Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 374 - 133: Bonus updates always make a surprise appearance before everyone_2

Especially Professor Pan Jingyuan, his selfless explanations of related questions have given me a relatively deep understanding of the Geometric Langlands Conjecture, enabling me to completely solve this problem in such a short time!

First, we start with the reconstructed objects defining the Conjugate Ridge Singular Point..."

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If last time when Qiao Yu pointed out mistakes and kept thanking Pan Jingyuan on stage, it made Professor Pan feel uneasy sitting in the audience, then this time, the gratitude expressed at the opening of the report was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.

Pan Jingyuan could feel that, in that instant, many eyes were on him, even though he was sitting in the first row, right next to Danis. But many professors also sitting in the first row turned their heads to look at his position.

Even if it was just a fleeting glance, they quickly turned their attention back to the young man on stage.

This kid...

Pan Jingyuan thought to himself...

But in the eyes of others, the impression of Qiao Yu on stage changed.

On stage, Qiao Yu was young, sunny, cheerful, confident yet humble, articulate, and full of confidence; he also knew gratitude...

Really, if you gather all the beautiful words in the world and place them on Qiao Yu on stage at the moment, it would not be an exaggeration.

Especially for the many elders sitting in the front row, Qiao Yu’s performance on stage was simply perfect.

With a constant bright smile on his face, yet it did not affect his performance; that youthful face and young body seemed to possess endless energy, something the resource and power holders among the elders longed for but could not obtain.

Even though the world’s technology has advanced to this point, there is still the most basic equality between people — time and life.

Yes, a homeless person on the street has just as much time and only one life like a Fields Medal honoree, it’s just that the value created per unit time differs, which leads to different meanings in life.

When people in their youth would mean light sadness to middle-aged ears, for those over seventy, the statement perhaps reveals much about life’s twilight. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

But the young person on stage exudes an overflowing vibrancy from the podium.

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"Truly... enviable."

Seeming to listen to the report earnestly, Lucas Eisen turned his head slightly towards Pierre Derini sitting beside him.

Noticing his old friend’s gaze, Pierre Derini smiled slightly and said, "Don’t you envy him? Eisen."

For the elder professor, just yesterday he spent three hours listening to Qiao Yu’s complete presentation, asked several questions, and received nearly perfect answers. So sitting here today, he was just being polite.

Lucas Eisen nodded silently.

How could he not envy?

At sixteen, even for a mathematics prodigy like Schulz, he was still participating in IMO, but Qiao Yu was giving opening reports at world-class mathematics conferences, even with them elders helping in any way they could for various reasons.

"Schulz said he would nominate this kid for this year’s Fields Medal," Pierre Derini sighed again.

This time, Lucas Eisen shook his head and said, "Too early, his achievements are not convincing enough. The proof of the Geometric Langlands Conjecture is built on the work of Danis, Pan, and others. I’ve read his paper on the upper bound derivation of rational points on curves; it shows a lot of innovation but still isn’t enough.

Pierre Derini nodded, agreeing with Lucas Eisen’s assessment, then added meaningfully, "Indeed it still isn’t enough. But I think Schulz knows what us old-timers think; next year is just a trial. But over the next four years, if he produces any more results, it won’t just be a trial then.

With this young man’s ability, producing results is likely. Not to mention he has already gained lots of admiration and friendship. He’s a great young man, isn’t he? Maybe then I’ll cast my vote for him too."

Upon hearing this, Lucas Eisen instinctively turned his head towards Frank’s direction, then remained silent.

Having navigated the academic Jianghu for decades, he could certainly hear the underlying meaning of Pierre Derini’s words.

He wants to push his grandson-in-law to the top; it’s no secret.

Or rather, in this world, there’s no real secret, only secrets divided by rank.

The higher the status, naturally, the fewer secrets the world has.

Although there’s more than one Fields Medalist at every International Congress of Mathematicians, the slots are limited. There are also many big names in the math world, each with their own preferred candidate. The most frustrating thing is, according to Fields’ rules, once you are over forty, the chance is gone.

Unless you make an exceptionally significant contribution, a contribution so great that most mathematicians worldwide feel that not giving a Fields Medal to this mathematician over forty would dull the prize’s prestige.

For instance, someone solving the Riemann Conjecture after forty.

But even so, they wouldn’t get the formal Fields Medal. For example, Wiles, who proved Fermat’s Last Theorem, only received a silver special plaque since he was over forty after the proof.

So Pierre Derini’s words led Lucas Eisen to realize that Frank most likely wouldn’t have the chance to compete for the Fields Medal.