It was the fifth morning of the academic conference.
A man in a suit walked quickly to the door of room 306 and politely knocked on the door.
"Mr. Lu Zhou, your report is about to begin. Is it convenient for you now?"
There was a sound from inside the room.
Then, a voice came out.
"Now? Isn't my report in the afternoon? "
The man in the suit had an awkward expression on his face. He coughed and said, "Accurately speaking, it's in an hour. Because of a small accident, a Belgian presenter temporarily withdrew his thesis due to travel issues. Our lecture schedule has been temporarily adjusted … Did you not check your email?"
The room went silent for a while, then there was an impatient sigh.
"Wait for me to take a shower."
The staff member heaved a sigh of relief.
"We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience … Also, please don't take too long."
…
Lecture Hall No. 1 was slightly larger than the lecture hall at Jin Ling University. There were about two to three hundred people sitting in the audience. Among them were unknown people, but there were also big names in the academic world.
For example, Professor Pierre Deligné, the student of the late mathematics emperor Grothendieck, and Professor Wang Yuping from Yanjing University …
Perhaps it was because Lu Zhou was not in a good state of mind, but he was surprisingly calm on the podium. There was no nervousness or stage fright at all.
Lu Zhou adjusted the microphone and organized his thoughts. After he saw that the conference staff indicated that he could begin, he slowly spoke.
"Everyone should have read my thesis. According to the original arrangement of the conference, the content of today's report should be the research on the distribution law of Mersenne primes … But because of the conference's arbitrary schedule, this report was moved to the morning. Therefore, please allow me to make a small request."
Lu Zhou paused for a second and looked at the conference staff member next to him. He said, "Can you help me hang a whiteboard on it?"
The staff member was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly, "No problem, but the projector's projection on the whiteboard is very poor. The people behind might not be able to see it."
"Just give me another pen." Lu Zhou glanced at the projector. "You can turn this thing off now."
Many people below the stage were whispering to each other, discussing spiritedly. They did not know what Lu Zhou was going to do.
The staff of the conference management team were also curious, but it was obvious that they had encountered strange requests from the "geniuses" more than once or twice, so they quickly followed the instructions and dragged a whiteboard from the classroom next door.
Lu Zhou took the marker from the staff and nodded. He then turned around and faced the whiteboard. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and entered the system space to activate inspiration time.
The last hour.
He would complete the final proof here!
Opening his eyes, Lu Zhou lifted his brush.
He then wrote down the first line of calculations on the whiteboard …
While Lu Zhou was meticulously writing down the proof process, the atmosphere in the venue was a bit restless.
Not saying a word was fine, but not even showing the powerpoint was too unfriendly for the noobs who were attending academic conferences for the first time.
The two students sitting in the back quietly packed up their things and left.
The academic conference was only a few days long, and there were only a few lectures that could be heard. This 30 minutes was very important for the presenter, and it was also very important for the audience.
As for the big names who often attended various academic conferences, their expressions didn't change much. They only cared about the results of the presenter, not the presenter himself …
When Lu Zhou wrote down the tenth line of calculations, Professor Deligné, who was originally expressionless, suddenly raised his eyebrows.
He changed his posture and looked at the teaching assistant next to him. He then asked in a low voice, "Did you bring your notebook?"
The teaching assistant was stunned. He quickly took out his notebook and pen and said, "I brought it."
"Thank you."
Deligné placed the notebook on his knees and stared at the lines of calculations on the whiteboard. His eyes gradually became serious.
On the other side of the venue, Mr. Wang Yuping was also staring at the whiteboard.
Even though he was old, it was not easy for him to see the things on the whiteboard. However, he still looked very seriously and carefully.
Sitting next to him was the academic exchange group of Yan University. It consisted of three undergraduate students, one graduate student, and one doctoral student. Some of them were his students, and some were his old friends who asked him to bring them out to see the world.
Wei Wen stared at the whiteboard in front of him and frowned. He said, "Sieve method? What does he want to do? "
Yeah.
What does he want to do …
Mr. Wang was also thinking about this problem.
However, when he saw the tenth line of calculations, his cloudy eyes instantly narrowed. He then opened his eyes in disbelief.
He could guess what was going on.
But he could not believe it …
Does he want to challenge a world problem here? Prove the twin prime conjecture!?
If he wasn't crazy, then he was crazy …
"… Sieve method? He's trying to prove the second expression of Goldbach's conjecture? No, no, this step … "Molina stared at the whiteboard and pointed at the notebook in her hand. Her sapphire eyes flashed with disbelief. She said," … Professor Zellberg published a paper in Annual Mathematics in 1995. It's about a topological supplement to the sieve method … He's challenging the twin prime conjecture! "
When Lu Zhou wrote the twentieth line of calculations, 30% of the people in the venue had already understood what the speaker was trying to do.
As for the rest of the people, it did not matter if they did not understand.
This kind of academic conference was open to the public. The only difficult part was being invited to the report. There was not a high threshold to sign up. It was more like the organizers were eager for people to come and donate money. After all, the registration fee was not cheap.
Even if one did not sign up, it did not matter.
Although this was a semi-open academic conference, the conference management team would issue an admission pass. However, the pass was not checked. Therefore, many people who did not sign up could come to the report and discuss mathematics problems with the "poster".
The only difference was that they couldn't put up their posters, they couldn't stay at the Princeton Hotel, and they couldn't attend the cocktail parties on the first and last day.
Wei Wen stared at the whiteboard and held his pen tightly. He suddenly said, "Vinogradov's three prime number theorem?"
Professor Wang Yuping nodded and said, "Yes."
Wei Wen could not help but ask, "Professor … What is he trying to do?"
Professor Wang Yuping smiled and said, "Haha, can't you tell?"
Wei Wen looked dignified and shook his head.
"Then let's keep watching." Professor Wang Yuping sighed and looked at the whiteboard on the stage. He nodded and said, "It seems that Professor Tang brought up a good seedling … I can look forward to the next twenty years."
Lu Zhou did not notice the movement in the venue. His attention was completely focused on the whiteboard. His hand was not fast, but he was extraordinarily careful and forceful.
As time ticked by, the staff standing at the side kept looking at their watches.
Finally, when there were only five minutes left, the staff in the suit saw that the QA session had not yet begun. He coughed and gave a routine reminder.
"There are only five minutes left, please control your speech time."
Lu Zhou stood in front of the whiteboard and wrote with a marker in his hand. It was as if he did not hear anything.
Now that he was completely shielded from the outside world, he might not even be able to hear the Chinese reminders, let alone the English that he had to translate in his brain.
Finally, another five minutes passed.
The two staff members exchanged glances and were about to go on stage to remind the spokesperson who had forgotten the time and place.
However, the moment one of the staff members went on stage, a clear voice came from the first row of the venue.
"Let him continue."
The person who spoke was Pierre Deligné.
When the staff member saw this big name, he subconsciously shivered.
However, out of responsibility, he still explained to the big name, "But the next report is about to begin …"
Professor Deligné put his notes aside and slowly stood up. He looked back and slowly said, "The next report will be temporarily moved to Lecture Hall No. 4. Those who want to listen to the next report can go first."
His voice trailed off.
Ten seconds passed, and no one moved.
No one was willing to move.
Those who couldn't understand what was going on had already left. They wouldn't be sitting there until now.
As for the rest of the people, not only could they understand what the reporter was doing, but they could also see some clues.
Challenging a world-class mathematics conjecture at a report?
Anyone who dared to do this was either a genius or a madman!
If what was about to happen next wasn't a huge joke, then they would be witnessing the arrival of a great moment.
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