Chapter 80 Overseas prestigious schools collectively compete for talents
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Pomerance. Thank you for coming all the way to attend this number theory conference."

Xu Yuan took the initiative to shake hands with Pomerance and greeted him in English with a warm smile on his face. Although the two had a huge age gap, they were closely connected because of their common research on Carmichael numbers.

During the conversation, Xu Yuan behaved very confidently and without any sign of nervousness.

Pomerance looked at the young man who had solved the Carmichael number interval problem that he had left behind, and his mind could not help but recall the scene of proving the infinite number of Carmichael numbers with his two friends. He felt very emotional.

Before meeting Xu Yuan, he thought that the witness might not be a college student as he said.

But he just listened to the entire report and Xu Yuan's answers to the questions he raised.

Only then did I finally believe this fact completely.

It was this young man in front of him who made up for his biggest regret in Carmichael Number.

"I should say I'm glad to meet you. That was a really wonderful number theory presentation."

"Your thinking and understanding of mathematics are the most gifted I have ever seen."

"Thank you."

"You made up for my regret."

Pomerance held Xu Yuan's hands tightly with both hands and expressed his gratitude to Xu Yuan with all his heart.

Tang Shihong and Liao Fangyi, who witnessed this scene, did not hide the pride and honor on their faces at all.

All I need to do is write a sentence.

These are students from our Qinghua School of Mathematical Sciences.

As for Academician Ma Zhiming, Chairman of the Mathematical Council and Dean of the Department of Mathematics at Yenching University, he is quite regretful.

I remember that it was he who personally awarded Xu Yuan the national gold medal in the mathematics winter camp finals.

The main reason was that Xu Yuan's performance at that time was that of an excellent competition student. Since Tang Shihong valued him and wanted to recruit him into Qinghua, he, as the dean, was embarrassed to go out in person to snatch him away.

Looking back now, if I had known that Xu Yuan had such high talent, I should have directly brought him to Yenching University.

What’s the use of face?

Seeing Professor Pomerance so excited, Xu Yuan quickly responded.

"Professor Pomerance, you are too kind. If you predecessors had not first solved the problem of infinite Carmichael numbers, I would not have been able to prove their intervals."

"I have only stood on the shoulders of giants and glimpsed a little bit of the path to the palace of mathematics."

The voice just fell.

The voice of the on-site photographer suddenly rang in my ear.

"Dear professors, let's take a group photo for publicity."

Academic conferences like this with the participation of overseas universities will certainly be reported in newspapers and on the Internet. There are many journalists on the scene today. Seeing new and old mathematics scholars shaking hands and exchanging ideas, such a scene with a sense of inheritance must be filmed.

In response to this, Xu Yuan straightened his body to face the camera, and the others gathered around and put Xu Yuan and Pomerance in the middle.

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At the lunch banquet, Xu Yuan took the initiative to come up to Feng Zuming.

Of course, he didn't mean to embarrass the other party. His main consideration was that they were old friends after all, so he had to say hello.

"Professor Feng, welcome to Yanjing."

After listening to the report in the morning, Feng Zuming had to admit in his heart that Xu Yuan was indeed talented in mathematics.

No wonder it can solve the Carmichael number interval problem.

As a result, I became more open-minded and no longer thought that meeting Xu Yuan was such an embarrassing thing.

So when he saw Xu Yuan coming over to him during dinner, he also stood up and greeted him.

"Congratulations, classmate Xu Yuan."

And he did not forget to apologize for what he had said before.

"Also, I wish I could take back what I said earlier. I underestimated your talent for mathematics."

"Professor Feng, you don't have to take it so seriously. In fact, I had already proved the Carmichael number spacing problem before you said that at the Olympic dinner." Xu Yuan shook his head and looked at Feng Zuming and told him truthfully: "So I didn't take your words to heart."

"Has it been proven long ago?"

After hearing these words, Feng Zuming's heart was immediately filled with turmoil.

I really didn't expect that Xu Yuan solved the problem of spacing infinite Carmichael numbers so early.

When I think back to what I said, I feel a little embarrassed.

However, even as things progressed to this point, he did not forget that he had to do another thing.

I immediately extended an invitation on behalf of the school again.

"Student Xu Yuan."

"You are indeed very talented in mathematics, but that is why you need a better growth environment."

"I still hope you can come to Princeton University."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Professor Pomerance, who noticed the movement here, was not to be outdone.

Also participated in the drama of snatching people.

"Xu."

"Our doors at Dartmouth are always open to you."

Many professors present were from overseas universities. After listening to Xu Yuan’s report in the morning, they basically confirmed that Xu Yuan was indeed a mathematical genius with outstanding talent. Since other schools had extended invitations, they would certainly not lag behind and extended invitations on behalf of their own schools.

"Cambridge University can find the best mathematicians to train and guide you."

“Harvard University also welcomes you to join us.”

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Seeing the situation develop like this, Feng Zuming, who first sent out the invitation, could not help but be dumbfounded. He never expected the plot to change in this direction.

Xu Yuan, who has become a hot commodity, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when faced with invitations from major prestigious universities around the world.

If he really just walked away, Qinghua University would probably cry to death.

The purpose was to invite these professors and scholars to attend the academic conference for exchange, but in the end the keynote speaker was poached away. Is that okay?

I am afraid that Qinghua University will regret hosting this event with Yenching University and the Mathematical Council.

This is indeed the reality. Seeing so many famous overseas universities extending olive branches to Xu Yuan, Liao Fangyi, the head of the Department of Mathematics at Qinghua University, was somewhat panicked.

After all, if Xu Yuanzhen agreed, Qinghua would have no reason to detain him.

"Professor Tang, are you sure there will be no problem?"

"Don't worry, Director." Tang Shihong turned his head and said comfortingly to Liao Fangyi.

I have full confidence in Xu Yuan.

At this time, Hu Zhiwei next to him also smiled and added: "This is not the first time Princeton University has invited Xu Yuan. Xu Yuan will definitely stick to his choice."

Liao Fangyi felt much more relieved after hearing what the two professors said, but his attention was always on Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan has already planned his subsequent studies, especially to complete the innovative canard aerodynamic layout plan.

Of course, it is impossible to go abroad to study at university at this time.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, he had to speak up and express his attitude.

"Thank you all for your support, senior mathematicians. I have no plans to leave Qinghua University for the time being."

As he finished speaking, many people at the scene showed expressions of regret.

Although Feng Zuming had guessed the result long ago, he couldn't help but sigh after hearing this and sitting down.

"It's such a shame."

Liao Fangyi breathed a sigh of relief at this result. Just as he was thinking about the future training of Xu Yuan, Ma Zhiming's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

“Although Xu Yuan is a student of Qinghua, he represents the rapidly growing fresh blood in my country’s mathematics community.”

“Both the Mathematics Council and Yenching University will give their utmost support.”

"I feel relieved with Academician Ma's words." Liao Fangyi turned around and looked at Ma Zhiming and said excitedly.

Although Xu Yuan chose to continue his studies at Qinghua Academy of Mathematical Sciences, which made him very happy, he was also worried that the backwardness of domestic mathematics level would inhibit Xu Yuan's growth.

Now hearing Chairman Ma Zhiming say this, he became more confident.

According to the meeting schedule, other selected people will give reports on stage this afternoon and tomorrow.

The fields involved are all related to number theory.

Originally, it would not have been a problem if Xu Yuan did not attend, but because Zhang Yitang took the initiative to ask for advice on the proof of the sieve method on prime numbers, the two of them found a quiet discussion room to exchange research with each other.

After several hours of discussion, not only was Zhang Yitang fascinated, but Xu Yuan also felt that he had gained a lot.

It is also worth mentioning that during this period, many reporters and media wanted to interview him.

Among them was the female reporter from Youth Daily.

In response, Xu Yuan found excuses to reject all the interviews, and when he encountered someone really difficult, he would push Tang Shihong out.

In short, you must not waste time on interviews.

Even when he returned to the dormitory after communicating with Zhang Yitang in the afternoon, he deliberately went through the side door of the lecture hall.

I’m afraid that I’ll be surrounded by media reporters and won’t be able to leave even if I want to.

But just as Xu Yuan arrived downstairs of Bauhinia Apartment and was about to go upstairs, two girls suddenly ran over from the side.

It caught him a little off guard.

"Could it be that the media reporters are waiting here on purpose?"

This question popped up in my mind, but before I could open my mouth to ask, I heard the two girls take the initiative to explain their identities.

"Hello, junior."

"We are sophomores in the journalism department. Can we do a simple campus interview for you?"

"I promise it won't take too much time."

After hearing these words, Xu Yuan immediately realized that it was another senior from the Journalism Department who came to do the homework.

He did not forget that when he first came to Qinghua to listen to Tang Shihong's lecture, he was stopped by students from the Journalism Department for an interview.

At that time, he was mistaken for a graduate student.

However, he had been overworking his brain today due to his research on number theory and was too lazy to deal with any interviews. Just as he was thinking of finding a reason to refuse this so-called interview, two familiar figures suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

It was Li Zhenya and Wang Haitao who were running down from upstairs.

So he immediately took advantage of the situation and shouted, "You two came at the right time. These two senior sisters from the journalism department just happened to be looking for someone to interview."

After Li Zhenya and Wang Haitao came to him, Xu Yuan did not forget to say something to the two senior students.

"I have something else to do, so I'll go up first."

Li Zhenya and Wang Haitao saw two girls talking to Xu Yuan on the balcony.

Remembering that he had promised to block the knife for his brother, he ran down without saying a word.

"Hello, senior sister."

"Our roommate is usually shy and doesn't like to talk to people, so you two seniors should interview us."

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(End of this chapter)