At the same time, in a tea room on the second floor of the hotel, Zhang Yuanling and Zhongxing, another academician from Shuangdan University, were receiving several academicians from the School of Mathematics from the capital.

Although the organizer this time is Linhai Jiaotong University, Shuangdan University is also in Linhai after all, so the professors at Shuangdan University can be regarded as half landlords.

Moreover, Zhong Xingben graduated from the University of Science and Technology, and both of them are chief professors at the Linhai Mathematics Center. They also have a lot of cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences on weekdays, so they naturally have to receive guests when they come.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Yuanling also asked the same question as Yang Yuanyuan.

"By the way, let me ask something. What's going on with Qiao Yu's report at Yanbei University this year? Has his conference paper not been submitted for approval yet? I haven't seen the thesis and abstract on the official website."

In fact, he had inquired about it some time ago, but the staff member in charge said that this was not a decision made by the Academic Committee of this year's meeting, but by the Society's Standing Council.

This is quite confusing.

Not only has this situation never happened before, but even if it did, by the time registration starts today, the report content should be posted on the official website.

Zhang Yuanling's concern about this issue actually has something to do with Qiao Yu. He had reviewed the projects temporarily submitted by Qiao Yu before.

Although his original intention was not to directly reject Qiao Yu's project. He even made plans to pass the project after full demonstration in the afternoon.

But who would have known that Qiao Yu immediately withdrew when he heard him mention some shortcomings. To be honest, Zhang Yuanling did not expect this operation at all.

If it was not intended to be passed at all, it should not have been reported with great fanfare at that time.

In short, the whole thing made people feel confused. But Zhang Yuanling didn't take it to heart, after all, everyone was very busy.

Anyone who can become an academician of the Academy of Mathematics must have made a contribution. For example, Zhang Yuanling's biggest achievement so far is to prove Lustig's conjecture about the base ring of a bilateral cell cavity for the affine A-type Weyl group.

This proposition that looks very much like biology is actually a purely mathematical proposition.

For example, the affine A-type Weyl group is an extension of the Weyl group, adding translational symmetry.

The bilateral cell theory is a theory and conjecture proposed by George Lustig, an exponent of the base ring conjecture.

The former is a tool for studying Hecke algebras and related representations. It divides elements into specific bilateral equivalence classes and is used to reveal the deep structure of the algebra.

The latter involves the combined structure of the bilateral cell cavity and the characteristics of the corresponding base ring.

This kind of conjecture does not appear in the Millennium Problem, and it is not as well-known as the Riemann Hypothesis and the Twin Prime Conjecture. It is probably difficult for non-mathematics majors to understand what it means.

Zhang Yuanling’s recent research mainly focuses on affine B-type Weyl groups.

Because type B Weyl group describes the symmetry of odd-dimensional orthogonal Lie algebras and related algebraic groups, and is different from type A, it also includes reflection and translation, so it reflects a more complex root system structure.

This results in the number and relationship of the cells of type B being much more complex than that of type A, and the arrangement, structure and definition of the base ring are naturally more complex.

This also makes research more difficult and complex. Although there has been some progress, there is still a long way to go to completely solve the base ring problem.

The team led by Zhang Yuanling has also been studying this problem, and has recently made some small breakthroughs. Although it has not been completely solved, it is enough to publish some papers in top journals.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanling does not have the energy to delve into Qiao Yu's matter. There is no way. Such cutting-edge mathematics issues require some in-depth communication with the reviewers.

Especially when it comes to making the paper flawless, a lot of work needs to be done. And the problems solved by this kind of team also have some internal issues that need to be dealt with...

All in all, it's quite energy-consuming.

But today everyone happened to be gathered together, and Zhang Yuanling happened to ask.

"This matter...that...didn't the board of directors inform you?" Pan Yuedong asked casually.

Well, in fact, he attended the meeting in Qiuzhai, so he naturally knew what was going on.

But what should I say... After the meeting, Yuan Zhengxin said, "Don't spread this matter to anyone yet." So no one informed this side...

As for what Mr. Yuan is thinking, other people actually know it in their hearts. It's just that they are a little unhappy about some things.

But Mr. Yuan’s face must be given after all. After all, Mr. Yuan has founded several mathematics centers, and his contribution to the Chinese mathematics community is obvious to all.

And actually speaking, the relationship between Yuan Lao and Shuang Dan is quite good.

For example, Mr. Yuan personally unveiled the Linhai Institute of Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Studies. This institute has a close relationship with Shuangdan University.

I can only say that there are many things, and there is indeed a difference between closeness and distance.

Zhang Yuanling also had some taste after hearing Pan Yuedong's words, and subconsciously glanced at Professor Shen beside him. After the two looked at each other, Zhang Yuanling smiled and said, "Not really, maybe I forgot?

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Pan Yuedong nodded and said, "Oh, it's possible. After all, it's almost the end of the year, and everyone is very busy at work. The situation is like this. The paper Qiao Yu gave a report on was "Proof of Infinity of Prime Numbers with an Interval of 6."

This paper uses the content of his latest research on the axiom system of generalized modal number theory. But this paper will probably be officially published on the official website tomorrow.

Taking this situation into consideration, the council decided to wait until it is officially released tomorrow before putting the summary of the report online to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to the experts participating in the meeting."

Apparently, only Zhang Yuanling and Zhong Zhongxing among the people entertained today did not know about this matter. Because the others showed no expression of surprise at all. After all, they had already been surprised.

No one is surprised by the same thing twice.

But when it fell into Zhang Yuanling's ears, he was more than surprised. Of course he knew about Qiao Yu's generalized modal axiom system, and he was the one who reviewed the original project document.

And he didn't neglect it. Although Qiao Yu who submitted the review form was only sixteen years old, he reviewed it very carefully.

No one would underestimate a sixteen-year-old mathematician who can solve problems such as the geometric Langlands conjecture, even if he just picks out an error and then gives a solution.

Not to mention that this contribution also allowed Qiao Yu to give a report directly at the World Congress on Algebraic Geometry.

But just as he said at the meeting, Qiao Yu's idea does have merit. The prospect it depicts is also very exciting.

But if he really wants to complete this proposition, there are still many problems. In particular, there is no sufficient mathematical basis, which makes him feel that he is still far away from giving an axiomatic definition.

Indeed, it can be said that Zhang Yuanling did not have too much selfish motives when reviewing Qiao Yu's project proposal. After all, he was also prepared to agree to it if Yuan Zhengxin insisted that the subject was important and promising.

At most, they felt that Qiao Yu was too young, and Yuan Zhengxin and Tian Yan were too anxious.

At that time, Qiao Yu took the initiative to withdraw and asked Zhang Yuanling to take a high look at the child.

But who would have thought that in just over two months from August to now, this project has already produced results. Not only has the relevant paper been published, but based on this framework, the upper limit of the interval between prime numbers has even been pushed to 6!

This seems very embarrassing.

It was originally just an annual review of the Natural Science Fund, but when it happened, it seemed that it was deliberately targeting Qiao Yu and killing an extremely important project!

Well, even if it clarifies that he has no deliberate intention, it at least shows that his vision is not good enough.

This is the difference between project evaluation in science and engineering disciplines and various project evaluations in humanities and social disciplines.

Whether the former can achieve results is a matter of conclusion. The separation between success and failure is obvious, and whether it has any application value can be directly reflected in the results.

Whether the latter is successful or not really depends on expert opinions.

Readers can have a thousand Hamlets in their eyes, but there can never be a thousand definitions and interpretations of the Riemann Hypothesis.

After being stunned, Zhang Yuanling felt a little embarrassed. Countless questions came to his mind, but at this time he actually felt it was not easy to ask them.

Fortunately, there was a colleague from Shuangdan University nearby who acted as a substitute.

Of course, Zhongxing didn't necessarily want to ask a few questions for Zhang Yuanling. In fact, he was also surprised at this time.

"This... I heard Professor Zhang say that Qiao Yu's generalized modal axiom system can be said to be a very grand idea, but such a large project was completed so quickly?"

"No, I heard that they only made a basic framework. But don't worry too much about its accuracy. According to Tao Xuanzhi, he is one of the reviewers, and several other reviewers are... , they all gave very high evaluations.”

Pan Yuedong repeated Qiao Yu's luxurious reviewer lineup this time.

Although this actually has nothing to do with Academician Pan, with such a legendary reviewer lineup, when encountering such an occasion, everyone can't help but want to read it again.

After all, these names are, in a sense, legends in the world of modern mathematics.

"So, Professor Tao also reviewed his paper on prime number intervals?" Zhongxing asked again.

"Well, not only Professor Tao, but also Professors Zhang Yuantang and Zhang Shuwen, and many professors who study number theory have read it. To be honest, the proof process is very rigorous.

Especially the number theory explanation of the modal spacing of prime numbers, Professor Zhang, you should study it carefully when the time comes. I think Qiao Yu's framework will also be of great help to your research."

Pan Yuedong summed it up sincerely, and he really thought so.

He also read Qiao Yu's paper on the generalized modal axiom system, which was very valuable.

Of course, it is definitely impossible to say that the current framework can solve the Weyl group problem, but it is an inspiration to some extent.

Of course, if, as Tian Yanzhen said, Qiao Yu plans to introduce group theory and graph theory into this broad framework in the future, then maybe he can really diversify the methods of solving Weyl group problems.

"Well, what Professor Pan said is that when the paper is officially released tomorrow, I will definitely download it and take a look at it as soon as possible." Zhang Yuanling replied with a complicated mood.

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Facts have proven once again that no matter which circle you are in, when one or two people know about something that is considered a small secret, it means that everyone knows about it.

Sixteen years old, a new axiom framework, a king-level reviewer group in mathematics, and twelve years later, pushing the upper bound of the prime number interval to single digits again...

It can only be said that the density of information is extremely high, and every two pieces of information combined can arouse great heated discussion. When all combined together, the popularity will naturally double.

The biggest effect is to use the amplification effect of this conference to make many people accept the fact that China has really produced a mathematical genius.

After all, Qiao Yu's previous results, the upper bound of the curve, were not very sensational. He found the loopholes in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture and then solved them. A lot of the work was still based on the predecessors.

But the generalized modal axiom system is different, not just because it was first proposed by Qiao Yu, but he also used his own theory to reduce the prime number interval to single digits.

The research that had been stagnant for more than ten years has been reduced so much, and many people doing related research have seen the dawn of completely solving a series of prime number conjectures.

This type of people are naturally the most excited and happy. Well, there are actually some people who are not so excited. After all, if the issues they have been struggling with are solved by others in advance, their mood may be very complicated...

Of course, some people have very complicated mentality.

For example, there were several big-name professors from Jinzhou University. Chen Zhuoyang didn't care that much, but Dean Zhang was actually among the people attending the meeting.
To be continued...