A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 147 Award Presenter: Schultz!

"Please take a look at this paper first!"

Having anticipated this, Taragra smiled mysteriously and handed the previously printed paper to Konnie.

"A special solution to the cubic Diophantine equation?"

Upon seeing this paper, Kong Nie's eyes widened, and he had already roughly guessed what was going on.

But it was precisely because he had guessed it that his eyes widened even more!
"Have you read this paper?"

Talagran also gleaned a conjecture from Konne's reaction.

"Hui Chen?" Kong Nie asked, calming himself down.

“It’s him!” Taragra gave an affirmative answer.

"Is he really that contestant from China?"

This time, it was the student standing behind Kong Nie who exclaimed in surprise.

This was undoubtedly very impolite, but in his shock, he had forgotten all such formalities.

"Of course!"

Taragra nodded again, "We've already confirmed with the Chinese national team!"

The student, Kong Nie, gaped open and was momentarily speechless.

Not long ago, he thought that the Chinese contestants were high-scoring but lacked ability and would hardly achieve anything in the field of mathematics. In the blink of an eye, they published a paper in a core journal. Not to mention the future, at least now their achievements in the field of mathematics are on par with his.

So, is it that this person is different, or has China changed?
Kong Nie shook his head with a wry smile, "Isn't this just a coincidence? They don't like you, but they don't like me either!"

"You've already contacted him?"

Taragran was greatly surprised and exclaimed sincerely, "You truly have keen insight!"

Konnie shook his head and then recounted to Taragra what had happened in the lawn classroom.

"He is indeed a rare genius!"

After listening, Taragra gave his evaluation again.

So who exactly is his teacher?

"Even a Philharmonic Award winner couldn't poach his girlfriend?"

Kong Nie shook his head. He was indeed prepared to investigate Chen Hui's background, but the ocean barrier meant that even the internet could not completely eliminate the obstacles brought about by this distance. Differences in culture and customs meant that they could not find much useful information in a short period of time.

After thinking for a moment, he picked up the phone again and dialed the number of Hoffmann, the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.

"Congratulations, Hoffmann, you've hit the jackpot!"

The first thing he said when the call connected surprised the person on the other end.

Then, before Hoffman could unleash his tirade, Koonne spoke up, "Do you know how young the author of that article published in your magazine is?"

The insults were already on the tip of his tongue, but Hoffman held back. He didn't say anything, though. If Konné couldn't give him a satisfactory answer, he wouldn't mind spitting out the words he had swallowed, and spitting them in Konné's face.

"Sixteen years old!"

Sixteen years old!

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Hoffman completely forgot about any insults he had used.
"You mean that paper, 'A Special Solution to the Cubic Diophantine Equation'?"

Kong Nie had just asked about the author information of this paper not long ago, so his call now could only be related to this paper.

"That's right!"

"That little guy is currently in Thackeray for the IMO!"

Connie gave an affirmative answer.

"even!"

"Who would have thought that you old geezer would one day spout ivory from a dog's mouth!"

Hoffman beamed with delight. "Thanks for sharing this news with me, old buddy!"

"And thank you for not scolding me today, old buddy."

Kong Nie smiled and said, "This is something I'm not used to at all!"

"son of a bitch!"

Hoffman hung up the phone immediately after making a single sarcastic remark.

Excited, he immediately sat up from his chair, went to his computer, opened his email again, found the submission email, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

A journal's influence can greatly benefit an author, but at the same time, a journal's influence can also be enhanced by outstanding authors.

To be able to write a paper of this caliber at the age of sixteen, one can only imagine what the future holds!

At his age, the only people who can surpass him are a few well-known names in the mathematics world.

For example, Gauss discovered the binomial theorem at age 11, proposed a geometric proof at age 12, proposed the prime number distribution theorem and the least squares method at age 18, and first proposed and rigorously proved the quadratic reciprocity law at age 19...

Chen Hui's paper on the solution of the cubic Diophantine equation is comparable to the achievements made by Gauss at the same age!

He had no reason not to think highly of this young man.

Even if his magnum opus later might not be published in the Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, as the first journal to publish this genius, it will still be able to bask in some of his brilliance.

Furthermore, if they can build a good relationship with this young genius, his papers might be published in their journal in the future.

For the real mathematicians, the so-called top four journals are not that important, because their results, even if published on social media, can still cause a sensation in the mathematics community.

Of course, he didn't know if the little guy could achieve such results, but that didn't stop him from building a good relationship with the little guy now, or even recruiting him for his own use!
Once the idea took hold, it grew wildly in Hoffmann's mind like weeds, and could never be extinguished.

Soon, he left his office and went to the campus of the University of Bonn, heading straight towards the Faculty of Mathematics, where the University of Bonn's legend resides—the youngest full professor in German history and the youngest winner of the Feynman Prize!

He was very self-aware; he knew he was no match for Chen Hui. Otherwise, Kong Nie wouldn't have made that call, but would have taken advantage of his proximity to Chen Hui.

The fact that Kong Nie made this call indicates that he was unable to accept the little guy as a student.

Since even Kong Nie couldn't do it, it would be pointless for him to go.

But there is one person who definitely can!
He believed that no one in the mathematics community today could refuse Schultz's invitation.

……

On September 14th, a light drizzle began to fall again. September in Paris is always like this, easily drawing people into a romantic atmosphere.

The IMO awards ceremony and closing ceremony were held in a basketball court. Hundreds of participants braved the light rain and entered the stadium like rivers flowing into the sea. In the front row, China, the United States, and Canada have always been strong contenders in the IMO, and their results this year were no exception, so they naturally deserved to sit in the front row.

As for the island nation's representative team, they were still sitting in the middle to back position. Even though they won the team championship last year, they were unable to earn a better position for themselves. The fact proved the organizer's foresight, as they were brought back to reality this year.

The host on stage spoke energetically, first the chairman of the organizing committee, then Principal Thackeray, then the Mayor of Paris... but not many people were listening attentively. This was surprisingly consistent; the speeches were all long and tedious, and none of the students paid any attention.

In the US team, John and Tom glanced subtly in the direction of the Chinese team. They saw the guy, but they didn't see the kind of emotion they were hoping for on the faces of these people.

"Why haven't we heard anything about that guy being disqualified from the competition?"

"The news just hasn't spread yet; he'll definitely have his results canceled!"

John and Tom discussed it in hushed tones.

"Now, please welcome our special guest award presenter for this IMO, Professor Schultz from the University of Bern!"

The host's enthusiastic voice finally attracted everyone's attention. When everyone in the venue heard the name, the whole place erupted in an uproar, followed by a chorus of exclamations like waves. It was as if a swarm of bees had flown into the stadium, buzzing for quite some time.

The commotion only subsided slightly when Schultz actually stepped onto the main stage.

"Six participants achieved perfect scores at this IMO, one of whom received a special award. Now, please welcome Alexander Maximov from the Goose and Hui Chen from China to the stage to receive their awards!"

In the end, the host used the power of technology—a large sound system—to suppress the chaotic discussions in the venue, or perhaps everyone had been waiting for this moment.

John and Tom exchanged a glance, looking somewhat bewildered as Chen Hui walked onto the stage to receive the award.

What made them even more desperate was that Chen Hui not only got a perfect score, but also won a special prize!

Gao Zhen sat in the island nation's team, looking at the podium, his mind blank.

[Congratulations, host! You have won first place in the international competition. Free attribute points +1]

Standing on the podium, holding the trophy, and looking at the comments on the screen, Chen Hui smiled happily.

This laughter, like sunlight, stung the rats hiding in the dark corners.

"congratulations!"

As the award presenter Schultz looked at the young man before him, he seemed to see himself in him.

"Thank you!"

Chen Hui responded politely, saying that he had heard the name of this genius mathematician so many times that he was tired of hearing it, and now that he had finally met him, he felt like a legend had come true.

"Would you be interested in coming to the University of Bern and becoming my student?"

When Schultz handed the trophy to Chen Hui, he smiled and said something seemingly casually.

The other IMO perfect scorers on the podium were already gaping in disbelief. They knew, of course, that Chen Hui had rejected the Phil Medal winner, Kohn, a few days ago, but the one extending the invitation to Chen Hui now was Schultz!

It's like characters like Guo Jing, Xiao Feng, and Xiaoyaozi from Jin Yong's novels asking a young man if he'd like to become his disciple.

Who could refuse this?
Even with Schultz's current achievements and reputation in the mathematics community, it is no less than that.

"Sorry, I already have a teacher!"

However, Schulz received the same answer as Konne and Tarragran.

Li Zehan almost berated Chen Hui on the spot for being foolish. This was Schultz, not Konnie or Taragra, but in this situation, he ultimately didn't have the courage.

Deng Leyan and Wang Xiao were breathing rapidly, their eyes somewhat glazed over.

That's Schulz!
How dare he?

Is he crazy?

"What a pity!"

Schulz laughed and echoed the same sentiment as Konnie.

But compared to Konne and Taragra, he was much more indifferent. After reading Chen Hui's paper and meeting Chen Hui in person, he was indeed very interested in this little guy.

He also won an IMO gold medal at the age of sixteen, and this boy really looks a lot like him!
However, he was only interested and did not necessarily want to take this student on as a student. He was in his prime and had many things to do. He believed that he could achieve even greater results and that no matter how strong this kid was, he could not be stronger than him!

He agreed to be an award presenter not entirely because of Chen Hui, but simply because he happened to have some free time, had heard of this person, and was curious to come and see for himself.

……

“Mr. Taragram, this is not fair. He has already received advanced mathematics education, and then he participates in the competition and wins the special prize. This is not fair to the other contestants!”

In the IMO organizing committee office, the US team leader lodged a strong protest with Taragran.

"enough!"

"The Huaxia team has submitted Hui Chen's student status information, which complies with the competition regulations. At the same time, the answer sheets of several full-mark contestants have been published on the official website. If you can find anything inappropriate, please feel free to report it to the organizing committee."

"But please don't make unreasonable demands without any evidence!"

Taragran was too lazy to waste his time on this kind of trash.

Chen Hui was the same; he didn't even have time to care who reported him. Once he got the Freedom attribute points, he immediately chose to add them after returning to the hotel.

"Give me some creativity!"

In an instant, before Chen Hui could even bring up the panel to check the attributes, a stream of inspirations sprang up in his mind like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. The inspirations he hadn't been able to grasp in the past few days returned once again.

And this time, it's even clearer!
Boom!

Like lightning flashing across the dark sky, it illuminated Chen Hui's chaotic mind.

"Mirror symmetry!"

"That's it, the key is mirror symmetry!"

Under these circumstances, Chen Hui quickly grasped the key to breaking the deadlock!

Physics and mathematics are closely related, but physicists usually use mathematics as a tool to solve problems encountered in physics.

Chen Hui was the same way before!
But is it possible that mathematics is physics?
Physics is also mathematics!
Mathematical structures and physical phenomena share a common origin; the algebraic constraints of topological order correspond to the analytic properties of automorphic forms; the discreteness of experimental observables corresponds to the number-theoretical rigidity of modular coefficients; and high-dimensional topological responses correspond to the fiberization lifting of low-dimensional Langlands responses…

Once such a symmetric relationship is established, and once it is accepted that "the symmetry and response of a physical system are essentially geometric realizations of number-theoretic objects," then all technical problems can be transformed into combinatorial innovations using existing mathematical tools.

This leap in thinking will completely change the research paradigm of condensed matter physics, making it an "experimental telescope" for exploring the mathematical universe!
Countless inspirations collided in Chen Hui's mind, like the beginning of chaos and the creation of the universe, a great road leading to the heavens was already unfolding before Chen Hui.

Of course, if Chen Hui wants to truly reach the other side, he still needs to use these inspirations to pave the way for the future.

Step by step, we will establish a standard model of "topology-number theory", develop experimentally measurable "modal probes", and finally construct a high-dimensional Langlands-topology theory!

The pen danced across the draft paper, and inspiration transformed into symbols appearing on the pristine white surface. Chen Hui was completely immersed in the process.

(End of this chapter)