Awakening Elementary School System in University

However, for Annie, who was sitting on the other side, a tempest was already raging within her.

A moment ago, when Chen Lin said Professor Schulz’s manuscript had been very enlightening, Annie thought it was perfectly normal.

After all, this was Peter Schultz!

Even in a field he wasn’t as well-versed in, it was only natural that he could offer valuable guidance with his uncanny mathematical intuition.

But when she heard with her own ears that Chen Lin had studied the problem from Schultz’s email and had even produced three pages of draft notes, Annie was reeling.

Although she tried her best to maintain a reserved and calm exterior, she was already screaming internally.

’Wait! Let me get this straight!’

’Schultz took the initiative to email Chen Lin to discuss his most core research problem?’

’What does that mean?’

’It means that based on that one JAMS paper alone, Schultz already recognized Chen Lin’s mathematical ability, believing he was a top-tier mathematician fully qualified to engage in an academic discussion with him as an equal!’

What Annie found even more incredible was that Chen Lin had actually studied it! ’And he did it in just one week?’

This was a problem that even Schultz himself found thorny!

’Are you treating this like an undergraduate’s homework assignment?’

Annie felt like her worldview was undergoing an unprecedented shock.

She subconsciously looked at Schultz opposite her.

Schultz, who had been relaxed and carefree just a moment ago, now wore a completely transformed expression.

The smile on his face was gone, replaced by an unprecedented seriousness and focus.

His brow furrowed and relaxed in turns, and the light gleaming in his eyes slowly shifted from initial curiosity to irrepressible surprise and elation as he read on.

Annie was dying of curiosity.

Because she had leaned over to look at the manuscript in Chen Lin’s hands earlier, she was now sitting a bit far from Schultz and felt it would be too awkward to deliberately move closer to look over his shoulder.

Although she was self-aware enough to know that even if she did go over for a look, it would most likely all be Greek to her.

But that didn’t stop a thought, one that even she found crazy, from forming in her mind.

’Oh my God...’

’No way, right?’

Annie stole a glance at the composed Chen Lin beside her.

’Could it be that this Huaxian boy, who looked several years younger than her, also possessed the same kind of monstrous talent as Schultz—the ability to achieve breakthrough results in an unfamiliar field in a short amount of time?’

’Is he... really a super genius on the same level as Schultz?’

Just as Annie’s mind was racing, Schultz, who had been engrossed in the notes, suddenly looked up.

"Chen, here!"

Schultz’s form of address had even changed. He pointed to a formula in the middle of the second page and asked urgently, "This sheaf cohomology on a perfectoid space you’ve introduced here, is it to solve the transition problem from local to global? But if so, how do you guarantee its convergence at infinity?"

Chen Lin merely glanced at it before immediately giving his answer. "You need to combine it with the special weight function I defined on the first page.

You see, if we treat this cohomology group as a module over a more generalized Banach space, then by using the degeneracy of the spectral sequence, we can prove that it automatically converges under certain conditions."

"Oh! So that’s how it is! Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

Realization dawned on Schultz. He slapped his thigh in excitement and immediately pointed to the next line. "Then what about here? This corollary regarding the construction of diamonds..."

The two began a rapid back-and-forth exchange.

When the discussion reached its most intense point, Chen Lin, finding words insufficient, pulled a blank notepad and a pen from his bag and began furiously scribbling calculations on the spot.

A stream of complex mathematical symbols flowed swiftly from his pen.

Schultz stared intently from the side, nodding from time to time and letting out unconscious murmurs of admiration.

This scene made Annie, watching from the side, question her entire existence.

She couldn’t understand what they were saying, but she could read the atmosphere!

A little over ten minutes later, the discussion finally came to a pause.

Schultz once again picked up the draft pages, now completely filled with writing, and reviewed them again from start to finish.

After a long moment, he slowly lowered the papers and let out a long breath, a mixture of exhaustion and exhilaration on his face.

He raised his head and looked at Chen Lin as if he were an alien, his voice filled with incredible emotion.

"Unbelievable... Truly unbelievable."

Schultz shook his head and exclaimed, "Chen, although these pages only record a very preliminary framework and line of thought, in my experience, the value they contain is immeasurable!"

He took a deep breath and gave an extremely high assessment: "If I continue my research following the framework you’ve provided, I have a feeling that the progress I make in this field in the next one or two years could surpass the sum of my research from the past ten years!"

BOOM!

Schultz’s words were like a clap of thunder, detonating inside Annie’s mind.

She stared at Chen Lin, dumbfounded, feeling as if her jaw was about to hit the floor.

’My crazy guess... actually came true?!’

’This young man before my eyes... he actually produced work that even Peter Schultz marveled at?’

Faced with Schultz’s extravagant praise, Chen Lin just smiled faintly, putting on his usual humble act.

"Professor Schulz, you flatter me. I was just lucky and happened to catch a flash of inspiration, so I jotted it down.

The truly complex proofs and calculations still need to be done by you. If it can be of some help to you, then I’m very happy."

"Helpful? This is an absolutely crucial breakthrough for my current work!"

Schultz was so excited he could barely sit still. He carefully placed the draft pages into his briefcase as if they weren’t paper, but priceless diamonds.

"To be honest, I can’t wait to get back to my hotel room and start working on this right away!"

Schultz stood up, glanced at Chen Lin, and added with a smile, "But don’t worry, I will definitely be there to hear your entire talk tomorrow afternoon before I go into seclusion to research."

At this, he seemed to recall something important, and a mysterious look appeared on his face.

"Oh, right, Chen, there’s something I should tell you in advance. The audience for your talk tomorrow afternoon is going to be quite star-studded."

Schultz held up two fingers and wiggled them. "Besides the mathematicians who are here in person, two senior colleagues whom I deeply respect will also be attending: Professor Faltings and Professor Deligne.

They can’t be here in person for health reasons, but they’ve both made it clear that they will be watching your entire presentation via video conference."

He paused, then explained with a smile, "In fact, a large part of the reason I sent you that email in the first place was their recommendation. Their praise for your paper was quite high, you know."