【Wang Defa? What did I see? Gerd Faltings and Peter Schulz actually posted together? ! etc! Goldbach Conjecture? Gift crab special! 】
[Finally, someone has commented on Li Mu’s proof. The former director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Max Planck Society and the current director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Max Planck Society have recognized it... Oh my god, Li Mu is probably going to succeed again! 】
[I don’t understand it, I don’t understand it at all. An ordinary MIT mathematics PhD student like me can only wait for the big guys to draw conclusions. 】
[Are you a doctoral student? Li Mu is just a doctoral student now! 】
[Forget it, I just want to know when Li Mu will graduate? I feel like the doctoral student he is now tells us all the time that these doctoral students are like waste. 】
[It’s hard not to agree. 】
[It’s hard not to support. 】
[So, please Li Mu graduate soon! 】
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Of course, there are also many big shots among the melon-eating comments.
For example, Tao Zhexuan, who is very keen on surfing the Internet, gave a reply: [I didn’t expect you two to post it first. I originally wanted to comment on it on my personal website. I have also read Li Mu’s papers in the past few days. Once again, no problem was found for the time being. His proof process was as rigorous and detailed as ever, and it was very exciting. 】
In addition, Deligne, who rarely speaks online, also appeared in this post: [I have also read the paper. It is indeed very good and I can’t find any problems. Maybe Goldbach’s conjecture is really true. It's going to become a theorem, like the Koraz-Lee theorem, the twin prime number theorem... um, the Goldbach-Lee theorem? Li Mu is really a mathematical guess crusher. 】
Under Deligne's comment, Andrew Wiles also replied: [Hahahahahaha, I proved Fermat's last theorem, my students proved the Kauratz conjecture, the twin prime conjecture, and now Goldbach The guess is fast, we are about to solve the problem of number theory. 】
Deligne immediately retorted: [I let you, old guy, take advantage! 】
Wiles: [Can this be called bargain hunting? This is called fate. 】
The word "fate" is typed in Chinese.
Deligne: [Oh my god, please stop sending me Chinese messages. I studied Chinese some time ago, but it tortured me to death! 】
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Big guys from all walks of life have appeared in this post. There are more than a dozen Fields Medal winners alone, which can be said to be a gathering of elites.
Even Qiu Chengtong replied in the comments before: [I am currently watching Li Mu receive the Ramanu Gold Award here at ICTP. I will ask him later, picture (Li Mu receiving the award.jpg)]
Ever since, under his comment, he also received replies from various netizens.
【Oh! Professor Qiu! Please be sure to ask Li what he thinks of his proof! Does he think his proof is successful? 】
[Li will definitely say with great confidence that he has proven successful. He has never failed! 】
【He was actually there! Lee actually won the Ramanu Gold Medal? Oh, well, it's no surprise that he won any award. 】
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The number of replies to this post continued to rise, and finally it exceeded a thousand.
You know, usually the number of replies to posts in MathOverflow is usually not too many. After all, this forum is too professional, and it is considered good to have more than a hundred posts.
But this is normal. After all, the appeal of Goldbach's conjecture is unparalleled.
Of course, relevant news quickly spread back to China.
Whether it was Li Mu winning the Dirac Medal and the Ramanu Gold Medal, or the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, it all aroused heated discussions in China.
On Weibo, there are several related topics that have reached the top ten of the hot search list, [Li Mulian won two internationally renowned awards], [Li Mu proved Goldbach's conjecture].
In addition, even Li Mu’s speech when receiving the Ramanu Gold Award has become a hot search topic, [Li Mu talks about the greatness of compulsory education].
After all, this is considered a matter related to politics. No matter how hard Weibo posts it, this kind of thing will still be on the hot search list.
Then, domestic netizens suddenly became excited.
【Fuck! Dirac Medal! The highest honor in physics and physics, awesome, my God! How can people be so stupid? ! 】
[Li Mu: It’s a small thing, it’s a small thing, be low-key and low-key, sprinkle it with water]
[What is the Dirac Medal? The Nobel Prize in Physics is what Faun should win! The Dirac Medal belongs to little Karami. 】
[I laughed to death. I heard that the Dirac Medal is not awarded to Nobel Prize, Wolf Prize, and Fields Medal winners. I think judging from the current situation, my dear, maybe in a few years The Shepherd will get it all for you! 】
[I'm not telling you, don't pay attention to the Dirac Prize, and pay attention to Goldbach's conjecture, okay? I'm kidding, Goldbach conjectured! Do you understand? 】
【ah? Did Faun also prove Goldbach's conjecture? I thought there were only Dirac Awards and Ramanujan Awards! 】
For a while, those netizens who did not read the entire hot search list and only saw Li Mu winning two awards immediately returned to the hot search list, and sure enough, they found another hot search about Li Mu proving Goldbach's conjecture,
As a result, these netizens flooded into this hot search again and started discussing excitedly.
To a certain extent, before Li Mu proved the twin prime conjecture and the hail conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture could be said to be the most famous in China, much higher than the first two.
Even now, there are still many old people who still don't know what the twin prime conjecture and the hail conjecture are, but they know what Goldbach's conjecture is.
Because in that era of scarcity, the Chinese people were in an era of confusion. The famous mathematician Chen Jingrun stood up and greatly improved the progress of Goldbach's conjecture on behalf of the Chinese people, proving its establishment in the 1+2 form.
At that time, this matter appeared in various newspapers, and Xu Chi, a well-known poet, essayist, and critic, wrote a reportage "Goldbach's Conjecture" about this, which was published in "People's Literature" at that time.
Therefore, many old people who came from that era know what Goldbach's conjecture is. After all, this matter has also brought pride to many people in the country.
And now, their young people have inherited the original glory and completed the succession, solving this problem?
Suddenly, many elderly people became excited about this.
Go to Beijing, in a courtyard.
An old man who looked to be in his 90s looked at the newspaper in his hand.
"Good! Good! Good! I didn't expect to see this problem solved in my lifetime! What a great job!"
A young man sitting next to him looked over curiously: "Grandpa, what are you talking about?"
"Come and read the news." The old man laughed and handed the newspaper in his hand to the young man.
The young man looked at it and laughed: "Oh! That's it! It's posted everywhere on the Internet now. This Li Mu is really worthy of being called the God of Shepherd."
"Huh? Do you also know this young man named Li Mu?"
The old man couldn't help but ask.
He had heard of Li Mu's name before, but since he didn't use the Internet much, he didn't know much about it.
He had also seen the news that Li Mu had proved several other conjectures, but compared to Goldbach's conjecture, he didn't understand the other conjectures at all, so he didn't particularly care.
The main reason why he is so excited now is because he was deeply impressed by Xu Chi's reportage more than 40 years ago, which gave him a deep understanding of Goldbach's conjecture.
He knew how difficult it was to prove this conjecture, and he felt great admiration for Chen Jingrun at that time.
In the end, he and Chen Jingrun even became good friends.
Now he was naturally excited to see that a problem that his good friend had spent his whole life studying but could not solve was solved in the hands of a young man in their country.
The young man saw that his great-grandfather was very interested in this matter, and then he told it in detail.
"This Li Mu, to be honest, he is also the idol of many people across the country..."
Listening to his great-grandson's story, the old man gradually realized how outstanding this young man named Li Mu was and how much he meant to their country, especially when his great-grandson told him that Li Mu was receiving the Ramanu Gold Medal. remarks at the time.
"Well said!"
The old man couldn't help but praise again, "This Li Mu is very good, very good."
The young man had a smile on his face.
If your idol is recognized by your elders, of course the younger generation will also be happy about it.
But soon he couldn't be happy anymore. The old man looked serious, and then warned: "You kid, you should learn more from others. Don't idle around all day long. It's like living in a dream. Now do it for me." Go to homework."
The young man's expression suddenly fell, and he reluctantly said: "I know, I know."
Then he could only go back to his room and start studying.
The old man thought for a while, then took out a mobile phone and made a call.
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In the office of the boss who once awarded the first prize of the National Natural Science Award to Li Mu.
The boss heard his personal phone ringing. After taking a look at the caller's number, he was stunned for a moment. Then he answered the phone and said respectfully: "Mr. Fang, do you have any instructions?"
"Haha, I can't talk about instructions. I just saw that young man named Li Mu on the news. He did a very, very good job. I think young people like this should be strongly supported."
The boss was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing and said, "Mr. Fang, don't worry about this kind of thing. Young people like this are pillars of talent, and the country will never give up its support for such talents."
"Okay, okay, that's good. I'm relieved. This Goldbach's conjecture has been proved. If Lao Chen finds out about it in Quanxia, he will probably be happy."
"Of course, Mr. Chen will be happy."
"Okay, it seems that there is no need to make this call, so I won't disturb your work."
Without further ado, the phone hung up.
The big boss smiled helplessly, "I didn't expect that Mr. Fang would actually care about this kind of thing."
The assistant next to him smiled and said: "After all, Mr. Fang was in charge of education matters at the beginning, so it is normal to be concerned."
The boss nodded, then thought about it and said, "Anyway, Li Mu did a really good job this time. Let me have a phone call with him sometime."
The assistant's face showed surprise, but he didn't say much. He nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements right away."
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Trieste, Italy.
In the hotel room where Li Mu stayed.
He has been quite busy these days.
All kinds of focus events have focused on him, and he has attracted countless attention.
Of course, the ICTP conference is also completely over.
The main purpose of this conference was to award awards. There were not many academic reports. At most, they were just some exchange meetings, so it ended after only two days.
"The flight tickets have been booked. The flight is at four o'clock today. Have you packed your luggage? We will be ready to leave in three hours."
Wiles appeared at the door at this time, knocked on the door, and said to Li Mu.
"It's being cleaned up."
Li Mu pointed to the suitcase in his hand and said with a smile.
"That's fine." Wiles smiled and nodded.
"When we go back in the evening, our college will arrange a celebration party for you to celebrate you winning two awards."
"Ah this..."
Li Mu was stunned. He didn't expect that there was a party waiting for him.
"Hahaha, just enjoy it when the time comes. You are the protagonist."
Wiles smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then left without saying anything more.
Li Mu shook his head, okay.
Party just party, just do as the Romans do when you're in town.
After all, there are too many parties here.
He then continued to pack his suitcase, but after a while, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone and took a look. The caller number was actually from China.
Could it be that some media brought it?
He thought doubtfully in his mind, and then answered the phone.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Li Mu, it's me."
Li Mu was stunned. If it was this voice...
He was suddenly surprised.
"Why...why did you call me?"
"Haha, I am very happy to hear about your achievements, so I feel it is very necessary to have a phone call with you."
"The speech you made about our compulsory education was very good. I am very happy that you can introduce our policies to foreign countries and show our style."
"There are many seniors in our country who are also paying close attention to you."
Listening to the kind words on the other end of the phone, Li Mu smiled and said, "This is what I should do."
"Haha, and the Goldbach conjecture you recently proved is also of great significance to our country. The old comrade Chen Jingrun won a lot of glory for our country because of this conjecture, but unfortunately Yes, Mr. Chen didn’t complete the proof back then, so now that you can complete the final relay, it’s a great thing.”
Li Mu modestly said: "I only solved this problem out of my interest in studying mathematical problems. In addition, the final proof still needs to be recognized by the entire mathematical community, so for now, my thesis , it still doesn’t count as a true proof of completion.”
"Oh? When you talk to outsiders, you confidently say that you believe this problem has been solved in your hands. How can you be so humble when you talk to our own people?"
There was a joke on the other end of the phone.
Li Mu was silent for a moment, then said with a smile, "Okay, I admit it, I believe I have proven it."
"That's right!" The laughter subsided, "No matter what, you did a good job in this matter and brought us a lot of glory. On behalf of the country and the people, I would like to say thank you."
Li Mu: "This is my honor."
"Well, okay, I've said all that needs to be said, so I wish the scientific community in advance to recognize your results."
"Finally, I want to tell you that the country misses you very much. Remember to go home often."
"I know."
As the call ended, Li Mu looked at the phone in his hand and exhaled with emotion.
He shook his head and continued to pack his luggage.
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(End of chapter)
