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Chapter 218 Don’t ask!
Qiao Yu didn't know that Peter Schultz was so upset at the moment because he was pretending too much.

He was in a state of excitement.

If he didn't dislike drinking and felt that any kind of alcohol was hard to swallow, he would have wanted to get a bottle of wine and have a drink with Peter Schultz to discuss heroic deeds.

No, there is a kind of sweet rice wine that tastes good, and is especially suitable for drinking warm. It's a pity that he doesn't have it here...

Otherwise, I would definitely get a stove and tell old Peter this story while warming the wine, and then the two of us would be dizzy and look down on the big names in the contemporary world of mathematics.

Why didn't he think that there was no need for perfect control, as long as the overall situation did not go out of control? This turned into the simplest optimization problem in mathematics.

At this moment, Qiao Yu felt suddenly enlightened! Three days was enough for him to perfect the entire theory.

Even if the problem cannot be solved perfectly on the day of the report, it is not a big problem.

He is not submitting a paper, so it is enough for him to explain these key parts clearly.

Moreover, according to his experience, if something new is said at a report meeting, not many people in the audience can understand it in time, let alone point out any loopholes.

Of course, from other people's perspective, they probably wouldn't do this deliberately.

Qiao Yu's thinking is generally recognized to be very meticulous. As the reviewer of Qiao Yu's two papers, Peter Schultz has mentioned this to his friends more than once.

At that time, Qiao Yu had not yet won the Fields Medal, and Peter Schultz's analysis was simply from the perspective of a mathematics professor examining a student's paper.

The original words were that it was hard to believe that a student who had not yet received higher education could write such a meticulously thought-provoking paper. He tried to find loopholes in the paper with a nitpicking mentality, but couldn't find any.

There is no doubt that this evaluation is quite high for a professor of Peter Schultz's status.

"Peter, why are you silent? Don't you agree with my idea?" Seeing that Peter Schultz had not responded, Qiao Yu asked calmly.

"No, I'm just thinking." Peter Schultz shook his head and denied Qiao Yu's statement.

"That means you agree! I plan to talk about this at the report meeting on the 16th. What do you think?" Qiao Yu asked again.

Peter Schultz smiled bitterly and said, "The 16th is your special lecture, you can talk about whatever you want. This is not a mathematician conference, so we need to seek the opinions of the organizing committee.

As for Qiao Yu modal space, I personally think it is indeed a very good topic. But you should invite more scholars in mathematics and physics, I believe they will be very interested in these. "

Qiao Yu liked to hear this, as long as Peter Schultz agreed. Then he could talk to him openly, so he gave the promise right away.

"So I believe you can understand how busy I have been recently. To be honest, it's mainly because I want to discuss Qiao Yu Modal Space with everyone at the report meeting, so I have been so busy during this period.

Don't worry, Peter. After this seminar, I will have time. I will not be perfunctory when you come to me. Let's work together to develop your condensed matter mathematics."

Peter Schultz looked at Qiao Yu with a complicated expression, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you will be busy for a long time after this seminar. I understand that you are very busy.

In fact, all Fields Medal winners are very busy within six months of receiving the award. I was the same at that time. I remember that there were too many invitations that I couldn't refuse.

Traveling between various universities and research institutes, there are endless reports and lectures every day. So when I learned that you rejected many invitations and planned to give lectures elsewhere after the lecture at Yanbei University, I was so anxious. "

Qiao Yu nodded suddenly.

It turned out to be the case.

In fact, Peter Schultz knew that he would be very busy, but he didn't expect that what he was busy with was different from what he expected.

Qiao Yu certainly knew that what Peter Schultz said was true. Under Director Tian's constant nagging, he had developed a good habit of checking his email every day.

Naturally, he could see the invitations in his mailbox. And these were only the ones sent to his mailbox. There were also those who hoped to invite him to give lectures through Tian Yanzhen and Mr. Yuan.

Domestic and foreign, too many...

This also made Qiao Yu understand the meaning of "the sedan chair is carried by everyone".

However, Qiao Yu had no intention of accepting too many invitations.

On the one hand, Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin did not recommend him to go abroad again in the near future. Qiao Yu himself just didn't want to go out anymore.

To be honest, although he was either in the car or in the hotel the entire time during this trip to Philadelphia, the scenery along the way really made him lose interest in foreign cities.

Whatever is available outside, China has it, and it is obviously better. As for those things that China doesn't have, Qiao Yu doesn't like them very much either.

For example, you can hear shrill sirens every once in a while in the hotel room. I don’t know if it’s because the Philadelphia police are too dedicated or for some other reason.

As for the invitations from China, it actually won't take up much time. China's high-speed rail transportation is too developed. Most importantly, there is also Internet on the high-speed rail. Once the mobile phone hotspot is turned on, you can work normally in the business class.

"Don't worry, Professor Schultz. Believe me, I will have plenty of time after this lecture. I am different from others. Director Tian also said that I should focus more on my studies instead of giving lectures everywhere.

So in the second half of the year I will mainly be busy with my doctoral dissertation and defense. You can think of it as a formality, so I will have a lot of time in the next six months. I can guarantee it this time. "

Qiao Yu said sincerely.

Peter Schultz seems to be quite honest at the moment. As we all know, Qiao Yu has always been very nice to honest people. As I said before, the more honest people there are in the same industry, the easier it will be for him to get along.

But Peter Schultz still shook his head and said listlessly: "Don't worry about it. I plan to re-examine the necessity of this project after I go back. I will discuss it with the team and then decide whether this project needs to continue."

Qiao Yu was stunned by this sentence. He asked in surprise, "Give up? Why? You have been researching this project for many years. Don't you think it's a pity to give up now?"

Peter Schultz said calmly, "There's nothing to regret. After your generalized modal axiom system is expanded, it can actually achieve those functions. Maybe you can achieve it even better."

Qiao Yu quickly said, "But this does not involve using artificial intelligence to prove mathematical theorems. At least my current research on this area is still blank."

Peter Schultz smiled bitterly and said, “Do you have any misunderstanding about condensed matter mathematics? Our job is to transform those mathematical theorems into a form that computers can understand, so as to train artificial intelligence to perform auxiliary theorem proofs.

In fact, the generalized modal axiom system can also be similarly changed or translated. The only difference is how we make computers understand those complex mathematical theorems. "

Qiao Yu quickly tried to comfort him, "I know, but that means you have to start all over again. It also means that all the years you've worked on before are wasted! How can that be possible? Listen to me, Professor Schultz, you must not give up on this career!"

Not to mention that as far as I know, many people in the mathematics community have used your condensed matter mathematics to verify some complex theorems. This represents the recognition of the mathematics community for you. How can you just say you won’t do it? This is irresponsible to the rest of the team!"

Are you kidding me?
This system is very useful to Qiao Yu. Although he didn't have much time to help Peter Schultz with his research, Qiao Yu had already browsed through the previous research materials when he changed his mind.

What a team led by a Fields Medal winner spent seven or eight years doing is no joke.

If I were to start over again, why would I waste so much time?
Qiao Yu doesn’t care about generalized modal axiom system or condensed matter mathematics. But he does care about artificial intelligence technology that can understand mathematical theorems.

Peter Schultz looked at Qiao Yu in astonishment. He really didn't expect Qiao Yu to have such a big reaction. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

In fact, when it comes down to it, what Peter Schultz finds most troublesome are the other people in the team.

Although he did not guarantee the success of this project at the beginning, in fact no one can guarantee the success of such a complex project.

But after all, it was because of him that the others formed a team and persisted until now. Giving up before finding obvious difficulties that prevented them from continuing was indeed very damaging to one's character.

It is the same in any industry. If people are not motivated, it will be hard to lead the team. Especially many young people in the team are looking forward to the success of this project so that they can make further progress in the field of mathematics.

It would be fine if the project failed due to force majeure, but giving up voluntarily is indeed hurtful.

Thinking of this, Peter Schultz looked at Qiao Yu gratefully and asked, "Do you also think this technology will be useful in the future? I was thinking of giving up and starting to promote the generalized modal system."

"It's useful, absolutely useful! Professor Schultz, you have to believe me. After the lecture, we must work hard to complete this project! I have a hunch that condensed matter mathematics and the generalized modal axiom system will definitely complement each other in the future. Help us solve more difficult problems."

Although he didn't know why this big boss suddenly had the idea of ​​giving up, this also allowed Qiao Yu to decisively boost Peter Schultz's morale.

What a joke.

No one can give up at this critical moment!

"Okay, then I won't waste your time today. If that's okay... Never mind, I'd better go back and think about what to do next."

After saying this, Peter Schultz stood up.

With Qiao Yu's encouragement, Peter Schultz's mood cheered up a bit. But when he thought about Qiao Yu's modal space, and the design that was completed in just one month, he still felt boring.

He originally wanted a copy of Qiao Yu's manuscript to study it, but considering that Qiao Yu had not yet published it, he gave up in the end.

Times have changed.

"Ah? Are you leaving now? How about having dinner together tonight?"

"No, there are still some things."

"Then... shall I take you back?"

"You are busy, don't bother me! I have to go next door to talk to Professor Yuan about something."

……

Qiao Yu felt a little puzzled as he looked at Peter Schultz's lonely back.

Why did this person suddenly become depressed?
It can't be that I didn't get enough emotional value from him, right?

The adult world is too difficult to understand.

……

Almost at the same time, Pierre Delini and Lotte Dugan had checked into the hotel.

I have to say that the first class cabin of the wide-body aircraft is quite comfortable. At least there is enough space for movement, and the two of them rested well on the plane.

Especially Lot Dugan, who came to China for the first time, was in high spirits.

After putting away the luggage, I didn't rest but went to Pierre Delini's room.

"Aren't you tired?" Pierre Delini, who had already finished washing up, asked unceremoniously.

"Okay, you plan on going to bed now?"

"No, I plan to take a look at the paper first." As he spoke, Pierre Delini had already taken out the paper that Yu Wei and Chen Zhe had discussed.

Lott Dugan shrugged and said to himself, "I didn't expect China to be like this. To be honest, this place doesn't look like a developing country at all."

"I had this feeling when I came to China ten years ago. In fact, any American who comes to China for the first time probably has this feeling. If you live here for a while, you will find that China is now even more developed than the United States. It is definitely a holiday resort."

Pierre Delini replied casually.

Lott Dugan muttered: "So why do they still claim to be a developing country? This is unscientific."

"Because they are still developing. And you know what? Chinese people like to talk about per capita. China has a population of 1.4 billion. No matter how much they have achieved, as long as you calculate the average, it won't be so noticeable."

Pierre Delini shook his head and gave his answer.

This is indeed quite unsolvable.

It is true that as long as the denominator is large enough, the average will appear to be impeccable.

"Yes, but isn't that exactly what's scary about China? They have a population of 1.4 billion, but there are almost no homeless people! Just like what the driver said just now, he has lived in Beijing for more than 20 years and travels around every year, but he has never seen a homeless person! I couldn't even believe what he said was true.

Of course, I just walked through many blocks on the way to the hotel from the airport and didn't see a single homeless person. So how do they do it?"

When the denominator is large enough, this way of understanding is also top-notch and to the point.

Pierre Delini was silent for a moment, then he looked up at Lot Dugan, who was looking at the question from a tricky angle, and sighed in his heart.

In fact, he also wanted to know how the Chinese did it. Probably the whole world wanted to know, but what's the point of knowing it?
"I'm going to read the paper. Maybe you can ask the locals tomorrow about your doubts."

After that, Pierre Delini thought for a moment and added, "But I advise you not to ask. You are just a mathematician. Even if you know, it won't change anything."

(End of this chapter)