Chapter 123 Genius? Madman?

The morning of the fifth day of the academic exchange meeting.

A man in a suit walked quickly to the door of Room 306, and politely reached out and knocked on the door.

"Mr. Lu Zhou, your report will start soon, is it convenient for you now?"

There was a sound in the room.

Then, the voice came out.

"Now? Isn't my report in the afternoon?"

The expression of the man in the suit was slightly awkward, he coughed softly, and continued: "To be precise, an hour later, because of a small accident, a reporter from Belgium temporarily withdrew his submission due to schedule problems. Papers, there is a temporary adjustment to our lecture schedule... haven't you checked your mailbox?"

There was a moment of silence in the room, followed by an impatient sigh.

"...Wait for me to take a shower."

The staff member of the conference affairs group breathed a sigh of relief.

"We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to you... Also, please don't wash for too long."

...

In Lecture Hall No. 1, which is slightly larger than the lecture hall of Jinling University, there are about two to three hundred people sitting in the audience. Among them are little-known little people, and there are also big names in academia.

For example, Professor Pierre Deligne, the favorite student of the late mathematics emperor Grothendieck, such as Professor Wang Xiping from Yenching University...

Perhaps because of his poor mental state, Lu Zhou standing on the podium was unexpectedly calm, without any nervousness or stage fright.

After straightening the microphone, Lu Zhou sorted out his ideas for speaking, and after seeing the "start" signal given by the staff of the conference affairs group, he spoke slowly.

"Everyone should have read my thesis. Originally, according to the arrangement of the conference affairs group, the content of today's report meeting should be the research on the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers... But because of the willful schedule arrangement of the conference affairs group, this report meeting The report that should appear in the afternoon will be moved to the morning, so please allow me to make a small capricious request."

After pausing for a moment, Lu Zhou looked at the conference staff next to him, "Can you hang a whiteboard on it for me?"

The staff of the conference affairs group froze for a moment, then hesitated and said: "No problem, but the projection effect of the projector on the whiteboard is very poor, and the people behind may not be able to see it."

"Just give me another pen." Lu Zhou glanced at the projector, "This thing can be turned off."

Many people in the audience were whispering and talking, not knowing what Lu Zhou was going to do.

The staff of the conference affairs group were also curious, but it was obvious that they had encountered more strange requests from the "geniuses" not once or twice, so they quickly complied and dragged a whiteboard from the classroom next door.

After receiving the marker pen from the staff of the conference affairs team, Lu Zhou nodded and said "thank you", then turned to face the whiteboard, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and entered the system space, and started the enlightenment time.

The last hour.

He will be here to complete the final proof!

Opening his eyes, Lu Zhou raised his pen.

On the whiteboard, write down the first line of calculation...

When Lu Zhou meticulously wrote the proof process, the atmosphere in the venue was a little restless.

It’s fine if you don’t say a word, even if you don’t play the PPT, it’s really unfriendly to those rookies who have attended academic conferences for the first few times.

The two students who looked like students sitting in the back packed up their things and left quietly.

The duration of an academic conference is only a few days, and there are only a few lectures that can be listened to. These 30 minutes are very important to the speaker, and it is also very important to the people who listen to the lecture.

As for those big cows who often participate in various academic conferences, they have seen a lot, and the expressions on their faces have not changed. They focus on the results of the reporter, not the reporter himself...

When Lu Zhou wrote the tenth line of calculation, Professor Deligne, who was originally expressionless, suddenly raised his eyebrows.

He changed his posture with his crossed legs, looked at the teaching assistant next to him, and said in a low voice, "Do you have the notebook with you?"

The teaching assistant was stunned for a moment, and quickly took out the notebook and pen, "I'm taking it with me."

"thanks."

Putting the notebook on his lap, Deligne stared at the lines of calculations on the whiteboard, his eyes gradually becoming serious.

At the same time, sitting on the other side of the venue, Mr. Wang Xiping was also staring at the whiteboard.

Although he is old, it is not so easy for him to see the things on the whiteboard even with glasses, but he still looks very seriously and carefully.

Sitting next to him was Yanda's academic exchange group, which consisted of three undergraduates, one graduate student, and one doctoral student. Among them were students he led, and some his old friends entrusted him to bring them out to see the world.

Staring at the whiteboard in front of him, Wei Wen frowned and said, "Sieve? What does he want to do?"

yes.

What does he want to do...

Mr. Wang is also thinking about this problem.

But when he saw the tenth line of calculation, his muddy eyes narrowed for an instant, and then opened with a hint of disbelief.

Seeing this, he probably guessed it.

But I can't believe it...

He actually wants to challenge the world's problems here? Prove the twin prime conjecture! ?

Either crazy or crazy...

"...Sieve method? He is proving the second formulation of Goldbach's conjecture? No, no, this step..." Molina stared at the whiteboard, poking the pen tip at the notebook in her hand, her sapphire-like pupils flickered with disbelief "...Professor Zellberg's paper published in the "Annual Mathematics" in 1995, about the supplementary research of topological methods to the sieve theory...he is challenging the twin prime number conjecture!"

When Lu Zhou wrote the twentieth-line formula, 30% of the people in the venue had already understood what the reporter on the stage wanted to do.

As for the rest of the people, it doesn't matter if they don't understand.

This kind of academic conference itself is open. The only difficulty is to submit papers and be invited. There is no high threshold for registration. It is better to say that the organizers are eager for you to come and give money. After all, the registration fee is not cheap.

And taking a ten thousand step back, it doesn't matter much even if you don't sign up.

This kind of semi-open academic conference, although the conference affairs team has issued admission badges, but they don't check this thing when they come in to listen to the lectures. Therefore, many people who did not sign up did not prevent them from coming to listen to the lecture and discuss mathematical problems with the "standholders" of academic posters.

The only difference is that they can't put up their own posters, can't stay in the Princeton Hotel, which is booked out, and can't participate in the cocktail parties on the first and last days.

Wei Wen, who was staring at the whiteboard and holding the pen tightly, suddenly said, "Vinogradov's three prime number theorem?"

Professor Wang Xiping nodded: "Yes."

Wei Wen couldn't help asking: "Professor...what exactly does he want to do?"

Professor Wang Xiping smiled: "Hehe, can't you see it?"

Wei Wen looked solemn and shook his head.

"Then keep reading." Professor Wang Xiping sighed, looked at the whiteboard on the stage, nodded approvingly, and sighed softly, "It seems that this old Tang has brought out a good seed... next time Twenty years, you can look forward to it."

He didn't notice the movement in the venue. Lu Zhou's attention was already focused on the whiteboard. The speed of each stroke in his hand was not fast, but he was extra cautious and exerted extra force.

The time passed by every minute and every second, and the staff of the conference affairs team standing aside kept looking at their watches.

Finally, with five minutes left, the staff member in a suit coughed when he saw that the QA session hadn't started yet, and reminded him as a matter of routine.

"There are five minutes left, please control the speaker's speaking time."

Lu Zhou stood in front of the whiteboard unmoved, writing on the blackboard with a marker in his hand, as if he didn't hear it.

He has completely shielded himself from outside interference, and now he may not even be able to listen to the reminder in Chinese, let alone the English that he has to translate.

Finally, another five minutes passed.

The two staff members of the conference affairs group exchanged glances, and were about to go to the stage to remind the speaker who had forgotten the time and place.

However, the moment one of the staff members just stepped onto the stage, a voice that was not loud but clear came from the first row of the venue.

"Let him continue."

The speaker was Pierre Deligne.

Seeing this big guy, the staff subconsciously faltered.

However, out of duty, he still showed embarrassment, and explained to the boss: "But the next report will start soon..."

Putting the notes aside and standing up slowly, Professor Deligne looked back and said slowly: "The next lecture will be temporarily adjusted to the spare lecture hall No. 4, anyone who wants to listen to the next lecture You can go first."

The voice fell.

Ten seconds passed and no one moved.

No one wants to move.

Those who don't understand have already left the field, and they won't sit until now.

As for the remaining people, not only could they understand what the reporter was doing, but they had even seen some tricks.

Challenge world-class mathematical conjectures at the report meeting?

Anyone who dares to do this is either a genius or a lunatic!

If what will happen next is not a big joke, then they who are sitting here at this moment are witnessing the arrival of a great moment.

And whichever it is, it's a cool thing for "arrogant" Princetonians...