Free Web NovelChapter 929: Chapter 474: Truly a Math Genius!_1
Among the group heading to Hyderabad in Y Country, everyone except Zhou Li was unaware of Fan Lei’s true background and believed he was some sort of math prodigy.
This was quite normal.
Who would have thought that Zhao Yi would let someone who didn’t understand mathematics do the presentation on his behalf?
As a result, many were interested in Fan Lei, feeling they should nurture a member of the younger generation in the mathematical community. After all, the person was going to represent the top mathematician Zhao Yi at the International Mathematicians Conference. This experience would undoubtedly be unforgettable for him and would motivate him to devote himself more diligently to the study and research of mathematics.
Qiu Chengwen had a particular fondness for young geniuses. He knew that Fan Lei hoped to continue "following" Zhao Yi, but he still wanted to gauge Fan Lei’s level in mathematics, so he kept bringing up mathematical topics in conversation.
Fan Lei pretended to listen attentively, occasionally offering his opinion when questioned, "I think that idea is really good!"
"I don’t understand this, but I feel it has great potential."
"I don’t quite grasp what you’re talking about, but it must be very interesting... "
In any case, he just went along with whatever Qiu Chengwen said.
Qiu Chengwen asked for quite a while and got nothing concrete, but he felt very pleased because Fan Lei always agreed with him, making it seem like everything he said was correct.
He formed a very good impression of Fan Lei, "What a humble young man!"
"He must understand some of it, but probably doesn’t want to show off or argue, so he says he doesn’t understand."
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"But his opinions are all quite reasonable..."
Fan Lei wasn’t aware of all the thoughts running through Qiu Chengwen’s head; he was just patiently dealing with the situation until he could get off the plane and distance himself from Qiu Chengwen.
The International Maths Union had sent a welcoming party, not for the domestic team, but specifically for Fan Lei and Qiu Chengwen, warmly receiving Fan Lei because he was representing Zhao Yi. They needed to coordinate with Fan Lei regarding the presentation and the process of ’accepting an award’ on behalf.
As for Qiu Chengwen, there was no need to say much. As a former Fields Medal winner, he wielded tremendous influence in the global mathematical community.
As a result, the whole group witnessed that the individuals who came to pick them up, including a committee member from the maths union, were very enthusiastic towards both Fan Lei and Qiu Chengwen.
It was not surprising that Qiu Chengwen was warmly welcomed, but it seemed that they were even more enthusiastic about Fan Lei, treating him with a familiarity as if they knew him well. Fan Lei also performed decently, managing to converse in rather broken English with the occasional assistance of Zhou Li on the side, making the exchange seem quite smooth.
Qiu Chengwen found this rather strange, as normally Fan Lei was just representing Zhao Yi to accept an award, and even if he were to give a presentation, the maths union and hosts shouldn’t be this enthusiastic.
What was going on?
Naturally, he didn’t know that the presentation Fan Lei was to give was about one of the Millennium Prize Problems, and naturally, the treatment would be different. Both the maths union and the hosts were eager to know which specific Millennium problem it was.
The Riemann Conjecture?
Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap?
Navier–Stokes equations?
Over these days, many people internally had been discussing this, and they felt the most likely topics would be the Riemann Conjecture or Yang-Mills theory.
One of Zhao Yi’s most important mathematical achievements, the three-dimensional wobble waveform graph, was directly related to the Riemann Conjecture. It was possible that he completed the proof of the Riemann Conjecture.
Additionally, Zhao Yi had been researching particle mathematics, and his Boundary Theory offered proof of the Supersymmetry Problem and achieved a theoretical unification of gravity and strong force.
This was the first time a physical theory could connect gravity with the other three fundamental forces.
The problem of Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap is a highly important one for proving theories about microscopic particles. If Boundary Theory continued to expand, it would surely intersect with Yang-Mills theory.
So, it wouldn’t be surprising if Zhao Yi proved the existence and mass gap of Yang-Mills using mathematical evidence.
Both the International Maths Union and the hosts wished to know exactly which achievement Zhao Yi had completed, of course, making them all the more enthusiastic toward his representative, Fan Lei.
This enthusiasm led others to speculate.
For instance, Qiu Chengwen.
Qiu Chengwen couldn’t understand why the maths union people could be so exceedingly enthusiastic towards Fan Lei and suddenly his thoughts broadened. "Could it be that they already knew Fan Lei?"
"Has Fan Lei accomplished any remarkable personal achievements?"
"But, I haven’t heard anything about that..."
"Or do they, like me, know that Fan Lei is a mathematical genius and have ideas about headhunting him?"
After careful consideration, Qiu Chengwen felt he should warn Fan Lei. He took a moment to pull Fan Lei aside and earnestly said, "If you’re invited to study abroad at a prestigious university, or anything like that, don’t just agree to it so easily."
"There’s no place where you can learn more than by staying by Zhao Yi’s side."
"You know that."
"Zhao Yi, he is the number one in the mathematical world, a truly top mathematician... "
Qiu Chengwen went on and on praising Zhao Yi, as if Zhao Yi were the only one of his kind, suggesting that by staying by Zhao Yi’s side one could gradually become a top mathematician. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Fan Lei was somewhat baffled upon hearing this, unable to comprehend what Qiu Chengwen was thinking, and could only nod in agreement, saying, "I definitely won’t be going to study at a foreign school, don’t worry!"
