A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 298 Collaborating with Schultz
Why can't I go in?

"I'm Professor Yin Qizheng's friend!"

At the entrance to the basement level of the library, Mori had an argument with the staff.

He was really angry.

He's a mathematician who has published in four top journals and is considered a first-rate mathematician internationally, yet he doesn't even have the right to enter the lecture hall.

What angered him even more was that he had just seen his partner Yin Qizheng walk in. They both contributed 50% to the paper published in the Journal of Mathematics. Why were they treated differently?
Just because the other party is Chinese?

"This is academic hegemony!"

Mauric's face turned bright red as he angrily cursed. He knew it was undignified for a great mathematician like himself to argue with a staff member, but he was truly furious.

Having dominated academia for so many years, when has he ever suffered such an insult?
“We have several branch venues on the first floor of the library, which are broadcast live. Professors can go to the branch venues to take a look. There is not much difference from the main venue.”

This doctoral student volunteer from the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University remained neither humble nor arrogant, but was secretly overjoyed.

In the past, when he went to the West with his teachers to attend academic conferences, they were always the ones who suffered this kind of unfair treatment.

152 seats is not a small number, but compared to the world's top mathematicians, it is not a large number, so it is impossible for everyone to go to the lecture hall.

Those who are able to enter the lecture hall are all among the world's top mathematicians.

In the last row of the lecture hall, Wei Dongyi sat in a corner, staring blankly at the young man on the podium, his feelings complicated.

He originally studied the Navier-Stokes equations, but Chen Hui directly proved them, forcing him to change direction. He wasn't good at applying them, so changing direction was like going from a chef to a doctor, which had been very painful for him these past few days.

Looking at Taragra and Konnie sitting next to him, Wei Dongyi smiled self-deprecatingly. He was also curious to be able to sit in a row with these top mathematicians.

Looking ahead, the first row was undoubtedly occupied by top mathematicians such as Qiu Chengwu, Yuan Xinyi, Tian Yang, Schultz, Deligne, and Fefferman. In this small lecture hall, there were no fewer than fifty Fields Medal winners.

Wei Dongyi knew that if it weren't for his special status, he probably wouldn't even be qualified to enter this lecture hall, including the one next to him, Taragra.

The report meeting was scheduled to start at 10:00, but by 9:30 the lecture hall was already packed.

When the time came, Chen Hui walked up to the podium, looked at the audience, and felt confident. He knew that no one could tamper with his presentation.

Hello everyone,

Thank you all for attending this presentation.

Chen Hui patted the microphone to complete the sound check, then spoke, and opened the PowerPoint presentation to get straight to the point.

"Everyone is thinking about this question: Are the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function the curvature singularities on the complex plane? And does a deviation of the real part of the zero from 1/2 mean a tear in the surface?"

“Traditional complex analysis confines us to the two-dimensional complex plane. We must break free! My first work was to construct a completely new structure for prime numbers, an infinite-dimensional quantum prime manifold…”

The paper has been published for more than three months. I believe that the mathematicians who are able to enter this lecture hall must have already seen the complete proof. Chen Hui also started directly from the proof process.

Unbeknownst to him, the moment he opened his mouth, Deligne frowned, veins bulging on his forehead. And it wasn't just him; the mathematicians sitting in the front rows all frowned deeply.

Chen Hui surprisingly used Mandarin Chinese for this presentation.

They couldn't understand a single word, but fortunately they were all wearing translation headsets. There was a simultaneous interpretation booth at the back of the lecture hall, staffed by renowned professors of number theory from Yanbei University. Their translations were fairly accurate, and combined with the papers on the table, they were able to understand what Chen Hui was saying.

However, they quickly forgot about their anger and became fully engrossed in Chen Hui's explanation. Even though they had read the paper beforehand, they now heard many novel viewpoints from Chen Hui's own explanation, which were not found in the paper.

Furthermore, in the proof of the paper, although it was written that this should be done, they did not know why it should be done. After Chen Hui's explanation, they suddenly realized that many things that seemed difficult before were now clear.

The one-hour presentation flew by, and the mathematicians in the lecture hall listened with great interest, while even the audience watching the live stream in the parallel sessions were completely engrossed.

Many people, of course, could not understand the complete proof, but Chen Hui's approach to solving some problems still inspired them. Many even applied his ideas to other problems and gained new insights into the issues they were researching. They burst into laughter on the spot, only to be sternly stopped by the staff.

The presentation ended quickly. Chen Hui took a sip of water and looked at the audience. "Does anyone have any questions?"

"Professor Chen, will you use Mandarin Chinese for all your future papers and presentations?"

Soon, one person stood up; he was clearly prepared.

"Yes."

Chen Hui gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

"Isn't this a bit too domineering? Doesn't it shut out many mathematicians who are interested in mathematics?"

"This is academic hegemony and academic monopoly!"

Although the people entering the main venue were all selected, there were still 152 people, and it was impossible to prevent a few troublemakers from sneaking in.

Furthermore, many mathematicians present were also somewhat annoyed by Chen Hui's actions, but they all understood that Chen Hui was not in the wrong and would not make trouble unreasonably.

"Oh?"

Chen Hui looked at the person who asked the question. His memory had reached an astonishing level, and he recognized the person at a glance, even recalling his biography. "Professor Tirole, if I remember correctly, none of your papers seem to have been published in Chinese, right?"

"I didn't see you using Mandarin in your academic presentations either?"

"Can that be the same?"

Professor Tirole retorted, his neck stiff with sarcasm.

Chen Hui scoffed, "We Chinese have an old saying: 'We welcome friends with fine wine, but we meet wolves with hunting rifles.'"

"Alright, let's not ask any questions that are irrelevant to the report. Everyone's time is precious."

At this moment, Fefferman stood up, looked at Tirole, and was equally disgusted by the actions of these guys.

As the head of the mathematics department at Princeton, Fefferman was quite influential in academia. After he said that, Tirole didn't dare to say anything more and sat back down in his seat, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

He used to receive preferential treatment wherever he went. Even if he was being unreasonable, others would still give in to him. But Chen Hui didn't give him any face at all, and he was helpless. This feeling was truly unbearable.

He is a Nobel laureate in economics.

Of course, there weren't many people in the lecture hall with less honor than him. Deligne didn't give him any face at all, and stood up to ask his question, "Professor Chen, your proof is amazing. You correspond the zeros of the zeta function to the curvature singularities on the quantum manifold you constructed."

My question is, how did you rigorously prove this correspondence?
In particular, how do you ensure that all possible zero-point deviations are captured by your curvature function, rather than some kind of 'slippery fish'? This seems to depend on your specific choice of that quantum metric; is this some strange coincidence, or is there an inherent necessity?

"First of all, this correspondence is not a coincidence."

The design of the quantum metric ds=p→∞lim(p1/2lnpδp) is inspired by the explicit formula given by Riemann himself, in which the contribution of prime powers oscillates on the scale of p1/2lnp. My work is simply to geometrize this analytical oscillation into a metric.” Chen Hui stood up, turned around and wrote a series of formulas on the whiteboard in the lecture hall. “Secondly, regarding the issue of the remaining 'fish', the key lies in conjugacy.”

The curvature function K(Pρ) I constructed is essentially closely related to the modulus of ζ′(ρ), and if ρ is a zero, then its conjugate ˉ is also zero. My choice of metric ensures that the entire construction is invariant under the conjugate transformation.

Therefore, any zero point, as long as its deviation exists, will inevitably trigger a curvature explosion at itself or its conjugate point, thus being detected by our geometric radar. There is no stable, hidden zero point deviation.

The academic report lasted for two hours, and the Q&A session that followed also lasted for a full hour. Since this was an academic report organized by Chen Hui himself, he naturally decided the time himself.

As is customary, a grand evening party followed the report meeting.

Many mathematicians were still somewhat unsatisfied, but Chen Hui had indeed thoroughly explained the proof, and the rest was up to them to figure out on their own.

Generally, Chen Hui would not participate in the after-party following the report meeting, but this time, he appeared in the party hall.

"It's rare!"

Schultz and Terence Tao approached Chen Hui with their wine glasses in hand, making a sarcastic remark. They both knew Chen Hui's personality, so it was indeed rare for him to come here on his own initiative.

"I'd like to talk to Schultz about a collaboration."

Chen Hui got straight to the point.

"What kind of collaboration? What research topics are there that I'm open to collaborating on?"

Tao Zhexuan asked with interest.

"High-temperature superconductivity".

"Forehead……"

A black line appeared on Tao Zhexuan's forehead. "Fine, I'll go then."

Chen Hui had previously stated his desire to research controlled nuclear fusion, and now that he has returned to China, he must have already begun his research.

This is naturally a large-scale project for China. As a foreign mathematician, he would never have the opportunity to participate in such a project. He came to China with a noble status, but he still needs time to build rapport and gain the trust of others.

However, he was happy with it, since he was engaged in theoretical research and his noble status was the biggest help he could receive.

After speaking, Terence Tao actually left. Chen Hui then looked at Schultz and asked, "How's the progress now?"

He had previously visited the Max Planck Society's laboratory, but at that time it was only capable of laboratory preparation, and there was still a long way to go before it could be industrialized.

"It's already close to being industrialized, though the cost is a bit high, but it's all worth it."

Schultz didn't hide anything, but he didn't agree immediately either. "This isn't a collaborative project. We also spent a lot of resources on it back then. If we want to cooperate, we can't just talk the talk."

He and Chen Hui were friends, but the achievement was not his alone. They were receiving state funding at the time, so it was impossible for him to hand it over to Chen Hui just because of a single word from Chen Hui.

"How about a plasma operation model in controlled nuclear fusion?"

Chen Hui said with a smile.

"what?"

"Have you finished building the model?"

Schultz exclaimed in surprise.

When Chen Hui returned to China, it was common knowledge, and of course he knew it too. But now, less than five months have passed since Chen Hui returned!

Since Chen Hui published his proof of the Navier-Stokes equations, many mathematicians have focused on this area of ​​research. In the past two years, although they have made some progress, it is still impossible to make a true prediction.

"Can you solve the refitting problem after interference injection?"

Schultz was also paying attention to this research and went straight to the core question.

Many of their mathematicians had already completed the construction of plasma operation models, but once they tried to modify the magnetic field to suppress turbulence, the subsequent prediction results would collapse. They tried for more than a year but could not solve this problem.

"of course."

Chen Hui nodded as a matter of course, "Work with us, and together we'll light up the earth!"

"no problem!"

Schultz agreed without hesitation, "If your model really has the effect you described."

In fact, Chen Hui's model is no less valuable than the high-temperature superconductor they synthesized.

"very good!"

"You are welcome to visit the laboratory at any time."

Chen Hui was in a great mood. He knew that Schultz would not refuse, as this was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

"You keep surprising me!"

"Throughout history, I doubt any mathematician has done better than you. What you are doing now has long surpassed the scope of a mathematician."

Schultz knew Chen Hui and knew that Chen Hui wouldn't lie, but this news was too bizarre, so he had to confirm it repeatedly.

"Alright, let's stop with the mutual flattery."

Chen Hui waved his hand, "I dare not compare myself to those sages. They were the pioneers who opened up new paths. I am just an opportunist standing on the shoulders of giants."

"The shoulders of giants?"

Schultz gave a wry smile. "You've already blazed a new trail!"

"Happy cooperation!"

Chen Hui stopped dwelling on the topic, reached out and shook hands with Schultz. After this matter was settled, he had to return to the Plasma Institute. Although the plasma operating model had been completed, there were still many problems to be solved, and he was still very busy.

"Wait for my good news!"

Schulz also left the party and rushed back to Germany overnight. Thinking about the important matter he was trying to bring about, he couldn't help but feel excited. If the two achievements were combined, the dream of the sun shining on the earth would no longer be far away.

Even he couldn't help but feel excited about such a thing.

(End of this chapter)