The professor plans to go to China?
Upon hearing the news, the students at Maynard were in a daze.
Why are you suddenly planning to go to China?
As students studying mathematics, they were not very impressed by the country of China. The recent emergence of a mathematical genius from that country made them a little surprised that such a talented young man in mathematics could appear in this country.
"Professor, are you going to China to attend some mathematics conference?"
Richman asked.
Maynard waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's not say so much. This matter has not been decided yet. I just have this idea. I will make a decision after some time."
He decided to communicate with Xiao Yi first and further discuss his thoughts on Far Abelian Geometry and Automorphic Forms. If he had to talk in person, he would go to China in person.
Then, he took out a paper and pen and prepared to study it based on the theory in the attachment of Xiao Yi.
But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something, and then said to Richman, "By the way, since your thesis has been completed, we will start the defense in a week, is that okay?"
Richman was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief, "What? Professor! The defense will be given in a week... I'm not even ready yet! At least... it will take at least a month, right?"
Maynard said helplessly, "I am doing this for your own good. In one month, whether you can graduate or not is a question."
"Why?" Richman didn't understand very much. He pushed the θ value to 0.617!
Maynard sighed. Originally, he didn't want to hurt his student, but after thinking about it, if he didn't explain, Richman might still get to the bottom of it.
So he explained, "Because someone has further improved my method and pushed the θ value to 0.65."
"Wang Defa?"
Richman's eyes widened immediately.
How is this possible?!
Maynard's three papers were published in June, and it has only been three months since then. Who could improve his tutor's method to such an extent so quickly?
It immediately increased by 0.05!
He was able to advance 0.6 to 0.617 based on Maynard. This was all based on the fact that Maynard was his mentor after all, so before these three papers came out, he had already studied this method with Maynard, and coupled with his own understanding, he was able to achieve this level.
For their Analytic Number Theory community, an improvement of 0.017 can be regarded as a huge breakthrough.
The result is now...
"Professor, who is he? Has his paper been published? Where did you see it?"
Richman asked three questions in a row.
It's about graduation, he can't be in a hurry!
"Well..." Maynard said, "Since you want to know, I will reveal it to you for now."
"This person is the seventeen-year-old Chinese mathematics genius named Xiao Yi. He has not published a paper yet, but just sent me an email. He mentioned in the email that he will not publish this result in a short time... I guess, maybe he still doesn't like this result."
If Xiao Yi can send this result to him without any scruples, then he must be dissatisfied with this 0.65. Perhaps, what this genius boy really wants is that after completing the combination of Far Abelian Geometry and Automorphic Forms, he can easily advance to 0.7 or even higher.
Maybe...
Is it to prove the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture?
After coming back to his senses, he glanced at Richman in front of him.
At this time, his student was completely stunned. Perhaps he was shocked after learning that the results he had worked so hard for so long were completely insignificant in the eyes of others?
Especially that person is only a 17-year-old young man.
Of course, it wasn't just Richman, several other students who heard the news also had disbelief in their eyes.
It seems that it is still a little too early for these young people to accept the news.
After all, even Maynard himself felt a little unbelievable.
"Okay, don't think so much, go back and prepare for the defense. Even if Xiao Yi may not be posted in a short time, it is just in case. If it is posted on arxiv in advance, then your graduation thesis will be considered outdated, and the college will most likely not pass your graduation thesis."
Patting Richman on the shoulder, Maynard stopped trying to persuade him, turned around, and began to carefully study the PDF sent by Xiao Yi.
Although the content of these 15 pages was small, he really had to study it carefully.
"Am I going to start learning Far Abelian Geometry?"
Such thoughts came to his mind involuntarily.
Time passed quickly.
The second day in China.
When I got up early in the morning, Xiao Yi looked at the time and it was exactly six o'clock.
I should have gone to bed around 10:50 last night.
Sleep time is just over seven hours.
"Huh~"
After stretching out on the bed, he habitually did a few calculation problems in his mind.
[Find lim(x→0)[tan(tanx)-tan(sinx)]/ln(1+x^3).]
"Well... it should be equal to 1/2."
After thinking for a while in his mind, he came up with the answer.
He didn't think much about this answer, and it certainly wasn't worth thinking about. Anyway, it must be right.
Then I thought about two more questions.
Today's "brain-warming exercise" of getting up is complete.
The [Ruthless Continuous Study] buff also shows that it has been extended.
"Done."
Get up and get dressed, then wash up, take the breakfast coupon, go to the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel to have breakfast, and then return to his room to start his study. The next day will probably be spent in study - this is his normal work and rest time.
"USTC seems to be still having military training over there, right?"
Xiao Yi thought for a while. According to the plan, after attending the meeting in Germany, he could still go back to school to catch up on a few days of military training.
But who could have imagined that after returning to China, he would have to stay in Shangjing for more than ten days.
According to the time set with the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science leaders yesterday, his return report will begin in 10 days, that is, on September 26. The report will be held in a large conference hall in the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science courtyard, which can accommodate more than 300 people.
He definitely doesn't have to go back during these 10 days. Anyway, the school directly stated that he can go back when he has time, and there is no problem if he doesn't go back.
The military training ended on the 20th. If I had known that he would not even see the instructor after school started!
As for taking classes after military training?
That's even less of a problem.
"In this case, am I a bad student or a good student?"
I thought about it in my mind.
Forget it, stop thinking so much and start studying!
Turning on the computer, going into the mailbox and looking at it, Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows. "Huh? Professor Maynard sent the email?"