Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 64: Assignment of tasks

　　After joining the LHCb as an intern, although the organisation did not assign him specific research tasks, Orion, who felt that his knowledge was not yet sufficient, consciously began to learn about quantum chromodynamics.

　　To be more specific, he read papers.

　　In the meantime, something else happened in the world of mathematics.

　　German Schultz succeeded in solving a special case of the Weight-monodromy conjecture, which was published in the latest issue of the Annals of Mathematics.

　　Moreover, he used his own "P.S. theory" to solve the conjecture in the field of algebraic K-theory.

　　This result not only solved a world-class mathematical problem, but also provided a classic example of his "P.S. theory" to prove its application.

　　Now, less than a year later, he has made good on the declaration he made at the Congress of Mathematicians that he had "solved an important conjecture of Deligne by creating a theory of his own".

　　The Cole Prize in number theory is no longer in doubt, and the light of the twin prime conjecture will undoubtedly dominate the number theory world this year.

　　And the Cole Prize in Algebra has also been decided with the publication of this paper.

　　On some foreign maths forum, many devotees have already begun to discuss that to whom the Fields Medal belongs in 2018. There is no doubt that these two will become the strongest contenders for this award.

　　However, regarding this matter, Orion had only learnt about it, but did not pay any in-depth attention to it.

　　Algebraic K-Theory was not a direction that he was good at, and for things in this direction, he only understood it.

　　As for that paper, if he wanted to understand it, he would have to study Schulz's "P.S. Theory" first, and he was too busy to do that right now, so he simply couldn't get the time to do it.

　　Finally, the time came in May, and Stewart departed for Geneva with Orion in tow.

　　In fact, there was another researcher here, a PhD student that Stewart had taken, but he had arrived last month. Outside the airport, next to a black Volkswagen, Orion finally met this colleague who he had only heard about but not seen.

　　"Hello, hello, I've heard a lot about you," as soon as they met, Joannes smiled and shook Orion's hand, "Just call me Joannes."

　　Orion humbly replied back, "Orion, small success, not worth mentioning."

　　"You're a potential winner of the next Fields Medal, the alumni are unanimous in their favour!" Joannes said with a smile.

　　"You're going to stress me out."

　　Orion was genuinely feeling the pressure; Schultz won a maths prize for almost every two papers he published, even though he'd only published about a dozen papers in total.

　　His own first medal, on the other hand, I'm afraid, will have to wait until the end of the year.

　　But Joannes was unperturbed and smiled as he patted Orion's shoulder.

　　"Pressure is motivation, hard work is the only way to win, I'm optimistic about you! I've already arranged the hotel, come on, get in the car."

　　Saying that, he took the suitcase in Stewart's hand and put it into the boot, then returned to the driver's seat and started the car.