Chapter 211 Where Is My Trophy?

After arriving at the hotel, Lu Zhou had just put down his suitcase, and before he had time to rest for a while, he was dragged to the restaurant on the top floor of the hotel by Senior Brother Luo.

It's not quite dinner time yet, but it's just right for afternoon tea.

Many scholars have the habit of exchanging academic issues during afternoon tea, especially in academic conferences, people who do not drink afternoon tea will habitually come to the restaurant at this time.

The only fly in the ointment was that although the organizer paid for the board and lodging after paying the registration fee, the cost of board and lodging did not include coffee and pastries for afternoon tea.

Just after meeting Xiao Ai and applying for an international patent, Lu Zhou is still a little cash-strapped.

This time he came to the United States, he had five Franklin cards with him, and he was waiting for the $100,000 bonus from the Cole Award to subsidize his daily expenses.

In the restaurant on the top floor, Senior Brother Luo took Lu Zhou to a table in the corner of the coffee shop.

On the table in the corner, a foreigner with a darker complexion and a shorter stature was sitting, facing the open laptop, studying something,

Obviously knew this person, Luo Wenxuan walked over to greet him, and introduced to Lu Zhou with a smile: "Let me introduce, this is my brother, George Williams!"

Seeing Lu Zhou, George's eyes lit up, he stood up with a smile, and stretched out his hand, saying, "Nice to meet you, I have seen your report at the Princeton Academic Conference, even when I think about it now, it still makes me deep impression."

"Lu Zhou, I am also very glad to meet you." After briefly introducing himself, Lu Zhou shook his hand and said with a smile, "Are you studying mathematical physics?"

George: "No, I studied economics."

"Economics? This is a promising major..." Lu Zhou glanced at Mr. George unexpectedly, and continued, "But isn't your advisor Professor Witten?"

Brother Luo said with a smile: "Mr. Witten's field of research is not just mathematical physics. He majored in history for his undergraduate degree and economics for his master's degree. Last year he took a master's degree in history, but he has graduated this year. Stanford University."

Lu Zhou: "Awesome..."

An economist with a background in history changed to study physics, and then won the Fields Medal, one of the highest honors in mathematics? If string theory is proven centuries later, he will also be the founder of "future physics"?

In such a comparison, Lu Zhou always felt that compared to himself, this guy seemed to be cheating.

George asked: "This academic conference, will you give a report on stage?"

Lu Zhou said modestly: "Forget it this time, I'm just here to be an audience."

Brother Luo whistled: "By the way, I will give an acceptance speech."

"cough!"

After coughing, Lu Zhou gave him a reminding look.

George smiled and said, "Dude, don't be nervous, we all know that this prize must belong to you, there is no suspense. Just the twin prime number conjecture, you are already worthy of this honor, let alone the Polignac conjecture. This level of difficulty. If the Federal Mathematical Society awards this award to others, I believe many people will not be convinced."

Hearing this, Lu Zhou didn't know what expression to make other than a smile.

There is really no suspense about winning the award this time. Even the "layman" who studies economics thinks that this award belongs to him.

...

Berkeley is a very good place, especially its mathematics department. Although there is still a little gap with Princeton, which has a strong foundation, it is also the top three in North America and the top five in the world.

The late Mr. Chern Shing-shen once taught here. Mr. Qiu, who presented the award to Lu Zhou, also received his doctorate here.

And Terence Tao, known as the "Mozart of the Digital World", teaches here.

These days, Lu Zhou didn't go anywhere else, just wandered around the Berkeley campus all day long. As for the afternoon, he would basically appear in the restaurant on the top floor.

Although I rarely actively participate in discussions with other people, I can learn a lot from other people's discussions.

There are many big cows participating in this year-end academic conference, even more than the academic conference in Princeton.

Everyone has been studying for a year, and they have to find a place to brag and show off.

Of course, not just to show off.

The academic discussions between the strong, the resulting collision of ideas, and the sparks that are sparked are also unusually strong. Although some novel viewpoints are not necessarily correct, they are often very inspiring.

For Lu Zhou, even sitting here and drinking a cup of coffee, the harvest is comparable to listening to a lecture.

After waiting quietly for three days, the academic conference finally kicked off.

The opening ceremony of the meeting was held in the auditorium of Berkeley campus.

At the opening ceremony, Mr. Francis, the current president of the Federal Mathematical Society, stood on the stage, straightened the microphone, and said in a slow and steady voice.

"This year is an extraordinary year."

"In the field of number theory, Lu Zhou, a master student from Jinling University in Huaguo, solved the twin prime number conjecture and the Polignac conjecture, and supplemented the topology principle of the sieve method respectively, and created a method called 'group construction method'. ' tool for number theory research."

"In the field of algebra, Peter Schulz from Germany solved the famous Weight-monodromy conjecture in abstract algebra through his self-created P.S theory."

"According to the usual practice, we should award the Cole Algebra Award this year, but considering the major achievements in the field of number theory this year, it is impossible to ignore. Therefore, our award committee has been debating the selection of this award for more than a month .”

The Cole Prize is divided into the Number Theory Prize and the Algebra Prize. According to the convention, the prizes are usually given in rotation, and the prizes will not be awarded at the same time.

For example, the previous session was awarded to outstanding contributors in the field of number theory, and this session should be awarded to outstanding contributors in the field of algebra.

It is not that this convention has not been broken, but the number of exceptions is quite rare in history.

If it is just the twin prime number conjecture, this session will probably be awarded to the German academic god Schulz, because the significance of the proved Weight-monodromy conjecture is not only to solve this problem, but also to prove that his self-created P.S theory is A powerful mathematical tool.

But coincidentally, no one expected that at the end of the year, Lu Zhou also solved the strong conjecture of the twin prime number conjecture - the Polignac conjecture. Not only that, but the "group structure method" created by him also has high research value in the field of number theory.

The contributions of both of them are outstanding, which is more difficult.

But for Lu Zhou who already knew the result, there was no suspense.

After a pause, Mr. Francis continued.

"In the end, we made a bold decision."

"The winner is—"

Lu Zhou, who was sitting under the stage, straightened his collar and prepared to go on stage.

"Schulz from Germany!"

The hand resting on the collar was stunned, and Lu Zhou raised his head in a daze.

WTF?

clap clap...

There was applause from the audience.

A tall, pale-skinned man stood up, smiled and bowed to the applause next to him.

Lu Zhou: "???"

Hold the grass?

Where's my trophy?

Senior Brother Luo also looked at Lu Zhou in a daze, not understanding what happened.

The applause gradually subsided and came to an end.

The old Mr. Francis who was standing on the stage coughed lightly, and continued speaking with unabated momentum.

"...and Lu Zhou from China!"

Lu Zhou: "..."

MMP!

It's not that I don't know how to respect the old and love the young, so you can't finish talking at once?

This up and down, the heartbeat almost stopped!

and many more……

Suddenly realizing something, Lu Zhou came back to his senses instantly.

This year's Cole Awards...

To make an exception and award two? ! -

(Looking at how diligent I was in the past month, I didn’t ask for leave once, and I didn’t make fewer changes. Occasionally, there were outbreaks, so asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket is not too much~~~)