Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 189 Are you doing reverse nuclear fusion? !
At the main entrance of Soochow University, a large group of people were standing there waiting.

Among them are vice-presidents of universities and other government officials, as well as several academicians, top professors, other professors and related personnel.

This ceremony is to welcome the leadership team.

The reason for such a big fuss is that the ranks of the people in the leadership team are a bit too high, and they also include the top officials in the province. Naturally, the university will attach great importance to it.

Zhang Shuo was also in the crowd. He stood at the front, with Zhang Qiu Sheng, Deng Jianchao and Tan Youming next to him.

Tan Youming was whispering to Zhang Shuo, "When the leadership team arrives, you go up and shake hands. I'll follow you."

"Now you are a prominent figure in the School of Mathematics, you can't follow me anymore."

Zhang Shuo nodded slightly.

He was thinking about discussing the issue of building a theoretical physics research center after the leadership team arrived. Most importantly, he hoped to get more experimental funds to verify the theory.

As for the math center, it's pretty casual.

If we must build a mathematics center, we can just expand it around the high school.

With the team of the Higher Academy, hundreds of teachers and more than fifty doctoral supervisors in the School of Mathematics, a mathematics center can be established immediately, but he has no interest in being in charge of the mathematics center.

This is not because of aversion to mathematics, but rather the work of those in charge of a mathematics center is more focused on education and development rather than individual scientific research.

Some older scholars, of course, hope to have their own mathematics center, so that they can have greater influence and better engage in education and scientific research. Developing an institution can also enhance their own reputation.

The problem is, he's still young.

He didn't want to waste his time on the affairs of a large scientific research institution.

The other people were talking about the leadership group's problems. They seemed to be worried that Zhang Shuo was nervous, so they said a few words to comfort him, "Don't be nervous, it's just a normal handshake."

"The leader might want to talk to you about research or something..."

"Just be mentally prepared. I heard that they came here for the Mathematics Center, but I don't know about Teacher Wang. Normally speaking, Teacher Wang shouldn't come..."

This is where it gets weird.

Even if there is a discussion about building a mathematics center, it would be sufficient to send officials responsible for related matters.

Teacher Wang’s level is too high, so it’s a bit strange that he came suddenly.

Several people consoled him for a long time, which gave Zhang Shuo a headache. He quickly emphasized, "I'm not nervous."

"Nothing. I shook hands with bigger leaders in the capital last time."

"Uh~~"

Now it was the other three's turn to be shocked.

Think about it.

Zhang Shuo has seen many scenes. When the awards were presented in the auditorium, he shook hands with the highest-level leaders and chatted with them.

In addition, he has participated in several international conferences, and he has always been very calm whether he was giving a report on stage or at other times.

We are now at the gate of Suzhou University of Technology. The leader who has come here is of a relatively high level, so I can’t really say that I’m nervous.

As several people were talking, they heard a shout in the distance, "Here they come! Here they come."

A convoy drove up.

After the convoy stopped at the school gate, many people got out, including officials, entourage, reporters, etc.

Teacher Wang was also among them.

He walked over first and shook hands with the people in the front row, and the first person he shook hands with was Zhang Shuo.

"My congratulations may be a little late, but I still want to say, Professor Zhang Shuo, congratulations on winning the Fields Medal. You have brought honor to the Chinese people!"

"The first Fields winner set a record for the age of the winner. In the future, we can be more confident in international mathematics!"

"Thank you!"

Zhang Shuo expressed his gratitude politely.

After Teacher Wang shook hands with the others, he was surrounded by several people and walked into the school gate.

Teacher Wang pulled Zhang Shuo forward.

Zhang Shuo, you observed out of the corner of your eye and found that Teacher Wang had a big round face, a chubby figure, and was slightly bald.

To sum up, it looks pretty...people-friendly.

Teacher Wang took the initiative to chat with Zhang Shuo, "You have been at Sudong University for more than two years, right? Are you used to the environment here?"

"I heard you bought a house next door. Are you used to living there?"

“Are there any problems in your life?”

After talking about some work and life issues, he asked about research, "You won the award for numerical simulation of NS equations. Do you have any follow-up research? For example, engineering applications?"

Zhang Shuo answered this question carefully, "I am doing theoretical research, that is, providing a method. As for engineering application, or actual simulation in a certain field, other teams can complete it."

“I didn’t consider conducting further applied research, but I applied for the project, hoping to theoretically prove that the solution set of the NS equations is smooth.”

"I know this."

Teacher Wang obeyed and smiled immediately, "One of the seven mathematical conjectures of the millennium released by the Clay Institute, the NS equation problem."

He then asked, "Are you confident you can complete it?"

"Have confidence!"

Zhang Shuo nodded seriously.

If it were anyone else, Mr. Wang would not ask this question. He is an outsider and knows the difficulty of the Millennium Mathematical Conjecture.

There are so many scientists and mathematicians in the world, many of whom conduct research in the fields covered by the Millennium Conjecture, but among the seven major mathematical conjectures, only the Poincare conjecture has been proved.

Such research may never be completed.

Zhang Shuo is different.

He has achieved many major results in the field of NS equations, and said that it is at least "possible" to solve the NS equation problem.

The leadership team took a tour around the university campus and then went straight to the conference room in the lobby of the administrative building.

After entering the conference room in the administrative building, the accompanying personnel found seats and sat down. Zhang Shuo was arranged to sit in the first row, with Tan Youming sitting next to him again. The others were all unfamiliar officials.

It is worth mentioning that behind him is Luo Yongjun.

Luo Yongjun's position was specially arranged because he was Zhang Shuo's doctoral supervisor. Many people's current achievements are also related to Luo Yongjun.

This is still recognized.

It is difficult to say what Luo Yongjun's teaching level is, and there are many doubts about whether Zhang Shuo was taught by Luo Yongjun. But when Zhang Shuo had just entered Soochow University to study for a doctorate and his master's degree was revoked by Soochow University, Luo Yongjun spoke for Zhang Shuo and guaranteed that there was no problem with Zhang Shuo.

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is very difficult to provide timely help.

If it weren't for Luo Yongjun, Zhang Shuo might not have been able to continue his doctoral studies, which would have had a huge impact.

Luo Yongjun was arranged to sit behind Zhang Shuo, and he also raised the corners of his mouth with some honor.

The second row is a very prominent position.

Zhang Qiusheng was the vice president of the university, and his seat was usually at the edge of the second row, while he sat in the middle of the second row. As for other researchers and professors of the higher institute, most of their seats were very far back. So Luo Yongjun turned his head proudly and showed off to others. Naturally, there was nothing good to say about him afterwards, "Old Luo is bragging again!"

"His personality is really infuriating!"

"Look at that look, what's there to be proud of? Isn't it just sitting in the second row? It's not an important occasion."

"There's really nothing to be proud of in the second row. The problem is that he sits in the second row because Zhang Shuo sits there. He has a student like Zhang Shuo..."

"Is that really him..."

"Shit luck!"

This was not a welcome party organized by the leadership group, but a meeting organized by the school at the request of the leadership group.

The meeting was arranged very formally. There were name tags on the desks of each person in the first three rows, and there were cameras specifically for recording and taking pictures. The scene looked like a general meeting.

Zhang Shuo asked Tan Youming in confusion, "What kind of meeting is this? Are we going to discuss the Mathematics Center?"

Tan Youming shook his head in confusion, "I don't know either."

After everyone was seated, Teacher Wang took a document and walked to the stage. The conference room suddenly became quiet.

Teacher Wang looked at the audience and read out the results very seriously, “Professor Zhang Shuo is an internationally renowned scientist.

He has made many pioneering contributions in technical science fields such as computational mathematics, partial differential equations and high-energy physics.

In the past two years, Professor Zhang Shuo has devoted himself wholeheartedly to scientific research and achieved outstanding results in the fields of mathematics and physics.

His research on numerical simulation of NS equations has received widespread attention at home and abroad. The research has very high potential for engineering applications and has also brought great impetus to the development of mathematics.

This research was recognized internationally and won him the Fields Medal, known as the Nobel Prize in mathematics. He became the first scholar in the country to win the Fields Medal.

At the same time, he also made many research contributions and achievements in other fields, including high-energy physics. His theory provided strong support for experiments and enabled the CP violation experimental group to discover unknown physical phenomena.

In the field of computational mathematics, he studies...

In the field of data analysis, he studies…”

Professor Wang began his speech by recounting Zhang Shuo’s research achievements, introducing each study and explaining their influence.

After finishing his speech, he paused for a moment, and then announced loudly, "In order to commend Professor Zhang Shuo for his contribution to scientific research, we should learn from his lofty scientific attitude, rigorous scientific style, and his spirit of not fearing difficulties and daring to challenge the peak of science and technology.

The province held a meeting and decided to award Professor Zhang Shuo the honorary title of "Outstanding Scientist of Nanjiang Province" and called on scientific and technological workers across the province to learn from him..."

After Teacher Wang finished his presentation, the conference room burst into applause.

Tan Youming hurriedly said to Zhang Shuo, "It's an honorary title, the highest honor in the province!"

"Go up and claim your prize!"

Teacher Wang was also inviting Zhang Shuo to the stage when the host next to him immediately called out, "Next, please welcome Professor Zhang Shuo..."

Zhang Shuo walked onto the stage.

Teacher Wang walked to the side, took the certificate, medal, and sign with big numbers printed on it, and handed them to Zhang Shuo one by one.

Certificates and medals are quite normal.

brand?

Zhang Shuo looked down and saw the big numbers "2200" written on it.

Teacher Wang smiled and shouted, "In addition to the honorary title of outstanding scientist, the province also held a meeting to decide to reward Professor Zhang Shuo with a personal bonus of 2 million yuan, and at the same time, the Provincial Science and Technology Department will support Professor Zhang Shuo with 20 million yuan in free funds."

Zhang Shuo was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He immediately smiled and shook hands with Teacher Wang.

He found that Teacher Wang looked very friendly.

What a good man!
What a good leader too!

Amid collective applause and congratulations, the leadership group's meeting ended successfully, and Teacher Wang left Soochow University amid everyone's farewell.

After that, I relaxed a lot.

Officials from the Provincial Department of Science and Technology and representatives from the Academy of Sciences did come to discuss the establishment of a mathematics center with Soochow University.

This is normal operation.

When a scholar becomes very famous and wins international awards, an academic center is built around the scholar himself, which also allows education to cover a wider range, share scientific research experience with others, and incidentally promote the development of scientific research.

It is really hard to understand this kind of operation in front of Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Shuo's answer was very tactful, but everyone else understood it, and they really had nothing to say, "I'm still very young!"

“If a math center is to be built, I support it, but I will definitely not be personally responsible for the relevant affairs.”

Representatives from the Provincial Science and Technology Department and the Academy of Sciences also understood Zhang Shuo’s meaning, and they will discuss the issue of the mathematics center.

Just as Tan Youming said, large scientific research institutions need a long time to conduct argumentation, and it is not something that can be decided all at once.

Among the group of people who came, someone really had something important to discuss with Zhang Shuo, and that was Academician Tong Zhiguo from the Institute of Nuclear Physics.

After the lunch break, Tong Zhiguo asked Tan Youming to help find Zhang Shuo, and they met in Zhang Shuo's office.

There were only two of them in the office.

Tong Zhiguo then said, "Professor Zhang Shuo, the paper you submitted has been classified as a major confidential document by the Science and Technology Bureau."

"The Science and Technology Bureau takes this very seriously!"

"I came here this time to talk to you about this matter. Your information says that strong splitting will cause a high-energy explosion. Can it be used to create a more powerful nuclear bomb?"

Zhang Shuo nodded, "Theoretically, it's possible."

Tong Zhiguo confirmed it and continued, "Our preliminary analysis also believes that it is feasible, but the problem is that the technical requirements are too high, and the technology conversion is very unrealistic. For example, a strong magnetic environment cannot be provided by a single warhead that can be launched."

He then mentioned several issues in succession, all of which were difficulties in technology transformation.

Zhang Shuo explained, “During my theoretical research, I did not consider the issue of technology transformation.”

"If we really want to conduct research, the problems can actually be solved, but it still requires a lot of experiments."

Tong Zhiguo listened and nodded.

We only have a preliminary theory now, and it is not necessarily correct. However, if we conduct a series of experimental studies on the premise that the theory is correct, we will definitely make discoveries.

Zhang Shuo continued, "The reason why I set the content to be confidential is actually because I also considered the subsequent research content."

He then turned to professional issues, "Academician Tong, you must have understood the paper if you came to see me."

"The main content of my research is strong splitting, but it targets protons or neutrons. Protons and neutrons are particles composed of three quarks, and particle splitting itself is a process of absorbing energy. Even the disintegration under the influence of electromagnetic force will not release energy. It is only the complex particle activity after splitting into quarks that will burst out high-intensity energy."

"Strong splitting also has another direction, which is to split the atomic nucleus. The atomic nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons. At the same time, there are many elements and many atomic nuclei, and the structure is very complex."

"If we want to conduct targeted research, we need to conduct demonstrations and experiments one by one."

"In this regard, theoretically we can only conduct an overall analysis, but we cannot get an accurate value, so we still need to conduct experiments to study it."

"I think that if we want to carry out technology transformation, the application potential in the direction of splitting atomic nuclei is greater and the direction may be more extensive..."

Tong Zhiguo listened carefully and said one word, "Is this similar to... reverse nuclear fusion?"

Zhang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "It's not quite accurate. Based on existing physics, it can be understood this way."

(End of this chapter)