A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 203 Dialogue with Academicians
"Old Cheng, it's not that I'm complaining, but you know I still have several projects on hand, and everyone is waiting for supercomputing-assisted proof and verification. The supercomputing resources I have are already insufficient for everyone."

"You mean you want me to get you some more, right?"

"If the institute could coordinate some more supercomputing resources for me, that would be even better."

Zhang Jiping initially accepted all offers, making an exorbitant demand, but upon seeing Cheng Taiyue's expression, he immediately changed his tune, "Of course, I know about the difficulties in the hospital..."

Yanbei University is indeed very wealthy, with four supercomputing platforms: Weiming No. 1, Weiming Life Science No. 1, Weiming Teaching No. 1 and No. 2. Each of these four supercomputing platforms has its own purpose.

Life Science No. 1 is used exclusively in biological sciences.

The Teaching No. 2 is relatively weak and is usually used for teaching demonstrations for students.

Yanbei University has more research teams, but its supercomputing resources are not much more abundant than those of Jiangcheng University. In many cases, Teaching Unit 2 is used to distribute pork among the students.

Cheng Taiyue glanced at Zhang Jiping, then turned to Tian Yang, who was sitting at the head of the right, and asked, "Tian Yang, are you sure you're okay being away for half a month?"

"no problem."

Tian Yang nodded.

Even without Cheng Taiyue's arrangement, if Chen Hui had any requests, he would have made time for Chen Hui for ten or eight days, so there was naturally no objection now.

"it is good."

Cheng Taiyue turned to Zhang Jiping again, "You were gone for half a month, are you alright now?"

Before Zhang Jiping could speak, Cheng Taiyue looked at the next person and said, "Old Jiang, you'll also be out for half a month."

"Old Wen, you'll be out for half a month."

"Ding Jian, you'll be gone for ten days..."

In less than ten seconds, Cheng Taiyue had completed all the arrangements.

"Okay, let's discuss going to Jiangcheng University next."

Cheng Taiyue looked at Tian Yang and said, "Old Tian, ​​you will lead the team there under the guise of learning and exchange, and have more contact with Chen Hui. If he has any other conditions, you can discuss them with me."

Although it was called a discussion, Cheng Taiyue had already made arrangements.

"Okay, let's break up the meeting!"

With a clean and efficient motion, Cheng Taiyue picked up his notebook and walked straight out of the conference room.

A meeting, excluding waiting time, lasts less than five minutes in total.

The others in the meeting room looked at each other, somewhat helpless, but everyone knew that this was just the way the dean was.

……

In the president's office at Jiangcheng University, Wang Qiming said worriedly to the middle-aged man behind the desk, "President Zhang, these people from Yanbei University don't seem to have any good intentions!"

"Learning and exchanging ideas?"

"The School of Mathematics at Yanbei University is so arrogant, they'd actually come to our Jiangcheng University for study and exchange? This is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing!"

"This is probably a case of ulterior motives."

"If you ask me, we should just refuse their visit."

"reject?"

Zhang Pingwen looked up at Wang Qiming and asked, "What, you're not planning to stay in Chinese academic circles anymore?"

Despite being the president of Jiangcheng University, Zhang Pingwen also has a background in mathematics and was invited to give a 45-minute presentation at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 18. Even if he didn't pursue an administrative career, he would still be a very accomplished mathematician.

Of course, this also explains why he still has a strong affection for the School of Mathematics, which is why Wang Qiming came to find him.

"Let them come if they want to."

Zhang Pingwen said confidently, "We'll deal with whatever comes our way. You were able to poach Yanbei's CMO, so why are you losing confidence now?"

“I know Chen Hui. As long as we don’t mistreat him, he won’t leave Jiangcheng University.”

Not personally meeting Chen Hui doesn't mean he wasn't paying attention to Chen Hui. Although the School of Mathematics is a weak discipline, figures like Chen Hui and Yuan Xinyi have long transcended the scope of the discipline. Not only him, but also those above him are paying attention to Chen Hui.

"hey-hey."

Wang Qiming suddenly smiled and said, "Well, there's something I need to ask Principal Zhang for."

"Chen Hui recently had a research project that required supercomputing, and he came to me to apply for it, but I couldn't make the decision. So, how come Principal Zhang approved it?"

"Tell me, how long do you want to apply?"

Zhang Pingwen smiled slightly. He knew Wang Qiming was coming to ask for benefits again, but as long as it was for Chen Hui, why not give him more?

"Not much, only three months!"

"?"

"how long?"

“Three months!” Wang Qiming said decisively.

"roll!"

Zhang Pingwen pointed to the office door.

"I'm not kidding. Why don't you take a look at this research proposal first?"

Wang Qiming handed the materials compiled by Chen Hui to Zhang Pingwen. If it were any other dean, he might have worried that the other party wouldn't understand them, but with Zhang Pingwen, he didn't have that problem.

As the sun rose in the east and set in the west, the light in the office gradually dimmed, and Zhang Pingwen finally looked up from the research proposal.

His brows remained furrowed, his eyes unfocused, lost in deep thought.

After some time, he said, "The next round of supercomputing resource allocation conference is the day after tomorrow. If you can convince the others, I have no objection."

"clear."

Wang Qiming walked out of the principal's office with a smile.

Some things may not be explicitly stated, but those who understand will understand.

……

Wednesday afternoon, in the lecture hall of Building 5.

The first-year students of the School of Mathematics at Jiangcheng University sat in the classroom, feeling apprehensive and as if walking on thin ice.

It's been almost a month since school started, and after a few classes, the classroom is almost empty. Those students who were there to watch the excitement have decided to put aside their curiosity for now and make sure they're mentally sound after a few classes on functional analysis. Otherwise, they feel like they'll go crazy if they keep listening.

Similarly, some students in the mathematics department who had chosen this course also decided to tactically give it up for now.

The remaining students were all willing to continue learning, but today, in the last row of the classroom, seven unfamiliar faces sat there quietly, making the air in the classroom seem stagnant.

Of these seven people, three are elderly and four are young.

We're all from the School of Mathematics, how could we not recognize these people? Although they haven't appeared in textbooks yet, they're already household names.

Tian Yang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was the presenter at the one-hour lecture of the International Congress of Mathematicians. E Weinan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a recipient of the Feng Kang Scientific Computing Award, the Collatz Award, the ICIAM Maxwell Award, and the Kármán Award. In addition to the three senior members, the remaining four young people are also outstanding young scientists.

These people are a visiting team from Yanbei University who came to exchange and study. They only submitted their visit application two days ago, and they have already arrived today. Chen Hui did not expect such speed.

What was even more unexpected was that, upon arrival, they immediately came to listen to my lecture.

This made Chen Hui feel somewhat flattered.

Since the delegation from Yanbei University had arrived, Wang Qiming and Yuan Xinyi were naturally there as well. As the hosts, they were obliged to accompany them on the tour.

Even if the students don't usually follow the mathematics community or know big names like Tian Yang and E Weinan, they still know Wang Qiming and Yuan Xinyi. From their attitude, they can guess that the identities of those elderly people are not simple.

Of course, this did not interrupt Chen Hui's plan; he continued to teach as usual.

“Last lesson we analyzed the orthogonal decomposition of Hilbert space. Today we will move on to the more general Banach space—there is no ‘compass’ of inner product, but there is still a profound geometric structure.”

Chen Hui turned around and drew a spiraling curve on the blackboard. The screeching sound of chalk rubbing against the board made the whole classroom hold its breath.

He paused abruptly, his gaze sweeping across the audience: "Just like you rowing a boat on East Lake, if you consider the boat's trajectory as a curve, then the dynamics of the entire body of water are hidden in the differential structure of the Sobolev space."

"Professor, is this similar to using Banach space to describe the state of a particle in quantum mechanics?"

A student in the front row raised their hand.

"A brilliant analogy!" Chen Hui's eyes lit up, and he casually wrote "weak* topology" on the blackboard. "It's like a modern extension of the 'method of equations' in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, but we'll use a sharper tool—compact operators and functional duality..."

Once Chen Hui started the class, he stopped paying attention to the big shots at the back of the classroom.

Surprisingly, the students did the same, becoming completely absorbed in the course.

E Weinan and Tian Yang exchanged a glance, quite surprised.

Many scholars are very good at academic research, but their teaching is lacking. It is actually very difficult to motivate students to learn.

Especially for a greenhorn like Chen Hui.

Perhaps because the students had all prepared in advance, they grasped the material quickly, and Chen Hui also spoke very quickly, finishing today's content more than ten minutes ahead of schedule.

Chen Hui tossed the chalk into the chalk box and looked at the students below the stage, "There's still some time left in today's class. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

Functional analysis is a challenging course for most students, and it's definitely necessary to allocate time for Q&A sessions.

Several middle-aged professors sitting at the back of the classroom looked surprised; they hadn't expected Chen Hui to speak so fast, yet these students could still keep up.

They hadn't expected the students at Jiangcheng University to be so highly skilled. They were in their prime and had teaching duties every year. Zhang Zhifei himself taught functional analysis at Yanbei University, so he had a clear understanding of the students' abilities.

The content Chen Hui talked about was certainly a bit simpler than that of Yanbei University, but what kind of students did Yanbei University have, and what kind of students did Jiangcheng University have?
"Could it be that the lectures I usually give at Yanbei University are too simple?"

Zhang Zhifei naturally had this question.

"Looks like I'll have to revise the teaching syllabus when I get back!"

The next moment, he made a decision: the course was too simple and would not be able to tap into the potential of those genius students at Yanbei University.

It doesn't make sense that the students from Yanbei University are inferior to those from Jiangcheng University, does it?

"Professor, are you still researching the Yang-Mills equation?"

A girl with long, wine-red hair in the front row stood up and asked.

This question caught Chen Hui off guard. He looked around and saw that his classmates were all staring at him curiously. He couldn't help but nod with amusement, "Of course!"

It seems that some time has indeed passed since he published Yang Mills' existence proof, but this was never a simple problem to solve. Recently, he has been distracted by his research on condensed matter physics, so it is normal that there has been no news.

Have you made any new progress regarding the quality gap issue?

The student pressed for details, acting almost like a reporter.

But it wasn't just her; the other students around her also perked up their ears, their eagerness for knowledge even more intense than during class.

"I know you want to ask me if I can prove the mass gap problem."

Chen Hui understood.

The students below the stage immediately perked up, their eyes gleaming. Even Tian Yang and E Weinan in the last row looked over, while Zhang Zhifei and his friends sat up straight, leaning forward slightly, clearly excited.

"But unfortunately, I cannot give you a definite answer."

Chen Hui shook his head. "I do have some inspiration, but until the final proof is completed, no one can be sure that the inspiration is correct."

The students were somewhat disappointed.

Zhang Zhifei and the others also leaned back in their chairs.

“Doing any research requires decades of quiet dedication, and there is no guarantee of results. It is normal to have no news, so there is no need to pay too much attention. Doing each thing well in the present is the most important thing.”

Chen Hui, on the other hand, had a very good attitude.

Proof of quality gaps is a long way off, but the current level of proficiency is visible.

clap clap clap!
Eweinan stood up and clapped his hands vigorously.

"well said!"

This principle is not profound, but the fact that a young man like Chen Hui can say it shows that he has indeed made such preparations, which is very commendable!

Chen Hui nodded to Professor E Weinan, thanking him for the compliment.

He certainly knew this professor; he had read many of his papers when he was researching condensed matter physics.

Academician E Weinan's research has had a profound impact on many fields, including fluid dynamics, chemistry, materials science, and soft condensed matter physics, solving many long-standing key scientific problems, such as the Burgers turbulence problem and the Cauchy-Born rule for crystalline solids.

"Ten minutes left, does anyone have any questions?"

Chen Hui glanced at the time and reminded him, "It would be best to ask some study-related questions. You know, our time is very precious."

The students, who were initially eager to ask questions, hesitated. They had a whole host of gossip they wanted to ask Professor Chen, but as Professor Chen said, they were students, not reporters.

"I have a question that I hope Professor Chen can answer for me."

E Weinan, who had just been clapping, stood up again.

Wang Qiming frowned slightly.

He knew what the delegation from Yanbei University was there for—academic exchange was normal—but in front of so many students, were they there to sabotage them?
Furthermore, even academic exchanges usually involve prior communication, rather than bringing it up directly like this, which is against the rules.

Tian Yang also glanced at E Weinan. He knew that Yanbei University had paid a considerable price for coming here. Could it be that E Weinan didn't want to give up his ten days of supercomputing access?

However, he did not stop it.

"Please tell me."

Chen Hui nodded and looked at Academician E Weinan.

“I have read your paper ‘Geometry of Number Theory’ and I have also carefully studied the relevant materials for the research grant application.”

E Weinan's expression was also quite serious, his eyes sharp as if trying to pierce through Chen Hui's body, and he continued, "Your 'Langlands-GAN' claims to use modal constraints to generate materials, but how can the discrete rigidity of mathematical objects be compatible with the continuous optimization of neural networks? Is this just another black box magic trick of artificial intelligence?"

(End of this chapter)