Reborn Tech Scholar

Chapter 348 Wei Teng's Struggle

Two little old men who are famous all over the world are walking slowly.

"Yes, Qin's talent is indeed amazing." Wei Teng said with a smile: "It's a pity that he spans too many fields. Although he has made outstanding achievements in every field, if he can concentrate on mathematics , then he definitely has the hope of becoming the greatest mathematician ever in the world. If he devotes all his energy to graduate physics, he will become the greatest physicist of the 21st century, and has the opportunity to compete with Newton and Einstein!"

Qin Yuanqing's talents in mathematics and physics are absolutely amazing existences, and he has established himself as the No. 1 in contemporary mathematics with proofs of conjectures.In physics, although I only solved the Yang-Mills theory and proposed the unified theory of strong electricity, I have read Qin Yuanqing's papers on the proof of Yang-Mills theory and the unified theory of strong electricity, and participated in Qin Yuanqing's shocking world mathematics and physics. No one would deny Qin Yuanqing's accomplishments in physics at the academic report meeting.

The thesis is flawless, with rigorous logical thinking. So far, no one has been able to raise substantive questions. Even if some so-called famous scholars raised so-called questions, professional researchers took the initiative to refute them, and Qin Yuanqing did not need to come out to explain himself.

Yang-Mills theory achieves theoretical perfection and is impeccable.The unified theory of strong electricity is a great pioneering work.Relying on this great achievement alone, Qin Yuanqing has been regarded by many people as the No. 1 in contemporary physics, and many people have even called Qin Yuanqing the greatest physicist in the first half of the 21st century.

Looking at the Nobel Prize Committee, because Qin Yuanqing was solving the Yang-Mills theory and proposing the unified theory of strong electricity, he had to break the routine, destroy the procedures that had been followed, and directly award the Nobel Prize in Physics to Qin Yuanqing , and by the way, Mr. Yang won the second Nobel Prize in Physics.

Sometimes the academic world is like this, it doesn’t depend on how many papers you publish, nor how many achievements you make, as long as you make a great enough achievement, you are enough to shine in the annals of history.

It's like Newton proposing the law of universal gravitation, which established the basic mechanical system and influenced an era. When the apple hit Newton that year, Newton was only in his thirties when he was completely great.

For another example, Einstein's greatest achievement is the theory of relativity, and when he made this achievement, Einstein was less than 40 years old, establishing himself as the greatest physicist of the 21st century, thus almost comparable to Newton.

Wei Teng is a bit regretful, if Qin Yuanqing puts his energy into one research field, then Qin Yuanqing will have a great chance to become the greatest mathematician or the greatest physicist in human history, surpassing those predecessors in the long river of history them.

If it were Weiteng, he would definitely choose to let himself go all out and become the No. 1 in history in a certain field.

"It's a pity that Qin was not brought to Princeton University back then. Otherwise, I think the Princeton Conference will be even greater because of him. We will also work with him happily. Maybe great results can be made with inspiration." Deligne laughed He smiled and said: "Look at Huaxia's Shuimu University. It is developing very strongly now. Their new campus can be called the world's most modern university, and the salary is also very good. My disciple 'Franciger' chose to go there. Mizuki is teaching. Many old fellows are envious of Mizuki."

"Wei Teng, if you join hands with Qin, you may be able to theoretically, superstring theory and M theory, and even lead to a real third superstring theory revolution." Deligne said with a smile.

Wei Teng was startled, showing a pensive look, and when he woke up and looked up, Deligne had already gone away.

Regarding the old man's words, Wei Teng still couldn't calm down for a long time.

In fact, he once had such an idea, but he quickly extinguished this idea. The reason is very simple. Qin Yuanqing is unwilling to come to Princeton, and it is impossible for him to go to Shuimu University. After all, Princeton is undoubtedly more suitable for Weiwei University than Shuimu University. Teng, here gave him ease and a comfortable environment, allowing him to study with peace of mind.

Wei Teng's calm heart seemed to be thrown into a stone, causing ripples, which could not be calmed down for a long time. He even seemed careless when eating breakfast.

"Professor, someone sent you an email?" Wei Teng just arrived at the office, a girl called to him, full of excitement and excitement.

This girl is called 'Helvedia', she is from Switzerland and has been studying under Witten for four years.

Helvetia has a face like an angel and a figure like a devil, and she is not yet 30 years old. She has the title of "School Beauty" in Princeton University, and there are many suitors. Know how many duels have taken place.

But Helvetia's eyes were very high, and she didn't give these suitors any chance at all. Her idol was Qin Yuanqing, and she thought that her other half should be such an outstanding genius like Qin Yuanqing.

Good-looking skins are the same, but interesting souls are rare.

This is the truth.

"Oh? Who sent me an email? Let me guess, someone asked me to be a reviewer?" Wei Teng showed a thoughtful look: "Or is there any university that invites me to give a speech again?"

Wei Teng is no longer interested in these things. Since his fame spread to the world, he has various titles on his head, and he is also the reviewer of the four major mathematics journals, and the reviewer of the two major journals of "Science" and "Nature". Contributor.

As for the number of people who invite him to give lectures at the university every year, I don't know how many there are.

"Professor, it's Qin!" Helvetia said in surprise, then printed the email and handed it to Wei Teng.

As a student of Witten, Helvetia is also his assistant, helping him manage the mail.After all, as a little old man, Wei Teng is really not used to things like mailboxes and the Internet, but his students are different, and they just happen to be the most suitable.

"Oh? Could it be that Qin has made some great achievements and is going to hold an academic report again?" Wei Teng said curiously, then took a few pages and read them.

When he saw that Qin Yuanqing invited him to work in China to study superstring theory and M theory together, Wei Teng was stunned, thinking that he had read it wrong, he couldn't help but rubbed his eyes, and read it carefully again, back and forth. After reading it three times, Wei Teng finally confirmed that Qin Yuanqing sent him an email not because Qin Yuanqing had made some great achievements to hold an academic report, nor was he invited to give a lecture on behalf of Mizuki, but to invite him to Mizuki to teach.

Immediately, Witten struggled inwardly.

Witten can be described as a family background. His father, Louis Witten, was a theoretical physicist who studied general relativity, and his mother was also an intellectual, so he lived in a well-educated family and enjoyed elite education since he was a child.He originally studied at Johns Hopkins University, and later transferred to Brandeis University to obtain a bachelor's degree.Then in 1976, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, and it can almost be said that he has spent time at Princeton University since then.

The main achievements he made were all obtained at Princeton University and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.He is proud of Princeton, he also likes Princeton, and he has deep affection for Princeton.

He never thought of leaving Princeton to teach elsewhere. In his mind, even the top three universities in the world are not as good as Princeton.

But he had to admit that when Qin Yuanqing invited him to the Shuimu Institute for Advanced Study to jointly study superstring theory and M theory, he was moved!

Superstring theory and M theory are the careers he has been striving for all his life. He once wanted to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for this.He used to be full of confidence, thinking that as long as he gave himself time, he would definitely be able to solve the problem of why he chose the 'Kabila-Yau space' with an absolute value of Euler's number of 6 during the first revolution of superstring theory.

But after 30 years of hard work, it turns out that he is powerless to solve this problem.Not to mention other contradictions, he wants to rely on the contributions of superstring theory and M theory to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. It is so far away and out of reach. It is almost impossible to be confirmed in experimental equipment.

Don't say that overseas scientists don't care about the Nobel Prize, it's the saying that China is utilitarian.In fact, overseas scientists also want to win the highest award in their respective fields.After all, for scholars, they are not very keen on money and material comforts, but they are very concerned about their status in the research field.

Whether or not you have won the highest award in the field is a very important indicator.For those who have made great achievements, one has won the Nobel Prize and the other has not won the Nobel Prize, so there is a certain ranking of those who have won the Nobel Prize before they have not won the Nobel Prize.

Therefore, in his heart, Witten always has a heart to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, because he always thinks in his heart that he is a physicist, his real major is physics, and mathematics is just a hobby.

But now, Qin Yuanqing's invitation has become a glimmer of hope. Wei Teng knows very well that if there is anyone in this world who can solve the flaws and contradictions in superstring theory and M theory, it must be Qin Yuanqing, and no one else.

If even Qin Yuanqing can't solve it, then it can be concluded that no one will be able to solve it in the 21st century, and even in the next century, no one may be able to solve it.

On the one hand, it is Princeton that I love, and on the other hand, it is the career that I have worked hard for all my life, and now I need to choose between the two. The 65-year-old Witten showed hesitation, struggled inwardly, swaying from side to side, My whole heart is in a mess.

For a while, it was difficult for Witten to make a choice.

(End of this chapter)