From all-round academic master to chief scientist

January 19, 2019.

Huaguo, go to Beijing, 9:30 in the morning.

The Great Hall of the People, the auditorium for tens of thousands of people.

At this time, the place was already bustling with people, the three floors of seats were already packed, and even the corridors were crowded with people.

There were only over 9,000 people who signed up, but the number of people who actually got the news and wanted to come exceeded 10,000.

This put a lot of pressure on the staff. After all, they had to coordinate the order of more than 10,000 people, but they also had to sigh that it was a bit too much for a mathematical problem to attract so many people. It’s incredible that they have worked here for so long, but they have never seen a conference that can attract more than 10,000 people to visit, let alone that this is an academic report!

They were all quite surprised when they learned that a large auditorium with thousands of people had been arranged as the venue for this academic report.

On the other side, the digital cameramen of the TV station have already set up their cameras. From various directions and angles, this report will also be broadcast live around the world. At the same time, it is also ensured that this report conference that can be remembered in history can be In the form of video, it will be passed down forever.

The people sitting in the first few rows on the first floor are all famous mathematicians at home and abroad. At this time, they are also discussing.

"I didn't expect you all to come here. Didn't you complain that China was too far away?"

"Didn't you also say that you don't believe that anyone can prove Goldbach's conjecture, so you didn't come?"

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"Heofgot, you are indeed here too."

"How could I not come? After all, I proved the weak Goldbach conjecture, but now just a few years later, someone has proved the strong Goldbach conjecture. I have to come."

Herofgert, the prover of the weak Goldbach conjecture in 2013, has a very high reputation in the mathematics community.

"That's true."

…

"Faltings, are you here to join in the fun?"

"What about joining in the fun? If you want to say that the person joining in the fun is you, Deligne."

"Haha, you must not know about my friendship with Lin Xiao, right?"

"I don't need to know."

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"Professor Qiu."

"Professor Tao, I didn't expect us to sit together again."

"This venue is really big."

"Of course it's big. The significance of this venue is also very significant in China."

Qiu Chengtong smiled slightly, at least he was not at Beijing University. I believe the people at Beijing University must be very sorry, right?

…

"Professor Wiles..."

"Witten, a physicist like you is here too."

"Come on, I'm the only physicist to win a Fields Medal, so of course I have to."

"..."

These top mathematicians in the world were all chatting before the report started, but in fact, they were all impatient for the report to officially start.

They had been looking forward to this day for too long.

Apart from mathematicians like them, the people sitting in the auditorium on the second and third floors were mainly those who came to join in the fun, including many students from various universities in Beijing.

These students also looked at the scene with surprised faces.

"There are too many people!"

"Does Lin Shen want to report to so many people?"

"I feel like my calves are shaking just thinking about it."

"yes!"

How much pressure do you face when giving an academic report in front of so many people?

When they think about the fact that they are only twenty years old this year, they feel an extremely huge gap even more.

Moreover, when they are less than twenty years old, they can hold an academic report in the Great Hall of the People and become the protagonist in the eyes of more than 10,000 people. Thinking about this, they all feel extremely excited.

As a true man, this is what you should do!

But obviously, among the younger generation, only Lin Xiao can do it.

…

Time passed slowly, and everyone was already looking forward to the moment when it officially started.

The report starts at ten in the morning, and at this time, there is less than five minutes left before the start.

Backstage, Lin Xiao was sitting on a seat.

Sitting opposite him was the Secretary-General of the National Council, who came in person.

"Are you nervous? There are more than 10,000 pairs of eyes." The secretary-general asked with a smile.

Lin Xiao smiled: "It's impossible to say I'm not nervous. However, I have given reports to thousands of people before, so I have some experience."

"That's good." The secretary-general nodded slightly and sighed: "When I was a few years older than you, I was still working as a worker. At that time, let alone face so many people, I spoke to hundreds of people in our entire factory. When I did it, I was a little scared.”

"You'll certainly have less to worry about now."

"Haha, no matter what, you are also the most outstanding young man I have ever seen." The secretary-general smiled, looked at the time, and said: "Okay, you are going to play soon, I won't delay you. .”

Lin Xiao nodded, picked up the cup next to him, took a sip, moistened his throat, and then stood up, waiting for that moment to come.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that a staff member came up to him and said, "Mr. Lin, the host has finished the introduction. You can come on."

"Um."

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and looked at the crowded auditorium.

To be honest, when he learned that the venue for the report was changed to the Great Hall of the People, he felt a little incredible. He could actually stand in the Great Hall of the People and give an academic report. He had never thought about it before.

After all, in his impression, the Great Hall of the People has never hosted such a purely academic conference. The opening ceremony of the 2002 International Congress of Mathematicians was held here, and other subsequent meetings were held at the Beijing International Conference Center. .

Looking at the spacious podium, he would next walk up to it and report the proof of Goldbach's conjecture to more than 10,000 people present.

Nervousness is inevitable, but it’s already here, how can you still retreat?

What's more, being able to be the only protagonist in such a venue, in one sentence, doesn't make him a man?

His eyes gradually became firmer, and then, he stepped forward, took his own steps, and entered the audience's field of vision.

Since the host had already controlled the venue when he introduced this academic report, the auditorium of tens of thousands of people had already become quiet at this time. When he came on stage, applause instantly filled the entire venue.

The applause of more than 10,000 people gathered to welcome this young mathematical genius.

Following the applause of more than 10,000 people, Lin Xiao, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, came to the center of the field.

"come on."

The host encouraged him in a low voice.

This host is a professional host on the TV station and is also Lin Xiao's senior. He has a famous saying: "Beijing University is okay."

It is said that he took the initiative to take over the task of hosting this report. Of course, it is also said that the professional hosts competed fiercely for the position of host of this report.

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

Then, the host left the stage, and Lin Xiao also came to the front of the microphone, looked around, and calmed down.

Then, he said: "Hello friends who have come here from all over the world and all over the country, I am Lin Xiao."

"Since it is an academic report, I will also give this report in purely academic language, so I won't say much else and get to the point."

The next moment, the large multimedia screen behind them flashed, and the theme of this academic report appeared, and Lin Xiao also spoke.

"Any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers."

"This is one-third of the eighth question among Hilbert's twenty-three questions. It is the crown jewel of mathematics. It is the top question of the number theory pyramid. It has eluded the mathematical community for more than three hundred years. problem."

"And today, here, for all my colleagues and friends here, I can confidently announce that it is ready to be crossed out on our notepads."

Lin Xiao's words made everyone feel a sense of self-confidence.

"Then let's get started."

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, the multimedia behind him flashed again, and his theory would begin from there.

"First, I want to show you my new tool, which is the sieve circle method."

"After combining the sieve method and the circle method, it is a new and perfect method. Next, I will focus on introducing it."

[Introducing Sieve theory: Suppose J is any set of prime numbers |J|≥, and I is any interval. Then |{m∈i: (M, ∏p∈jp)6=1}||{m∈[0, |i|1]……]

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As Lin Xiao started, the mathematicians sitting in the front row became serious in their eyes.

Although they have read the paper on arxiv countless times in the past few days, listening to Lin Xiao's story from beginning to end may also allow them to discover some problems in the details.

However, mathematicians can understand it, but others cannot.

After all, this is an academic report, and it must be talking about professional things, and most of the people who come to join in the fun are sorting out most of it.

These people came here after hearing the name of Goldbach's conjecture, whether they are foreign or domestic people in China.

Among them, 3,000 people can really understand, even a small part, which is considered good. However, less than 500 people have read Lin Xiao's paper and read it all. Two hundred people is not bad.

In any case, there are only so many top mathematicians in the world. Even if all the winners of the Fields Medal, Abel Medal, Wolf Medal, and Crafford Medal are added together, there are not 200, let alone one of them. A lot of duplicates and dead ones.

Therefore, mathematics is a game for geniuses, and only geniuses can thrive in it.

As for ordinary people who want to dive into mathematics, they should turn to applied mathematics as soon as possible.

Of course, for those who don't understand, they came here not to understand what Lin Xiao said, but simply to witness that historic scene.

So, time passed slowly, and Lin Xiao was not in a hurry, but slowly told the story. The Great Hall of the People had given him half a day to give an academic report, so he did not have to worry about time issues at all.

His only mission is to make this report perfect.

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"Under the assumption that there is no scaling between CoPs, we have the following embedding:..."

[C(n,M)C(t,M)C(s,M)δr(C(m,M))……]

"From this we can get..."

"Next, continue to introduce the concepts of several special dividing circle mappings. Let MN and C(n, M)6= be the CoP containing the axes L[a], [b], by converting CpP C(n, M) Along the so-called flip axis L[a]..."

As Lin Xiao's narration gradually entered the key point, the mathematicians in the front row looked more and more seriously. Until Lin Xiao's narration passed this part, everyone felt extremely amazed.

"Bravo!"

Heofgot couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is what I wanted but couldn't touch!"

The person sitting next to him couldn't help but nod. The person next to him was Wendelin Werner, winner of the Fields Medal in 2006, and Heofgert were both professors at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. .

He also praised: "But I did not participate in that Bourbaki seminar. Thinking about it now, it is really a pity."

"I didn't go there either, which is a pity."

Heofgot also shook his head.

It would be perfect if we could see how the prover of Goldbach's conjecture went from catching the inspiration to the final proof.

Especially for the mathematician who proved the weak Goldbach conjecture.

Wendelin Werner watched Lin Xiao's next process, the round sifting method, gradually completed.

"I was 38 years old when I won the Fields Medal. Now, he is not even twenty years old. If he wins the Fields Medal at the next International Congress of Mathematicians, he will directly compare the age of the youngest winner. It’s been promoted for six years!”

Heofgt also nodded. Although he did not win the Fields Medal, he also knew the importance of Lin Xiao's proof of the successful Strong Goldbach Conjecture.

Of course, mathematicians do not care about the proof of Goldbach's conjecture; they care about the tools developed during the proof process, and the sieve circle method is undoubtedly an extremely important tool.

In the future, there will be four terms in the mathematical world named after Lin Xiao, Lin's group transformation method, Lin's conjecture, Lin's sieve circle method, and Goldbach-Lin theorem.

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"At this point, our sieve circle method is completed, so let us use it to solve Goldbach's conjecture."

As the PPT pages turned, Lin Xiao also completed the core part of the narration.

The next work is already obvious.

All the mathematicians below also showed expressions of relief.

The work below can be done by them as well.

But with the round sieving method, they really can’t do it.

It only took about ten minutes, and the PPT only used four pages.

Lin Xiao stopped describing the theory on the PPT.

Then looking at the silent audience, he slowly took a few steps forward and smiled.

"So, as you can see, we can prove that any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers."

"More than two hundred years ago, Goldbach, who lived in Moscow, sent the letter to Euler in Petersburg, which plunged the mathematical world into trouble for more than two hundred years. At this point, please let me repeat the previous sentence: I can confidently say that it’s on our notepads, ready for a cross.”

The auditorium was silent for a moment, as if the time pause button had been pressed.

But a moment later, violent applause sounded again, and the entire audience stood up and gave the most enthusiastic response to the young man standing on the podium.

History is made at this moment!

To avoid being accused of breaking the chapter again, I wrote a little more. Today there are three chapters and more than 10,000 words!

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