Chapter 65: Trouble
"This child was born in a small county in the Central Plains with poor educational resources and a lack of teaching materials. I am really shocked that she has made it this far. I admired her talent at the time, so I sent her some teaching materials and information she lacked. She called me teacher. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be officially enrolled, and I may shamelessly rush to be one of her instructors.
However, the child's growth rate obviously exceeded our expectations! I felt that it was a waste of her talent and time for her to repeat the basic college entrance examination questions in a small county high school, so I invited her to come to Beijing University to study in advance.
This child's desire to learn makes me, as a teacher, feel ashamed of myself.
She cherished the opportunity very much. She came to Kyoto University right after the Chinese New Year. Since then, she has been going to the dormitory, restaurant and library without wasting any time. She is either studying or on the way to study. With the resources provided by Kyoto University, she has made great progress at a speed that makes me look up to her.
A few days ago, I thought the IMO national team training was a waste of time for her, so I didn't let her follow the course schedule. She went to the School of Physics to take classes, and I was worried that she had taken a detour. Who would have thought that she would suddenly return to the School of Mathematics and start proving Zhou's conjecture in my class.
Your initial mood is my mood, and this child's state of being completely absorbed in everything else made me wait and see, and then verify it. I was shocked to the point of not believing it. As soon as the paper was sorted out, I quickly brought it to you for your judgment, fearing that there would be omissions in my verification!"
Li Yisheng sighed from the bottom of his heart, "I thought I had a very high opinion of this child, but I didn't expect that I still haven't seen the upper limit of this child! Are you sure that this child has really proved Zhou's conjecture?"
"It must be proven. I may not be able to prove it, but I still have the ability to verify it!" Zhou Wenping exclaimed: "Heroes have always emerged from youth. If the youth are strong, the country will be strong. Our Peking University has managed to get this child admitted, and the admissions office should be credited with a great achievement this year!"
"You are being too modest!" Some of Professor Zhou's achievements are not inferior to Zhou's conjecture. "I suggest that this child submit his paper to ANN MATH (Annals of Mathematics). If you are sure there is no problem, please use your connections there to help this child's paper get a place in the queue and speed up the review process.
You know how arrogant these top journals are. According to the normal process, it is too slow. The child is too young, and it is very likely that the review editor will reject the manuscript without even reading it! "
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements. Our Peking University students have achieved such great results, we can't let foreigners bully us!" Zhou Wenping immediately nodded in agreement without any ambiguity. With such proud results, he was more than happy to help the students. This was his honor!
"Besides, this child comes from an ordinary family. I originally wanted to ask you to make a judgment and arrange a discussion meeting for her with the leaders of our School of Mathematics to help her win some special rewards from Beijing University!"
"I will arrange the reward with the dean, so you don't have to worry about it! The reward for an article published in a top journal, the reward for proving a special conjecture... these are what this child deserves! We at Kyoto University are never stingy with rewards for students! A discussion meeting? No need for discussion!"
He concluded that Zhou's conjecture was indeed proven, and he still had the ability! "Just arrange a small academic conference at the school, this kid deserves this treatment!"
After the paper is published, it will be a report conference for the whole world! Zhou Yongping was very moved by such an excellent seedling and wanted to take her as a student, but he was afraid of delaying the child. The child's achievements in number theory were no less than his. On this basis, he had no more guidance for her.
Zhou Yongping felt that he understood Li Yishen's mentality to some extent. Who wouldn't want a student like this? But if he couldn't guide this child, being a teacher in name only would mean he was just a figurehead, doing nothing and being useless, leaving nothing to be desired.
If it weren't for the academic qualifications issue, Kyoto University would actually give this child the title of Distinguished Honorary Professor, and he would be worthy of it.
"This child's talent in number theory is dazzling. Will she continue to work on number theory in the future?" Mathematics has developed to a vast extent. Generally speaking, researchers will choose a main research direction. Wu Tong has already made such a good start in number theory, and it would be a pity if she did not continue her research with such outstanding results.
Li Yisheng laughed, thinking of Wu Tong's words at that time, "Do you know what this kid said about proving Zhou's conjecture? She said that she was originally curious about the twin prime conjecture, and suddenly she got an inspiration, and it seemed that she spent seven hours to prove Zhou's conjecture, and she thought she spent a lot of time!"
"Seven hours, hahahaha... As expected, young people are full of vigor and vitality, which is not comparable to those of us who are middle-aged and elderly. Kyoto University and the country have such outstanding children, and the future is promising!" Zhou Yongping couldn't stop laughing. As expected, he is still a child. Twin prime conjecture, this is a good research direction.
Such a talented student is not blinded by temporary achievements, but continues to have clear goals and does not waste his talents. This is very good!
"Let the child prepare well. I will arrange a time with the dean and the president and give you the news. By then, let the teachers and students of Beijing University get to know this outstanding little genius!"
Zhou Wenping saw Li Yishen off in a warm and gentle manner. He estimated the time and thought that the man who loved to be a night owl and felt that he had the best inspiration at night should not have gone to bed yet, so he made a long-distance call.
"Mr. Wiles!" Zhou Wenping called out, "Greetings to you in the depths of the night. I am Zhou Wenping."
Andrew Wiles, the prover of Fermat's Last Theorem, the Nobel Prize winner in mathematics, the winner of the Fields Medal, the head of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, and the world's top expert in number theory. He once visited Kyoto University. In front of this person, he was also a junior.
"Oh, Zhou, you are still working in the morning. You can't experience the beauty of the night yet." Andrew Wiles' tone was humorous. "You Chinese have a saying that there is no such thing as not visiting the three treasures. Is there anything I can do?"
"You don't come to me for no reason. I'm ashamed to hear that, but I really need to trouble you with something! I also want to tell you a good news. Zhou's conjecture has been proved. It has been verified by me and another professor from Peking University. It is perfect and rigorous! I need your help to communicate with ANN MATH about this interesting paper. If possible, please publish it as soon as possible!"
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