December 18th.
The auditorium of Jin Ling University's old campus welcomed a group of special guests. This group of people had different skin colors, ranging from twenty years old to eighty years old.
The gathering of so many foreign friends was a little unusual for this old campus where the people of the university rarely came. Therefore, it attracted the attention of countless students.
In order to maintain order and ensure the safety of the presenters and participants, the Jin Ling city authorities mobilized almost half of the city's police force. They even deployed armed police officers and soldiers to escort the entire report.
It was quite rare for a scholar to receive this level of attention.
However, if one thought about it carefully, it wasn't that surprising.
More than two thousand internationally renowned scholars attended the report. There were even thousands of PhD students and master's students who didn't receive admission tickets. They either paid their own way or followed their supervisors to Jin Ling to attend this industry event. They just wanted to know the results of the report as soon as possible.
Even top conferences like ICM and ICPAM wouldn't be able to compete with such a huge lineup.
Standing at the gate of the old campus, there were two master's students with English and Chinese volunteer armbands on their arms. They looked at the grand occasion in the distance with mixed emotions.
"This is like the Hua Shan Sword Duel in the mathematics world!"
"It's not Hua Mountain Tournament of Swords, there are only two protagonists in this report, it's clearly a battle at the Forbidden City …"
One of them was the youngest Fields Prize winner, a well-deserved king among young scholars. The other was one of the founders of modern algebraic geometry, second only to the pope of algebraic geometry.
Compared to Ye Gu Cheng and Ximen Chuixue, the two students looked at the crowded auditorium entrance.
The two new mathematicians stared at the entrance of the auditorium. They couldn't help but be fascinated by the crowd.
Thousands of words were condensed into a single sentence …
A Fields Medalist is terrifying!
Xu Chenyang happened to pass by the entrance and overheard the conversation between the two. He came from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to attend this event, and he nearly laughed out loud.
Battle at the Forbidden City?
That's quite interesting.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a familiar face not far away. Surprised, he greeted her from afar and quickly walked over.
"Brother Zhang! Haha, long time no see! "
Zhang Shouwu, who was walking toward the auditorium, heard the greeting. When he saw Xu Chenyang walking toward him, he suddenly had a surprised look on his face.
"Brother Xu? What a coincidence, you're here too? "
"Two big names are going to battle at the top of Jin Ling, so I had to come." Xu Chenyang joked and said, "Not to mention that the Riemann conjecture has stood on the top of the analytical number theory for so many years. Even Grothendieck is hesitating. Now that Academician Lu has opened a hole in the Riemann conjecture, I'm sure anyone who knows how terrifying this conjecture is won't want to miss this event."
As one of the outstanding young scholars in China and the world, he obviously received an invitation from Jin Ling University. But then again, even if he didn't receive an invitation, he would have signed up to attend this report at his own expense.
After all, the opportunity to witness history only came once in a lifetime.
It would be a huge loss if he missed it.
Zhang Shouwu was obviously interested in the battle at the top of Jin Ling, so he smiled and said, "Haha, that's right. It's just that the situation seems a bit grim. "
Xu Chenyang smiled and said, "What, you don't think Academician Lu will win?"
"It's not about me, it's just that Faltings isn't easy to deal with." Professor Zhang sighed as if he was reminiscing about the past. He said, "When I went to Princeton to study and became a student of Faltings, the first thing I did was ask him if he could give me a topic. The old man only said one thing to me. "
Xu Chenyang: "What did he say?"
"… I've done all the easy questions, and the rest are extremely difficult. For example, Riemann's conjecture. "Zhang Shouwu squinted his eyes and looked at the auditorium not far away. He looked at the mathematicians from all over the world as he held his vacuum flask and said," After leaving Princeton for so many years, I still don't understand Germanic humor. But one thing is for sure, his understanding of Riemann's conjecture is probably the best in the world …
"If even he thinks that Professor Lu's proof is wrong, and he appears at this report …
"Then I'm afraid he's ready to teach Lu Zhou a lesson."
Professor Zhang's view was quite pessimistic.
In fact, before this report, not everyone in the Chinese mathematics community was optimistic about Lu Zhou's success. Just like he said, people who understood Riemann's conjecture better than Faltings might have already taken their research results to the grave.
If Faltings thought that there was a problem with Lu Zhou's proof, and that there was a problem with the core argument part …
Then there was an 80% chance that Lu Zhou's proof was wrong.
However, after hearing Professor Zhang's words, Xu Chenyang just smiled gently and spoke in a casual tone.
"I met Professor Lu at the Brazilian Congress and had a short chat with him. Even though it was only about the Navier – Stokes equations and some partial differential equations, he left an impression on me. "
Zhang Shouwu frowned and looked at him curiously.
"What impression?"
"He's a person who creates miracles."
Professor Xu Chenyang paused for a second before he spoke.
"No matter how ordinary the method is, he can dig out the clues that everyone ignores … No matter how small the clues are.
"I believe he will create miracles again.
"And this is also the reason why I came here from the East Coast of North America thousands of miles away.
…
The auditorium was packed with people.
If someone in the relevant field was here, they would definitely exclaim out loud.
Almost half of the big names in mathematics were sitting here, and their research covered almost every branch of mathematics.
Jokingly, if someone dropped a bomb, the entire mathematics world would regress by at least half a century …
Lu Zhou stood next to the podium. He was wearing a suit and leather shoes. He took a deep breath and gradually calmed his heartbeat.
Although he hadn't held a report for a while, he wasn't unfamiliar with the feeling of excitement.
It was like there was an unknown force flowing in his blood vessels, making him more focused and more active than ever.
He gently clenched his fists and was about to review the content he had prepared before. Suddenly, an old man wearing a black high-collared trench coat walked over to him.
The old man's dry fingers were holding onto a walking stick. He looked like a candle that could be blown out by a gust of wind. He trembled as he stopped next to the stairs and stared at Lu Zhou motionlessly.
After a long while, a rare smile that did not contain any sarcasm or mockery suddenly appeared on his wrinkled face as he spoke.
He spoke, "Are you ready?"
Lu Zhou knew what he was waiting for, so he nodded.
"I'm ready."
Professor Faltings grinned.
However, his eagle-like eyes flickered with a sharp glint, and there was not the slightest hint of a smile in them.
"I hope you're ready. This is a problem that concerns the future of the entire mathematics world, so I won't go easy on you."
"Please do." Lu Zhou made an inviting gesture and said calmly, "I'll leave it to you to protect the rigor of the mathematics world."
"Ah."
The old man pressed down on the brim of his hat, threw down a sentence, and turned around.
"I would've done it even if you didn't say it."
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