Chapter 168: Scramble
"At the beginning, I shielded him from the outside media interference, hoping that he could do academic research wholeheartedly, and I don't know if it is good or bad for him." There are already several more people in Professor Hu's office, and the office that originally looked messy has already been cleaned up.
"Some people are born like this, and it is not something that human beings can stop!" Professor Zhou also shook his head and said, "Besides, this conjecture was originally cracked by him, and we suppressed him just because of the national conditions in China, and after arriving in the United States, he doesn't have to worry about this, so it's okay." ”
"The school has also decided to focus on promoting him." Professor Cheng also said, "I don't know much about math problems, so I don't comment on Modell's conjecture. However, as far as I know, Professor Max Peruz, a famous chemist and Nobel laureate in chemistry, has decided to recommend him as a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The school has decided to focus on this matter. ”
"Is it just a school?" Professor Liang said with a smile, "This matter has not been reported yet, but it is said that the Xinhua News Agency reporter has verified the news, and it is very likely that the news will be reported in the near future." In addition, the institute also takes this news very seriously and is ready to prepare a quasicrystalline substance research experimental project team. ”
"Don't you feel too anxious in the hospital?" Professor Cheng said dissatisfiedly. This is obviously preempting Junxin's research resources and research topics, and how can a person like Professor Cheng, who has been immersed in it for many years, not see it?
"A superior has spoken!" Professor Liang explained vaguely, "There are really not many things in the hospital that have been able to get their hands on them over the years, and they also need some performance." Don't worry, I'm staring at it, it won't have an impact on Xiaojun's laboratory, at most it's resource sharing. ”
"In that case, then I don't have anything to say!" Professor Cheng shook his head and said, "But it's better to keep an eye on it, after all, this is not our project, and if you really annoy Xiaojun because of this, it won't be good." ”
"Hmm!" Professor Liang nodded in response.
"Is there any news from Princeton lately?" Professor Zhou asked, asking Professor Lu, who is currently silent.
Professor Lu took a sip of tea and said, "As far as I know, Jun has caused a lot of trouble in Princeton recently. At the exchange meeting, it was said that he had once Xuancheng had found a proof idea to crack the four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture. In addition, when I was communicating with Professor Dyson, I heard Professor Dyson talk about his recent research on supersymmetrical string theory, which has been proved to be a crucial step. ”
"This little guy is really enviable and unbelievable! I'm looking forward to what the school will do to him when he returns to China! Professor Zhou suddenly smiled and said.
"Indeed!" Professor Hu shook his head and said, "Originally, when he proved Modell's conjecture, I wanted to apply for a doctorate for him and complete it directly, but the mathematics department of our school had just been established at that time, and there was no doctoral program, so I skipped this matter." However, after all, his achievements in mathematics were so great that in the end, I still managed to get him into the position of researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics, which was regarded as compensation for him. When Professor Hu said this, he also smiled and said, "But the mathematics department of our school has just been established, and we need to make a name for ourselves and urgently need to produce results, so we can unanimously pass this decision. After all, the position of a researcher corresponds to that of a professor. ”
Internationally, a researcher is not a position that ordinary people can hold, he is equivalent to a professor. In China, there are four levels of researchers, and the highest level of researchers is held by academicians. This shows the academic requirements of this humble position of researcher.
"Forget it, this matter is a headache for the school, so we don't need to worry about it, anyway, it's good to hand over the proposal when the time comes." Professor Lu shook his head and said, "The question is, which unit are we going to hand it over?" ”
Professor Lu's words instantly made several professors present look at each other.
"Needless to say, of course, it's our math department. You must know that Xiaojun's earliest achievements were established in mathematics, and he is still a student of our mathematics department, so it is natural to focus on our mathematics department. "Professor Hu is the youngest and has the fastest reaction time. Professor Lu's words had just fallen, and after a little hesitation, Professor Hu preemptively spoke.
"You can't say that!" As Junxin's physics supervisor, Professor Zhou said, "If you want to report, you should also report it in the name of our physics department. Xiao Jun is my disciple, and Lao Lu just said that he has recently been studying supersymmetrical string theory, and has made a huge breakthrough. As far as I know, this is a cross-era study in physics. Supersymmetrical string theory is a theoretical framework that unifies the four forces, and what Jun did was something that Einstein did not do. ”
"You're not right, it should be from our chemical point of view!" Professor Cheng of the Department of Chemistry is not far behind, "It is too far away to say that neither your Model conjecture nor the research of supersymmetric string theory are too far away. Jun's greatest achievement is undoubtedly the discovery of a new material structure called quasicrystal. He called me to tell me that because of the discovery of quasicrystals, although the International Union of Crystallography did not set up a branch academic committee for quasicrystals, it was not only that the theme of the original conference was changed to the study of the structure of quasicrystalline matter, and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and maybe he could even win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Isn't that reasonable to start with chemistry? ”
"Modell's conjecture has been recognized by mathematicians around the world, and he also announced that he has found the proof of the four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture, and it is only a matter of time before such an achievement wins a Fields Medal, how can you start from your physics and chemistry?" Professor Hu was anxious and retorted loudly.
"Do you have a Ph.D. in mathematics? Didn't you? If not, you're still fighting with us? ”
"Is it difficult to confer qualifications for doctoral degrees? If I'm happy, I can ask for such a qualification from the above anytime and anywhere, besides, the people above don't know Xiaojun's achievements, so it's not difficult to grant a qualification to one, right? Isn't that there? Besides, Xiaojun is originally from our mathematics department, no matter how much you rob it, it's useless! ”
"It would be a lot of fun to let people know that our Mizuki University doesn't award a Ph.D. to a person who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry..."
"Hehe, I don't talk as much as you, but it's not a lot of fun to confer a Ph.D. in physics on someone who is likely to have created a new paradigm in physics, someone who is likely to reach the same heights as Newton and Einstein..."
In this way, the five academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering quarreled with each other for one person.