Chapter 161 Project Establishment
When talking about winning awards, we cannot help but mention the matter of receiving the awards.
"The Humboldt Prize will be awarded on the 12th of next month, the Cole Number Theory Prize should be awarded in January, and the Ramanujan Medal will be awarded on December 21st. Have you arranged your schedule for next month?" Zhou Wenping asked carefully. If Wu Tong had any questions about traveling, they could also help Wu Tong to clarify in time.
These three awards are all abroad, and they are not close to each other. One is in Europe, one in Africa, and the other is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
In fact, they were also concerned about whether Wu Tong could go abroad and whether he was safe. If there were any safety risks, they would rather not let Wu Tong take the risk to receive these awards. Wu Tong's safety was more important.
"Mr. Faltings from the Deutsche Mark Institute has invited me to visit and study. I have already reported it. Let's make travel arrangements!" Wu Tong is not sure whether he can go out yet. He has to wait until the security department discusses and confirms it before making travel arrangements.
It is easiest for her to arrange her own travel. She just needs to pack her suitcase and there is nothing special to prepare. However, she is involved in too many confidential projects, so whether her travel will be restricted is still under discussion.
It is better to follow the arrangements and not cause too much trouble to the people who protect her. She would rather not make unnecessary sacrifices than travel.
"Okay, let's discuss it after the results come out!" If it is inconvenient for Wu Tong to go, he can find a reason and send a representative from the School of Mathematics to accept the award on his behalf.
Pan Wenhua packed two boxes of black tea and when he sent Wu Tong out, he forced them into Wu Tong's hands and let her take them away.
"Come back for more after you finish drinking. I still have some here. My former students, whose families are from Fujian Province, send me some every year. I don't know much about tea, so I just know it all!"
"Look, look, our Dean Pan is showing off his filial and proud disciple again!" Zhou Wenping joked. Dean Pan's student who was born in Fujian Province is now a famous Yangtze River Scholar in mathematics and has a great reputation in the Chinese mathematics community.
"Come on, Wu Tong, while you have time, I'll take you to get to know the institute's offices!" Zhou Wenping waved to Pan Wenhua as a farewell.
It has been two months since the start of the school year, and Wu Tong has already achieved all his mathematical results, but he has not yet visited the Peking University Research Institute!
They have to prove that the treatment offered by the School of Mathematics is no less than that offered by the School of Materials Science and Engineering. The School of Mathematics, which they have worked so hard to maintain, cannot always be overshadowed by other schools.
First, the School of Materials directly initiated a confidential project in September, and then in October, the School of Physics clearly leaned towards turbulence research in fluid mechanics, which made the School of Physics ready to make a move. In other words, the School of Physics has never stopped making moves since Wu Tong entered the school, but Wu Tong has been too busy since he entered the school, and has not given them the opportunity to make small moves.
"The International Center for Mathematical Research at Peking University is a platform for outstanding talents funded by the state and is also the signature of our School of Mathematics at Peking University. The person in charge is Academician Niu Tian, a top figure in the School of Mathematics at Peking University, and I am the deputy director.
The honorary directors are two winners of the Philistine Medal. One of them is Mr. Andrew Wiles, the prover of Fermat's Last Theorem, whom you are familiar with. The other one is also familiar to you. We met at the Hydra International Mathematicians Congress before, Mr. Stephen Smale. "Zhou Wenping said as he walked, giving Wu Tong a brief introduction so that Wu Tong could have a deeper understanding of the Beijing University Mathematical Research Center.
Before this, Wu Tong knew without a second thought that there was such a place at Peking University, but he probably didn't know much about it in detail.
"As the prover of the high-dimensional Poincare conjecture, I have read Mr. Smale's Precursor to the Concept of Chaos, Smale's Horseshoe, Smale's Eighteen Questions and Smale's Theory." Wu Tong is not unfamiliar with this gentleman. She has read many of his documents and works.
When she was reading Hibbert's Twenty-Three Questions, she looked up the related Smale's Eighteen Questions, and thus came into contact with a series of documents about this gentleman.
"Yes, Mr. Smale has made great contributions to mathematics and is one of the greatest mathematicians of the last century." Zhou Wenping nodded and took Wu Tong to the third floor of the research center and opened a well-located office.
"This is your office. I've only made a simple arrangement for you. It's quite crude. If you have any needs, I can arrange it for you! My office is across the street!"
Wu Tong took a look at the room. There were complete desks and office chairs. There was a row of filing cabinets against the wall. Next to the filing cabinets were an indoor water dispenser and a small refrigerator. Against the other side of the wall was a vertical air conditioner. There was also a small reception area in the middle. The back wall was lined with large windows, which allowed in excellent lighting. When sitting at the desk and adjusting one's mood, one could see the blue sky and green plants on campus when looking outside.
"It's pretty good!" The office should be taken care of by a dedicated person, spotless, and Wu Tong can go to work directly with his bag. "I can work directly here, Professor Zhou, thank you for your trouble!"
"Let's get started. This office can finally be put to good use!" Zhou Wenping made a humorous invitation. They all looked forward to keeping Wu Tong here so that he could concentrate on his research.
Wu Tong has always taken direct action to achieve the goals set in the project.
Goldbach's conjecture. Wu Tong has been making continuous progress in number theory. Naturally, he has thought about this top problem. From Zhou's conjecture to the twin prime conjecture and Polignac's conjecture, they are all laying the foundation for this problem.
In 1742, Goldbach's letter was delivered to Euler across the war, asking him whether any integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of three prime numbers. To this day, nearly three hundred years have passed, there is still no perfect answer to this question.
Use "a+b" to express the following proposition: Every large even number N can be expressed as A+B, where the number of prime factors of A and B does not exceed a and b respectively. Obviously, the Goldbach conjecture can be written as "1+1". All progress in this direction has been achieved using the sieve method.
From 9+9, 7+7, 6+6... to 1+2 proved by Mr. Jingrun, all the predecessors have made persistent efforts to promote this conjecture. It seems that they have used the sieve method to the extreme.
Many scholars suspect that the sieving method has reached its end, but has the sieving method really reached its end?
Wu Tong has never believed what anyone says. Her intuition tells her that the sieve method has not reached its end and there is still a lot of room for improvement. This has been demonstrated by the infinite group proof method before her. When she supplemented it with the topological sieve method, it has already made it clear that the sieve method has not reached its end.
Facts speak louder than words. Rather than arguing, Wu Tong would rather verify her intuition with actions.
Starting from this question itself, Wu Tong followed the path of the predecessors and began to deduce, starting from 9+9 and moving towards 1+1. He started to deduce from the beginning and felt the correct direction of each direction in this process.
Only if she starts from the beginning with the right direction can she stay on the right path and come into contact with more ideas of the predecessors. Perhaps, she can catch the spark of inspiration?
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