Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 50 Do you still want Göttingen to rise?

“Compared to Hong Kong, New York is a good place to do number theory.

The City University of New York, Columbia University, New York University and nearby Princeton University have a lot of experts in number theory.

Melvin Natanson often held seminars on number theory, and Harvey Cohen mainly worked on algebraic number theory and quadratic forms, and was also an active organizer of number theory seminars.

The research of mathematicians throughout New York in the field of number theory has shifted from classical number theory to modern analytic number theory and algebraic number theory.

If you go there, you can do a lot of interesting work in such an environment," said Lin Ran.

New York's atmosphere in number theory has earned the reputation of the New York Number Theory Community, thanks to the New York Number Theory Symposium organized by Melvin Natanson in 1982.

But it was founded in 82 and was active as early as the 50s.

Lin Ran was very curious about what kind of work Chen Jingrun could do if he were thrown into an environment like New York and let him follow Harvey Cohen, and whether he could truly solve the Goldbach conjecture.

"I know what you're worried about. The cost of living in New York is indeed very high, but I will talk to Professor Harvey and ask him to arrange a scholarship for you. The scholarship will be enough to cover your expenses in New York.

If the scholarship is not enough, I can also help you apply for a Fulbright scholarship," Lin Ran added.

This is how Professor Horkheimer took care of him half a year ago, and half a year later he could take care of another Chinese genius in a similar way. A sense of déjà vu emerged in Lin Ran's heart.

Chen Jingrun's eyes were slightly red. After spending more than a month with Lin Ran, he didn't believe that the other party would just stand by and watch. This time, Lin Ran's care for him once again verified his guess.

After a moment's silence, he said, "Thank you, Professor. I will seriously consider your suggestion."

Given Chen Jingrun's identity, he naturally couldn't agree to it on his own.

Lin Ran stood up and patted the shoulder of the famous mathematician who used to live in textbooks, then said with a smile: "Dehui, a real man should not act like a little girl. It would be troublesome for you to follow me.

Also, don't think that it costs me much to help you. Professor Harvey has been asking me to attend his number theory seminars, but I rarely go because they hold them so frequently, on average once every two weeks.

I will attend his seminars a few more times later, and he will happily agree to do so.

Even after he sees you in person, he might feel that he owes me a favor and might even consider you his disciple."

Lin Ran considered recommending Chen Jingrun to Shiing-Shen Chern, but firstly, he and Shiing-Shen Chern were not familiar with each other, and secondly, the latter was doing differential geometry while Chen Jingrun was doing number theory, and the two did not overlap at all.

The reason for choosing Harvey Cohen was that he was a big name in the field of number theory and could provide Chen Jingrun with an occasion like the New York Number Theory Seminar.

Another important reason is that the other party is the City University of New York, which has always been known for serving a diverse student population, including workers and minorities.

Even if something happened to him, Chen Jingrun would be more likely to be protected at the City University of New York.

It can be said that Lin Ran has thought of almost every factor.

"Thank you, Professor, thank you very much."

"Also, Dehui, I remember you mentioned before that your father was looking for a job? If he hasn't found one yet, I suggest that he consider working in shipping, running shipping from Hong Kong to New York. This way, he can find an opportunity to see you every time he comes to New York." Lin Ran mentioned it casually, as if it was just a casual suggestion.

Chen Jingrun wouldn't take this as a suggestion. He knew full well that Lin Ran knew his identity, and also the identity of his so-called father. Since the other party brought it up like this, there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

But Chen Jingrun remained calm on the surface: "I will discuss it with him carefully."

Lin Ran nodded. "Companies like Shunchang Shipping, Orient Overseas (International), and Global Shipping are good. Remember to mention them."

Finally, Lin Ran handed him the envelope in his hand: "This is a letter of recommendation. If you want to apply for Professor Harvey's doctorate, please write to me in advance."

As he stood up and walked over to Chen Jingrun, Lin Ran whispered, "Remember to go to my office at Hong Kong University and get a document on the night I leave. I've put it in the bottom drawer on the right. It's a hundred thousand times more important than the math I taught you."

Without even turning his head, Chen Jingrun silently took note of Lin Ran's words, and then whispered in the same low voice: "Professor, Professor Hua Luogeng has been transferred to work in Yangcheng."

Lin Ran stopped walking and clenched his fists, "Okay!"

He knew what message Chen Jingrun wanted to convey to him.

In the Peninsula Hotel near Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, at a Japanese restaurant called Tokyo-ken, mathematics professors from Japan and India gathered together.

Ihara Yasutaka was very dissatisfied with the smell of curry that filled the room.

Although they did not have to pay for the meal, which was paid for by JETRO (Neon Trade Promotion Organization)'s office in Hong Kong, the original intention was to entertain Professor Lin, but a group of Indians showed up instead.

It would be fine if there was Ramanujan, but let alone Ramanujan, there is not even a second-rate mathematician here by Ihara Yasutaka's standards.

"Shimura-kun, I really don't understand why Professor Xiaoping invited these Indian scholars to dinner," Ihara Yasutaka complained. "This doesn't make any sense to the Japanese mathematical community."

Yasutaka Ihara was only 22 years old at the time. After graduating with a bachelor's degree, he went on to study for a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Tokyo. He was about the same age as Goro Shimura, and because he was also working on number theory, he was brought to Hong Kong.

Goro Shimura is about eight years older than him. He has experienced the roller coaster of his work being unknown and then being dug out because of the citation of bigwigs, so he is much more mature:

"How do you ensure that there aren't any other Indian scholars like Randolph?"

Department of Mathematics, University of Göttingen, Germany

"Professor, how could you let a mathematician like Randolph escape!" Max Doylin was holding the latest issue of "Advances in Mathematics" that had arrived from across the ocean, his face full of disbelief.

"Do you still want the University of Göttingen to become a center of mathematics again?"

This issue of "New Advances in Mathematics" published in detail Lin Ran's proof of Fermat-Diophantine conjecture, proposed and proved the important tool of linear formal logarithm theory, and further improved his Randolph Program.

After the paper was published and the journal spread globally, it was considered another achievement worthy of winning the Fields Medal.

Alan Baker of Protospace did win the 1970 Fields Medal for his theory of linear logarithms.

Carl Ludwig Siegel felt extremely regretful after reading Lin Ran's latest paper.

Just because he agreed to Horkheimer and accepted Randolph Lin as his last disciple, his reputation was ruined.

(End of this chapter)