Chapter 837 He Will Come!

In an activity room in the Princeton University library.

Pushing open the door and rushing in quickly, Vera threw herself on the table with joy on her face, opened her mouth and whimpered for a long time, and finally uttered a complete sentence.

"He is studying the Riemann Hypothesis!"

Molina, who was sitting at the desk and calculating, didn't look up at all, because even if she didn't look up, she could imagine what kind of "nympho" expression this guy had on his face at the moment.

"The paper on Arxiv? I already know, what's all the fuss about..."

Rather, knowing this, Molina's sense of urgency grew stronger.

The problem that was targeted by that person has never failed. Even the NS equation and the Yang-Mills equation, which are both millennium-level problems, fell in front of him.

Even because of becoming an academic leader, he has seldom been in the mathematics circle these years, and has not participated in various academic conferences, large and small, but the mathematics circle has never forgotten the legend about him.

Even today, there are still "myths" about him circulating on the campus of Princeton.

There is no doubt that Lu Zhou is a formidable opponent.

She has been fighting for this conjecture for several years, and she is not sure if she will collapse if Lu Zhou wins the top spot...

"Molina..."

Looking at Vera with a strange face, Molina blinked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Vera smiled shyly and asked, "How far do you think he has researched?"

Looking at the red clouds floating on the fair cheeks, Molina said with a headache: "How would I know? Why didn't you ask him directly? I remember you have his mailbox."

"I..." Playing with her index finger coyly, Vera blushed and avoided Molina's sight, looking at the ivy hanging on the edge of the window, "...I am not good enough for him now .”

no more!

Ahhh, I can't take it anymore!

Holding the table with both hands, Molina stood up abruptly, hugging Vera's shoulders with both hands, staring at her dodging eyes and said seriously.

"Listen, my dear Miss Puyou, although I know that he is your idol and even your ideal lover, but you must be clear that he is our opponent now! He is our enemy! You must never do— —”

Molina was only halfway through her words when she was interrupted by Vera without hesitation.

"I will not be his enemy!"

In those elk-like eyes, the rare confusion was dispelled by firmness.

"...Well, let me put it another way," Molina slapped her forehead, Molina thought hard for a long time, and finally her eyes lit up, and she snapped her fingers and said, "Didn't you have an agreement with him about the Fields Award?" ?"

"!"

Upon hearing this, Vera's expression suddenly became tense.

Capturing this moment keenly, the corner of Molina's mouth curled into a smile, and she patted the little girl's shoulder and continued.

"Come on, if we solve the Riemann Hypothesis, not to mention the Fields Medal, it is more than enough to get the Phils medal 10 times."

Holding her breath, Vera lightly clenched her fists and muttered to herself.

"If I solve the Riemann Hypothesis...he'll notice me."

Giving the little girl an encouraging look, Molina said in a positive tone: "That's right, not only him, but the whole world will notice you."

Vera's face became even redder, she lowered her head and stared at her toes, and smiled shyly.

"All, forget about the whole world..."

"Only him is enough."

...

For the mathematics community where gossip is relatively scarce, it is naturally no small news that a famous figure like Lu Zhou has started to study the Riemann Hypothesis. From the mathoverflow mathematics interactive exchange website to the campus of Princeton University, the news that Professor Lu is researching the Riemann conjecture has almost become the hottest topic nowadays.

It's not just the students who are keen to talk, the professors are no exception.

Naturally, such a big event cannot escape the ears of Professor Fefferman, the head of the Department of Mathematics.

Almost at the same time when Vera told Molina the news in surprise, Professor Fefferman also came to Professor Deligne's office with the typed draft of the paper.

When he arrived at the office, Deligne was sitting at the desk, calculating something on the draft paper.

Noticing the footsteps at the door, the bright-faced old man raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at the stack of papers in Professor Fefferman's hand, then looked away, and said without any ups and downs.

"I'm guessing you're holding that preprint that guy put up on Arxiv."

"It seems that you have already read it," Professor Fefferman made a helpless expression, and threw the printed paper aside casually, "I didn't expect you to be so well informed."

"Anyway, I will still accept some new things, at least I have been using the Internet twenty years ago..." Pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose, Professor Deligne looked away from the draft paper on the table Kai, "You came to me for this?"

"What is this?" Professor Fefferman made an unbelievable expression, and joked in a humorous tone, "Haven't you heard of that legend? If someone proves the Riemann Hypothesis, who will be immortal—not only in the abstract, but practically."

This legend comes from a long time ago, probably at the end of the nineteenth century, the French mathematician Hadamard and the Belgian mathematician Poussin made the first substantial progress since the Riemann conjecture was proposed more than 30 years ago, and then two Individuals lived to age 98 and 96, respectively.

It is quite amazing to be able to live to nearly a hundred years old in that age when medical conditions were not so rich. Therefore, there is also a saying that has been circulated for a long time, that is, whoever can prove the Riemann conjecture will be immortal in the physical sense.

Of course, this is just a joke, and it has been ridiculed for almost a century.

Hearing this old-fashioned joke, Deligne snorted twice, glanced at the corner of his mouth and said.

"...This is an old stalk hundreds of years ago, and some people still believe it. The contribution of Bohr and Landa who proved the Bohr-Landau theorem is much greater than that of Hadamard. If I remember correctly, the two are in their sixties die."

"Well, it seems that God doesn't favor everyone," Professor Fefferman continued with a gentle smile, shrugging his shoulders, "Leaving aside these weird legends, don't you think his paper Is it interesting?"

Prof. Deligne: "Until the formal proof papers are out, I refuse to comment."

Professor Fefferman smiled and said, "I don't want to ask you whether you like him, I'm just curious about the point of view he mentioned in his paper to solve the Riemann zeta function from the π(x) function. I tried I researched according to his thinking, but didn't find any interesting clues... I'm curious, how do you think he will solve this method?"

Professor Fefferman: "What do you think he will do?"

Professor Deligne glanced at him: "You have cooperated with him on the NS equation, don't you know him?"

Professor Fefferman made a helpless expression: "In fact, I know very little about him. Whether in life or work, he is used to being alone."

After hearing this sentence, Professor Deligne pondered for a moment.

Probably lost in memory, it took five minutes for him to speak slowly.

"The Riemann Hypothesis is not the kind of problem that can be solved by finding a direction. In fact, I can name at least ten research ideas that may solve this problem, but so far none of the research ideas really gives me hope. π The (x) function is a relatively new idea, but it can only be said to be 90% new, as you know, it’s not like no one has tried it before.”

Professor Fefferman nodded.

It is indeed not the first time he has heard of someone trying this direction, and even in the coffee restaurant downstairs, he has exchanged similar ideas with others.

"He is a scholar who is good at using tools, but also a scholar who is good at creating tools. Whether he can gain something from the π(x) function or not, I believe he will be able to find us a suitable tool to solve this problem. question."

Professor Fefferman: "Group construction method?"

"Not necessarily," Professor Deligne showed a rare smile on his face, "Anyway, this is a difficult problem that has plagued the mathematics community for a century and a half. Maybe he will tailor a new method for it, and this The method will help us better understand and use the Riemann zeta function."

After a pause, he continued.

"Next year's International Congress of Mathematicians, it seems that we can look forward to it."

Professor Fefferman shrugged and said, "He might not even come."

Deligne shook his head.

"Trust me, he will come."