The day after Christmas, not far from the entrance of San Francisco International Airport.
Tao Zhexuan drove Lu Zhou to the airport. He got out of the car and opened the trunk for him. He smiled and said, "Have a safe trip."
"Thank you," said Lu Zhou as he dragged the suitcase out. He smiled and said, "Come to China if you have the chance."
"Of course!"
Over the past two days, Lu Zhou had often discussed mathematics problems with this genius. Although the two were almost 20 years apart in age, their personalities were surprisingly compatible. When he was leaving, Tao Zhexuan offered to drive him to the airport, and Lu Zhou happily agreed.
The plane had not yet taken off. Lu Zhou was sitting in the departure lounge when he picked up a newspaper. He saw that it was the Daily Mail.
Just as he was about to change to another copy, he saw the headline of the news and was immediately captivated.
[The Millennium Prize Problem Riemann's conjecture, which has puzzled the mathematics community for a century and a half, was proved by Professor Opeyemi Enoch of Ado-Ekiti University in Nigeria!]
Lu Zhou:???
The f * ck?!
I've never heard of this before?
Lu Zhou thought that he had missed out on big news. He quickly logged onto the arXiv website and searched for this thesis.
Sure enough, it lived up to his expectations. He quickly found the thesis on arXiv.
However, before Lu Zhou could open the thesis, he saw that the thesis was classified as [General-Mathematics]. He immediately lost interest.
The category of General-Mathematics, which was the so-called general mathematics, was an arXiv website's kind and caring name for the general sciences. Theses that were thrown into this category were basically worthless.
Lu Zhou: "…"
He finally understood why the Daily Mail was once blacklisted by David Kibacca.
Western reporters love to make big news, but their standards need to be improved …
The proof of the Riemann's conjecture was not just a million USD reward. It meant that thousands of inferences based on the Riemann's conjecture would be recognized as theorems.
For example, a Swede named Koch proposed a more accurate prime number theorem based on Riemann's conjecture. This was the so-called prime number theorem under strong conditions: π (x) = Lix + O (√ x · lnx).
If the Riemann conjecture is true, then this formula is true.
If Riemann's conjecture was disproved, then thousands of similar formulas would be buried with it.
The influence of this thing could not be summed up by a few expressions.
Lu Zhou glanced at the thesis and closed the webpage.
Trying to prove Riemann's conjecture with a few symbols and elementary mathematics was a waste of time.
As for why the Clay Institute ignored this person and ignored the paper without commenting, Lu Zhou could roughly guess.
It was because of "correct governance", which was a problem that existed in every country.
Perhaps one day he would try to challenge the crown of mathematics, Riemann's conjecture. However, the most important thing right now was to solve the problem at hand. Whether it was the Goldbach's conjecture or the collaboration with Professor Frank, they both consumed a lot of his energy …
…
After more than ten hours of flight and one transfer, Lu Zhou dragged his suitcase out of the airport.
Perhaps Dean Lu noticed that the last time they picked up Jin Ling University, the University of Jin Ling did not come to the airport again. However, there was still a lot of people at the airport entrance.
A few Mercedes-Benz cars were parked at the entrance. Lu Zhou would not have known that the university was this rich.
When the passersby saw the black Mercedes-Benz parked neatly, they thought it was a celebrity. They took out their phones and took pictures.
After Dean Qin got out of the car, he enthusiastically shook Lu Zhou's hand and smiled.
"Congratulations, Lu Zhou!"
Lu Zhou shook Dean Qin's hand and said politely, "Dean Qin, you're too kind."
Dean Qin smiled and said, "Of course not, you're the first person in the Chinese number theory community to have a crab! And it was a hairy crab! You're bringing our hero home, this is the right treatment! Let's not talk at the airport entrance, let's get in the car. "
Since the car was already here, Lu Zhou obviously would not decline. He got in the car with Dean Qin.
Considering that Lu Zhou had already moved out of his dorm, it was too late to arrange a temporary dorm. For the sake of convenience, the university booked a nearby hotel for him.
As for his luggage, it was still the staff of the school who helped him send it over.
Now, a reporter from the CTV science program wanted to interview him.
Actually, Lu Zhou's original intention was to refuse the interview. However, when he thought about the million yuan check, he "reluctantly" accepted it.
Jin Ling University's academic reputation had always been good. However, it was not as famous as Yan University, Shuimu University, Zhi University, and Aurora University. As for the reason, part of it was because there were no particularly nutty people.
After Lu Zhou became famous, the number of people applying to Jin Ling University's mathematics department increased. The popularity of applying to other majors also increased. Jin Ling University enjoyed the same treatment as when it first opened.
It was foreseeable that in 2016, there would be a lot of new juniors entering this beautiful campus and bravely jumping into the pit of mathematics.
Lu Zhou was very pleased with this.
After all, he had lived here for three years. As a nostalgic person, he naturally wanted his alma mater to be better and better.
After the interview, Lu Zhou returned to the hotel and had his first good sleep since returning to China.
He slept all the way until noon the next day. After he washed up and yawned, he went to the cafeteria for lunch. He then arrived at the school auditorium on time.
When he arrived at the auditorium, Dean Qin and Principal Xu were both there.
"Classmate Lu Zhou," said Academician Xu Jian as he shook Lu Zhou's hand. He smiled and said, "You just came back from America and haven't had a good rest yet, right? Thank you for your hard work!"
Lu Zhou hadn't graduated from Jin Ling University yet, so it was fine to call him classmate.
Academician Xu didn't know what else to call him.
He hadn't even started his PhD, and he wasn't even a professor yet … Ever since he became an academician, Lu Zhou was the first master's student in the entire academic community that he would actively shake hands with.
"Not at all," said Lu Zhou as he shook hands with Academician Xu. He smiled and said, "If my alma mater needs me, of course I'll be there!"
Dean Qin smiled and said, "This time, our school's special scholarship and annual person award have a chance to go on CCTV! Have you thought about your speech? "
"CCTV?" asked Lu Zhou. He was surprised.
He originally thought that he would go on a local TV station.
After all, Jin Ling University wasn't like Yan University. Even though the annual person award was grand, there were many other universities that were even more grand than Jin Ling University.
"It's a long story, but it's all thanks to you." Academician Xu smiled and said, "Our country is paying more and more attention to the field of basic science. We need a young researcher who has achieved outstanding results. As a role model and representative of young researchers, we still have to do relevant publicity work. How about it, have you prepared your speech? Speaking of which, where's your speech? Do you want me to take a look? "
He really hadn't prepared anything like a script for his speech.
After all, this kind of small award wasn't a big deal. He planned on improvising anyway. He had the previous Cole Prize acceptance speech as a reference, so he wasn't worried about any accidents.
But if he said it out loud, wouldn't it seem like he didn't take it seriously?
"I … memorized it," said Lu Zhou with a subtle smile.
"Haha, that's fine," said Academician Xu with a smile. He then looked at Lu Zhou and said, "Do your best, I'll leave it to you later!"
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