The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 178, -page paper, presentation held at Harbin Institute of Technology

March 23, 1981, in the conference room of the administrative building on the campus of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Shang Zhongmin returned from abroad and was giving a report, mentioning IBM's amazing operations.

IBM sent their marketing director, Lawrence Hawkins, to find the representative of Huashun Company and proposed to acquire the optical disk storage patent. IBM was willing to "give away" 150 million US dollars to buy out the patent.

Regardless of whether the word "alms" is used right or wrong, the patent buyout fee of 150 million US dollars proposed by Lawrence Hawkins is obviously not thought through.

Because Huashun Company sold more than 16,000 CD-ROM storage devices in just a few months, with revenue exceeding 160 million US dollars.

No fool would ask for IBM's 150 million US dollars. After all, you can make so much money by selling CDs yourself, so why sell the patent?
After Shang Zhongmin finished his report, Liu Deben nodded calmly and said:

"Optical disk storage is the lifeblood of our Huashun Company. No matter how much they offer, we won't sell our patents. If IBM wants to resort to other means, then go ahead and do it."

At this moment, Liu Deben was full of domineering power.

It is true that IBM is a global computer giant and a multinational corporation with one of the highest market capitalizations in the world.

However, no matter how powerful IBM is, it cannot dominate the storage field.

On the other side, Wang Duoyu was writing something with his head down and didn't listen to what Shang Zhongmin and the others were saying.

Recently, he has been trying to verify the ABC conjecture, and this time, he will not give up halfway.

In the past period of time, in addition to verifying the ABC conjecture, his busiest task was to prepare for the simulation software project and guide the project into the normal research and development track.

The ABC conjecture is one of the important problems in number theory, while simulation software involves more knowledge of geometry, fluid mechanics, turbulence, etc.

If someone else did this, switching back and forth between various pieces of knowledge would definitely make their heads explode, but for Wang Duoyu, this is the best way.

Switching back and forth helps him master the knowledge better and apply it to other areas more easily.

We started preparing for the simulation software project in early March, and now the project has been established.

After the meeting a few days ago, we started purchasing various equipment, and now it is time to officially start the project.

Once Fan Honggeng and his team have a clear understanding of the overall situation of the project, they can officially enter the research and development stage.

According to Wang Duoyu's design, simulation software needs to use many subdivided small software such as geometric engines. These solvers, meshers, post-processors, etc. will each set up a small project, and then be developed and designed one by one.

This is mainly because different small projects involve different areas of knowledge.

Therefore, we must concentrate our efforts on solving these problems.

When the project was first established, there were only less than a hundred R&D personnel, which was indeed too few.

There is no shortage of talent in mathematics, because you can take advantage of visiting scholar exchange groups during this period. However, there is a real shortage of talent in other areas such as physical theory, as well as software.

However, Wang Duoyu could not find a better solution. After all, we in China are really short of talents in this area.
Just as the meeting was about to end, Shang Zhongmin and the others suddenly heard a question:
"President, Professor Shang, what do you think if we recruit talents from abroad to work at our Huashun Company?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and soon found the source, which was Wang Duoyu.

I don't know when he started, but he actually put down the pen and asked this question.

Lu Gongliang said nothing. He tactfully did not object, but he did not immediately agree.

Although he had only been at HIT for over half a month, he had already realized one thing: the leadership of HIT had excessive trust in Wang Duoyu, and even admired him.

This is not a good thing, but there is currently no solution.

From Secretary Li Rui to Office Director Han Jue, to other HIT students, they all have an inexplicable confidence and admiration for Wang Duoyu.

What can we do?

So, at this time, even though Wang Duoyu made a seemingly incredible suggestion, Lu Gongliang remained silent and waited to see what others thought.

Shang Zhongmin frowned and said:

"Professor Wang, I'm afraid that's not possible, because those people abroad don't know much about China. It's impossible for them to come to work in our Ice City. Even they..."

He has been living abroad for many years and has a relatively good understanding of foreign countries.

In fact, what Shang Zhongmin said was not comprehensive, or rather, his words were just a little euphemistic.

If Huashun Company really recruits foreigners to work in Bingcheng, they will not only be rejected, but also ridiculed, and even other situations will occur.

Some people might see the job ad and ask: China Ice City? What is this place?
The great Eastern country is a mysterious place that many people don’t know much about. How could they possibly come here to work?
What a joke!

Wang Duoyu heard this and said:

"You haven't even posted a job ad yet, so how do you know people don't want to work in our Ice City? Don't think so badly of people."

"Professor Shang, you might not be at school very often, but you must have heard that we have many math PhDs and researchers from Europe and the United States. They didn't come here by invitation; they came here on their own initiative."

"So I think this approach is definitely worth a try. This way, many of our Huashun Company's R&D projects can be made much simpler."

His idea was extremely 'outrageous' because no one had ever thought of it.

At that time in 1981, no domestic company hired foreigners. Perhaps some special units could do so, but Wang Duoyu's recruitment of foreign talents, even scientific research talents, to work in Ice City was probably the first case.

As he was talking, Wang Duoyu suddenly thought of something, and then said to Liu Deben:

"Principal, I remembered something. Some time ago, Smel asked me to hold another lecture, but I refused at that time."

"Perhaps I should come up with another scientific research result and hold a report conference this summer, right here at Harbin Institute of Technology. Anyway, our Harbin Institute of Technology's auditorium is already built, so even if two or three thousand people come, it will be no problem at all."

The latter nodded repeatedly, looking very excited.

This is a good thing, a very good thing.

If a lecture can be successfully held at Harbin Institute of Technology, it will definitely be of great help in enhancing the school's reputation.

After Wang Duoyu finished speaking, he fell into deep thought. Lu Gongliang wanted to speak, but was stopped by Liu Deben.

"Principal Lu, please don't speak for now. Professor Wang is thinking about something. We should not disturb him."

Lu Gongliang was stunned: Just because Wang Duoyu was not sure whether he was in a daze or thinking, a group of us have to sit here and wait for him?

The next moment, Wang Duoyu suddenly picked up paper and pen, and began to write quickly on the manuscript paper.

He did have a sudden inspiration and figured out that point, and he felt that proving the ABC conjecture would not be a big problem.

Of course, the ABC conjecture is not that simple and cannot be easily proved.

When Liu Deben saw this scene, he immediately asked everyone to quietly leave the meeting room and give the place to Wang Duoyu, and not to disturb him.

At this time, Lu Gongliang felt it was ridiculous.

When he was at Peking University, he didn't have such treatment at all. There were even people running wildly in Yanyuan, which was quite noisy.

But Wang Duoyu was respected by everyone. When everyone left, they were very cautious, fearing that they would accidentally make the slightest noise and disturb Wang Duoyu.

After everyone left the meeting room, Shang Zhongmin looked at Wu Congxin and asked:
"Director Wu, is Professor Wang busy with any research topics recently?"

During the meeting just now, Wang Duoyu was writing and drawing on the manuscript paper, but Shang Zhongmin was reporting on his work and was not sitting next to him, so he really didn't know about this.

"He recently established a simulation software project and is also researching the ABC conjecture he proposed in early February."

After hearing this, Shang Zhongmin felt a little regretful. Why did he ask this question?

Lu Gongliang's eyes flickered, and he suddenly asked Wu Congxin:

"Director Wu, has Professor Wang always been so casual? Or is it that his brain has always been so sharp, able to solve math problems so quickly?"

Lu Gongliang also knew something about the ABC conjecture. After all, he used to be a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Peking University. Even when Wang Duoyu founded the simulation software project some time ago, he even wanted to lead this project.

why?
Because he used to be a professor of mechanics, his research areas were kinematics, dynamics, etc., and the design and development of aircraft actually need to involve these aspects.

But he had just arrived, and Wang Duoyu had not sent him an invitation. He was also afraid that if he took the initiative to propose it, others would mistakenly think that he was eager to fight for power and profit, which would be counterproductive.

The ABC conjecture is a very interesting and profound problem in the field of number theory. Lu Gongliang tried to study it for a while, but then gave up.

If you just look at the problem, you won’t find it difficult.

But only after a deeper study will you understand how difficult it is.

As a professor of mathematics, Lu Gongliang is well aware that the ABC conjecture is not simple and can even be compared with those world-famous mathematical conjectures.

But now Wang Duoyu seems to have been able to solve this problem.

Therefore, he was very surprised and also wanted to know the other party's usual habits and past deeds.

While Wu Congqin was talking to him, Wang Duoyu had already finished writing ten pages, but the manuscript paper he brought was not enough.

He glanced around and found that someone had left a book in the cabinet in the conference room next door. This book turned out to be "Snow City" which he had written before.

He didn't care about it and started recording his inspiration after opening the book.

As night fell, his stomach was already rumbling, and Wang Duoyu was forced to put down his writing and eat first.

After all, he hadn't eaten or drunk anything for nearly ten hours, so he had to stop working.

Liu Deben arranged someone to wait at the door, so when Wang Duoyu came out, someone immediately helped him solve his problem.

With such an arrangement, Wang Duoyu can concentrate more on his own work.

For the next period of time, he focused on this matter, and someone helped him with eating and drinking.

He would go to the bathroom at the speed of light, finish quickly, and then return quickly.

Because the paper and pen in his hand were not suitable for writing.

While Wang Duoyu was busy verifying the ABC conjecture, Gerd Faltings, Andrew Wiles, Michael Friedman and others in the seminar all knew about it.

Who made Wang Duoyu turn down all activities? The handheld game console project, simulation software project, etc. were all temporarily shelved by him. His attention is now focused on verifying the ABC conjecture.

Naturally, I won’t be attending the seminar anymore, so everyone knows about it.

"Oh my God, did he really want to prove the ABC conjecture? It's incredible, what's wrong with his brain? This number theory problem was only proposed not long ago, how could he come up with a solution so quickly?"

"Oh my god! We see him almost every day, and just the day before yesterday we discussed how, for any ε > 0, there are only a finite number of mutually prime positive integer triplets (a, b, c). Logically, there's still a long way to go to prove this, equivalent to hundreds of Long March routes. How did it suddenly get proven?"

"Perhaps Professor Wang just had some inspiration. Don't make a big deal out of it. We might see Professor Wang tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Shut up, Derek. You know nothing. Do you think Professor Wang is an ordinary person? His talent is far beyond your imagination."

Many people talked about this matter, and some even started arguing about it.

In the seminar, there are many people who are Wang Duoyu's fanatics and they admire Wang Duoyu very much.

But there are also some people who are very unhappy with Wang Duoyu. They think that it is Wang Duoyu who prevents them from obtaining their doctoral degrees, or they think that he is simply jealous.

When these two groups get together, they quarrel several times almost every day.

This time, they upgraded it and made a direct bet.

Someone took out a hundred US dollars and bet that Wang Duoyu could definitely prove the ABC conjecture, while someone took out a one-yuan RMB and bet that Wang Duoyu could not prove the ABC conjecture.

As the most influential person in the seminar, Smale did not participate in such a bet.

He now really wants to know Wang Duoyu's proof ideas, and he really wants to see Wang Duoyu's mathematical manuscripts.

But Wang Duoyu has closed the door to visitors because he is afraid of being disturbed or even having his train of thought interrupted, so he will not see anyone at all.

In this case, Smale could only stare blankly.

What's more, this kind of pure mathematical theoretical research is a very personal matter, especially for a top genius like Wang Duoyu, who doesn't like to study with others.

Besides, Smel is so old now, he can’t keep up with Wang Duoyu’s thinking at all.

Jiang Boju was already stunned at this point. He didn't expect Wang Duoyu to be so amazing that he actually had an idea to prove his point?

He is a researcher in the fields of fixed point theory and low-dimensional topology in topology. Although he does not involve much in number theory, he is not an ordinary person.

When the ABC conjecture was proposed at the beginning of last month, Jiang Boju studied it seriously.

Although he had no idea, he knew that this question was not simple. He even thought that this question might be like other conjectures and would be left unsolved for dozens or even hundreds of years.

Unexpectedly, less than two months later, Wang Duoyu already had an idea for proving his problem.

Based on Wang Duoyu's previous experience in verifying the Poincare conjecture, Fermat conjecture, etc., he is very likely to prove it completely within half a month.

"Isn't this a true mathematical genius?"

No one answered Jiang Boju's question, but at this time, in the simulation software project department, Fan Honggeng and others were dumbfounded.

Although Wang Duoyu has founded this project and built the main body of the project, Fan Honggeng and his team have no backbone at all.

At this time, Wang Duoyu was nowhere to be seen, and the entire project was almost halted.

Fortunately, Jiang Boju came to give guidance, and with the encouragement of Liu Deben and others, Fan Honggeng and others were able to bite the bullet and move forward.

But the project progress was very unsatisfactory.

Time is passing slowly, and Wang Duoyu is still trying to prove that a week has passed in a flash, March is about to become the past, and April is about to come.

On April 1st, Wang Duoyu finally took a day off and came to the simulation software project team to help solve some technical problems.

Then he went to other project departments such as the handheld game console project and solved their problems as quickly as possible, and then Wang Duoyu returned home.

After a night's rest, he got up the next morning and began the formal writing of the paper.

This time the paper will be very long to write, and it will definitely be much longer than the length of his previous papers proving the Poincare conjecture and the Fermat conjecture.

April 5th is Qingming Festival, and Wang Duoyu took time out to go back to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors.

I went there and came back on the same day and did not stay overnight in my hometown.

There was no way. His most important job now was to write the paper on the ABC conjecture. He had already completed more than 400 pages, and there were only about 300 pages left to complete.

In fact, the entire proof process only requires a 500-page paper, but Wang Duoyu wanted others to understand it faster, so he wrote 200 more pages.

Some of the mathematical tools used in the proof process are explained more clearly.

These mathematical tools were newly created by Wang Duoyu. If others want to understand them, it will of course take time and require him to provide detailed explanations.

Mathematicians are completely different from physicists, biologists, etc. Those who do mathematical research attach the most importance to rigorous logic.

On April 8th, Zhu Ling brought her son Wang Junhong to Bingcheng, and Wang Duoyu was rarely angry.

"Why are you here? Your son is so young, and you're carrying him on a train for over 20 hours. It's hard for adults, let alone a baby."

Zhu Ling was suddenly filled with grievances: "I was thinking that you haven't seen your son for more than two months."

Hearing her say this, Wang Duoyu suddenly fell silent and then said sorry.

He has been very busy recently and has no time to take care of his wife and children.

But he didn't expect Zhu Ling to bring the child to Bingcheng, and he hadn't finished writing his thesis yet, and he was very busy. Now that there was a little kid at home, he definitely wouldn't be able to write his thesis quietly.

The proof of the ABC conjecture was merely a sloppy draft, not a complete paper. Wang Duoyu's re-copying of the mathematical manuscripts wasn't just a copy; he was reorganizing his thinking to ensure there were no issues with his proof.

It doesn’t mean that the process is unimportant if the result is correct.

It should be clear that mathematics is the most rigorous subject and there can be no mistakes at all.

Although Wang Duoyu is very awesome and thinks he has a talent for mathematics, he is no longer the unknown nobody he used to be, but a top mathematician who is famous all over the world.

Therefore, he should cherish his reputation more and make sure again and again that there are no mistakes in his proof paper.

The difficulty level of the ABC conjecture is equivalent to the second-tier Collatz conjecture, Artin conjecture, etc., and it is not so easy to prove.

"Are you working? Am I disturbing you?"

Zhu Ling also reacted at this time, because Wang Duoyu has always been gentle and polite, rarely angry, but today he rarely got angry at her.

After she took a closer look at the situation at home, especially the manuscripts scattered all over the table, the many white papers on the floor, and the books that had been read, how could she not understand?

"Well, I will be able to finish my thesis in a few days. You can stay at home for the next two days. But you must remember not to touch my books. Just pretend you didn't see them. Don't touch anything."

Wang Duoyu pondered for a moment and then gave an instruction.

Zhu Ling nodded repeatedly, then walked into the house carefully holding her son.

But Wang Duoyu pulled her back and took the little guy from her arms.

Children are innocent, and their parents' quarrels cannot affect them.

At this time, Wang Duoyu felt very guilty.

He chooses to spend more time on work, which naturally reduces the time he spends with his children.

Look, the little guy now looked at him with eyes wide open, and started crying the next second, because this was not the smell and face of his mother that the little guy was familiar with, so the little guy cried.

The little mouth flattened and the weather immediately turned from sunny to rainy.

Hearing the baby crying, Zhu Ling hurried over to hold the child, and the house suddenly became lively.

The house is often very quiet and rarely so lively. The arrival of Zhu Ling and her son has added a lot of vitality to the family.

After Zhu Ling and her son arrived, Wang Duoyu's progress in writing his thesis slowed down again.

There was no way. Wang Junhong was his son after all. Before, because his son was not around, he could concentrate on his work.

But now that his son is right next to him, he must take time to spend time with him.

Time passed, and by April 13th, Wang Duoyu had finally finished writing the paper.

Zhu Ling stared with wide eyes. "These are all thesis materials? And it's just one thesis?"

What paper has a total of 729 pages?
"Haha, it's an important problem in the field of number theory," Wang Duoyu explained to her while holding his son and smiling.

But after listening for a while, Zhu Ling felt a terrible headache.

Mathematics is too difficult for her and she doesn't want to listen to it.

Anyway, these days, she can see Wang Duoyu writing his paper very seriously every day, and occasionally he will help hug his son.

And the words and symbols he wrote were basically unfamiliar to her.

After completing the thesis, Wang Duoyu took it to the teaching building of the Department of Computational Mathematics, which has now become the teaching building of the Department of Mathematics.

At the beginning of April, Li Rui had already gone to the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building in Beijing to take up his post, Liu Deben became the secretary of Harbin Institute of Technology, and Lu Gongliang was also promoted to the acting president of Harbin Institute of Technology.

At the same time, the higher authorities have approved Harbin Institute of Technology's application to split its departments. Starting from April, Harbin Institute of Technology's Department of Computational Mathematics was divided into two, becoming the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Information Science and Engineering.

The original teaching building of the Department of Computational Mathematics was left to the Department of Mathematics, while the Department of Information Science and Engineering moved to a newly built teaching building.

When Wang Duoyu walked into the editorial office of "HIT Mathematical Journal", Wu Congqin and others were organizing their papers, and Andrew Wiles and others were also there.

Everyone was very surprised to see Wang Duoyu appear, and they all stood up to greet him.

Everyone is eager to know one thing: Has the ABC conjecture been proved by him?
Wang Duoyu smiled and nodded, placed the stack of manuscripts in front of Wu Congxin's desk, and said:
"Director, this is my paper. Please arrange for someone to edit it and publish it directly as a special issue. No review is required."

what?
No need for review?

Wu Congxin, Andrew Wiles and others were all shocked, but Wang Duoyu said with a smile:
"This paper is difficult. I estimate that no more than ten people can understand it, so it doesn't need to be reviewed and can be published directly."

"In addition, I plan to hold a mathematics conference at Harbin Institute of Technology in October of this year. I will focus on the ABC conjecture and, if necessary, I will also talk about Fermat's conjecture."

hiss!
Hearing this, Wu Congyin and others looked at each other, as if they thought Wang Duoyu was bragging.

No more than ten people in the world can understand his paper?

So the paper does not need to be reviewed and can be published directly?

Is the world of big guys always so against the will of heaven?

However, when Wu Congqin heard that a lecture would be held at Harbin Institute of Technology, he instantly smiled.

This is a great thing, which will enhance the reputation of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Fortunately, he was smart and chose to stay in the Department of Mathematics instead of going to the Department of Information Science and Engineering. Otherwise, would such a good thing have happened to him?

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange for Duoyu right away."

Wu Congqin hurriedly made arrangements, while Wang Duoyu was surrounded by Andrew Wiles and others.

After not seeing each other for nearly a month, Andrew Wiles and the others had accumulated many questions and were eager to discuss them with him.

As Wang Duoyu finished writing his thesis, many people in the teaching building of the Department of Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology knew that he had completed writing another top-notch paper.

When everyone learned that the paper was 729 pages long, they were all stunned.

An ordinary book has at most one or two hundred pages, and a thicker one has about three or four hundred pages.

However, Wang Duoyu's paper on proving the ABC conjecture was 729 pages long, which was a groundbreaking event.

What's more, there are rumors that there are only about ten people in the world who can understand his paper, so the paper was published directly without the need for review.

The news that a lecture would be held at Harbin Institute of Technology in October this year completely ignited the entire mathematics department.

When Smell learned that Wang Duoyu had finally come out of confinement, he immediately came to find the latter.

"Dear Wang, long time no see. I heard you've proved the ABC conjecture. Where's your paper? Do you have a copy?"

"You can ask Director Wu for the paper, Smel, I need your help now."

Wang Duoyu said this seriously, and Smell quickly said that as long as he could do it, he would definitely do it without hesitation.

Upon learning that Wang Duoyu was going to hold a lecture at Harbin Institute of Technology, Smel frowned:
"Professor Wang, I agree with you holding the lecture, but I don't think it's a good idea to hold it at your school. I still suggest that you hold it at our Berkeley campus."

Everyone has selfish motives.

When Smale came to see Wang Duoyu before, he had already suggested to the latter that he hold a lecture and hold it at the Berkeley campus.

So he is so enthusiastic about this matter, it must be because it is good for him.

However, Wang Duoyu wanted to hold the lecture at Harbin Institute of Technology, so Smale would not be so enthusiastic.

Before Wang Duoyu could respond, Liu Deben and Lu Gongliang walked in from outside the office, followed by Wu Congxin, Han Jue and others.

Several members of the Harbin Institute of Technology leadership team came, and both sets of parents were also present.

Because Liu Deben also heard from others that Wang Duoyu was going to hold a mathematics conference, and this time the conference was based on the two top proof papers, Fermat's conjecture and ABC conjecture, so Harbin Institute of Technology must be well prepared.

"More fish, you."

Since Liu Deben and the others were here, Wang Duoyu could only discuss the report meeting with them first.

More than half an hour later, Liu Deben and his colleagues left the office of the Department of Mathematics teaching building with satisfaction. They went to prepare for the lecture.

Although the report meeting will not be held until October this year, relevant preparations can already begin.

The most important thing is that you have to submit a report and write an application to the higher authorities.

Because it involves foreigners, there will be no small matter!
But at this time, Smel was looking at Wang Duoyu with a complicated expression, because Wang Duoyu did not avoid him when they were chatting just now.

So Smel knew that Wang Duoyu was determined to hold a lecture at Harbin Institute of Technology, and Liu Deben and others had already started preparing.

This is how to do?
"Smel, I know you've always wanted me to give a lecture at your Berkeley campus. I promise you, if you help me this time, I'll definitely help you next time."

Hearing Wang Duoyu's assurance, Smel nodded helplessly.

Things have come to this point, and Smel is powerless to change the situation and can only accept the result.

As for Wang Duoyu's so-called promise, Smell didn't take it to heart.

In an office in the Department of Mathematics, Yorks, Yang Nianzhen, Li Jun, Bochers, Li Jianshu and others were studying here.

This office was arranged for them by Wu Congxin because they were all students who had passed Wang Duoyu's master's and doctoral examinations.

Although they are now Wang Duoyu's prospective students, they can actually teach undergraduate students because they have published at least one paper in a top journal.

They are actively engaged in scientific research. Once they publish another paper in a top journal, they will have a greater chance of becoming Wang Duoyu's last disciple.

At this time, they were reading quietly.

Until Yorkz got up and went to the bathroom, and when he came back, he brought back shocking news: Professor Wang was out!
So Li Jianshu and others got up and left at the same time. They were going to meet Wang Duoyu.

There is only one month left until the second round of exams in mid-May, so of course they have to hurry up.

Everyone wants to become Wang Duoyu's closed disciple, because they have benefited a lot from just the selection process of becoming a closed disciple. It is not difficult to imagine that once they really become the closed disciple and are personally guided by Wang Duoyu, they will probably make rapid progress.

When Li Jianshu and others saw Wang Duoyu, they were all very excited.

The ABC conjecture was actually proved!

Unbelievable!

Wang Duoyu chatted with Li Jianshu, Li Jun, Yorkz and others for a while, and then went home.

He wants to spend more time with his son.

Over the next few days, as the news spread, the capital was the first to explode.

At the Institute of Mathematics, Chen Jingrun frowned as he looked at the special issue of the Harbin Institute of Technology Mathematical Journal. This was a paper that had just been sent to the Institute of Mathematics, and the smell of ink was still very strong.

Chen Jingrun also studied the ABC conjecture, and it is indeed very difficult.

In other words, many domestic mathematics professors have studied the conjecture proposed by Wang Duoyu, but without exception, they all have a headache and have no way to find a solution.

As an expert in number theory, Chen Jingrun considered himself an authority in this field, but he did not expect that a young man like Wang Duoyu had actually proved this problem in just three months.

"Could it be that when he proposed this conjecture, he already had an idea for solving the problem?"

Chen Jingrun was puzzled, and Yang Le, Zhang Guanghou, Lu Qikeng and others also frowned, unable to understand.

A few days later, after reading the full text of the paper for several days, they had to give up temporarily because the paper was indeed very difficult.

No wonder there are rumors from Harbin Institute of Technology that no more than ten people can understand this paper.

Given the current difficulty level, I'm afraid it is indeed the case.

The world of genius is difficult to understand.

Wang Duoyu completed the 729-page paper in about 13 days, writing at least 56 pages per day on average.

Horror!
The Chinese version of the special issue has been published, but the English version of the paper has not yet been published because it still needs to be translated.

At that time, Harbin Institute of Technology did not lack such translators.

While Chen Jingrun and others were busy reading the paper, Smale had already returned to the University of California, Berkeley.

He brought back several special issues of the Harbin Institute of Technology Mathematical Journal, but they were all in Chinese. I guess only Shing-Tung Yau could understand them because he was the only one who understood Chinese.

As Smale returned to the United States, the news that Wang Duoyu proved the ABC conjecture quickly spread.

From Berkeley to Stanford University, to the University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then to Princeton University, even Yang Zhenning, who was far away at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, heard about it.

In addition, Yang Zhenning also subscribed to the "Harbin Institute of Technology Mathematical Journal" and received the Chinese version of the special issue paper.

However, Yang Zhenning couldn't understand it, or he couldn't understand it in a short period of time.

After all, Lao Yang is a physicist. Even though he is very good at mathematics, he is not a professional mathematical researcher after all. Especially in the field of number theory, he is definitely not as good as those top mathematicians.

André Weil, Charles Fefman, John Milnor and others received the paper, but it was in Chinese.

The impatient Vann Lawrence directly instructed his student Zhu Chengwu to help with the translation.

Others simply buy plane tickets and fly directly to China's Ice City.

Of course, the reason why these people are so eager to go to the Ice City is that they themselves want to go to China for visiting studies and exchanges.

At that time, Harbin Institute of Technology already had many mathematics doctors and researchers from European and American countries. It can be said that Harbin Institute of Technology is a small world mathematics center.

Hirzebruch, Lars Valerian and others have already gone to Harbin Institute of Technology. A week after reading Wang Duoyu's paper, Qiu Chengtong also bought a ticket to Harbin Institute of Technology.

difficult!
too difficult!
Even with Qiu Chengtong's intelligence, he felt that Wang Duoyu's paper was extremely difficult.

After making phone calls to China and consulting other people, Shing-Tung Yau learned that Wang Duoyu completed the paper in no more than a month.

Although it was hard to believe, Shing-Tung Yau still wanted to come to Harbin Institute of Technology to verify it himself.

Before, he felt at ease watching the media promoting him and Wang Duoyu as the twin stars of the global mathematics community.

But now, he already felt that Wang Duoyu was about to surpass him.

Wang Duoyu is not a Gemini, but the emperor of mathematics!
From the Poincaré conjecture to the Fermat conjecture, and then to the ABC conjecture today, Wang Duoyu's status in the mathematics community is undergoing tremendous changes.

Topology and number theory are two popular subjects in mathematics today, and Wang Duoyu has made amazing achievements in both fields.

The Poincaré conjecture is one of the important conjectures in the field of topology, while the Fermat conjecture and the ABC conjecture are important conjectures in the field of number theory, especially the Fermat conjecture, which is known as one of the three major mathematical conjectures in the modern world along with the four color conjecture and the Goldbach conjecture.

For many top mathematicians, it is already very impressive if they can prove an important mathematical conjecture in their lifetime.

But Wang Duoyu directly turned the Poincare conjecture into a theorem in four papers, and then proved the Fermat conjecture in two papers. Now he has proved the ABC conjecture in a paper of more than 700 pages.

how?

Wang Duoyu is going against the will of heaven!
Qiu Chengtong flew directly to Harbin Institute of Technology in the Ice City, and at the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building's office compound in Beijing, Li Rui also received the application documents submitted by Harbin Institute of Technology: Harbin Institute of Technology intends to apply to hold a global mathematics conference in the school's auditorium on October 5, 1981, and the speaker of the conference will be Wang Duoyu.

There was also the topic of the report meeting, but Li Rui did not turn to the back because the information at the front alone was enough to surprise him.

Should this application be approved?

(End of this chapter)