While engaging in science popularization, Shen Qi and Yang Dingtian worked together to promote the second topic of condensed matter physics of the 973 project.

After nearly half a year of research, verification and research, the International Center for Theoretical Physics suggested that the disorder-ordered phase transition rule in Shen Qi's first condensed matter physics paper "Disorder-Ordered Phase Transition Rules and Fundamental Equations of a Class of Compounds" be named "Shen Qi's rule", and the corresponding basic mathematical physics equation ∫+∞-∞dux/dx/x-ζdζ=(1-v)b/2asin4πux/b should be named "Shen Qi's equation".

ICTP sent an invitation letter to Shen Qi:

"Mr. Shen Qi, in view of your contributions to the fields of condensed matter physics, complexity, solid state geophysics, astrophysics, etc., ICTP has nominated you as a candidate for the Casteller Prize and invited you to attend the Casteller Prize Ceremony to be held at ICTP in July this year. ”

Founded in 1982 and named after the French physicist Alfred Casteller, the Kastler Prize is an award in the international physics community, awarded every two years and selected by the ICTP organization. The award is given to nationals of developing countries who live and work in their home countries and are not more than 40 years of age.

Finally, the International Physics Organization presented Shen Qi with an award, and Shen Qi accepted the invitation of the ICTP.

A few days later, the IMU sent an invitation letter to Shen Qi:

"Mr. Shen Qi, in view of your unparalleled contributions to the fields of Riemann conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture, Hodge conjecture, SL system, Shen's twin matching method, Walsh's conjecture, and Muller-Shen's theorem/Shen's proximity theorem in Banach space, IMU has decided to award you the Chern Prize and invite you to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held in August this year. ”

Good things come in pairs.

This year is the year of the Philippine Prize, and this year's Fields Medal will be awarded at the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians.

In the past four years, Shen Qi has made new and significant research achievements in mathematics, established the SL system and proved the Hodge conjecture.

However, the IMU still did not make an exception to list Shen Qi as a candidate for the Philippine Award again, and the IMU nominated Shen Qi as a candidate for the Chern Shiingshen Award.

The Chern Prize and the Chern Prize in Mathematics are two different awards, the former is awarded by the IMU and the latter is awarded by the Chinese Mathematical Society.

Shen Qi had already received the Chern Prize in Mathematics when he was a student at Princeton, and the Chern Prize presented by the IMU was in the nature of a Lifetime Achievement Award.

A mathematician can only receive the Philippine Prize once in his life, and the IMU has expressed its stance on this principle, and it must stick to it and not waver for a hundred years.

Shen Qi proved Hodge's conjecture after the last Philippine Award, and the IMU did not have any awards to give to Shen Qi, so after thinking about it, he could only make another exception and nominate Shen Qi as a candidate for the Chern Shiingshen Award.

The Chern Death Award is usually only given to old men who have retired or are about to retire, and Shen Qi is 26 years old this year.

Shen Qi accepted the invitation of the IMU to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians in August this year.

The Kastler Prize was awarded in Trieste, Italy, and this year's International Congress of Mathematicians was held in St. Petersburg, Russia.

There are still nearly two months to go before the trip to Europe, and it is the examination season and defense season of Yan University.

Shen Qi, who was born in the School of Mathematics, was invited to serve as the defense officer, and he will participate in an undergraduate defense and a doctoral defense in the School of Mathematics.

Five undergraduate theses and two doctoral theses were sent to Shen Qi in advance, Shen Qi read the undergraduate papers first, and after reading one of the papers, he slapped the table angrily: "The attitude is extremely improper, how can Yan University still have such students?"

Two doctoral dissertations were written okay, and one of the authors was Shen Qi's old friend, his undergraduate classmate Li Zhenqiang.

At the beginning of June, the graduation defense of undergraduate students of the School of Mathematics of Yan University was in progress.

This morning, five fourth-year students from the Department of Mathematics took turns to enter the defense room to present their undergraduate theses and answer questions from their teachers.

The first four undergraduates performed okay, and the paper was written so-so, with no highlights and no fatal omissions.

Shen Qi's evaluation is that you have written a mathematics paper that barely meets the undergraduate graduation standards of Yan University School of Mathematics, and I personally agree with your undergraduate graduation, and I wish you a bright future.

The fifth undergraduate graduate entered the venue, a boy with a fashionable haircut.

The boy bowed first after entering the door, and the etiquette was very good: "Hello Professor Shen, good Dean Lu, good Director Sun!"

The boy is very sensible, and he has done his homework beforehand, and he knows the level of the three respondents very clearly.

Shen Qi is a professor at Yan University, and this chair is only awarded to one person at the same time, and Shen Qi is also the director of the Shen Qi Mathematical Research Center, which is at the same level as the Academy of Mathematics, so Shen Qi's level will not be lower than that of the Dean of the Academy of Mathematics.

Lu Guozhen is the vice president of the School of Mathematics, and Sun Erxiong is the director of the teaching and research department, so the ranking of the boys greeting the respondent is correct, from high to low, Professor Shen, Dean Lu, and Director Sun.

The School attaches great importance to undergraduate defense, and the three respondents are all well-known figures in the industry, and the chief respondent Lu Guozhen said: "He Yuming, please start your statement. ”

"Okay. The boy named He Yuming began to state, his demeanor was calm and eloquent: "I am He Yuming, a senior student in the Department of Mathematics, and my graduation thesis is "On the Supercontinuity of Function Space", the concept of supercontinuity was first proposed in the 80s of the last century, and the core idea of my topic is to prove that the supercontinuous lattice category of continuous functions as morphism is the Cartersean closed category......"

He Yuming stated for about ten minutes in one breath, extremely smooth, and his eloquence and expression skills were very good: "After my statement is finished, please ask the three teachers to criticize and correct." ”

"He Yuming, we have read your graduation thesis in advance, this thesis is very difficult for undergraduates, adding topology research on the basis of function space, your thesis has reached the level of a graduate student, is this written by yourself?" Sun Erxiong asked, looking skeptical.

He Yuming replied firmly: "Of course, I completed this dissertation independently, for which I consulted a lot of literature, and often had in-depth exchanges with my supervisor, Professor Qian, under his guidance, I completed this dissertation. ”

"I know Lao Qian very well, as a visiting scholar, he went to the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom after the Spring Festival this year, and he wants to stay there for one to two years, until the Spring Festival, Professor Qian is not in China, how do you have in-depth exchanges with him?" Lu Guozhen asked with sharp eyes.

He Yuming explained very confidently: "This topic was drafted in the senior year, in fact, I was in the summer vacation of my junior year to my senior year, and I had a prototype in my heart, Professor Qian went to the University of Manchester in February this year to visit and exchange, in the second half of last year, I got Professor Qian's guidance, and the inspiration was like a spring, and the rest of the work was to complete the thesis step by step according to the mature derivation logic." ”

Sun Erxiong flipped through some information on the spot, and said quietly: "Classmate He Yuming, you hung up on Gao Dai in your freshman year, and you hung up twice. I used to teach Gao Dai before I became the head of the department, classmate, you even failed the most basic introductory courses in the mathematics department twice, how dare I believe that you can complete a thesis design equivalent to the graduate level of mathematics?"

"In my freshman year, I was really a scumbag, and I was greedy for fun, not only did I fail the high school, but I also hung up on the score. He Yuming confessed.

"Oh, yes? Before I became the head of the department and the deputy dean, I taught mathematics. Lu Guozhen flipped through the information, yo, this kid is really too much.

Gao Dai is also hanging, and the number of points is also hanging, and he just passed the test with 61 points, and this classmate used to be a scumbag.

In the face of the respondent's questioning, He Yuming straightened his spine and said loudly: "But I have a good foundation, I got a perfect score in mathematics in the college entrance examination, after my sophomore year, I reformed and regained the brave state and positive spirit of the college entrance examination.

He Yu was bright and upright, and his on-the-spot presentation and defense were the most infectious among all the undergraduates this morning.

Lu Guozhen and Sun Erxiong glanced at each other and stopped talking.

At this time, Shen Qi, who had not spoken, smiled: "Classmate, I have been away from Yan University for many years, and I don't know your past academic experience too well, I can only evaluate it from a professional point of view, let me ask you a question, who was the first mathematician to put forward the concept of hypercontinuity?"

"It was the British mathematician Lawson, and I mentioned this in my paper, citing some of Lawson's theories. He Yuming answered fluently, he was very familiar with his thesis, and it could be seen that he had put a lot of thought into it.

"What about before Lawson?" Shen Qi continued to ask with a smile.

He Yuming's body shook slightly, and then returned to normal: "No, it was Lawson at the earliest." ”

Shen Qi tapped lightly on the table: "Yes, but as far as I know, Lawson's supercontinuity paper published in 1981, the 11th quote in it, comes from a German mathematician, of course, the achievement of forming the earliest systematic theory belongs to Lawson, but we can't ignore the contribution made by that German mathematician, this German mathematician is called Müller, my mentor when I was in graduate school." ”

"This ......" He Yuming was speechless for a while, this was the first time he was stuck today.

"Oh?" Lu Guozhen and Sun Erxiong were also surprised, they didn't pay attention to a quote in a 1981 paper.

Syllable!

Shen Qi picked up He Yuming's paper and slapped it on the table: "Classmate He Yuming, you are a cow, you are the best, the supercontinuous lattice category with a continuous function is the supercontinuous lattice category of morphism, which was originally proved by you, I have to call you Master Sheng." Teacher He, please be seated, please take a seat!"

"I ...... I'm ......" He Yuming, who was very confident just now, was instantly scared to pee, I don't know if it was real urine or sweat, anyway, his pants were wet.

"What are you, you copied the research results of my mentor Müller, Müller's paper published in 1980 was written in German, not published in an English journal, it didn't attract much attention at the time, so many years have passed and have long been forgotten, people only remember the successful Lawson, who cares about those mathematicians who silently laid the foundation? "Shen Qi told the truth, and it was impossible for him to remember all the citations of all the mathematical articles in the world. He Yuming happened to hit the muzzle of the gun, and he copied the early research results of Shen Qi's German mentor.