Chapter 324 Winning the Fields Medal Twice?

Jinling, Nanjing University.

After dealing with matters related to the NS equation, Xu Chuan also reappeared in the office.

"Professor, you are out!" In the office, Gu Bing shouted in surprise after seeing his mentor.

Xu Chuan nodded and greeted the two students.

Amelia asked excitedly on the side: "Professor, since you have proved the NS equation this time, will the International Mathematical Union give you another Fields Medal?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment.

To be honest, he has never thought about this.

But to be honest, this does not seem to be impossible?

The Fields Medal is selected by the Executive Committee of the International Union. The selection criteria are very strict. Only those who have outstanding breakthroughs in a certain field of mathematics are eligible to receive the award, and it is strictly stipulated that the winner must be under 40 years old.

Because one of its main purposes is to encourage young scholars to climb to the top.

Although no one has ever won the Fields Medal twice in history, it seems that the Fields Medal does not explicitly stipulate that a person cannot win it twice?

He won the Fields Medal for solving the Hodge conjecture before. This year, he solved the NS equation. Maybe he will have a chance to win another one?

But it is hard to say. After all, the nature of the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize is somewhat different.

The Nobel Prize is awarded for achievements. As long as you contribute enough, you can win it twice.

The Fields Medal is awarded to individuals, which is a bit like the lifetime achievement award of the Wolf Prize. It will not be given once.

Originally, Xu Chuan had never thought about winning the Fields Medal for the second time, but after being asked by Amelia, he was a little curious.

After all, the two millennium problems are still very important to the mathematics community.

He was also a little curious about how the International Mathematical Union would deal with it.

If he was awarded the second medal, it would break the historical rules.

If not, I am afraid that none of the other mathematical achievements can compete with the NS equation.

More importantly, if he is awarded this time, he still has one of the seven millennium problems, "Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap", which is the result of his previous life.

If he wins this time, he will definitely win another Fields Medal in the future.

After all, he is less than 24 years old this year. One mathematics congress takes four years, and waiting for two more congresses will only take eight years. At that time, he will not be 40 yet.

Three Fields Medals for one person, this is too scary.

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan also felt that it was a bit unrealistic.

After chatting with the two students for a while, Xu Chuan turned on the computer in the office and dealt with the emails and things of the past two days.

After a while, there was a knock on the door of the office.

Xu Chuan called out, "Come in", and the one who walked in was Cai Peng with a schoolbag on his back.

"Congratulations, professor, you have solved another century-old problem." Cai Peng congratulated with a smile.

Seeing Cai Peng, Xu Chuan realized that he had left a few test questions for him before, and originally gave him three days to do them, but he forgot about them later because of the NS equation.

He smiled and said, "It's just a paper. It has not been peer reviewed and nothing is confirmed."

"What about the questions I gave you last time? Have you finished them? Let me see."

Hearing this, Cai Peng quickly turned his backpack from behind, took out a manuscript paper and handed it over, saying a little embarrassedly:

"Well, professor, I only finished three questions in three days, and I finished two questions later. I separated them. The top is the first three, and the bottom is the last."

Xu Chuan took the manuscript paper and said, "Let me take a look first."

To be honest, he still has a good impression of Cai Peng's self-confession.

After all, more than a month has passed, and he has not checked it. Cai Peng can say that he has finished all five questions in three days, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

At least in terms of academic honesty, he has passed it so far.

Flipping the manuscript paper in his hand, Xu Chuan looked at the answer of this former senior brother and put down the answer sheet in a moment.

Looking up, he smiled at Cai Peng and said, "Not bad, congratulations on passing the test."

For him, looking at the answer is not just a simple test of Cai Peng's knowledge, but also to see his relevant ideas for solving the problem and whether he has some of his own ideas.

For him, these can basically be seen at a glance.

What Professor Zhou Hai said before is indeed correct. After the second opening of the topic, Cai Peng's talent in mathematics seems to have been opened up. At least in the field of differential equations, he has begun to have his own unique ideas.

Hearing this, Cai Peng suppressed his excitement and clenched his fists to make himself look a little calmer: "Thank you, Professor!"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Don't thank me, this is an opportunity you have fought for."

"In addition, it is not so easy to study with me. If you want to complete your studies under me, you need at least one SCI Zone 1 research paper."

Cai Peng nodded vigorously and said, "I will work hard!"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Come on."

After a pause, he shouted to the other two students in the office: "Gu Bing, Amelia, come here."

As soon as the voice fell, Gu Bing and Amelia ran over quickly, one on each side slapped Cai Peng on the shoulder.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Cai!"

"Beautiful!"

Seeing this, Xu Chuan touched his chin and smiled, "When did your relationship become so good?"

Amelia smiled and said, "Junior Brother Cai has been here every day for the past month, so he is naturally familiar with it."

Xu Chuan smiled and didn't care too much. He guessed that he didn't just come here every day, but there seemed to be something else.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the academic knowledge and academic honesty are up to par.

"Okay, as long as you get along well." Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Cai Peng, find a seat by yourself. Your major is differential equations. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me directly. If I'm not here, you can find Gu Bing first, he should be able to teach you something."

"In addition, regarding the student status, I will find a time to take you to the Academic Affairs Office to deal with it."

"Okay, professor."

Cai Peng responded and found a seat by himself and sat down.

In the academic world, it is normal and traditional for seniors to lead juniors.

After all, professors at the doctoral supervisor level often have their own research, and sometimes they are busy and often stay in the laboratory for several months.

At this time, it is normal for seniors to teach some basic knowledge to juniors who have just started and answer some questions on behalf of their supervisors.

After dealing with Cai Peng's matter, Xu Chuan was about to turn back to deal with his own affairs when he heard Gu Bing's hesitant call.

"Professor."

Xu Chuan turned his head and glanced at Gu Bing. Seeing that he looked tangled, he asked curiously: "What's wrong? Just say it if you have something to say."

After a moment of hesitation, Gu Bing still said: "Recently, there is a foreign media report that smears you. Professor, do you want to take a look?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Smearing me?"

"Yeah. About the NS equation."

"Oh? Where's the news? Send me the link." Xu Chuan asked with interest.

To be honest, he really couldn't think of anything that could be smeared about him. As for the NS equation, could it be that someone could point out the problems in his paper?

If so, he would have to read it even more.

"Sent it to you, professor." Gu Bing picked up his phone and sent the news link to Xu Chuan.

To be honest, this kind of thing shouldn't be

"Thank you." Xu Chuan thanked him and clicked on the paper to read it.

But as soon as the news link was opened, he frowned slightly.

Because the reporter of the news media is a notorious media.

The Washington Times was founded in 1982 by a Korean-American cult leader named Moon Sun-myung. It has always been the most crooked group in the news industry.

Especially for Chinese and Chinese scholars, it can be said that every time they log in to this newspaper, there is basically nothing good.

But he wanted to see what this newspaper said about him, or to blacken him.

After all, whether it is academic or character, there is nothing to blacken about him.

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