Chapter 204 Next Stop, Brother Guess?

It turned out to be the Cole Award!

Lu Zhou was surprised.

Soon, he realized the problem.

"Wait, I remember that the Cole Prize is only awarded to members of the Federal Mathematical Society?"

As if expecting that Lu Zhou would ask this question, Mr. Qiu smiled and explained: "In the academic conference held by the Federal Mathematical Society in Princeton, the best young speaker selected by the Federal Mathematical Society, in addition to a prize of 10,000 US dollars and a certificate , also comes with the status of an honorary member, which is roughly between a member and a fellow. In fact, societies in many countries have similar rules for conferring honorary members, so you are completely in line with the award rules."

Including the Chern Shiingshen Mathematics Award, although Lu Zhou has never applied to join any society, under normal circumstances, if he receives an award issued by a certain society, he will be granted the status of a member or honorary member of the society by default, and this is also a common practice up.

After a pause, Mr. Qiu smiled and continued.

"...The nominations for this award will be completed in September, and the selection will be completed in October. The official written documents will come out in early December and will be sent to your school at that time. The award will be presented at the year-end academic meeting two days after Christmas If I remember correctly, it was at the University of California. Of course, it depends on the specific notice whether the award will be given at the opening ceremony or the closing ceremony. The organizer of the society will send a notice email to your mailbox. Remember to check yourself regularly Your email address will do. As for this period of time, you should prepare your acceptance speech well!"

Hearing what Mr. Qiu said, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

It's really embarrassing.

Before the written document comes out, you have disclosed this news to me in advance, will there be a feeling of imperial appointment?

In fact, he also wanted to ask, by the way, how much is the prize money for the Cole Award?

But after thinking about it, everyone is a scholar, so it's better to be more reserved.

So, he refrained from asking, but said.

"I will prepare well!"

"Just pay attention to this yourself, just remember not to miss the awards," Mr. Qiu nodded approvingly, changed the subject, and continued in a chatty tone, "Speaking of the year-end academic conference, it's actually quite interesting." Level, if your paper on the group structure method is put there for a report, more people will know about your research results."

"Academic conferences will be held after the awards?" Lu Zhou asked unexpectedly.

"Of course, this is a common practice. It's better to say that awarding is incidental. It's still very helpful for you to make a report at that kind of meeting," Mr. Qiu said with a smile, "but there are only two It's been a month, I just poured out so much ink, I think you probably don't have anything to publish, take a break during this period, and take a trip to California in December. In addition, taking advantage of this gap, You can also think carefully about which direction to develop next... By the way, do you have a general idea?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "I plan to dig deeper into the prime number problem, but I haven't found a suitable target yet. Do you have any good suggestions?"

The research on the twin prime number conjecture and the Polignac conjecture has almost held back his energy for a whole year. Now this work has come to an end, and his thinking has not yet escaped from this work.

To let him choose a suitable proposition to fill the gap from among the many propositions about prime numbers, he has not yet figured out which one to start with.

Jebov's conjecture, which has been settled for more than a hundred years, looks very interesting, similar to Polignac's conjecture, except that one is to study the infinite distance between prime numbers, and the other is to study the existence of prime numbers between square numbers.

There is also Brocar's proposition that there are at least four prime numbers between the squares between two prime numbers. This conjecture also has high research value.

Although these two conjectures are not as well-known outside the circle as the twin prime number conjecture and the Polignac conjecture, it does not hinder their status in the mathematics world. Compared with the two conjectures that Lu Zhou has already completed, they are not inferior. .

And these are just one of his options.

"The study of prime numbers is a very good direction, and has a high status in the field of number theory. The distribution of prime numbers indicates many practical problems, such as information technology and cryptography," Mr. Qiu nodded and said with a smile, "although I don’t have much research on the direction of number theory, but based on my understanding of this direction, your attainments in sieve theory are the most outstanding among all the people I have met. Many people think that sieve theory It has been achieved by Chen Jingrun to the extreme, but now it seems that we are only hindered by the limitations of the times, and there is still a lot of room for this theory to continue to dig deeper.”

After a pause, the old gentleman suddenly threw out a bold idea to Lu Zhou.

"In that case, why don't you try to challenge the proposition of Goldbach's conjecture?"

Goldbach Conjecture? !

Lu Zhou froze slightly.

This……

The span is too big, right? !

Lu Zhou thought for a moment, and replied cautiously: "I feel... this conjecture is still a bit difficult for me. Maybe when the time is right, I will take this proposition out and study it."

Although his math level has broken through LV4, according to the rules of this system, not only the authority of the database will be expanded, but also his ability to understand and analyze mathematics will be enhanced to a certain extent.

But Goldbach's conjecture is, after all, one of the three major mathematical problems in modern times, and the difficulty is in the second echelon.

Even if the work of the predecessors has pushed the results to "1+2", only the goal of "1+1" is just short of the goal, but it is not so easy to put the last brick and tile on this building. It's easy to do.

Otherwise, this conjecture would not have been put there for so many years.

"You misunderstood what I mean," Old Mr. Qiu shook his head, "I'm not asking you to give this conjecture an immediate answer or proof, but I'm asking you to try to research this method."

"Many mathematical conjectures do not necessarily have to be proven in order to achieve major research results. For example, when we were studying the Riemann conjecture, we accidentally proved the prime number theorem. The latter's status in the mathematical world at that time was higher than The former is much bigger."

"Similarly, the sieve theory is a very delicate mathematical tool, since you can further polish this tool when studying the twin prime number conjecture. By studying Goldbach's conjecture, I think you will definitely be able to get more inspiration from it." Said At this point, Mr. Qiu suddenly smiled and continued, "Of course, this is just an old man's suggestion, you can refer to it. How to choose is up to you!"

After listening to Qiu Chengtong's words, Lu Zhou fell into deep thought.

What the old man said seems to make sense, and with the weight of Goldbach's conjecture, the empirical value behind it is also full of room for imagination.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou nodded solemnly and said, "I will seriously consider your suggestion!"