Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 435: That News is Not a Small Thing
Chen Zhou was very puzzled when he heard Professor Ating's sudden question.
I'm guessing this from my own research, but not many people know about it?
How did Professor Atin know that?
As if seeing Chen Zhou's doubts, Professor Ating said directly: "Your project has been announced on the official website of China's science and technology department. I believe that in a few days, your application for the project on Gecai will be approved."
Chen Zhou understood that Professor Ating had gone to the internal website to check it.
Chen Zhou didn't expect that Professor Ating had this trick.
What Chen Zhou didn't expect was that it was now more than just the intranet.
When the official website of China’s science and technology department announced Ge Chai’s project application.
The entire intranet exploded.
Then, it was uploaded to the Internet.
Therefore, Professor Ating did not see it on the intranet.
Now, the entire Internet is full of news about Chen Zhou and the Goldbach conjecture.
The discussion was very lively.
After all, Chen Zhou was the one who killed three people who came up with mathematical conjectures.
People also want know whether Chen Zhou can continue his efforts and solve another mathematical conjecture.
However, compared with the hail conjecture, Cramer conjecture and Jebov conjecture, these conjectures are not very old.
The Goldbach conjecture is too old.
It has been able to stand in the mathematics world for such a long time, and despite the efforts of generations of mathematicians and generations of mathematical gods , it has never been solved.
This is enough to illustrate the difficulty of the Goldbach conjecture.
In addition to precedents, the direction of almost prime numbers is the way to prove it through the large sieve method.
It has remained at Mr. Chen’s “1+2”, the closest result, and there has been no progress for decades.
Therefore, people generally still hold a pessimistic attitude.
They admired Chen Zhou's courage.
But they are not optimistic about Chen Zhou's possible outcome.
Of course, Chen Zhou didn't know this. When he heard what Professor Ating said, he just looked as if he had realized something. "It turns out that the science and technology department has announced it. I was wondering why there has been no news for so long. This is the material I submitted to Yenching before I came to MIT."
Professor Atin then asked: "Is there any progress at present?"
Chen Zhou shook his head: "Not much progress, still in the exploratory stage."
Professor Ating chuckled and said, "So, to study such a difficult problem, you still need to concentrate. Although your learning efficiency is very high, you are trying to do two things at once..."
"No, you're multitasking. You also have a physics project. If you multitask like this, you'll probably end up with nothing good in any of the three areas."
"If you concentrate on studying the Goldbach conjecture, this will be enough for your graduation thesis!"
Facing Professor Ating's kind reminder, Chen Zhou thought for a moment before saying with a smile, "Professor, this doesn't count as multitasking. When I study any one subject, I focus on it wholeheartedly."
Professor Ating was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Chen Zhou and said, "Boy, can I understand that you are relying on your talent and are fearless?"
Chen Zhou chuckled and did not deny it. After all, there are so many subjects in the system.
If you focus on just one, you probably won't be able to see the full Lv9 in your lifetime.
Professor Ating shook his head helplessly: "I hope you can grasp the balance between the two."
Chen Zhou nodded solemnly: "Professor, don't worry, I will."
Professor Ating glanced at Chen Zhou and said softly, "It seems that the answer I expected was wrong. I originally thought that since you applied for a project like the Goldbach conjecture, you would not think about joining my project. Now it seems that you will still come?"
Chen Zhou replied: "All disciplines of mathematics are interconnected. The content of algebraic geometry may also be helpful to my research on the Goldbach conjecture. And the knowledge of number theory may also be transferred to algebraic geometry."
Professor Ating smiled and neither confirmed nor denied Chen Zhou's statement.
After a pause, Professor Artin said, "Since you think this way, write a research summary on 'Studying non-commutative rings from a geometric perspective' and give it to me in a week."
Chen Zhou asked uncertainly: "Professor, are you serious?"
Professor Ating glanced at Chen Zhou and asked, "What do you think?"
Chen Zhou said reluctantly: "Uh... okay then..."
Seeing Chen Zhou's current appearance, Professor Ating couldn't help but joked: "Isn't this your idea? I just satisfied your idea."
Chen Zhou hesitated and stopped talking.
Sometimes, telling these math experts truths is not necessarily a good thing.
What people casually throw around may just be another “weight training”.
After all, saying it is one thing, but doing it when given the task is another.
Of course, Chen Zhou wouldn't reject this task from the bottom of his heart.
Although the reluctance on his face was real.
Because no matter what, he doesn't have enough knowledge on the topic of "studying non-commutative rings from a geometric perspective".
But deep down in my heart, I still have the desire to find the answer.
And it's quite strong.
However, this conclusion came suddenly after all.
There is still a big difference between writing and not writing.
Chen Zhou and Professor Ating walked out of the auditorium while chatting.
At this time, Professor Ating suddenly remembered something and said to Chen Zhou: "I suddenly thought of a good news about you."
Chen Zhou immediately asked, "Are you not allowing me to write a summary?"
Professor Artin: "You think too much. It's another matter."
Chen Zhou: "Okay..."
Professor Artin: "Don't you want to know?"
Chen Zhou said without much interest: "Professor, please tell me."
Professor Atin looked at Chen Zhou and said, "It's about the Cole Prize in Number Theory."
Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment, then confirmed with Professor Ating: "The Cole Prize in Number Theory? Is that good news?"
Professor Atin nodded: "Yes, it's good news about you. Did you guess something?"
Chen Zhou nodded with a strange expression.
There's no need to guess about this...
Reporter Yao from the Yenching Daily had already told me the gossip.
However, now it seems that the news is not a secret !
"What's that expression on your face?" Professor Ating had been paying attention to Chen Zhou's expression.
However, he did not expect to see the expression of surprise and expectation, but instead saw this strange expression.
"Uh... nothing..." Chen Zhou said quickly.
Professor Ating looked at Chen Zhou suspiciously. Did this guy know this a long time ago?
Chen Zhou also noticed Professor Ating's expression and asked, "Professor, did I win the award?"
