Chapter 241 I Never Worried

It's two o'clock.

Lu Zhou, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stepped onto the podium, and the lecture hall, which was a little noisy because of whispering, suddenly became quiet.

No one maintained discipline, and everyone was in tacit understanding. They stared at the person on the podium with doubts, expectations, or expressions on their faces.

If it's another person, let alone a math problem, being stared at by so many big shots, I'm afraid my legs will be weak.

But Lu Zhou standing on the podium had a calm expression, and he didn't feel stage fright at all because of the pressure from those eyes.

The mental preparations that should be done have already been done in the audience.

What's more, it wasn't the first time he faced such an occasion.

"Thank you for coming to Princeton from all over the world to listen to me standing here and reporting the research results on Goldbach's conjecture."

As usual, Lu Zhou expressed his gratitude to the scholars who were invited to listen to the report, and began to describe the process of his report.

"The content of my speech will be divided into two parts, one part is about the group construction method I used to prove Goldbach's conjecture, and the other part is about the proof of Goldbach's conjecture."

"I believe that everyone has read my thesis before coming here. For the lengthy and cumbersome steps in the thesis, I will briefly summarize them in the PPT. As for my explanation, I will mainly focus on the key steps and ideas and ideas. aspect."

"In addition, I will spend as much time as possible in the questioning session."

It is not only a common practice in the academic world, but also a necessary etiquette to preview the speaker's thesis before the academic report meeting begins. If it comes to the questioning session, if you stand up and ask questions that are written in the paper, or are irrelevant, it will be considered a very rude and unlevel thing.

For all the big cows here, such a problem will naturally not arise.

Similarly, for those parts that have been clearly written in the thesis, there is no need to go through the PPT again. After all, everyone's time is precious, and you don't come to Princeton just to see slides.

After the opening remarks, Lu Zhou went straight to the topic.

"The so-called group structure method is the abbreviation of 'the overall structure research method of group theory'. Its core idea is to use the concept of cyclic group to study the problem of infinity from the whole. Multiplicative groups based on integer modulo p are always cyclic groups This theorem, we can get..."

While explaining, Lu Zhou's laser pointer walked on the white curtain.

[……There is a finite group G and |G|=p1α1p2α2···piαi, where pi is a prime number and αi is a positive integer. Let p∈π(G), define deg(p)=|{q∈π(G)|p~q)|

Call deg(p) the degree of vertex p. Redefine C(G)=……]

Compared with the proof of Goldbach's conjecture in the second half, the theory of group structure method is more critical, because only those who understand the content of this part, those who sit in the lecture hall and listen to his explanation can understand, what he did What exactly is work.

Therefore, Lu Zhou explained the content of this part very carefully, trying to explain every point as clearly as possible.

And the people sitting in the audience, whether they were invited visiting scholars or uninvited students, all listened carefully.

Especially James Maynard, sitting in the middle of the venue with his arms folded, listened very attentively.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies, and he, who also studies prime numbers, is a leader in the field of analytic number theory among British mathematicians. As one of the popular candidates for the Philippine Award, he originally planned to use the twin prime number problem to win the 2018 Fields Award for himself, but he didn't want to be the first to win the prize in the end. He was so angry that he set his manuscript on fire.

It can be said that he made a special trip from England to find fault with his competitors.

But that being said...

The more one looked down, the more intriguing his expression became.

The logic of this Chinese scholar is so rigorous that he has not found any problems now, and even couldn't help but applaud...

Sitting next to him was his doctoral student, also a British guy named Evan.

Looking at the lines of text flashing across the curtain, the British guy gradually began to lose track of the rhythm.

Finally, he couldn't bear it and asked in a low voice.

"Professor, what is his group construction method talking about?"

Maynard stared at the projected PPT meticulously and remained silent.

He can answer this question, but he can't answer it.

Firstly, he didn’t want to miss any details due to distraction, and secondly, he was afraid that once he opened his mouth, he couldn’t help expressing his admiration for this ingenious method... and just the day before yesterday, he threatened on his personal blog, These 50 pages of papers are all waste paper, and they will expose this Chinese trick on the spot at the Princeton report meeting.

However, even if he doesn't want to admit it, now he has to admit that there may be more than one Filipino Award between him and his opponent...

Yes or no, mathematics is such a realistic thing.

On the other side, in the back row of the lecture hall, two old men sat in the corner of the venue in a very low-key manner, watching the report while whispering about the past in a chatty tone.

"I didn't expect that in the few years since I left, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton has produced another talent." Looking at the young people on the stage, Andrew Wiles nodded approvingly, "Yes, half of my demeanor back then. "

After returning to his alma mater Oxford University to teach in 2011, Andrew Wiles rarely returned to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The post of dean of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University was also given to another genius, Charles Fefferman.

And the year he mentioned was the most important mathematics lecture at the end of the 20th century held by the Newton Institute 23 years ago. More than two hundred mathematicians listened to this lecture, although only a quarter of them could fully understand the Greek letters and calculations on the blackboard.

As for the remaining three quarters of the people, they traveled thousands of miles to England just to witness history.

It is the same now.

Although Goldbach's conjecture is more like a test of intelligence than the widely used Fermat's last theorem, this intelligence test can be put into the eighth question of the twenty-three questions by Hilbert. It can be seen that Its status in number theory and even the entire field of mathematics.

Solving it may not change the world like the Millennium Problem, or mathematics like Fermat's Last Theorem, but the tools created in solving it will be invaluable to the entire mathematical community.

There is no doubt that everyone sitting here is witnessing history.

"Hehe," Deligne said with a smile on his lips, "I don't know who it was at the time, it was the end of the world all day long, and it was going to apologize to the New York Times, and it was going to open Return the champagne."

Wiles coughed lightly, and briefly passed through this dark history: "Only when a person is facing a desperate situation, can the burst of inspiration be promoted. I just pushed myself into a dead end, and then survived... just As a result, I did."

Deligne unceremoniously debunked: "Isn't your explanation last time a performance art?"

"Okay, my dear friend, let's change the subject," Wiles changed the subject calmly, looked at the content on the curtain, and said, "Goldbach guesses that I don't know very well, from your point of view Let’s see, is his thesis a proof?”

Deligne: "You should ask Ivanets and Faltins this question. They are experts in analytic number theory, and I just dabbled in the prime number problem. Of course, after reading his paper , my point of view is more optimistic."

If he is not optimistic, he will not arrange this report meeting for Lu Zhou, but suggest that it be revised.

Wiles looked surprised: "Faltins is here too?"

"It's not that he's here too," said Deligne after a moment's pause, "but that no one wants to miss—"

At this moment, there was a small exclamation in the venue.

It was an astonishment.

At the same time, it also includes praise.

Deligne and Wiles stopped communicating and looked towards the stage.

After a while, Wiles said with a smile: "It seems that our worries are unnecessary."

Looking at the calculation formula on the curtain, Deligne's mouth finally stretched a gratified smile.

"I never worried."