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Chapter 147 Project Establishment
As we all know, in China's chat software, if you type three question marks at once, it never means just confusion, but a series of emotions that are difficult to describe.
Anyone who has a Ph.D. and is not planning on dawdling around will know that applying for the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Youth Science Fund program when you are young does have preferential treatment.
To put it bluntly, when men apply for projects before the age of 35 and women before the age of 40, they compete solely with projects from the pool of their peers.
At this stage, all competitors are still academic newcomers.
Once you exceed the age of academic newcomers and want to apply for these scientific research funds, sorry, at this time the application will be in competition with all scientific research teams in the big pool.
In extreme cases, there may be teams led by former mentors among the competitors.
Therefore, if you generally cannot get a national project in your youth, it will be really difficult to get it in this life.
Although Chen Zhuoyang has given up on doing scientific research, he plans to shine in the field of mathematics education.
But after studying for a Ph.D., can anyone expect to be able to do a project to commemorate their lost youth?
Of course, that doesn't mean that Chen Zhuoyang has never done anything. After all, there are always some benefits to following Director Tian.
When he was studying for his Ph.D., Chen Zhuoyang received a doctoral program fund from the BU in Education, but that was also the highlight of his life.
He originally planned to make this project a success, and then get another general project before graduation, so that he could enter the scientific research world.
It's a pity that after the first project was not perfect, there was no future.
Naturally, it was impossible to do a public project, but another school-level project was accepted.
It was at this stage that Chen Zhuoyang realized that he was actually not suitable for scientific research until graduation.
To be honest, on the day of graduation, Chen Zhuoyang really felt that this was the highlight of his life.
After experiencing a lot of hard work from all aspects after studying for a Ph.D., Chen Zhuoyang has realized that the most powerful person he can have close contact with in his life is probably his mentor.
Of course, there may be an additional junior brother. And Chen Zhuoyang believes that if he encounters any trouble in the future, the help from his junior brother may be greater than that of his mentor.
I'm really not complaining that Tian Yanzhen isn't good enough to him, it's just that Qiao Yu is young.
When you are young, you have unlimited possibilities. This is a fact that no one can deny.
This is also the reason why Chen Zhuoyang has always kept in touch with Qiao Yu. He is afraid that Qiao Yu will forget him.
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"Hey, senior brother, it's already eleven o'clock, and you haven't gone to bed yet? What are you busy with?"
Qiao Yu ignored the three question marks and asked curiously.
Chen Zhuoyang is now a lecturer at a 985 university. If nothing else happens, he may become an associate professor in four or five years.
Then he got married and had children in college, and devoted his life to China's mathematics education.
But these are not the reasons why Brother Chen is still playing with his mobile phone. Doesn’t the teacher have to teach?
Oh, by the way, I’m still on vacation...
"I'm working on lesson plans and preparing lessons. Next semester, the school has arranged for me to teach differential geometry to juniors in the Department of Mathematics. Alas, teaching is not that simple."
"Senior brother is amazing! You can teach juniors right away. Wouldn't it be no problem to be promoted to associate professor in the future?"
"...These are not important. Tell me, Director Tian helped you apply for a key project. What is the topic?"
Seeing this sentence, Qiao Yu felt that Senior Brother Chen was becoming less and less good at chatting, and he had to correct this wrong thinking.
"It wasn't Director Tian who helped me apply for key projects, it was me who came up with some ideas. Both my supervisor and Grandpa Shi thought this idea was qualified to be included in the national key projects!"
"Ah, yes, yes, that's what I meant. I expressed it wrongly. What do you think? So powerful?"
"A brand new axiom system. Professor Zhang Yuantang's evaluation is that if I can complete this system, the symbol system of mathematical papers will be unified in the future. But in fact, my idea is to use geometric methods to solve number theory problems in the future."
"As expected of you, you are so powerful! Junior brother can do national key projects at the age of sixteen. When you become an academician in the future, you must give senior brother a hand."
"So, do you want to join the team?"
"Can I do that too?"
"You are definitely not good at proving the main framework, but after I proved the main lemmas and theorems, I think those who have studied mathematics will be able to prove the detailed work."
"Really? Is there still room for the research team?"
"The research team hasn't been set up yet, but preparations should start in the next two days. I'm not in a hurry, but Director Tian and Grandpa Shi are anxious, and they're annoying!
Especially Director Tian, ​​he asked me to fill in all the parts of these forms except team members tomorrow. Otherwise, why do you think I’m still up so late?”
"Junior brother, you must leave a place for me! Senior brother, don't worry about what you do. As long as it's not a proposition that you don't understand at all, I promise to complete it with all my heart."
"Okay. But it will be very hard, and you will often have to work late at night. For example, today you have to write a resume as soon as possible and be as detailed as possible. You can't fool me with your previous template."
"No problem, but I don't have enough time today. It will be past midnight to start preparations now. How about I finish it and send it to your email directly?"
"Well, okay, you go and write it quickly."
"Copy that, thank you so much, little junior brother."
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Seeing the smiling face that Senior Brother Chen sent at the end, Qiao Yu was quite satisfied.
Thinking that someone would stay up late with him tonight, Qiao Yu felt much better.
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Almost all official application materials have the same problem, that is, when ordinary people come into contact with them for the first time, they can easily become afraid of those very standardized terms.
Because I don’t know how to fill in many things at all.
But for Qiao Yu, this problem obviously does not exist.
After all, Tian Yanzhen explained it to him personally. Perhaps Tian Yanzhen has not had many opportunities to fill in such application materials personally in recent years, but as a member of the fund's review committee, he has had many opportunities to review these materials.
In fact, it didn't take long for Qiao Yu to fill in the information. Especially his resume was actually very simple.
So far, all he can produce is that he has published three papers and was invited to give a report at the World Congress on Algebraic Geometry.
But if you consider that two of the three papers were published in the top four journals, and he gave a 60-minute opening report, the relatively simple resume is still very convincing.
Especially in China, unlike abroad, when doing various projects or applying for projects, the review committee will only recognize the first author in most cases.
Coincidentally, he is the first author of all these papers published by Qiao Yu.
So even though his resume seems quite small, it only takes one-third of a page to write it.
But in terms of quality, it can be said that more than 95% of the professors who have written a few pages or even dozens of pages on their resumes have been compared to others.
After all, mathematics is different from computers. There are not many world-class conferences with enough influence. Only one person can be invited to give the opening report at each conference...
China's current development stage happens to be a big country in mathematics, not a powerful country in mathematics.
Domestic pure mathematics research is indeed lagging behind compared to the world. So many people have been criticizing why China’s IMO scores have always been very good every year, but world-class mathematics awards are always missed by Chinese people...
Such as the Fields Medal.
So far, no local mathematician has received this honor.
In fact, this question is also very simple. At present, the policy guidance of mathematics research is still oriented towards application...
Encouraging directions and various scientific research hats are more inclined to projects that can be implemented in practical application scenarios immediately.
It’s not that there is no long-term concern, but that China really has immediate concerns.
No matter what the situation is now in that once arrogant country on the other side of the ocean, at least from the 1940s and 1950s to now, it has really had a completely carefree time of seventy or eighty years.
Especially since the 1990s, it has become outstanding at all levels. At that time, China's development had not even started.
Even now, I am still chasing...
As we all know, the Fields Medal prefers to recognize researchers who have made major breakthroughs in the field of theoretical mathematics.
Coincidentally, progress in the field of theoretical mathematics is actually difficult to realize directly. It often takes dozens or even hundreds of years for people to find suitable application directions from basic mathematical theoretical research...
An obvious example is that it has taken a full century since Fourier analysis was proposed and widely used.
In 1807, Fourier proposed the concept of decomposing functions into sine and cosine waves when he was studying the problem of heat conduction. In his paper "Analytical Theory of Heat", he directly established the preliminary theory of Fourier series and Fourier transform.
It was already in the early twentieth century when people discovered that the propagation and modulation and demodulation of radio waves required the use of Fourier series to describe frequencies and waveforms.
By the mid-20th century, Fourier transform had become a core tool in engineering fields such as communication engineering, acoustics, and image processing, and it remains until now.
This is a very helpless and helpless thing. Many mathematicians eventually choose to go abroad, which actually has something to do with their orientation.
It’s not that I don’t pay attention to theory, it’s that I really don’t have the qualifications to put mathematical theory in the most important position for the time being.
This has always been a problem that worries Tian Yanzhen.
Coincidentally, in this era when China was gradually becoming stronger, sixteen-year-old Qiao Yu suddenly appeared.
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Early the next morning, Qiao Yu had already completed all the information required for the Youth Fund.
When I opened my email and was about to send it to Director Tian, ​​I happened to see that Senior Brother Chen’s rewritten resume had also been sent.
After downloading it, Qiao Yu put it in the attachment and forwarded it to Tian Yanzhen without reading it. By the way, he mentioned in the body of the email that he planned to let Senior Brother Chen join the project team.
Since everyone wants to join the research team, they must first help their own people.
Anyway, Qiao Yu thinks it doesn't matter whether the collaborator is capable or not. After all, Qiao Yu is confident that he can handle the most difficult part by himself. The rest are parts that need to be repeatedly verified and do not require someone with strong mathematical abilities.
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This is based on Qiao Yu's strong self-confidence and a very simple concept.
Capable boss-level professors should work on their own projects and do not need to interfere with other people's projects at all, so as not to cause a waste of resources.
After sending the email, Qiao Yu slipped out of the school and went straight to Huaqing.
Although he was absolutely assured of Mr. Yuan, he was still very curious about Qiao Xi's accommodation in Huaqing.
After quickly sneaking into Huaqing, Qiao Yu bought a shared bicycle and found the West Building of Huaqing directly based on the address Qiao Xi sent him.
There are several rows of traditional multi-story houses here. The architectural style is quite simple. Most of them are four-story residential buildings. The houses are obviously a bit old, but it can be seen that they are well maintained.
Everything is clean and the environment is much better than the railway community in Star City.
According to the room number given by Qiao Xi, Qiao Yu went directly to the second floor of Unit 2, Building 3. After knocking on the door, Qiao Xi opened the door sleepily after a long while.
"Why are you so early? It's only seven o'clock!"
"Going to bed late and getting up early is good for your health." Qiao Yu replied casually, then leaned down and slipped into the room.
"Change your shoes!"
"No, this isn't a dormitory, why is it so complicated? Huh? Not bad, or two bedrooms and one living room?"
Yes, Qiao Yu had already looked around the interior of the house after rushing in.
To be honest, the layout is even somewhat similar to their old house in Star City, except that the kitchen and toilet have been moved.
Under Qiao Xi's melting gaze, Qiao Yu came to the door obediently and changed into a pair of slippers.
Sure enough, his mother still loves him. His slippers were ready when he arrived yesterday, so he couldn't help but ask: "Can you give me the new slippers you bought yesterday?"
Qiao Xi answered casually: "No, I had it when I moved in yesterday. Mr. Yuan thought of everything I could think of and unexpected."
Well, Qiao Yu felt Bai was moved.
"It's definitely not Grandpa Shi. It's just that Grandpa Shi has handed over the matter and someone will naturally help with the preparations. But your two bedrooms and one living room are indeed a bit too much. I don't even get the treatment you do!"
Qiao Yu said sourly.
He only had one room and one living room in Yanbei.
But the advantage is that it is right inside the research center, and the research center is not far from the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Mathematics, Weiming Lake, Boya Tower, and the East Gate.
The east gate of Yanbei University is one of the most prosperous entrances and exits. It is next to the subway line, which is far more convenient than here.
"It makes sense, but is it possible that you specially arranged two rooms for me in the hope that you can live more in Huaqing in the future?"
Qiao Xi said casually as she walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth.
Qiao Yu thinks it makes sense. Grandpa Shi probably thinks so. Otherwise, there is really no need to allocate a two-bedroom apartment to Qiao Xi. I can only say that Grandpa Shi has his heart.
Qiao Yu sat directly on the obviously new sofa in the living room, and then lay down on it.
I have to say it is soft and quite comfortable.
"It's nice here, I feel like I'm home." Qiao Yu said with emotion.
No one paid attention to him. A few minutes later, Qiao Xi walked out of the bathroom and asked, "What did you just say?"
Qiao Yu shook his head and said, "It's nothing. By the way, how did Grandpa Master arrange it for you? Did I tell you last night?"
"I was given a few books and asked to study on my own during this period, and then take classes with the elite class when school starts. They also tested my English ability. They said that some courses would be taught entirely in English, and the textbooks and handouts would also be in English."
Qiao Xi answered casually.
"Well, that's easy. But you need to memorize professional English. I guess the courses taught in English are similar to those at Yanbei, which includes algebraic geometry, topology, differential geometry, etc."
"Oh." Qiao Xi responded noncommittally, and then asked: "By the way, Teacher Yuan said yesterday that you are ready to do research?"
"Well, I plan to let you join the team. Hehe, you represent Mr. Yuan of Huaqing, and I represent Director Yan Beitian. If we complete this project together, we will be invincible."
Qiao Yu said thiefly.
"Stop making trouble, Mr. Yuan talked to me about this matter yesterday. He personally thinks it's best not for me to join this project now, for fear that it will affect the review of key projects. And I really don't have the ability now."
Qiao Xi shook her head and refused.
Qiao Yu said nonchalantly: "Grandpa Shi, you are just worrying. I'm telling you, I don't even need a research team for this project. At most, I can work harder and we can still do it if we spend more time."
I understand everything about the application projects, which are nothing more than providing some funds for exchanges, holding conferences, etc. Our mathematics research does not require the purchase of any laboratory equipment.
If it doesn’t pass, forget it! Anyway, this project actually doesn’t require much money, and we will just build the axiom framework by then. In fact, it’s the same.”
Qiao Xi glared at Qiao Yu and said, "Don't be ridiculous, it's not as simple as you said? Yesterday Mr. Yuan said that organizing seminars, academic forums, and special courses all require fees.
If you can really complete this topic, you will not only publish papers but also monographs and textbooks. Do you think it will be free of charge? Also, do you think that Professor Tian invites so many professors to give lectures for you and they are all friendly?
"
Qiao Yu said seriously: "I'm not messing around. What Grandpa Shi said is right, but I don't need it. What seminars and academic forums are there for?
I've told you, even if I am the only one who has the confidence to complete this project, let alone I can still find someone to help me. You have to have confidence in me.
If I fail to apply for this project in the end, it won’t be my loss, okay? You listen to me on this matter, and I’ll tell Grandpa Shi later.”
Qiao Xi was speechless and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? I just came to the capital to study, and I don't really have the ambition to become a great mathematician!"
Qiao Yu said seriously: "It's not that I'm anxious, but I think you are used to learning on the job. And the framework I want to build does not actually require understanding of very advanced mathematics in the initial stage.
Because it originally started from the most basic framework. For example, the mapping of each natural number, basic algebraic geometric rules, and concepts of elementary number theory.
This means that if you join the team and build the basic framework with us, you will be able to quickly master piles of basic mathematical concepts and knowledge after the project is completed.
And I can also master the application of this framework proficiently. Do you know why Director Tian and Mr. Yuan attach great importance to this framework of mine? Because it has the potential to become the most important tool for future mathematical research."
Their eyes met, neither of them gave in.
Qiao Xi couldn't beat the child for this kind of problem, or force Qiao Yu to change his mind.
After all, the child is not naughty.
It's not that the Qiao family is democratic, or that Qiao Yu started making money to support his family very early.
But Grandpa Qiao Yu once taught her that she could give Qiao Yu a good beating because he was naughty and did bad things, so that he could distinguish right from wrong from an early age.
But you must not beat Qiao Yu simply because he has different opinions from yours. Especially when you don’t even know whether you are right or not.
Obviously, this was the situation that Qiao Guozheng said. She really didn't know whether Qiao Yu was right or Mr. Yuan was right.
So in the end, Qiao Xi gave in.
"Okay, I don't understand this. If you think this is best, go and convince someone who understands."
"OK! I'm going to tell Mr. Yuan and the instructor that you haven't applied for your meal card yet? Now go to dinner and I'll treat you to a big meal."
"No, it's already done. My information was handed over in advance." As she said that, Qiao Xi took out a school-wide student card from her pocket.
"Okay, then you treat me to dinner, and then you come back to study, and I'll go to Qiuzhai to discuss this matter with grandpa."
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"You want your mother to join the research team? Why?"
In Yuan Zhengxin's office in Qiuzhai, Qiao Yu completely repeated the reasons he just told Qiao Xi.
Then he said: "Grandpa, think about it, although my mother's basic skills are a bit poor, she can read literature! Joining this research group can learn some basic concepts while doing this work."
After Mr. Yuan looked at Qiao Yu seriously for a while, he asked: "Besides your mother, who else do you want to join Huaqing?"
Qiao Yu said confidently: "I know Professor Pan best, so I definitely hope that Professor Pan can join. Moreover, Professor Pan has been studying the geometric Langlands conjecture before.
As you know, many of the topics I do are related to some of these concepts. It would actually be easier to understand if he joins them.
As for the other people in Huaqing, I might as well do what you want. Anyway, I will definitely trust the people you recommend. If they are professors, it is best to bring more students, so that I can complete the main framework and prove that the progress can be Hurry up."
Mr. Yuan raised his finger and pointed at Qiao Yu, and said in a low voice: "You kid, do you know a lot? Do you think the students should do whatever the instructor asks them to do?"
Qiao Yu said in surprise: "Isn't it true? What do you and Director Tian ask me to do? I always obey your orders. Of course, I am referring to study and research."
Yuan Zhengxin was speechless and thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, Qiao Yu, your axiom system is a grand systematic project.
Each step requires rigorous definition, proof and verification. Start with the basic axioms and gradually introduce what you mentioned including modal distance, geometric structure, topological structure, etc.
There will also be some numerical experiments and interdisciplinary collaboration to promote it. So you can’t be too willful in selecting the research team. I will recommend a few professors to you.”
Qiao Yu nodded cautiously and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa, the only candidates I have confirmed now are Professor Xue, Senior Brother Chen, Professor Pan and my mother. I will listen to you and Director Tian for the other candidates."
Yuan Zhengxin glared at Qiao Yu and said angrily: "That Senior Brother Chen of yours? Good boy, I don't know how much you have learned at Yanbei Hao. You have really learned the essence of this nepotism."
"It's unfair, Grandpa!"
Qiao Yu immediately shouted: "I'm really not nepotism. Yes, Senior Brother Chen's scientific research level is indeed a bit poor, but at that time you praised him for being very meticulous in his work and writing papers, right?"
This is the advantage of Senior Brother Chen. And you should have some confidence in me, right? I will definitely have no problem proving the axioms. There are many other things that require careful and patient proof, right?
Let Senior Brother Chen assist in checking the basic theorems introduced to prove that this is obviously making the best use of everything! As the leader of the research team, I just need to let everyone give full play to their strengths. Isn't that right?"
After complaining, Qiao Yu looked at Yuan Zhengxin with an aggrieved look and said, "Unless you have no confidence in me and think that my basic axioms prove that you can't do this by yourself!"
What he said made Mr. Yuan speechless.
"Okay, okay, okay, you all have a point. Hey... you go back and discuss it with your instructor. If he has no objection, then so be it!"
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Tian Yanzhen naturally had no objection.
So the final list of the research group "Axiomatic System of Generalized Modal Number Theory on Multiple Transcendental Spaces" was finalized in two days.
Qiao Yu is naturally the initiator and team leader of the project. In addition to Xue Song, four other young professors from Yanbei were invited to join Qiao Yu's research team.
Lu Yansong studies partial differential equations and differential geometry, Bao Yuanqiang studies Lie groups, Zhang Mingxian studies big data sampling and complex data analysis, and Ding Zhenggang studies graph theory and low-dimensional topology.
As for Huaqing, in addition to Pan Jingyuan and Qiao Xi, three more professors were added.
Fan Zhou, Fang Jianan, and Guan Luming. Their research directions are function theory of multiple complex variables, geometric analysis, symplectic geometry, ultra-high-dimensional statistical inference and big data algorithms.
Ranking last is Chen Zhuoyang, who is two schools away.
After the research team was formed, Qiao Yu's project application was submitted directly by Tian Yanzhen.
Qiao Yu was also fortunate enough to attend the Natural Science Foundation's scientific research review meeting with his mentor and Mr. Yuan when the freshmen of Yanbei University had already begun their military training...
For Qiao Yu, this is indeed a very interesting experience...
Thanks to book friend 20190130224905377, eugenehowel for the reward and encouragement
Chapter completed!