A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 225 Ramanujan Prize

China, the capital city, Elder Peak

Looking at the paper published in the "Annals of Mathematics", Professor Zhao laughed heartily and danced with excitement.

After a moment of excitement, still not satisfied, he picked up his phone and dialed a colleague's number.

"Hey old rascal, have you read the latest issue of the 'Annals of Mathematics'?"

beep...

The call was only connected briefly before being immediately disconnected, leaving Mr. Zhao feeling refreshed and invigorated.

After thinking for a moment, he pressed the button next to him, and soon a guard walked in.

"Xiao Deng, prepare the car for me. We're going to Lao Li's place."

He could hang up the phone, so he didn't believe the other person could dodge his ultimate move when they were face-to-face with him.

That's the Yang-Mills equation!
I never expected Chen Hui to be so promising.

If he hadn't fought for the Special Prize in Natural Sciences for Chen Hui, he could have foreseen how people would have evaluated the science and technology awards conference when the news reached China.

Even the mathematicians who proved the Millennium Prize Problem won't receive the Special Prize in Natural Sciences, and they'll be criticized for it.

At that time, comments such as "No wonder all the great scientists choose to go abroad" and "In China, even Hawking has to be toasted when he comes" will probably become rampant again.

But now, they will only recognize this well-deserved award!
Old Zhao sat excitedly in the car. As soon as they arrived at Old Li's courtyard, before the car had even come to a complete stop, he jumped out and rushed straight to Old Li's office.

There were also guards outside Lao Li's office, but when they saw it was Lao Zhao, neither of them stopped him.

Of course, Old Zhao did not see Old Li in the office.

The two have been rivals for many years; they know each other's true colors. Old Li has clearly been hiding for a long time...

Tsinghua University, Guigenju (Returning to Roots Residence)

This is a villa that Tsinghua University specially built for Yang Zhenning.

After returning to China, Yang Zhenning has been living here ever since. He himself said that he lived here firstly because he wanted to contribute more to the school, and secondly because China's medical conditions are much better than those in the United States.

On the second floor, Ms. Weng rushed down the stairs in a flurry of excitement. When she arrived in front of Yang Zhenning, she quickly composed herself and said, "Zhenning, I have something to tell you. It's good news, very good news. But don't get too excited."

This wasn't her being deliberately mysterious; it's just that at Yang Zhenning's age, extreme joy or sorrow is not a good thing.

"Tell me, what good news could it be?"

Yang Zhenning said with a smile that at his age, he doesn't think there's anything in this world that can surprise him anymore.

"The Yang-Mills equation has been proven!"

"what?"

Yang Zhenning was stunned, his eyes glazed over, and he was almost petrified.

"Old Yang, are you alright?"

Ms. Weng looked at Yang Zhenning with concern.

After a long while, Yang Zhenning waved his hand and said, "The younger generation is truly formidable!"

"Besides that, there's more good news!"

Seeing that Yang Zhenning didn't have any strong emotions, Ms. Weng felt relieved. She then took out an invitation and handed it to Yang Zhenning, saying, "This is an invitation from the Wolf Prize judging committee. They have decided to award this year's Wolf Prize to you."

The Yang-Mills equation is of immense value in physics, but it is also a very interesting mathematical problem. Now that the equation has been proven, it is enough to demonstrate its mathematical value. It is reasonable to award it the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, which is a lifetime achievement award.

Given Yang Zhenning's achievements, he certainly deserves the award.

However, Yang Zhenning, who was originally prepared to accept the invitation, immediately waved his hand upon hearing that it was for the Wolf Prize, saying, "I'm not going. Throw the invitation away."

The Wolf Prize is an award established by the Wolf family of Israel.

Yang Zhenning has no good feelings towards Israel. Of course, not all Israelis are morally problematic, but at least 99% of them are not unreasonable. Given this probability, it is best to avoid contact.

If he were younger, he might have gone to join in the fun, but at his age, he had no interest in going to that land full of sin.

At this point, news that Chen Hui had proven the Yang-Mills equation finally reached China from the West, immediately igniting the internet once again. Several of the top ten trending topics on major social media platforms were about Chen Hui.

Holy crap, Chen Shen proved the Yang-Mills equation! No wonder he won the Special Prize in Natural Sciences!

Sometimes you have to admire the Elders' Council; they really do have something going for them. I wholeheartedly accept this award.

【No, what can you do if you're not happy about it?】

[As a math novice, I have a question: Is Chen Shen's Fields Medal a sure thing this time?]

[It's not just Fields; I think everyone should start discussing the possibility of winning the Nobel Prize now.]

You know what, it's actually quite possible. Unifying the three fundamental forces would be of extraordinary significance to the physics community.

But the theory was proposed by Professor Yang, so shouldn't the credit go to Professor Yang?

[Professor Yang has already won the Nobel Prize, it's impossible for him to give it to someone else.]

Why is it impossible? It's not like no one has ever won the Nobel Prize twice.

This time, there were no more doubts. People went crazy online, even champagne, and some even started eyeing the Nobel Prize.

Chengdu University, School of Mathematics, Department 307
"Honestly, sometimes I really feel that the difference between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs!"

Fang Wen stared blankly at the screen for a long time before suddenly speaking.

"What's wrong? What triggered this time?"

Wang Jianwei glanced at Fang Wen with disdain. Ever since that guy published his paper, he has truly put his words into action and started to wait to graduate. It's enough to make people jealous to the point of mitosis and plasmolysis. He has been studying for his doctorate for five years, and next year will be the last year of the 4+2 program, but he still hasn't met the requirements for graduating with a doctorate.

"I advise you not to know, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it."

Fang Wen shook his head and remained silent.

But that's how people are; the more you forbid me from seeing something, the more I want to see it.

Wang Jianwei stood up and went directly behind Fang Wen.

"Special Prize in Natural Sciences?"

"Complete the proof of Yang-Mills' equation?"

"Fuck me!"

Wang Jianwei suddenly felt a pang of regret; he wished he hadn't watched it.

Fang Wen turned around, spread his hands and shrugged at Wang Jianwei, as if to say, "See, I told you not to look."

"No, buddy?"

Wang Jianwei's mentality collapsed.

Coincidentally, after Chen Hui completed the existence proof of the Yang-Mills equation last year, he saw an opportunity and quickly developed a series of canonical topology weaving techniques, intending to use them to prove the mass gap.

And it turns out that the canonical topology weaving technique is indeed very useful; he has already achieved some results, although not groundbreaking ones, but he estimates that publishing a first-tier SCI paper shouldn't be a problem. But now that Chen Hui has completed a rigorous mathematical proof of the mass gap, what use is his achievement?

He essentially wasted more than six months of his life.

"Senior brother, please accept my condolences!"

At this moment, the other students in the lab also gathered around, and one of the junior students patted Wang Jianwei on the shoulder.

"Jianwei, come to my office."

Liu Hongtao stood at the door of the teaching and research office. Time was running out for Wang Jianwei. If he didn't act soon, Wang Jianwei might have a real hard time graduating.

He was also a bit overwhelmed. Originally, Chen Hui was about to become his junior brother, but now he had become an obstacle on his student's path to graduation.

It's truly a cruel twist of fate.

"At this time last year, didn't he just win first place in the provincial competition?"

After Wang Jianwei left, a junior apprentice looked at the news on Fang Wen's screen and muttered something to himself.

"He was only seventeen years old, so Gauss really existed!"

Suddenly, a graduate student rushed to a corner of the teaching and research office, where piles of scrap paper and other miscellaneous items that everyone usually used up were stored.

However, upon seeing his action, the others reacted instantly and rushed over, launching a fierce fight.

Because there are still exam papers from last year's National High School Mathematics League provincial competition there, and they were the ones who graded Chen Hui's exam paper back then.

Fang Wen did not participate in the competition, but sat calmly in his seat, his lips almost curling up to the back of his head.

These guys only realized what was happening after the news broke; they were too slow!
He found the exam paper and kept it as early as last year when Chen Hui won the European Mathematical Society Award.

In the faculty dormitory, Ran Peng took off his reading glasses and placed them on the table. He sat down and pondered for a long time before finally letting out a long sigh.

Perhaps it was the right thing for him not to become Chen Hui's teacher; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to train such a disciple.

Even though I thought that way, I still couldn't help feeling regretful.

Admissions Office
Chang Zebin sighed and turned off the screen.

He remained the director of the admissions office, neither promoted nor demoted. Naturally, he had powerful connections behind him to become the director of the admissions office.

He wasn't implicated too much because of Chen Hui's affair. Ran Peng didn't cause him any trouble, and perhaps even without his intervention, his current situation wouldn't be much worse.

But the thought of missing out on such a genius filled him with immense regret.

If he had personally gone to sign the contract and brought Chen Hui to Rongcheng University, he might have been promoted directly to vice president because of this successful talent recruitment.

such a pity!
Picking up his teacup, Chang Zebin got up and walked towards the tea room. In a person's life, there may only be one or two opportunities to cross social classes. If you don't seize them, you will never have the chance again.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he saw Zhang Wei sitting at his workstation, slacking off.

Zhang Wei also saw Chang Zebin and walked over excitedly, volunteering, "A genius from Mianyang contacted us today, wanting to sign a contract with Rongcheng University ahead of schedule. Boss, send me there, I know Mianyang very well."

“Mianyang is too far away, it would be too much trouble for Xiao Zhang. Let him go instead.”

Chang Zebin refused Zhang Wei's request without hesitation.

"Why did they contact me?"

Zhang Wei was a little unhappy. He had recently come across a travel video of Doucui Mountain and was planning to visit Mianyang while he was there.

"Did you know that Chen Hui proved the Yang-Mills equation?"

Chang Zebin was too lazy to even pretend anymore. If the other party didn't have such a powerful backer, he would have kicked this guy out of the admissions office long ago.

"So what?"

"What is the ultimate mystery of the Yang-Mills equation? Can it save the world and allow China to unify the blue planet?"

Zhang Wei said dismissively that Chen Hui's news had spread all over the internet recently. Anyone who went online couldn't possibly not have heard of him. He naturally knew about him too, but he always thought that those who did theoretical work were just showing off and were useless, especially mathematics. Nowadays, those cutting-edge mathematical theories were like heavenly books, detached from reality and completely useless, even less useful than journalism.

"If he can produce some results that benefit the country and its people, I might think more highly of him."

"Fine, they've already won the Nobel Prize in Natural Sciences, and the government recognizes it. You don't? You're something else!"

"You're so talented, it would be a waste of your abilities to have you contact high school students. You should stay here."

Chang Zebin snorted coldly, having made up his mind that as long as he remained the director of the admissions office, Zhang Wei would forever be confined to the office to handle materials.

……

After returning from receiving the award in Beijing, Chen Hui, a student at Jiangcheng University, once again secluded himself in his office to immerse himself in research on the Navier-Stokes equations, eagerly anticipating a face-to-face exchange with Dennis during his visit to China.

These days, Chloe has also completed the first draft of her paper on the multi-interface model. Some parts are still immature, but the foundation is solid and there are no minor errors. She has also conducted in-depth research on the direction he pointed out. It is clear that she has put a lot of effort into writing this paper.

Chen Hui was quite satisfied and gave Chloe dozens of suggestions for revision before submitting the manuscript.

After reviewing the paper, he opened his email to check it.

Recently, after immersing himself in the study of the Navier-Stokes equations, he has been communicating more with Dennis and checking his emails much more frequently.

Sure enough, when I opened my email, there was another new email.

However, this was not sent by Dennis, but by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Upon seeing the sender's name, Chen Hui roughly guessed what it was about.

Sure enough, when I opened the email, it was a message congratulating Chen Hui on winning the Ramanujan Prize and inviting him to the award ceremony in Italy in October.

The Ramanujan Prize follows a similar model to the Nobel Prize, with winners notified in advance, a public announcement made, and an award ceremony held later in the year.

Without hesitation, Chen Hui immediately replied, indicating that he would attend the award ceremony.

There are two Ramanujan Prizes. One is established by SASTRA University in India and is awarded annually to outstanding young mathematicians under the age of 32. The other is the ICTP & IMU Ramanujan Prize, which is jointly managed by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and is awarded to mathematical researchers in developing countries under the age of 45.

Chen Hui naturally received the latter, which is also quite influential. Moreover, among the more than 6 winners of the Ramanujan Prize, six mathematicians have already won the Fields Medal, which shows its prestige.

Many Chinese mathematicians have won this award, such as Zhang Wei from Yanbei University in 10, Shi Yuguang from Yanbei University in 10, Yun Zhiwei from Yanbei University in 12, Xu Chenyang from Yanbei University in 16, and Liu Ruochuan from Yanbei University in 24...

These people were all considered strong contenders for the Fields Medal, but unfortunately they all missed out, ultimately falling short.

This time, completing the full proof of the millennium problem, the Yang-Mills equation, has almost guaranteed a Fields Medal.

The award given to Chen Hui by the Ramanujan Prize judging committee is an honor that will also become an honor of the Ramanujan Prize in the future.

If the Ramanujan Prize could think of this, then other awards naturally could too. As a result, for a period of time afterward, Chen Hui received several award invitations from all over the planet every day, and many of these awards offered substantial prize money.

In the past, Chen Hui would definitely not have refused, but now he is indeed not short of money and there is no need to waste his precious time for money.

To his surprise, in addition to the invitation to receive the award, he also received an invitation from the IMO competition organizing committee to serve as the award presenter for the IMO gold medalists.

It's actually quite amazing when you think about it.
Last year he was a contestant, but this year he's qualified to be an award presenter.

It's worth noting that the IMO gold medalists were previously awarded prizes to athletes of Wiles' and Schultz's caliber.

(End of this chapter)