In the end, Lu Zhou did not choose any of the missions.
Mission 2 and Mission 3 were both options. Mission 3's priority was higher than Mission 2's. He could consider any mission that cost less than twice as much time.
After all, the 20,000 mathematics experience points were too tempting. There was also the 100% chance of a blueprint drop. Although a world-class mathematics award could not be won by a single proof of a conjecture, considering the academic value and political significance of his thesis, maybe the country would give him a medal?
This was still a possibility.
Anyway, the two missions were not the kind that could be completed in a few days. If he met the conditions, he could apply at any time.
He could ask Professor Tang or Dean Lu about the conditions for the national mathematics awards and the approval time. Then, he could consider which one was better.
After thinking about this, Lu Zhou exited the system space. He took out the E-grade physical strength needle and used it on himself. He then turned over and fell asleep.
However, what he didn't know was that when he fell asleep, his name was already printed in the newspaper. Countless media and self-media editors were thinking about what to write for the next headline article. They were racking their brains for a mathematics thesis that they couldn't understand at all. They were frantically pulling at the few tufts of hair on their heads that hadn't fallen off yet …
…
[Mathematics Chronicle] latest edition, page 30 – [Discussion on the distribution law of Mersenne prime numbers and proof of Zhou's conjecture]
At the end of the thesis, there was a line of comments from the reviewer.
[This is a groundbreaking work. We finally have a reliable theorem that constrains the variation law of Mersenne prime numbers to a visible interval. – Professor Pierre Deligné]
Professor Pierre Deligné was famous for his sharp tongue. Whether it was in an academic conference or a public lecture at Princeton, if anyone made a mistake, he would point it out on the spot. He had embarrassed many well-known professors and scholars in the field.
However, he used the word "groundbreaking" to describe this thesis.
This was quite rare among the many theses that he had written!
The latest mathematics journal issue was published less than a week ago, and this thesis caused quite a stir in the international mathematics community. Whether it was the proof process itself, Professor Deligné's evaluation of the thesis, or the author's age …
A week before Lu Zhou saw the paper, countless scholars in the field of number theory had repeatedly verified this proof.
Then …
The professors from Jin Ling University were shocked!
The China Mathematical Society was shocked!
The results of the verification were the same …
Absolutely correct!
Civil scientists …
Alright, the civil scientists were not shocked. They were still trying to solve the "1 + 1" problem of Goldbach's conjecture and how to overturn Fermat's last theorem. As for the idea of a Chinese title, most of them didn't even bother to write it down, unless someone won an international award with it.
Soon, this sensational atmosphere spread from the mathematics community to the media.
Zhou's conjecture, which had troubled the number theory community for more than 20 years, was proven.
This meant that from now on, this conjecture would become Zhou's theorem.
In the temple of the mathematics building, there was another mathematical theorem named after a Chinese surname!
Whether it was the person who proposed this conjecture or the person who proved this conjecture, it would be recorded in the history of mathematics!
The most shocking thing was that the person who proved this conjecture turned out to be a second-year undergraduate student!
Many people thought of Student Liu, who proved Sitapan's conjecture a few years ago.
Anyone who had some understanding of mathematics knew that although one was a Chinese conjecture and the other was a British conjecture, the difficulty and academic value of the two could not be compared at all.
The so-called Pantasi's conjecture was just a conjecture in the field of reverse mathematics about the strength of Ramsey's second coloring theorem, which guessed that RT22 might be stronger than WKL0. Student Liu proved that RT22 did not contain WKL0, thus giving a negative answer to this conjecture.
Solving this conjecture was definitely difficult, but there were thousands of conjectures that were as difficult as this conjecture …
However, looking at Zhou's conjecture, although there were thousands of conjectures of the same difficulty, the research on the distribution law of Mersenne primes had a more practical significance. Countless mathematicians tried to express the distribution law of Mersenne primes in mathematical language, but without exception, these expressions were all conjectures. None of them could be promoted to a theorem.
Now, this theorem was born.
Because of this, the media was excited.
At least, the domestic media was completely excited!
A new star in mathematics was rising, and the domestic media saw him as a hopeful person to challenge for the Fields Prize.
Although Zhou's conjecture was far from enough, it had to be at least as difficult as Jacobi's conjecture to be worthy of the crown of mathematics, but …
He was only twenty years old!
He still had a full twenty years to fight for the Fields Prize at forty years old!
Just this one condition was enough.
[China Youth Daily] used a domineering and magnificent title and excerpted Professor Deligné's evaluation of the thesis from [Mathematics Chronicle]. They reported this sensational news: [Answering Qian Xuesen's question, University of Jin Ling undergraduate student conquers the world's mathematics problem! We can also produce outstanding talents!]
[Everyone Daily] did not fall behind. Although they did not focus on Lu Zhou, they also published an editorial with a similar title, encouraging researchers to bravely climb Mount Everest and forge ahead on the road of science.
Compared to the reservedness of the traditional media, the self-media did not have as much integrity. Naturally, the headlines would be whatever they wanted, and the gimmicks would be whatever they wanted.
[Shocking! A University of Jin Ling undergraduate student solved a world-class number theory problem overnight!]
[The world's mathematicians are collectively silent. A problem that has troubled the world for twenty years was solved by an undergraduate student!!!]
[The American mathematicians are silent, the Japanese mathematicians are sighing …]
It was almost as if Lu Zhou was the reincarnation of Mr. Chen.
The media's popularity inevitably caused Lu Zhou to become a trending topic for the third time this year.
And this time, he was the top trending!
In the comments section of Everyone Daily, the netizens exploded.
[Amazing … He solved a world-class problem in his second year. When he becomes a PhD student, he'll be in the sky?! (panic) (panic)]
[I'm going to cry, I'm not going to Weibo anymore, I'm going to go back to my PhD thesis. (cry)]
[When I was twenty years old, I was still worried about advanced mathematics. Now, he's already challenging the world's mathematics problems …]
[It's University of Jin Ling! My senior!!! I remember he won the mathematical modeling championship!!!]
[My idol is a mathematician.]
[Is there anyone who likes cursing at Old Dog Zhu?]
[Are you happy being naughty? (dog head)]
[Please don't be a bystander. (dog head)]
[My brother Lu, I'm a man of few words.]
[A strong young man makes a strong country! Salute to the great scientific researchers! (fist) (fist)]
[…]
At this moment, Lu Zhou did not know what happened on Weibo.
Because he slept until three o 'clock in the afternoon!
Lu Zhou groaned and struggled to open his eyes. He slowly moved his arms and felt that all the muscles in his body were sore. It was as if he ran for a few hours and did a hundred push-ups on the spot.
Not only that, but the towel blanket and the bedsheets underneath were all soaked with sweat. They stuck to his body and gave off a faint sour smell.
Lu Zhou threw away the sticky blanket and was shocked.
"F * ck me, why am I sweating so much?"
The sheets and blanket looked like they were soaked in swill. It was so disgusting that he jumped up from the bed.
Lu Zhou moved his limbs and the bones in his body made a series of cracking sounds. He felt that the soreness in his muscles had been alleviated a lot. What replaced it was an unprecedented comfort, as if he had eaten Stride.
Lu Zhou sat up from the bed and threw the blanket and sheets on the stool. He then climbed down the ladder.
Lu Zhou stood in front of the mirror and rubbed his chin. He realized that other than looking as handsome as ever, there seemed to be no changes.
He took the blanket and sheets to the balcony and threw them into the laundry basin. He was going to put them into the washing machine with his clothes. Then, he went to the bathroom to take a shower. He washed off the sweat on his body and walked out of the bathroom while humming a song.
A cool breeze blew by. It was as if all of the pores on his body were relaxing. Lu Zhou could not help but stretch.
No wonder it was the high tech sample provided by the system. Although he did not feel any increase in strength or reaction speed, he could clearly feel that his physical condition had improved a lot.
At least, the fatigue and injuries accumulated from staying up late and sitting for a long time were cured by the injection last night. He went from sub-health to quasi-health.
Suddenly, the dorm door was pushed open. Shi Shang and Liu Rui rushed in and woke up Huang Guangming, who was sleeping on the bed.
"F * ck me, are you two crazy?"
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