"Oh? Feeling unwell?" Li Lixing was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that this was most likely a euphemism given by the organizing committee to save the face of the professor who was scheduled to give the opening report. Generally speaking, it is not a sudden serious illness. A minor cold or fever will probably not affect the 60-minute report.

If I were really seriously ill, I wouldn't drag my body to make a pre-closing report.

"So which professor's achievements made the organizing committee decide to temporarily replace him?" Li Lixing asked casually. It had nothing to do with him anyway.

If they produce results, Yizuo will have a chance to compete for the opening report, but their problem has not been completely solved. However, this kind of thing is indeed abnormal.

You must know that as a satellite conference of the World Congress of Mathematicians, the World Congress on Algebraic Geometry is not held at a fixed time. Generally, such a conference is held only when the organizing committee feels that some good results have been achieved recently.

The opening report of each conference must of course address the most popular research topics in the near future.

After all, algebraic geometry is an extremely important and also extremely lively field of mathematical research.

Li Lixing heard before that the conference was originally determined to be held because of the breakthrough of the geometric Langlands conjecture. As a result, just one month before the conference was scheduled to be held, Qiao Yu suddenly found a loophole in the proof. As a result, the organizing committee made temporary changes. Selected candidates for the opening report.

From the geometric Langlands conjecture, it becomes a problem of K3 surface.

Who would have thought that just one day before the meeting started, the speaker candidates would be changed again... This year's conference will be full of twists and turns.

"Huh? You don't know? It's that Qiao Yu. I just heard Professor Su from Yanbei University say that Qiao Yu joined your research group some time ago. Don't you have any communication with each other?" "Qiao Yu" ?Wasn't he invited to give a thirty-minute report?" Li Lixing asked in shock.

"Yes, but I heard that he solved the problem he raised about the failure of the Ambidexterity theorem due to conjugate ridge singular points during this period. In other words, they picked a problem and then solved it. , so a thirty-minute report meeting is not enough.”

Well, for this reason...

Well, the first thing Li Lixing thought was that Mr. Yuan who stayed in Huaqing must feel very regretful at this time. Mr. Yuan was actually invited to attend the conference.

But Mr. Yuan felt that Qiao Yu was only giving a 30-minute report, so he declined.

When parting yesterday, the old man was still joking that he wanted to take good care of his health and wait until Qiao Yu gave his opening report at the World Congress of Mathematicians before going to listen to it. As a result, he heard the news as soon as he arrived today.

"Is this news confirmed?"

"I'm pretty sure. You'll know when you go to the lobby later. Staff are already changing the posters."

"Well...well, this is indeed a great contribution. It also makes me look forward to tomorrow's report meeting even more." Li Lixing replied. To be honest, although he said so, Li Lixing was confused in his head. .I can’t understand Qiao Yu even more.

He originally thought that Qiao Yu must have been thinking with them for so long in May about how to continue to promote the two-dimensional generalization of Chevalet's theorem. Strictly speaking, this issue belongs to the field of geometric representation theory and the geometric Langlands program. .

As a result, Qiao Yu went to solve the problem he raised.

So the young man’s energy is so strong, isn’t there a bottleneck in his head?…

In another conference room, Princeton’s Zhang Shuwen and Lot Dugan had just learned the news.

Although he came in the morning, he did not attend the small seminar held specifically for Qiao Yu. After all, he was not a member of the organizing committee and did not hold a position on the review team. In fact, he came with Lot Dugan I attended this meeting because of the invitation from Lot Dugan last time.

The dean of the Princeton School of Mathematics still planned to talk to Qiao Yu.

And as the editor-in-chief of Ann.Math, one of the four top journals in mathematics in the world, he certainly has no shortage of invitations to such large-scale academic conferences. In fact, even the editor will not lack them. Even though the N-body problem he studies is strictly It does not directly belong to the category of algebraic geometry.

Of course, it cannot be said that there is no intersection at all. After all, many special cases of the N-body problem can constitute a completely integrable system. Such systems are often studied with the help of Riemann surfaces and Abelian varieties in algebraic geometry. Not to mention N Body problems often need to be studied under the framework of Hamiltonian dynamics, and the phase space of the Hamiltonian system has an symplectic structure. Symplegic geometry and algebraic geometry are closely related in some cases...

If we discuss some generalized, abstract N-body problems, the particle motion can be abstracted as a vector field on an algebraic variety. When studying the dynamic behavior on these algebraic varieties, the algebraic geometry method becomes an effective tool.

Therefore, the little old man's attainments in algebraic geometry are actually quite profound. In terms of qualifications and achievements, he is at least better than 80% of the professors who specialize in algebraic geometry. Naturally, he is more qualified to participate in this grand event.

After hearing the news, Lot Dugan was also surprised.

"Oh, Professor Zhang, really, I think that boy should be your student. He is using actions to implement your ideas, and is good at asking questions for himself and then solving them! I remember that you have always asked so of your students.

.”

The tone was very exaggerated, but Zhang Shuwen didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Although he had met Qiao Yu once, to be honest, he didn't seem to have said these words that day.

However, in view of what he said that day, Qiao Yu also completed it very well, so Zhang Shuwen was even a little unsure whether he had said this to Qiao Yu. "If Professor Tian hears your words, he will be very upset."

Unhappy." Zhang Shuwen replied casually to Lott Dugan's ridicule.

Well, like Pan Jingyuan, his curiosity was also piqued.

This question was actually very interesting, just as interesting as when Qiao Yu found the loophole in the geometric Langlands conjecture. He also wanted to know how Qiao Yu solved the problem that this kid found.

"I don't want to worry about this anymore. In fact, according to the information I got, your previous analysis was correct. The kid has already been on the line with Schultz. Who knows what they have talked about. To let a sixteen-year-old

A kid who is 6 years old is giving an opening report!? Anyway, those old guys must be crazy! Hey.”

Lot Dugan let out a long sigh.

Zhang Shuwen certainly understood the reason why Lot Dugan sighed. The little old man was probably in despair.

After all, it is indeed difficult for him to hope to win from the competition.

Although Princeton is indeed attractive to many students, there is a high probability that these will not include a sixteen-year-old boy who can speak at a conference of world-class mathematicians.

Let's put it this way, after tomorrow's meeting, sixteen-year-old Qiao Yu will probably become the focus of the entire mathematics world. As long as there is a mathematics department in any university in the world, who wouldn't want to attract such a young genius?

Just like capital markets such as stocks or futures, what mathematicians value more is definitely not Qiao Yu's current achievements, but expectations. Yes, what everyone values ​​​​more is expectations for Qiao Yu's future. A

It is expected that the views discussed by a possible world leader in mathematics in the future will be widely recognized.

Just like the twenty-three questions Hilbert raised at the World Congress of Mathematicians in Paris in 1900, they covered many fields of number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, and directly promoted the development of the entire mathematical research.

With such an outstanding alumnus, the influence of Hilbert’s alma mater, the University of Königsberg, is undoubted. In that era, the University of Königsberg attracted many academic elites and became the leading European scientific and cultural institution at that time.

one of the focus.

It's just that due to some well-known reasons in that era, this school can be said to have ceased to exist.

If we consider that modern mathematics has begun to move into many subdivided fields, there is no doubt that if a nearly dominant mathematical leader like Hilbert emerges again, it can bring great benefits to his alma mater.

"Really, Professor Dugan, I suggest you stop thinking so much. As I said before, Qiao Yu doesn't seem to be planning to study abroad. And to be honest, even if there is an exchange, the current United States is not the best for him.

Choose." Zhang Shuwen said seriously.

Lot Dugan glanced at Zhang Shuwen and was unable to say anything against it.

In this special era, some things can no longer be kept out of the academic circle. The high walls of the school can no longer block many things. Of course he understands this. "Damn..." The little old man with a bad temper

He cursed, but of course no one knew what he was cursing.

Thousands of kilometers away in Berkeley, California, Frank was still lying in bed and was awakened by the ringtone on the bedside table. "Whose phone number? Honey?" asked his wife who was sleeping next to him.

Frank picked up the phone and looked at it: "Grandpa." "So early?" his wife complained.

Yes, the call was from Lucas Eisen.

He is the biological father of his father-in-law, the big boss of the Philippine Prize in Qiao Yu’s mouth. He is also one of the members of the presidium of the organizing committee of the World University of Algebraic Geometry. Of course, for this kind of non-fixed related meeting, although the presidium members are usually

A leading scholar in the field, but this position is not fixed.

After all, the members of this presidium are not just an honorary title, they really have to work, and there is no salary. Everyone needs to be responsible for planning the content of the meeting, choosing to invite speakers, and coordinating various affairs. Big bosses often do not do this

Too much time is wasted. So if you look at the list of presidiums for previous conferences, you will find that the members of the presidium are actually different for each conference.

As many people know, the most important topic of this conference was originally the geometric Langlands conjecture. The conference also planned to propose a series of related reports around this issue to showcase the latest research results to other researchers.

There is no doubt that this is one of the fastest ways to enhance academic influence.

Originally, Yonex Frank was also going to participate, but due to well-known reasons, the relevant report was not suitable for presentation for the time being. Instead, Qiao Yu was given the opportunity to give this thirty-minute report. Well, things in this world

, sometimes it’s such a coincidence, what can be done?

Frank received a call from the old man at this time, and Frank actually felt very complicated. Of course he knew that the meeting would be officially held tomorrow, but what could be done?

This problem still has not been solved.

But Frank could only cheer up and answer the call. After all, the old man could provide him with great help. Of course, he was also a little confused, because he had already reported to the old man that he would not attend this meeting.

After all, if he went, other members of the research team would definitely go to listen to Qiao Yu's report, and he would have no choice but to go. But if he went, would he be allowed to listen to his wild son's report in the audience? If there was an opportunity for this report

If it hadn't been snatched from him, Frank might still have this demeanor, but it's a pity...

After passing these thoughts, Frank answered the phone directly.

"Hi, Grandpa..." Frank tried to sound relaxed and without too many negative emotions. "I have some very bad news to tell you, Frank."

Frank could hear that the tone on the other end was a little heavy, which made him subconsciously feel something was wrong.

"Well, to be honest, I can't think of anything worse than what I'm doing right now, you know, I'm dealing with that problem and I still don't have a clue..."

"That's it, Frank, you don't need to think about this problem anymore. The young man from China has completely solved this problem. So his original thirty-minute report will be temporarily replaced by an opening report. I even I can’t object because I was the first to support that the geometric Langlands problem should be used as the opening report!”

"What, he has completely solved this problem? He has even received small-scale recognition? So..."

"No more. The reason why this news is bad is because his solution completely bypassed your and Sam's method. In other words, he used a new method to bypass your proof and was able to Completely solve the targeted issues he raised. In other words, you and Sam are destined to be eliminated from this issue."

The old man's voice was actually very calm, probably because he had seen many such things in his more than sixty years of mathematics career.

Mathematicians find an entry point to an important problem and then conduct research on this problem. Most people work hard and rack their brains to contend with the difficult problems that plague the world, but it is obvious that not everyone will succeed.

In a sense, the old man is lucky. He defeated many of his peers and became the leader of this era.

Obviously, Frank wasn't that lucky, that's all.

This kind of thing happens all the time, and no one can completely avoid it as long as he enters the game. Even if he won the Fields Medal and became an honorary academician of many countries, the team he led would still encounter this kind of disappointing situation. Upsetting things.

It's just that things that he doesn't care about are obviously not so easy for Frank to accept.

In fact, since Frank came to this country, everything has been smooth sailing and he has rarely encountered any major setbacks.

There is no doubt that this time was the biggest blow to his academic career. For a moment, he didn't come back to his senses and subconsciously asked a stupid question: "Wait a minute, I don't quite understand, what does "outing" mean? "
To be continued...