The Scholar's Grind
Chapter 81

The Melancholy of Other Geniuses

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Chinese Academy of Sciences Basic Science Park is the location of some Chinese Academy of Sciences research institutes related to basic sciences. There are Mathematics Research Institute and theoretical Physics Research Institute, but the main one is Mathematics Research Institute.

At the north gate of the park is Beijing Fourth Ring West Road. At this time, a group of young people came from the west direction of this road.

These young people came from Shangjing University not far away.

They are all students at Shangjing University, the top university in China.

Of course, to put it more carefully, they are all students in the 2020 Mathematics Elite Class of Shangjing University.

Everyone can be called a mathematical genius this year.

However, at this time, they came to attend a lecture given by another genius of their own age.

"I'll go, look at the poster of Scholar Xiao!"

When they arrived at the door, someone pointed at the poster at the door and exclaimed.

Chen Muhua walked up, took out his phone and took a photo of the poster, and then shared it on their Joint Examination Group.

[We have arrived at the door of Chinese Academy of Sciences Basic Science Park. This poster of Scholar Xiao is so handsome!]

Soon, the group became lively again.

However, after posting the photo, Chen Muhua no longer joined the group. Instead, he looked at Xiao Yi's poster with his eyes slightly lost in thought.

At this time, Lu Ping also walked up, took a look at the poster, and then patted Chen Muhua on the shoulder.

"Old Chen, let's not think too much about it."

Chen Muhua came to his senses, then shook his head with a wry smile, "It's always inevitable to overthink things."

In the past, he truly regarded Xiao Yi as a peer in the group, and even thought that they could become friends in the future.

It's just that not long after this, the other party has become somewhat incomprehensible to him.

He published papers in top journals, was invited by the top international Institute of Mathematics to participate in academic conferences, and even did a big thing, denying the theory of a top scholar.

And now, the other party is able to hold a report meeting at the highest domestic mathematics academic institution like Mathematics Research Institute.

As a participant who came here because of the reputation, he will sit in the audience and watch others talk on the stage. What they are facing is not just him, but almost all mathematics scholars and students in the Shangjing mathematics circle.

I heard that there will be more than a dozen academicians and a lot of Changjiang Scholar and Outstanding Young Scholar in this lecture, not to mention professors.

Anyway, Chen Muhua imagined himself giving a report in front of this group of people——

Already starting to get nervous.

"Don't think so much, let's go in first."

Lu Ping said again at this time.

Chen Muhua came back to his senses and saw that their people had begun to walk towards the park.

He sighed and shook his head, and finally followed quickly.

Following the directions on the map, they finally arrived in front of the South Tower.

The building in front of me is where the report is about to begin.

Downstairs, you can see several large posters. In the poster, Xiao Yi is facing a blackboard filled with mathematical formulas, and his eyes seem to be condensed with the light of wisdom.

"You are here too."

At this time, a voice sounded from beside their group.

They looked over one after another, and then they all showed surprised expressions.

"Teacher Cao, you actually came to listen to Xiao Yi's report!"

The person in front of them is their class teacher, Professor Cao Ping. They never expected that they would be able to see their class teacher here.

Cao Ping laughed, "Look at what you guys are saying, it seems like I shouldn't come. There are several academicians from our school who have come."

Chen Muhua They immediately scratched their heads in embarrassment.

"I won't say any more to you. Go in early, try to get a better position, and listen carefully to how Xiao Yi reports. It may be a bit far away for you, but maybe you will experience it in the future, so study hard."

Professor Cao Ping gave instructions and then left here.

Seeing this situation, Chen Muhua they looked at each other.

They didn't say anything, but the thoughts in their hearts became more and more complicated.

Soon, a group of people entered the large lecture hall. There were more than 600 seats. The small half in the front was for scholars, and the majority of the back was for students.

Basically, there weren't many seats left. When Chen Muhua and the others arrived, they quickly went to the student seats and looked for empty seats to sit down.

There were still ten minutes until the report started, so they were discussing while waiting for the last ten minutes to pass.

On the other side, it's seven o'clock in the morning at the United Kingdom.

In Maynard's office, he turned on the computer early, and then with the help of his colleagues next to him, he entered Huaguo's website.

The colleague next to him is a Chinese named Yu Can, who is currently an associate professor of mathematics at their Oxford University.

"Fortunately, this report was live broadcast, otherwise I would have had to watch it offline."

Found the live broadcast room, Yu Can said.

"Thank you so much, Professor Yu." Maynard expressed his gratitude.

"Haha, Professor Maynard is so polite." Yu Can waved his hand, and then asked curiously, "I'm just curious, why Professor Maynard is suddenly interested in Xiao Yi's report."

Maynard said, "Some time ago, he sent me an email and discussed with me the possibility of combining Far Abelian Geometry with Automorphic Forms. I replied to him by email and had a simple discussion."

"But then he didn't reply to me for a week until yesterday when he told me he had fixed everything."

"So I wanted to know what problem he was solving."

Yu Can was stunned immediately.

All problems solved?

all problems?

At this time, he suddenly remembered the theme of Xiao Yi's report.

"I remember that the theme of this report was called "ABC Conjecture, Far Abelian Geometry, and Automorphic Forms"?"

Maynard was stunned for a moment, and then he became excited.

"That must be it! He must have really made it happen!"

"This is absolutely an extremely important thing for the entire number theory!"

"I must watch the entire report!"

Seeing the excitement of Maynard, Yu Can, who is engaged in geometric topology, can probably imagine why the other party can make so many achievements in mathematics.

With such enthusiasm, people really deserve to achieve those results.

It's just...

Yu Can felt that it was necessary to remind him, "Um, Professor Maynard, don't you know that Xiao Yi's report is in Chinese?"

"Huh?"

Maynard was suddenly stunned.

For James·Maynard, he really didn't realize that Xiao Yi's report was in Chinese.

After all, wherever he went to attend mathematics conferences, he basically spoke in English.

But if you think about it carefully, all the people participating in this report are Chinese, and of course they must speak Chinese.

Finally, with the help of Yu Can, they temporarily found an AI subtitle that can translate in real time. Although it cannot guarantee accuracy, it can only be used reluctantly.

The time is finally getting closer to the time when this report meeting is about to begin.

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