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

Chapter 94: Dai Wenyue personally invites him and offers a monthly subsidy of yuan. Can he succeed?
On the fourth floor of the library, Wang Duoyu didn't expect that Tang Fengzhen came back again, and this time she brought her teacher with her.

"Hello, teacher. This is Mr. Dai Wenyue from our Physics Department."

After Tang Fengzhen's introduction, Wang Duoyu got to know the black-haired old man. After some pleasantries, Dai Wenyue asked doubtfully:

"Hello, Mr. Wang. I've seen teachers from the Department of Computational Mathematics, but I've never seen you. Are you a new teacher at our school?"

"Hello, Teacher Dai. Actually, I'm a new student who just started school in September. My name is Wang Duoyu."

Tang Fengzhen, who was standing by, was suddenly struck by lightning. She had always called Wang Duoyu "teacher", but she didn't expect that he was actually a student. This was too much!
Dai Wenyue wasn't angry. Instead, he asked in surprise, "Are you the top scorer in this year's college entrance exam? I've heard of your name. Professor Wu from your Department of Computational Mathematics has kept you well hidden. I've tried to ask him about you many times, but he's always refused."

Wang Duoyu's name had long been known among the teachers of Harbin Institute of Technology. In particular, Dai Wenyue knew Lao Yuanchang, who had talked to him about the former.

Since he knew that Wang Duoyu had published a paper in "Science China·Mathematics", Dai Wenyue naturally wanted to get to know Wang Duoyu, and also wondered if it was possible to bring him into the project.

Their dual-axis gyroscope drift test bench prototype requires very high mathematical talent, but unfortunately, Harbin Institute of Technology does not have decent mathematical talent.

This project started in 1971, but it has not been completed until now, seven or eight years later. You can imagine how difficult this project is.

Well, actually, it has a lot to do with the fact that a lot of half-baked people were forced into this project before.

After all, those who were able to go to college before were all workers, peasants and soldiers. Even if these people graduated, they didn’t understand much technology, let alone mathematics.

Simply put, this project has been delayed for so long because there are too many people who are just sitting there doing nothing.

After Dai Wenyue praised Wang Duoyu, he changed the subject and directly invited the latter to join the dual-axis gyroscope drift test bench prototype project.

"I'm sorry, Professor Dai. As you can see, I've been busy with my thesis lately, so I might not be able to help you. Also, Director Wu just purchased a batch of professional journals from abroad. Look, here they are."

Wang Duoyu shook his head and said that he was indeed very busy recently and couldn't spare time.

Dai Wenyue was a little unhappy that Wang Duoyu still refused even though he personally invited him.

"Mr. Wang, I believe you are aware that the research funding for our project is a full 50,000 yuan, and that's 50,000 yuan per year."

After a pause, Dai Wenyue continued:

"As long as you join our project, I will definitely apply for a monthly subsidy of 30 yuan for you. How about it?"

"And I promise you, you only need to spend half a day every day. It will definitely not delay you much. In this way, you will still have time to complete your thesis. What do you think?"

To be honest, this proposal is definitely very favorable for many people. The monthly subsidy of 30 yuan is equivalent to one yuan a day, and you only need to work half a day a day.

If Zhu Hanting, Lou Jianguo, Yuan Jigang and others were asked to choose, there is no doubt that they would have agreed immediately.

Wang Duoyu couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said:
"Teacher Dai, I'm so sorry, I definitely don't have time this month. How about this? I should be able to spare some time next month, and then I can join your project."

Tang Fengzhen couldn't help but speak, "Student Wang, actually our project has reached a very critical moment. Teacher Dai hopes that this project can be completed before the end of this year, so time is still very tight." Hearing the other party say this, Wang Duoyu almost rolled his eyes.

A project that has lasted for seven years, and you still want to complete it this year?

It's not just Harbin Institute of Technology that is involved. There are also state-owned units such as the No. 441 Factory, the No. 63 Institute, and the No. 54 Institute. How is it possible that it can be completed in just a few months?
Besides, thirty dollars is, well, quite important to him.

After all, even the smallest bit counts. If he saves more money, he can go home earlier and build a small house.

Seeing that Wang Duoyu still shook his head and politely refused, Dai Wenyue was very helpless. He resisted the urge to continue raising the price. He thought, let's talk about it in a few days. Maybe Wang Duoyu will have figured it out by then?
After watching Dai Wenyue leave, Wang Duoyu shook his head and sat down, thinking that this matter was over and he would continue to busy himself with his own things.

Tang Fengzhen did not leave, but stayed to ask Wang Duoyu for advice.

Tang Fengzhen sat next to her for the next half afternoon. After Wang Duoyu spent half an hour solving her problem, he kept busy with his own things.

After Tang Fengzhen understood it thoroughly, she couldn't help but feel curious: What kind of paper is this student Wang writing?

"Mr. Wang, can I take a look at this journal?"

Wang Duoyu hummed without raising his head, and then fell silent.

After reading this journal, Tang Fengzhen immediately began to doubt her life. Her mathematical talent was actually quite good, but it was just good.

From the time she entered Harbin Institute of Technology to now, it has been only more than half a year, and the exposure to advanced mathematics she has received is very limited.

As a result, she couldn't understand the journals that Wang Duoyu read at all.

However, she remembered the questions related to the Poincare conjecture, so she put the journal back to its place and got up to look for it nearby.

Finally, after searching for more than half an hour, she found a popular science book about Hilbert's Twenty-Three Mathematical Problems, but the book did not mention the Poincare conjecture, which made her very disappointed.

It took her a long time to find another mathematical book and found the relevant discussion on the Poincaré conjecture in the catalog.

She quickly opened the book and saw the discussion of the Poincare conjecture in the chapter introduction. For a moment, she was in a trance.

Poincaré proposed a topological conjecture in the early twentieth century: any simply connected, closed three-dimensional manifold must be homeomorphic to a three-dimensional sphere.

Tang Fengzhen was confused by just this conjecture, not to mention other related proofs.

This mathematical work only mentioned part of the theory of the Poincaré conjecture. The author only had a certain understanding of topology and also challenged the Poincaré conjecture, but failed.

"Could Mr. Wang succeed?"

(End of this chapter)