Chapter 12 The God of Chinese Mathematics

In the history of China, especially since entering the era of modern university education, many masters have been born, each of whom has exerted great influence in their own fields and made great achievements, thus directly or indirectly promoting the development of China's science and technology and narrowing the level with advanced developed countries. Among these masters, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly Professor Hua Luogeng.

Professor Hua's life is full of legends, he is a world-renowned mathematician, but his own education is only at the junior high school level. Kind of a self-taught master.

Professor Hua was infected with the plague in his early years, and although he was cured of his illness, he was left with a disability, and when he walked, he first drew a circle with one foot, and then followed in a straight line with his hind foot.

Hua Luogeng's early research field was analytic number theory, and his achievements in analytic number theory are particularly well-known, and the internationally renowned "Chinese School of Analytic Number Theory" is the school founded by Hua Luogeng, which has made many significant contributions to the distribution of prime numbers and Goldbach's conjecture.

Hua Luogeng is also the founder and pioneer of Chinese analytic number theory, matrix geometry, canonical groups, automorphic function theory and other research.

Hua Luogeng's research on the theory of multiple complex variable functions and typical groups has been ahead of the Western mathematical community for more than 10 years, and he is the internationally famous "Chinese School of Typical Groups".

He founded the Chinese School of Mathematics and led it to the world-class level. It has cultivated many outstanding young people, such as Wang Yuan, Chen Jingrun, Wan Zhexian, Lu Qikeng, Gong Sheng, etc.

In the world, the mathematical research achievements named after Fahrenheit include "Fahrenheit's theorem", "Wyyi-Wahrenheit inequality", "Fahrenheit inequality", "Prouwer-Gaddanghua theorem", "Fahrenheit operator", "Hua-Wang method" and so on.

In the 40s of the 20th century, the historical problem of estimating the complete trigonometric sum of Gaussian was solved, and the best error order estimation was obtained. The results of G. H. Hardy and J. E. Littlewood on the Warring problem and E. Wright on the Tary problem have been significantly improved, and the trigonometry and research results are called "Fahrenheit's theorem" by the international mathematical community.

In algebra, the basic theorem of one-dimensional projective geometry has been proved for a long time. A simple and straightforward proof of the result that the regular descendants of a body must be contained in its center is known as the Gadan-Bruohr-Warf theorem.

In cooperation with Professor Wang Yuan, he has achieved important results in the application of modern number theory methods, which is known as the "Hua-Wang method".

Hua Luogeng left behind ten great works in his lifetime: "Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers", "Valuation of Exponential Sum and Its Application in Number Theory", "Harmonic Analysis of Typical Fields in the Theory of Multiple Complex Functions", "Introduction to Number Theory", "Typical Groups" (co-authored with Wan Zhexian), "Starting from the Unit Circle", "Application of Number Theory in Approximate Analysis" (co-authored with Wang Yuan), "System of Linear Partial Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients of Two Unknown Functions of Two Independent Variables of the Second Order" (co-authored), "Optimization" and "Mathematical Theory of Scope Optimization of Planned Economy" Eight of them have been translated and published abroad and have been included in the list of classic works of mathematics in the 20th century. In addition, there are more than 150 academic papers, such as the popular science works "Commentary on the Optimization Law and Its Supplement", "Commentary on the Overall Law and Supplement", etc., which are compiled as "Selected Works of Hua Luogeng's Popular Science Works".

This international mathematician, who only graduated from junior high school, was admired and respected in later generations, even at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, in the United States, or at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, Europe. He also taught a large number of famous mathematicians such as Chen Jingrun and Wang Yuan.

Junxin followed Professor Hu, and the two walked through a small playground to the 1,000-person auditorium of Mizuki University, where the opening ceremony will be held. Professor Hu took Junxin directly to a reception room on the second floor of the thousand-person auditorium, which was already full of professors and heads of various schools. In the innermost seat of the reception room, sitting was Hua Lao, who had white hair and a kind smile.

"Teacher, I'm late, I'm sorry!" Professor Hu showed a rare hint of embarrassment. Professor Hu also used to do research work in Hua Lao's hands for a period of time, so he called Hua Lao a teacher.

"Is there anything coming of it?" Hua Lao knew this disciple's character very well, and asked with a smile.

"It's not even a no! Mainly waiting for this little guy! Professor Hu pointed at Junxin and said. At the same time, there was also a hint of encouragement in his eyes when he looked at Junxin.

When Jun Xin heard this, he immediately felt that the eyes of a group of bigwigs surrounding Hua Lao were all focused on him, and he suddenly felt a trace of pressure. It's not that he was scared or timid, when he was working and studying at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he came into contact with a lot of Nobel Prize winners, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of such a scene or anything. But I don't know why I suddenly felt a little stressed when this group of people looked over.

Taking a deep breath, Jun Xin spoke: "Hua Lao, leaders, professors, I am a freshman, my name is Jun Xin. I just sent Professor Hu a paper that I just finished, and I was brought over by Professor Hu! ”

"Oh, you haven't officially gone to college yet, and you already have a thesis?" Hua Lao asked with a little surprise.

"When I was taking the entrance exam, an additional question on the test paper inspired me, and I had a hint of an idea of a result, so I wrote it down and gave it to Professor Hu for review." Junxin said with a little embarrassment.

"Xiaohu, tell me about it!" Hua Lao became interested, and there was nothing more important for a scientist of his status than to discover a good seedling and cultivate it, and after hearing Jun Xin's words, he immediately became interested.

"It's proof of the Mordell conjecture!" Professor Hu said as he took out the paper in his handbag and handed it to Hua Lao.

Hua Lao's face changed, and he quickly took the manuscript handed over by Professor Hu. However, the manuscript is very long, and the content is relatively very large, so it is impossible for Hua Lao to read it all, so he just looked at one of the results and the axioms of the formulas used, and did not continue to read, but turned his head and asked Professor Hu: "Have you completed all the proofs?" ”

Professor Hu nodded, and said with surprise: "That's true, I discussed his thinking and ideas with Xiaojun a few days ago, and I didn't find any problems with his proof, at least I think his proof is complete." However, his thesis used some areas that I had not studied in depth, so I had to ask the teacher to check it! ”

Hua Lao agreed on the spot! And the professors of several other mathematics departments who listened to the conversation between Hua Lao and Professor Hu looked at Jun Xin a little wrong, it was a shocked and incredible look, after all, Jun Xin's age was there, and he would definitely not be more than twenty years old. In fact, Jun Xin was only seventeen years old at this time, and it would take another month to reach eighteen years old.

"Amazing!" Hua Lao exclaimed, "I met Professor Faltings from Princeton University in Europe a few months ago, and I know that he has been working on this conjecture recently, but there has been no progress, but I didn't expect you to be one step ahead, it's really amazing!" Hua Lao said two great things in a row, and his amazement was beyond words.

"You're in for it!" Junxin said embarrassedly.