Jin Ling University entrance.
Looking at the bustling streets and the energetic young faces, the white-haired old man suddenly let out a sigh.
"What a great change."
This old man was none other than a stranger.
It was Mr. Qiu Chengtong, a tenured professor at Harvard and the founder of the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center at Shuimu University.
The person standing next to him was Academician Xiang Huanan from the China Academy of Sciences.
Even though he didn't come here often, because he was always in China, he often heard about Jin Ling University.
Hearing Old Qiu's sigh, he spoke with a smile.
"The changes here are quite big. Five years ago, they were still competing with Aurora for the top five and competing with Southeast for orthodoxy. Now, they are standing at the top of the country. Speaking of this, it's all thanks to Academician Lu. Whenever my old friend from Aurora University and I talk about this, he always looks envious and complains that Aurora University doesn't have such a talent. "
"Especially in recent years, Jin Ling University has been carrying out educational reform. With the support of Academician Lu, it has been quite successful in all aspects. When he first came back from Princeton, the undergraduate academic talent training program has become a model for the national college education reform. It has achieved good results in many universities, and it is said that he plans to promote it to the whole country in the future. "
Old Qiu smiled and spoke emotionally.
"If you want to make progress in education, what you need is a top-down revolution from elementary education to higher education. It's not enough to rely on one great man or a few universities."
After a pause, his smile suddenly carried a hint of gratification as he continued.
"But after seeing this, I feel that I can look forward to it in the future."
So many people of insight have thrown themselves into this cause.
The day that all the children of Huaxia were looking forward to was not too far away.
Academician Xiang smiled and said, "Let's not stand at the door. I'm afraid Old Xu is getting impatient from waiting."
"That's true." Old Qiu nodded and looked at Academician Xiang as he said, "Can you introduce him to me? I don't know him very well."
Academician Xiang smiled.
"Don't worry, I definitely won't forget about this."
"Besides, he has been looking forward to your visit for a long time!"
…
Ever since Lu Zhou's thesis was uploaded to arXiv, the atmosphere at Jin Ling University had been quite unusual.
Out of concern for the future of mathematics, the world's attention was focused here.
It was as if Jin Ling University had become the center of the world. Whether they were mathematicians or not, even academics, everyone was paying attention to the progress of this report.
As the principal of the University of Finance and Economics, Principal Xu was feeling both pain and happiness at the same time.
On the one hand, he was busy preparing for the report. On the other hand, he was overjoyed by the huge impact this report would have on Jin Ling University.
Even though similar reports had been held in the past, even if all of them were added up, they wouldn't be able to compare to this one.
As for the reason …
The theme of this report was not to solve the unsolved mysteries, but to redefine mathematics and the future of the world.
Time passed by day by day, and it was finally the day of the report.
Scholars from all over the world gathered in the auditorium of Jin Ling University's new campus.
Originally, this kind of report was supposed to be held in the old campus auditorium. However, considering that the number of participants had exceeded the capacity of the old auditorium, the report was finally held in the new campus gymnasium.
All of the preparations were ready. Lu Zhou, who was wearing a formal suit, walked to the podium in front of the venue.
Standing on the stage and looking down at the crowd, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
From the mathematics professors at Jin Ling University to his old friends from Princeton, pairs of familiar faces gathered in the audience, waiting for him to speak.
Honestly, he couldn't remember how many reports he had done.
But there was no doubt that this was the most important one.
If everything went according to plan, this would be the last competition in his field of mathematics …
He reached out and held the microphone.
The second his hand touched the microphone, the entire empty stadium suddenly became quiet.
No one maintained discipline.
No one reminded the participants to be quiet.
As if they were controlled by a special kind of tacit understanding, everyone was quietly waiting for him to speak.
After a few seconds, Lu Zhou cleared his throat and began to speak.
"… Thank you, everyone, for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come from all over the world.
"I also want to thank the teachers from Jin Ling University for their support. The preparation for this report took up a lot of people's precious time and energy.
"I'm sure you didn't come here to listen to my small talk. Then, let's get straight to the point. "
After that, Lu Zhou turned around, raised the laser pointer in his hand, and pressed on the screen.
The PowerPoint began to flip to the second page. The abstract of the thesis was quickly presented in front of everyone.
Lu Zhou looked at the blank whiteboard and raised the marker in his hand. He began to explain his understanding of the Grand Unified Theory while seriously writing on the floor.
Everyone below the stage listened very seriously and watched very seriously.
The audience in the back row wanted to see every word he wrote. They even brought their binoculars and stretched their necks to look at him.
Time slowly passed by.
Unknowingly, an hour had passed.
However, no one noticed that time was passing by. They were immersed in the exquisite calculations.
Just like this, this tacit understanding lasted for three hours. Lu Zhou's arms and neck began to ache, and he finally stopped writing.
And in front of him, there were already eight whiteboards.
Moreover, every whiteboard was filled with neat handwriting and arithmetic symbols …
"This is the end of the Grand Unified Theory."
He listened to the commotion behind him. He turned around and spoke in a calm voice.
"I believe that even though I said this much, at least half of the people here don't understand or are still confused.
"This is just a review of the thesis. At the end of the report, I will take at least an hour to answer all questions.
"Now, I will demonstrate the application of the Grand Unified Theory.
"Like we often say, conjectures are the touchstone of mathematical methods. Whether a tool is great or not depends on what kind of problem it can be used to solve.
"Due to time constraints, I will only give you one example.
"I hope you all read it carefully."
After that, Lu Zhou turned around and wrote on the whiteboard again.
This time …
It was the ninth whiteboard.
Qiu Chengtong sat in the audience and frowned. He didn't know what Lu Zhou was planning.
Professor Faltings was the same. He looked at Lu Zhou's actions in confusion.
However, his confusion didn't last for long.
Just as he wrote down the first three words, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"… Standard, standard conjectures?!"
Professor Deligné's eyes widened. He almost stood up from his chair.
Standard conjectures!
One of the most important conjectures in algebraic geometry proposed by Grothendieck!
Even though it wasn't a Millennium Prize Problem, nor was it one of Hilbert's 23 questions, it was more important than the other two!
The reason why it wasn't nominated was because most people didn't think it was a problem that could be solved in this century.
Professor Deligné and Faltings weren't the only ones who were dumbfounded. Almost all of the scholars in the audience were stunned by Lu Zhou's actions.
What does he mean by demonstrating the application of the Grand Unified Theory?
Why is he mentioning the standard conjectures here?
What does he want to do?
Maybe …
Almost everyone guessed what Lu Zhou was planning to do.
However, almost no one dared to believe that he could do it here.
Lu Zhou didn't care about what the audience was thinking. He slowly wrote down the proposition that had troubled the mathematics world for half a century on the whiteboard.
[… Every motive should have a direct sum decomposition, and the direct sum term of this decomposition can realize the cohomology of all orders in a given space.]
The pen in his hand stopped.
Lu Zhou turned around and looked at the venue. He had a calm expression on his face, as if he was talking about something normal.
"I believe that anyone in this field of research is familiar with the proposition on the whiteboard.
"I will prove it or not.
"Right here."
The moment he finished speaking, a cold glint flashed across his eyes.
The entire venue was like a pot of hot oil that was thrown into a torch, and it instantly ignited!
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