Two o 'clock in the afternoon.
It was still the old Jin Ling University auditorium.
Even though the audience was one-fifth smaller than yesterday, the atmosphere was still quite lively.
Lu Zhou stood on stage and wrote on the blackboard while explaining the details of the steps.
After one blackboard was filled, the staff member quickly dragged another one and neatly arranged the blackboard on stage.
Just like this, the staff member went on stage five times, and six blackboards were filled.
When Lu Zhou wrote the last line, which was the general solution, the audience stood up in excitement.
Thunderous applause spread from the front row to the back row like a tide, instantly filling the entire report venue.
Edward Witten looked at the blackboards on stage and smiled as he said, "Luckily I didn't go back early, otherwise, I would have missed this historic moment."
A smile also appeared on Deligne's face as he said with a slightly emotional tone.
"Maybe his talent in other fields of mathematics is much stronger than algebraic geometry."
Fefferman joked. "Don't be discouraged, maybe he's just not interested in algebraic geometry yet. When he becomes interested, the entire algebraic geometry community will be surprised by his results. "
Deligne smiled noncommittally.
"I hope that day comes."
The applause gradually subsided.
It was like a tidal wave, and it also receded like a tidal wave.
The audience sat down again, and Lu Zhou put down the chalk in his hand.
Lu Zhou looked back at the audience, cleared his throat, and spoke slowly.
"We have obtained a general solution for the Yang-Mills equations. We will have a deeper understanding of the interaction between microscopic particles, as well as the way they exist or move from a mathematical perspective.
"Next, I will try to explain the strong interaction Yang-Mills existence and mass gap from a mathematical perspective."
Lu Zhou paused for a second and spoke.
"Next is the Q&A session."
…
The solution to a proposition was different from the proof of a proposition.
The latter required a rigorous proof method, and there was no room for mistakes.
As for the former, even if they didn't provide any information about the process or even just a guess about the result, it was still allowed by the academic community.
Just like when Waring wrote "Algebraic Meditations", he proposed that "every positive integer can be expressed as the sum of at most r powers of k, where r depends on k". He boldly predicted that g (2) = 4, g (3) = 9, and g (4) = 19.
When he wrote these conclusions, he did not provide a clear solution. The proof of the existence of g (k), as well as the subsequent numerical solutions, were all solved by future generations in the next century and a half.
In fact, if Lu Zhou did not provide a perfect solution, it wouldn't have mattered.
At most, it left a suspense for future generations to find a mathematical solution in the next half a century or even a century. They would use mathematical methods instead of computers to test whether this conjecture was correct …
In short, after the Q&A session ended, the report also came to an end. The scholars that visited China also boarded their return flights.
Ten o 'clock at night, Jinling International Airport.
Edward Witten, who was sitting in the terminal waiting for his flight, had just picked up a magazine and was about to sit down and read it when he was immediately stopped by a reporter.
"Professor Witten, what do you think of this report?"
"This was an excellent report. I would like to thank Professor Lu for bringing this report to us. I would also like to thank Jin Ling University for their warm hospitality. I still miss the … Jin Ling Roast Duck? That's what they say in Chinese. " Witten joked with the reporter with some half-baked Mandarin in the middle of a series of English words.
The reporter laughed and asked, "Then what do you think of this report?"
After hearing this question, Witten thought for a while before speaking.
"There is no doubt that this is a milestone in both the history of mathematics and physics. We found the general solution of the Yang-Mills equations, which means that we can understand the secrets of the microscopic particle world from a mathematical point of view. This reveals physical phenomena that we haven't discovered yet.
"From the perspective of a theoretical physicist and mathematical physicist, I think this is the most outstanding research result of the year."
Reporter: "Even though this year just started?"
"Yes, I'm sure of that." Witten looked at his watch and saw that it was almost time. He looked at the reporter and said, "If you have any questions, you'd better hurry up. I'll be boarding in five minutes."
If everything went well, he could still make it to the CERN conference.
However, compared to what he learned from his trip to China, what he learned from Switzerland was insignificant.
"I promise, this is the last question." The reporter quickly flipped through the notebook and chose the most topical question. He said, "Someone criticized Professor Lu for suddenly leaving the report, which was a great offense to the scholars present. As an internationally renowned scholar, what do you think about this matter?"
"I'm not an internationally renowned scholar." Witten smiled and said modestly, "At least compared to Professor Lu, I'm still lacking a Nobel Prize."
After the joke was over, he paused for a moment and continued.
"Normally speaking, unless there is a reason, no one would choose to leave in the middle of a report. After all, this is related to whether or not their argument can be recognized by the academic community. However, if there is something they have to do, I personally think it's understandable. "
Reporter: "So you think this kind of accusation is unreasonable?"
"Sort of, at least after seeing such an excellent result, I don't have any other thoughts." Witten smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "If you want my opinion, I think it's not a joke to criticize a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the building of theoretical physics …
"I think this is the greatest offense to us."
(Thank you to the leader of IAG _ Awakening ~ ~
I know I owe a lot of money, don't hit me.)
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