Although Professor Karen Uhlenbeck did not win the Fields Medal, she won the 2019 Abel Prize in Mathematics. She is the first female Abel Prize winner in the world. She has outstanding achievements in differential geometry, partial differential equations, topology and

He is extremely famous in mathematical physics, Yang-Mills equation, topological quantum field theory and integrable systems, and is an outstanding contemporary mathematics master.

If Ning Qingjun is considered the most cutting-edge young female mathematics master in the international mathematics community, then Karen Uhlenbeck is the female Taishan Beidou among the older generation in the international mathematics community.

This old lady is an old acquaintance of Mr. Qiu and Edward Witten. Such a great master of mathematics was invited to give lectures at Qingmu University. Not only the two old gentlemen, but also President Gu Bojun and other school leaders also went to the airport to greet Qin.

Ke and Ning Qingyun, as hosts, naturally cannot be absent.

Ning Qingyun's due date is June 17, which is only about three months left, but the fetus is already very stable and normal travel is not a problem.

However, it just so happened that Ning Qingyun had a routine pregnancy test this morning. In order to avoid the low probability of arriving early but no one was there to greet her, Mr. Qiu and a group of people from Qingmu University set off first. Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun there.

It will be about half an hour later than everyone else before leaving for the airport after the hospital examination, but as long as the flight arrives on time, you can still successfully join the waiting team.

After accompanying Ning Qingyun to complete the routine examination, Qin Ke, wearing sunglasses and a hat, was accompanied by Wei Feng and Wei Jing to the underground parking lot of the hospital. He was surprised to see Principal Gu Bojun waiting next to the car.

Gu Bojun was already the head of the school, so he didn't leave for the airport first with the big team, which surprised both Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

"Uncle Gu!"

Gu Bojun showed a friendly and gentle smile and patted Qin Ke on the shoulder: "Qin Ke, we haven't talked for a long time. I just wanted to have a good chat with you and Xiao Ning on the way to the airport." There are not many of them now.

Most of the elders who are close to them will call the two of them Qin Ke and Xiao Ning as usual, and most people have changed them to "Academician Qin" and "Academician Ning".

Principal Gu Bojun signaled his entourage to take another car, and he, Qin Ke, and Ning Qingyun took the same car.

The driver was naturally Wei Feng. Principal Gu Bojun and Qin Ke were sitting in the back seat. Ning Qingyun went to sit in the passenger seat. Wei Jing drove another car and followed behind.

In the car, Principal Gu asked with concern about Ning Qingyun's due date, and then warned: "The twins Xiao Ning is carrying are usually born a week or two earlier than the due date. Don't be careless."

"Thank you, Uncle Gu. There are three medical staff living at home now, and there are vehicles on call at any time. If there is any sign, we can send him to the hospital immediately." Qin Ke's concern for Ning Qingyun is the first, and these details have already been taken care of.

I keep it in mind, although my sister Qin Xiaoke is mainly the one who usually carries out various prenatal education.

Gu Bojun asked about the recent affairs of the two of them in terms of educating students, teaching and scientific research. Now that he has been promoted to the principal, he has a lot of work and travels a lot, so he can't spare an afternoon every month to spend time with Qin Ke like before.

Drinking tea and chatting, the last time Qin Ke and Qin Ke sat down and had a good chat was in early January this year. Qin Ke and the others had just solved the idle period during the extreme high-altitude airflow disaster.

This time it was rare to have time and opportunity, so Gu Bojun naturally wanted to pay more attention to these two "pillars" in the school.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are now 79 full-time academicians in the school, but the status of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun in Gu Bojun's heart and eyes is absolutely higher than that of other academicians.

Not to mention the numerous academic research achievements and a series of honors the two have achieved, the influence of the two alone has brought great benefits to Qingmu University.

In the past year or so, Qingmu University has greatly improved its teaching staff in science and engineering, and has attracted a large number of young and middle-aged talents such as associate professors and professors who have returned from studying abroad to teach at the school. This is almost all due to Qin Ke and

Ning Qingyun's reputation and the new scientific research atmosphere he demonstrated have rekindled the enthusiasm of international students to serve the motherland and develop and prosper Xia's academic and scientific research circles.

Whether it is academic achievements or the enhancement of teaching staff, these are solid political achievements. It also makes Qingmu and Yanda compete with each other and share the same score, creating a new situation in which Qingmu stands out and Yanda follows closely behind.

As the president of Qingmu University, how could Gu Bojun not be grateful to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun?

Even his ability to sit on the position of president is closely related to the academic and scientific research contributions made by Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

During the conversation, we talked about the Wolf Prize, which was announced in February this year. Gu Bojun sighed: "It's a pity that this year's Wolf Prize and Abel Prize in Mathematics are still not awarded to you."

The Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Abel Prize in Mathematics are generally only awarded to mathematics masters of the age of grandfathers and ladies. They are lifetime honors and are almost a "final conclusion" of the lifetime achievements of the mathematics masters. I want the Wolf Foundation and

The Abel Memorial Foundation broke the rules and awarded such a grand prize to Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun, who had just turned 23 years old. It was really not an easy task.

Moreover, Qin Ke and his wife had just won the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Peace Prize in December last year. At the time when they were shining brightly, the arrogant Wolf Foundation and Abel Memorial Foundation were naturally not happy to be here.

They always join in the fun and give people the feeling of "kneeling and licking", so it is not surprising that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are not included in the award list.

Qin Ke didn't care too much about not winning this time. Now he has the Philippine Prize and the Nobel Prize. The Wolf Prize and the Abel Prize are just the icing on the cake for him. The biggest role is to complete the system issuance.

Task "Please continue to obtain the honor of the top of science" and get new rewards.

And if he didn’t get it this year, he would definitely get it in the future, especially since he and his wife Ning Qingyun had completely cracked the mystery of the Yang-Mills equation at the beginning of the year, and coupled with the Hodge conjecture solved this year or next year, I don’t believe Wo

The Wolf Foundation and the Abel Memorial Foundation were able to withstand the pressure of public opinion and not award them.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So Qin Ke smiled nonchalantly and said: "It is not necessary to insist on whether these foreigners can win the awards. It is better to work hard to improve the international status of the domestic awards.

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Gu Bojun heard some rumors: "When it comes to this matter, the higher-ups seem to be discussing whether to establish the 'Qin Ke International Prize' and the 'Ning Qingjun International Prize'. These two awards are based on the Fields Medal of the International Mathematical Union IMU.

’ and the ‘Chan Shengshen Award’.”

Ning Qingyun turned around in surprise and asked: "Uncle Gu, is this really happening?"

To be honest, when Ning Qingyun heard the news, she first felt not honored, but rather flattered.

At present, the "Qin Ke Mathematics Prize", "Ning Qingjun Mathematics Prize", "Qin Ke Physics Prize" and "Ning Qingjun Physics Prize" have been established in China, but they are not established by the state, but by the Xia Guo Mathematics Society,

Established by the Chinese Physical Society, it is mainly aimed at domestic mathematicians and physicists. It is the highest honor award issued by the Xiaguo Mathematical Society and the Physical Society, comparable to the domestic "Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award".

Now the country is going to set up the "Qin Ke International Prize" and the "Ning Qingjun International Prize", which are directly benchmarked against IMU's "Fields Medal" and "Chern Medal", which is to create academic research with truly international influence.

Big prize.

Ning Qingyun thinks that she does not have the strength, qualifications and reputation to support such an international award.

"It is true that there has been a formal meeting to discuss, but some people think that although you two are famous internationally, you have risen too fast and your background and qualifications are still a bit behind, so this matter is still in the discussion stage and has not been truly implemented."

Qin Ke understood Ning Qingyun's thoughts, reached out and patted her little hand, turned around and said: "Uncle Gu, I also think that our international qualifications are still insufficient. If you can, please help us pass a message.

It is really not appropriate to set up such an international award named after us. It will only make people laugh, thinking that we are floating just after winning the Nobel Prize. Well... at least wait for a few more years, and wait until we have more time during this period.

Let’s talk about this after we achieve some results.”

Gu Bojun actually led the mission to test the tone of the two people. Seeing Qin Ke's serious attitude, Ning Qingyun also nodded solemnly and replied: "Okay, I will feedback your opinions to the superiors. This is based on your opinion."

For the grand prize to be named, your wishes are very important.”

"Thank you, Uncle Gu."

"By the way, let's talk about research." Gu Bojun glanced at Wei Feng and hesitated.

Qin Ke made a gesture to show that he was a trustworthy person and could talk about anything. Gu Bojun then continued: "The higher-ups asked our School of Physics at Qingmu University to cooperate with you in research on nuclear engineering and nuclear technology. What's going on?

Because the communication was over the phone, I didn’t elaborate on the reason. I just asked me to communicate directly with you to understand your needs and provide assistance..."

Gu Bojun even speculated whether the country planned for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to join the research on a nuclear test project that required high confidentiality.

Qin Ke understood this as soon as he heard about it. He whispered: "Actually, this matter is not a confidential matter. It's just that it's not a secret yet, so it's not easy to make it public. Hasn't a certain country recently discharged nuclear wastewater on its own terms? It's just right.

Qingjun and I have a seawater desalination and purification technology research center in Yuanzhou, and the country wants us to try to see if there is any way to solve the harm caused by nuclear sewage to our coast in the most economical and simple way."

Gu Bojun suddenly realized: "So that's it. I heard that the country has set up several research groups to study countermeasures. I didn't expect that it would come to you."

In fact, the situation is somewhat different from what Qin Ke said.

Last time Qin Ke and Uncle Yang went to visit some kind old men. The old men mentioned these things at that time, mainly to ask Qin Ke's opinion.

Qin Ke has not yet finished absorbing the master-level physics knowledge. He is best at fluid mechanics and particle physics, quantum physics, condensed matter physics (mainly studying relatively traditional research directions such as superconductors, magnetic materials and semiconductors, but also including topological physics, interfaces

Superconductivity, quantum anomalous Hall effect and other emerging frontier research directions), etc., I have not done in-depth research on nuclear physics, so I am not very good at it.

But Qin Ke took up this task without hesitation. Unlike the desalination and purification of inland saltwater lakes, if the harm caused by nuclear sewage is not solved, there will be no way to desalinize and purify seawater into fresh water that can be used in daily life.

resources, let alone truly resolve the freshwater crisis.

It can be said that the irresponsible behavior of a certain country has added a lot of trouble and obstacles to Qin Ke's solution to the fresh water crisis.

But Qin Ke also realized that this would be an excellent opportunity. Nuclear sewage endangers the whole world. As long as he can overcome this problem before other countries in the world, Qin Ke wants to promote his seawater desalination and purification technology solution to the whole world.

It is much easier, and it is estimated that coastal countries will be happy to adopt his technical solution.

Resolving the fresh water crisis in one fell swoop will not only save humankind's vitality, but also avoid wars caused by the shortage of fresh water resources. This will achieve multiple things with one stone.

It is also a great thing for Qing Ning Technology. Even if Qin Ke will try to reduce the patent licensing fee for professional solutions as much as possible, or donate related patented technologies for nuclear sewage treatment to the country, the global market is too large.

, Green Lemon Technology will still benefit from this, and the market value is estimated to easily exceed 100 billion.

Qin Ke couldn't explain these details to Gu Bojun in detail, so he said: "Well. Now that Qingyun and I have been found, I can only go all out. Because I am not particularly good at nuclear physics, and the Yuanzhou Research Center is also

There is no relevant experimental equipment, so the superiors want me to cooperate with Qingmu and Yanda to borrow the research power of the two major universities to solve this problem. I also heard that there are more than a dozen academician research teams in China that have also received the same task. It’s just that

My project is specifically undertaken in the name of Qing Ning Technology, and the relevant results will also be patented by Qing Ning Technology. Therefore, for the use of Qingmu University’s experimental equipment and the professors’ co-operation fees, we will pay market prices.

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Qing Ning Technology can apply for 200 billion scientific research support funds from the state, and it is free of charge. In this way, research projects that are of great benefit to the country and the people are very suitable for applying for funds.

Gu Bojun waved his hand: "There is no need to mention money. You two are the chief scientists of our school. How can there be any reason to pay for using only experimental equipment and materials? As for the professors' extra salary, I will take care of it here.

You don’t have to worry about these things anymore. The only thing I’m worried about now is that this nuclear pollution research has a certain risk of nuclear radiation, and Xiaoning is pregnant with a baby..."

Qin Ke felt warm in his heart. Gu Bojun really cared about the two of them: "Uncle Gu, don't worry, Qingjun and I will not get close to any experimental equipment. This is also the red line drawn by Uncle Yang and others. We are mainly responsible for theoretical analysis and experimental plans.

Formulated, that’s why we need to find a partner.”

Gu Bojun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. However, don't you two have too much work at the moment? Especially Xiao Ning can't be too tired..."

Gu Bojun was really afraid that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun would be in bad health if they tried too hard. After all, as far as he knew, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were responsible for several projects, all of which were big projects, especially the national disaster prevention and response project they had recently taken on.

As a general technical consultant, it is a large national project, with a heavy responsibility and a large workload.

Qin Ke smiled and said: "It's okay. In fact, Qingjun and I don't have a heavy workload. Most scientific research projects now don't require us to do experiments and data analysis in person. We only need to review the experimental plans and see the experiments."

As a result, just point out a research direction. Look, I haven't missed my usual basketball game, and we even have free time to work on the topic of 'Theoretical Unification of Strong Interaction Force and Electromagnetic Force' with Professor Witten."
To be continued...