Wiles' car stopped at the gate of Merton College, Oxford University.
The side door opened and Li Mu walked out.
"Crack!"
"boom!"
With the sound of flowers spraying and exploding, colorful ribbons fell from the air and finally fell on him.
Then there were bursts of applause.
Many Merton College students stood at the gate of the college, warmly welcoming his return.
"Li! The God of Mathematics! The God of Physics!"
"Welcome back to the only recipient of the Dirac Medal!"
"The great Pope of Mathematics and Physics has returned to his faithful home at Merton College!"
…
Looking at the large number of people greeting him and the words they shouted, helplessness appeared on Li Mu's face.
Although it is not like All Souls College, which has less than 100 members, there are not many people in Merton College. After all, Merton College has very high requirements for admitted students.
But looking at it now, I am afraid that a quarter of the people in the college came to greet him, right?
Someone even held a banner with the Burger King icon on it, but with "hamburger" crossed out and replaced with "math" and "physics."
Li Mu had the urge to hold his forehead.
At this moment, an old man walked up to him and said to him with a smile: "Li, welcome back, how do you feel?"
Li Mu took a look and saw that this old man was the dean of their Merton College, Martin Taylor.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Dean Taylor...isn't this a little too enthusiastic?"
Martin Taylor burst out laughing immediately: "Wouldn't it be better to be more enthusiastic? Old guys like me are still enthusiastic, and young people like you should be even more so!"
"Yes." At this time, another person walked over, it was Lucas Richter. He smiled and said: "Think about it, you have proved Goldbach's conjecture."
"I almost stayed up all night that night to read your two papers. It's really surprising. You solved this conjecture."
Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry: "It's still a little bit worse."
"It's not too different." At this time, the old dean Martin Taylor took Li Mu's arm: "Okay, okay, come into the academy, the party is ready, you are the protagonist tonight .”
Li Mu turned his head as if asking for help and looked at Wiles, who was standing next to the car behind him.
In the end, Wiles just smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
I had no intention of helping him at all.
Helplessly, Li Mu was dragged into the academy.
It's even different inside the college. The lawn where only professors could previously step on is already filled with students.
The table that was moved over at some point was placed on the grass, and it was also filled with various snacks and drinks.
The young students celebrated heartily. Although they were not the protagonists, it did not affect their enjoyment of the party.
When Li Mu was dragged in by Dean Taylor, the students who were having fun saw him and cheered and applauded him.
Until finally, Li Mu was brought to the makeshift podium.
Martin Taylor is 69 years old this year, but he is still very passionate at this kind of party. He shouts into the microphone with a very passionate voice: "Let us welcome the prover of the twin prime conjecture and the hail conjecture, who is about to prove it." The great mathematician who ended Goldbach's conjecture, the discoverer of the dimensional force, the bell-ringer who played the prelude to the unified theory of physics, and one of the most outstanding young people in the history of Merton University, Li Mu! Back to our Mo pause!"
"Oh oh oh oh!"
On the grass, all the young people cheered together, and some people clasped one hand in their mouths and blew sharp whistles.
"Next, let me give up the microphone to our pride. Whatever our protagonist says today, we will do it! Do you understand?"
Amidst the shouts of "yes", Martin Taylor turned to look at Li Mu next to him and said with a smile: "Come on, I'll leave it to you, just say a few words."
Li Mu spread his hands, what else could he say?
As the saying goes, if life rapes you, enjoy it.
Then he let go completely, walked to the microphone, looked at the people below, and then announced loudly: "Since Dean Taylor has said so, I will only say two words: First, thank you everyone! Second Two – enjoy this party!”
People in the entire academy were stunned for a moment, and then burst into cheers again.
Martin Taylor next to him probably didn't expect that Li Mu really only said a few words, but then he smiled and patted Li Mu on the shoulder: "It seems that you have mastered the essence of the party."
"Of course, there is one very necessary step that cannot be forgotten."
Martin Taylor turned around and fetched two bottles of champagne.
"The first bottle of champagne is to celebrate you winning the Dirac Award and the Ramanujan Award."
"The second bottle of champagne is also to celebrate. You proved Goldbach's conjecture."
"bring it on!"
With that said, he handed both bottles of champagne to Li Mu.
But Li Mu only took the first bottle, and then said to Martin Taylor: "Dean Taylor, I heard that you are very keen on watching football games and are a loyal fan of Liverpool. You should have heard the story about the champagne being opened at halftime. ?”
Martin Taylor was stunned for a moment, and then said very excitedly: "Of course I know this! I was there to watch that game!"
In 2005, in the Champions League final, Liverpool played against AC Milan. In the first half, AC Milan had a huge advantage of 3:0 and almost sealed the victory. So during the halftime break, the AC Milan players started talking in the locker room. Champagne, celebrate in advance.
As a result, there was a shocking reversal in the second half. Liverpool scored three more goals to equalize the score. Finally, Liverpool won the penalty shootout.
As a loyal Liverpool fan, Martin Taylor remembers it all too clearly.
"So, let's keep this second bottle of champagne for later." Li Mu said with a smile: "I have prepared to hold a report meeting on Goldbach's conjecture in a month. After the report meeting is over, let me open it. Bar."
Martin Taylor was stunned for a moment, and then expressed his deep agreement: "Yes! You are right, yes, we cannot imitate that Italian team."
"In that case, fine, I will keep this champagne for you until a month later."
"Then, let's open this first bottle of champagne."
Martin Taylor said.
"Thanks."
Li Mu smiled and nodded, then took the first bottle of champagne, tore off the tinfoil on it, took off the wine ring, pressed the cork with his thumb, and shook it vigorously until finally——
At this moment, the entire college lawn fell silent. Both professors and students were looking at the champagne in Li Mu's hand. Finally, with a burst of air pressure, the champagne spurted out, bringing with it the ground. The whole crowd shouted again.
The party prepared for Li Mu has officially begun!
…
Time passed quietly.
At the end of the night, the entire Merton College was filled with happiness.
But the happy times always pass quickly.
After the day passed, the party ended, and the students and professors returned to their normal schedules. They went to class when it was time to attend classes, and continued to work on projects if there were any. The lawn in the college once again became an area that only professors could step on - of course. , in fact, professors usually don’t step on it. People only step on that lawn when events are held.
On the other side, the news that Li Mu announced that he would hold a report meeting on Goldbach's conjecture spread quickly.
For a time, the entire mathematical world was once again in turmoil.
Countless mathematics scholars have turned their attention to Li Mu.
Mathematics scholars have been looking forward to the report on Goldbach's conjecture.
For Oxford University, it is of course very meaningful for Li Mu to hold a report on Goldbach's conjecture here.
Goldbach once studied at Oxford University, where he also began his systematic research on mathematics, so he was able to leave Goldbach's conjecture as a problem that has been a celebrity for hundreds of years.
And now, this problem will also be solved here!
Immediately, the University of Oxford announced that it would host this report, and the venue would be the Oxford Conference Center.
The event will be held on September 13th!
As this date was determined, a lot of tickets to Oxford were sold out in the period before September 13th.
Obviously, there are ten mathematicians who came to participate in this report.
This is the appeal of Goldbach’s conjecture!
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Time passed quietly.
A month passed quickly.
In this month, the mathematics community is certainly looking forward to Li Mu's lecture, and of course various mathematicians have never stopped verifying Li Mu's paper.
The two papers add up to more than 150 pages. If you really want to read it carefully, it will take a long time. Of course, in a month, it is enough for top scholars to read it carefully.
But no scholar has ever questioned Li Mu's proof process.
This also gave the mathematical community more and more confidence in his proof.
And Li Mu's report became even more important.
Perhaps, this report will finalize this conjecture!
September 13th came quietly.
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(End of chapter)
