928 An Ethical Scholar

He liked to find talents that were worth cultivating and devote certain resources to help them grow.

Just like Chen Yang, who he poached from the Yan University mathematics center. It wasn’t like he did this out of spite for Academician w.a.n.g; it was purely because he saw a promising talent being wasted and abandoned.

Being able to understand the hyperelliptic curve a.n.a.lysis method in such a short amount of time wasn’t something that could be done by ordinary scholars. It was a kind of transcendent focus on mathematics.

Being able to focus like this in the chaotic environment of academia was one in a million.

This devotion toward mathematics was something more valuable than talent.

Lu Zhou had a lot to do, so he stopped Professor Wu from thanking him and left the laboratory.

Lu Zhou knew that Professor Wu would do a good job in the expert group, so he wasn’t worried.

After he left the carbon-based semiconductor laboratory, he was planning to visit his newly poached talent from Yan University.

However, he suddenly remembered that he forgot to share the good news with others, so he took out his phone and called Ms. CEO.

The phone rang two times and connected.

A pleasant voice traveled through the phone.

“Hi, did you miss me? Why are you calling all of a sudden?”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, “I have some good news to share.”

Chen Yushan curiously asked, “What news?”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, “A carbon-based chip with more than 10,000 carbon-based transistors has been successfully produced by the laboratory!”

The phone went silent for a few seconds.

Chen Yushan took a deep breath.

She spoke in disbelief.

“… Really?!

“Carbon-based chip?

“You’re not kidding?”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, “Do I sound like I’m kidding?”

Chen Yushan said, “… Where are you now?”

Lu Zhou: “The Inst.i.tute for Advanced Study. I just came back from Beijing.”

“No wonder…”

Chen Yushan sighed and leaned back in her chair. Her voice trembled as she said, “I thought we would have to wait at least another two years to see results. I didn’t expect it to be this soon… How long will it take for carbon-based chip technology to mature? A rough estimate.”

Lu Zhou contemplated for a while and spoke carefully.

“It’s hard to say. So far, we’re not sure what the physical limitation of carbon-based chips are and whether or not there are technical bottlenecks. However, we should be able to produce a commercialized chip within a year. Even if the chip is slightly inferior to silicon chips, its superior physical properties will make up for it.”

He paused for a second and continued, “I’ve asked Professor Wu to write some technical and test performance reports, and they should be done in a week. I’m sure he can explain it more clearly. You can just read the report…”

Lu Zhou arrived at the Inst.i.tute of Mathematics while talking to Chen Yushan.

After some small talk, Lu Zhou hung up the phone and stuffed it in his pocket. He knocked on Chen Yang’s office door and went in.

When he walked into the office, a cloud of chalk dust blew into his face.

Lu Zhou fanned the air and couldn’t help but ask, “Why don’t you open a window?”

Chen Yang turned around from the blackboard and pushed his gla.s.ses up his nose.

“… I forgot.”

“Go open the windows, or you’re going to get pneumoconiosis… Jesus Christ, it might be better for you to work outdoors.”

Chen Yang said in a serious tone, “But if it rains outside, I won’t be able to work.”

Lu Zhou: “…”

Lu Zhou finally sort of understood why this guy was kicked out of his office.

Chen Yang opened some windows and finally introduced some fresh air into the office.

Lu Zhou looked at the calculations on the blackboard and nodded.

“Are you comfortable working here?”

Chen Yang nodded and said, “It’s fine, I don’t really care as long as I have a blackboard.”

“Good, it seems like you’re settling in quite well,” Lu Zhou said as he began moving backward. He clearly didn’t want to stay in this dusty office for one more second. He said, “I just came to see how you were doing… See you around.”

Chen Yang quickly said, “Wait a second.”

Lu Zhou: “What?”

Chen Yang: “I have a question I want to ask you… Do you have time now?”

A question?

Lu Zhou was intrigued, so he smiled and said, “Depends on what the question is, go ahead.”

“I’m not sure if this will take up too much of your time. In the hyperelliptic curve a.n.a.lysis thesis, you pointed out that rational h.o.m.otopy theory only applies in intermediate dimensions, so the surgery theory doesn’t hold. I tried proving this myself and was inspired by it…”

Chen Yang picked up a pen and began writing on a blackboard.

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[… When n is greater than 2, the two n-dimensional complex dimensions intersect X ^ n (d), X ^ n (d ‘), there exists a differential homeomorphism if and only if their Euler number, total degree, and Pontrjagin cla.s.s are equal.]

Chen Yang took two steps back and looked at the blackboard. He then said, “If the above holds, we should be able to build a model that converts topological problems to complex a.n.a.lysis problems.”

Lu Zhou looked at the blackboard and raised his eyebrows.

This is an interesting problem.

He had thought about trying to solve Riemann’s hypothesis using partial differential methods, but he never knew where to begin. If a topology problem could be transformed into a complex a.n.a.lysis problem, maybe he could introduce a differential manifold into the hyperelliptic curve a.n.a.lysis, and something magical could happen.

It’s worth a try.

“Does this hold?”

Chen Yang scratched his head. He then shook his head as he said, “I don’t know… I think it’s true, but I don’t know how to prove it.”

“It’s an interesting problem.” Lu Zhou looked at the blackboard and took a picture with his phone. He said to Chen Yang, “I might not be able to give you an answer now, but I’ll do some research and get back to you later.”

Chen Yang nodded and said, “Sure, I’ll try to figure it out on my own as well.”

Lu Zhou smiled.

“Good, we’ll see who solves it first then.”