God's Crown

"Morningside Mathematics Award." An Yan smiled, "Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Center called me."

"Morningside Mathematics Award?" Wang Yunqi said with a hint of confusion, "I know the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Center, which belongs to Jinghua University. But what about the Morningside Mathematics Award?"

"I just found out about this thing not too long ago, and I didn't expect to come to my door directly." An Yan said, clutching his forehead, "The Morningside Mathematics Award is the highest award for Chinese mathematics established in 1998. It can also be said to be 'Chinese Fields Medal'. This award is only awarded to Chinese mathematicians under the age of 45 who have made outstanding achievements in pure and applied mathematics."

"This award is the highest award awarded by the Chinese Mathematicians Conference."

"The Chinese Conference of Mathematicians (ICCM) was initiated by the world-renowned mathematician and professor of Harvard University, Yau Chengtong. The first conference was held in the capital in 1998, and it has been held every three years since then. The award aims to encourage Chinese mathematicians who have made outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics And people who have made important contributions to the development of Chinese mathematics. The review committee is composed of Professor Yau Shing-tong and several top mathematicians of non-Chinese descent.①”

"Actually, this award..." An Yan thought for a while, and didn't know what to say about the present award. He could only sigh and say, "The award is a very good award. After all, there are several non-Chinese masters participating. But ——" An Yan paused when she said this, Wang Yunqi scratched her head and said, "Professor's award sounds quite impressive."

"What awards do you know?" An Yan frowned and looked at Wang Yunqi with a smile.

"For domestic awards, I only know the Chern Award." Wang Yunqi thought for a while, "I don't know much about domestic awards either."

"We're all about the same." An Yan tapped on the table lightly and said, "How about it, will you go back with me?"

"Ah?" Wang Yunqi seemed to be hesitating, probably struggling between going back and not going back. After thinking for a while, he nodded heavily and said, "Then, then I'd better go back to China."

"The exam is coming up soon." An Yan said with a smile, "If you really don't want to go home, you can come and live in my house. I can still accommodate one more person in my house."

"No need, I'll just go back to my grandparents." Wang Yunqi shook his head and rejected An Yan's proposal. He didn't want to bother the professor, and secondly, he would feel a little embarrassed.Besides, he still has to sort out the materials for the professor, it's better to go back to his grandparents' house to sort out.

He himself didn't spend any money at Princeton University. Professor Deligne helped him apply for a full scholarship, and he only ate something every day and bought some clothes.

"Then when I go back to China, I will take you back with me by the way."

"it is good."

An Yan clicked on the computer and started booking tickets. After booking, she started to do her own business.

Throughout June, Princeton University was relatively busy. Fortunately, he was also enjoying himself, studying his own things, and he really didn't feel tired.After Wang Yunqi finished the exam and got his grades, An Yan and Wang Yunqi officially returned to China.

Lance drove them to the airport in New York. Originally, An Yan didn't plan to trouble Lance.But neither he nor Wang Yunqi knew how to drive, and it was too troublesome to drive, so Lance sent them to the New York airport.

The Morningside Mathematics Award in August is only at the end of June, and there is still more than a month to go.An Yan is not only to accept the award, but also to have an academic report.He took Wang Yunqi to participate in this award ceremony, precisely to let Wang Yunqi broaden his horizons, and get to know this group of mathematics experts in China by the way.

Of course, Jinghua University has a lot of mathematics experts, but generally speaking, Beijing University will most likely not go to this kind of mathematics award.This is also the reason why An Yan wanted to tell Wang Yunqi before but couldn't.

Because of the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Center, the mathematics departments of the two schools were very unhappy.

Although Wang Yunqi has already experienced an academic report meeting, and it is still at the top level in the world.But for him, a student who had no mentor before, it didn't really matter much.If you add that he is his own student.I believe that going to an award ceremony like the Morningside Mathematics Award is different.

It has been two consecutive years that this award has been held at the Yau Mathematics Center.

I don't know what the grand prize will be like this time, so I sighed.An Yan and Wang Yunqi got on the plane, "Wang Yunqi, I remember you came to Princeton University, and you never went back, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Yunqi nodded.

"You." An Yan didn't know what to say, the plane still had some time to take off.It was Gu Weize who called, "Hey, Xiaoyan, how is it with you?"

"It's okay." An Yan said in a deep voice, "I'm already on the plane, but I have something to do after I arrive in the capital. I need to see Professor Li Bo. It should be back to Yucheng in three or four days. Before I come back Let me tell you, Brother Ze, how are you doing now?"

"It's okay, then I'll pick you up from the airport. I just got my driver's license..."

"En." An Yan responded softly, "My student is still beside me, so I won't tell you now."

"Um, Xiaoyan, do you have students?"

"Yeah, didn't I tell you about this? Maybe I forgot it. I have a student now who is very good. I am very optimistic about him... I will introduce you to him in a few days. He is also from Yucheng. people."

"Okay." As long as it was what An Yan said, Gu Wei never seemed to refuse.

After hanging up the phone, An Yan smiled at Wang Yunqi who was sitting next to him.Then he closed his eyes, thinking about how Hodge's conjecture should be solved in his mind.

He has not yet determined how to solve Hodge's conjecture. He has tried many routes, but none of them seem to work.

While he was thinking about it all the time, the greasy middle-aged man sitting next to him, who seemed to have an Asian face, struck up a conversation with Wang Yunqi.

"Young man, are you also from Huaguo?"

"Hmm." Wang Yunqi actually doesn't like talking to strangers, and the professor next to him seems to be sleeping with his eyes closed.Don't let this middle-aged man bother the professor.He saw that the professor was very busy every day, and he didn't seem to have much rest for a few days in order to do his own research.

After thinking for a while, he nodded slightly, "Yes, we are from the Hua Kingdom."

"Which part of China are you from?"

"Yucheng."

"Going back to China alone at such a young age, are you studying in the United States?"

"Correct."

"Hey, don't tell me, my incompetent son is also studying at the University of Michigan. You said that the education in the United States is really good. Otherwise, why do so many Chinese people like to study abroad. My son, what is he studying in Michigan? What Ph.D., I forgot." The middle-aged uncle smiled and said, "In the future, we don't plan to go back to China. He will stay in the United States after graduation. The mountains and rivers here are not as strong as Hua Guo too much?"

Wang Yunqi smiled awkwardly, and he didn't know how to answer this greasy middle-aged man.

"If you ask me, Huaguo will definitely not be able to catch up with the United States in the future. Don't talk about the future, where is it stronger than Meili now? By the way, what school are you students from? Are you studying in university? Students like you , I think it is still very difficult to stay in the United States, my son has now received a green card."

An Yan opened her eyes and looked at Wang Yunqi standing aside in embarrassment.

Stretching out his hand, he smiled at the greasy middle-aged man and said, "We are from Princeton University, and I am his Professor."

The middle-aged man was stunned, awkwardly standing aside, not knowing what to do.He didn't understand whether it was PrincetonUniversity or Professor.Originally a middle-aged greasy man with little education, now he pretends to criticize Huaguo, saying how good America is, all because his son can immigrate to America and that's all.But what An Yan said caused a lot of people to look sideways.

Princeton University, Princeton University.It is one of the top universities in the United States, and it is still introducing the position of professor. It is hard not to think of it——Princeton University had a new professor in June.And this professor is known as the youngest professor at Princeton University, and he is extremely good at basic mathematics in Princeton University.

If you want to say what Princeton University is the most powerful, it is naturally mathematics and physics.The new professor is a professor of mathematical physics.It is said that many students want to sign up with this professor and want to be his student. It can be seen from this that the academic level of this professor is really not too bad. It can even be said that the academic level is really good. It's already pretty good.

On the contrary, this guy keeps talking about how amazing his son is. Although the University of Michigan is also a good school, it is still a little bit far from Princeton University.not to mention--

Princeton professors are more...

Who knows who is embarrassed.

Fortunately, this uncle is not talking anymore, he is sitting obediently in his ID seat, and seems to be muttering something.An Yan glanced at Wang Yunqi, and said with a light smile, "In the future, don't strike up a conversation with such an unknown person, or you won't know why if you get kidnapped."

"En." Wang Yunqi nodded slightly.

An Yan closed his eyes again, this time, he seemed to be really thinking about something, his brows were tightly knit all the time.

It was very quiet until the plane arrived in the capital.Walking out of the Capital Airport, Professor Li Bo will be able to meet them all the way.

As well as Gou Liqun standing behind Professor Li Bo, Wang Yunqi looked around and followed An Yan to Professor Li Bo's side.

"Hey, Professor Anda, long time no see. When I saw you last year, you were still a doctoral student at Stanford University, my junior. Now that I see you, you are already a professor at Princeton University. It's amazing!"

"Professor Li, stop making fun of me." An Yan said, covering her face, "It's all just luck."

"Come on, you are the only one who is lucky... When will I have this luck? I am still wondering when I will be able to solve the Yang-Mills problem."

"Don't worry, take your time." An Yan smiled, "I'm mainly engaged in basic mathematics and theoretical physics abroad now."

"Hey, you are preparing to study the Grand Unified Theory."

"It can be said that theoretical physics is always going to develop in that direction. But it's hard to say how far it can be researched." An Yan said, clutching his forehead, "Forget it, what do you do with these things?" Is Professor Li doing well recently?"

"Thanks to you, it actually went quite smoothly. But the contact with you is also because some things in topology have not been clarified—" Professor Li Bo said that it was only at this time that he discovered that there was another person behind An Yan who looked like Not too big of a person.He glanced curiously, "Isn't this Wang Yunqi? Why are you here?"

"Professor Li." Wang Yunqi bowed respectfully to Professor Li Bo.

"This is?"

"My student." An Yan said lightly, "I originally wanted him to study with Professor Deligne, but he insisted on following me, and I have nothing to do with him."

"you recognize?"

"I know it, why don't you know it?" Professor Li Bo said, "I was shocked by my skills at Peking University back then."

An Yan smiled and said nothing, looked at Professor Li Bo and said, "Well, what's the matter with Professor Li Bo, let's talk as we walk."

"Okay, let's get in the car then."

Professor Li Bo opened the car door and opened the trunk by the way. The two put their suitcases behind the trunk.sat in the car.Professor Li Bo drove, An Yan and Wang Yunqi sat in the back seat.Gou Liqun didn't speak, just sat in the front seat silently.People who don't know think he has been wronged.

"That's it." Professor Li Bo coughed lightly, "Because this matter is a bit anxious, it is about the vector field problem of differential manifolds. This question should have been asked by the people in the mathematics department of our school It can be solved, but those who can solve it now are not free. For those who are free, it is a bit difficult to solve this problem. Didn’t I just think of you as a foreign aid?”

"That's why you asked me when I would be back that day?" An Yan frowned.

"That's probably the reason. Isn't it my main concern for you?"

"Then I really appreciate your concern."

"Ahem, I definitely can't tell you about this project. You only need to solve the problem of the vector field, and it shouldn't delay you for a few days. I know you haven't been home during the Chinese New Year. I'm just a Is it a small problem? It won't take you a few minutes to solve this problem, and I'll just take you home."

"special plane?"

"That's impossible. Take you to the airport..."

"Tsk tsk, is this how professors at Princeton University are treated?"

"Aren't you here to help me out of friendship...By the way, I heard that Jinghua University is going to award you the Morningside Mathematics Award. After you arrive at Jinghua University, you should pay attention to yourself. Now the Department of Mathematics of Jinghua University treats you Great opinion..."

"Not so much."

"You will know when you go. Of course, they can't say anything in front of you. After all, you are also a person who has been promoted by CCTV for so long. Besides, you are a professor at Princeton University. There are at least a few geniuses in Peking University every year. Going to Princeton University is not. It will definitely not embarrass you, but there will inevitably be some emotions."

An Yan nodded, he understood the truth.As for why the Department of Mathematics of Jinghua University and the Department of Mathematics of Peking University have conflicts, in fact, everyone understands it in their hearts.Just understand it, don't point it too bluntly.

This was the first time Wang Yunqi heard that the Department of Mathematics of Peking University and the Department of Jinghua Mathematics seemed to be in conflict, but seeing that none of them wanted to talk about it, he naturally didn't dare to say anything.

"Okay, I will take you to the International Mathematics Research Center of Peking University later. You haven't been there yet, have you?"

"To be honest, I haven't been there before." An Yan spread his hands and said, "Not everyone can get in this thing."

"Hey, it's actually not as difficult as you imagined. Just ask your student, he's been in before."

"..." What else could An Yan say, but he could only say that if he had worked harder in mathematics, maybe he wouldn't be so embarrassed.This is so troublesome, my students have been there, but this professor hasn't been there yet.Isn't this embarrassing?

It's easy for Wang Yunqi to say anything, he was taken in by the mathematics teacher of Peking University to visit.Of course, it was just a visit, and nothing else was done.After the car drove into the International Mathematics Research Center of Peking University, Professor Li found a parking space and stopped.

Walking into the building, there are not many people coming and going.

However, many people still greet Professor Li Bo. It seems that Professor Li Bo often comes to the International Mathematical Research Center.

"Professor An." After the group of professors greeted Professor Li Bo, they greeted An Yan again, "I have known you for a long time, and I have already read your BSD guess. It is very popular. I am half as good as you, and I am not as good as you are now. It’s so useless.”

Before I understood what I should do in the International Mathematical Center, I was praised and complimented.An Yan was in a daze, he thought that not many people knew him.Unexpectedly, most of the people here, or even the vast majority of people, knew him.

Still smiling and greeting him, An Yan and Professor Li Bo said when they walked together, "Why am I still famous at the International Mathematical Research Center?"

"Why else?" Professor Li Bo raised his eyebrows and said, "You are a great professor at Princeton University. Maybe one of these professors' favorite students wants to study for a Ph. It would be nice to say hello and take good care of your former students afterwards. What's more, you are now a well-known genius in Huaguo's mathematics circles. Judging from your current level, it is very likely that you can make no less than For the contribution of a great god like Chen Shiingshen, tell me, can they not give you a good face?"

"That's... not so enthusiastic." Pushing open the door, it was an empty research room with only a few chairs, tables, and a few blackboards.

"No, this is here." Professor Li Bo pointed to the research room and said, "I specially found it for you, a relatively quiet environment."

"That's fine, you write down your questions first, and I'll study it." An Yan raised his brows and said, "But I don't guarantee that I will be able to research it within a few days."