It's the Cole Prize!
Lu Zhou was surprised.
Soon after, he realized the problem.
"Wait a minute, isn't the Cole Prize only awarded to members of the Federal Mathematics Society?"
Old Qiu knew that Lu Zhou would ask this question, so he smiled and explained, "The Federal Mathematics Society holds an academic conference in Princeton. The best young speaker will receive a US $10,000 prize and a certificate. The speaker will also receive honorary membership, which is somewhere between a member and a member. In fact, many societies in other countries have similar honorary membership rules, so you're in line with the award rules. "
This included the Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award. Even though Lu Zhou had never applied to join any society, under normal circumstances, when he received an award from a society, he would be granted membership or honorary membership of the society. This was the norm.
Old Qiu paused for a second before he smiled and continued.
"… The nomination for this award was completed in September, and the selection was completed in October. The official document will be sent to your school in early December. The award will be at the end-of-year academic conference two days after Christmas. If I remember correctly, it's at the University of California. Of course, whether the award will be presented at the opening or closing ceremony depends on the notice. The organizer will send an email to your email. Just remember to check your email regularly. As for this period of time, you should prepare your acceptance speech! "
When Lu Zhou heard Old Qiu say this, he smiled awkwardly.
I'm embarrassed.
The official document hasn't been released yet, and you're telling me this in advance? Does it feel like I'm going to win?
In fact, he also wanted to ask how much the Cole Prize was.
But on second thought, they were all scholars, so it was better to be more reserved.
Thus, he refrained from asking and instead said, "That's right.
Instead, he said, "I'll prepare well!"
"You should pay attention to this. Just don't miss the award ceremony," said Old Qiu as he nodded. He then changed the topic and said, "Speaking of the end-of-year academic conference, it's actually quite good. If your Group Structure Method thesis is presented there, more people will know about your research results."
"There's an academic conference after the award ceremony?" asked Lu Zhou.
"Of course, this is a tradition. It's better to say that the award ceremony is just a side effect. Giving a report at a conference like that is very helpful for you. "Mr. Qiu smiled and said," But there are only two months left. I don't think you have anything to publish. You should take a break and go to California in December. Also, you can use this time to think about which direction to go next … Oh right, do you have a general idea? "
Lu Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I plan to continue researching prime numbers, but I haven't found a suitable target yet. Do you have any good suggestions? "
The research on the twin prime conjecture and Polignac's conjecture had taken up almost an entire year of his energy. Now that this work had come to an end, his mind was still focused on this work.
He had to choose a prime number proposition to fill in the blanks, but he hadn't figured out which one to start with.
The Jebof conjecture, which had been around for more than a hundred years, seemed quite interesting. It was similar to Polignac's conjecture, except that one studied the infinite distance between prime numbers, while the other studied the existence of a prime number between square numbers.
There was also Brocard's conjecture, which stated that there were at least four prime numbers between the squares of two prime numbers. This conjecture also had high research value.
Although these two conjectures were not as famous as the twin prime conjecture and Polignac's conjecture, it did not hinder their status in the mathematics world. They were even higher than the two conjectures that Lu Zhou had completed.
These were only one of his backup plans.
"Prime number research is a very good direction. It has a high status in the field of number theory. The distribution of prime numbers indicates a lot of real-world problems, such as information technology and cryptography, "said Mr. Qiu as he nodded and smiled. He then said," Although I don't do much research in the field of number theory, based on my understanding of number theory, your achievements in sieve theory are the most outstanding of anyone I've met. Many people think that sieve theory has been perfected by Chen Jingrun, but it seems that we are just limited by the times. There is still a lot of room for further research. "
The old man paused for a moment before he suddenly threw a bold idea to Lu Zhou.
"If that's the case, why don't you try to challenge Goldbach's conjecture?"
Goldbach's conjecture?!
Lu Zhou was stunned.
This …
Isn't this a bit too much?!
Lu Zhou thought for a moment before he cautiously replied, "I feel like … This conjecture is a bit too difficult for me. Maybe when the time is right, I'll take this conjecture out and research it. "
Although his mathematics level had reached level 4, according to the rules of the system, not only would his database access be expanded, but his ability to understand and analyze mathematics would also be enhanced to a certain extent.
However, Goldbach's conjecture was one of the three modern mathematics problems, and its difficulty was in the second tier.
Even though the work of the predecessors had pushed the results to "1 + 2" and was only one step away from "1 + 1", it wasn't easy to put the last brick on the roof of this building.
Otherwise, this conjecture would not have been there for so many years.
"You misunderstood me," said Old Qiu as he shook his head. He then said, "I'm not asking you to immediately prove or disprove this conjecture. I'm asking you to try to research this conjecture."
"Many mathematical conjectures don't necessarily have to be proven to be a major research achievement. For example, when we were researching Riemann's conjecture, we accidentally proved the prime number theorem. At that time, the status of the latter in the mathematics world was much higher than the former.
"Similarly, sieve theory is a very delicate mathematical tool. Since you can further polish this tool while researching the twin prime number conjecture. I think you will be able to get more inspiration from studying Goldbach's conjecture. " Old Qiu suddenly smiled and said, "Of course, this is just an old man's suggestion. You can just use it as a reference. It's up to you how you choose! "
After listening to Old Qiu's words, Lu Zhou went into deep thought.
What the old man said seemed to make sense. The weight of Goldbach's conjecture and the experience value behind it was also full of room for imagination.
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