While Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun were still working on the EDA project with all their strength, thousands of miles away at the University of Cambridge in Eagle Country, Lai Angsi, who was called "the rising star of number theory in Eagle Country" by Professor Wiles.
·Bowe is teaching in the classroom.
As the youngest full professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, in addition to graduate students, he also has teaching tasks for undergraduate students.
However, Lyons is not too distracted by teaching; he values ​​the results of his projects more.
His goal is simple. The Adams Medal, the oldest and most influential mathematics prize at the University of Cambridge, fell into his hands last week. His next goal is the Mathematics Breakthrough Prize in the Scientific Breakthrough Prize, and then the Cole Prize.
, only by winning these two awards can he be qualified to compete for the higher-level Crafford Medal and Fields Medal, and truly become a dominant figure in mathematics, and even replace Professor Wiles as the number one figure in Eagle Country in the future.
The first person in the world.
Everyone says that mathematics is a difficult subject to make money. That's just because it's not famous enough. If it were famous enough, you could make a lot of money just by giving lectures everywhere, let alone making mathematical models for financial companies.
, casually receiving a reward of tens of millions is a small amount.
Thinking of these possible futures of fame and fortune, Layance's heart was filled with excitement.
Looking at the time, there were only about five minutes left before the end of get out of class. Professor Lyons was too lazy to give lectures anymore, so he announced that free discussion and questions would follow.
Soon a student raised his hand and said: "Professor, I heard that you will fly to San Francisco next week to participate in the selection of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics?"
A flash of pride flashed in Leonce's eyes, and he nodded: "Yes, I will leave next Friday, but starting from next Monday, my class will be taken by Professor Boone. I will also take some time to perfect my knowledge of
Proof of Polignac's conjecture."
Another student curiously asked: "Professor, do you want to continue to prove that the Polignac conjecture under even numbers is true?"
Lyons did not answer directly, but just raised the corner of his mouth and said: "I can't go into details at the moment. What I can tell you is that in only nine months, I will be able to prove the Polignac conjecture.
!”
That article "Prove that for all odd numbers k, there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers (p, p
2k)" is just a bargaining chip to compete for the Mathematics Breakthrough Prize and the Kohl Prize, and it is also used to disrupt the pace of all competitors and lead them astray. The real achievement of Lyons is to think of another more complex and more complicated method.
A cumbersome way to prove the Polignac conjecture.
Although this method is a bit clumsy and takes a lot of time to perfect, and it is estimated to take more than a hundred pages to write, Lyons is confident that it can be completed within nine months. After all, besides himself, he has seven or eight other people on hand.
An outstanding graduate student, including two high-level Asian students, will be involved in this project.
Of course, the final result that proves this world-famous conjecture will only belong to him.
Another student said flatteringly: "With your contribution to the Polignac conjecture, you will surely win the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics this time, right? After all, when it comes to the achievements in mathematics in the past two years, who can
Can it compare to you?"
Foreign professors have great power and can completely decide on the recruitment of graduate students. Therefore, many students who are interested in applying for graduate studies in Lyons have spared no effort to please him early on.
Lyons didn't answer, but the corners of his mouth curled up even more.
He had long been determined to win this year's Mathematics Breakthrough Prize. He originally heard that there was a genius student named Qin Ke in that ancient country in the East, who conquered several world-class conjectures including the twin prime conjecture and Zhou's conjecture.
He is a strong rival for the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and the Cole Prize for Number Theory.
But now he is not worried at all. With the "Proof of the Weak Polignac Conjecture", as well as the personal connections he has managed for many years, and some Westerners who are disgusted and afraid of Eastern faces, they have re-entered the stage of the international mathematics community.
Waiting for the conditions, Lyons felt that it was certain that he would win the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics this time.
Therefore, he no longer even paid attention to the competitor in the eastern country, and all his thoughts were focused on his own project.
He knew very well that relying on the "Proof of the Weak Polignac Conjecture" to win the Crawford Prize and the Fields Medal was still unreliable. Only by truly conquering the Polignac Conjecture would the chances be greater.
some.
The Fields Medal will be awarded in October next year, and it will take almost four or five months to publish the paper, and there is still publicity and momentum. He must really solve the Polignac conjecture before February next year. For this reason, he fiercely
It is no exaggeration to describe him as "day and night" in squeezing the graduate students in his hands.
Just give me about nine more months! All the glory will be mine!
Lyons left in a hurry after the get out of class bell rang, preparing to go back to his scientific research laboratory to continue studying the subject. But as he walked on the school road, he wondered if it was his imagination, and the professors he met on the road who knew him looked at him. They all look weird, seeming to be regretful, and also seeming to be gloating about their misfortune.
Lyons frowned, grabbed a familiar professor and asked, "Professor Kuris, is there something weird on my face?"
Professor Kulis did not have much favorable impression of this sharp-edged, selfish and arrogant colleague. He smiled and said: "Professor Bowie, have you read the "Annals of Mathematics" that just came out today?"
"I didn't have time to read it." Lyons suddenly felt an ominous feeling and asked hurriedly: "Is there anything on it?"
"You should see for yourself." Professor Curlis smiled strangely, turned and left.
Lyons felt even more uncomfortable, snorted coldly, and quickened his pace.
As soon as he stepped into his scientific research laboratory, he saw his graduate students gathered around and looking at something.
When Lyons saw that his students dared to be lazy and take advantage of the situation, his already unhappy mood became even worse. He yelled, "What are we doing together? Have you completed the task given to you today?"
As soon as the words came out, he noticed that the faces of several graduate students ranged from shock, decadence, depression, and even despair.
At this time, a graduate student handed over the journal he was holding and said bitterly: "Professor, our topic... seems to have no meaning in continuing research."
"What do you mean?" Lyons grabbed the journal and saw that it was the "Annals of Mathematics". His heart suddenly clicked, and then he saw the title of the opened page...
"Proof of Polignac's conjecture? Farck's oil!" Lyonsru was punched hard and his face changed.
If he had seen such a title in an ordinary newspaper or a third- or fourth-rate small magazine, Lyons would have laughed. But when the question came up, he was holding the "Annals of Mathematics"! One of the top four mathematics journals in the world.
!
Editor-in-chief Faltings is even more famous for his rigor!
This this……
With a livid face, Lyons found a chair and sat down, then gritted his teeth and read the paper carefully.
Several graduate students didn't even dare to let the air out, and stood beside Lyons with their hands down.
Lyons stared at it for more than an hour, his face getting more and more ugly. Finally, he suddenly yelled, tore the journal in his hand into pieces, and threw it to the ground!
Polignac's conjecture was...actually proved!
Moreover, the mathematical processing method used is extremely sophisticated. It continuously expands from points to lines and planes, and progresses layer by layer. It is several times better than the clumsy method he came up with!
The most disappointing thing is that even though he read this paper with a critical attitude, he could not find a single error!
The entire proof process is extremely rigorous and perfect!
When Lyons read it for the first time, he didn't believe there was such a perfect proof process. He read it twice more, but apart from the exquisiteness and rigor that made him despair, he really couldn't find anything to fault, even if it was
One word!
"Fake oil! Fake oil!" Lyons stepped on the torn journal on the ground as hard as he could. The shock and disbelief on his face turned into despair and ferocity, and finally turned into despair.
That’s it…my Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.
That’s it…my Cole number theory prize…
Not to mention his paper that proved the weak Polignac conjecture. Even if he could now prove the Polignac conjecture with his original idea, he still couldn't compete with this excellent paper. After all, it is an academic achievement.
In addition to proving the value of the world conjecture itself, the mathematical methods used in it are even more important.
His clumsy methods are incomparable to this new method that has never been seen before, but is exquisite and magnificent!
"By the way, who is the author of this paper?"
Lyons suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to read the author of this paper, and the journal on the ground had been torn and trampled on, and was extremely dirty.
He then looked at several graduate students.
Several graduate students looked at the ferocious look of despair with his red eyes and subconsciously took two steps back. One of the graduate students bravely said: "It should be Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun from Xia State, the two who created it."
The Xia Guo mathematician who developed the fourth-order transformation method of Qing Ning number theory..."
Lyons repeated the names in a murmur.
It was them! The competitors that he no longer cared about!
Lyons's face became paler and paler. He gritted his teeth, took out his mobile phone, dialed a certain number, and said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Miles, are you looking at a yellow star for this year's Scientific Breakthrough Award?"
Are Asians with skin selected?”
An equally frustrated man's voice came from the other side: "Professor Bowie, have you seen today's "Annals of Mathematics"? I advise you to forget it... Haven't you seen the "Annals of Mathematics" about this paper?
Comments? And I checked, this paper, Mr. Faltings contacted and urged the review experts to speed up the review. You should be very clear about what this means. And the review experts include Faltings
Mr. Linden Strauss and other five Philippine Prize winners..."
Lyons' brain buzzed, and even the last illusion in his heart was shattered.
Faltings, that stubborn old guy with a frighteningly high reputation and status, wanted to ensure that this Xia mathematician named Qin Ke got on the podium...
With the recognition of five Philippine Prize winners, who can overturn this academic achievement? Who can stop Qin Ke from standing on the international podium?
Lyons sat down on the sofa in despair and was speechless for a long time.
…
The news that the world-famous "Polignac Conjecture" was proved by Xia's mathematicians Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun using an unprecedented new processing method was first exposed by the American media and soon spread to the world.
In various places, countless research groups were so miserable that they could not even eat, and countless people watched and grabbed copies of the "Annals of Mathematics" just to see the proof process for the first time.
On arVix, Qin Ke’s fans surged again.
When the news finally reached Xia Guo, Qingmu University once again happily posted the news on the homepage of its website and its official WeChat account:
"Warmly congratulate our school students Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun for teaming up to solve a higher-level world mathematics problem, the Polignac conjecture!"
Major domestic media outlets retweeted it frantically, and various headlines emerged one after another.
"The youngest winner of the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Prize once again creates new miraculous results!"
"Mathematical guess how much a pound is? Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun said they would pay ten pounds first!"
The netizen circle was finally shocked again. Hot searches about the two quickly jumped to the top of the list.
[Here, what did you say last time? Unless Qin Shen and Ning prove the world-class conjecture, don’t waste money on them. The result is the same as the past two months. They really proved the world-class conjecture again!]
[This Polignac conjecture is said to be twice as difficult as the conjecture they proved before! I can’t say anything except that it’s so awesome!]
[I beg you two academic masters to become professors as soon as possible. I want to enroll as your graduate student!]
[This time it is indeed very sensational. I heard that Qin Shen published a separate paper and put forward a new conjecture, which was internationally named "Qin's conjecture". After Zhou's conjecture, our Xia country has another world-famous conjecture.
The number theory conjecture! This is really awesome...]
[It's really awesome. Didn't you see that the "Annual Review of Mathematics" added a comment after Qin Shen's conjecture paper? "This may be an important conjecture related to the secret between the Riemann Hypothesis and prime numbers!" Now there is a quarrel on YouTube, many
Graduate students and even doctoral students majoring in mathematics claim to solve this "Qin's conjecture".]
[Anyway, I can’t understand any of it. I’m just responsible for shouting 666. 】
…
Qingmu University, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were still studying the EDA topic when they heard the news. Because they had already received an email from the "Annals of Mathematics" and knew that the paper would be published in this issue, they were not too excited.
But I can't hide my happiness.
Of course, what made Qin Ke most happy was the system prompt sound in his ear:
"Ding Dong! You have used a brand-new mathematical method to prove the Polignac conjecture, and proposed the first mathematical conjecture named after your surname. It is time to charge towards the famous world conjecture.
Numbered' target!"
"Dingdong! Congratulations, you have completed the mission 'It's time to blow the charge to the famous world guess'. The first reward of the mission is being distributed..."
"Ding! The first reward has been distributed, your academic points (mathematics) are 500!"
"Ding! The second reward is being distributed... You have received a mysterious gift package! The mysterious gift package is being opened..."
Chapter completed!