From all-round academic master to chief scientist

Chapter 145 Comments in Science Magazines

Time passed quickly.

Goldbach's conjecture - well, the popularity of Goldbach-Lin Theorem has not dissipated. Various media who want to interview Lin Xiao also call him from time to time to express their desire to find him. interview.

However, no matter what, such situations are gradually becoming less and less.

After a few days, it basically returned to normal. At most, when you go shopping on the street in the future, you may be recognized by someone as "he is the person who proved Goldbach's conjecture." He even once went to When he was shopping in the small store downstairs, the boss gave him a free bottle of drink.

Or once when taking a taxi, the taxi driver recognized him and said he didn't want any money.

Lin Xiao couldn't laugh or cry about this. Of course, he could accept these small enthusiasms, so he accepted them.

As for the paper, he has already sent it to Science. Science magazine invited five top mathematicians to give him the final review work. Almost every one of them is a Fields Medal winner. .

They will conduct a final review lasting approximately two weeks to one month, analyze every step of Lin Xiao's paper, and then determine the final result.

Therefore, for the time being, there is no need to be too anxious about publishing the paper.

On the other side, there is also some good news. Several Fields Medal winners have reached cooperative relationships with domestic units or companies, such as Laurent La, who once gave a lecture in Bourbaki’s seminar. Professor Fogg joined Warwick, and two Fields Medal winners were invited to become distinguished professors at Beijing University. Qinghua University also benefited, and some companies also received the participation of these mathematicians. .

Lin Xiao was naturally happy to see this situation, which was why he set this report in China.

He stopped paying attention to what happened after that, until the end of January, when he got on a plane home.

As for Mimi, he gave it to Professor Zheng Ren upstairs and asked him to help raise it. Professor Zheng naturally did not refuse, and what surprised Lin Xiao was that Professor Zheng’s family also raised one at some time. After asking about it, it turned out that Professor Zheng bought a ragdoll cat after he came back from Paris. After taking Mimi back, Professor Zheng bought a ragdoll cat. Lin Xiao couldn't laugh or cry about this either.

Obviously, this Professor Zheng is really good.

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Lin Xiao didn't have anything to do when he returned home. As a college student, he didn't have any summer homework to worry about, so naturally he had to arrange all the time by himself.

Of course, for him, his time was naturally spent on studying. Since he planned to join the academician's research group, he began to study books related to materials science.

Father Lin and Mother Lin feel proud and distressed every time they see their son sitting at the desk like this for a day.

They are proud of Lin Xiao's achievements, which proved Goldbach's conjecture and became the most outstanding and famous young genius in today's mathematics world. Their parents are naturally very satisfied, and even because of Lin Xiao's own achievements, they also As a result, Lin's father has made progress in the unit, from the original minor subject to the current full subject position, and Lin's mother was originally a second-level teacher, and now she has been directly promoted to a first-level teacher. If it corresponds to the university title, then This is the level of intermediate lecturer, and one step up to associate professor.

This is the benefit that Lin Xiao's current status brings to the family.

But they also felt sorry for Lin Xiao's hard work. While other people's children were having fun, Lin Xiao spent all his time studying. Even when they asked Lin Xiao to go out for a walk, Lin Xiao refused.

In this regard, they have nothing to say.

In this way, the time came to the day of New Year's Eve.

Although I feel distressed, I still have to do it when it’s time to do it.

"Lin Xiao, go and post the couplet."

Lin Guowen greeted Lin Xiao, who was still reading in the room.

"oh!"

After Lin Xiao responded, he picked up the couplet and posted it outside the door.

The neighbor next door was also posting couplets. When he saw Lin Xiao coming out, he smiled and joked: "Hey, our great mathematician is also going to post couplets?"

Lin Xiao said while pasting the couplets: "My dad asked me to post them, so I can't refuse."

"Ha ha."

The neighbor laughed and said no more.

After a lot of work, only the word "福" on the door was left. Lin Xiao scratched his head. He heard that blessings on the door should be posted upside down, but it seemed that they were posted upright before?

So he asked inside: "Mom, should the word "福" be pasted upright or backwards?"

"Just stick it!" Mom responded.

"oh!"

After receiving the instructions, Lin Xiao quickly posted the couplets.

After returning to the house, he still had a few things to put on the door of the room, so he spent a lot of time to finish it.

However, this is not over yet, my mother asked him to help choose vegetables. Today's New Year's Eve dinner, several immediate relatives plan to come to their house for the meal, so there are more dishes to be made.

They used to have New Year's Eve dinner at each family's house, but this year they suddenly wanted to eat at their house. Naturally, it was because their house was very different from previous years.

Lin Xiao's outstanding performance outside was even able to give an academic report in the Great Hall of the People. At the same time, his family now has several million in savings, and his status among relatives has naturally improved.

So those immediate relatives said they would come to their home for a New Year's Eve dinner and a happy reunion, of course, to bond and bond.

Of course, there is no need to worry that the home cannot accommodate so many people.

After the family moved to a new house, the house is quite big, and they don't have to worry about the small dining table. When the time comes, a large turntable will be placed on it, which can accommodate more than a dozen people, and they don't have many immediate relatives.

Just like that, when the time came in the evening, a dozen relatives came. Lin Xiao also met the little cousin he met during the Chinese New Year last year.

The little cousin is now much more polite after seeing him, and looks like he admires him.

I probably used to say things like "My cousin proved Goldbach's conjecture" and "My cousin is the God of Forest" to my classmates in school.

In this way, the New Year's Eve dinner was a pleasant one, and Lin Xiao was also asked by her relatives if she had a girlfriend.

In the next few days, I naturally visited relatives and friends. In this way, the new year slowly passed.

On February 22, Lin Xiao returned to Shangjing.

Although he did not attend many classes, he still did not forget that he was a student and an undergraduate at a university.

So he had to come and report.

It was still a bit cold in Beijing at the end of February. When we arrived at the registration point, we could see that all the students here were still wearing down jackets.

Of course, he is no exception.

After registering, he didn't care. It would be better if he couldn't apply for classes this semester anyway.

Then he returned to Yanbeiyuan and picked up a courier.

What was delivered by courier was a magazine, it was "Science".

When you open it, you will see that the cover is like a blackboard, dark green, with two formulas written on it.

2n=p1+p2?

2n=p1+p2!

Just two simple formulas, but they undoubtedly express their meaning.

An even number is equal to the sum of two prime numbers.

Lin Xiao smiled slightly, the covers of science magazines are generally quite interesting.

Then, he opened the catalog and found his paper.

Opening the paper, the first thing is the comments of several people.

"This young scholar has unimaginable inspiration in mathematics, and his proof of Goldbach's conjecture undoubtedly confirms this - Jean-Pierre Serre"

Seeing this name, Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

This old man is also an old man in the field of mathematics. He was born in 1926 and is already over 90 years old this year, the same age as Grothendieck.

His contribution in the field of number theory is quite huge, so it is most appropriate for him to evaluate Goldbach's conjecture.

"With such an outstanding achievement, and coming from the hands of an 18-year-old young man, I believe that the mathematical community does not need to worry about the decline of talents in the future - Qiu Chengtong"

Seeing this name, Lin Xiao smiled slightly. Although Qiu Chengtong did not mainly study number theory, science magazines invited him to comment, probably because this mathematician with a grand slam of medals in mathematics came from the same country as himself.

After he proved Goldbach's conjecture, he also chatted a few words with Qiu Chengtong, one of the most influential mathematicians in contemporary times. Just by talking to him a few words, he could feel his profound knowledge. Mr. Qiu also valued him very much and told him that if he wanted to study abroad in the future, he could go to Harvard University to be his student.

As for promises, Qiu Chengtong didn't give them. After all, there was nothing to promise. With Lin Xiao's current achievements, which school would he not want? Not to mention things like full scholarships.

Lin Xiao continued to look at the next comment.

The third comment is that the editor-in-chief of "Science", Thorpe, can serve as the editor-in-chief of "Science". It is not simple at all, and his comments are very interesting.

"Sometimes, I really want to know what weird things are thinking in the minds of these mathematicians, especially when they solve these difficult problems. 』

Looking at this comment, Lin Xiao smiled.

What was he thinking about?

He is now thinking about what to eat in the afternoon.

"Oh, by the way, I have to go get Mimi back."

Suddenly remembering the Mimi that was still at Professor Zheng's house, Lin Xiao put down the magazine and called Professor Zheng.

Soon, the call came through.

"Professor Zheng, I have returned to Yanbeiyuan. Is it convenient for me to come to your home now?"

"Oh, Xiaolin, come on, I'm at home."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiao went upstairs and knocked on the door.

Soon, the door opened.

Seeing Professor Zheng standing at the door, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Professor Zheng, I'm sorry to bother you."