Oxford Conference Center.
Although Oxford is a relatively well-established city in the UK, and the University of Oxford is also very well-known in the world, there are not many important conferences held here, and the scale of the conferences is not large.
Therefore, there are usually very few people at the Oxford Conference Center.
But today, it has become particularly lively here.
The parking lot was filled with all kinds of vehicles. In addition, taxis would park at the entrance of the center from time to time. Then some people who looked very knowledgeable, like professors, would get out of the cars and walk into the conference center.
Some tourists who pass by here without knowing the reason will be very curious. What kind of conference is being held here that actually attracts so many people?
At this time, they would raise their heads and see a poster hanging high above the conference center. The picture above was a picture of Li Mu facing a blackboard and thinking about a problem.
The bottom of the picture introduces: Li Mu’s Goldbach Conjecture Proof Report Meeting.
Those tourists will be surprised after seeing this poster.
Proof of Goldbach's conjecture?
These tourists will immediately think of the hot news that has been widely circulated on the Internet recently - the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, which has baffled the mathematical community for hundreds of years.
The news had already spread in the UK.
Even though the average mathematics level of the people in this country is as famous as British cuisine around the world, and even former Prime Minister Cameron couldn't figure out what 8×9 equals, here, Goldbach's conjecture is famous It's also very big.
Therefore, tourists passing by here would immediately exclaim. Some people immediately took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and some people began to ask the staff at the door if they could participate in the report.
But obviously, such tourists can only get a negative response - because the seats for this report have been fully booked.
This conference center is not big, and the largest conference hall can only accommodate more than a thousand people. With the reputation of Goldbach's conjecture, attracting more than a thousand people is not a problem at all.
Therefore, unless a world-renowned mathematician can directly get a ticket for this lecture, other mathematicians who are a little slow in making reservations will not be able to come, let alone these tourists who simply come to join in the fun.
As a result, these tourists can only leave with regret.
But despite this, they still brought a certain degree of popularity to the report, causing the news to spread and letting more and more people know about the start of the report.
…
"There are so many people."
Still sitting in Wiles' car, we arrived outside the Oxford Conference Center.
Looking at the crowded scene, Li Mu couldn't help but sigh.
Wiles drove the car into the parking lot and said with emotion: "There are many more people than the report meeting I gave back then."
There were only about a hundred people in his report meeting back then.
Li Mu smiled, "After all, it wasn't as convenient as it is now."
"That's true." Wiles nodded.
When he proved Fermat's Last Theorem, travel and information exchange were not as easy as they are now, so it is understandable that there were fewer people back then.
At the same time, there were two other Wiles students in the back row.
Among them, Tom Rand couldn't help but marvel: "So many people! Li, I'm curious how you managed to speak in front of thousands of people before and still keep your logic very clear. If it were me, I must be extremely nervous."
Li Mu touched his nose and said with a smile: "Well... I don't think I have encountered this problem before."
The brain computer can help him maintain rational thinking at all times. In addition, it can also prevent him from generating useless emotions such as nervousness and fear.
Therefore, he really has not considered this issue.
"Okay." After hearing this answer, Tom could only say helplessly: "It seems that I still can't be as confident as you."
Wiles smiled and said to his student: "When you can prove a problem like Goldbach's conjecture, you will be as confident as Li Mu."
"Goldbach's conjecture?" Tom chose to start on the spot: "Then you'd better let me postpone the completion."
"Oh? Are you sure?" Wiles raised his eyebrows and said, "Then I will really let you postpone your graduation?"
Tom said quickly: "No, no, no, I was joking, I was joking!"
Everyone laughed, and for a moment the car was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Soon, Wiles also parked the car, and the four of them got out of the car and headed to the entrance of the conference center.
Along the way, Li Mu found out with some confusion why there were still many people standing outside the conference center, and there was even a small blackboard beside these people.
Suddenly he heard one of them shouting: "I proved Goldbach's conjecture several years ago! Li Mu is just a latecomer! The mathematics community cannot persecute truly talented mathematicians like us!"
Li Mu couldn't help but asked in confusion: "What is this?"
Wiles said he was not surprised: "Oh, they are all folk mathematicians. You should understand the status of Goldbach's conjecture among folk mathematicians."
"Just like every International Congress of Mathematicians, there will be a lot of private mathematicians gathered outside the venue. They will take their proofs to some well-known mathematicians for verification, or publicize that they have completed the proofs. ”
"If you deny their answers and point out their mistakes, they will still get angry with you."
"Let's go faster so we don't get discovered by them."
Li Mu: "..."
Without saying a word, he just quickened his pace immediately.
He can now be said to stay away from this kind of civil science.
…
We quickly entered the conference center and arrived at the largest conference hall.
Inside, it was even more lively.
Mathematics scholars from all over the world were sitting in their seats and discussing non-stop, and each of them held two bound volumes of thick A4 paper, naturally published by Li Mu. Those two papers.
Any scholar who enters the site can receive these two papers to facilitate them to take notes in the report later.
According to the entire conference hall, which has more than 1,300 seats, and the two papers together have more than 150 pages, so these papers alone used at least nearly 200,000 pieces of paper.
But for a report like this, it's all worth it.
As Li Mu entered the venue, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.
As the only protagonist in the entire mathematical world today, he also deserves such attention.
For a time, many people also greeted him.
Li Mu responded to these greetings with a smile.
However, among these English greetings, there was suddenly a Chinese "Li Mu, hello!", which made him feel particularly cordial.
Turning his head, he saw three Chinese people walking towards him, a combination of two men and one woman.
After taking a look at their clothes and the tags on their chests, Li Mu asked, "Are you from CCTV?"
These people nodded immediately and said with a smile: "Yes."
One of the leading middle-aged male reporters also extended his hand to Li Mu and solemnly said: "I am Shang Peiyuan, the head of CCTV's UK correspondent station, and these two are Zhang Tao and Chen Lin."
"Hello, Webmaster Shang, here are reporters Zhang and Chen."
Li Mu smiled and shook hands with Shang Peiyuan and said.
"You're welcome." Shang Peiyuan said with a smile: "We have to thank you for helping us get this opportunity to record on the spot."
Originally, BCC got the exclusive broadcast rights for Li Mu's report, but with Li Mu's fight, CCTV also got the domestic broadcast rights and recording rights.
It can be said that only these two media were able to record and broadcast the report on the spot. CCTV was naturally very grateful to Li Mu for his help.
Li Mu waved his hand and said with a smile: "You are helping me promote it. I should be the one thanking you."
"Haha, no matter what, you have helped us a lot. I would like to wish your report a complete success in advance." Shang Peiyuan said.
Chen Lin next to her also nodded, with an excited look on her face: "And we were very happy when we knew that you proved Goldbach's conjecture. We have wanted to come and see you for a long time. Like me, I have always envied you. For someone like you who is very good at mathematics, we have been looking forward to this lecture for a long time."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Thank you then! Thank you for your expectation."
"Yes." Shang Peiyuan nodded and said, "Then I won't delay you, come on!"
While saying "come on, come on", he also gave Li Mu a thumbs up.
Next to her, Chen Lin and another Zhang Tao also gave Li Mu a thumbs up: "Come on!"
Without any nonsense, the three reporters returned to their seats, which was the last row of the venue.
Li Mu sighed slightly in his heart, as the saying goes, when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, tears well up in his eyes.
He was also very happy to see these three reporters from China.
Of course, he will also have to prepare carefully for this report meeting.
He said goodbye to Wiles and his two classmates, and went to the backstage of the venue to start the final preparations.
Wiles was also separated from the two students. As a well-known mathematician, his seat is usually arranged in the front so that they can better hear the report.
These students didn't have enough grades, so they had to sit in the back row.
Under the guidance of the staff, Wiles came to the first row and found his seat.
And very coincidentally, the person sitting next to him was Faltings.
"Hey, Gerd, I haven't seen you for a while, but you're here to attend my student's report?"
Wiles said hello with a smile.
Faltings glanced at him and said without any shame: "Don't keep talking about Li Mu being your student all day long."
"Tsk, you are still as good as ever." Wiles didn't care at all and said with a smile: "I think you just envy my students who are all great."
"Also, I heard that the number of mathematicians you consider to be the best has finally become four. I would like to thank you for your praise on behalf of my students first."
Faltings said expressionlessly: "Haha, you don't have to thank me on behalf of Li Mu, you are not among them anyway."
Wiles shrugged his shoulders, then turned to look at the person sitting on the other side: "Wow, Deligne, so you are here too. Thank you for coming to my student's report meeting."
Deligne was not as disrespectful as Faltings, but said angrily: "I'm not here to listen to you show off. Did he need your help when he proved Goldbach's conjecture?"
"Of course there is." Wiles said: "It was a beautiful morning, I met Li Mu in the library, and he was in confusion at the time, and then I gave him a little A little guidance..."
Listening to Wiles' narration, Deligne and Faltings stood next to them:...
md.
I really can't stand this guy.
So the two of them stood up together in a tacit understanding and said to the staff: "Give us another seat!"
"Hey, don't go! I haven't finished speaking yet."
Wiles waved his hand quickly: "Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore. I won't say it anymore."
Deligne and Faltings just gave up. Of course, the main reason was because there was no performance from the first row to replace them.
Next, although Wiles stopped showing off, he picked up the two papers in his hands, pointed to a certain step above from time to time, and exclaimed: "This step is really well written. I proved Fermat back then." His demeanor during the Last Theorem made him worthy of being my student."
So much so that Deligne and Faltings, two old men in their sixties and seventies, almost couldn't help but beat this guy together.
…
as time goes by.
The formal report was about to begin, and Wiles finally stopped and waited quietly for Li Mu to take the stage.
Half past nine in the morning.
The Dean of Merton College, Martin Taylor, emerged from the background.
But what puzzled many people present was that when Martin Taylor came on stage, he was holding a bottle of champagne in his hand.
Of course, Martin Taylor did not explain why he came to the stage with this bottle of champagne. He just placed it next to the podium, which seemed awkward to everyone.
Facing the microphone, he said: "Hello everyone, I am Martin Taylor. I am very happy to be the host of the report on the proof of Goldbach's conjecture."
"Of course, I am not the protagonist, so you can put your expectations later."
There was laughter in the audience, and then Martin Taylor continued with a smile: "In 1742, Goldbach, who was in St. Petersburg, sent a letter to Euler who was living in Switzerland."
"Since then, the study of prime numbers in mathematics has begun."
"Can all even numbers be written as the sum of two prime numbers?"
"This problem has stumped the entire mathematical community for almost three hundred years. Until this year, it is already the 280th year."
"In the two hundred and eighty years of ups and downs, it has experienced countless changes that belong to the times, including the changes of the industrial revolution, the changes in scientific thought, the bullets of the two world wars, and the transformation from the 20th century to the 20th century. By the 21st century, this stage of transformation can be called the greatest in human history."
"And our mathematics has developed from being single to now being divided into nearly thirty branches, and it has become more and more prosperous."
"Yet until more than a month ago, the issue was still very strong."
"It seems that no matter how far our mathematics develops, we can't pick off this crown jewel."
"But just over a month ago, this pearl inlaid in the crown of mathematics suddenly became loose."
"Two unique articles seem to have solved this problem once and for all."
“So, did these two articles really do that?”
"Perhaps now I can use the terms of quantum mechanics to describe it. The answer is in the duality of doing it and not doing it."
"And in the end, everyone present needs to 'observe' this report to make it collapse——"
"Then, let us invite the real protagonist of this report, Li Mu! Let's announce the result of this issue."
Applause sounded like a tide, and then Li Mu also walked out from the backstage.
"Young man, I leave this report meeting to you." Martin Taylor said to Li Mu with a smile.
"Champagne, I've prepared it for you too."
(End of chapter)
