I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

Two weeks later, the new semester begins.

The Richardson Hall in the Alexander Building, just west of Nassau Building, was full of guests.

This is the most important performance and speech venue in Princeton. Guests who have given speeches here include: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Gates, Rice, etc.

Today it is Shen Qi's turn, and the title of his speech is "Systematization and the Hodge Conjecture".

Hundreds of guests included senior officials of IMU, mathematics professors of internationally renowned universities, mathematics experts of authoritative research institutions, editors-in-chief of famous mathematics journals, executives of large academic publishing groups, and relevant media personnel.

All the teaching and research staff of the Department of Mathematics of Princeton and the Department of Mathematics of Pugao attended the meeting, and representatives from Pudong University attended the meeting.

Director Fefferman didn't talk big, the scene was spectacular enough, and the specifications were top-notch.

Shen Qi’s special speech invitation letter was hard to come by. The large team of “Systematization and the Hodge Conjecture” had a total of 20 people, and the remaining 19 people really wanted to listen to Shen Qi’s speech on the spot. In the end, only six people came, Lu Guozhen, Director Wu, Yu Lei, Ralph, and a researcher each brought by Lu Guozhen and Director Wu.

The speaker Shen Qi had not yet appeared on the stage, and the guests in the hall were whispering to each other.

"Have you read Shen Qi's pre-recorded thesis on arVix two weeks ago?"

"Having seen it a few times, I think he proved the Hodge conjecture, in a masterful way."

"But I still have doubts. It is said that the pre-recorded version on arVix is ​​a condensed version."

"The doubts are about to be resolved, look quickly, Shen Qi is on stage."

Shen Qi stepped onto the stage, and the audience burst into applause. Shen Qi waved his hands, the applause gradually died down, and the hall became quiet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I am Shen Qi, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton. Next, I will report "Systematization and the Hodge Conjecture". The whole report is expected to last for a whole day. Thank you for coming to listen." Shen Qi began his keynote address with polite opening remarks.

"Before the official report, please allow me to introduce my team. Our team has a total of 20 members. For a basic mathematics subject, this is an extremely luxurious configuration."

"It's a great honor for me to be elected as the team leader. I would like to thank Mr. Lu Guozhen, Mr. Wu Yuyong, and their team members for their contributions to this project. The three academic institutions of Princeton, Yanda, and Morningside Mathematics Center are involved in this project Together, we had a great time working together and made a big breakthrough.”

In the auditorium, Lu Guozhen and Director Wu who sat together were very excited. This may be the peak moment of their lives.

Shen Qi operated the page presenter to control the PPT switching on the big screen: "More than half of the world's mathematicians are seeking breakthroughs in the field of algebraic geometry. It is very important to choose a topic. We chose the most difficult problem in algebraic geometry- — Hodge conjectures."

"The work of directly proving Hodge's conjecture has lasted for decades, and it was not until the last few years that the University of Bonn and the Ecole Normale Supérieure made substantive research results."

Professor Schulz from the University of Bonn was also present, his expressionless face was as cold as a piece of ice.

Next to him, Professor Viduka from the Ecole Normale Supérieure patted Schultz's thigh, and whispered, "Peter, negative emotions are the devil, follow me, I am very relaxed. The only purpose of my coming here today is to As a fan, learn from Shen Qi."

"I shouldn't have come," Schultz said, closing his eyes.

On the stage, Shen Qi was unrestrained and unrestrained: "I went back to China in September last year. When I was chatting with Mr. Lu and Mr. Wu that day, I suddenly felt that something was wrong. I said, hey, guys, why can't we build a system so that The systematic form proves that Hodge's conjecture is a correct proposition."

"Mr. Lu and Mr. Wu agree with my point of view very much, so we jointly launched the "Systematization and Hodge Conjecture" project, which has been exactly one year."

In the audience, Old Wu thought hard: "Is there such a day in September last year? I remember that Professor Shen did come to our center, but he didn't say anything about systematization at that time. Just tell me, Old Wu, let's Get rid of the Hodge conjecture."

"Old Wu, you are still too young." Old Lu laughed.

Old Wu: "Old Lu, you are only one year older than me. We are both almost sixty years old. Why are we still talking about being young?"

Lao Lu raised his finger to his lips and made a silent gesture. After Shen Qi finished talking about the background of the project, he was explaining the academic points related to the project.

Shen Qi on the stage followed the standard paper format, and before introducing the main text, he first gave a summary of the core content: "Our overall idea is to first establish a system, which is called the 'Shen-Lu-Wu System', or SLW system for short."

"The significance of the SLW system is to explain problems in the fields of algebraic geometry, topology, and mathematical analysis with the idea of ​​​​"local grand unification."

"Hodge's conjecture can be explained by SLW. Topological problems can be explained by SLW, such as the proven Poincaré conjecture. Mathematical analysis problems can also be explained by SLW."

Shen Qi raised his arms and shouted: "Yes, yes, everything is fine!"

Wow!

The audience shook.

The two powerful key-points of "partial unification" and "anything can be done" did not appear in the abridged version of Shen Qi's published paper on arVix.

Lao Lu and Lao Wu went to the United States two months ago, and they returned to China after handing over the materials. They did not see the full text of "Systematization and the Hodge Conjecture" that Shen Qi personally assembled.

There are only four people who have seen the full text of Shen Qi's final paper, Fefferman, Faltins, Deligne and Ralph.

"Unification!"

"It can all be explained!"

All the guests are boiling, and the situation tends to get out of control.

Lao Lu and Lao Wu jumped up, both surprised and happy, more surprised than happy, Shen Qi, Shen Qi, why did you make such a big deal? This is beyond our level.

The two researchers brought by Lao Lu and Lao Wu to experience the atmosphere of the scene were stunned.

"This... is this unified?" Yanda researcher was dumbfounded. He is the backbone of the AN section in charge of Lu Guozhen.

"Boss Shen's way of thinking, we will never understand..." The researcher of the Morningside Mathematics Center is an elite in the TP section. He never dared to think that the project he participated in would be unified by accident. He thought that Just to prove the Hodge conjecture.

Schultz suddenly stood up, he looked unbelievable, Shen Qi didn't regard him as an opponent at all after a long time, Shen Qi was not interested in individual cases, Shen Qi's ambition was to unify! In the process of unification, Hodge's conjecture can be easily resolved.

Seeing that the situation on the scene was about to get out of control, Shen Qi quickly explained: "Partial, partial! Partial unification is not the absolute and thorough unification you imagined! Everyone sit down, please go back to your original position and sit down!"