Chapter 265: Promotion to academician, superconducting anti-gravity maglev train!
Zhong Mingchu walked into the review office with a relaxed mood.
Facing a group of judges who were said to be "easy to talk to", he first made a lot of self-introductions. His cheerful, generous and confident performance also made the judges have a good impression of him.
But soon, he could no longer relax.
There is a saying that goes well, there is a specialization in a profession, and there is another saying that crossing a profession is like a mountain. In addition, luck is also a part of strength.
Zhong Mingchu had very bad luck.
There were no academicians in the field of number theory present during the review. When it came to explaining the content of the results in the professional field, problems naturally arose.
In fact, Zhong Mingchu's personal resume and research results are very good. Putting aside Wang Hao's factors, compared with others, he can at least be said to be "not weaker than others."
He has worked abroad for a long time, won the Cole Prize in Number Theory and the Ramanujan Prize, and was invited to give a work report at the International Congress of Mathematicians.
Before returning to work in China, Zhong Mingchu already had a certain reputation, enough to serve as a professor at a prestigious foreign university. His personal level and achievements were sufficient.
However, crossing the line is like a mountain.
His research is all in the field of distribution of very large prime numbers, including some related calculation methods, screening methods, and characteristic analysis related to number theory, etc.
Speaking of these can at best allow laypeople to understand the research content, the level and influence of specific results, and it will be difficult for the reviewers present to make accurate judgments.
So one of the judges simply asked directly, "How does your result compare to the Kakutani conjecture?" "Well, it's hard to say."
Zhong Mingchu gave a somewhat embarrassing answer, and then explained, "My achievements are mainly reflected in mathematical methods, rather than solving a mathematical problem."
The judges looked at each other, and someone else continued to ask, "So, let's talk about the influence in the field of number theory. How does it compare with the influence of Professor Wang Hao's Mersenne prime number distribution?"
"Well...it's a little worse."
Zhong Mingchu was not only embarrassed, he was almost depressed to the point of vomiting blood.
Wang Hao’s research on the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers can be said to have an international level of influence. It has been reported by a large number of international media and has even “left the mathematical circle.”
The influence of his research is simply incomparable.
The judges looked at each other again, and someone asked again, "I remember Wang Hao was the one who did the original research on prime numbers, related to the Atting's constant argument. What about this?"
This time Zhong Mingchu felt a little more confident, "Absolutely." He added, "It should be a little stronger."
The judges all got it.
Although I am somewhat unclear about the details and influence of Zhong Mingchu’s research, I can almost understand it with comparison.
The review member sitting in the middle nodded and said, "We understand, you can go." "Huh?"
"You passed."
Zhong Mingchu stood up with depression. He did get the answer that he passed, but there were no major problems in the department review, and he would definitely pass. He knew that his performance was very poor.
Not to mention convincing all the review members, it is impossible to win half of the votes. This is why Zhong Mingchu feels heavy.
After walking out of the review office, he sat down next to Wang Hao with resentment all over his body. Gao Zhenming and Wang Hao looked over.
Wang Hao asked, "Professor Zhong, is it very simple?" Zhong Mingchu didn't know what to say.
Gao Zhenming also saw that it was indeed not simple. He suddenly became a little worried, but he had no time. Soon it was Gao Zhenming's turn.
Gao Zhenming's mood when he went in was completely opposite to Zhong Mingchu's, and his mood when he came out was also completely opposite to Zhong Mingchu's.
Their experiences are almost opposite.
Gao Zhenming's initial worries were somewhat unnecessary, because his field does not overlap with Wang Hao's, and he is recognized as the world's top expert on algebraic geometry.
Wang Hao's research has greatly enhanced the academic status of algebraic geometry, and he is also a direct beneficiary.
The professional questions asked by the reviewers of the academic department were all related to the content of superconducting semi-topological microscopic morphology. Gao Zhenming had done some theoretical research and had talked about related content with Wang Hao before. Naturally, his performance was unusual when discussing the same issue again.
So he felt very good when he came out.
The questioner this time was Zhong Mingchu. He grinned hard and asked, "Is it difficult?" "Is it difficult? No way?"
Gao Zhenming said doubtfully, "I feel the same way as Professor Wang. It seems to be easy. I just made an introduction, talked about professional issues with the judges, and then came out."
"I just said it's easy!" Wang Hao immediately added, saying that there is no problem in expressing his feelings.
Zhong Mingchu immediately shut himself up.
.......
Faculty review is the first step.
In the afternoon, there was a formal meeting of the academic department, which started with a lot of complicated speeches, and then entered the final voting process for the academician co-optation.
During the department meeting, candidates are not allowed to enter the venue, they can only wait outside.
The meeting lasts two to three hours, and the candidates are very anxious while waiting outside, but they can do nothing but sit there and wait for news.
The voting process will proceed normally inside the venue.
This time, 67 academicians participated in the academic meeting. Each academician can cast a secret vote for each candidate. There are only two types of votes: "yes" and "no".
Because when the votes are counted, only the votes in favor will be counted. Participating in the vote and abstaining from voting is equivalent to voting against.
Wang Hao was the first candidate voted for.
The staff at the venue collected the votes and quickly organized them.
Academician Zhong Jinhua, who presided over the meeting, directly announced the results, "The candidate, Professor Wang Hao of Xihai University, received more than two-thirds of the votes."
The venue was quiet.
This result is perfectly normal.
Some people think that Wang Hao will pass unanimously, but the detailed number of votes will not be announced at the department meeting. The result is only pass or fail.
If a candidate receives more than two-thirds of the votes, it means that he has passed the vote and has been successfully elected as an academician of the academic department.
Next comes voting for other candidates.
Gao Zhenming is ranked 11th, and Zhong Mingchu is ranked 6th.
Their voting results were also announced separately. "The candidate, Professor Zhong Mingchu of Donggang University, received no more than two-thirds of the votes."
At this point, the selection of academicians in mathematics has ended. Wang Hao and Gao Zhenming were successfully elected as academicians of the academic department. Unfortunately, Zhong Mingchu lost the election.
After all the departmental meetings were over, a large group of academicians walked out of the conference room, and of course they also revealed the news.
Academician candidates waiting for the results had different reactions to the news.
Gao Zhenming clenched his fists in excitement, with an expression as if he was about to cry. He also hugged Zhong Mingchu beside him.
Zhong Mingchu's face was full of sadness. It took him a long time to push Gao Zhenming away with great force, and said with a sad face, "Congratulations!"
Gao Zhenming also realized that he shouldn't celebrate with Zhong Mingchu, so he simply comforted him, "It's okay, Professor Zhong, there will be opportunities in the future."
Zhong Mingchu also knew that he had a chance. He just felt a little regretful. In fact, he wanted to give up at first. Later, he was persuaded by others and felt that he would have a chance to participate this year.
The result was still unsatisfactory, and he was finally dismissed. Wang Hao was also very happy.
Even though I have been mentally prepared for a long time, the feeling of being successfully elected as an academician is still different. From now on, others can call themselves "Academician Wang."
Now many people are coming to congratulate Wang Hao, "Wang Hao, congratulations, you will be Academician Wang from now on!" "You are a young academician who is not yet 28 years old!"
"Amazing, amazing!"
"Congratulations, congratulations, even though I knew you would be elected a long time ago, it's still amazing."
"It's so normal for Wang Hao to be rated. At that time, you didn't know that during the academic review, several academicians were embarrassed to hear that it was the NS equation and Goldbach's conjecture. A result of this level could not be rated.
If you become an academician, then the academic department will lose face."
"That's right, how can Wang Hao be elected as an academician?" A group of people surrounded Wang Hao and kept praising him.
Wang Hao responded with a smile, and after chatting for a long time, he and Gao Zhenming went to the academic committee to submit materials. This was the last step.
The academic committee will then submit the materials to the bureau for review. Once approved, you will officially become an academician.
After completing the last step, Wang Haocai and Gao Zhenming walked out together. They greeted each other politely, then separated and went to the hotel to rest.
Although he only attended a meeting of the academic department, it was still very tiring at the end of the day. Wang Hao was in a good mood. The title of academician is a lifelong pursuit of many scholars, and he had already obtained the title of academician.
This is a lifetime honor and recognition from the country. Soon.
The Department of Mathematical Physics announced the final results of the academician co-optation, and seven candidates were successfully elected as academicians of the department.
Among them, there are five academicians in physics and two academicians in mathematics.
In the announced list of elected academicians, Wang Hao's name was placed first. When the news really spread, it also aroused a heated discussion in the public opinion——
"The election of academicians of the Department of Mathematical Physics has ended, and Wang Hao was successfully elected as an academician!" "The youngest academician in China has been announced, only 27 years old!"
"Academician Zeng Yiping: Wang Hao was elected as a new academician with a unanimous vote!" "Introduced by the new academician, Wang Hao personally occupies half of the page..." The news spread to Xihai University, and many people were very happy about it.
Wang Hao is a super heavyweight at Xihai University. After serving as an academician, he also allowed an academician to sit in the School of Science of Xihai University.
Domestic academicians are academic leaders, and their status is naturally different.
The school carried out a lot of publicity, and people in the school also discussed it privately. Naturally, the Mason Number Laboratory was also indispensable.
Luo Dayong, Zhang Zhiqiang, Zhu Ping and others also discussed together. "You are now elected as an academician? Wang Hao is not yet twenty-eight years old, right?"
"He is already a first-level professor, was elected as an academician, and last year won the Fields Medal... The pinnacle of his life!" Zhu Ping suddenly said, "I have been thinking about work issues. I feel that my research is...
There is definitely no future.”
The others nodded vigorously together.
Zhu Ping looked at the gnashing of teeth. It was okay for her to say it herself, but she was very depressed when others "affirmed" her.
She still suppressed her depression and continued, "How about I write a book? The title of the book is "My Colleagues, Academicians"."
"This is a bad name."
Zhang Zhiqiang gave a negative answer, "Nowadays, there are many, and the names must be attractive. Colleagues, academicians, what's so attractive? Why not call it "My Academic Super Boy and Me"..."
Zhu Ping looked at Zhang Zhiqiang blankly, "Isn't this a love story? I'm going to write a realistic one, do you think it's suitable?"
Luo Dayong also looked over expressionlessly, but his eyes looked very dangerous. "Haha~~"
Zhang Zhiqiang smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "It's actually quite a pity." "What?"
"Really, it's a pity." Zhang Zhiqiang said seriously, "If you think about it, we are only in our thirties, and under the age of forty, Dayong and I are already professors." After he finished speaking, he quickly added, "Zhu
Ping, you will definitely be promoted to professor in the future."
Luo Dayong twitched his lips.
Zhu Ping completely pretended not to notice, and the corner of her mouth could not help but curl up. She knew that she wanted to be promoted to professor, and it would probably take at least ten years to start, but she would definitely not feel bad if someone said, "I can become a professor in the future."
Zhang Zhiqiang continued, "In short, our lives have just taken off, and we still have many pursuits in the future. And Wang Hao, look at him, Fields, a first-class professor and academician, his life is complete, what else do he pursue?"
"I'm depreesed....
.”
Zhang Zhiqiang’s words seem to be very philosophical.
Luo Dayong seemed to nod in approval, and suddenly said, "How about this, will you transfer your house to me for free?"
Zhang Zhiqiang looked puzzled, "You really have a good idea."
"Didn't you say that a person should have pursuits? If you gave me your house, you would have more pursuits, career, money, wouldn't you become happier?" Luo Dayong said seriously.
Zhang Zhiqiang tugged at the corner of his mouth and said, "Why don't you say, let me give you my wife? By then, will I still be able to pursue love?"
"...Then...ahem."
Luo Dayong shook his head resolutely and said, "No, I already have a wife." He glanced at Zhu Ping and said immediately, "One is enough."
at the same time.
Wang Hao is participating in the superconducting maglev train project demonstration meeting held by the Science and Technology Department.
The superconducting maglev train project is a large project that has been discussed for several years. Academician Liao Guangyuan has been lobbying everywhere, hoping to finalize the project.
In the past, the chance of project approval was not high. The approval from the Science and Technology Department was directly blocked, and the approval had just begun. After approval, it would officially enter into demonstration research.
It's different now.
The superconducting materials experimental group has developed superconducting materials that exceed the critical temperature of 120K. The review of superconducting-related project applications is relatively relaxed.
The Science and Technology Department approved the project application, and the project entered the demonstration and research stage.
Although the project has entered a new stage, it does not mean that the project will definitely be carried out. A very detailed demonstration must be carried out, that is, how to implement it, how much money to invest, when to start the official construction, etc.
In any case, it is good news that the project passed the review of the Science and Technology Department. Liao Guangyuan was naturally smiling.
This demonstration meeting for the superconducting maglev train project was chaired by Liao Guangyuan, and many officials, business representatives, and scholars related to superconducting application research participated.
Wang Hao is also one of the participating scholars and the one who has received the most attention.
When Wang Hao entered the venue, he received countless congratulations. He had just been elected as an academician of the Department of Mathematical Physics, so the congratulations were naturally endless.
The words "Academician Wang" kept making Wang Hao feel very good.
When the meeting officially entered, Wang Hao did not express any opinions on the superconducting maglev train project itself. He just came to participate in the project demonstration meeting in the application field because he was engaged in superconducting-related research.
Superconducting magnetic levitation technology sounds very high-end, but in fact, the core principle is also very simple, which is to use the characteristics of superconducting high current to create a super strong magnetic field.
Under the influence of a super strong magnetic field, the train will float above the track. Without direct friction, the train will naturally travel very fast.
If a closed track is created, the air in the track is drained, and the train is allowed to run in a vacuum throughout the entire journey. Without the resistance of the air, the speed will naturally be further improved, and the maximum speed can even exceed 2,000 kilometers per hour.
Of course, the latter is still in a theoretical state and the possibility of implementation is very small.
Even superconducting maglev technology can increase the speed of trains to more than 600 to 800 kilometers per hour.
The main content discussed throughout the meeting was the technology for building superconducting maglev trains. Later, the benefits of building lines were also discussed, including accumulating experience in superconducting applications, supplementing domestic transportation, and displaying high-end technology to the world, etc.
wait.
The scholars who came here were concerned about technology, and Wang Hao was also concerned about technology.
After listening to most of the technical content, Wang Hao found that the technology of superconducting magnetic levitation is not difficult at all.
This is also normal.
As early as fifty years ago, superconducting maglev technology already existed. The first superconducting maglev train project was carried out in Germany, and later Japan also built maglev trains.
Due to continued high investment, Germany's superconducting maglev project was terminated.
We also sold related technologies domestically.
Most of the technologies mentioned in current project demonstration meetings are still the research results of Germans, and some self-researched parts are only supplements to the core technologies.
Wang Hao listened patiently and later thought of anti-gravity technology.
The current anti-gravity technology can already create a lateral force field, which can directly reduce gravity. "Can anti-gravity technology be directly used on maglev trains?" Wang Hao thought about it deeply and felt that it was very useful.
reason.
Superconducting maglev trains have many advantages. Even in terms of energy consumption, they are less than conventional high-speed trains. However, there are also many disadvantages, including construction costs and expensive maintenance costs. The most critical thing is technical problems. "Superconducting Maglev",
It's not "completely suspended" as imagined.
The superconducting maglev solution proposed by Liao Guangyuan is to build the most high-end "superconducting repulsion maglev train", which uses superconducting magnets to achieve levitation operation between the train and the line. The size of the levitation gap is generally about 100 mm.
This kind of maglev train does not levitate at low speeds, but can levitate when the speed exceeds 100 kilometers per hour.
At the same time, its maximum operating speed can reach one thousand kilometers per hour.
A large part of the reason why maintenance costs are relatively high is that the train does not float during initial operation, which causes continuous wear and tear on the parts of the train that contact the track.
"If you use anti-gravity technology, that is, create an "anti-gravity maglev" train, where maglev and anti-gravity are combined, or go one step further and create an anti-gravity superconducting maglev train," you can make the train in the initial stage.
Can be levitated directly..."
"In this way, on the one hand, the wear is reduced, and on the other hand, it is easier to float. The magnetic field required by the track itself is greatly reduced, and the energy consumption will be reduced accordingly."
"At the same time, we can accumulate experience for the application of anti-gravity technology..."