Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 284 - 118: The Wondrous Inspiration of a Volcano_2
CHAPTER 284: CHAPTER 118: THE WONDROUS INSPIRATION OF A VOLCANO_2
It’s just that in most cases, everyone tacitly agrees not to expose it.
However, Huaqing is planning to hold a series of seminars on the Geometric Langlands Conjecture together with Yanbei University, and many foreign professors have been invited. The news is likely to reach the mentor’s ears.
Pan Jingyuan certainly knows for whom this series of seminars is being organized.
To be honest, Pan Jingyuan doesn’t have any resistance to this decision. He naturally understands what Qiao Yu’s growth means for the Huaxia mathematical community.
For so many years, although Huaxia has developed well, its academic voice isn’t considerable, especially when compared to the size of the country. But there’s no way around it; like the Olympics, academic influence often depends on strength.
Why is it universally acknowledged that English journals are more authoritative? Because the series of tools currently used in mathematical research have largely been summarized by Westerners. Most of the major theorems encountered in university classrooms are named after Westerners.
Algebra’s Abel’s Theorem, Gauss’s Theorem, Number Theory’s Fermat’s Theorem, Euler’s Theorem, Biglas’ Theorem in Geometry, Heron’s Formula, De Morgan’s Law in Analytic Geometry, L’Hopital’s Rule in Calculus...
Additionally, Markov’s stochastic process, Yebesi’s Theorem for calculating probability...
The efforts of predecessors have allowed the Western world to firmly grasp academic discourse today. Without knowledge of English, especially specialized mathematical English, one cannot accurately comprehend the mathematical thoughts of those predecessors.
Huaxia is a latecomer, so to gain more influence, there must be someone capable of leading in the world of mathematics in the future.
For instance, if a mathematician in Huaxia in the future achieves as much as Newton or Euler, even whispers would resound thunderously.
The real world has never been a pure land, or rather, such paradises exist only in people’s imaginations. Human intelligence and social nature have long determined that anyone with achievements will form groups and raise the entry threshold for related fields.
Academic tyrants have always truly existed. The more developed a place, the more common this phenomenon. Higher authorities never consider banning these things but rather how to utilize this inevitably arising phenomenon to promote the advancement of science.
For instance, governing by elites, physically separating elite children from ordinary ones through fundamental education, implementing the graded strategy from a young age.
Pan Jingyuan believes that Qiao Yu has the potential to become such an academic tyrant.
It’s just that the current situation makes him feel conflicted.
Nevertheless, today Pan Jingyuan made up his mind. Instead of letting Danis hear from others about Qiao Yu’s "fallacies," he’d better report it himself. Moreover, he has already planned how to handle it.
Finally, Danis finished discussing with several professors and walked out of the conference room, full of vigor. Seeing Pan Jingyuan waiting for him, he couldn’t help but joke: "What’s up? Pan, could it be that this occasion didn’t excite you? Don’t worry, more important meetings are coming."
Pan Jingyuan shook his head, then smiled and said, "No, Danis. Actually, this meeting was very enlightening to me. I just wanted to tell you something... Oh, do you remember the paper you wanted me to review before?"
Danis responded, "Of course, that paper left a very deep impression on me. I even discussed it with Schulz, and he has a very high opinion of it too.
However, I haven’t yet given my final review because I want to provide more professional comments. The author is young and may not realize that publishing papers of this caliber requires some patience."
Pan Jingyuan said, "No, you’re mistaken. It’s not that the paper’s author knows you are one of the reviewers and hopes I urge you to quicken the review process. Instead, he recently became interested in the Geometric Langlands Conjecture and has raised some questions about our work.
Sigh... I’ve actually been contemplating how to systematically answer his inquiries these past two days, to give him a definitive reply so that the young person doesn’t waste his efforts in this area."
"Oh?" Danis was noticeably intrigued and said, "I heard, from Schulz, that the author of that paper, Qiao Yu, is very young. Clearly, he knew something I didn’t, so can you tell me how old Qiao Yu actually is this year?"
"Sixteen," Pan Jingyuan replied.
"Sixteen?" Danis raised his eyebrows and looked at Pan Jingyuan in disbelief again: "You’re saying a sixteen-year-old student not only independently completed a high-quality and significantly impactful paper but also understood our papers and raised some questions you personally find difficult to answer?"
"I know it sounds incredible, but that’s indeed the case," Pan Jingyuan nodded and added: "We’ve had some academic exchanges, and he’s a very studious young man who learns things extraordinarily fast.
In about a week, I already found it hard to deal with many of the questions he posed. Remember the problems we’ve been discussing these days? They mostly come from him."
Danis opened his mouth, wanting to say something but didn’t make a sound. Finally, with a surprised expression, he asked: "Alright, you’ve piqued my interest more and more. Tell me, what question did he raise that you find hard to answer?"