Chapter 140 Mathematics? It’s nothing more than a creator’s game!

Chinese people have a special affection for red.

In fact, in other cultures, red is used to alert the world because it is eye-catching.

For example, in most Western stock markets, red means falling and green means rising.

But for China, a rising star in finance, although the stock market was established a hundred years later than those financial giants, from the beginning, red was defined as rising.

Otherwise, Chinese people think red is festive.

At the Beijing Airport, the players who got off the plane saw a bright red color in their eyes. Most of them were arranged by sponsors.

Many people don’t know that China has always been the source of platinum sponsors of IMO.

This is why even IMO's management is reluctant to offend Qiao Yu easily.

After all, to some extent, many people have regarded Qiao Yu as the future representative of the Chinese mathematics community.

Of course, this time the Chinese team's five gold medals and a perfect score of 248, the third best result in history, are indeed worthy of a grand welcome ceremony.

After the excitement, the team partially disbanded in the capital.

Because the members of the team this time have several activities during the summer vacation, such as accepting interviews with some media. But Qiao Yu does not need to participate.

Naturally, this was not requested by the media. It was requested by both Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin at the same time.

Letting Qiao Yu attend IMO is already a compromise between the two bosses. It is impossible to go around and participate in various interviews and activities.

At least in the eyes of the two bosses, Qiao Yu doesn't need this meaningless exposure now.

Especially in the eyes of the two big guys, there is no need for meaningless praise from the outside world.

Qiao Yu had no objection to this arrangement.

Anyway, he doesn’t plan to debut... and he really doesn’t know what to say during the interview.

Well, you play games every day in the IMO competition circle and challenge players from all over the world. Not only did you win the IMO gold medal with a perfect score, but you also won the award for the most awesome mental arithmetic game?

And what Qiao Yu is most looking forward to is not these things, but that Qiao Xi is coming to the capital.

Qiao Xi has already sent him the ticket booking information on WeChat. The high-speed train will arrive at West Beijing Station at 2:30 pm tomorrow morning.

He could finally let his mother see his life in the capital with her own eyes. For Qiao Yu, this was much more interesting than being interviewed.

So after a simple celebration ceremony at the airport and a few more group photos, Qiao Yu was taken back to Yanbei University by someone called by Tian Yanzhen.

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"Director Tian, ​​I'm back."

In the car, Professor Luo who went to pick him up said that Tian Yanzhen was waiting for him, so Qiao Yu went back first to put his luggage and then came to Tian Yanzhen's office.

"Well, sit down..."

Without Tian Yanzhen's instructions, Qiao Yu walked in consciously and sat down opposite the instructor.

"Did you enjoy going to Australia?" Tian Yanzhen asked.

"Happy." Qiao Yu nodded and replied honestly.

There is nothing to hide. Professor Zhou and Professor Zhang will probably report every move he makes in Australia to Director Tian and Mr. Yuan across from him.

He did let himself go a little bit this time when he went out to participate in IMO. However, Qiao Yu felt that there was nothing wrong. People always need to relax. The string in his heart was too tight some time ago.

The main reason is that the man still puts too much pressure on him.

If the problem in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture cannot be found in time, that man will be in the limelight at the World Congress on Algebraic Geometry.

Of course this is intolerable.

"Well, just be happy. Then you have to calm down. Take a look at these first."

With that said, Tian Yanzhen took out three beautifully bound documents from the drawer of his desk and handed them to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu took it curiously and saw that there were three offers from different companies.

They are all from big manufacturers...

For example, little Li Baba had an encounter with Qiao Yu.

He opened it and looked at it casually, and it was a letter of appointment with advance payment. If he was willing to accept it, the other party would be willing to pay for all his expenses during his studies, and even get a salary.

This way, after he graduates with his Ph.D., he can directly start working. The treatment offered is quite exciting.

Qiao Yu looked at Tian Yanzhen without knowing why.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for these big companies to not have his contact information, but they did not contact him privately and directly sent the offer to Tian Yanzhen.

"How's it going? Are you interested?" Tian Yanzhen looked at Qiao Yu and asked.

Qiao Yu shook his head slightly and said honestly: "I'm not interested. I think if I really want to work for someone after I graduate, they can offer me a higher price."

"Ha ha……"

Tian Yanzhen smiled happily: "Well, I think so too. Then I'll refuse it for you."

Qiao Yu nodded and handed all the offers back casually.

He has no interest in working part-time, but it would be fine if it was a consultant position.

Anyway, if there is a problem, send him a copy, and if he can solve it, he will earn a share of the money.

But just as Tian Yanzhen said, Qiao Yu also felt that it was too early for him to consider making money.

After all, he can only make a small amount of money now.

Now that we no longer have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, there is no need to waste energy on this aspect. It is better to lay a solid foundation quickly so that in the future, like Schultz, he can make big money by directly cooperating with large enterprises like Microsoft on projects.

Tian Yanzhen put several offers aside casually, then looked at Qiao Yu and said, "While you were attending IMO, I talked to Mr. Yuan twice about your future."

Qiao Yu's ears perked up instantly.

The two instructors don't follow martial ethics, and they actually engage in liaison in private.

"I won't go into the specific communication process, because you are very interested in the distribution of prime numbers, so we all have full confidence in your ability to solve the Riemann Hypothesis."

Qiao Yu nodded subconsciously, then shook his head and said blankly: "Riemann Hypothesis? Well... isn't my next task to complete my undergraduate studies?"

Tian Yanzhen nodded and smiled: "Yes, undergraduate studies are the foundation, and it is indeed what you need to do in the next stage. But this is not inconsistent with your research.

In fact, we all agree that your energy is strong enough to support you in conducting targeted research while consolidating your foundation. This is also related to your previous study habits and results.

While solving a problem, you will take the initiative to read relevant literature, and you will always gain a lot. This is actually part of basic learning.

For example, you have actually accumulated a lot of relevant basic knowledge in the fields of algebraic geometry and mathematical analysis. What you lack is other related basic knowledge."

Qiao Yu looked at Tian Yanzhen blankly.

Although he didn't mind doing the research, it still seemed to be looking down on him too much.

"Um... Director Tian, ​​what you and Mr. Yuan mean is that you want me to solve the Riemann Hypothesis as an undergraduate, right? Isn't this a little too high of a view of me?"

Qiao Yu couldn't help but said.

Even though he is very confident in himself, this is no joke.

In the past, he said he was going to do the Riemann Hypothesis just because he wanted to dawdle. Now he doesn't plan to dawdle anymore, and the instructor is full of energy again!

If you really want to play like this, let alone graduate in one year. Qiao Yu doubts whether he can graduate in ten years.

"What are you thinking about? If the Riemann Hypothesis is so easy to prove, is it still your turn? Do you really think the $1.5 million reward from the Clay Institute is unattractive?"

Tian Yanzhen shook his head and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Yuan and I will not assign you tasks that you cannot complete at this stage. The Riemann Hypothesis is the ultimate goal, but the road is built step by step.

In fact, compared to the big proposition of the Riemann Hypothesis, there are many small propositions in related fields that can support it. For example, the Montgomery log pair distribution conjecture, the small prime gap conjecture, the Modell conjecture, and Landau-related problems.

This also includes the twin prime conjecture, Legendre conjecture, the cumulative properties of Möbius function values, etc.

Especially the twin prime conjecture. If you are interested in prime numbers, you should know Professor Zhang Yuantang's paper "Bounded Intervals between Prime Numbers", which proved that there are infinite pairs of prime numbers with gaps less than 70 million. This is already a great breakthrough.

And his proof of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture can also give you some reference. And I have already contacted Professor Zhang. If you are interested in the twin prime conjecture, he is willing to help you.

Of course, we are not asking you to prove the twin prime conjecture. Even if you push this gap further, it is still an achievement. What we value most is your idea."

Qiao Yu nodded subconsciously, and then became more deeply aware of the value of a good mentor.

Whether it is Tian Yanzhen or Mr. Yuan, as long as he wants to research and study, he can directly find the best people to help him.

Tian Yanzhen continued: "But these are suggestions from Mr. Yuan and I. It is up to you to decide from which point to start formal research.

You have to know that the Fields Medal pays more attention to those novel mathematical ideas. Coincidentally, we all agree that this is exactly what you are good at."

"Fields Medal? This should be something I only consider after I turn twenty, right?"

Qiao Yu said blankly.

"When most mathematicians around the world think that you are already eligible to compete for the Fields Medal, you can start to consider it. It has nothing to do with your age. There is no age limit for the Fields Medal."

Tian Yan said truly.

Teacher and student looked at each other. When Qiao Yu realized that Director Tian was extremely serious today, he understood.

Is he afraid that his mentor and grandpa think he has a pressure-bearing personality? The greater the pressure, the higher his achievements?
To be continued...