Liu Jiayi: A 22-year-old full professor who has become an Internet sensation

Twenty-two years old. What are you doing?

There are a million answers -- too busy writing papers, too busy finding jobs, too busy falling in love... But for Liu Jiayi of Central South University, at the age of 22, he has already completed his transformation from an ordinary undergraduate to the youngest full professor, writing a true "legend".

The starting point of the legend lies in Liu Jiayi's success in solving the problem of "Sitapan conjecture", which had been silent in mathematical logic for twenty years and puzzled many mathematicians, with his solid scientific research foundation for many years. For this reason, the university took the unusual step of appointing Liu Jiayi, only 22 years old, as a full professor, making him the youngest full professor in China.

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Guess -- Any goal is my motivation to move forward

The difficulty of Sitapan Conjecture is defined as follows: if Goldbach Conjecture is the World Cup champion, then Sitapan Conjecture is the league champion. The pebble, thrown by British mathematical logician Joseph Sitapan in 1995, has never been deciphered. Until one day, when Liu Jiayi was a student, he came into contact with Sitapan conjecture for the first time while studying mathematical logic on his own. Within less than two months, he stamped a negative stamp on the world's difficult problems, and was recognized by the authority of the international mathematical community through the platform of the Journal of Symbolic Logic.

He admits that his success is not quick, but step by step, step by step. In high school, he taught himself advanced mathematics. He is always grateful, Professor Hou Zhenting as his mentor, among which the various twists and turns, recognize the hero of the hero after hero efforts have impressed him in mind. Speaking to the media for the first time, he expressed his sincere gratitude to his teacher: "I want to thank Mr. Hou most for today's achievement."

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Magic - Just do what you love

Before the publication of the paper that made him famous, Liu Lu was just another Liu Lu. "Liu Jiayi" is not only a homonym for his online name "6+1", but also carries the "beautiful memories" of his life. The seriousness and calmness of the academic school did not affect his multifaceted extracurricular life. Love sports, love photography, love chess, simple but not simple, ordinary but not plain.

The double champion of 400m and 1000m in the school sports meeting did not bring him much attention. Indulging in library and English literature, he is not only a bookish logical thinking, but also does not like to think and solve problems in a fixed way. His unrestrained imagination is his daily equipment. He believed that imagination is creativity and the only way to break through all bottlenecks.

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"After 90" - and exam-oriented education hit a draw

Born in 1989, he has the characteristics of the "post-90s" generation, which is completely neutral in his concept. "They are rebellious and have individuality", Liu Jiayi summed up the shining points of the post-90s generation. And he himself, in fact, is the best spokesman for the two adjectives. As an opponent of test-oriented education, he does not have the ferocity of some campus rebels, but he also quietly eschears the traditional points-oriented model of education. Do not hand in homework on time, do not seriously listen to the class, according to their own preferences, full of plans and dreams to live and learn. In his opinion, time is worth it when it is spent on something he really enjoys. Ostracized by mainstream values, "the real sorrow of people who work hard and don't know what they're doing".

"That's for others to say," Lau replied when asked how he viewed the term "genius." Insipid in the vague detachment is full of people can not refuse the king temperament.