Chapter 368 Different Choices

Hearing Xu Chuan's praise and affirmative answer, the tense atmosphere in the office disappeared instantly.

Amelia curved her crescent-shaped eyes, and a happy arc appeared at the corners of her mouth.

For her, this was undoubtedly the best answer in the world.

"Thanks to your teaching." Squinting her crescent, Amelia smiled and said with a smile, her blue eyes full of gratitude.

Indeed, for her, the decision she made in Princeton completely changed her fate.

If she had gone to Princeton to study according to her father's arrangement, it would be hard to imagine that she could complete a proof of a world-class mathematical conjecture today.

Although Princeton is indeed very strong, not every student who comes out of Princeton can achieve breakthroughs and dreams in their respective fields.

And here, she took this crucial step.

Of course, she who has come all the way to the end knows better than anyone how much help this young mentor has brought her, and how powerful her mentor is.

Whether it is mathematics or physics, for him, as long as there is a problem, it seems that there is an answer.

Looking at the manuscript 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 children he had raised with great difficulty.

If the difficulty of Bloch's conjecture is to be ranked, it is about T3 level. For example, the Weyl-Berry conjecture he studied is lower, which may be similar to the twin prime conjecture, or even more difficult.

However, its name is far less famous than the twin prime conjecture, but its significance to the mathematical community is quite important. Because normal family functions have a wide range of applications in complex variable function theory.

Of course, if we talk about difficulty, it may be more difficult than the twin prime conjecture if the mathematical tool "algebraic cluster and group mapping tool" does not exist.

But after the emergence of this mathematical tool, the difficulty has been reduced a lot.

When he was studying the Hodge conjecture before, the bridge established between the three disciplines of algebraic geometry, analysis and topology greatly reduced the difficulty of the Bloch conjecture, a similar Hodge conjecture problem.

Two years is actually enough for some people in the mathematical community to accept and digest this mathematical tool.

In the days ahead, even without Amelia and Gu Bing, others are likely to solve this problem.

After all, when a new mathematical tool is born, solving the mathematical problems it can solve is actually just a matter of waiting for time to ferment.

Just like the 'P·S field-geometry theory' tool developed by Peter Schultz, after completing it, it is only a matter of time to make further breakthroughs in the Langlands program.

Of course, no matter what, it is not easy for them to use a mathematical tool to solve a T3-level mathematical conjecture.

After all, the algebraic cluster and group mapping tools have appeared in the mathematical community for two years, but so far, except for Amelia and Gu Bing, no one has heard of anyone else using this work to make a major breakthrough in the difficult problems of the Hodge conjecture.

At least, they are better than more than 99.99% of mathematicians, and can be called a great 'mathematician'.

It must be said that this is indeed an alternative sense of accomplishment, which can be said to be no less than solving a difficult problem by himself.

With a smile, Xu Chuan said, "Instead of thanking me, you should thank yourselves more. Thank you for your steadfast and hard work in learning and researching for the past two and a half years."

"What I provide is just a direction and a platform. It is you who will continue on this path and continue to research."

After a slight pause, he continued, "Have you thought about the journal you want to submit this paper to?"

Amelia shook her head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Professor, do you have any recommendations?"

Xu Chuan thought for a while and smiled, "The Annals of Mathematics, although the Bloch conjecture is not a very popular research field, it is not easy. I believe that the Annals of Mathematics will be a good choice. Yearbook will be very surprised by your submission. "

"Of course, if you and Gu Bing have other choices, that's fine. But I suggest you try to choose from the four major journals, because it's worth it. "

After listening to Xu Chuan's suggestion, Amelia nodded seriously and said, "I will discuss it with Senior Brother Gu Bing."

Xu Chuan smiled, glanced at the two and asked, "When your papers are reviewed, you will graduate from me. Have you ever thought about where to work after graduation? Or, do you need my help to recommend it? "

Although the paper has not been published yet, he can basically give a positive answer after reading it. It's just a matter of time for the two to graduate.

Hearing this, Amelia replied without hesitation: "As for work, I probably won't work for the time being. Don't I still have to learn mathematical and physical calculation methods from you, professor?"

After a slight pause, Xu Chuan remembered that he had promised her to teach mathematical and physical calculation methods before, and smiled: "Okay. But it's best to combine learning mathematical and physical calculation methods with practice."

"How about this, I will contact some high-energy physics experimental institutions at that time, and maybe you can do an internship. Including the exploration and search for dark matter and dark energy after the upgrade of CERN, you can also join in."

Hearing this, Amelia curled her lips with joy: "Then I'll trouble you, professor."

When she entered Princeton, she chose mathematical physics and her goal was to work in a high-energy physics laboratory.

Although she had deviated a little in the past two years, she is now back to her original plan.

It would be great if she could enter CERN as a formal researcher.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Nothing."

After a pause, he looked at Gu Bing and asked, "What about you? Gu Bing, do you have any ideas?"

On the other side, Gu Bing smiled and said, "Although I really want to continue to study with you like Amelia, I know my own situation. I have almost reached the ceiling to get to this point."

"After graduation, I plan to go out and find a job."

Although he had thought about continuing to study in mathematics before, his own conditions did not allow it.

After studying with Xu Chuan for two and a half years, he also saw the gap between himself and the real genius. Not to mention his mentor, he was far inferior to Amelia and even the new junior brother Cai Peng.

Amelia worked with him to study the Bloch conjecture, and Amelia contributed more.

If we count the percentage, his contribution to the whole problem can only account for one-third at most.

He knows his limit very well, and now he has let it go.

Although compared with most people, he is actually quite talented.

He can solve a world problem before the age of 30, although it is a collaboration, but this qualification can be said to be the top batch whether it is placed in China or abroad.

Apart from other things, no university will reject his job application, including Princeton.

But people are different and there is a gap.

Especially after following Xu Chuan, Gu Bing deeply realized this. Following such a mentor, the circle of contact is infinitely raised.

After realizing this, he chose to leave and find a job.

After all, he is not young anymore. When he applied for in-depth study of the doctoral degree under Xu Chuan, he was almost 26 years old. Now two and a half years have passed, and he is almost 30 years old.

Starting a family and starting a career are all things he needs to consider.

Of course, compared with most people, he is actually luckier.

He knew this, so Gu Bing was very grateful for being able to study with Xu Chuan for two and a half years.

Xu Chuan was not too surprised to hear Gu Bing's choice. He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay. Is there any place you want to go?"

Hearing this, Gu Bing shyly scratched his head and said, "Well, Dean Rong talked to me before. If I graduate from you, professor, he invited me to stay in Nanjing University as a mathematics professor."

"Compared to other jobs outside, I think campus is more suitable for me. I think the salary conditions offered by Nanjing University are also very good."

"And staying in Nanjing University is closer to you, professor. Although I am ready to leave, I will continue to study mathematics. If I encounter any problems in the future, I can also talk to you, professor."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It's good. It's good to have a choice."

It must be said that Nanjing University still has 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 fact that he can cooperate to complete the proof of Bloch's conjecture shows that he still has the ability and talent in mathematics.

Staying in Nanjing University, although the mathematics of Nanjing University is much weaker than that of Shuimu and Peking University, the environment is relatively much cleaner, and you can study mathematics with a purer mind.

He is now 28 years old, and there are still more than ten years until he is 45 years old. Maybe there is still hope to make some breakthroughs in mathematics.

And after proving Bloch's conjecture, the salary offered by Nanjing University will not be low, which is a good choice.

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