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Chapter 147 Big Brother's Conversation (410 510)

"Isn't this guy too outrageous? How long has it been since he proved twin prime numbers? Our "Mathematics Yearbook" hasn't been published yet. He is going to prove Goldbach's conjecture?"

As a member of the editorial board of "Annals of Mathematics", Peter Sarnak, a researcher at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, and a professor at Princeton University, was just about to leave his office, but when he was about to go to the classroom, he happened to see his own A computer pop-up window, this pop-up window is a forwarded email.

Peter Sarnak, who didn't pay much attention at first, just glanced at the name of the sender of the email, and then stopped because he saw that the author of the forwarded email was them. Zhou Ming, an old acquaintance of Mathematics Yearbook.

He went back to the computer and clicked on Zhou Ming's email. After reading the contents of this email, the shock in Peter Sarnak's heart could not be described in words.

If there is a description, Zhou Ming's email gave him more shock than [-] horses galloping in front of him.

At the same time, those mathematics professors at the Academy of Mathematics who received the forwarded email from Zhou Ming and read the content were all as shocked as Peter Sarnak, who hadn't had time to read it before. Viscount Pierre Deligne who sent this e-mail already knew about it.

No way, there are several mathematics professors in the Institute of Mathematics of Princeton University who work part-time in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Such a big matter will definitely be discussed, and everyone who didn't know about this discussion will know about it.

Viscount Deligne, who is over 70 years old this year, also knew about it, and it was his colleague Robert Langlands who told him.

This Robert Langlands is a mathematician born in British Columbia, Canada in 1936. He has been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton since 1972, and won the Wall Prize in 1996. Husband Mathematics Prize.

"You said, is there really such a strange person in this world? Before 2015, the world's mathematics community had never heard of such a person, and he had achieved such an achievement in just one year.

Just talking about the paper on dynamical systems he previously published in "New Advances in Mathematics" and the previous papers on Laplace eigenfunctions that he subsequently submitted to "Annals of Mathematics", this is already very impressive. It’s amazing. I didn’t expect it to prove the twin prime conjecture.

Now, he said in an e-mail to us that he had proved Goldbach's conjecture, and invited us to attend his academic report, which is really unbelievable.

I know several mathematics professors in Huaguo, and they all said that they had never heard of such a No. 2015 person before [-], whether they were in Huaguo before or after they left Huaguo, they had never heard of others before. Talked about the name.

According to what they said, they only found out about Zhou Ming last year. "

Robert Langlands was sitting opposite Pierre Deligne at this time, and he said to Deligne with an incredulous expression on his face.

"Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of mathematical geniuses. Before there was Johann Karl Friedrich Gauss, there was Leonhard Euler, there was Bernhard Riemann, and now there are Andrew Wiles, Xinkang Bulgan, hehe, and people like you and me can be regarded as mathematical geniuses in the eyes of the world.

Even the younger generation, there are Terence Tao, Peter Scholzer and so on. "

Deligne smiled slightly when talking about himself. Although Robert Langlands was eight years older than him, the communication between the two did not care about age at all. The age gap did not form any barrier between the two of them.

Let alone the difference of eight years, it is the difference of 28 or 38 years old. What is this to people who share the same ambition?

"It is true that there has been no shortage of mathematical geniuses since ancient times, but even if Gauss and Euler are resurrected, I am afraid that they are not as outrageous as this one.

Others are geniuses from childhood to adulthood.

But this Zhou Ming is different, he suddenly became a genius, aren't you really curious? "

Robert Langlands obviously didn't think Zhou Ming could be described as an ordinary genius.

"His performance this year is indeed very dazzling, but there is still a long time to come, you have to see how he will perform in the future, right?

However, if he has been a mathematical genius since he was a child, he has been interested in mathematics a long time ago, and he has always been studying problems in the field of mathematics.

It's just because he hasn't researched any results, or he hasn't published his research results, so not many people know about the fact that he has been delving into mathematics problems all the time. What about the previous research results? "Deligne didn't want to argue with Robert about genius.

"It is indeed possible, but he is not a person in his 40s or 23s. I heard that he seems to be 24 or [-] this year? Even if your guess is true, so many research results this year are two or three years old. It’s outrageous to get it out in a year’s time.”

After Deligne finished speaking, Robert obviously thought about it and felt that the situation he mentioned was indeed possible, but he still felt that Zhou Ming's situation was too outrageous.

If you really want to count according to Deligne's statement, Zhou Ming has been studying knowledge since he was a teenager, which he only learned when he was a graduate student majoring in mathematics. What about his previous knowledge?Self-taught before your teens?Isn't that just as outrageous?
Finally, Robert touched his beard with one hand, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to Deligne: "What do you think of this matter? Are you going to China to listen to his talk about this matter?" An academic report on Goldbach’s conjecture?”

"I do want to see, even if he's not going to prove the Goldbach conjecture, I'm going to see what this young man in his 20s looks like.

However, you just said that all the professors at the Graduate School of Mathematics at Princeton University have received the forwarded email, but you haven’t said whether he has sent you a proof of Goldbach’s conjecture. There is proof process documentation? "Deligne was indeed very interested in Zhou Ming, and finally he asked Robert the question he cared most about.

Robert shook his head and said to Deligne: "No, there is no attachment in the email he sent.

In fact, I also wonder, why didn't he send an attachment of the complete process of his proof of Goldbach's conjecture?He posted it on arxiv first, and it is impossible for us to steal his.

If you want to say that he has not proved it yet, I think it is unlikely. After all, the academic report he said in the email is on February 2st, it must have been proved, or else he is still thinking about it. Will Goldbach's conjecture be proved in a short time? "

After hearing what Robert had said, Deligne also nodded in agreement. Now it is almost NO.20, and it will be nearly ten days before February 2st. In ten days, I want to thoroughly prove it from scratch. Going beyond Goldbach's conjecture, this is simply impossible.

"It may also be that he feels that there are some flaws in his proof, so he can't show it to us? That's also not possible. If he really thinks there are flaws, he won't make any academic reports and invite you.

Tsk, I can't figure it out, but I'm getting more and more curious. "Deligne said with interest at the end.

"In addition, there is no recent article he uploaded on arxiv, which really makes people wonder what kind of medicine he sells in this gourd. We can only look at it on the spot on February 2." Robert said.

"Are you ready to go too?" Deligne asked.

"The proof of Goldbach's conjecture, I will definitely go for such a big thing. Even if there is something wrong with his proof process in the end, he proved that the twin prime number conjecture is an ironclad fact.

As you said, go and see what this young man in his 2015s who has shaken the world of mathematics in 20 looks like. "Robert said with a smile at the end, and Deligne also laughed together.

……

In today's era of advanced Internet, the speed of information transmission is far faster than anyone's imagination.

On Zhou Ming's side, on the third day he started writing the proof process of Goldbach's conjecture, he had successfully written out the entire proof process.

At the same time, in Ugly Country on the other side of the ocean, after less than 24 hours of dissemination, Zhou Ming will give an academic report on proving Goldbach’s conjecture at the Huaguo University of Science and Technology in China on February 2st. Mathematics professors from the Institute of Mathematics at Princeton University are already aware of this fact.

Some people who heard the news in Ugly even called their acquaintances in Hua to inquire about the situation.

From their point of view, since this news came from China, they would definitely know more and more detailed information by asking their friends in China.

But when they called and asked, some mathematics professors on Huaguo's side were confused.

What proves Goldbach's conjecture?What invites a professor of mathematics from Princeton University's Institute of Mathematics?What is an academic report on proving Goldbach's conjecture at HKUST on February 2?

Zhou Ming hasn’t made it public yet. Knowing this news, Li Mingzhi and the old professors and leaders above who signed Zhou Ming’s application for the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars knew about it. spread the word.

On the contrary, those domestic professors who were asked by friends in Ugly Country with a confused face said one after another, "I'm really not sure about this matter. I'll ask someone to ask. I'll get back to you when I find out." , Such a question made more people aware of such a thing, and it began to spread slowly.

"Dean Li, has the result of my outstanding youth application come out?" After Zhou Ming succeeded in writing out all the certification process on the third day, he was not in a hurry to post it online, but called Li Mingzhi. Call over.

"Okay, it's out. I passed it at noon today. I saw that you were busy studying Goldbach's conjecture, so I didn't call you. How is it?" Li Zhizhi saw that it was Zhou Ming who called. It's a little strange, it's already past six o'clock, it's dark outside, and Zhou Ming has only been in retreat for less than three days, why did he call himself?

Li Mingzhi was a little worried about whether Zhou Ming was hot for 3 minutes, he didn't hold back a fart in three days, and he was a little upset or something.

"I have proved Goldbach's conjecture." Li Mingzhi was still thinking wildly in his mind. Zhou Ming told Li Zhizhi on the other end of the phone that he had proved Goldbach's conjecture. Zhou Ming's words were completely out of Li's Sensible expectation.

To Zhou Ming, his simple words meant nothing.

But to Li Zhizhi, Zhou Ming's simple sentence of thirteen characters was like a thunderbolt under a sunny sky, and he didn't know how to speak for a long time.

Zhou Ming naturally knew how much this news surprised Li Mingzhi.

Although Zhou Ming did not personally experience the experience that he spent 20 years in the last simulation to prove Goldbach's conjecture, but was finally proved by others, but after the simulation ended, Zhou Ming chose experience as a reward.

After Zhou Ming acquired his [Mathematical Experience] skill in the last simulation, he actually felt the emotion he felt in the simulation during the three days he spent writing the proof of Goldbach's conjecture. There is that special love for mathematics.

Zhou Ming couldn't understand his future self's love for mathematics in the simulation when the simulation just ended, because although he doesn't say he hates mathematics now, he really doesn't have that kind of love for mathematics.

But this time, in the process of writing down the proof of Goldbach on the printing paper, Zhou Ming was like the future him immersed in the mathematics world in the simulated world. Now he really feels that he likes mathematics more.

"You...you...what did you say?" Li Zhizhi wondered if he was old and had problems with his ears.

How many days is it?

It took less than three days to count. Zhou Ming spent less than a hundred hours without eating or drinking in these three days. In such a short time, he called and told himself that he had proved Goldbach's conjecture. Who can believe it? ?
No one can believe it!
"Dean Li, I have completed the complete demonstration process of Goldbach's conjecture." Zhou Ming patiently said to Li Mingzhi again.

"Where are you now? Are you still in your residence? Is your residence the one that the school provided you before?" Li Mingzhi said to Zhou Ming excitedly.

He just wants to go to Zhou Ming right now, to see with his own eyes how Zhou Ming proved Goldbach's conjecture in less than three days. He even wonders if Zhou Ming is deceiving himself. He has to see it with his own eyes. look.

"Yes, I'm still here at the house provided by the school when I came here, Dean Li, you... beep." Before Zhou Ming could say this, Li Mingzhi hung up the phone.

Seeing that Li Mingzhi hung up the phone, Zhou Ming looked at the phone screen, smiled helplessly, shook his head, and sorted out the original manuscript of the proof process of Goldbach's conjecture.

After about 30 minutes, Zhou Ming heard a knock on the door. The sound sounded a little hurried, as if someone outside was about to break in if he didn't open the door.

Zhou Ming walked into the living room and opened the door.

As soon as the door was opened, as Zhou Ming expected, it was Li Mingzhi who hurried over.

"Have you really proved Goldbach's conjecture?" Li Mingzhi walked into the room and asked Zhou Ming excitedly.

"Prove it." With that said, Zhou Ming walked into the room, picked up a stack of thick printing paper from the table and handed it to Li Mingzhi. "That's the proof process."

"Dean Li, do you want to drink water?" Zhou Ming handed the proof process to Li Mingzhi, and was about to pour water for him, but just after he finished speaking, he found that he didn't even have a disposable water cup here, even if he wanted to give it to him Li Zhizhi poured water and didn't have a glass to fill it.

"No need, no need." Li Zhiming waved his hands excitedly, and took the original manuscript of the complete proof process of Goldbach's conjecture handed over by Zhou Ming.

"Have you uploaded it?" Li Mingzhi pushed his glasses, looked at Zhou Ming, and asked him.

"Not yet, look, it's all right." Since Li Mingzhi said that there was no need to pour water, and Zhou Ming didn't have a disposable water cup in his room, he simply didn't pour water for Li Zhizhi.

Hearing Zhou Ming tell him to read it, Li Mingzhi didn't say anything more, but went to a chair and sat down, and began to look through it.

"Is this order from the first page to the last page?" Li Mingzhi turned over the pages of printing paper and asked Zhou Ming.

"Yes, just follow this first page and read back." Zhou Ming explained from the side.

(End of this chapter)