Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 958 - 347: July Gaining Sentience (Part 2)
But shouldn’t treat such an important matter like child’s play.
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"Hello, dear Professor Tao, I’m July, responsible for inviting experts to this conference. Do you have any questions about the upcoming conference, or anything you need to consult?"
Tao Xuanzhi was silent for a moment, then curiously asked: "July? Is that your name? Are you Professor Qiao’s new assistant?"
"Yes, Professor Tao. July is indeed my name, and I am both Professor Qiao’s closest work assistant and life assistant. Our relationship, in a sense, is like father and son."
These words made Tao Xuanzhi silent once again.
An assistant like father and son...
Tao Xuanzhi suddenly felt that his understanding of Qiao Yu might not be deep enough.
Mainly, he couldn’t understand what kind of assistant would say something like that.
If his assistant described their relationship as father and son to outsiders, he would definitely kick them out without hesitation.
"Hmm, why aren’t you speaking? Do you need us to help with booking a flight ticket? Or provide assistance with visa processing?"
"No, actually I’m mainly interested in knowing who is the first person to solve this problem."
Gathering his thoughts, Tao Xuanzhi straightforwardly asked.
"Due to confidentiality agreements, I can’t directly tell you without authorization, although it’s actually an honor.
Of course, your information is treated the same way. Without your archival authorization, I won’t disclose your information externally either.
So would you be willing to authorize me to disclose your information externally at an appropriate time?"
Tao Xuanzhi was speechless...
He wanted to say something else, but suddenly there was a "beep" sound from the phone.
It was a notification of another number calling his private mobile phone.
The number of people who know Tao Xuanzhi’s private number is also very few. Almost every one of them is a close friend or a colleague with high achievements in mathematics.
So Tao Xuanzhi directly said: "I need to think about it. I have a call coming in, so I’ll hang up for now."
"Okay, Professor Tao. You can call this number anytime after you’ve made a decision. And if you have any questions about this conference, you can consult me anytime, goodbye."
Then the other side politely hung up the phone, and Tao Xuanzhi didn’t have time to be sentimental, as he answered the incoming call.
"Professor Tao, have you received the invitation to Professor Qiao’s conference?"
The call was from his colleague, Professor Milnor at the University of California.
This person is also one of the greats in the mathematics community, having achieved significant contributions in differential topology, K-theory, and algebraic number theory.
Later, under his suggestion, he began to engage with the Generalized Modal Axiomatic System, then researched Qiao Algebraic Geometry.
Both have collaborated on many topics, and thus their relationship has gradually become closer.
So Tao Xuanzhi didn’t hide anything and directly replied: "Yes, I’ve received it."
Then Milnor asked the second question: "Did you solve the problem in the attachment?"
Tao Xuanzhi answered: "I solved it just about ten minutes ago."
Not mentioning the fact of being the global second fastest.
For others, being the global second fastest in solving would be a great honor. But for Tao Xuanzhi, he really doesn’t see anything to brag about.
Yet this answer made the other side silent for a long time, finally saying: "Okay, I thought there might be a problem with that question.
Because when I did the overall analysis, I felt that the Leray spectrum sequence couldn’t constitute a Čech closed chain, so the holomorphism didn’t hold, making it impossible to get a correct solution.
But since you could arrive at the correct answer, it only shows that my method had some issues."
Upon hearing Milnor’s words, Tao Xuanzhi, who had just solved the problem, knew where the issue was.
It’s undeniable that many conditions of this problem were very deceptive.
Although the other side advised those who solved it not to disclose the answer, a slight reminder to a colleague is harmless.
So Tao Xuanzhi directly guided: "When you decouple the differential operator, use reverse homotopy propagation to eliminate the disturbance terms."
The other side was suddenly enlightened...
"Layer conversion?"
"Yes, remember to define an upper chain mapping."
"I understand, thank you very much, Professor Tao!"
Then the other side directly hung up the phone.
That’s decent...
At least he said thanks.
Tao Xuanzhi chuckled bitterly.
He somewhat regretted asking on his blog what Qiao Yu had been up to these years.
This guy indeed goes off the beaten path, directly declaring his return like this...
Isn’t this putting people in a difficult spot?!
...
Qiao Yu felt wronged...
Although he indeed liked to have wild imagination at times, he surely wouldn’t pose a problem on the invitation when deciding to hold a conference.
There’s no need for that!
Generally speaking, for his mathematical conferences, it’s about right if twenty percent of the participants can understand.
After all, he always gives lectures in those big events.
Like the opening lectures at the World Congress of Mathematicians.
The Hundred-year-old Lecture Hall can seat over two thousand one hundred people, about two hundred people understanding Qiao Yu is good enough.
As for the remaining people...
After all, this time it’s not just a simple conference; it’s also a special memorial for the years since Lott Degen passed away.
Everyone coming to pay tribute to a mathematician who provided him with lots of help is also good.
Really, Qiao Yu didn’t expect July would pull such a stunt. And it’s unprecedented.
So the next day, he received a call from Tian Yanzhen...
"Are you holding another conference?"
"Yes! I’ve even reserved special seats for you and Elder Yuan."
"No, Master and I couldn’t solve the difficult problem you posed on the invitation! Can you explain what you’re thinking?
If you want to limit the scale of this conference, just hold a small conference.
Sending out invitations broadly but setting a threshold, are you happy when everyone’s offended?"
Tian Yanzhen seriously started criticizing directly.
His words were direct. After all, their relationship is set in stone.
Although Qiao Yu could already not listen to him, Tian Yanzhen wouldn’t be as tactful as others when he needed to say something.
From yesterday to today, he had received several calls, everyone hinting that the question Qiao Yu posed on the invitation might be a bit too difficult.
Thus, Tian Yanzhen personally went to study that problem.
Well, didn’t solve it...
Of course, it’s not really embarrassing.
After all, when Qiao Yu proposed the Generalized Modal Axiomatic System, Tian Yanzhen was almost seventy.
Expecting him to deeply master this entire theoretical system was a bit demanding.
By the time this system matured and gave birth to Qiao Algebraic Geometry, Tian Yanzhen was seventy-five.
Having a seventy-five-year-old man study these new things, it’s bound to be demanding.
Especially since past research experience didn’t apply well to this entirely new system.
But many relatively younger Huaxia mathematicians coming to complain kept Tian Yanzhen from sitting still, so there was this call.
Qiao Yu also didn’t feel wronged.
While this wasn’t his intention, it was his final decision to let July handle the invitation.
Of course, he really didn’t expect that with such a small matter, July could do something like this.
"Well, Director Tian, what if I told you this wasn’t my idea, nor was the question set by me, would you believe me?"
Tian Yanzhen sneered, then asked back, "If it’s not your idea, who else could it be? Could it possibly be Xiao Zheng’s idea?"
Of course, it couldn’t be Zheng Xiweng’s idea; Xiao Zheng couldn’t come up with that problem...
"You’re joking; this matter definitely has nothing to do with Uncle Zheng. I asked July to handle this invitation task.
You do know that once I hand over the tasks, I don’t manage them much. Of course, I’m not shirking responsibility.
I asked July to handle this invitation, so you scolding is right. But I admit I didn’t clearly instruct July..."
"Wait, what did you say? You mean July set this problem himself?"
"Um..."
