Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Almost all hotels near Jinling University have been booked to explode over the past few days.

Not because Valentine's Day or Christmas is approaching, but because of the presence of a large number of foreign scholars.

For three days, apart from eating and sleeping, the ark went almost nowhere, staying all day in the report hall, temporarily converted from a gymnasium, to answer questions from other scholars about the doctrine of general reunification.

And some questions about standard speculation.

To be honest, in the face of this situation, Deligne does not know which side to surprise herself.

Though the first moment he saw the Ark's paper on the Theory of General Unity, he had the feeling that the standard speculation might have gone so far, he did not expect the day to come so fast.

And even, he wasn't ready.

It took less than two hours, at the scene of the briefing, for the canoe standing on the stage to completely resolve the propositions of the century.

Campus of Jinling University.

After dinner in the dining room, the two elderly people strolled along the shady path leading to the observatory.

Looking in the direction of the stadium, Professor Sanak walked next to him and suddenly said.

“It's only haunted the mathematical world for half a century… wouldn't it look a little too much out of hand? ”

Deligne shook her head and said.

“No… that person is an exception, and I think that any problem he solves should be discussed separately. ”

After all, standard speculation also guides the development of algebraic geometry for half a century, even if it becomes a little too “fast” in history, without prejudice to its contribution to the history of algebraic geometry.

Professor Sanak smiled a bit.

“Makes sense. ”

This is the topic, because for different reasons, the two people were silenced at the same time. Deliniès was thinking about the future of the Brbaki school, while Sanak was thinking about the future of Princeton.

Even if you don't want to admit it, the center of the world's mathematics community has been offset. This trend has become more pronounced since the establishment of the Future series.

Continued along the trail, Professor Sanak said suddenly.

“I dare say that in ten years, this will certainly be the center of mathematics in the world. ”

When he heard this, Deligne looked at him and asked him with a needle in his blood.

“Will it take ten years? ”

Professor Sanak's expression was somewhat unnaturally embarrassing, and he coughed dry.

“… it should still be desirable that the development of a scholar is a long cycle and that securing a scholarly position requires the efforts of countless generations of scholars. Ten years is just a conservative estimate, maybe two decades or more. ”

Professor Deligne couldn't help laughing.

Theoretically, yes.

But I'm afraid he neglected a little.

That man is under thirty.

Technically, 20 years from the age of 30 to the age of 50 is the true golden age of an academic career. Ten and twenty years is indeed a relatively conservative estimate, but only in general terms.

Not for him.

As the birthplace of the great unification theory, as long as that person has the heart to propagate the discipline, at least in the field of algebraic geometry, scholars who come out of it will always be at the forefront of the world.

Although there was some controversy between the two regarding the time of arrival of the day, a consensus was reached on the latter matter.

After a while of reflection, Professor Sanak suddenly spoke.

“We can talk to them about exchanging a batch of student training each year. ”

Professor Deligne picked out his eyebrows: "Joint training program? ”

“Yes…” Looking at those undergraduates who walked on the shady trails and were unhappy in the blessings, Professor Sanak couldn't help but show his envious expression, “… it was so enviable to let them enjoy Professor Lu alone. ”

He seemed to think he had a point, and Professor Deligne nodded after a moment of reflection.

“I'll go back and mention it to the principal. ”

Meanwhile, the Dean's Office of the College of Jinling University.

Looking at Tang, who came to the door, President Qin sat behind the desk and stood up in a red light. He reached out his right hand from afar and smiled and greeted him up.

“Don, what brings your old man here? Sit down. Come on, shake hands. ”

“Come on, since when are you so kind to me?” Pushed his hand away, Tang Zhiwei smiled and sat down on the couch next to him. "Look at you. You've had a good time lately. Have you won the lottery? ”

“What kind of lottery ticket have you won? You've been busy lately.” Dean Qin sat on the couch and said with a smile. "Which eye do you see that I'm doing well? How many pounds have you lost? ”

“Oh, that's not obvious. ”

Long after he taught at Ark Club Jinling University, Old Tang dropped out of his education position, basically spent the past few years playing Tai Chi in the morning in the park, sitting in the yard in the afternoon and other retired old men playing chess, fishing and leisure retirement.

As for mathematics, apart from occasionally following the latest developments, he hasn't had an academic experience in a long time.

After all, at his age, he can keep his head clear, without confusion, thanks to his mathematician identity.

However, even though Old Tang was an ordinary professor before retiring, and he was still a more basic and unchanging type, President Qin did not dare to disrespect him.

Not only because of the relationship between the two of them, but also because he once brought the Master Lu with him. Dean Qin has heard of it. Until now, every New Year's Eve, Lu Academicians will come to visit the elderly with gifts.

With Academician Lu's current position in Chinese academia, even if the head of the Ministry of Education came, he would have more courtesy, let alone a dean.

Of course, Old Don didn't set up any shelves with him, just pulled him around in the cold with some daily trivialities.

Just as Dean Qin wondered what exactly Old Tang was visiting him for, a cup of tea underwater old Tang picked up the teapot and filled himself up again. Suddenly, he turned his head and said.

“Qin, by the way, we've been having a lot of fun lately. ”

President Qin stood still and said with a smile: “It's quite lively, otherwise I wouldn't be so busy. ”

Old Tang smiled and said, "Oh? Then I must thank you for being so busy that I still have time to hang out with this lousy old man. ”

Dean Qin: “Where is it, you are a bad old man, aren't I soon? ”

Old Tang: “What else? Can this thing still hide? ”

Dean Qin smiled and did not speak.

He felt what Don was going to say, so he gave it to him.

After taking a sip of the teacup and pausing for a moment, Old Tang continued in an emotional tone.

“I recently downloaded that paper on the unified theory of algebraic geometry, looked at it again, and said I was ashamed that I had left my post for less than five years, and the door was almost untouchable. ”

Dean Qin: “Learn to go against the water boat, if you don't go in, back off, it's normal. ”

“Yeah," he sighed softly, old Downton, continuing, "we're going to get old one day, and even... this day is already here. ”

Dean Qin wrinkled his eyebrows with some uncertainty.

“Don, if you want to say anything, just say it. If you play dumb with me like this, I don't have to guess...”

Dropping the cup, Professor Tang looked at him and said solemnly: "I want to ask you something. ”

When he heard this, Dean Qin was slightly stunned.

In his impression, this was probably the first time that Old Tang had asked him to do things in such a solemn manner.

“… what is it? ”

“Have you heard of Mathematical Principles? ”

Dean Qin: “... how can you not have heard of it? You ask too many people. ”

As the most famous book of the Brbaki school, The Principles of Mathematics, a book co-authored by Way, Didone, Kadam, Xue Huali and many other scholars, has been published in about forty volumes since the 1930s and is said to have not been updated today and is still being supplemented.

Even if it weren't for research in the field of algebraic geometry, as long as it was a mathematician, it would be impossible not to have heard of the book after Euclidean's original in geometry.

“Not to fill in, you misunderstood what I meant,” Professor Tang put his finger on it and continued, "When I was bored a while ago, I turned over the history of mathematics, and I found that the origins of the Bulbagi school were inseparable from the book" Principles of Mathematics ". ”

The earliest term, Brbaki, was the pen name of the author of the book "Mathematical Principles", referring to a group of mathematical structuralists composed mainly of French mathematicians.

It can be said that the book "Principles of Mathematics" runs almost throughout the past life of the mainstream European mathematics school after the Gottingen school until today.

“… the birth of the Brbaki school is inextricably linked to the origins of the Mathematical Principles, and we can draw on many worthy places to learn from their development. ”

“Knowledge lies not only in creation, but also in inheritance. ”

“The world mathematics community is now at a crossroads to the future, and everything that follows is a new world no one has ever seen. I propose that we organize a group of promising scholars to work together on a book on the great unification of algebraic geometry and its future development, and to carry it on. ”

Just like the Mathematical Principle of the Bulbaki School.

Obviously understood Professor Tang's thoughts, but President Qin's expression was still somewhat hesitant.

Though he has considered many things over the past few days, including consolidating the enormous influence that this report will have on the mathematics department of Jinling University, including the future of the mathematics department of Jinling University, such distant things have not even occurred to him.

To be honest, Jinling University's international influence is not deep in his own heart.

Writing about the future of the entire mathematical community…

It would be nice to make it up.

If it's not good, isn't it a joke?

“… would that be a little too radical? ”

“Radical? What's not radical about learning? Is that still mediocre?” Hearing Dean Qin's concerns, Tang Zhiwei smiled and said, “Old Qin, I'm not confused yet. Why are you getting confused the more you live? We're scholars, not master officials, we don't believe in mediocrity. ”

Looking at the hesitant expression on his face, Old Tang continued to speak with great gravity.

“The mathematics department of Jinling University has grown to this day. Even Yan Da and Zhen Dan, they dare not underestimate us when it comes to international influence. But you didn't notice? Even now, we don't really form a school. ”

“What is our focus, what are our strengths, what role we play in the larger community of academics in the world, things you're afraid you've never thought about. ”

“But it's not your fault, you also have your concerns. Many times we solve new problems with old methods. Although it is difficult to achieve great results, we will definitely not make big mistakes. ”

“But now that things are different, this is a rare opportunity! If we don't grasp it, people will grasp it, and we're not the only ones who don't want to fall behind. Do we give the knowledge we create to others to help us pass it on? ”

After saying this, Old Tang stopped talking and leaned on the couch, drinking tea and waiting quietly for Dean Qin's reply.

This time, President Qin was silent for a long time.

He did not speak until the mist on the cup completely dissipated.

“… I think about it. ”

“Don't think about it, the older you get, the more you grind, the more you look forward to everything, you didn't look like this before," he patted his thigh, stood up from the couch, Tang Zhiwei continued, “I'll go to the Academician Lu's side, I'll talk about it. ”

He never asked his students to do business in his life.

But he decided to make an exception for the future of China's mathematical community.

Moreover, it is of great benefit to the Ark itself.

Maybe he doesn't care about the influence anymore.

But it would be a shame if the opportunities of history were not seized...