Chapter 131 Letter From the First Emperor

After dinner in Palmer Square, Senior Brother Luo, who was standing in thought at the door of the hotel, was gone.

Lu Zhou silently blessed him in his heart that he could find the answer he wanted in the illusory Hilbert space, and then took the elevator upstairs to return to his room.

Opening the mailbox, Professor Deligne's reply has been received, and there is only one word in the whole article.

【receive. 】

Mathematics is a rigorous subject, and every brick piled up on this building must go through strict selection. The consequences of a wrong paper may not only be as simple as the withdrawal of the journal, but also cause a series of other papers citing this paper to fall into a passive situation.

Especially when it comes to the proof of major mathematical conjectures, the review period is generally not very short.

Even at the report meeting, Lu Zhou wrote the proof process on the blackboard in front of all the mathematicians, even if no one picked out the fault at that time, it does not mean that the paper is flawless.

I believe that even Professor Deligne needs some time to ponder the details in the paper and ask other colleagues for their opinions.

However, Lu Zhou felt that there should be no major problem. He himself is a person with mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he had checked the paper several times before uploading it.

But speaking of it, Dean Qin or Director Lu didn't even call him?

It seems that Old Tang did not spread the matter hastily, and the mathematics circles at home and abroad would not rush to a conclusion because of a mere video before seeing the paper. After all, for mathematics workers, applause means nothing, no matter who is applauding.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou actually felt a little regretful.

Regardless of political factors, the "academic value" of the twin prime number conjecture is logically higher than that of Zhou's conjecture. The reward of 1 million may be the top, but it is not too much to give it again, right?

Thinking that someone will send money to him again soon, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and typed the keyboard on the computer casually.

[Xiao Ai, bless your master to get another one million, maybe I will change your house for you. 】

Xiaoai: [Master, do you love me? (blink)]

Yo? So smart?

Where did you copy the chat records from?

【Of course I love you. 】

Lu Zhou typed the reply casually.

Talking QQ pet, who doesn't like it?

It would be perfect if I could dance again!

Xiao Ai: [Taobao link: IBM server (Xeon 8-core super large capacity SSD...) Quotation: 2.99 million]

Lu Zhou: ...

MMP!

Now it’s not just girl paper, even artificial mental retardation is so realistic?

In this icy world, maybe there is only this hot CPU, which still has some temperature left.

Sighing, Lu Zhou closed the computer cover without saying a word, sat by the bed, and began to pack his luggage silently.

Suddenly, he noticed the letter from old Mr. Grothendieck on the bedside table.

During this period of time, he has been so busy with his thesis that he almost forgot about this letter.

With curiosity, Lu Zhou opened the envelope.

Probably for the sake of the addressee, the letter is written in English.

Following the text, he read it line by line.

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...

When you read this letter, maybe I have gone to another world.

Your research on the distribution law of Mersenne primes is amazing. The proof process is perfect beyond my expectation. Even I can't think of any faults.

To be honest, this is not like a thesis that a young scholar can write, but maybe my old eyes are blurred, and I may be mistaken. Please don't take an old man's confusion to heart.

To be honest, I am pessimistic about the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis. It took us three and a half centuries to solve the proof of Fermat's last theorem, and Goldbach's conjecture has survived for two and a half centuries. In contrast, the Riemann conjecture has only been proposed for one and a half centuries. And its importance has surpassed the sum of the former two... I don't think this statement is exaggerated, although the public is obviously more interested in the former two.

From my point of view, all the work we are doing now is just laying the groundwork for future generations to solve these problems. These problems will eventually be solved and replaced by new problems... This process may take a century, maybe It might be two.

However, from you, I see a turning point.

Of course, maybe I am too optimistic?

Since your thesis really surprised me, this letter should be a little longer. But here it is, it should be over. I don't have much time left, and I have to leave some for others.

I'm alone, I can't even rent a bank safe, and I have nothing to give you, so I'll just give you something interesting.

I put my writings in the Church of St. Lizier. Some of them are things that I have published but retracted, and some things that have not been published or are half researched. I hope it can be helpful to you .

Take this letter to the priest of Saint-Lizier church, he knows what to do.

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Where is Saint-Lizier Church?

Need to go to France? don't do that.

This is the Internet age, can't you pack it into a PDF and send it to my email? Or does it have to be there?

Lu Zhou sighed and threw the letter into the suitcase.

It's impossible now, let's go again when we have a chance.

There must be opportunities. Before the Cold War, Paris had always been the center of the mathematics world. After the Cold War, although it has declined, its glory is still undiminished. As long as he is still in the field of mathematics, he will definitely have the opportunity to go to Paris to attend academic conferences.

Moreover, if one day, he needs to use this mathematical treasure, the system must somehow remind him even if he forgets about it.

...

Time to travel is always short.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Zhou dragged his suitcase and went to the hotel counter to check out.

There was more than $1,000 left in the funds given by the school. Not only did they not spend all the money, but they also brought back a check for $10,000. According to Francis, the check would have been cashed at any Citibank worldwide.

Considering that it would be troublesome to carry a large amount of cash through the customs, Lu Zhou decided to wait until he returned home to receive the bonus. As for the more than a thousand dollars, just buy some gifts here and take them home.

Standing in front of the Princeton Hotel, Lu Zhou called Brother Luo, but the phone rang for a long time but no one answered.

"Have you started exploding your liver in the lab?"

This is troublesome.

After hesitating for a while, when Lu Zhou was considering whether to call the fellow, a Ford stopped at the door of the hotel and honked at him.

"Get in the car, I'll take you there." The window was lowered, and Molina was sitting in the car.

Seeing her face, Lu Zhou froze slightly.

He remembered that he just told her about the time of his return flight in that email reply, but he never told her when he planned to leave the hotel.

Is it such a coincidence?

Lu Zhou: "How did you know that I would start at this point?"

"Psychology, social behavior, plus a little probability. If you are interested, you can take Todorov's social behavior and the mathematical research method of psychology," said Molina, who was biting her gum, and blew a small bubble , "I can convince my teacher to help you write a letter of recommendation, and there is no problem with your doctorate here with your strength."

Coming to Princeton to study abroad?

In fact, Lu Zhou has been thinking about this issue for the past few days, wondering whether it is necessary. The scientific research environment here is very comfortable, the academic atmosphere in the university is very strong, and it is much less impetuous than in China, and it is indeed worthy of the name of a world-class strong school.

But for now, he can still learn something at Jinling University, and life abroad is always not as convenient as at home.

If nothing else, he intends to at least finish his undergraduate studies in China before considering studying abroad for a doctorate.

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't speak for a long time, Molina suddenly laughed and put her arms on the steering wheel.

"...well, I'll just say it offhand, you probably have your own arrangements, right?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I need some time to think about this issue."

"OK, in short...my proposal is valid at any time," Molina shrugged, "Get in the car, don't be late."