Chapter 1382 Enemies Gather

Apartment near the University of Bonn.

Looking at Professor Schultz, who was packing his luggage, and Professor Stix, who was about to invite him out for a drink, he said in surprise.

"Are you... where are you going to have a meeting?"

If he remembered correctly, there shouldn't be any academic conferences worth attending recently.

"No," answered the question succinctly. Schultz chose a jacket from the closet, stuffed it into the suitcase, and then replied casually, "This time is not a meeting, but an invitation from Professor Lu. I plan to Go to Huaguo and discuss some academic matters with him."

"Hua Guo? Professor Lu?" Stix was slightly taken aback, and hesitated, "But at the Mathematical Congress last time, Didn't Professor Lu say that he would not consider studying mathematics for the time being?"

"He did say that, but it doesn't matter," Schultz said with a smile, "His withdrawal is a loss to the mathematics community, and now he has returned to his best field— —Number theory, anyway, I think this is a good start.”

Stix asked curiously, "What question can I ask?"

"ABC conjecture."

"It's actually an ABC conjecture..."

With an inconceivable expression on his face, Stix muttered in a low voice, "However, thinking about it, it is estimated that there are no challenges in mathematics for him, and there is only this kind of problem that does not look like modern mathematics. Solved problems can arouse his interest."

After closing the suitcase, Schultz looked at him and asked.

"Want to go together? You are an expert in number theory."

Stix shook his head and said, "I'll forget it, I don't know him very well, and he didn't invite me... I hope you have fun over there, and I hope to hear from the other side of the world. good news."

Schultz said with a smile.

"I am very sure of that."

...

Just when Schultz had already set off for China, Mochizuki Shinichi, who was sitting in the departure hall of Kyoto International Airport on the other side of the world, was dozing off with his chin buried in the collar of his windbreaker.

At this moment, the phone's alarm rang suddenly, waking him up from his sleep.

"Is it already time?"

Rubbing her nose, Mochizuki, who was a little drowsy, was about to stand up from the chair when her eyes suddenly fell on the TV screen on the ceiling of the departure hall.

On the TV, what is being shown is the news of NHK TV station.

Sitting in the studio, the hostess announced the latest news in a clear voice.

"...Recently, the Huaguo Manned Fire Ascension Office held a press conference at which they announced major discoveries of research projects related to the manned fire ascension plan. During the press conference, the Chinese spokesperson declared that their scientific research In an accident, the team discovered clastic rock veins suspected to be formed by biodeposition in the underground rock formation at a depth of 120 meters on Mars."

On the TV screen, the scene of the camera switched from the studio to the scene of the press conference.

A news spokesman in formal attire stood in front of the camera, facing the crowd of microphones and cameras, and solemnly repeated what the news anchor had just said in the studio.

In addition, the spokesman also disclosed.

According to carbon isotope detection and analysis, the formation age of these bioclastic rocks was about 2 billion to 2.5 billion years ago.

If this research is true, this discovery will not only become strong evidence that Mars once had signs of life activities, but it may also reveal to humans that during the Proterozoic period two billion years ago, when the atmosphere of Mars was not blown by the solar wind What does the ecosystem look like there when you run.

Prior to this, the academic community has always held two completely different views on whether there was a complete ecosystem on Mars...

"Cosmic people?"

Staring blankly at the news on the TV, Mochizuki muttered to himself.

Sounds interesting.

but……

It seems to have nothing to do with myself.

Just as he was thinking this way, excited discussions suddenly came from beside him.

"There are living things on Mars?"

"Amazing……"

"I don't know when our astronauts will be able to go up."

"It's too difficult... NASA has failed, let alone us. Hey, if it weren't for Professor Lu, they might not be able to send people up there."

"Do you think they actually saw Martians there? It's just that they didn't make it public."

"How is it possible... Anyway, these are all specimens from billions of years ago."

It seems that not only I find it interesting.

Looking at the time in the lower right corner of the TV for the last time, Mochizuki picked up the suitcase next to the seat indifferently, and walked quickly towards the boarding gate...

...

Jinling University.

An office at the end of the corridor of the laboratory building of the several institutes.

"Your working environment is much cleaner than mine," Schultz said enviously as he stood in Lu Zhou's office and looked around. The thing I complain about the most is not knowing which paper I need and which one I don't...the end result is that everything just sits there and no one cleans it.”

Hearing this sentence, I don't know if it is a compliment, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

To be honest, the reason why his office is clean is not because of his good habits, but purely because he hasn't been here much this year, that is, he has only shown his face in school a little more recently.

Standing by the side, Perelman, who had just arrived here, glanced at Schultz in surprise, then looked at Lu Zhou and muttered.

"I just said it casually, but I didn't expect that you actually found him."

"There is still such a small episode?" Schultz looked at Perelman unexpectedly, with a surprised expression on his face, and said with a smile, "It seems that I have to thank you."

Perelman: "No, I said it, I just said it casually."

"Whether you said it casually or not, we who are standing here are all for the same purpose now," Lu Zhou clapped his hands and said with a smile as he looked at the two old friends, "So, let's not waste time chatting It's time to reminisce about the past, and there will be plenty of time for dinner later."

"I agree," Schultz said in a joking tone, "I heard that Professor Lu made a new discovery on the ABC conjecture, but I bought the latest - and the most expensive flight from North Rhine immediately. Flying over."

"I'm afraid it's not a new discovery, it's just a little idea." Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, and continued, "It depends on Mochizuki Shinichi's paper of more than 500 pages."

"That paper by Mochizuki Shinichi?" Unexpectedly, Lu Zhou would use that paper as the opening remark of the discussion, Schultz raised his eyebrows slightly, and said hesitantly, "With all due respect, there is nothing to discuss about that. My collaborators and I proved that wrong years ago."

"I know, including your paper that refuted him. I have also read it. It is very well written."

Clearing his throat, Lu Zhou picked up a marker pen from the table, walked to the whiteboard next to him, paused for a moment and continued, "...Obviously there are problems with his thesis, and the problems are not small. There is no doubt about it. But when I was re-studying his paper the day before yesterday, I found something very interesting."

Although there was a disapproving expression on his face, Schultz noticed that Lu Zhou had picked up the pen. After thinking about it, he finally did not express his thoughts, but quietly waited for him to continue.

The same is true for Perelman, the expression on his face didn't change, he just stared at the pen in Lu Zhou's hand intently.

His intuition told him that Lu Zhou must have discovered something extraordinary, so he invited Schultz here from Germany thousands of miles away to discuss together.

Whether or not that meant a proof of the ABC conjecture, it was worth his attention.

And beyond that, his intuition told him.

Once he misses a certain moment, even with his mathematical ability, it is hard to say whether he can keep up with his jaw-dropping thinking speed...

"Corollary 3.12 is the core of the whole paper. There is no doubt about it. It turns the ABC conjecture from an abstract mathematical concept into a proof of a specific inequality related to elliptic curves."

"However, the root of the problem is also here—"

Just when Lu Zhou was talking about the most critical moment, a dramatic scene happened suddenly.

A sound of vigorous footsteps came from the corridor outside.

Soon, after a knock on the door, the half-closed door was pushed open.

When he saw the two exaggerated nostrils that appeared at the door, Lu Zhou, who was about to write the first line of calculations on the whiteboard, was stunned.

but……

Someone was obviously more surprised than him.

"Mochizuki?"

"Schultz?"

The two people who met their gaze were stunned on the spot.

Gradually, the atmosphere began to become a little subtle.

Looking at each other with big eyes and small eyes, the expressions on the faces of the two of them stiffened in unison.

Finally caught up with Mochizuki Shinichi and walked to the door of the office. Dean Qin, who held the door frame and took a breath, was about to introduce the visiting famous scholar of Kyoto University to Lu Zhou, and then noticed the standing in the office. Schultz and Perelman Prof.

Thinking of the incident that had caused a commotion in the mathematics world some time ago, this old man who is well versed in human relations immediately smelled the smell of sparks in the air.

"Haha, no, I didn't expect you all to be here..."

Facing Lu Zhou's strange expression, Dean Qin touched the back of his head, smiled embarrassedly, and said quickly with a dry cough.

"This is Mochizuki Shinichi... Well, I won't introduce you if you talk about it."

As soon as the words fell, the old man turned around and slipped away without looking back.