have thought that the report list would be changed just one day before the meeting...

This year's conference has been full of twists and turns.

"Huh? You didn't know? It's that Qiao Yu. I just heard from Professor Su from Yanbei University that Qiao Yu joined your research group some time ago. Didn't you have any communication with each other?"

"Qiao Yu? Wasn't he invited to give a 30-minute report?" Li Lixing asked in surprise.

"Yes, but I heard that he just solved the problem he raised about the invalidation of the Ambidexterity Theorem due to conjugate ridge singularities. In other words, they picked out a problem and then solved it, so a thirty-minute report meeting was not enough."

Well, if that’s the reason…

Well, the first thing Li Lixing thought of was that Mr. Yuan, who stayed in Huaqing, must be feeling very regretful at this moment.

In fact, Mr. Yuan was also invited to attend the conference.

But Mr. Yuan felt that Qiao Yu would only make a 30-minute report, so he declined.

When we were leaving yesterday, the old man was still joking that he wanted to take good care of his health so that he could go to listen to Qiao Yu's opening speech at the World Congress of Mathematicians.

As a result, he heard this news as soon as he arrived today.

"Is this news confirmed?"

"I'm sure. You'll know when you go to the lobby. There are already staff members replacing the posters."

"Well...well, this is indeed a remarkable contribution. It also makes me look forward to tomorrow's report meeting even more." Li Lixing replied.

To be honest, although he said so, Li Lixing was confused. He couldn't understand Qiao Yu even more.

He thought that Qiao Yuwuyue must have spent this long time thinking with them about how to further advance the two-dimensional generalization of Chevalier's theorem. Strictly speaking, this problem belongs to the field of geometric representation theory and geometric Langlands program.

As a result, Qiao Yu went to solve the problem he raised.

So young people are so energetic, doesn’t their brain have a bottleneck period?

……

In another conference room, Zhang Shuwen and Lott Dugan from Princeton had just learned the news.

Although he came in the morning, he did not attend the small seminar held specifically for Qiao Yu. After all, he was not a member of the organizing committee this year, nor did he hold a position in the review group.

In fact, he and Lott Dugan came to attend this meeting because of Lott Dugan’s invitation last time.

The dean of Princeton's School of Mathematics still planned to talk to Qiao Yu.

Moreover, as the editor-in-chief of Ann.Math, one of the four top mathematics journals in the world, he certainly has no shortage of invitations to such large-scale academic conferences. In fact, even editors have no shortage of invitations.

Even though the topic he studied, the N-body problem, strictly speaking does not directly fall into the category of algebraic geometry.

Of course, we cannot say that there is no intersection at all. After all, many special cases of the N-body problem can form a completely integrable system, and such systems are often studied with the help of Riemann surfaces and Abelian varieties in algebraic geometry.

Not to mention that N-body problems often need to be studied in the framework of Hamiltonian dynamics, and the phase space of Hamiltonian systems has a symplectic structure. Symplectic geometry and algebraic geometry are closely related in some cases...

If we explore some generalized and abstract N-body problems, we can abstract the particle motion into a vector field on an algebraic variety. When studying the dynamical behavior on these algebraic varieties, algebraic geometry methods become an effective tool.

So the old man's attainments in algebraic geometry are actually quite deep. Whether in terms of qualifications or achievements, he is at least better than 80% of the professors who specialize in algebraic geometry. Naturally, he is more qualified to attend this event. After hearing this news, Lott Dugan was also very surprised.

"Oh, Professor Zhang, really, I think that boy should be your student. He is implementing your ideas with actions. He is good at asking himself questions and then solving them! I remember that you always require this of your students."

It was a very exaggerated tone, but Zhang Shuwen didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Although he had met Qiao Yu once, to be honest, he didn't seem to have said this sentence that day.

However, considering what he said that day, Qiao Yu also completed it very well, so Zhang Shuwen was even a little unsure whether he had told Qiao Yu these things.

"If Professor Tian hears you say this, he will be very unhappy." Zhang Shuwen casually responded to Lott Dugan's ridicule.

Well, like Pan Jingyuan, his curiosity was also piqued.

This question is actually very interesting, just as interesting as when Qiao Yu found the loophole in the geometric Langlands conjecture. He also wanted to know how Qiao Yu solved the problem found by this kid.

"I don't want to care about this anymore. In fact, according to the information I got, your previous analysis was correct. The kid has already contacted Schultz. God knows what they have talked about. They actually let a sixteen-year-old child give an opening report!? In short, those old guys must be crazy! Oh..."

Lott Dugan let out a long sigh.

Zhang Shuwen certainly understood why Lott Dugan sighed.

This old man must have lost hope.

After all, it was really hard for him to hope to win the competition.

Although Princeton is indeed attractive to many students, it is unlikely that they would include a sixteen-year-old who can speak at a conference of world-class mathematicians.

Let's put it this way, after tomorrow's meeting, the sixteen-year-old Qiao Yu will probably become the focus of the entire mathematics community. Any university in the world... as long as it has a mathematics department, who wouldn't want to attract such a young genius?
Just like the capital markets such as stocks or futures, mathematicians value Qiao Yu’s future expectations more than his current achievements. Yes, everyone values ​​Qiao Yu’s future expectations more.

It is expected that the views expressed by a possible future world leader in mathematics will be widely recognized.

Just like the twenty-three problems proposed by Hilbert at the World Congress of Mathematicians in Paris in 1900, covering multiple fields such as number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, they directly promoted the development of mathematical research as a whole.

With such an outstanding alumnus, the influence of Hilbert's alma mater, the University of Königsberg, is unquestionable. In that era, the University of Königsberg attracted many academic elites and became one of the centers of science and culture in Europe at that time.

It's just that due to some well-known reasons in that era, this school can be said to no longer exist.

If modern mathematics has begun to develop into many sub-fields, it is undoubted that if a mathematical leader as nearly dominant as Hilbert appears again, it will bring great benefits to his alma mater.

"Really, Professor Dugan, I suggest you stop thinking too much. As I said before, Qiao Yu doesn't seem to plan to study abroad. And to be honest, even if he goes on exchange, the United States is not his best choice now." Zhang Shuwen said seriously.

Lott Dugan glanced at Zhang Shuwen and couldn't say anything against it.

In this special era, some things can no longer be kept out of the academic circle, and the high walls of the school can no longer block many things. Of course, he also understands this.

"Damn it..." The old man with a bad temper cursed, but of course no one knew what he cursed.

……

Thousands of kilometers away in Berkeley, California, Frank, who was still lying in bed, was awakened by the ringing of the bell on the bedside table.

"Who's calling? Honey?" asked the wife who was sleeping next to him.

Frank picked up the phone and looked at it: "Grandpa."

"So early?" the wife complained.

Yes, the call was from Lucas Eisen.

That is, his father-in-law's biological father, the Fields Medal master in Qiao Yu's words. He is also a member of the organizing committee of the World Algebraic Geometry University.

Of course, for such non-fixed related meetings, although the members of the presidium are generally top scholars in the field, this position is not fixed.

After all, the presidium member is not just an honorary title, but a real job, and there is no salary. Everyone needs to be responsible for planning the meeting content, selecting invited speakers, and coordinating various affairs.

The big guys usually don't have that much time to waste. So if you look at the list of presidiums of previous sessions, you will find that the members of the presidiums of each conference are actually different.

As many people know, the most important topic of this conference was originally the geometric Langlands conjecture. The conference also planned to propose a series of related reports around this issue to show the latest research results to other researchers.

This is undoubtedly one of the fastest ways to increase academic influence.

Originally, Yonex Frank was also going to attend, but for well-known reasons, the relevant report was temporarily not suitable for presentation, which gave Qiao Yu the opportunity to give this 30-minute report.

Well, sometimes things in the world are just so coincidental, what can we do about it?
When Frank received the old man's call at this time, he actually felt very complicated.

Of course he knew that the meeting would officially begin tomorrow, but what could he do?
This problem still has not been solved.

But Frank could only cheer up and answer the call. After all, the old man could provide him with great help.

Of course he was a little confused, because he had already reported to the old man that he would not attend the meeting.

After all, if he went, the other members of the research group would definitely go to listen to Qiao Yu's report, so he couldn't not go. But if he went, would he be asked to listen to his wild son's report from the audience?
If the opportunity to report this time had not been snatched away from him, perhaps Frank would still have been able to show this demeanor, but unfortunately...

After thinking these things over, Frank answered the phone directly.

"Hi, Grandpa..." Frank tried his best to make his tone sound relaxed and without too much negative emotion.

"I have some very bad news for you, Frank."

Frank could hear that the tone of the other party's voice was a bit heavy, which made him subconsciously feel a little uneasy.

"Well, to be honest, I can't think of any worse news than what I'm doing right now. You know, I'm dealing with that problem, but I still have no idea..."

"That's it, Frank. You don't need to think about this problem anymore. The young man from China has completely solved this problem. So his original 30-minute report was temporarily replaced by an opening report. I can't even object, because I was the first to support that the geometric Langlands problem should be the opening report!"

"What? He has completely solved this problem? He has even gained recognition in a small circle? Then..."

"No more. The reason why this news is so bad is that his solution completely bypasses your and Sam's method. In other words, he used a new method to bypass your proof and completely solve the targeted problem he raised. In other words, you and Sam are doomed to be eliminated from this topic."

The old man's voice was actually very calm, probably because he had seen a lot of things like this in his more than sixty years of mathematical career.

Mathematicians find the entry point to an important problem and then conduct research on this problem. Most people work hard and rack their brains to tackle the difficult problems that plague the world, but obviously not everyone succeeds.

In a sense, the old man is lucky. He has defeated many of his peers and has become the best of this era.

Apparently, Frank wasn't that lucky, that's all.

This kind of thing happens all the time, and no one can completely avoid it once they get involved. Even if he won the Fields Medal and became an honorary academician of many countries, the team he led would still encounter such annoying things.

But what he thought was unimportant was obviously not so easy for Frank to accept.

In fact, since Frank came to this land, he has been living a smooth life and has hardly encountered any major setbacks.

Without a doubt, this was definitely the biggest blow to his academic career. For a moment, he was unable to come to his senses and subconsciously asked a stupid question: "Wait, I don't quite understand, what does it mean to be out?"

“Frank, your question is really stupid. It’s just that the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture or the generalization of the Ambidexterity theorem has nothing to do with you anymore, although your team may appreciate your efforts on this problem.

For example, they may express their gratitude to you and Sam in their papers. But that's all. I hope you can cheer up and know that this kind of thing is almost inevitable. If your goal has not changed, you need to work harder on the next problem. "

The old man replied with a little impatience.

There's no way around it. Most smart people will be sensitive and disgusted by such stupid questions.

Frank finally came to his senses from the impatient tone, but the words "this isn't fair" got stuck in his throat and he didn't say them out loud.

But a huge sense of loss instantly swept through his mind.

Five whole years... five years... when the fruits of our labor were about to be plentiful, someone suddenly snatched them away?!
What he couldn't accept the most was that the person who snatched the fruits of his victory might actually be related to him by blood? !

But he obviously couldn't say these words to the old man on the phone at this time. He could only force himself to calm down and replied in a muffled voice: "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I'm too anxious. I think you can understand that I was still thinking about this problem the previous second, and then I heard such news the next second, and it wasn't even from Dennis..."

"It's okay. I understand, Frank. You must be feeling bad right now. But there's nothing you can do about it. This is mathematics. By the way, I suggest you get in touch with Qiao Yu more and have a good relationship with him, because even in the Mathematics Union Committee, there are many people who think highly of him.

You should understand that this optimism is not due to some complicated reasons, and it has nothing to do with his so-called mentor. It's just because he is only sixteen years old and has many possibilities in the future. You are all Chinese, so you should have something in common.

By the way, Delini saw him today and told me that he looked a bit like you when you were young. But you know, that old guy thinks everyone looks like him. I don't think he can tell Asians apart at all. "

The old man's tone began to slow down, and he even made a very American joke, but Frank felt cold sweat on his forehead.

For a moment he didn't even know how to answer this question.

Will you take the initiative to contact Qiao Yu?
"I see, thank you, Grandpa."

"Okay, I'm just letting you know that there are still some things to deal with. You should know how troublesome it is to temporarily change the person who makes the opening speech. By the way, if you decide to attend this meeting, you can still catch up with the opening speech tomorrow morning if you leave now. I'm hanging up."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Frank was stunned for about three seconds, then turned on the front camera of his phone and looked at his own.

Time is indeed like a fattening agent. His face has become fatter, and there is no trace of the youthful vigor of his teens and twenties. Looking back, when Hua Xia was young, his ID card had a very short validity period, so it made sense to change the photo every few years.

After looking at his own photos, Frank opened his phone to book a flight. Paris is a long way from California, and only a direct flight can catch up with the meeting, but this is Lucas Eisen's suggestion.

Although it's just a suggestion, Frank would be better off taking it unless he really can't book a ticket.

Although the old man usually speaks very elegantly, he rarely forces people around him to do something, but sometimes he will give some pertinent suggestions. Of course, you can ignore these suggestions, and it seems that nothing bad will happen.

It’s just that the good things in the future will quietly no longer favor those who do not follow the advice of the elderly.

Everything happened quietly. The old man is still a big shot in the academic world and has a very good reputation. Many students regard him as an idol. As for some messy and noisy voices...

Oh, which successful person doesn't have a few haters behind him? They are just jealous, slandering and defaming...

Fortunately, San Francisco International Airport, which is only a half-hour drive from his home, has a United Airlines flight directly to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, which will take off in two hours.

If everything goes well, the plane will arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport ten and a half hours after takeoff. It will take about an hour to get from Charles de Gaulle Airport to the Monet Hotel, and he can even rest for two or three hours before the meeting starts.

"What are you doing?" The wife next to him sat up.

"Grandpa asked me to go to Paris for a meeting. He is in Paris now."

"Paris? Oh my god, what time is it?"

"It's just seven o'clock. Paris should be... well, it's already three o'clock in the afternoon. There are still eighteen hours until the algebraic geometry conference in Paris starts tomorrow. I have to hurry." As he spoke, Frank had already climbed out of bed.

"Did something bad happen, Frank?"

Frank, who was getting dressed, smiled at his wife sitting on the bed and said, "Nothing, you know, Grandpa is just like that. He felt that I needed to listen to the opening report tomorrow, and I decided to follow the advice of an old man."

"Next time we have a family dinner, I'm going to tell him that he shouldn't always give embarrassing advice like this."

"Thank you, but it's not necessary, dear. After all, he is doing this for my own good." As he said this, the man leaned over and kissed his wife, then hurried into the bathroom...

But in the man's mind, what he was thinking at this moment was whether he should let Qiao Yu know that he actually had a father...

Of course only in private.

Because he was not ready to let everyone around him know that he had a son.

As for the reasons for his wrong judgment, it was mainly based on some coincidences.

After discovering Qiao Yu's existence, Frank logged into the Chinese Internet and searched for a lot of information about Qiao Yu.

Coincidentally, after Qiao Yu became a hot topic, a lot of information that was originally only available on Tieyi Middle School’s official account was also posted online by interested people.

For example, Qiao Yu’s composition was set as a model by the teacher in a mock exam.

In that essay, Qiao Yu used delicate words to describe how he went to the cemetery with his mother to pay tribute to his father on Qingming Festival as usual, expressing his longing and remembrance for his father with extremely sincere feelings.

Really, Frank was slightly moved at that time... and of course angry.

He believed that Qiao Xi had deceived Qiao Yu and told her that he was dead. The woman even erected a tombstone for him even though she knew he was still alive.

Yes, Frank had never thought that the essay had a last paragraph, but it was too O. Henry-like, so the teacher was afraid of corrupting other students, so he deleted it in the official account...

So when he saw Qiao Yu's Weibo post saying that his father had passed away when he was very young, he, like other netizens, thought that this meant that he was dead...

You see, many times, information becomes incomplete during the process of dissemination and leads to many terrible misunderstandings among people.

The information on the Internet may not be completely false, but the scariest thing is that this information is not completely false...

……

In Paris, at the Royal Monet Hotel, Qiao Yu and Schultz had a pleasant chat for the entire afternoon.

He asked some questions and got answers from Professor Schultz, including questions about the theory of complete space and what Schultz was doing now.

This conversation also opened Qiao Yu's eyes, and he learned a lot of first-hand information about Schultz's recent research, that is, specific information about the liquid tensor experiment.

For this project, Schultz proposed the theory of liquid homology.

Simply put, it is to use the complete space to construct a further highly abstract framework, which involves a large number of highly abstract algebraic and geometric constructions, so that traditional manual verification can hardly guarantee its strict correctness.

Therefore, it is necessary to verify the correctness and consistency of these constructions through liquid tensor experiments and computer-assisted formal proofs.

Qiao Yu was very interested in this project. Besides being very profitable, it also allowed him to see many possibilities.

It is really too abstract to let artificial intelligence assist mathematicians in proving mathematical theorems.

However, this project that made Qiao Yu so excited also brought him a huge blow.

Because what mathematicians need to do in this project is to break down many mathematical theorems and propositions in detail so that computers can understand them, and at the same time ensure that each step is accurate in the formalization process...

When explaining to Qiao Yu how to do this job, Schultz casually cited a few examples, which made Qiao Yu realize that his basic knowledge in mathematics seemed to be extremely lacking...even in the field of algebraic geometry, which he is currently best at.

The lack of basic knowledge was so great that even Schultz couldn't believe it...

"That's impossible, Qiao Yu. This is Bourbaki's completeness theorem, which involves the properties of complete objects in algebraic geometry. Haven't you come across it before?"

"Um... I haven't read that many books recently. I just read selectively... This theorem doesn't seem to have anything to do with the embedding and structure of algebraic varieties, right?"

"Oh my god... so you haven't studied this systematically and solved the geometric Langlands conjecture yet?"

"It can't be considered a solution, right? I just made some changes..."

"Huh...Qiao Yu, you are the strangest math student I have ever seen. Maybe...Okay, you should prepare your report for tomorrow first! Damn, I am beginning to envy you! Really!"

Really, this was the first time Qiao Yu couldn't be sure if the other person was praising him...

　Thanks to Zhongwenzhibaobao and Wuconglu for their rewards and encouragement!
　　The fourth day of the 10,000-word check-in is completed!
　　It’s past the scheduled publishing date and I can’t think of a title!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)