After editing the email, Lu Zhou yawned and clicked the send button.
Under normal circumstances, even if he was not optimistic about someone's proof, he would not say it too much. Instead, he would use a euphemistic way to inform the other party. But because he was in a hurry to rest, he didn't bother to take the time to modify his wording.
Of course, although this 500-page paper did not prove the ABC conjecture in his opinion, it did not mean that the two days were wasted in vain.
Compared to the thesis he found on the website of the Department of Mathematics at Kyoto University, this revised version had been optimized in many details.
Although there were still quite a few problems, it gave him quite a lot of inspiration.
In addition to the basic idea of transforming number theory problems into geometric problems, there were also many problems involved in rebuilding a mathematical language.
He had a lot of experience in the former, but the latter was a new thing for him.
Unlike the existing mathematical language compiler tools, this was almost equivalent to "inventing" a mathematical language to describe the ABC conjecture.
Perhaps, as Perelman guessed, aliens' mathematics would be easier to solve this problem.
After the email was sent, Lu Zhou recorded his inspiration in a notebook. He then stood up from his chair and planned to go home to sleep.
However, there was a knock on the door of the office, and then the door was pushed open.
Lu Zhou was slightly stunned when he saw Chen Yushan walking in from the outside. He spoke in surprise.
"Why are you here?"
"I heard that my boyfriend hasn't slept for two days, so I immediately rushed over from the company … Where's Meng Qi?"
"She has gone back."
Chen Yushan's gaze fell on Lu Zhou's thick eye bags. She sighed with some distress.
"Promise me, don't overdraft your health anymore."
"It's just two days, don't make such a fuss …" Lu Zhou said with a dry cough, "Besides, it's not the first time I've gone on a retreat."
"What do you mean it's just two days!" Chen Yushan couldn't help but complain, "Moreover, this is the first time I know that you don't sleep when you're in seclusion!"
"I don't cultivate every time. It's just that when I have an inspiration, I want to finish what I can do in one go while the inspiration is still there …"
While speaking, Lu Zhou couldn't help but yawn. He then smiled and said, "Besides, I'm going to rest now, so don't worry."
"If I didn't come, I'm afraid you would only remember that you should take a break tomorrow." Chen Yushan's gaze fell on the stack of documents on the desk. "This is … the ABC conjecture?"
"Well, after reading Shinichi Mochizuki's paper, I had a lot of interesting ideas. Although I don't know when I can solve this problem, I feel that we are very close to the entrance of the maze."
Looking at the excited expression on Lu Zhou's face, Chen Yushan went silent for a while and whispered.
"I heard that … after solving the ABC conjecture, you are going to Mars?"
"… Who did you hear that from?"
"My dad."
As expected …
Lu Zhou sighed in his heart.
He could guess that it was Director Li who revealed this news to her father.
As for the reason, it was nothing more than playing the emotional card.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Is such a wicked thing even human beings do?
"I want to go to Mars with you … But it's still a bit too willful to say this."
Looking at the pretty face that was so sensible, Lu Zhou spoke after being silent for a while.
"If you want, I will take you with me."
"No."
This was beyond Lu Zhou's expectations.
He thought that Chen Yushan would be willful for a while, but she shook her head and refused him with a smile.
"If I go with you, I'll definitely make you worry. If it's a vacation, it's a different story, but since you are going to do business … I don't want to be a burden to you because of my willfulness. "
"I will wait for you on Earth."
"So …"
"Promise me, you must come back."
Although she carefully hid the feelings of anxiety and uneasiness, Lu Zhou still read the many unspoken words from those rippling eyes.
Maybe I should just forget about it …
Even if someone else went, it would be the same.
I have taken on too many responsibilities that don't belong to me. If I share some of them with others, maybe not only can I relax a little, but I can also leave more time for the people around me.
After all, I'm not young anymore …
However, this thought only lingered in his mind for a second.
After a while of silence, Lu Zhou raised his head, looked at the pretty face, and nodded gently.
He spoke in a serious tone.
"I promise you … No.
"I promise you.
"I will definitely come back safely!"
…
Almost at the same time.
Kyoto University.
After reading the email lying in his mailbox, the expression on Shinichi Mochizuki's face was a little unhappy. His student, Hoshi Yuichiro, was standing behind him with a cup of coffee in his hand. He looked at the email on the screen and spoke in surprise.
"Read more than 500 pages of papers in two days … How did he do it?"
Abelian geometry was well-known in the mathematics world for its obscurity. The number of scholars who could reach the top in this field could be counted on one hand.
Hoshi Yuichiro clearly remembered that Schulz, who was said to be a genius mathematician, spent half a year to understand his professor's paper.
And he and another student, Yamashita Takeshi, agreed that the German mathematician did not understand their professor's paper at all. When he questioned it, he even confused two unrelated mathematical concepts.
"Obviously, he didn't read my paper carefully at all. He just made a judgment based on intuition." Mochizuki took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose and stood up from the computer desk.
After a pause, he continued.
"I will go to China and confirm this in person."
The moment he said this, the entire office went quiet.
It wasn't just Hoshi Yuichiro, but his students and assistants, including Yamashita Takeshi, looked at him in surprise.
What surprised them was not that their professor planned to use Professor Lu as an opponent in the debate. At least in their opinion, their professor was no worse than Lu Zhou.
What really surprised them was that this famous "homesick" mathematician was actually willing to go out?!
Hoshi Yuichiro gulped and looked at his professor in disbelief. He then asked in an uncertain tone.
He asked in an uncertain tone, "Professor … Are you going to go in person?"
"Yes." Mochizuki nodded without hesitation and said straightforwardly, "His misunderstanding of my paper is even more annoying than that guy Schulz. I will explain it to him in person."
"But don't you … not go out?"
Back then, the European Mathematical Society tried to invite him to give a report, but he only sent himself and another student to give a speech. This time, he actually took the initiative to go to China. In Hoshi Yuichiro's opinion, this was like the sun rising from the west.
"That's because there was no need to go out before, but now there is."
Looking at his student, Arata Mochizuki continued.
"Also, I have a lot of questions about quantum encryption algorithms and cryptography that I want to talk to him about."
"Compared to the ABC conjecture, which has no suspense at all and has been solved more than ten years ago, this is what I'm really interested in."
The moment he heard these words, Hoshi Yuichiro's shoulders shook. Just like the other students and assistants in the office, he looked at his teacher with a trace of worship in his eyes.
No wonder he's Professor Mochizuki.
That confidence.
That courage.
It's so cool!
(The little assistant who helps me manage the public account wrote an article about Vera. I, the author, blushed when I read it. I'm very embarrassed …)
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