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Chapter 214 God’s Favor?
Yu Wei was kicked out of the room by Qiao Yu. But until he walked out of the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center, his mind was still a mess.

Yu Wei still hasn't figured out why Qiao Yu is so obsessed with money.

It's not that he is so blessed that he doesn't know the sufferings of the world. He carefully recalled the scene of his first meeting with Qiao Yu in Xiaozhou.

To be honest, Qiao Yu didn't look like someone who was short of money. At least his clothes and behavior didn't look like what he thought people with unhappy lives should look like.

As for now...

Although he did not investigate it in detail, the various awards that Qiao Yu had won internationally and the rewards given by various departments in publicity reports after returning to China were already a lot.

Not to mention the school also offers bonuses.

A true multi-millionaire.

This guy actually cares about the little bonus given by the school? Even if it is doubled, it is still not a fraction of the various rewards he has received.

So what is this guy trying to do?

He couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out at all. In the end, Yu Wei could only come up with a conclusion he had reached before.

This guy is really sick and there is no cure!
After taking a deep breath, Yu Wei took out his cell phone and called Professor Chen. The call was connected after two rings.

"Hey, Yu Wei, you got out from Dr. Qiao? What suggestions did he have?"

"Well, Dr. Qiao suggested that we should not publish the paper directly. He said that there was nothing wrong with the tools and ideas in the paper. We only needed to adjust some details to reduce the upper bound of the prime number interval to 2. He also helped us revise the paper."

"Well...are you busy now? If you have nothing to do, come to my office in the science building. I'll wait for you to come over and we can talk about it when we meet."

"No hurry, I'll be right over."

……

Ten minutes later, in the office of the science building.

"Hey, why didn't you think of this at the time?"

"..."

"You said that we spent so much time calculating the global curvature smoothness of the manifold and even introduced high-order perturbations, but it was all in vain. Dr. Qiao decomposed the problem directly into the local density function in just one sentence..."

"..."

"Hey, look here, the kernel integral framework is just missing this breakthrough. If the density function can adapt to local changes in curvature, then the symmetry of the modal path at extremely small intervals can also be naturally maintained. Why didn't we think of this?"

"..."

"Also, if we had introduced adjustable parameters in the local curvature at the beginning and combined it with the convergence verification of the path, we wouldn't have had to spend so much time on this detour!"

"..."

Yu Wei quietly listened to Professor Chen Zhelun beating his chest and complaining. In fact, he also had a lot of things to complain about, but it was really not in line with his personality.

He had experienced this many times when after seeing the correct answer to a difficult math problem, he suddenly felt that the problem was very simple.

Although his math Olympiad coach had told him that math has its own particularities, knowing the correct answer and suddenly realizing it meant that he had almost mastered the knowledge points, and that he was just missing the finishing touch.

Most people actually don’t know why the answer is given this way. But Yu Wei always feels that this sentence is comforting.

But now seeing Professor Chen’s reaction, Yu Wei felt that what the previous coach said might have some truth to it.

In this way, two hours passed unknowingly, and the two of them had almost thoroughly understood the contents revised by Qiao Yu.

After all, Qiao Yu didn't really change their framework, he just gave them some inspiration on the details.

But this also taught Yu Wei a lesson. It made him realize that the gap between him and Qiao Yu probably lies here - the gap in understanding the truth of mathematics.

He was not the only one who had a gap. Professor Chen seemed to be the same. Some things were like a piece of gauze. Whether or not the gauze could be removed became the gap between genius and top genius.

"Eh? It's already half past ten? Let me take you home first."

When Chen Zhelun reluctantly put down the printout of the paper with Qiao Yu's revision comments written all over it, he realized that it was already late.

"No need to send me off. It's not too late. I can go back by myself." Yu Wei shook his head.

"It's okay, on the way. Please tell me what Dr. Qiao told you." Professor Chen explained.

Then he stood up and walked out of the office with Yu Wei.

Yu Wei also nodded, and then he remembered that he had not yet told Chen Zhe about what Qiao Yu had told him.

"By the way, Qiao Yu said he recently applied for a new project. If you are interested, you can submit an application to the Academy of Sciences."

"Oh? I know his project is very interesting."

Professor Chen's expression changed, and he nodded. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Why don't you and Dr. Qiao co-author this paper? I'll be the second author."

Yu Wei shook his head and said, “He meant that the paper should be published directly in Ann.Math, and he would be the corresponding author, or you and I would be co-first authors. He said that the main framework of this paper was done by us, and he didn’t want to compete with us for the results.”

Yu Wei didn't plan to tell Chen Zhe about Qiao Yu's words that were too outrageous, for fear of affecting the glorious image of this guy in the professor's mind.

He had never seen a winner of a top mathematics award who took his reputation so lightly.

"Corresponding author? This... isn't good, is it? Without his help, our paper wouldn't have gotten to this point. We could only prove up to 4, and now we can prove up to 2."

Chen Zhelun shook his head.

“That’s what I said, but Dr. Qiao said that this paper meant nothing to him. He also said that even if he didn’t help us revise it, it would still be a paper that could be published in a top journal.”

Hearing this, Chen Zhelun paused in his walking pace and took a deep breath.

Well, Qiao Yu is qualified to say this.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Zhelun said, "Then let's set aside a chapter to list all his contributions. It should take about a week to complete, and then you can show it to Dr. Qiao."

Yu Wei nodded silently.

……

Princeton, USA.

It is also the beginning of the school year, but for Lott Dugan, the new semester always feels like there is nothing new.

He used to love walking along Linmeng Avenue on the Princeton campus at this time.

The sunlight in early September would shine through the tall oak trees onto his shoulders, driving away the chill of early autumn in the air. He could see the familiar Gothic buildings standing tall, and students walking around the campus in groups of two or three, excitedly discussing everything unknown.

In previous years, he could read Princeton’s rich history and unique bookish atmosphere from these quaint buildings and enthusiastic young people.

But this year he didn't feel that way, not at all. He didn't know when the aroma of caramel and vanilla began to permeate the air in Princeton.

Even though the school has complied with the DU-Free Campus Act, no one is allowed to possess or consume those messy substances on campus.

But everything changed slightly after New Jersey, where Princeton is located, legalized the recreational use of the substance.

This also makes old-school scholars such as Lott Dugan feel worried.

More stringent requirements mean that there is a huge academic pressure on students. Obviously, not all students can handle this pressure well.

But the way to relieve stress is something Lott Dugan hates.

Zhang Shuwen's departure this year made him even more unhappy, even though he could understand Zhang Shuwen's thoughts.

In Lott Dugan's opinion, although Zhang Shuwen cannot be considered a top mathematician, he is definitely a top mathematics educator.

This Chinese scholar has a very solid foundation in mathematics and is particularly good at inspiring and cultivating students.

During his years at Princeton, he not only participated in the compilation of extremely excellent mathematics textbooks, but also built a clear curriculum system. Even though he was very strict with students, he still received very high evaluations from students.

This is enough to say it all. Yes, Zhang Shuwen has always been very good at inspiring students.

So his departure made Lot Dugan feel bad this summer.

Lott Dugan had always wanted to bring Qiao Yu to Princeton through Zhang Shuwen, but he did not expect that it was because of Qiao Yu that Zhang Shuwen chose to return to China.

Well, it's a sad story.

In addition to struggling with these feelings of loss, he also has to decide whether to go to China in mid-September, which is next week.

Lott Dugan received an invitation from the Yanbei International Mathematics Center of China to attend Qiao Yu's lecture on September 15th, China time.

He hasn't decided whether to go or not.

On the one hand, as the administrator of the School of Mathematics at the beginning of the semester, he did have a lot of things to do; on the other hand, he had given up the idea of ​​letting Qiao Yu come to Princeton for further studies.

Moreover, he had never been to China. Even though an international mathematician's congress was held in the capital of China in the early 20th century, he was unable to attend the congress due to other matters.

Even though the information is not as closed as before, Lott Dugan no longer believes that China is a closed and backward country.

But people often hesitate when they go to a strange country for the first time, especially for an old man like Lott Dugan who tends to be conservative and not young.

The tangled mood also made him feel more depressed. Even though the weather in Princeton was very good today and the sun was shining.

I walked into the office with a depressed mood, and the secretary brought me a cup of steaming hot coffee as usual.

"Professor Dugan, the weather is nice today."

"Yes, I hope you have a nice day."

"I hope so, but it's hard. You know, the price of goods has risen so much! I'm already doubting whether I can make it to my paycheck date in the future."

Lott Dugan has actually heard this kind of complaint many times.

He was helpless in the face of this situation. If he were a member of the board of directors, he might have suggested giving the school's ordinary grass-roots employees a higher salary, but unfortunately, he was not.

So I could only comfort her with a meaningless sentence: "Everything will be fine."

"I hope so."

Watching his secretary walk out of his office, Lot Du's already bad mood became even gloomier.

He hadn't heard any good news today. Apart from the nice weather, there was nothing that could make him happy.

Sitting down at his desk and drinking a sip of coffee, Lott Dugan suppressed his unhappy mood and turned on his computer.

The mailbox prompted that someone he followed had sent an email. Lott Dugan put on his glasses, opened the mailbox, and then saw the email that was pinned to the top of the system.

It was an email sent to him by Qiao Yu, the young man of the new generation whom he most admired.

Yes, Lott Dugan had long ago placed Qiao Yu's name in a special place in his mailbox.

Lott Dugan believes that he is not the only one. Any responsible editor of a well-known mathematics journal in the world would probably do the same.

So it was Qiao Yu who personally invited him to attend the lecture in the middle of the month?
With this thought in mind, Lott Dugan opened the email sent by Qiao Yu.

"Dear Professor Dugan: Long time no see, see you soon."

"Please allow me to introduce to you the new progress of Yanbei University in the field of number theory. One of my friends, Yu Wei, and his advisor, Professor Chen Zhelun, have jointly completed a very wonderful paper."

“The title of the paper is “On the Reduction of the Prime Gap to 2 under the Modal Spectral Framework.”

"Yes, with their joint efforts, the upper bound of prime numbers was reduced to 2. There is no doubt that this paper has groundbreaking significance in the field of number theory research."

“After reading this paper, I am convinced that its results and its original methods fully meet the high standards of Annals of Mathematics for cutting-edge research.”

"Given the deep friendship between you and me, I strongly recommended Ann.Math to the paper authors. They also listened to my advice carefully and submitted the paper to you."

“I personally admire the spirit of cooperation between Yu Wei and Professor Chen Zhelun. As a young mathematics student and my peer, Yu Wei has demonstrated a deep understanding of generalized modal theory and his ability to apply it.

Professor Chen's background in algebraic geometry brought a new perspective to the entire research. The two not only completed the theoretical construction, but also ensured the reliability of each step of the results through in-depth mathematical calculations and model verification.

I hope that Ann.Math under your leadership will take this paper seriously. In addition, I plan to invite them to give some relevant speeches at the upcoming conference. Finally, I wish my friends good health and success.

Sincerely,
salute
Your friend: Qiao Yu. "

Lott Dugan read the letter twice.

Especially the sentence "As a young mathematics student and my peer, Yu Wei has demonstrated a deep understanding of generalized modal theory and the ability to apply it..."

Everything else was easy to understand, but he found this sentence a little difficult to understand.

Qiao Yu's age? Does that mean he's about the same age as Qiao Yu? Under 20?

So the new generation of mathematical geniuses all went to China? If this is true, how much does God favor China?
With this mentality, Lott Dugan downloaded the paper...

(End of this chapter)