May of this year was a year of shock for the entire academic world.

The first to shake was the mathematics world.

On May 5, a heavyweight article was published in the latest issue of IMath——

"The Distribution of Mersenne Primes"

Simple and simple 7 words, but it is the most simple, directly reached the peak of the field of the largest prime number distribution, and instantly exploded countless researchers in related fields. In just three hours, the number of reposts of the paper has exceeded [-] million , On the Twitter statistical map, all five continents have turned into a piece of blue, completely swamped by this paper.

While the paper was popular, it also ignited numerous controversies.

Has the distribution of Mersenne primes been really discovered?Are there loopholes in the certification process?Could such a theory really be solved by a graduate student in a mathematics department?

A question lingers in the minds of all mathematics researchers and enthusiasts, and similar analysis posts will float on all mathematics-related forums in the future.

There are those who are right and those who are wrong, and they are chattering and fighting endlessly. It is completely a good place for water experience and blowing water.

William is a student of Prine, and he couldn't wait to start the research when this paper was pushed by email. The proof process with a very mathematical beauty made him study like chicken blood for a whole day, and he was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep at night. , simply opened the forum.

Ah!There are still people who slander this article, thinking that he proved it wrong?Can age and education definitely determine everything?Do you know what it means to be a hero out of a boy?

So he rolled up his sleeves and started working without hesitation.Forcibly, I stayed up all night arguing with netizens about this paper.

In an anonymous forum, he boasted without hesitation: "The author of this paper has found a different way, weaving a huge net, and fished out precious pearls in the ocean of mathematics! This kind of The difficulty is no less than looking for a needle in the straw pile! In the past, it was a task that only computers could complete, and this is the pinnacle of human brain power!

The discovery of the distribution law of Mersenne prime numbers is not the most important thing. What is important is that in his method, people can see a possibility, a new possibility that breaks the rules of the number theory field.This genius combined the two most basic methods of number theory to form his own unique solution.Regardless of whether the proof of Mersenne's prime number distribution law is useful or not, the wealth he obtained in this process is enough to benefit the entire number theory field for at least 20 years!

For those who criticize him, slander him, and deny his achievements, I feel sorry for your low IQ. No one here can even read his proof, let alone make a proof! "

After that, he fought with the sunspots for [-] rounds, and in different ways, he promoted the author of this paper to the sky.Even when the sunspots were all retreating, he even said "who else" arrogantly.

However, the tragedy of staying up late was that he naturally got up late the next day, so he could only put on his coat quickly, stuff a sandwich into his mouth, and rush to the professor's office.

His advisor is Professor Boda, a foreign academician of the Yuguo Royal Academy of Sciences, the dean of the Purin Institute for Advanced Study, the youngest winner of the Qingshu Award, the winner of the Wolf Mathematics Award, and a joint winner with Professor David Dirac Medal.

He is famous for his research on string theory, but at the same time he also spent 30 years establishing a new connection between the two major branches of mathematics, number theory and group theory - he discovered that formulas involving integers have incredible symmetries, and This put forward the "Langlands program".

This senior, who had spent most of his time in the field of mathematics and physics, and achieved world-renowned attention, was sitting at the table, wearing brown square-rimmed glasses, and writing something seriously with a pen.

William knocked on the door cautiously, and was greeted with a casual review from the instructor.

This professor can be regarded as the most rigorous one in the entire research institute. His white hair in threes and sevens is always meticulously docile on the top of his head. He is always wearing a gray suit and white shirt with a plaid tie. pressure.

Fortunately, the emperor of the mathematics world is in a pretty good mood today. Even this disciple who often gets into trouble didn't experience his poisonous tongue when he was late again: "Come and read this article."

The corners of Professor Boda's mouth curled up slightly, and he pulled out a somewhat stiff smile. William's scalp tightened when he saw it, and he hurried forward, and respectfully took the journal handed to him by the professor.

The journal is made of yellow kraft paper, and the large black characters of IMath are printed in a correct and elegant manner. The horse head logo at the bottom appears again and again in his dreams of publishing the top issue.

William swallowed his saliva. As the most disappointing disciple, he is still struggling with the pain of publishing three top journals before he can graduate. He suddenly felt a surge of admiration for this article that could be praised by his mentor.

He turned to a page annotated by his mentor, and his eyes widened. Isn't this the article that he stayed up late last night to support it?

The tutor has admitted this article, so I really judged that there is no problem.

"He is better than you," Professor Boda commented lightly, "I will send an invitation to him, hoping that he can come here to continue research, and you should learn from him in the future."

If this senior brother came here... William's eyes darkened, and he realized that he was about to enter the endless crushed hell.

But William couldn't help rubbing his hands when he thought of the proof process of the senior brother he hadn't met yet. The pointers are completely experience that can be written in the resume.

After arguing for nearly three days, Professor Boda was the first to stand up and publicly endorse the brand-new theory put forward by Gu Xingyi: "Gu Xingyi's research in this area is of pioneering significance. A difficult problem that has lasted for thousands of years, I think the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study will be proud to join him."

These words not only represent personal approval, but also the recognition of the entire Eagle Country mathematics community centered on Pu Lin. Moreover, the last sentence extended an olive branch to Gu Xingyi, almost blatantly inviting him to enter Purin Institute for Advanced Study.

Not only that, but this Professor Boda has a bad reputation. He has written more than once angrily criticizing the current impetuous phenomenon in the mathematics world. For a different point of view of a theory, he can even publish several communications in a row to prove his theory.

Due to these previous deeds, this guy who was often called a tyrant secretly would one day express his approval of a person so directly, and I don't know how many old friends and opponents were shocked.

As a result, Gu Xingyi's thesis was brought to the forefront again. A group of bigwigs commented on his thesis, but without exception, the evaluations were all positive.

This has aroused the collective excitement of the media all over the world. They are chasing hot topics like pirates who have seen a treasure.

Not long after the paper was published, Gu Xingyi's mailbox was filled with people, and his phone was bombarded round after round.All of them were invitations sent to Gu Xingyi by the relevant media after learning about the incident, wanting to interview him and obtain the latest information about this rising star in the mathematics world.

The last time he was on Nature, he had already handed over his mailbox and phone number to Xiao X. He threw all meaningless letters into the trash can, and refused to answer any unfamiliar calls. If he needed to reply, he would reply politely. Only important emails And the phone will appear in front of him.

However, media such as the Yuguo Times are still on the whitelist, and the invitations they swarmed up completely took over Gu Xingyi's mailbox.

Gu Xing browsed through it, and gave up the opportunity to show his face in front of the public without interest.

If you have this time, you might as well go to the laboratory for a while.

Before he had time to put down his phone, Xiao X sent him another message——Paris High School publicly recognized the new theorem of Mersenne prime numbers.

In the report, Professor Chloe, known as the "Rose of Mathematics", smiled dignifiedly and admitted frankly: "This is a very talented rookie. If he chooses to continue his research at our high school in Paris, it will be a great achievement. An honor for all of us. At the same time, I am very optimistic about him becoming the strongest contender for this year's Youth Award."

Shura field.There were only three words in Gu Xingyi's mind, and he couldn't help sighing when he saw the two invitations specially picked out by Xiao X in the mailbox.

Pullin or Gaoshi?This is a problem.

Unexpectedly, not only would I be entangled with Q or B since I was a child, but I would also be entangled with other schools when I grow up.

The vibration in the mathematics world here has not stopped, and then on May 5, JACS published a paper that can shake all disciplines——

"Preparation of hydrogen-containing carbon-based high-temperature superconducting materials and theory of high-temperature superconductivity"

The concise pattern of the previous paper is exactly the same, but Jianfeng pointed directly at the biggest problem in current materials science-high-temperature superconducting materials.Not only has a new generation of high-temperature superconducting materials been produced, but also the superconducting principles behind superconducting materials have been described in detail, which has prepared a theoretical basis for the development and use of high-temperature superconducting materials in large areas.

"This is an epoch-making discovery. He perfectly integrated the theory of condensed matter physics into the practice of materials. This paper not only made a huge contribution in theory, but also directly promoted the theory into the application process. This process, which usually takes several generations of hard work, was shortened by him to just a few months! Our textbooks will be rewritten because of this." The core paper of JACS is this one, and even an exciting one is attached. reviewers' comments.

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