Chapter 211: Descendants
Müller's office is more like a conference room.
A round table is placed in the center of the office that can seat five or six people.
The first to arrive at the office was Shen Qi, who had been in Puda for nearly a month, and he drank coffee as the locals followed.
"I brought this round table from New York. Mueller was chatting with Shen Qi, and the other two members of his research team hadn't arrived yet.
"Yes, what special significance does it have?" Shen Qi asked.
"I lived in New York for a while, and I used to play Texas Hold'em a lot, and it was at this round table. Mueller tapped the table affectionately.
"Your poker players can't win your money unless they're mathematicians too. Shen Qi said that it seems that regardless of China, the United States or Germany, math teachers are keen to play cards.
"The stakes are not huge, and you won't win or lose more than fifty dollars. Mueller reminisced about the good times, "Shen, you've been famous lately, you've listened to every math class in the graduate school, and you're an energetic person. ”
"Oh. Shen Qi replied absentmindedly, his attention attracted by a group photo on the wall.
"Elon said that you have a keen judgment in number theory, but the problem is that you have chosen mathematical physics as your main direction, and it is still too late for you to change your direction. Muller looked back at the group photo behind him, and the young blonde man in the photo was what Muller looked like when he was young, very handsome, like Nowitzki.
Elon's full name is Elon Linden Strauss, an Israeli mathematician, Fields Medal winner, and currently teaches at Princeton.
Students at the University are fortunate to have frequent mentorship from Philippine laureates.
A few days ago, Shen Qi had the pleasure of listening to a number theory class taught by Elon Linden Strauss.
In class, Shen Qi confidently and calmly talked about his views on the rigidity of ergodic theory measures and their application in number theory, which was praised by Professor Lyndon Strauss.
"Don't change it. Shen Qi took a sip of coffee and finally discovered the mystery in the group photo: "The young handsome guy in the photo is Professor Mueller, and this old man seems to be ...... Mr. Gödel?"
"That's right, Kurt was my teacher, and this picture of me with him was taken in the '70s. Muller lamented that the handsome blonde man had become a gray-haired old man, and that his teacher, Kurt Gödel, had been dead for many years.
"So we are descendants of the Göttingen School?" Shen Qi was somewhat surprised, and Müller did not say that he had studied under Gödel.
"Yes. Mueller nodded.
The University of Göttingen is located in Göttingen, Germany, and the founder of the Göttingen School was Gauss.
Riemann, Dirichlet, and Jacobi, who have become synonymous with mathematical formulas, have carried forward the legacy of their grandfather Gauss.
In the first half of the 20th century, mathematics was dominated by the Göttingen School.
The clique of Klein, Hilbert, Minkowski, von Neumann, Courant, Weyl, Gödel and other bigwigs dominated the mathematical community for half a century.
Gödel, a master of number theory, was a close friend of Albert Einstein.
At the invitation of Albert Einstein, Gödel came to the United States to become a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University.
Albert Einstein also came from the University of Göttingen and was a member of the Göttingen School.
During and after World War II, most of the Göttingen School generals fled to the United States, where they concentrated in one place--- Princeton.
Albert Einstein, von Neumann, Courant, Gödel, Weyl and other famous scholars have taught or conducted research at Princeton.
After World War II, Princeton became a paradise for top scholars, replacing the University of Göttingen as the new "capital of mathematics".
Now Müller tells Shen Qi that his teacher is Gödel and his uncle is Albert Einstein.
Shen Qi was not a little excited, and the coffee spilled on his jeans.
Müller, an old German comrade, is very low-key, Gödel is your master, Einstein is your uncle, and Gauss is your grandfather, why didn't you say it earlier?
According to the word arrangement, I Shen Qi is also a descendant of Gauss, Riemann, Jacobi, Einstein, and Gödel!
I study Gauss's theorem, Riemann surfaces, Jacobian matrices, relativity theory, and Gödel's incompleteness theorem every day.
Shen Qi counted with his fingers, one, two, three, four...... I am the sixth generation of Gauss.
The highest level settings of the system are:
Level 15 (I'm so lonely). There is no such thing as a level 15 mathematician, and the historical reference template is: Gauss.
In the dark, this is the will of heaven, and Shen Qi instantly has great respect for Mueller.
In Princeton, there are more than a dozen Filipino Prize winners, only one of Gauss's fifth-generation heirs, and the other fifth-generation heirs are no longer alive.
"Professor Mueller, please have a coffee. Shen Qi took the initiative to pour coffee for Muller, and he became Muller's disciple by mistake.
Shen Qi now has no regrets that he did not become a student of Witten, although the Göttingen School has evolved into a concept and a kind of consciousness inheritance in the 21st century, Shen Qi is still pleasantly surprised to become the successor of this school.
"The Göttingen School doesn't really have any specific technical instructions, and when Kurt taught me, it was already Princetonized. It doesn't matter, mathematics is mathematics, and there is no distinction between you and me. "Muller has a very light view of inheritance, school, etc., and there is a bit of a Buddhist element in his character.
"Professor Müller, are you really German?" Shen Qi felt that traditional Germans should not have this mentality.
"My grandmother was French. Müller added, "My grandfather was Greek." ”
"Oh, by the way, what exactly is discussed in today's regular meeting?" asked Shen Qi.
Mueller has a research team, including him and Shen Qi, a total of four people.
Muller calls his team for two regular meetings a month, and there are two missing people for today's meeting.
Shen Qi was a newcomer and didn't dare to be late, so he came to Mueller's office ten minutes early and chatted with Mueller for a while.
At three o'clock and five o'clock, a white man came in, blonde hair and blue eyes, very light blonde, blonde to white. He is more than 2 meters tall and has typical Germanic features.
"This is Dr. Jonas Carr, and this is Shen Qi. Mueller introduced Shen Qi to the tall blonde man.
"Hello, I'm Swede, you can call me Jonas. Dr. Jonas Carr took the initiative to shake hands with Shen Qi.
"Hello Jonas, I'm Chinese, you can call me Shen Qi. Shen Qi already knew in advance that Professor Müller had brought a doctoral student, and this was the first time he met with a doctoral brother from Sweden.
Mueller is both a doctoral supervisor and a master's supervisor, and Jonas and Shen Qi are both his students, and he has only brought these two students so far, and he has the energy to carefully guide the two students.
"Hey, Jonas, can you graduate next spring?" Mueller asked Jonas.
"Who knows. Jonas poured himself a cup of coffee, and this year is his seventh year at Princeton, where Mueller came to teach four years ago.
Jonas stayed at the University longer than his mentor, Muller.
Jonas, who looked relaxed, was not in a hurry to graduate, he said happily: "Malmo won Bayern yesterday, Allen, and Shen Qi, I will invite you to have a drink in the evening to celebrate this great moment." ”
"Shen Qi will go have a drink with you, Bayern lost, I'm not in the mood. Muller was not happy, he asked Shen Qi: "Do you like football, which team do you support?"
Malmo is the football powerhouse of the Swiss Super League, Bayern is the king of the Bundesliga, yesterday's Champions League group stage, Malmo beat Bayern 2-0, the biggest upset in this round.
Shen Qi said weakly: "Chinese team, I support Evergrande." Champions League team, I support Manchester United. ”
"Evergrande is good, Manchester United is not. Mueller and Jonas said in unison.
"Huh. Shen Qi smiled, Manchester United will definitely beat you into dogs in the next round.
The three men talked about football, which was more like a tea party than an academic meeting.
At three o'clock, a white woman entered.
She was very punctual, stepping on a little bit for the meeting, and the regular meeting time announced by Mueller was three o'clock sharp.
Unlike the three men dressed in casual attire, this woman was dressed in formal professional attire, a black women's suit, a black skirt, black stockings, high heels, and a folder in her hand.
"Good afternoon, Alan, Jonas. The lady greeted Muller and Jonas, and her attention was more focused on Shen Qi, a newcomer.
"This beautiful lady is Dr. Marie Schulz-Schmidt, a graduate of the University of Bonn, my teaching assistant. This is Shen Qi, a new joiner, my graduate student. Mueller introduced Ms. and Shen Qi to each other.
"Walter?" Shen Qi was taken aback, Dr. Mary Schulz Schmidt, the name was not unfamiliar to him at all.
But the blonde mature woman in front of her and the red-haired German doctor on arVix are just two people.