The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 117, Chern’s proposal, twelve papers, Shing-Tung Yau is a postman, refusing an interview with People’s Daily?
In a small conference room at the Jingxi Hotel, a group of people were having a meeting. Shiing-Shen Chern and Shing-Tung Yau were not there.

Zhou Peiyuan, Hua Luogeng, Su Buqing, Duan Xuefu, Fang Lihe and others were all here. They were all big shots, and Li Rui had no say at all.

Even though Li Rui held the trump card of Wang Duoyu, it was useless.

A single king can be easily blown up. Only when the big and small kings are together can it be a real king bomb. Unfortunately, Harbin Institute of Technology does not have a king bomb.

But whether it was the Beijing representatives such as Zhou Peiyuan and Duan Xuefu, or the Shanghai representatives such as Su Buqing, they also did not have a trump card.

Su Buqing represented Fudan University. Since Shanghai was very famous before liberation and was not the capital, it would definitely be a more suitable venue for the academic conference.

So Su Buqing also had to fight for it.

They now need to reach a consensus on where to hold the academic conference?

Now there are Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing, Fudan University in Shanghai and Harbin Institute of Technology in Beijing. Someone also mentioned Sun Yat-sen University in Baiyun City, and that is Professor Lu Qikeng.

Lu Qikeng graduated from CUHK and he is from Chancheng, Cantonese, so it is normal for him to make such suggestions.

What’s strange is that when Lu Qikeng mentioned Zhongda University in Baiyun City, many people did not strongly object. Why?
Because what Lu Qikeng said makes a lot of sense, that is, Baiyun City is very close to Hong Kong Island. For those foreigners, it is safer to attend academic conferences at CUHK.

Li Rui was helpless and could only wait for everyone to express their opinions. Harbin Institute of Technology was too weak and had little say.

In fact, if Wang Duoyu was not a student of their school, Li Rui would not be sitting here.

"Okay, let's stop discussing this. Let's hold the academic conference in Beijing. Beijing is the most suitable place." Zhou Peiyuan frowned and couldn't help but interrupt:
"Peking University has a considerable international reputation, so it's more appropriate for us to come to Beijing. Let's not waste our time. Besides, Professor Chern won't stay in Beijing for long, so we still need to find a way to convince him."

After Zhou Peiyuan finished speaking, Hua Luogeng, Duan Xuefu, Wu Wenjun and others nodded in agreement. This was the general trend and everyone could only accept this result.

More than an hour later, Shiing-Shen Chern and Shing-Tung Yau were invited into the same small conference room.

"President Zhou, Director Hua, have you already discussed this? Are you really unwilling to hold this academic conference at Berkeley?"

Chen Xingshen didn't exchange many pleasantries and quickly got to the point. Zhou Peiyuan smiled and said,

"Yes, Professor Chen, although there may not be that many international friends coming to hold an academic seminar in Beijing, it doesn't matter. We are already prepared to welcome guests, and there will be absolutely no problem."

Hearing this, Chen Xingshen couldn't help but sigh:

"Principal Zhou, you're rushing things. You've barely had any contact with the outside world over the past few years. How much preparation can you possibly make now that you're in such a rush?"

"Why not let Berkeley host this academic conference? At least we won't let you down."

Although what Chen Xingshen said was true, Zhou Peiyuan also had his own reasons.

You can't give up just because you haven't communicated, right?

Hua Luogeng, Wu Wenjun, Duan Xuefu and others have all studied abroad in Europe and the United States, and have no problem communicating with foreigners.

It is likely that young people such as Chen Jingrun, Tao Fangqi, and Feng Kang are not very proficient in foreign languages, but they are not the main force. College students and postgraduate students like Wang Duoyu are the real main force.

For an academic conference with such a great influence, both Hua Luogeng and Zhou Peiyuan hope that more young people can participate. Even if they don’t understand, it’s okay to feel it.

Chen Shiing-Shen still wanted to argue, but the reasons put forward by Zhou Peiyuan and others made him unable to refute.

No matter what, Zhou Peiyuan and his team didn't want to miss such an opportunity, and it was impossible for them to miss it.

We must take this step firmly and bravely.

Even though he proposed that Wang Duoyu hold a lecture at Peking University and Berkeley respectively, it was refuted by Zhou Peiyuan and others.

How can it be held twice?

If this is true, I am afraid that by then there will be even fewer mathematicians willing to come to the capital, so this is definitely not possible.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. In principle, I agree to your request and I will do my best to help you. However, I cannot guarantee how many people are willing to come to the capital."

After a long silence, Chen Shiing-Shen finally gave in.

Since Berkeley is unable to host this lecture, we will do it next time.

Things are finally over here.

In the President's Office at Harbin Institute of Technology, Liu Deben received a call from Secretary Li and learned about this matter. He couldn't help but slap his thigh and said:

"Oh, how come Peking University snatched it away? This is such a great opportunity!"

That was an academic conference. The people attending the conference were mathematics professors, doctors, and others from all over the world. For Harbin Institute of Technology, their arrival was an excellent opportunity for communication.

Pity!
The arm cannot twist the thigh. Harbin Institute of Technology’s connections at this level are indeed not as good as those of Peking University.

Tsinghua University is also very awesome. After all, people like Hua Luogeng and Shiing-Shen Chern graduated from Tsinghua University. But it is still not as good as Peking University. Who made Peking University President Zhou Peiyuan the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences?

After June, the Chinese Academy of Sciences no longer had a president because Lao Guo retired and only the vice president was in charge.

Well, actually Lao Guo died of illness. After all, he was already 86 years old.

Without the dean, the vice-dean is in charge.

Apart from Zhou Peiyuan, Peking University is, after all, China's top institution of higher learning. During the professor evaluation in the 1950s, Peking University had 38 first-level professors, 61 second-level professors, and 49 third-level professors, becoming the institution of higher learning with the most professors among all universities in the country.

Tsinghua University has only 46 professors at level three and above, not even a fraction of Peking University. How can it compare with Peking University?

Therefore, even Tsinghua University has no way to beat Peking University for the time being.

"By the way, Professor Chern also said that he hopes to meet Wang Duoyu, so please arrange to bring him to Beijing in the next two days."

After a pause, Li Rui continued on the phone:
"Remember to remind him that Professor Shiing-Shen Chern is very optimistic about him and may even suggest that he study abroad at UC Berkeley. My biggest worry is that Professor Chern may want Wang Duoyu to study for a doctorate under him."

"Old Liu, you have to be more careful. Don't let anyone easily kidnap Wang Duoyu."

Liu Deben was shocked all over and his smile froze.

In the office of the Department of Computational Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology, Wang Duoyu is writing a paper and working hard on calculations.

Some time ago, after he handed the main memory to Shan Yunbo and Chu Yuheng and brought it back to Beijing, the high-speed array processor project came to a temporary halt. The dual-axis gyroscope drift test bench prototype project had also entered its final stages. According to Dai Wenyue, a final verification calculation was expected around mid-December, at which point the entire project would be nearly complete.

Once the project is completed, he can retire.

Therefore, in addition to replying to letters, Wang Duoyu was writing papers.

Unlike the previous paper proving the Poincaré conjecture in four-dimensional space, this paper is about an algebraic problem in mathematical physics, and he needs to solve a huge challenge first.

That is to understand the algebraic mechanisms behind quantum integrable systems.

This challenge is very great and it is easy to overdo the paper. In just less than a week, Wang Duoyu had already "overdone" twelve papers.

In particular, he studied the homological properties of three-dimensional and four-dimensional Skrianin algebras and Skrianin algebras, and published many papers.

Skrianin algebra is actually non-commutative algebra. Wang Duoyu mainly constructs and studies non-commutative algebra to deeply analyze the algebraic structure of Hopf algebra.

Because the Hopf algebras related to the theory of quantum integrable systems are neither commutative nor cocommutative, such Hopf algebras are called quantum groups in Wang Duoyu's paper, and they have Poisson-Lie groups as their classical limits.

It turns out that the universal envelope algebra of semisimple Lie algebras (and more generally Kac–Moody algebras) has canonical quantization.

Since it involves physics, Wang Duoyu feels that his next step should be to read more physics-related papers, or to talk to physicists.

Just when he was writing his thirteenth paper, Liu Deben suddenly walked into the office.

"Principal Liu, how come you have time to come here? Please take a seat. Xiao Su, please pour some water."

When Liu Taoshun saw the person coming, he stood up in surprise and greeted him warmly, while at the same time asking Su Zhenghuai to pour tea and water.

"Well, I'm here to look for Xiao Wang." Liu Deben smiled. Wang Duoyu, hearing the noise at this time, was quite curious: Why would the principal, such a busy man, come to look for him?

After some pleasantries, Liu Deben finally got straight to the point and said to Wang Duoyu:

"Student Wang, this is the situation. A few days ago..."

Through Liu Deben's oral narration, Wang Duoyu learned about so many things that had happened in the capital. He also knew why he had not received a reply from the "Annals of Mathematics", because the letter was with Shing-Tung Yau.

It is equivalent to Shing-Tung Yau becoming a "postman" to help him deliver letters.

Wang Duoyu nodded from time to time, his expression was very calm, and he didn't feel much.

Be it Shing-Tung Yau or Shiing-Shen Chern, Wang Duoyu has met many big men in his life, such as Hua Luogeng and others. So when he heard about the big men whom he had only heard about on TV and in books before, he felt no waves in his heart.

But Liu Taoshun, Su Zhenghuai, Yang Xiuhua, Shao Zongjian and others opened their eyes wide and held their breath.

why?
Although they have not heard of Shing-Tung Yau, they definitely know Shiing-Shen Chern.

Shiing-Shen Chern was a contemporary of Hua Luogeng. Before liberation, he was also a professor of mathematics at Southwest Associated University and served as acting director of the Institute of Mathematics at the Academia Sinica in Nanjing. He was a leading figure in mathematics, so professors of the Department of Computational Mathematics like Liu Taoshun must have heard of Chern's name.

"Professor Chen Xingshen wants to see you now. Secretary Li has already told me, so I plan to take you to the capital. We'll leave tonight."

After hearing Liu Deben's words, Wang Duoyu subconsciously refused.

It's not appropriate to rush to meet someone like this.

Just because the other person is from the United States, do I have to go and see him/her so eagerly?

That doesn't make sense!

"Principal, I'm in the critical period of writing my thesis. Can you give me another day? How about we set off tomorrow night?"

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"And I promised Staff Officer Lin that if I go out, I need to notify him and he will send someone to escort me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Deben immediately said:
"It's okay, everything is based on you. As for protecting you, I will call the security department when the time comes. There will definitely be no problem."

To be honest, Liu Deben was also very conflicted. On the one hand, he hoped that Wang Duoyu could communicate with Shiing-Shen Chern and Shing-Tung Yau. After all, they were from the United States and were knowledgeable.

At the same time, Qiu Chengtong also helped solve the problem of professional mathematics journals, and Liu Deben is a person who will repay the favor.

But on the other hand, Liu Deben did not want Wang Duoyu to meet Chen Shiing-Shen, because he was afraid that Chen Shiing-Shen would really "hook up" Wang Duoyu.

So, after Wang Duoyu made an excuse to postpone his trip to the capital for one day, Liu Deben didn't think much about it and immediately agreed.

The matter ended here, but at this moment, Wu Congqin appeared at the office door.

He walked in and saw that Principal Liu Deben was there too. He was stunned for a moment. Han Jue next to him had already spoken first:

"Principal, we just received a call from the Beijing People's Daily saying that their reporting team is ready and on their way to the school."

Han Jue is the director of the Harbin Institute of Technology's school committee office. His power and responsibilities are not great, but they are definitely not small.

The People's Daily sent a team to interview Wang Duoyu. They should have come with their colleagues from the Hong Kong Commercial Daily a few days ago, but were delayed due to some matters.

The capital city has been very lively recently.

It was not just because of Chen Xingshen, there were other things as well, so the People's Daily did not have that many people to send to Harbin Institute of Technology to carry out the interview mission.

Upon hearing this, Liu Deben slapped his forehead, turned his head in frustration and looked at Wang Duoyu:

"Mr. Duoyu, I forgot to tell you just now that the People's Daily has sent a team of reporters and they want to interview you."

After the other party finished speaking, Wang Duoyu couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Principal, I told you last time that I don't like this kind of thing because it's a huge waste of my time. I should be spending my time on research. Interviews are meaningless. Having my name in the newspaper won't do me any good. On the contrary, it might even bring me bad things."

"So, Principal, I don't want to see these people. Please let them go back."

Others would like to be in the newspapers every day, but Wang Duoyu doesn’t have such an idea.

Unlike appearing in magazines and newspapers under a pseudonym, if he accepts an interview with People's Daily, not only his name but even his photo will appear in the newspaper.

To be honest, he really doesn't like it!
(End of this chapter)