Chapter 34: The door to a new world collapsed with a boom

Chen Jingrun had always felt that his days in Xiangjiang were very happy, being able to come into contact with the most cutting-edge mathematical knowledge.

He had previously worked in number theory, always thinking that number theory was just number theory, and that the different sub-fields of mathematics were like different small paths created by walking in the mountains.

Although these branches all extended from the great tree of mathematics, after extending, the different branches no longer had much of a relationship.

As a result, after reading Lin Ran's proof of the Fermat Conjecture, he knew that there was a deep connection between mathematics and analysis, and subsequently realized from the Langlands Program whether there were similar deep connections between other sub-fields.

Whether the branches extending from the great tree of mathematics would merge again in the future.

It was not a great tree, but a great river, where different tributaries converged to form a confluence flowing into the sea.

And in the process of learning at Lin Ran's tutoring class, although what the other party was teaching was harmonic analysis, not the number theory he excelled in, the content contained within, and the organic combination between analysis and number theory that it vaguely pointed to, were like a glance from a goddess that intoxicated those who could understand.

As Chen Jingrun, who had always been receiving mathematical learning and training in the mainland and unable to receive the most cutting-edge mathematical content in real-time, this was simply like rain after a long drought; he felt that his soul had been replenished during this period, and he had never been so motivated.

Because of this, he couldn't understand how the classmates in the class could stop coming to class one after another; such a rare opportunity, a lecture by one of the world's top mathematical masters, and they could actually not come.

Being able to come into contact with cutting-edge mathematical knowledge was happy, but there were also frustrating aspects, which was that he simply couldn't find a suitable opportunity to ask Professor Lin the questions he had been given before coming out.

Before coming, he knew how famous Professor Lin was, and the people who trained him had also repeatedly emphasized that Professor Lin must have countless eyes watching him after coming to Xiangjiang, and he needed to know how to find opportunities.

After arriving, he realized that he had still underestimated the degree to which Professor Lin was sought after; not to mention the Xiangjiang newspapers competing to report on it, even their batch of students were chased for interviews and photos, saying they were the future stars of the mathematical field.

Even because fewer and fewer people persisted, those who remained were particularly eye-catching.

Even though Chen Jingrun was careful again and again, not wanting to be photographed, he was still photographed by a tabloid, which even called him one of the most talented students in Professor Lin's mathematics seminar.

Under such circumstances, it was even more difficult for him to find an opportunity to ask Professor Lin the questions he wanted to ask.

And when he was recording today's lecture content in his notebook, and the content transmitted by Professor Lin, he felt that the content the other party had taught in the past all appeared in his mind one by one at this moment, connecting into a line, and the door to a new world collapsed with a boom at this moment.

At this moment, he was still sitting in his seat in the tiered classroom at the University of Xiangjiang, and on the oak desk in front of him appeared an exceptionally fair index finger; Chen Jingrun stared at Professor Lin's index finger:

"These are actually all related to intercontinental missile optimization."

This sentence echoed in his mind constantly, and his whole person seemed to have been struck by lightning; the lecture content during this period had never been so clear.

In just five minutes, it felt as long as five centuries.

"Actually, the content just mentioned can all be linked to the Langlands Program, because it contains the connection between symmetry and functional analysis, which is consistent with the abstractness of the Langlands Program..."

Chen Jingrun only knew how to mechanically record what Lin Ran said in his notebook at this time, his mind full of wanting to go back quickly and organize the content Lin Ran had taught in the past.

The number theory he loved, the cutting-edge direction of mathematics, and the new path to proving the Goldbach Conjecture, in the face of Huaguo's missile trajectory optimization, these had all become less important.

"Alright, today's class ends here, and we will continue here tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. One, two... fourteen, very good, even more people than I imagined." Lin Ran, standing on the podium, said with a smile while drinking water.

He even thought that in terms of lecture content and difficulty, it should be a single-digit number now.

In order to drive away most of the students as much as possible, Lin Ran didn't even leave time for after-class Q&A.

His explanation for this was that after the basic content was finished, he would specifically leave time for everyone to ask questions.

But the problem was, without Q&A, most people couldn't understand the basic content at all, and attending class was like listening to a heavenly book.

And precisely because of this, the students left one after another; if you don't understand, sitting here is also listening to a heavenly book.

Chen Jingrun, who would have persisted until Lin Ran left the classroom, rushed out immediately after hearing Lin Ran finish class.

He needed to verify the content Lin Ran taught in the fastest time, and then find a way to pass the news to truly reliable people.

When he received training before coming, Section Chief Zhang had already repeatedly emphasized to him that there were a total of three channels in Xiangjiang.

Routine information is passed back through Channel 1, emergency information through Channel 2, and highly confidential information through Channel 3.

In his view, if the content Lin Ran taught him was really related to missile trajectory optimization, then it undoubtedly belonged to content that needed to be highly confidential.

Compared to emergency, confidentiality was much more important.

But it was also very urgent; Professor Lin only stayed in Xiangjiang for two months, and being late by even one day could mean missing a lot of valuable content.

The reason he was in such a hurry was that he had to catch the 5:30 tram to the Toad Palace Building in Tongluowan, the location where he and the other party had agreed to exchange information tomorrow.

That's right, Channel 3 was divided into two steps; the first step was to go to the Palace Mansion, not in Yuen Long or Sheung Shui in the New Territories, nor in Yau Ma Tei or Sham Shui Po in Kowloon, but in bustling Tongluowan.

The Palace Mansion was also the first residential building in Xiangjiang to be sold in layers, and it was one of the landmark projects after the Fok Hing Yip Tong Real Estate Co., Ltd. entered the real estate field.

On his way to catch the tram, Chen Jingrun stopped to buy a copy of that day's "Tian Tian Daily" and a bowl of pudding in a blue-and-white chicken cup.

This contrasting-color blue and white chicken cup was, of course, a replica.

Sitting in the lobby of the Palace Mansion holding the newspaper and pretending to read it, he ate the bowl cake and placed the contrasting-color blue and white chicken cup on the coffee table.

Glancing at the watch on his hand, half an hour later, the old man cleaning finally walked to his side: "Is there still a boat to North Point at 7:30 tonight?"

"Change to the No. 6 tram to Shau Kei Wan, leave one more seat on the last bus."

The whole process was incomparably natural; if someone who knew Chen Jingrun in the past saw this, they would never have imagined that the person who was a bookworm in their impression could play a local Xiangjiang person so naturally and fluently.

After saying this, Chen Jingrun sat for a while longer, his heart beating, beating particularly violently.

Finally, he pretended to return to his residence inadvertently, but he had no intention of resting at all; he hurriedly flipped out all of Lin Ran's lecture content during this period, and after carefully searching through it once, he finally found the key information he needed to verify:

"Sure enough, the constant here is not a meaningless constant, but refers to the Earth's gravity." ===== CHAPTER 35 =====