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At the same time, Qiao Yu was giving a presentation to freshmen of the College of Science at both Huaqing University and Yanbei University in the Centennial Auditorium of Yanbei University.

Richard landed on the moon with Thomas at approximately 3:20 PM China time.

This timing was clearly not favorable for Xida University. But there was nothing he could do; he could only focus on piquing people's curiosity.

It's impossible to accommodate their time in everything.

There are two main reasons why he didn't watch the live broadcast in person.

Qiao Yu was the chief commander of the lunar landing program, and he was very clear about the progress of the lunar base construction.

His computer not only contains the complete design drawings of the research base, but also receives high-resolution images every day.

It can be said that he watched day by day as that place gradually transformed from a pile of messy dirt into a neat and orderly place.

So it's long lost its novelty.

On the other hand, he had always wanted to go to the moon himself.

The lunar research base, where land is extremely valuable, even prepared a small office of about 20 square meters specifically for him.

Don't underestimate these 20 square meters. If you really want to calculate their value, it's worth at least ten of Bill Gates' villas, which were valued at $170 million back then.

This is based on the value of US dollars over the past decade. If converted to today's currency, it would be worth twice as much.

But it's of no use.

Although Qiao Yu had wanted to go to the moon to see it for a long time and even submitted an application, unfortunately, it was not approved.

It's fair to say that ever since Qiao Yu won the Fields Medal, almost everything has gone his way. The only exception was this matter; even after calculations showed a safety margin of over 80%, it was still directly rejected by his superiors.

There was absolutely no room for negotiation.

Unfortunately, no matter who Qiao Yu approached, it was to no avail. After all, the vetting process for boarding the spaceship was far too extensive and difficult.

No one would actually dare to let him in.

So I simply chose this time to give a presentation to the students in the special classes at Yanbei University and Tsinghua University.

This was also a task assigned to him by the school.

Qiao Yu is currently the only professor in both schools who has a formal teaching position but no mandatory teaching requirements.

So he felt embarrassed to refuse the school's arrangement to give presentations to a group of gifted teenagers every year.

In the words of the school leaders, this is an example of using the term "academic idol." Qiao Yu is an absolute idol in the eyes of the new generation of young geniuses, the youngest Fields Medal winner in the world…

He is also the only scholar in the world to have received the highest award in mathematics before the age of twenty.

It also solved the Riemann Hypothesis, a mathematical problem of the century. Furthermore, it proposed and refined a mathematical framework, which, through which it helped China solve several real-world technological challenges…

For the new generation of young people who genuinely love mathematics, if Qiao Yu isn't an idol, they really don't know who else to admire.

Even those famous mathematicians in history, including Newton, Riemann, Gauss, Fermat, etc., seem to be inferior to Qiao Yu.

John von Neumann can only be said to be similar to Qiao Yu in some ways.

In particular, Qiao Yu's many achievements are undisputed in contemporary times.

Even the system he created is now directly named after him.

Just like calculus isn't called Newton's integral or Leibniz's integral...

Even Qiao Yu's mentor dared not take credit.

These are not speculations, but rather the actual words Tian Yanzhen said in an interview.

Lao Tian even joked with the host at the time.

"Please don't try to make it seem like Qiao Yu's achievements have anything to do with me. I wouldn't dare admit it."

In fact, in the field of mathematics, mentors offer the least help to students. They can only help students choose a research topic.

If I were to rashly claim this credit, my supervisor would probably be angry. Don't get me into trouble.

This statement made the reporter quite embarrassed at the time.

But Tian Yanzhen knew very well that if the reporter's question, "You must have helped Qiao Yu a lot in his studies over the years, right?" reached Yuan Lao's ears, he would probably curse him out again.

In short, the publicity and hype from all sides over the years have indeed somewhat mythologized Qiao Yu.

Teachers who teach math, especially those who teach math competitions, often mention Qiao Yu.

The main change is that the Olympiad problems now include some basic problems on the algebra and geometry of George.

The main focus is on understanding modal numbers.

For example, given a modal number, prove whether there exists a modal inverse that makes a modal equation true.

Such as:

For example, the geometric diagrams of Geometric Algebraic Geometry:
The main reason is that the mathematics community has found that directly using the basic concepts of George algebraic geometry to screen young mathematical talents is indeed very reliable.

Because if you don't truly understand those abstract mathematical concepts, it's really difficult to learn this stuff smoothly just by doing practice problems.

Of course, this not only places higher demands on students, but also on current Olympiad coaches.

After all, you can only teach students if you understand it yourself. So when coaches are worn out and bald, they inevitably mention the still-young Qiao Yu a few times when explaining problems.

Especially considering that Qiao Yu is not only still alive and well, but is also younger than these Olympiad coaches.

It truly achieved the point that while the person was still alive, countless students and coaches were already complaining about him in private.

But the criticism is real, and so is the admiration. Especially for those new generation members who were selected to participate in the Olympiad.

If it's this hard to learn, what kind of brain must the person who created this thing have?

Therefore, in recent years, whenever Qiao Yu gave lectures to the gifted students of the science departments of Yanbei and Huaqing Universities, the venues were always packed. Anyone who has been to the science departments of Yanbei and Huaqing knows that the world of geniuses is actually quite disharmonious.

After all, everyone has high aspirations.

Although they may not show it intentionally, they always inadvertently put a lot of pressure on their colleagues when interacting with them.

Ironically, this immense pressure is the most deadly; those with slightly average talent will gradually become depressed and unhappy.

Especially those who entered the university's science department through the national college entrance examination often begin to doubt their own intelligence in front of these competition students...

This place, where life seems perfectly normal and there isn't much pressure, is actually the most stressful place, where you feel suffocated by final grades and classmates.
Every year, there are people who are so devastated that they question the meaning of life and even give up on themselves.

There's no other way; Yanbei and Huaqing have the confidence to issue academic warning letters or even expel students who consistently fail to meet GPA requirements.

Of course, these guys who suffer setbacks in college often regain their confidence quickly when they return to society...

It can only be said that the environment has a huge impact on people.

What Qiao Yu was doing at that moment was boosting the confidence of the most important group of these new students.

As for those less important ones...

In fact, Qiao Yu has always felt that if you are not suitable for scientific research, especially if you want to do basic mathematics and basic physics but do not have much aptitude, there is absolutely no need to go down this path.

"...Today I want to talk to you about research issues in basic mathematics and basic physics."

First of all, I want to tell you that anything involving the word "basic" is often far removed from practical application.

Unlike applied research, it doesn't offer quick returns. In fact, many people consider it almost useless.

Moreover, conducting basic research is extremely difficult! According to statistics, 90% of contemporary mathematicians or theoretical physicists who engage in basic research live mediocre lives.

So every year I tell students like you that if you feel that learning is difficult now, and you have to work very hard or even stay up all night to cram for problems just to barely get an A grade, do not choose to do basic research.

Even if you're incredibly wealthy, it's best not to choose this path. The world today offers a vast and diverse range of research directions; you should choose to focus on applied research.

But if you feel you have the talent, or if we provide a quantifiable standard, you can easily master the undergraduate courses and achieve an A or higher in every subject without much effort.

So I sincerely say to these students, please don't give up on basic scientific research. Because although you may not see the benefits in the short term, in the long run, these fundamental breakthroughs often bring about tremendous breakthroughs in human civilization.

Here I'll use an example Professor Tao once gave. Everyone should be familiar with Kepler's orange problem. This was a problem Kepler posed in 1611: how to stack spheres as compactly as possible in a space?
The answer to this question is actually quite obvious, as practice has already provided the answer. And you can see it simply by going to a supermarket. The hexagonal stacking method used by stock clerks is basically the densest stacking method available.

However, it took fundamental mathematicians more than three hundred years, until this century, to provide a rigorous proof.

But that's not all. Mathematician Marina received a Fields Medal for her outstanding contributions to the problem of stacking spheres in eight-dimensional and twenty-four-dimensional spaces.

From the perspective of ordinary people, this medal makes no sense. After all, most people don't understand the concept of eight-dimensional space in mathematics, let alone what use studying such a thing could have.

But I believe that you students here will be able to understand. Because you will soon learn the relevant skills and discover how significant they are to the lives of people today.

Especially in this era of widespread mobile phone use, the methods and approaches engineers use to solve the problem of efficiently encoding signals from multiple devices in an infinite spectrum so that they do not interfere with each other become particularly important.

This is the charm of basic science. Through exploration and rigorous proof, we can define the theoretical upper limit of a problem, thus setting a correct benchmark for applied researchers and preventing countless people from wasting time on impossible solutions!

The purpose of our basic research is to pursue the most fundamental questions about the world. This requires stripping away all the complexities of reality to think about the underlying logic that drives the world's operation.

Similarly, just like the generalized modal axiomatic system I proposed, which is the introductory theory of Cho's algebraic geometry that you will encounter in your junior year, its initial purpose was simply to solve a series of prime number problems.

But we soon discovered that the system I built made a huge contribution to optimizing the computational process of computers. Especially in quantum computing, it could even be said that multimodal space makes it possible for electronic computers to simulate quantum computing!

How widespread will the application of quantum simulation computing technology be once we master it? New materials research, lunar exploration projects, artificial intelligence, weather forecasting, and even the lunar construction that everyone knows about, all rely on our technology now.

Here I must say something not so modest. My research is changing the way the world works! Students, this is the charm of basic research! And also the charm of mathematics!

When Qiao Yu said these words, his expression was calm and indifferent. After all, he wasn't boasting, but stating a fact that was universally acknowledged by the academic and engineering communities worldwide.

Of course, the students in the audience didn't think that Qiao Yu on stage was showing off.

After all, even they felt that it was pointless for Academician Qiao to show off in front of them.

Indeed, it has made many students hope that one day they can sit on the stage like Qiao Yu and say these irrefutable words.

"So, dear students, your generation is the generation that has officially begun human civilization's interstellar exploration. All the laws you see and encounter now may be overturned in the future through interstellar exploration."

Let your imagination run wild. Does the vast universe truly follow the same set of laws? What lies at the end of a black hole? Do dark matter and dark energy truly exist and continue to drive the expansion of the universe?

These and other questions await your unraveling. This is why we need generation after generation to study fundamental disciplines and find their applications.

Interstellar exploration is a path for which our predecessors have not provided much experience. However, it is an essential path for the advancement of human civilization! We need the resources of our solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and even the entire universe to grow and thrive!

Instead of being confined to a small planet, I hope everyone will remember this, no matter what choices they make in the future. We have shown you the way forward; your task is to walk that path successfully!

As Qiao Yu spoke, Richard and Thomas, who were landing on the moon for the first time, finally mastered how to move around on the moon and became more and more adept at it.

Even one of the four astronauts who came to greet them from the moon turned around and gave them a thumbs up.

After walking for a few minutes, a three-story building soon came into Richard's view.

It is also presented to netizens around the world.

Of course, this didn't create any visual impact, as it's just a small building that can be found anywhere on Earth.

Even if it appeared on the moon, it would only elicit a few exclamations of amazement at most!
But the densely packed and neatly arranged solar panels on the small hill behind the building left Richard speechless for a moment!

What is an industrial miracle?

That's probably it!

Television always says that China is the world's most powerful country in the photovoltaic industry.

However, many people do not have an intuitive understanding of just how powerful it is.

At this moment, power begins to materialize! (End of Chapter)