Chapter 369: Different Choices
Hearing Xu Chuan's praise and affirmative answer, the tense atmosphere in the office suddenly disappeared.
Amelia's crescent-like eyes were curled, and the corners of her mouth curled with a touch of happiness.
For her, this is undoubtedly the best answer in the world.
"Thanks to your teachings." Squinting at the crescent moon, Amelia said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, her blue eyes full of gratitude.
Indeed, for her, the decisions she made at Princeton changed her life forever.
If she had been enrolled in Princeton, as her father had arranged, it would have been hard to imagine that she would have been able to complete a world-class mathematical conjecture today.
Although Princeton is indeed strong, not every student who comes out of Princeton can achieve breakthroughs and dreams in their respective fields.
And here, she took that crucial step.
Of course, all the way to the end, she knows better than anyone how much help the young mentor in front of her has brought her, and how strong her mentor is.
Whether it's mathematics or physics, for him, as long as there is a problem, it seems that there is an answer.
Looking at the manuscript paper in his hand, and then at Amelia and Gu Bing standing in front of him, Xu Chuan smiled with relief, as if he saw the child he had raised with hard work.
The difficulty of Bloch's conjecture, if you want to rank, is almost at the T3 level, for example, the Weyl-Berry conjecture he studied is lower, maybe similar to the twin prime conjecture, maybe a little more difficult.
However, its name is far less than that of twin prime guessing, but it is quite important for the mathematical community. This is because regular family functions have a wide range of applications in the theory of complex variable functions.
Of course, if you want to talk about difficulty, in the absence of the "Algebraic Cluster and Group Mapping Tool" as a mathematical tool, it may be a little more difficult than the twin prime conjecture.
But with the advent of this mathematical tool, the difficulty has become much lower.
When he was working on the Hodge conjecture in the past, the bridge he built between the three disciplines of algebraic geometry, analysis and topology greatly reduced the difficulty of the Hodge-like conjecture of the Bloch conjecture.
Two years is actually enough time for some people in the mathematics community to accept and digest this mathematical tool.
In the days to come, even without Amelia and Gu Bing, it is very likely that others will solve this problem.
After all, when a new mathematical tool is born, solving the mathematical problems it can solve is really just a matter of waiting for time to ferment.
Just like Peter Schultz's 'Pยท After completing it, it is only a matter of time before a further breakthrough in the Langlands Program is made.
Of course, in any case, it is not easy for them to be able to use a mathematical tool to solve a T3 mathematical conjecture.
After all, algebraic cluster and group mapping tools have been present in mathematics for two years now, but no one other than Amelia and Gu Bing have used this work to make a major breakthrough in the Hodge-like conjecture puzzle.
At the very least, they are already better than more than 99.99 percent of mathematicians, and they can be called a great 'mathematician'.
I have to say that this is indeed an alternative sense of achievement, which can be said to be no weaker than solving a difficult problem himself.
Smiling, Xu Chuan said: "Compared with thanking me, you should thank yourself more and thank you for your hard work in the past two and a half years. โ
"What I provide is just a direction and a platform, and it is the people themselves who go down this road and study it."
After a slight pause, he continued: "Have you thought about the goal of submitting this paper?" โ
Amelia shook her head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, do you have any recommendations, Professor?" โ
Xu Chuan thought for a moment and said with a smile: "The Annals of Mathematics, Bloch guesses that although it is not a very popular research field, its difficulty is not low, and I believe that the Annals of Mathematics will surprise your submission." โ
"Of course, if you and Gu Bing have other options, that's fine. It's just that I recommend choosing among the four major journals as much as possible, because it's worth it. โ
After listening to Xu Chuan's suggestion, Amelia nodded seriously and said, "I will discuss it with Senior Brother Gu Bing." โ
Xu Chuan smiled, glanced at the two of them and asked, "When your paper passes the review, it will be when you graduate from me." Ever wondered where to work after graduation? Or, do you need my help recommending it? โ
Although the paper has not yet been published, he can basically give a positive answer after reading it, and the two of them graduate, and it is only waiting for time.
Hearing this, Amelia replied without thinking: "If you work, I shouldn't be working for the time being, don't I still have to follow the professor to learn mathematical and physical calculation methods?" โ
Slightly stunned, Xu Chuan remembered that he had promised her to teach mathematical and physical calculation methods, and said with a smile: "It's okay." However, learning mathematics, physics, and computational methods is best combined with practice. โ
"In this case, I will contact some high-energy physics experimental institutions at that time, and maybe I can let you intern. Including the exploration and search for dark matter and dark energy after the upgrade is completed on the CERN side, you can also join in. โ
Hearing this, Amelia curled the corners of her mouth with joy: "Then it's troublesome for the professor." โ
When she first entered Princeton, she chose to study mathematical physics, and her goal was to work in a high-energy physics laboratory.
And although she took a slightly wrong path in the first two years, she is now back to her original plan.
It would be great if I could become a full researcher at CERN.
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It's nothing. โ
After a pause, he looked at Gu Bing and asked, "What about you?" Gu Bing, any ideas? โ
On the other side, Gu Bing said with a smile: "Although I really want to continue to study with you like Amelia, but I know my own situation, and I can get to this point almost to the ceiling." โ
"After graduating, I'm ready to go out and get a job."
Although I had thought about continuing my studies in mathematics before, my own conditions did not allow it.
After studying with Xu Chuan for two and a half years, he also saw clearly the gap between himself and the real genius, not to mention comparing with his mentor, even with Amelia, and even compared with the new junior brother Cai Peng, he was far inferior.
Working with Amelia on the Bloch conjecture, it was Amelia who contributed more.
If you want to calculate the proportion, his contribution to the whole problem can account for at most a third.
He knows very well where his limits are, and now he is relieved.
Although compared to most people, he is actually quite a genius.
Being able to solve a world problem before the age of 30, although it is cooperative, this qualification can be said to be the top batch whether it is placed at home or abroad.
If nothing else, no university would reject his application, including Princeton.
But people are different from each other, and there are gaps.
Especially after following Xu Chuan, Gu Bing was deeply aware of this, and with such a mentor, the circle of contact was infinitely higher.
Realizing this, he chose to leave and look for a job.
After all, his age is not young, he was almost twenty-six when he first reported for the in-depth study of the doctorate under Xu Chuan's name, and now two and a half years have passed, and he is almost thirty.
Starting a family, these things are already things he needs to consider.
Of course, he is actually luckier than most people.
He also knows this, so Gu Bing is quite grateful for being able to study with Xu Chuan for two and a half years.
Hearing Gu Bing's choice, Xu Chuan was not too surprised, nodded with a smile, and said, "It's okay." Got somewhere you want to go? โ
Hearing this, Gu Bing scratched his head shyly and said, "That, Dean Rong talked to me before, if I graduate from your professor's side, he invited me to stay at NTU as a mathematics professor." โ
"Compared with other jobs in the outside world, I think the campus is more suitable for me, and I think the salary conditions offered by NTU are also very good."
"And staying at NTU is also closer to the professor, although I am ready to leave, I will continue to study mathematics, and if you encounter any problems in the future, you can also talk to the professor."
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It's good, just have a choice." โ
I have to say that NTU still has a vision and knows that his students have a future.
He also supports Gu Bing's choice.
Although he is not as talented as Amelia and others, the proof that he can cooperate to complete Bloch's conjecture shows that he still has mathematical ability and talent.
Staying at NTU, although the mathematics of NTU is much weaker than that of Shuimu Peking University, the environment is relatively much cleaner, and I can study mathematics with a purer mind.
Now he is twenty-eight years old, and he still has more than ten years to go until he is forty-five, and maybe he can make some breakthroughs in mathematics.
And after proving Bloch's guess, the salary offered to him by NTU will not be low, which is a good choice.
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(End of chapter)