From small town scholar to chief scientist

Chapter 186 All eyes are on!

Maynard said to Harold Hoofgot:

"What should I do? Not only the teachers of Zhou Yi publicly stated that they would go, but even Purcell, Faljens and Wiles would go, not to mention other experts in analytical number theory."

Harold Hoofgot says:

"What else can I do, cancel it, go to Shuimu University together, and then discuss with them, hold two reports, a report meeting of Zhou Yi, and a report meeting of us."

Maynard sighed:

"Oh, there is no way, Zhou's analytical method and Zhou's geometry are popularized faster than we thought,
Its influence in mathematics is also increasing day by day. If it were not for the fact that the Philippine Award was not given every four years and was determined by the organizing committee in advance, Zhou Yi would have won the Philippine Award last year. "

"It's quite embarrassing. After all, our influence in mathematics is not as good as a young man who has debuted for less than a year. This industry really needs talent.

I thought I was a unique genius, and I saw many masters and still felt that I had two talents, but it was not until I met Zhou Yi that I realized what the hopeless gap was. "

Harold Hoofgot said with a touch of sadness.

Maynard smiled bitterly and said:

"There is indeed a big gap between us and him, but studying mathematics is not about comparing with others. If you adjust your mentality, you don't have to compare."

Harold Hoofgot says:

"Yes, let's book air tickets and hotels first, I'm sure it will be full by then."

"Haha, okay, it's rare to have a confrontation with Zhou Yi. Even if we are wrong in the end, we must lose decently."

Maynard said.

Soon, Maynard and Harold Hoofgot announced the cancellation of the Kochai Lecture at Oxford University on April 4.

He also said that he would go to Shangjing Shuimu University to hold a Gechai report meeting with Professor Zhou.

This news spread wildly in the world mathematics circle as soon as it was posted on Twitter, and then spread wildly in Daxia.

[I declare that Professor Zhou has won this round of competition, and he won completely! 】

【I also announce that this is the second time that Professor Zhou has challenged an established professor. The one who challenged was the winner of the Philippine Award, and winning is enough to see Professor Zhou's status in the mathematics world. 】

[Sunspots, come out and die for grandpa, look, what is the card face, the winner of the Philippine award dare not hold a brother guessing report meeting on the same day as Professor Zhou!
Weak Goldbach conjecture provers did not dare to hold a conjecture report meeting on the same day as Professor Zhou. Several third-prize winners came to Shuimu University to support Professor Zhou. This is the card! 】

Maynard's news undoubtedly made many netizens feel a victory.

As for Zhou Yi, he has already returned to Shuimu University.

Now Zhou Yi is devoting himself to studying Maynard's thesis,

It has to be said that the thesis is indeed very subtle, cleverly using Zhou's analysis method, and further developing on the round method,
The general idea is different from Zhouyi, but there are some similarities.

Looking at the whole article, Zhou Yi's first reaction was no problem, but Zhou Yi always felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, Qiu Chengtong came to Zhou Yi's office and said:

"Zhou Yi, Maynard and the others hope to hold a report meeting on April 4th, which is also about Gechai. Now the principal is here to let me ask you if you are willing."

Zhou Yi said:

"Okay, no problem, it doesn't even matter who comes first."

Qiu Chengtong said:
"You have to get it first, and you have to get approval first. Then your name will be in front of the theorem."

Zhou Yi said:

"Well, I'm reading Maynard's paper, and I always feel that something is wrong."

"Aww, look first, I'll arrange it first, the scale of this meeting is bigger than the ICCM conference held at Shuimu University in 2019, so I have to prepare well."

Qiu Chengtong left after speaking.

Zhouyi and Zhouyi's apprentices were left behind.

The four looked at Zhouyi with admiration, and they were all glad that they chose Zhouyi in the first place.

The strong Filipino award also has to give way to their own teachers, which is enough to show Zhou Yi's status and influence in analyzing number theory.

As the time of the report was confirmed, the turmoil on the Internet gradually subsided, and once again turned into a question of whether Zhou Yi and Maynard's thesis was right or wrong.

There was even a scene of endless disputes.

The titles of the three people are too big, and no one can guarantee who is right and who is wrong.

The final situation will depend on the day of the report meeting.

Therefore, there are three groups of people on the Internet, one group supports Zhou Yi, one group supports Maynard, and one group supports the three of them.

The time is approaching April 4th day by day, and many people have already come to Shuimu University from their own colleges and universities in advance.

90% of the Philippine Prize winners, Wolf Prize winners, and Abel Prize winners came, which kept the executives of Shuimu University busy.

Shuimu University has never had so many heavyweight mathematics experts.

Even the Shangjing University next door has never had so many big names.

To be precise, there have never been so many great mathematicians gathered in the territory of the Great Xia Kingdom.

And Zhou Yi is also visited by various bigwigs every day, either asking about what he doesn't understand in Zhou Yi's thesis, or asking about Maynard's thesis.

So far, in the eyes of many bigwigs, there are no major flaws in the thesis of Zhou Yi, Maynard, and Harold Hoofgot.

Even Zhou Yi felt that there was nothing wrong with the thesis of Maynard and Harold Hoofgot.

Although it is different from my own way of thinking, its method is also very novel.

Zhou Yi lamented that he deserved to be the one who won the Philippine Award and proved the weak Goldbach's conjecture.
Its concise and powerful mathematical language and writing logic are enough to show that its level is not in vain.

Zhou Yi looked at Maynard's papers in his office and murmured:

"Strange, I always feel that something is wrong, where is it, strange."

The four students around me were silent. This was the thesis written by my master's opponent. Even Zhou Yi, who created Zhou's analytical method, couldn't see the problem.
This has already explained the problem, and it is probably correct.

At this moment, Xiao Wanyi from the next door came over and said:

"Junior Brother, Teacher Qiu asked me to tell you that the lecture hall will officially start at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the No. [-] lecture hall of Shuimu University."

Zhou Yi said:

"Okay sister, by the way, how is your thesis?"

Xiao Wanyi showed her face with a smile, she just stared dumbfounded at the two men in Zhouyi's office, Xiao Wanyi said with vermilion lips and teeth:

"The first article published on "Mathematics Chronicle", the second article is also being submitted, and the third article is being written. It is expected to meet Mr. Qiu's graduation requirements before July this year, but I am going to use your Zhou's analysis method to solve Mr. Zhou Haizhong. Zhou’s conjecture proposed to end my graduate career.”

Zhou Yi said:

"The senior sister's progress is not slow. Congratulations in advance. If you don't know anything about Zhou's analysis method, you can ask me at any time."

With a smile on the corner of Xiao Wanyi's mouth, she said:

"it is good."

Zhou Yi's four apprentices woke up from the shock, be good, is my teacher's senior sister also so fierce?

Xiao Wanyi and the others still know that the super internet celebrity bloggers, Douyin, Bhu, C Zhan, Bibo, have millions of fans on each platform,
I didn't expect to learn mathematics so well, it's incredible.

"Mathematical Chronicle" was founded by Princeton University, and after the 90s, it was changed to a journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

It mainly publishes papers in the direction of theoretical mathematics, but it also covers a wide range, and it also has a pivotal position in the academic circle, and its impact factor is also very good.

If they can publish an article, it is estimated that Zhou Yi will allow them to graduate directly with a Ph.D.

Zhou Yi said to several of his apprentices:
"Zheng Keyu, if you can publish a paper in this journal, plus one or two SCI papers in Zone 2, you can graduate directly."

Zheng Keyu smiled bitterly and said:

"Teacher, I will try my best."

Zhou Yi shook his head and said:
"It's not trying to do the best. Doing scientific research is not for me, but for your own future. In the future, the development of Yuzhou will break new ground and even radiate the entire western, northwestern, and southwestern regions. Whether you can seize the opportunity depends on your own level." gone."

Zhou Yi's words were not only for Zheng Keyu, but also for the other three apprentices who were doing artificial intelligence.

At this time, the four of them were obviously excited by Zhou Yi's big cake.

According to Zhou Yi, the western region will form a super large financial center with Yuzhou as the center.

"We'll do our best."

The four of them said like chicken blood.

"It's not going all out, it's going all out."

Zhou Yi said lightly.

The next day, Zhou Yi got up early like yesterday, and after sorting out what he was going to talk about in the afternoon, he continued to read Maynard's paper.

Their thesis Zhouyi always feels a bit problematic.

Zhou Yi dared to swear to God, it was definitely not because they proved this conjecture. If the three of them proved a conjecture at the same time, it would be good news to spread it.
Deliberately slandering others is a sign of lack of self-confidence and low EQ, and it may give the impression that many bigwigs in the mathematics world are stingy.

Even some writers who write mathematics history books will add an extra sum.

In the afternoon, Lecture Hall No. [-] was overcrowded with thousands of people.

In addition to mathematicians, there were also students from Mizuki University, students from Shangjing University, and students from various universities in Shangjing.

Even many students from other places came, but without an invitation letter, they could only sit behind their seats, and were even stopped by some staff members.

But journalists and the media will definitely not be absent.

Numerous cameras were aimed at the screen on the podium and the people who were about to attend.

The current host is Qiu Chengtong, dean of Qiuzhen Academy of Shuimu University.

Qiu Chengtong said in fluent English:
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Shuimu University to participate in this report on the Goldbach Conjecture. On behalf of Shuimu University, I warmly welcome you.

The report will be held from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm today. Zhou Yi, Maynard, and Harold Hoofgot will each have two hours.
The first report was made by Zhou Yi first.The following old man will not talk nonsense, and directly invite my apprentice Zhou Yi to come up and give the first report. "

Not long after, Zhou Yi was dressed in formal attire, under the lights, under the eyes of thousands of mathematics experts in the live broadcast room, and under the expectation of the crowd, he slowly walked onto the high stage.

At this time, the people in the audience held their breaths, no one was whispering, no one was whispering, they were all waiting for Zhou Yi's report.

Today, it is likely to be another time to witness miracles and witness history.

Hilbert asked the rest of the eighteenth question, one of which was cut off by Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi may cut off another part tonight!

"Hello everyone, thank you for coming to Shuimu University from all over the world to participate in this report.
I am Zhou Yi, a professor at Shuimu University. This report is mainly to explain my work on the Goldbach conjecture. "

In an instant, thunderous applause surrounded the entire lecture hall.

Countless lenses and live cameras were aimed at Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi said very forcefully:

"As we all know, Goldbach's conjecture is divided into two parts,

The first part is N= P_1+P_2; when (N≥6) is an even number;
The second part is N=P_1+P_2+P_3, when (N≥9) is an odd number, where P_i is an odd prime number.

If conjecture I is true, then for an odd number N, we can express N-3 as the sum of two odd prime numbers, so conjecture II is true.That is, Conjecture II is a corollary of Conjecture I.One reason for retaining conjecture II is that it is possible to make the conjecture formally expressible for both odd and even numbers.

The second part was solved by Mr. Harold Hoofgot using the calculation book and the proof process, but I will give a specific explanation for the leftover Jan Goldbach guess. "

Not long after, Zhou Yi flipped through the PPT calmly and said:
"I believe that every colleague has read my thesis before coming here, and has a certain understanding of Zhou's analysis method, so I will default that everyone is very familiar with my thesis, and I have not done the basic content of Zhou's analysis method. explanation of."

If Zhouyi still needs to explain the things in Zhou's analytical method, it will not be able to explain it in two hours.

So Zhouyi can only default that everyone knows it. Zhou's analytical method has been recognized by the mathematics community since its inception.

"Here, I will introduce Zhou's analytical geometric group method developed from Zhou's analytical method.

If you don't have any meaning for the tool of geometric group sending, then the next proof work will become very easy.

For every integer k≥2, there exists an integer s=s(k), which only depends on k, that is, every positive integer n can be expressed in the form of tbe.

n=(z_1)^k+(z_2)^k++(z_s)^k.Where z_i is a non-negative integer.

"

Regarding the explanation of Zhou's method of analytic geometric groups, Zhou Yi spoke very slowly. Not only the sieve method but also the circle method were used in it, and a new tool was involved.
That's why Zhou Yi spoke very slowly.

Only this part can be understood by more people, and those who are skeptical can understand it, and the next things in Zhou Yi will be done step by step.

"Here our ideas from Hardy, Littlewood, and Ramanujanan et al. can be defined:
F(α)=((∑_j=0)^q)e^2πiαj^k=e^2πiα+e^2πiα2^k+……+e^2πiαq^k。”

Many people looked at Zhou Yi's step solemnly. This is something in the circle. When Zhou Yi said the names of those people, everyone felt it.

Unexpectedly, Zhouyi really combined these methods together, the idea of ​​analytic geometric group method is really wonderful.

Regardless of whether Zhouyi and Maynard's proofs are right or wrong, at least it is certain that a new mathematical tool has been developed by Zhouyi.

　Sorry for the lateness. I am renting a house. The author has lived in a hotel for several days now. If I can’t rent a good house, I have to sleep on the street. Tomorrow’s update may be a little later than today.I am so sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)