Chapter 323: Stirring up a Storm in the Mathematical Physics Community

The arrival of Feferman and others, coupled with the proof of the NS equation and new mathematical tools, allowed Xu Chuan to hold an exchange meeting in the living room of the villa.

Six Fields Medal-level bigwigs, a small-scale but top-notch mathematical exchange meeting, almost all of them are scholars at the peak of human mind, and the collision of sparks of wisdom brought by opening their minds and speaking freely is of great benefit to everyone.

Not only Xu Chuan, but everyone present has gained a lot.

For people like them who are almost at the peak of human science, there are very few opportunities for such progress.

If it weren't for the fact that several elderly people were exhausted after a long journey, Xu Chuan was going to have another meeting after dinner.

Several top Fields Medal bigwigs left to rest, and Xu Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he did not rest, but turned to the study and began to sort out some inspirations and theories in his mind that he had just exchanged.

After all, such an opportunity is hard to come by again, even for him.

Not everyone is willing to communicate freely. People have selfish motives, which is normal, so this opportunity seems rare.

For him, seizing such an opportunity might allow him to make further progress in mathematics.

On the other hand, with the speeches of Terence Tao and several other top experts, the discussion on the NS equation on the Internet was completely ignited.

Not only in the mathematics community, but also in the NS equation, the existence of smooth solutions is also related to the development of fluid mechanics in the physical world.

Therefore, the voice of the discussion is like a colorful butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, gently flapping its wings in the mathematics community, and forming a huge storm in the physical world that swept the entire fluid mechanics and even dynamics, kinematics, rheology and other disciplines.

All major scientific research forums and websites are discussing this matter.

[By the way, has the proof of the NS equation been concluded? ]

[That Professor Xu is probably going to be super awesome again. Top experts such as Terence Tao and Fefferman have expressed their optimism about Professor Xu's proof paper. ]

[Hiss~, outrageous! Very outrageous! Very outrageous! ]

[The old man Chuan Shen is really fast in doing scientific research. I haven't even finished my graduation thesis, and he has solved seven major millennium problems. 】

【He proved the Hodge conjecture in 2018 and the NS equation in 2019, one problem each year. Guess which one he will solve next year? 】

【You really treat him as a god. Even a god wouldn't be so ridiculous. He solves a millennium problem each year. 】

【I want to meet Chuan Shen at NTU. I heard that he often teaches at NTU. I want to ask for his autograph! I wonder if there is a chance. 】

【The person above, please take me. I want to go too. 】

The online discussion is quite intense. At the same time, NTU has also announced the time of the NS equation report meeting on its official website.

On December 1, Professor Xu Chuan will give an academic report on "Existence and Smoothness Proof of Solutions of Three-Dimensional Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations" in the auditorium of the old campus of NTU. Scholars are welcome to sign up and participate!

The announcement of NTU has once again aroused the enthusiasm of scholars who are concerned about the NS equation.

Many mathematicians and physicists interested in the NS equation have begun to log on to the official website of NTU to apply.

The huge influx of traffic almost paralyzed the computer school teachers who had added spare server resources and stabilized the program.

However, not everyone who applied to participate could get an invitation letter.

First of all, the world-renowned top scholars will definitely be given priority in arranging seats. This part alone can reach thousands of people.

After all, the NS equation is a huge field, not only in the fields of partial differential equations and topology in mathematics, but also in physics and industry, which involve all aspects.

After these people are finished, the rest can take the turn of the scholars who actively apply.

Even so, the auditorium of Nanjing University can only be filled with more than 3,000 people and less than 4,000 people, which means that a large number of scholars will not be able to witness this event in person.

On the other hand, the traffic of the NS equation naturally attracted the attention of many media reporters.

In the office building of the Washington Times Media in the United States, the editorial team responsible for tracking breakthroughs in the field of science and technology is browsing the latest news.

"Unbelievable, the NS equation has been solved?" In the office, technology editor Andrew Whitt exclaimed while browsing the news on the web.

"This is the biggest hot topic recently. You just reacted now?" A colleague beside him laughed and teased.

Andrew Whitt shrugged and said, "You know, I never pay much attention to the news of that country. After all, what kind of scientific research results can come out in such a backward place? A bunch of sick men in East Asia, what's the use of developing the economy? Technology is always backward like monkeys."

Hearing this, the other editors in the office laughed.

To be honest, in the United States, a place with freedom of speech but extremely careful about political correctness, such insulting language is generally rarely used in public.

After all, once someone catches the handle, the consequences are quite serious. At the least, you will be fired, and at the worst, you may be sent to jail for a few years.

But in the media of the Washington Times, it doesn't matter. Because everyone is one of us and has the same position.

The Washington Times sounds like the official media of the United States, but it is not.

It is just a newspaper founded by a certain sponsor in South Korea who likes to disgust people. Its purpose is to disgust people.

This media is the earliest propaganda flag bearer of the "neighboring country threat theory". It has been promoting the threat of their neighboring countries to the world and has fabricated various false news. Anyway, it has never stopped on the road of slandering and disgusting their neighboring countries.

As for now, after more than 20 years of evolution, this newspaper has become a propaganda machine for countries such as the United States, the Sakura Country, South Korea and right forces.

However, it is precisely because of its extreme right-wing political stance that its sales are abnormally low, less than one-tenth of another New York media, The Washington Post.

In fact, The Washington Times has been in a loss-making state since its establishment, and has not brought any commercial benefits. It has to rely on the blood transfusion support of the sponsor behind it.

However, for the sponsor behind it, it does not care about this loss. As long as it can disgust the neighboring countries, it is nothing to lose some money.

As for the most popular NS equation in the current scientific field, there is no reason for them not to participate.

Although there is not much to discredit Professor Xu, it would be good for them to produce one or two articles on the threat of neighboring countries.

However, Andrew Whit, who was writing the article, always felt that such a manuscript lacked some meaning.

Looking up, Andrew Whit thought for a while, looked at his colleague and asked: "I remember that last year, the two of us seemed to have interviewed another professor together, and it seemed to be because of the NS equation? Do you have any impression?"

Hearing this, the colleague who was asked thought for a while and replied: "I seem to have some memory. I remember that it seems to be a physics professor at Rice University? It seems that he is also an immigrant from that country."

"Why, what do you think?"

Andrew Whit rolled his eyes, and smiled maliciously in his eyes: "If I remember correctly, this Professor Jiang seems to think that there is no answer to the NS equation. Maybe we can do something about this?"

Hearing this, the colleague opposite asked with interest: "What do you want to do?"

Andrew Whit smiled: "Of course, interview this dear Professor Jiang again."

The colleague opposite After thinking about it for a while, I roughly knew what Andrew was thinking, and asked curiously: "Will he agree? He is also from China, right? Although he has immigrated here."

Andrew shrugged and said: "No, you don't know the people of that country. For those who have immigrated here, although not all, many people may look down on people from their original country more than us to prove that their choice is not wrong, and they are even more willing to step on them."

After a pause, he added: "And I know that Professor Jiang's financial conditions don't seem to be very good. Not many people in the academic world accept his theory. Maybe he can reject me, but he will definitely not reject Mi Jin!"

"Maybe, I can make a big news!"

On the other side, in Houston, Texas, on the campus of Rice University, Jiang Kangcai, who had just finished a physics class, was walking on the path in a somewhat irritable mood.

A few years ago, when he accepted the invitation of Rice University to immigrate here, he undoubtedly came here with the idea of ​​​​being able to make great achievements.

But after arriving here, he found that Rice University's foreign or Chinese exclusion was more serious than he had imagined. He originally thought that American universities would treat every professor equally, but the result was just a fantasy.

If it were just that, it would be fine.

Recently, the theory on which he relied for survival, the proof of the non-existence of smooth solutions to the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equations, encountered a major setback and doubt.

Although this proof has not been accepted by the mathematical and physical communities for many years, no one can prove that his work is wrong.

The most important thing is that this theoretical work gave him the opportunity to immigrate to the United States.

If there is a smooth solution to the NS equation, there is no doubt that his theoretical work is wrong, and Rice University would probably fire him without hesitation if it invited him to be a professor based on this theoretical work.

Putting aside this theory, if he wants to find a full professor position in a university in the United States with his academic level, he may only go to those fake universities.

Just when he was having a headache, Jiang Kang suddenly found a white man standing in front of his house.

"Hello, Professor Jiang, nice to meet you." Andrew Whitt came forward and greeted: "Let me introduce myself, I am a reporter from The Washington Times, you can call me Andrew."

"I have some questions about the NS equation, I want to talk to you and interview you, when do you think it is convenient?" Andrew Whitt asked with a hypocritical smile.

If it weren't for the big news he planned, he really didn't bother to come here to find a yellow-skinned monkey.

Jiang Kangcai looked up and down at Andrew Whitt, frowned and said: "Sorry, I don't have time."

Although he is quite happy to accept interviews from media reporters, it will help expand his fame and promote his NS equation theory.

But he has not only heard of the notorious reputation of The Washington Times, but also been messed with by them. When he was interviewed last year, his theory was distorted, causing him to almost become a joke.

This media is extremely targeted at Chinese people, and I am afraid that they came to him today to see his joke.

After saying that, he was about to bypass the other party, but was quickly stopped.

"Professor Jiang, I think I can help you! We know that in 2014, you proved the NS equation and published the "Proof that there is no smooth solution to the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equation". Maybe you need our help to promote your results to the world!"

"Of course, there is also the one million dollars from the Clay Mathematics Institute! I believe that with your theory, you can definitely get it!"

Hearing this, Jiang Kang stopped and stared at the other party with a frown.

To be honest, he was actually a little dissatisfied with the mathematics and physics communities.

Because the mathematics and physics communities did not pay much attention to his paper "Proof that there is no smooth solution to the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equation".

Although there are indeed journals that have included his papers, the journals that include his papers are not top-level. He has also submitted papers to top-level journals such as "Annals of Mathematics", "New Advances in Mathematics" and "Nature", but they were all rejected.

In his opinion, the fact that the mathematics and physics communities did not find loopholes in his paper should prove that his paper is correct, so this is a disdain for his Chinese identity by those journals.

Andrew Whitt saw this and felt hopeful and quickly added: "If Professor Jiang is willing, we at The Washington Times are happy to promote your theory and paper for you."

"Of course, the premise is that you need to ensure that your theory is correct, or at least that the mathematics community will not find loopholes."

Hearing this, Jiang Kangcai was indeed a little tempted, but the notoriety of the Washington Times media was too well-known, and he was a little worried that his remarks would be changed at random.

After thinking about it, he said: "I can guarantee that there is no problem with my theory, but what should you do?"

Andrew Whitt quickly said: "You only need to accept the interview, say that there is no problem with your paper in the interview, and make a comment on Professor Xu's paper."

Hearing this, Jiang Kangcai quickly said: "I'm sorry, I refuse. And I can't do anything about it. He also has no ability to point out the mistakes in Professor Xu's paper."

After that, he walked around the other party and left.

He was not a retard. When Andrew proposed to comment on Professor Xu's paper, he probably knew what the other party was up to.

Although he thought his theory was also fine, it did not mean that he could offend a Nobel Prize + Fields Prize-level big shot.

What's more, he didn't even understand the other party's paper.

"One hundred thousand Mi Jin!"

"Two hundred thousand Mi Jin! You don't need to point out any problems with the paper, just comment on it!" Andrew Whitt shouted beside him.

Jiang Kangcai stopped, looked at the other party, and said: "Two million Mi Jin!"

Anyway, he was about to fail at Rice University, so he might as well leave directly if he made a big profit this time.

As for academic disputes, he didn't care. Anyway, he couldn't return to China, and Professor Xu couldn't go to the United States to cause trouble for him.

Andrew Whitt: "Two million is too high! At most 500,000! And if we increase the money, I need you to cooperate with us!"

Jiang Kangcai took a deep breath and said: "Deal!"

PS: There is another chapter in the evening