Even though Lu Zhou had a research idea, solving the problem was not an easy task.
It had been a century since the concept of the critical zone was proposed.
Other than Re (s) 1, which were solved the earliest and easiest to solve, Re (s) = 0 and Re (s) = 1, it took him decades to solve the two regions.
The elimination of these two regions directly led to the proof of the prime number theorem.
In order to help himself understand this topic more deeply, Lu Zhou collected a large number of theses in this area. He even found the original version of the étale cohomology method, as well as all of Professor Deligné's theses during the proof of Weil's conjecture.
Lu Zhou should have finished reading these theses during his PhD. Unfortunately, he was still in the field of number theory. Even though he wanted to enter the field of algebraic geometry, he did not have the time.
The research on Goldbach's conjecture had basically taken up all of his energy, and Professor Deligne's training was basically a "free-range" attitude. Of course, if this wasn't the case, he would not have been able to solve the Goldbach's conjecture.
Lu Zhou had some gains and some losses.
On the first day of his retreat, Lu Zhou spent the entire day collecting all of the theses he could find.
On the third day of Lu Zhou's retreat, he spent two days quickly reading all of these theses and summarized the main points in them.
On the fifth day, Lu Zhou combined his previous conjectures about algebraic geometry and the laws summarized from the research results of his predecessors. He cleverly chose an algebraic curve on a finite field as a shortcut to the final answer.
His train of thought flowed like a fountain.
The moment he found the algebraic curve on the finite field, all of the fragments were connected and pointed to the exit of the maze …
The sun rose on the eighth day.
Lu Zhou was sitting at his desk. He stretched his back and yawned as he sat up straight from his chair.
He had no idea what time it was when he finished the thesis last night.
Because he was too engrossed in his research, he didn't even realize that he had fallen asleep when the last step was completed.
The feeling of being completely immersed in the world of mathematics was so wonderful that it made people forget about time …
Sure enough, mathematics was his life.
This feeling was amazing!
He turned on the phone that he had tossed at the corner of the table. As he had expected, a dozen missed calls and unread text messages popped up on the screen.
For the time being, Lu Zhou didn't care about these things. He threw his phone aside and planned to reply later. He then looked at the stack of A4 papers on the table.
"The next step is to input the thesis into the computer …"
Skipping breakfast, Lu Zhou excitedly scanned the contents of the paper into his computer, edited it, and saved it into an electronic file.
He had memorized the content of the thesis, and with Xiao Ai's help, it didn't take long.
After checking the thesis from beginning to end and confirming that there were no major problems with the format, Lu Zhou turned on his computer and sent it to the Annual Mathematics editorial department's email.
His last thesis wasn't worthy of being published, so he only posted it on arXiv.
However, this thesis was different.
His research results would push forward the Riemann's conjecture research direction, which had been stagnant for hundreds of years!
Which was to prove that when ε takes an infinite value, there is no non-zero trivial point of the zeta function in the region where Re (s) ≥ 1-ε!
And this conjecture had an imaginative name.
Which was, the quasi Riemann conjecture!
…
While Lu Zhou was on a retreat, a lot of people were worried about him not going out.
It wasn't a big deal that he didn't go out, but he didn't answer his phone or contact the outside world. This made people who cared about him feel anxious.
Just like this, a week passed by.
While Wang Peng was worrying about Lu Zhou's food in the fridge, Doctor Yan, who was responsible for Lu Zhou's health, finally couldn't take it anymore. She drove her SUV to Lu Zhou's house.
Yan Yan was wearing the white lab coat she wore at the school doctor's office. She walked to the gate and looked at the tightly shut iron fence. She turned her head and looked at Wang Peng, who was smoking at the gate.
"Why isn't Professor Lu coming out yet?"
Wang Peng flicked his cigarette and shook his head.
"I don't know."
Yan Yan: "…"
What do you mean you don't know?!
You're his bodyguard and driver!
After being speechless for a while, Yan Yan, who was standing in front of the door, stretched her neck and looked into the yard. She hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Should we go in and take a look?"
Wang Peng smiled and shook his head. "Don't do that, he'll be mad."
Yan Yan: "How do you know? What if something happens to him and he needs help … "
Wang Peng flicked the ash off the cigarette and made a helpless expression.
"Because … I've tried."
Yanyan furrowed her brows. Just as she was about to say something, the iron gate of the courtyard suddenly creaked open. Then, the door of the house not far away was also pushed open with a bang.
The two looked at the door and saw Lu Zhou, who was wearing a gray trench coat, walking out of the house.
When Wang Peng saw that Lu Zhou was finally willing to go out, he flicked the cigarette into the trash can and asked, "You proved it?"
Lu Zhou looked at Wang Peng and then at Yan Yan. He was surprised for a while before he asked, "Do you know what I'm researching?"
"… Do you know what I'm researching?"
Wang Peng replied with an "uh" and shook his head awkwardly but politely.
He didn't know much about mathematics, so he obviously didn't know what Lu Zhou was researching. However, based on his past experience, Lu Zhou would lock himself at home for a few days. It had to be a difficult problem.
Yan Yan looked at Lu Zhou and quickly stopped him and said, "Wait a second, you forgot about the physical examination today. I just made an appointment with you last week …"
"Really?" asked Lu Zhou as he scratched his head. He couldn't remember.
Yanyan nodded affirmatively.
"Do you want to listen to the recording?"
The f * ck?
There's no need to record this?
"No need, I trust you," said Lu Zhou. He coughed and said, "… Let's put the physical examination aside. I'll do it with you later. Right now, I have something more important to do."
Hearing this, Wang Peng's eyes suddenly became serious, and his right hand shook as he took out his car keys.
"Where to?"
Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly. He couldn't hide his excitement.
"To pick up the car."
Wang Peng: "…"
Yan Yan: "…"
What's more important?!
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