Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Institute of Advanced Mathematics, at 11:30 in the morning.

At this moment, Deligne is checking his e-mail box, and is preparing to select the papers he is interested in from the manuscripts sent by the "Mathematics Yearbook" and "Mathematics Chronicle" editors, and review them during the lunch break.

Roughly swiping the line by line heading, but at that moment he suddenly stunned.

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

Goldbach Conjecture?

With his eyes narrowed, Deligne opened the email and looked at the abstract of the paper.

Although there is a double-blind peer review principle in the Mathematics Yearbook, in fact, this rule is not strictly enforced for scholars who are already relatively small.

For example, some people who like to hang ariv before submitting, will receive reminders of colleagues in this field. Another example is the abstract part of the paper, some grammatical and verbal style details, it is easy to guess the identity of the contributor.

There is no doubt that this paper was written by Lu Zhou, after all, this is not the first time he has reviewed it for him.

Looking down the line, Deligne frowned slightly.

Suddenly, he looked up at the doctoral student who was not far away and said, "Smith, when I go back to the restaurant, bring me a bacon sandwich and coffee."

The doctoral student named Smith stretched himself and said, "Okay, professor ... planning to eat in the office today?"

"Yes," Deligne reached out and opened the printer, taking his glasses out of his pocket and putting them on. "An interesting paper is waiting for me."

...

After five full days, Lu Zhou did not hear any wind, as if his paper was thrown into the water.

Until the sixth day, he suddenly received an unexpected call.

The caller is Qiu Chengtong.

After being connected, Mr. Qiu only had one sentence.

"Did you prove it ?!"

Hearing this fierce question, Lu Zhou gave a slight churn first, then nodded.

"If you're referring to Goldbach's conjecture ... I did prove it."

After hearing Lu Zhou's answer, the phone did not move for a while.

Because he was too surprised, Qiu Chengtong didn't know what to say for a while.

He has seen many talented new generation Chinese mathematicians, such as Tao Zhexuan who teaches at the University of California, Yun Zhiwei who is teaching at Yale University, such as Xu Chenyang, etc., who have made outstanding research results in their fields.

However, Lu Zhou is undoubtedly the most dazzling one, and also the one that most surprised him.

He just suggested that Lu Zhou work hard in the direction of Goldbach's conjecture, and did not expect to prove it with his ability.

After all, whether it is the sieve method or the round method, this issue has come to an end. Even if he has accumulated enough experience in the research of prime numbers, it is impossible to solve this conjecture in a short time.

However, Lu Zhou's performance was completely beyond his expectations ...

Taking a deep breath, Qiu Chengtong asked seriously: "How confident are you?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and replied: "More than 90%."

In fact, what he wants to say is 10%. After all, even the system recognizes his steps, but it is better to be a low-key person. Who knows how difficult a reviewer will ask? He has a ten percent certainty, but without a ten percent certainty, he is sure to be recognized.

After hearing Lu Zhou's answer, Mr. Qiu nodded.

His research direction is mainly partial differential equations and differential geometry. He has even studied mathematical physics, but he does not include the field of analytical number theory, so he cannot evaluate Lu Zhou's thesis from an academic perspective.

But if Lu Zhou can say with a positive tone that he is 90% sure, even if there is a problem, it is only a matter of modification.

After a pause, Mr. Qiu said with emotion: "Since the death of Mr. Hua Luo Geng, the Hua Luo Geng School has been suppressed by two hills, and even the whole Chinese nation ’s number theory community has been slumped. To be honest, I was surprised that I could not think of you Debach's conjecture proves it. I was thinking about it. Studying Goldbach's conjecture will definitely help you to deepen your understanding of prime numbers. Even if you can't solve this problem, the things you learn from it can make you much better in the future ... Come, I despise you. "

The Hua Luo Geng School is the internationally famous "Hua Guo Analytic Number Theory School". This school is also known as the Mizuki School.

As for the two big mountains mentioned by Mr. Qiu Lao, although it is not clear which ones, but Lu Zhou probably guessed the grievances of Mr. Qiu Lao and Yan Da and the many accusations on the mountain of domestic mathematics.

But he didn't want to participate in these things, so he just smiled and didn't answer.

After a pause, Mr. Qiu asked with a smile: "After graduation, are you interested in coming to Mizuki as a professor?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and answered with a smile: "I will probably be a professor at Princeton for two years. As soon as I return to China, I have promised Academician Xu to return to his alma mater to teach."

Hearing what Lu Zhou said, Qiu Chengtong said nothing, but nodded and said, "Let ’s do it, you may be at Jinda University. The most taboo thing to do is to be a monopoly. Scholarships bloom everywhere, and there will be collisions and sublimation of thinking. Jinling University is a good place, not far from the academic circle, and you are willing to do your studies there. "

When I went to Mizuki, I was standing on the opposite side of Yan University School. Mr. Qiu also seemed to realize this.

If Lu Zhou was just an outstanding scholar, he would certainly invite him to Mizuki at all costs, revitalize the Mizuki school, and fight against several domestic courts in the hilltops.

But Lu Zhou's talents have come to the point where Mr. Qiu Lao could not bear to watch him waste it outside of academics.

At least in his 20s to 40s, his talent should belong to academics, not academic circles.

After a few words of conversation, they ended the call.

But just as he was planning to have dinner, the phone rang again.

It wasn't anyone else who called this time, it was his mentor Professor Deligne ...

...

Due to Professor Deligne's phone call, Lu Zhou came to the Advanced Institute.

Since asking for leave, he hasn't stepped in here for more than two months, so much that he almost lost his way when entering through the side door.

After finally touching the office ~ www.readwn.com ~ Lu Zhou knocked on the door.

Looking at the student walking into the office, Professor Deligne took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose and rubbed his eyebrows.

"I've read your thesis ... but to be honest, Goldbach's conjecture is beyond my field of study, and such a major mathematical conjecture can't determine what I think, let alone my opinion Be your mentor. "

Lu Zhou expressed understanding of Professor Deligne's words.

Goldbach's conjecture is not, after all, the twin prime conjecture or Polignac's conjecture. Even if it is not as important as Wiles' Fermat's theorem, its difficulty itself deserves serious attention from the entire number theory and even the mathematical community.

He did not appoint an academic editor when submitting the "Mathematics Yearbook". The technical editor of "Mathematics Yearbook" threw the paper directly to Deligne, presumably he was not sure about this paper.

Lu Zhou went straight to the question and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Deligne: "I will arrange a one-hour report for you at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton. All you need to do is prepare a ppt and a speech. If you are not sure, I can send a personal helper for you. .Also, I need you to provide me with a schedule and tell me when you are free. "

Lu Zhou wondered: "My time is not a problem, it's just ... Is there any academic conference scheduled recently?"

He has always been following the academic conferences. If he remembers correctly, there will be no heavyweight conferences scheduled throughout May.

"No, but it doesn't matter," Professor Deligne continued after a pause, "the results of your research are enough for other scholars to make a special trip to Princeton."

The meaning in Professor Deligne's words was concise.

There is no arrangement for academic conferences, just arrange one.