From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

During the prime time that evening, the most watched news channel in China gave a brief report on Wang Hao's research.

"Professor Wang Hao of Xihai University deduced the anomaly in a specific energy range based on the Yang-Mills equation, and the CERN ATLAS experiment team confirmed his research.

Professor Wang Hao's latest research may lead to the development of a new physical theory and promote the further research and development of human beings on microphysics..."

A simple one-sentence report, placed in a prime-time news column, is already quite remarkable.

Wang Hao has appeared in several prime-time news reports, two of which were more than three minutes long, including research on Goldbach's conjecture and winning the International Fields Medal last year.

These two items deserve a lot of coverage.

Goldbach's conjecture has a relatively large influence in China, and there are relevant introductions in elementary school textbooks. The completion of the proof of Goldbach's conjecture must be hyped.

The fact that Wang Hao won the Fields Medal is even more important. He became the first scholar in China to win the Fields Medal.

Current reports are relatively conservative.

This is mainly because the research has not been made public yet, but the content was only published on the Internet, which seems to be a research of the nature of "computational prediction", which was then confirmed by the experiment of CERN.

Prime-time news reports still need to be cautious, and the report is mainly due to the huge international influence.

The impact of CERN's new experiment is already huge.

Their experiments believe that the biggest achievement is to find more Higgs boson signals, so that they can use this to study the decay of Higgs bosons, but they did not expect a small discovery in the experiment to confirm that Wang Hao published research on the Internet.

This matter sounds very interesting, and thinking deeply makes people look forward to Wang Hao's research.

No previous research has been able to predict the outcome of particle collision experiments.

Even though the Higgs theory existed 70 years ago, no amount of theoretical research can predict which energy range the Higgs particle will appear in.

Wang Hao's research is different, he directly calculated the energy range.

Many people judged that his research was correct based on this, and many people were waiting for his papers and research results reports.

The country is also very concerned about this.

In terms of quantum physics research, China is relatively backward, even more behind than other fields. More than 99% of the achievements in this field come from foreign scientists and experimental groups.

Domestic research has only started in the past 30 years, mostly relying on electron-positron colliders, but only progress has been made in experiments, while theoretical research has not made any progress at all, and there is no even participation.

Now Wang Hao relies on calculations to predict the results of particle collision experiments in advance, which means that there must be breakthroughs in theoretical research, and it can be said that he has surpassed all domestic theoretical scholars in the field of quantum physics.

This may sound sad, but it is true.

Many people in related fields have refocused on research related to particle physics.

Domestic research in this area has been discussed non-stop, and has also generated a lot of controversy, because research related to particle physics requires a huge investment in experiments.

The project of building a new type of particle collider has been stopped and discussed for more than ten years without definite results.

This is a super-large project with a maximum investment of 100 billion yuan.

For the domestic new particle collider project, the construction site has been determined, and the project has even been demonstrated towards perfection. As long as there is sufficient financial support, the construction work can begin.

However, due to the huge investment in the project, voices of opposition continued.

This is the case with large scientific research projects.

Because the funds allocated by the state to the field of scientific research are limited every year, if a certain project receives a large amount of funds, the funds in other fields will definitely be affected.

If a particle collider project takes tens of billions of funding, many project applications in other fields will not be approved.

This is one of the reasons why the project has had a lot of opposition.

In addition, some top scholars believe that there are not enough physicists in China to participate in the project, and the construction of a particle collider is tantamount to making a wedding dress for foreign countries.

This is also true.

The number of domestic scholars engaged in quantum physics research is very small, and almost all of them are concentrated in a few professional research institutions, while those engaged in theoretical physics research are even rarer.

Regardless of any kind of physical theory, it is difficult to find young scholars engaged in professional research in China.

These are the reasons for the much opposition to the particle collider project.

Of course there are supporters.

For example, Academician Hu Hourong.

As a physics academician of the Academy of Sciences and one of the academicians of the Institute of High Energy Energy, Hu Hourong is the main initiator and supporter of the ultra-large particle collider project.

He has always called for the construction of the world's largest particle collider, with the new particle collider as the center, to develop and study quantum physics, and gradually catch up with international research.

Hu Hourong kept running around for this reason, and naturally found Wang Hao's head.

Hu Hourong noticed Wang Hao's research, which shocked the international physics community, and naturally had a great influence. He sent an email to Wang Hao and invited Wang Hao to communicate online.

When Wang Hao saw the email, he contacted Hu Hourong and made an appointment to have an online call with him.

link, connect.

Hu Hourong congratulated Wang Hao on his latest research with a full smile, and then talked to Wang Hao about the importance of particle physics research, "Our country should also support research in this area."

"Studying the lowest level of physics is very important in basic science, but we are very backward in this area. Ruan Hui formed a team and managed to gather more than 20 people..."

He said with a wry smile and shook his head, "Professor Wang, should you support the particle collision project?"

In Hu Hourong's mind, Wang Hao had no reason not to support it.

Wang Hao's research is the content of particle physics, and his research can also be verified by experiments, obviously not pure theoretical physics similar to string theory.

His research needs to be verified by large-scale experiments, and will naturally support the particle collider project.

If China has the largest particle collider in the world, any related research in the future can be experimentally verified.

Wang Hao replied inexplicably, "Academician Hu, your question is too sudden, I haven't thought about it."

"Oh? Suddenly?" Hu Hourong was a little surprised.

Wang Hao shook his head and said, "I never thought about it. My research is just a temporary idea. It was Professor Qiu Chengwen who suggested that I study the Yang-Mills equation, so I studied it based on my original theory."

"To be honest, I was surprised by the verification of my research in Europe."

"The particle collider project should have nothing to do with me, I don't do research in this area."

Hu Hourong twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and didn't know how to react for a while.

The other party said that he is not professionally engaged in research in this field, but he just followed the advice and studied the Yang-Mills equation, and then he had a big achievement that shocked the world?

This is too shocking!

Hu Hourong did not refute or question, because he knew that what Wang Hao said was probably true.

Wang Hao's main research is all about mathematics, including Goldbach's conjecture, including the NS equation. Even if it involves physics, it is the study of the mechanism of superconductivity, which seems to have little to do with particle physics.

This research is likely to be a temporary idea, thinking about the Yang-Mills equation...

Then, there are results!

Hu Hourong continued to think and still felt very depressed. He thought about it substitutingly, if he had Wang Hao's genius level, he really didn't need to consider any particle collider project.

experiment?

No need at all!

Do some mathematical calculations and study the theory a little bit. A theoretical physicist who stands on a high ground can predict the experimental results in advance.

There is a large group of experimental physicists who will pay back their funds and scramble to help with experimental verification!

"Oh~~"

Hu Hourong finally sighed, "Professor Wang, if you have any experimental needs, you can tell us at Gaoneng. Our electron-positron collider can still be used. You also know about the spectrometer detection project. As for the particle collision machine project..."

"Let's not talk about it online, we will see you in Lingcheng next month."

...

After Wang Hao talked with Hu Hourong, he felt that the other party was quite nice.

In fact, whether the particle collider project is specifically supported or not, the opinions are different from different personal perspectives.

From the perspective of a quantum physics expert, they are basically supportive, especially those who specialize in experimental research, such as scholars from the Institute of High Energy. How could they oppose large-scale particle physics experiment projects?

This is like doing ordinary experimental research, with better experimental tools and experimental environment, it can even play a decisive role in the research results.

Experimental physicists don't even have a laboratory, how can they do experiments?

From a national point of view, it is for officials to consider the decision-making issue of "whether it is worthwhile" to invest.

Wang Hao still shook his head.

He already has the qualifications to participate in decision-making on such a super-large project, and he knows that his opinion is very important.

He still didn't want to comment.

As a pure scholar, he still likes to devote himself to research rather than thinking about content that has almost nothing to do with him.

What is directly relevant now is new theoretical research.

As the prime-time news reported, his research may well lead to a new theory.

This is the theory of annihilation.

Wang Hao has always hoped to perfect the annihilation theory, but because he could not find the relationship between the annihilation force and the other three fundamental forces, he could not use the existing quantum physics theory as the mathematical basic structure of the annihilation force. The underlying mathematical foundation will be very difficult.

After thinking about it carefully, he decided to create a task.

Even if the difficulty is very high, because it is his own theory, which is directly related to the study of the superconducting mechanism, it still needs to be studied.

Create tasks -

【Task 3】

[Research project name: Constructing a mathematical system for annihilation theory (difficulty: S+). 】

[Inspiration value: 0. 】

"S+ again?"

Seeing the level of difficulty of the task, Wang Hao was not surprised, but found that he seemed to be challenging high difficulty all the time.

'Task 1' is the study of the Yang-Mills equation, and the difficulty level has reached 'S+'; 'Task 2' is to construct a unidirectional semi-topological system, and the difficulty level is S level.

Now it is another "S+" constructing annihilation theoretical mathematical system.

"It seems like it's easiest to build a semi-topological system."

"Is it because the mathematical theoretical research of applied physics is easier than the theoretical research of microscopic physics?"

Wang Hao tugged at the corner of his mouth, thinking that his research with Bill Carr and Lin Bohan had not progressed for a long time, and he felt a little depressed.

Research is really hard!

...

Many people are discussing Wang Hao's latest research, while ordinary students in the university are discussing more about Ding Zhiqiang.

Wang Hao seemed too far away from them.

Ding Zhiqiang is also a student, so he naturally has a sense of intimacy.

When Wang Hao was publicly interviewed, he mentioned Ding Zhiqiang's name, and Ding Zhiqiang also became popular.

Ding Zhiqiang's name appeared in many media reports, and some even directly classified him as a "genius", thinking that he would be the pillar of the domestic mathematics circle in the future.

Because Ding Zhiqiang is only a first-year graduate student.

As a first-year graduate student, being able to help Wang Hao in research is a remarkable thing.

Ding Zhiqiang was completely exposed, and he became a celebrity on campus.

Ding Zhiqiang was also very famous before, because he was a student named by Wang Hao, but the students were only students after all, but now his fame has spread beyond Xihai University and spread to the whole country.

Because there are many reports in the media, everyone who knows Ding Zhiqiang knows about it.

That day, my mother called and said excitedly, "Xiaoqiang, I knew you were a genius since I was a child. Although you didn't pass the college entrance examination, it was a blessing in disguise!"

"Now you are a student of Professor Wang Hao, you must give your family credit, keep working hard, and truly become a great scientist in the future..."

Ding Zhiqiang immediately felt very depressed. It is indeed good to be praised, but he didn't help Wang Hao in research, and he didn't even know how he helped Wang Hao.

Until now, he had only just figured out the Yang-Mills equation.

So he feels like he's getting credit and attention that he doesn't deserve, and similar credit and attention don't seem to do much good.

For example, he clearly felt that the seniors and sisters looked at him a little unfriendly.

There is an old saying that goes, 'Don't be envied by others, you are not a talent'.

However, Ding Zhiqiang didn't think he was a talent, so how could he be envied for no reason?

He was under pressure that he shouldn't have.

Ding Zhiqiang's feeling is not wrong, several seniors are indeed jealous of him, the most obvious one is Xu Jie.

When he was in the workshop, Xu Jie couldn't help but said depressedly, "I feel like I'm no worse than Ding Zhiqiang at all. Why does Teacher Wang always praise him?"

"I was there at the time, and I felt that what I said was good. Ding Zhiqiang just said one sentence to solve the equation, and then Teacher Wang knew how to continue researching?"

"Next time, I will give more advice to Mr. Wang..."

Others are also a little jealous of Ding Zhiqiang, but it's not obvious.

For example, Chen Mengmeng is obviously more serious about studying.

For example, Qiu Huian wholeheartedly hoped to complete the proof of the Legendre conjecture.

Helen showed that she didn't care, and she directly analyzed Xu Jie's heart, "Judging from your tone and emotion, you are jealous of Ding Zhiqiang, right?"

Of course Xu Jie would not admit it, "I will be jealous of him?"

Helen nodded and said, "Your performance is in line with the psychological expectations for the emotion of 'jealousy'."

"If your performance is not jealousy, it may be a neurological syndrome in the brain, prompting you to target Ding..."

"stop!"

Xu Jie quickly interrupted Helen's long speech. He already knew Helen very well, and he knew that if he continued talking, he might become a 'crazy', "Just take it as you said."

"There is no 'just as', of course I am right!"

Helen emphasized a sentence very seriously, and continued, "Jealousy is a biological instinctive emotion of group competition. Not only humans, but animals also have jealousy emotions. For example, in nature, some lionesses..."

"Ula Ula~~"

She talked a lot in a row, making several people in the workplace dizzy, and then said, "As long as you understand the nature of this emotion, you can always remind yourself not to have this emotion."

"So I never get jealous of others."

Others believed it.

In their view, Helen is already very talented, and there is no reason to be jealous of Ding Zhiqiang, because no matter how powerful Ding Zhiqiang is, he only reminded Teacher Wang Hao, rather than doing any research by himself.

At this time, I heard Helen say, "Through this incident, I discovered a problem. My previous IQ test was actually not perfect."

Xu Jie asked, "You mean, the result of your IQ test on Ding Zhiqiang was incorrect?"

"No, his IQ is indeed 81 points." Helen affirmed.

"That is?"

"It's missing a very necessary content - the stress test." Helen explained, "I think an index of 'stress test results' should be added to make a comprehensive judgment on a person. IQ is not the decision of evaluation. factor."

"With the same IQ, when faced with a problem, some people can solve it patiently, while others will give up halfway."

"Stress testing, that is, how to continue working or studying under high-intensity pressure. Here, it needs to be emphasized that for Ding Zhiqiang, the most important thing is to study."

Xu Jie understood after listening, "You mean, we can assign Ding Zhiqiang more learning tasks, let him bear more learning pressure, and then record his progress to collect information to judge the pressure index?"

Helen showed a childish look in her eyes, "I think the content can be doubled, which may exceed his critical line. At that time, we can take turns to help check the learning progress, and make records and collect data."

The other three listened and nodded.

Putting this test on Ding Zhiqiang sounds very interesting!

A genius should bear more pressure!

Qiu Hui'an suddenly asked suspiciously, "Helen, are you sure it's not because you're jealous of Ding Zhiqiang?"

"I'm going to be jealous of him?"

Helen stared straight at Qiu Hui'an, and asked in a bad tone, "Do you want to take the stress test too?"

Qiu Hui'an quickly waved his hands vigorously, "Let's leave this kind of test to geniuses!"

...

the other side of the earth.

Bruce Pulitzer received the video sent by Wang Hao, and he posted the video on Twitter with depression, and attached a sentence, "I lost my work to God!"

This video has attracted a lot of attention.

Many people came to watch the video, and by the way made fun of the last sentence, "Bruce, God has abandoned you."

"Poor Bruce!"

"Look how God favors the people of Eagle Country!"

"You have tried very hard, but there is no way..."

These ridicules gave Bruce Pulitzer a little comfort.

What can I do if I lose to God?

But in any case, Wang Hao decided to publish the paper in "Nature", which made many scholars in the physics field focus on "Nature".

"Nature" magazine received Wang Hao's contribution, and they immediately stated that the next issue of "Nature-Physics" will publish Wang Hao's paper.

The next issue will be at the beginning of next month.

At the same time, the Chinese Congress of Mathematicians also released news that Wang Hao will give a research report on the "Yang-Mills Equation" at the Congress of Mathematicians.

The news drew more attention.

Many scholars immediately applied to participate in the Chinese Mathematicians Conference.

The Organizing Committee of the Chinese Mathematicians Conference has received a lot of applications for participation, and the Institute of High Energy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences alone has more than 20 applications.

Mathematics and physics scholars from some colleges and universities have also applied to participate in the conference.

There are also many applications from abroad.

In the field of quantum physics research, foreign countries are relatively more in-depth, and the applicants include several top quantum physics experts.

CERN's test experiment had just ended, and they all happened to come to attend the Chinese Mathematicians Conference and listen to Wang Hao's research report.

By the way...

A trip to China can be regarded as a tourist trip, and to relax, it can be regarded as a public-funded vacation after work.

This is a very valid reason.

Faced with a large number of applications from top scholars, Qiu Chengwen was naturally very happy. He organized the Chinese Mathematicians Conference.

In recent years, the conference has become better and better, and more top scholars have participated in the conference, which has also made the conference more and more influential.

Qiu Chengwen very much hoped to hold the meeting well.

...

Among the scholars preparing to participate in the Chinese Mathematicians Conference, not all of them came to listen to Wang Hao's report, and some of them specifically came to deny the theory of annihilation.

For example, Paul Phil Jones.

Paul Phil-Jones is a professor at Caltech.

He has three doctorates and one master's degree on his head, and he has been appointed as a full professor at the age of 32, which is enough to show how talented he is.

As a scholar specializing in string theory research, Paul Phil Jones admires Edward Witten very much. He has always aimed at Edward Witten, hoping to carry forward string theory.

Therefore, he disliked the theory of annihilation very much.

When he first saw the introduction of the theory, he defined the theory of annihilation as a 'false hoax'.

He also accepted an interview for this, "Now the media reports regardless of right and wrong, and the annihilation theory is a complete hoax."

"This theory says that space crunching will shatter units of mass, which is in complete conflict with the existing physical system."

"I don't know how he did the calculations. He took advantage of one success to promote his own theory. If more people believed in his theory, it would be a retrogression of science and physics!"

Paul Phil-Jones' words are very sharp.

There is a reason for this.

Eighty percent of the underlying foundations of annihilation theory directly conflict with string theory.

To give a simple example -

String theory says that all matter is composed of the most basic strings.

The annihilation theory holds that the annihilation force is the microcosmic manifestation of gravity, which will directly annihilate the mass unit.

The string must exist less than or equal to the mass unit.

In other words, the appearance of strings will be directly annihilated by space, so how can matter be formed?

Although the theory of annihilation has no mathematical basis, it is just a few simple definition frameworks, but it is absolutely unacceptable.

"This is the paradox of string theory!"

"Devil's Theory!"

"False hoax!"

Paul Phil-Jones couldn't accept it at all. He even called on more people on the Internet to resist Wang Hao's theory of annihilation.