The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 51: Sympathy Main Battle Tank Armor Protection System
In the Ice City, on the campus of Harbin Institute of Technology, in the Computational Mathematics Office, Tao Fangqi sat aside, picked up the enamel cup and took a sip of water, but still felt uncomfortable.

"I say, Lao Tao, can you be quiet for a moment? It's just a student, why are you so restless? No one will steal your student. He will definitely call you soon."

Liu Taoshun glared at the other person and said depressedly that Tao Fangqi was his friend. A few days ago, he came to his place and stayed for a while in a very depressed mood. The reason was that Tao Fangqi had taken a fancy to a mathematical genius and wrote to invite him twice but was rejected both times.

However, Tao Fangqi couldn't bear to see such a mathematical genius disappear into the crowd, so he went straight to Dahonggou Village, but was turned away. However, he didn't leave and stayed temporarily with Liu Taoshun, waiting for the mathematical genius's reply.

"You don't understand. I went to their village that day, and his friends and relatives told me that he had just taken the college entrance examination. Since he had taken the college entrance examination, he would definitely go to college, so I had to persuade him."

Looking at Liu Taoshun, Tao Fangqi hesitated to speak, but due to selfish motives, he still did not tell the other party about his conversation with Xie Zhenbiao at Shuanghe County No. 1 Middle School that day.

The latter has already said that Wang Duoyu's first choice was the computational mathematics major of Harbin Institute of Technology, which is Liu Taoshun's current major. However, Xie Zhenbiao filled in the computational mathematics major of Peking University as Wang Duoyu's second choice.

In other words, Tao Fangqi came here to compete with Liu Taoshun for students. Although it was a bit unethical, Peking University was obviously more suitable for Wang Duoyu because it had mathematicians such as Hua Luogeng, Wu Wenjun, Chen Jingrun, and Wang Yuan, but what did Harbin Institute of Technology have?
It could be said that Harbin Institute of Technology was surpassed by Peking University in all aspects. Wang Duoyu would not be able to refuse to become a Peking University student, right? As long as he came to Peking University, Tao Fangqi would have the opportunity to let him enter the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as an intern researcher.

In Tao Fangqi's opinion, the reason why Wang Duoyu refused to become an intern researcher before was probably because he did not know the value of the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and thought that the rank of an intern researcher was very low, but in fact this was not the case.

You should know that Chen Jingrun was transferred from Xiamen University to the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1957, where he worked in a number theory discussion group organized by Hua Luogeng centered on the Goldbach conjecture. His rank was only an intern researcher, and he was promoted to assistant researcher in 1962.

In 1, Chen Jingrun published a paper in Science Bulletin titled "Large Even Numbers Can Be Expressed as the Sum of a Prime Number and the Product of No More Than Two Prime Numbers," abbreviated as "2+." However, since the paper was over pages long and no detailed proof was published, it was not recognized by the international mathematical community.

It was not until 1 that he simplified the proof process of 2 plus 1 and proved '2+'. The full text of his proof was published in "Science China·Mathematics". This news shocked the mathematical community at home and abroad. Then in , that is, last year, Chen Jingrun was promoted from assistant researcher to researcher.

Therefore, even a great mathematician like Chen Jingrun took twenty years to be promoted from an intern researcher to a researcher. It is easy to imagine how valuable an intern researcher is.

However, information was very closed in that era, and Tao Fangqi thought that Wang Duoyu, who lived in the mountains, didn't know about these things, so it was normal to reject his invitation.

"Alright, alright, make your own decision, but I advise you to stay calm. Some things can't be forced." Liu Taoshun had just finished speaking when Lao Yuanchang appeared at the door. He walked in with a hearty laugh. "Old Liu, what are you guys talking about? Why force something?"

"Oh, you've finally come back, busy man? What did you gain from going out? You must be the type who never comes to see me for no reason. Tell me, what do you want to do here today? I'm telling you, while Lao Tao is here, if you have any questions, go find him and he'll help you solve them. He's the real expert in mathematics."

Seeing Lao Yuanchang walk in, Liu Taoshun immediately smiled cheerfully and said something polite, but when Tao Fangqi heard it, he modestly declined again and again.

The three of them were not strangers, having known each other for many years. A few jokes were no problem. After chatting for a while, Liu Taoshun talked to Lao Yuanchang about the reason why Tao Fangqi came to Harbin Institute of Technology, which immediately resonated with Lao Yuanchang:
"Lao Tao, we can say that we share the same suffering. Before I came back this time, I went to the Bingcheng Steel Plant and met a very talented young man. I also wanted him to come to Harbin Institute of Technology to be my student, but he rejected me on the spot."

"Haha, I never thought you were all pathetic. You've worked so hard, and yet you still want to fool young people? You're embarrassed, aren't you?"

Liu Taoshun was immediately overjoyed, Tao Fangqi looked helpless, and Lao Yuanchang rolled his eyes, then took out a document and put it on the table, forcibly changing the subject:
"Here, this is the problem we're facing. There's a lot of experimental data that we can't calculate. Also, during this armor protection test, when we considered adding a collective three-defense system with gas canisters and booster fans, as well as an automatic fire extinguishing and explosion suppression system, it failed the test. We need your help."

After a pause, Lao Yuanchang suddenly sighed and said:
"By the way, Lao Liu, Lao Tao, you're both experts in mathematics. How much do you know about mathematical modeling? Do you have any ideas for the problems we're facing in our new tank protection system project?"

Tao Fangqi and Liu Taoshun immediately shook their heads. The new tank project seemed simple, but in fact the disciplines involved were too complicated. Just the detection alarm in the protection system that Lao Yuanchang mentioned just now was no ordinary thing.

The detection alarm can detect gamma rays, chemical agents, etc. Once detected, it will immediately send out an alarm signal, automatically close all doors and windows on the tank, and the boost fan will start working to create overpressure in the vehicle to prevent polluted air from entering the vehicle.

Relying on mathematical models to solve these problems is simply a pipe dream. Although mathematics is the foundation of all disciplines, it is not omnipotent. What's more, Tao Fangqi and Liu Taoshun only know one side of mathematical modeling, and foreign countries will not actively share this knowledge.

"Don't you understand either? How does that young man know so much? Where did he learn it from? Or is there really such a top genius?"

"What are you mumbling about, busy man?"

(End of this chapter)