Chapter 242 Highly anticipated
This International Congress of Mathematicians is held in Seoul, and the time difference with China is only about one hour, so it is also dark at this time.

But since tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians, all the attending mathematicians are staying in the hotel.

Normally, you need to rest early and get enough rest.

Otherwise, falling asleep at the opening ceremony would be very damaging to your image.

What's more, there is a Fields Medal lecture in the afternoon.

Ma Zhiming, the team leader, suddenly received a call from China when he returned to his room after dinner in the hotel.

It was Tang Shihong who called.

Ma Zhiming thought that Tang Shihong was concerned about their situation, so he took the initiative to start a conversation after the call was connected.

"Old Tang."

"You're still up so late?"

"We have settled down here. Except for the fact that we don't have anything to eat, everything else is OK."

Tang Shihong did not speak immediately on the phone.

Instead, he patiently listened to everything Ma Zhiming said before responding in a Versailles tone.

"I can't sleep."

"Xu Yuan actually broadcast live to prove Hodge's conjecture. I guess he has probably already got the result."

"I can't sleep until I see the final argument stand."

Ma Zhiming, who was originally smiling, suddenly lost his smile when he heard this.

The next second he quickly asked:
"What did you say just now? Xu Yuan started a live broadcast to prove Hodge's conjecture?"

After finally getting repeated confirmation from Tang Shihong, Ma Zhiming hung up the phone with an expressionless face.

I know Tang Shihong did it on purpose.

However, just as I put my phone away, I found that other people had surrounded me without me noticing when.

Obviously everyone heard the news.

"Academician Ma, what did you say on the phone just now?"

"I seem to have heard Xu Yuan live broadcasting Hodge's conjecture. Is that true or not?"

Hearing this, Ma Zhiming did not deny it and nodded immediately, saying, "That is indeed the case."

"The domestic Internet has exploded."

As soon as the words fell, someone was seen quickening his pace, wanting to hurry back to his room to surf the Internet.

Although they are abroad at the moment, since it has caused such a big sensation in the country, there will definitely be related news overseas.

Even after Ma Zhiming realized this, he no longer wasted time.

After some operations, they quickly found the live video uploaded by domestic netizens.

Many of them are good at algebraic geometry.

And study topology.

Therefore, the proof of Hodge's conjecture is of great significance to them.

So when I was in China, I wanted to see Xu Yuan's proof process steps as soon as possible.

But it's fine now.

Xu Yuan took out the proof process in advance, but they were outside.

I could only rely on the content in the video clips and take out a piece of draft paper to start the argument on the spot.

There will also be discussions during the process.

"Look at this step, it's so clever and completely logical. It's hard to imagine what kind of mathematical thinking can be put together."

“It is hard to imagine that multiple branches of mathematics can be fully combined.”

"Isn't it the bold use of physical methods that is most amazing?"

"What about the back?"

"Can we watch the live broadcast from home while we are here?"

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Just when everyone's emotions were being aroused, they suddenly realized that they had finished watching the content of the video.

If you want to follow the later part, you can only watch the live broadcast.

But since they are outside, it is obviously not easy for them to watch live broadcasts on domestic platforms.

It was really torturous for a mathematician to know that Xu Yuan was proving the Hodge conjecture but not be able to see the process steps in time.

For this reason, several people who had previously wanted to ask for leave and not attend the conference looked at Ma Zhiming with increasingly resentful eyes.

"Academician Ma."

"You really should have approved my fake one. I'm so sorry this time."

When Ma Zhiming heard this, he felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

But thinking that I have to attend the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians tomorrow, I had to remind him in a firm tone.

"okay."

"You regret coming here, but I regret it too."

"Hurry back and rest."

"I still have to attend the opening ceremony tomorrow."

"After returning, in addition to studying the proof process, I can also communicate and discuss with Xu Yuan in person."

Although everyone felt regretful after hearing this, they didn't say anything more.

After all, you have to consider the overall situation when you are out.

It is also impossible for them to return to Yanjing now.

What's more, what Ma Zhiming said makes sense.

So in the following time, everyone left without further delay and returned to their rooms.

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However, Xu Yuan's live video on the Internet quickly attracted the attention of mathematicians after being widely transmitted and fermented.

Especially after someone mentioned it in the mathematics community, many people quickly left messages and expressed their opinions.

"Have you seen that live video? My God, Xu actually dared to publicly prove the Hodge conjecture." "This is the first time I have seen a mathematician do this."

"If you prove the Hodge conjecture publicly and it turns out not to be true, it will be very damaging to your reputation."

"Xu's actions show that he has the confidence to prove the Hodge conjecture."

"Where can I go to see it?"

"Your previous view was too arbitrary. Who said Xu couldn't prove the Hodge conjecture?"

"If he can solve the Goldbach conjecture, I still believe he can prove the Hodge conjecture."

"From the proofs we have seen so far, this is indeed a completely new way of thinking."

"I hope that when I open my eyes again, I can see the trending search that Hodge's conjecture has been completely solved."

Although Deligne is an authority in the field of algebraic geometry, he does not usually surf the Internet.

However, he had a wide network of contacts in the mathematics community, and soon someone sent him part of Xu Yuan's proof process, asking him to prove whether these proof steps were valid.

You should know that Xu Yuan had discussed algebraic geometry with Deligne before, so Deligne must be familiar with it.

It was daytime in Princeton, and after trying the argument, he was quickly attracted by the proof process.

At the same time, I am willing to believe that Xu Yuan may have really proved the Hodge conjecture.

“All the problems he mentioned before have been properly solved, and it seems that a completely new approach has been adopted.”

“It’s really ingenious.”

"I knew he could complete the proof."

"It's a pity that there are only so many steps. It's a pity that I can't prove it to the end all at once."

Deligne sat in the chair at his desk, looking at the draft paper of the argument he had just written.

A happy smile on his face.

I am sincerely very happy that Xu Yuan has achieved such great success in the field of mathematics.

In the following time, he quickly lost his patience.

He searched for the live broadcast clips directly on the Internet and couldn't wait for others to send them to him.

But one thing worth mentioning is that he called Wells before the search.

As a member of the Clay Mathematics Institute, he is eager to see the world's difficult mathematical problems solved.

Otherwise, I would not have been so committed to lobbying Xu Yuan, hoping that Xu Yuan would start to study the problem of the Millennium Prize.

Now that Xu Yuan has finally achieved this goal, he can somewhat imagine how Wells feels.

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After all, Wells is a member of the Clay Mathematics Institute, and his energy is focused on academic and guidance in the field of mathematics. Under normal circumstances, he would not take the initiative to pay attention to trivial matters on the Internet.

The speed of knowing the latest information is much slower than real time.

He didn't even know what was going on until he got the call from Deligne.

It was not until he heard the news that Xu Yuan had confirmed Hodge's conjecture in the live broadcast and that it might be possible to completely solve it this time that he became visibly excited.

"Great."

“After so many years since Perelman solved the Poincare conjecture, is it finally time for a new Millennium Problem to be proven solved?”

"Xu Yuan really gave me a big surprise."

After Wells ended the call in the office, his emotions had not yet completely calmed down.

I couldn't help but mutter to myself.

But he quickly came to his senses, stood up abruptly and slammed the table, thinking of the most important thing.

"live streaming!"

The next second, without staying in the office at all, he immediately walked towards the position of the doctoral assistant in the institute.

Finally, he stopped among them and spoke to them in a very serious manner.

"I have a very important task for you guys."

The voice just fell.

The eyes of several doctoral assistants immediately lit up.

One of the extroverts even took the initiative to ask, "Excuse me, are there any new projects, Professor Wells?"

Wells remained calm upon hearing this, and then stated his request very seriously.

"Does anyone know how to watch the live broadcast from the Chinese side? This is very important to me and even to the mathematics community."

But when other people heard this, their expressions froze on their faces and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

I don't quite understand why such senior professors at the Clay Mathematics Institute would be asked to watch live broadcasts online.

And it’s a live broadcast outside.

I really don't know how to behave.

As for the situation in the overseas mathematics community, Xu Yuan currently has no idea.

As time passed, Xu Yuan still showed no intention of stopping.

Just the writing board in the discussion room was filled with complex and mysterious mathematical and physical formulas.

Fortunately, he prepared a lot of writing boards, otherwise he would not have been able to record the entire process.

Of course, the proof process is different from the thesis. If the thesis is written on a writing board, the quantity will definitely not meet the demand.

At this moment, Xu Yuan seemed to have entered a wonderful state. In addition to being still immersed in concentration, the mathematical symbols on the writing board seemed to come alive, constantly colliding and combining in his mind.

What we finally got was the proof of the Hodge conjecture.

A whole night passed, and it was already past seven o'clock the next morning.

There was a sudden flash of something strange in Xu Yuan's eyes, and he suddenly discovered that the progress bar on the panel, which was originally 99%, had successfully reached 100%.

"It's done."

This shows that his proof of the Hodge conjecture has been successful.

As the last mathematical symbol was written, the two familiar big characters at the end quietly appeared on the writing board, making what everyone was looking forward to become a reality.

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(End of this chapter)