Chapter 209 The Upcoming International Mathematical Congress

The astronomy and astrophysics communities are suffering.

If you are not a scholar in these two fields, you will hardly understand how attractive the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem is.

Since the Nobel Prize winner Professor Sal Perlmutter personally endorsed this achievement as an epoch-making technology, and the old king abdicated and the new king ascended the throne, countless astronomers have turned their attention to this mathematical tool.

When some scholars used this tool to make some amazing achievements on some extrasolar celestial bodies, a new wave of reforms in the astronomical community was launched.

For example, in March last year, an astrophysics professor from New Zealand used this tool to accurately lock a star called ‘TRAPPIST-1’.

And using this tool, the astrophysics professor accurately determined its relevant parameters, such as diameter, radius, volume, age, temperature, distance and other information.

If it were just that, it would not be surprising.

But the more significant achievement is that using this tool, the New Zealand astrophysics professor successfully calculated the planets of this star.

It was determined that it has a total of seven planets, and three of them are in the habitable zone.

More importantly, using the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, the professor calculated some accurate information about two of the planets.

For example, the size, mass, gravity, rotation time and other information of these two terrestrial planets are not much different from the Earth.

The most important thing is that through this tool, the professor and another mathematician jointly calculated the existence of the atmospheres of these two planets through the spectral boundary, photometric characteristics and other parameters in conjunction with the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem tool. And it was determined that one of the terrestrial planets has an atmosphere dominated by nitrogen and oxygen.

When this result was announced, the entire astronomical community was shocked.

It is not that terrestrial exoplanets have not been discovered, and it is not uncommon to determine whether terrestrial planets have atmospheres.

However, this is the first time in history that the atmospheric data of this terrestrial planet can be accurately determined.

With an atmosphere dominated by nitrogen and oxygen, all kinds of parameters are almost the same as those of the Earth, and in addition to being in the habitable zone, this planet can be said to be the second Earth.

Under such conditions, the possibility of life, even advanced life, is very high.

If the professor had not been unlucky and gravitational waves were discovered shortly after the announcement, this discovery would undoubtedly have dominated the astronomical heat in the second half of 2017.

But this discovery also made scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics community really pay attention to this mathematical tool.

Many people began to study and learn, including some Nobel Prize winners.

Unfortunately, the mathematics used in this tool is too advanced and unfriendly for scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics community.

Most people cannot understand the mathematical paper that records this tool, let alone apply it to calculations.

After discovering this, many scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics community tried to find Xu Chuan's contact information and wanted to ask him about the application of this tool.

But unfortunately, Xu Chuan himself was not very interested in the achievements of the astronomy community, and he had no intention of holding a mathematical report meeting in the astronomy community, let alone one-on-one tutoring.

After nearly a year of hard work, even the Nobel Prize winners failed to invite this stubborn and stubborn creator, which made scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics community shed bitter tears.

It should have been a tool to revive the glory of the astronomy community, but the creator ignored the astronomy community at all. There was no way, and the people in the astronomy community set their sights on the 18th International Mathematical Congress.

I hope that the IMU committee can invite this genius to report on the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem at the conference.

The members of the International Mathematical Union Committee who received the joint application were also surprised.

But the joint application of three Nobel Prize winners and more than 20 top scholars made the committee realize that this is an excellent opportunity to expand the influence of mathematics.

Therefore, after discussion by the committee, it was decided to invite Xu Chuan to give another report on this application at this year's International Mathematical Congress.

And sent invitations to scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics communities, inviting them to participate in this International Mathematical Congress.

In the history of the International Mathematical Congress, scholars from other fields have participated, but they basically came on their own initiative.

Like this time, it is the first time in history that the mathematics community has actively sent invitations to scholars from other fields on a large scale.

There is no doubt that if this report can be held smoothly and successfully, it will be the most glorious one of the International Mathematical Congress.

Of course, the premise is that the speaker, Professor Xu Chuan, needs to agree.

As a core figure, he is related to whether scholars in the astronomy and astrophysics communities will accept the invitation sent by the International Mathematical Union and whether they will come to participate in this mathematics conference.

So after the committee ended, the Secretary-General of the International Mathematical Union immediately called Xu Chuan in person to make the first invitation.

And if Xu Chuan refused on the phone, he was prepared to buy a plane ticket and fly over to persuade him in person.

After all, countless scholars in the astronomy community had invited this young scholar before, but they were all rejected without exception.

However, unexpectedly and fortunately, the genius on the phone agreed to the invitation for this additional report.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Chuan shook his head.

He did not expect that scholars from the astronomy and astrophysics communities would find the International Mathematical Union.

Although he had no interest in the astronomy community, since he had agreed to this additional report meeting, he would definitely prepare well.

After letting several students continue to study on their own, Xu Chuan turned on the computer and found the previous extended application paper of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.

This mathematical tool is indeed excellent. It is based on boundary values ​​and eigenvalues ​​and can change different observation data, and verify different precise parameters after making certain changes.

However, at present, apart from being applied to the observation of distant celestial bodies, it has no other uses, which is also the main reason why he lost interest in it after completing the basic application of this tool.

After rereading the paper and making some arrangements, Xu Chuan logged on to the official website of the International Mathematical Union IMU and uploaded his paper and report topic.

Including the previous one-hour report, he now needs to give a total of two hours of reports at this International Mathematical Congress.

Of course, these two reports are separate.

Moreover, the IMU committee took the impact into consideration and specially arranged the report on the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem on the first day of the conference.

In this way, the invited astronomers can attend the award ceremony of the International Mathematical Congress.

This is the most important moment in the quadrennial mathematics conference, which can perfectly show the glory of the mathematics community to the outside world and attract more talents to mathematics.

When Xu Chuan agreed to attend this extra conference, the International Mathematical Union immediately fed back the good news to the astronomers and astrophysicists who had previously jointly written a letter to apply.

The astronomers who received this good news were eager to book tickets for August 1 in advance, preparing to fly to Brazil to attend this grand event that did not originally belong to them.

As the opening date of the 18th International Mathematical Congress gradually approached, the mathematics community became lively as usual.

Many mathematics forums are discussing this matter and making a prediction for this year's winners.

[I don't know if you have heard that this year's mathematics conference seems to have invited many astronomers and astrophysicists, and the number of people is estimated to be the largest ever. ]

[? ? ? Astronomers and astrophysicists? What are they doing at the math conference? Are they sleeping in the audience? I doubt they can understand any report. 】

【If it is hypnosis, the effect of math lectures is really good (_)】

【I heard that the astronomy and astrophysics community first applied to IMU. It seems to be related to the Xu-Weyl theorem. This thing is very popular in the astronomy community these days. Many universities have opened special astronomy and mathematics courses to study this thing. 】

【Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem? This seems to be the mathematical achievement of that Chinese math genius two years ago, right? 】

【Yes, I heard that this achievement can be applied to astronomical calculations and can greatly improve the calculation results, so the astronomy community is now learning this thing. 】

【Incredible, it seems that he will definitely win the Fields Medal this year. 】

【Isn't this nonsense? The Hodge conjecture, one of the seven millennium problems, was proved by him alone. 】

【And I heard that he and Feferman are working on the NS equations this year, and have made some interim results. Although it has not been fully verified, it should not be a big problem. If the Fields Prize is given to one person repeatedly, he can get it at least twice, or more. 】

【Xu Chuan and Schultz, these two professors should be stable winners of the Fields Prize this year, but I don't know about the rest. After all, there are still many top mathematicians. For example, George Williamson, Fernando, Marina Viazovska, Zhang Wei. The results of these professors are quite outstanding. 】

【The strong are like clouds, and the gods are fighting! When can I participate in such a grand event? Let alone winning the award, it is worth just looking at the nomination. 】

【Don't think about it. Those who can be nominated will not be here. They are all working hard on their research. Being able to appear here shows】

【It's too hurtful, this is also ()】