Chapter 216: Professor Wiles' Invitation
After talking about the "Math Guide", Junxin felt a burst of relaxation, in fact, he didn't seem to care much about this book, but in fact, this book occupied a very important position in his eyes.
Although the Princeton Guide to Mathematics edited by Professor Gowers in the previous life was a three-volume book, it actually focused on the second volume, which focused on the development and research results of mathematics in the last two decades of the twentieth century, and the other parts were relatively less important.
Although most of the content of Junxin's book is very similar to Professor Gowers's version, he focuses on the research results of various sub-disciplines and major problems of mathematics in the first 80 years of the 20th century, and this part of the content can be said to have been completed by himself, so he does not show that he does not care too much about this book as it seems.
Although he also knew that most of the people here were concerned with the "predictive research" that Junxin wrote about the direction of development in the various branches of mathematics in the twentieth century in the third volume, as long as these mathematicians held the approval of the book, then the popularity of the book would naturally increase.
The scientific community's appraisal of a scientist's ability and achievements is actually relatively simple, generally mainly based on their research results, and the results of this kind of research are mainly their papers or research objects, patents, etc.; Another way is to look at the influence of these scientists, and this influence comes not only from their achievements, but also from the dissemination of their academic ideas. And the best way to disseminate academic ideas, in addition to teaching students, is to write a professional book that can be recognized by most of your peers.
Now it seems that Junxin's version of the "Mathematical Guide" has been recognized by this group of top mathematicians in the world today. Moreover, as Professor Mirnor, who has a high influence in the world, especially won the copyright of this book for Princeton, which also shows that this book will also have a certain influence on scientists around the world.
In the eyes of other mathematicians, Junxin was at most an unimaginable mathematical genius, and perhaps one day in the future he could reach the level of ordinary Euler, Gauss, Hilbert and others, but after all, now he is just a genius young mathematician, just famous in the circle, but fame does not equal strength and influence.
But now that the Mizuki-Princeton Guide to Math is published, his fame will really begin to turn to influence, and then to his strength.
To put it simply, if Pope Grothendieck, the current leader of algebraic geometry, suddenly publishes a new research problem in mathematics, then all mathematicians around the world, whether they study algebraic geometry or not, will pay attention to this problem, even if the problem is not a very important one. But if Junxin now says that he has found a problem, then in addition to the researchers of related problems will pay a little attention to this problem, other mathematicians will do whatever they have to do, even if the solution of this problem may have a revolutionary change in the mathematical community, the result is still the same.
This is the absolute gap in influence and strength. However, after the publication of Junxin's book, after entering the scope of the world's mathematical community, then these problems that have been proved to be completely correct in later generations have received more and more attention and recognition, then it will be followed by the recognition of Junxin's strength, thus pushing Junxin constantly towards the position of the god of mathematics. Like Euler, Gauss, Riemann, Hilbert and today's Grothendieck.
After a discussion about the "Guide to Mathematics", everyone did not take their eyes off Junxin's body, and the reason was very simple, that is, Professor Thurston had previously informed that the four-dimensional Pangjialai conjecture had been completed by Junxin.
In fact, although some of them didn't pay much attention to this matter because of the research direction, they also heard from the school about some measures taken by the school to protect Junxin from too much interference.
The school has made such a big commotion, I'm afraid that except for the person in question, Junxin was kept in the dark, everyone else has more or less heard of it, so even the professor who didn't pay much attention to it paid a rare attention to Junxin's situation, and naturally knew what Junxin was doing.
As a last resort, Junxin had no choice but to make another cameo appearance as a teacher and began to explain his thinking to these professors. It's just a little different that after all, Professor Thank You is much higher than the level of that group of students, so Junxin often just points out one or two key points, and the content of the rest can be deduced by himself without saying that this group of professors can be deduced by himself, which can be regarded as saving Junxin a lot of things.
Of course, even if Junxin has done a lot of work, and it is a newly completed work, and the explanation is in place, it does not mean that all professors can understand what Junxin said. In fact, what Junxin said was naturally understood by Professor Thurston and Professor Mirno, and they could even draw inferences from one another. But for Professor Stein, Professor Feverman and others who study pure algebra, it is a bit of a book from heaven. Of course, there are people like Professor Wiles, Professor Faltings, who study the intersection of algebra and geometry and have a little understanding in between. But overall, everyone has their own gains.
Mathematics has developed to the present day, with many branches, intersections and intersections, and the direction of natural research is also incomparably diverse. Therefore, it is impossible for two mathematicians to have exactly the same direction and method of research. But most mathematicians still like to read papers in various sub-disciplines, because they look at papers, but they draw on the ideas of the research problems that appear in the papers, and this kind of thinking is what is really helpful for their research. So although I can't understand what Junxin is saying, at least I can still understand the ideas and methods mentioned by Junxin in the explanation, which can be regarded as very rewarding.
By the time Junxin finished explaining, the sky had already completely darkened, so although the professors had a lot to say, they were not in a hurry for such a while, so after a cursory discussion, they dispersed and planned to discuss it again at the next party.
However, just as Junxin was about to leave, Professor Wiles, who had been relatively taciturn and rarely participated in Junxin's explanation, suddenly stopped him.
"Do you have any orders, Professor?" Junxin asked suspiciously.
"Are you available on a Saturday afternoon? I have some questions about the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture of the elliptic line and Fermat's theorem, that is, your Junshin inference problem, which I would like to discuss with you, is that okay? Professor Wiles said gently.
Jun Xin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, in fact, he also wanted to find a chance to talk to Professor Wiles, but he had been busy, and he didn't have time to do it, and now that Professor Wiles personally invited him, Jun Xin couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
"I have time after two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, no problem!" After coming back to his senses, Jun Xin replied very dryly. Not caring about Sunday morning's game against Syracuse University.
Professor Wiles smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be waiting for you in the office of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study at two o'clock on Saturday, you should be very familiar with it!" ”
Jun Xin also smiled when he heard this, the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton should be regarded as the place that Jun Xin goes to most often, more than the physics department.
"That's it, see you then, Professor!"