Although this was the first time that Rio de Janeiro hosted the International Congress of Mathematicians, it had hosted many international mathematics conferences before.
According to Wang Shicheng, this was his seventh time coming to this city, so he was quite familiar with this place.
He called the other Chinese mathematicians who came here for a 45-minute report. The original group of four became a dozen people. Academician Wang led the way and arrived at a Sichuan restaurant near the hotel.
The owner of this restaurant was Chinese and his ancestral home was in Shancheng. Apparently, he used to be a PetroChina employee, but he found out that opening a restaurant here was more profitable, so he quit his job and opened a food and beverage business here. His business became more and more popular, so he emigrated. Now, he married a local wife and had children.
The owner obviously knew Academician Wang. When he heard that they were mathematicians attending the International Congress of Mathematicians, he gave them a 10% discount.
Later on, when the owner heard that Lu Zhou was also here, he didn't give them a discount. Instead, he directly gave them a free meal and refused to take any money.
The owner looked at Lu Zhou, who insisted on paying. He pushed his hand away and spoke with a smile.
"Right now, the entire Chinese community in South America is saying that Princeton Professor Lu won China's first Fields Prize. It's my honor to have you here, so I'll treat you! If you win the Nobel Prize, you can come to my restaurant and eat, no matter how many people you bring! "
Secretary Cheng, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "I'm afraid that's a bit difficult. There's no Nobel Prize in mathematics."
Zhang Wei said, "No, maybe Professor Lu has a chance …"
Xu Chenyang nodded and said, "Indeed."
Although there was no Nobel Prize in mathematics, there was still hope for a Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Last year, Lu Zhou won the Hoffman Medal in Germany, and earlier, he won the Adams Chemistry Prize. This was quite famous in the China mathematics community.
Secretary Cheng: …?
Seeing that the boss was determined, Lu Zhou did not insist and accepted his kindness.
At the dinner table, Wang Shicheng, chairman of the China Mathematics Society, raised his glass and spoke to Lu Zhou.
"On behalf of the China Mathematics Society, I would like to propose a toast to you. Congratulations on winning the Fields Award, and thank you for bringing glory to the China mathematics community."
After clinking glasses with Academician Wang and downing his drink, Lu Zhou said modestly, "You flatter me, I just did what I should do."
After finishing it in one gulp, Academician Wang smiled and said, "I know that for us researchers, knowledge is the number one priority. As for those awards, they are just the icing on the cake. But no matter what, I have to give you this toast."
"God Lu, I'll give you a toast as well. I'm not representing anyone, I'm representing myself." Xu Chenyang smiled heartily and raised the glass in his hand. "If you have the chance, come visit the Yan University International Mathematics Research Center. It's the only research institute in the world that's located in a courtyard. It's a good place to visit."
"Thank you," said Lu Zhou with a smile. He then said, "I'll definitely visit!"
Originally, Lu Zhou did not plan on drinking too much. However, today was a celebratory day, so everyone was very enthusiastic. Lu Zhou was also very happy.
After a few rounds of drinking, even though he had a good alcohol tolerance, he was still slightly tipsy.
However, this was a rare opportunity for Lu Zhou to meet a lot of big names in the Chinese mathematics community.
For example, Xu Chenyang, God Wei, God Yun, Zhang Pingwen, etc …
Even though they did not win the Fields Award, the Fields Award was not the only measure of a mathematician's greatness. In the academic community, they were respectable scholars. Their work was important and could not be ignored.
This meal took a long time. Lu Zhou drunkenly returned to the hotel at two o 'clock.
He happened to be standing next to the elevator in the hotel lobby. When Schulz saw Lu Zhou walking toward him, he paused for a second.
"The banquet is at night, you drank too much."
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I didn't."
Schulz said, "Do drunk people talk about themselves like that? Do you still have your medal? "
Lu Zhou reacted to this, and he subconsciously touched his inner pocket.
"Of course it's still there … I told you I'm not drunk."
Schulz raised his eyebrows and smiled as he said, "Okay then, let me test you."
Lu Zhou: "What question?"
Schulz smiled and said, "For an elliptic curve E defined on a finite field, the most general Hasse-Weil-L function should be an automorphic L function of GLn in the algebraic number field. These automorphic L functions can be uniquely decomposed into the product of" standard "L functions."
Ever since Lu Zhou's mathematics level reached level 7, he had become more and more sensitive to the vague parts of his memory related to mathematics.
Maybe it was something he had only seen in a book or a thesis. He could only remember it by going back and reading the literature. Now, he could remember it with a vague sense of déjà vu.
Similarly, Lu Zhou felt like he had heard or seen this sentence somewhere before.
Lu Zhou lowered his head and thought for a bit. He then burped.
"Interesting statement. If I'm not wrong, it's probably an algebraic geometry problem … So?"
Schulz took a step forward and said in a serious manner, "No so, I just want to know 'why'."
"My dear Mr. Schulz, I don't have a hundred thousand whys, I can't know everything …"
Lu Zhou frowned and tried to concentrate. He thought for a bit and shook his head. "I don't know, this problem is too difficult. And I have a hunch that if I want to figure this out, I'm afraid it will take me three months … or maybe even half a year. "
Upon hearing this, Schultz's eyebrows twitched fiercely.
Half a year …
This guy was really drunk.
The statement he said before was one of the many conjectures about the Artin-L function in the Langlands program. It was also a classic algebraic geometry proposition.
Over the past year, he had tried countless methods. Even though he had achieved some results, he couldn't solve the most important part.
Similarly, he didn't think Lu Zhou could come up with it. He just wanted to listen to different opinions from different people. Maybe he could get some inspiration.
Schulz took a deep breath and said patiently, "Okay then, do you have any good ideas about this problem? Or rather, train of thought. "
Lu Zhou frowned and thought for a bit. He suddenly smiled and said, "If you want to prove that the above automorphic L function can be uniquely decomposed into the product of the 'standard' L function, you have to first prove the uniqueness of the decomposition of the automorphic L function … If that's the case, why don't you try to prove it using group representation theory or analytical methods? I think we can give it a try. "
Actually, Lu Zhou didn't know much about algebraic geometry either. His understanding of algebraic geometry was limited to what Deligné taught him. He only had some understanding of some of the more in-depth propositions, but he had never studied them in depth.
Because of this, he always felt guilty. Even though he had Glentendijk's will, he never thought about going to France to collect this mathematics legacy.
Under normal circumstances, Lu Zhou wouldn't talk about things he didn't know very well.
But he was drunk …
That was hard to say.
If he thought of something and thought it was fine, he might just say it.
Schulz listened to Lu Zhou's drunken nonsense and sighed. He shrugged and said, "I'll help you get some sobriety medicine from the organizers …"
Group representation theory and analytical methods, such a general thing …
Wait a minute.
Schulz thought about the bottleneck he encountered in his research and frowned. He crossed his arms and began to think.
When Schulz suddenly stopped talking, Lu Zhou paused for a second.
"… I'm just saying, don't take it to heart."
"No … Maybe what you said makes sense." Schulz twirled his finger around his hair and said, "Why don't you try using group representation theory or analytical methods? You're right, why didn't I think of that … "
Lu Zhou: "…?"
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