Chapter 242 The Champagne of Victory

For a set of novel theories, especially in the field of their own research, everyone's first reaction must be doubts, and doubts are followed by doubts. As for acceptance or even appreciation, that is the last thing.

Looking at the audience's reaction, Lu Zhou knew that he had already succeeded in half.

He was sure that at least half of the people had understood the theory of group construction.

As for the remaining half, it doesn't matter whether you understand it or not.

He only needs to ensure that a quarter of the people can finally understand it, and that the reviewers who are about to peer review his paper can understand it, and the core purpose of this report will be achieved.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhou turned the PPT to the next page.

Next, is the proof of Goldbach's conjecture.

But at this point, he was much more relaxed.

When a tool is born, fulfilling its mission is just a matter of course.

And next, what he has to do is such a thing.

Affecting the eyes and hearts of all the audience, Lu Zhou pointed the laser pointer at the curtain, and the PPT continued to show.

[Let N represent a sufficiently large even number, and let Px(1, 1) be the number of prime numbers p satisfying N=p1+p2. Order Cn={∏p|x，p2}(p-1)/(p-2){∏p2}(1-1/(p-1)^2), and set the finite group G=...]

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With the beginning of this stage, the atmosphere in the lecture hall was obviously pushed to a climax.

This kind of atmosphere was brewing in the silent auditorium, brewing in every nib stuck on the notepad. When the group structure method broke into the core of Goldbach's conjecture, all the audience held their breath for fear of missing any details.

Staring intently at the curtain on the stage, Maynard's pupils shrank slightly, and he muttered to himself.

"Bombieri's theorem! So that's it... He really did it, incredible."

With the finishing touch, all the foreshadowing has been disassembled, and the steps are clear.

It was as if the fog in front of my eyes had been cleared, and I suddenly saw a bright light.

As an expert in the field of prime numbers, he has the deepest and most intuitive feeling.

Although, this moment was not what he expected...

Evan, who was sitting next to him, was stunned.

From the time of group construction, this young man from England had already given up treatment and began to silently wait for the final result.

Now listening to the teacher's statement, it is probably proved?

Thinking of this, Evan couldn't help but look embarrassed.

Just a few days ago, he took the blog post of his mentor on his personal blog to argue with the people on the forum, and vowed that this report will eventually become a joke.

As a result, now it seems that the one who hurts his face is still himself...

Sitting on the other side of the lecture hall, Helfgott, who had been sitting there without moving, closed the note pad in his hand, with a hint of approval on his face.

Before coming, he had read Lu Zhou's thesis at least ten times, and he wrote all the problems in it on the note pad one by one, and he was going to wait for the questioning session to ask.

But now it seems that this small book is probably useless.

Those places where he thinks there are problems have already been answered to his satisfaction.

Not only did Helfgott get the answer he wanted, but Lu Zhou, who was standing on the podium, also got what he wanted.

From those gazes, he felt the affirmation from his peers.

Finally, he reached the last step.

[...Obviously, we have Px(1,1)≥P(x,x^{1/16})-(1/2)∑Px(x,p,x)-Q/2-x^(log4 )...(30)]

[...From formula (30), Lemma 8, Lemma 9, and Lemma 10, it can be proved that Theorem 1 is established. 】

[The proof is complete. 】

The PPT was frozen on the last page, and the silence in the lecture hall was also frozen at the last second.

This solemn silence lasted until Lu Zhou spoke.

After speaking for forty minutes, Lu Zhou cleared his throat and announced in a hoarse voice: "The proof of Goldbach's conjecture is over here. I think I have proved this proposition."

The audience at the scene didn't make him wait long.

Or, for this sentence, they have waited too long.

The letter sent from Moscow to Berlin in 1742 spanned the Austro-Prussian War and two and a half centuries of ups and downs.

After the efforts of countless generations of scholars, adding bricks and tiles to this building, he finally completed the last stick in his hands.

Counting the treasures harvested from it, human civilization has already harvested too much.

The moment his voice fell, the lecture hall was filled with applause.

And, it went on for a long, long time...

...

To Lu Zhou's surprise, he originally thought that the real challenge would be in the questioning session, but the questioning session passed easily.

Several big cows in the field of analytical number theory asked a few simple questions, and then sat back. The questioning session that was expected to be timed out turned out to be all resolved within the 20 minutes he set aside.

After the report was over, Peter Goddard, the dean of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, took a bottle of champagne, walked up to the podium and gave Lu Zhou a warm hug.

This mathematical physicist, famous for his research on string theory, once won the Dirac Medal, which symbolizes the highest honor in the field of mathematical physics.

"Congratulations, Dr. Lu Zhou," the white-haired Goddard patted Lu Zhou's shoulder, smiled and stuffed the champagne into his arms, "Take it, this victorious champagne belongs to you! "

After receiving the champagne, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and said modestly, "Isn't there still peer review?"

It always feels a little too early to open the champagne now.

But Goddard didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Of course, the "Annual of Mathematics" will organize a six-member jury to conduct independent review of your paper based on today's meeting minutes. However, after the report meeting, open Champagne is a Princeton tradition. It’s Princeton congratulating you, or you can take it as a stress.”

To be precise, this is the tradition of Oxford and Cambridge. But Princeton is a rare Oxford-style university in the United States, and Goddard's doctorate was also completed in Cambridge, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a tradition.

The review of a world-class mathematical problem may be fast or slow, depending on the complexity of the proof process and the prover's own understanding of the process he wrote.

During this period, Lu Zhou had to answer all the questions from the jury.

Therefore, this champagne is not only a congratulation, but also a spur to encourage him to persevere to the end.

Because once he gave up, it meant that he had to return the champagne.

Although it's only a few hundred dollars, no one wants to do it.

Holding the champagne in his hand, Lu Zhou felt the pressure from the fruits of victory.

Goddard smiled encouragingly at him, and patted him on the shoulder, "Open it, this honor belongs to you!"

With the encouragement from the dean, Lu Zhou no longer hesitated.

Considering the one-ten-thousandth possibility of failure is not what a winner should do, at least not what he should do when he is standing on the podium at this moment.

What's more, his proof has been affirmed by "higher civilization".

He believed that he could answer all the questions the jury had about the paper.

But now, all he needs to do is to be more confident in his research results. Let his parents, his alma mater and Princeton, even his home country, be proud of what he has achieved in this moment.

Foam was sprayed from the mouth of the bottle, and the people sitting in the front row were more or less sprayed with foam, but no one complained, but laughed heartily.

The people behind all watched enviously, wanting to get a taste of the joy of the winner, but because they were too far apart and the aisle was too crowded, they couldn't get close.

Reporters standing on both sides of the lecture hall recorded this historic moment with their cameras, and tried to pass through the crowded crowd to interview first-hand information.

Maybe tomorrow, Lu Zhou holding champagne will be on the cover of Time Magazine, just like Wiles did back then.

But now, Lu Zhou didn't pay attention to those insignificant things.

He swore it was the best wine he'd ever had.

The taste is extraordinarily mellow and sweet.

Intoxicating...