In the first row of seats in the auditorium, in the middle, sat an old man wearing black-rimmed glasses.
He quietly watched Li Mu's speech on the stage, without showing too many emotions on his face.
At this time, someone next to him asked him: "Professor Zhang, what do you think Li Mu is planning to do?"
"I don't know, just watch quietly and don't think too much."
"The twin prime conjecture is difficult, but that doesn't mean it can never be solved."
"It's like a hailstorm of speculation."
The old man looked calm.
The person next to him nodded, "That's right."
The old man added: "Of course, if we start the discussion from the Galois domain, it is indeed an interesting angle."
The man next to him nodded: "Indeed, I haven't studied the twin prime conjecture for a long time, and Li Mu's perspective has indeed brought me some inspiration."
To this sentence, the old man did not respond. While remaining silent, his eyes were fixed on the blackboard where Li was writing.
If you are familiar with various celebrities in the field of mathematics, you will be able to quickly recognize that this old man is Mr. Zhang Yitang, who made a huge breakthrough in the twin prime number conjecture.
Zhang Yitang's life has been full of ups and downs, but the so-called late bloomer refers to people like him.
He was regarded as a genius in his early years. In 1978, he entered the School of Mathematics at Beijing University. After graduating from his undergraduate degree, he studied for a master's degree under Pan Chengbiao. Later, he went to study in the United States on the recommendation of the then principal.
However, the experience of studying in the United States made him unable to improve for half his life.
Because of his doctoral supervisor, he ultimately failed to get a recommendation letter from his supervisor after graduation, and therefore no relevant academic unit was willing to accept him.
So much so that he later worked as a delivery boy, worked odd jobs in motels, lived in basements, wandered, and wandered.
But at the same time, he never gave up research on mathematics, and finally completed a huge breakthrough in the twin prime number conjecture in 2013.
His paper at that time was submitted to the "Annals of Mathematics", and the average acceptance time of the "Annals of Mathematics" is two years. However, his paper was so rigorous that the reviewers of the "Annals of Mathematics" decided within three weeks. Adopt his paper.
This speed is the fastest in the acceptance of papers in the Annals of Mathematics in the 130 years since its inception.
Of course, precisely because of this, the twin prime number conjecture has not only become synonymous with him, but he also pays close attention to the progress of the twin prime number conjecture.
So he was not absent from Li Mu's report at all.
Li Mu successfully proved the hail conjecture before, and now he has set his sights on the twin prime conjecture. Zhang Yitang wants to know if he can create a miracle again.
If it can come true, it will be regarded as fulfilling one of his wishes - to see the solution of the twin prime conjecture in his lifetime.
Because he wanted to know whether the method he originally came up with could finally solve the twin prime conjecture with continuous improvement.
If it turns out to be another method, then he will be happy for the mathematical community. The sparks of different ideas eventually lead to the same goal, which is the greatest charm of mathematics. As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome. .
Of course, if it is finally proven based on his method, he will also be happy, because this means that his original method has unlimited potential.
…
At the same time, there were several young mathematicians sitting in the third row of seats, watching Li Mu's story quietly.
"Lao Yun, what do you think?" Suddenly a person turned to look at the person next to him.
"I sit and watch."
The man named Lao Yun answered.
His name is Yun Wei, and he is one of the most accomplished young mathematicians in China.
He has won the Ramanu Gold Medal and the Scientific Breakthrough Award, and is called the Cloud God by people in China.
And the people sitting next to him are not simple, they all come from the golden generation of mathematics at Peking University.
Zhu Wen, Xu Yang, etc. were once known as "gods" in China.
The person talking to Yun Wei was Zhu Wen.
Hearing Yun Wei's answer, he said helplessly: "I'm asking what you think of the idea of Galois Realm."
Yun Wei was silent for a while, and then said: "It should be a new method full of characteristics."
"But I haven't done much research on this, so I can't make a comment."
"But you have to know that this person has proved the hail conjecture. Who knows what he thinks?"
Zhu Wen fell silent.
Compared to Li Mu, they are all a bit older.
Seeing such a young genius appear again in the country, their hearts were filled with a different kind of emotion.
…
People in the audience had different thoughts, some were looking forward to it, and some were sighing.
But none of this affected Li Mu on the stage.
The first small blackboard is already filled with his writing.
Then he continued his derivation on the second small blackboard.
The narration in his mouth did not stop at all.
But at the same time, the brain computer, which is still in the ultimate overclocking state, continues to deduce.
Deducing the surprise he just discovered.
It was this surprise that made him pause for nearly 20 seconds before starting his speech.
As for this surprise, it is a further result than proving the twin prime conjecture.
It made his heart feel surging.
Of course, the excitement he felt came from this further surprise, while the excitement the audience felt came from what he was currently writing.
The writing on the second blackboard was finished again. At this point, both small blackboards on the stage were finished.
Zhang Yitang, who was sitting in the first row, had already sat up straight.
"His method...this method...can it still be written like this?"
When the people next to him saw his performance, they couldn't help but ask: "Professor Zhang, what's wrong?"
But Zhang Yitang did not answer. He kept making the following deductions in his mind based on what Li Mu had written. However, he found helplessly that, with his ability, he could not push forward after five steps. Went down.
He urgently needed to know how Li Mu would deduce it.
But for Li Mu on the stage, it seems that the blackboard is not enough at this time?
He was just about to ask the staff next to him to push up a few more small blackboards, but someone had already shouted before him.
Qiu Chengtong said: "Go get some more blackboards, hurry up."
The staff at the scene were basically student volunteers. When they saw this big boss talking, of course there was no hesitation. They hurried into the backstage and dragged up two small blackboards.
Lian Zhengxing frowned when he saw this. His students were commanded by this Qiu man.
But after seeing what Li Mu wrote on the stage, he gave up.
He could see that Li Mu had already written down the key points.
And sure enough, as he expected, when Li Mu continued to write on the two new blackboards, in less than 10 steps, many mathematicians in the first row immediately opened their eyes.
"this……"
They all murmured.
Zhang Yitang's body suddenly relaxed and he leaned on the back of the seat again.
"It's really a surprise..."
(End of chapter)
