Chapter 295 Entering the Highest Hall of Mathematics

With Xu Yuan's consent, the Journal of Mathematics and the Mathematical Council quickly finalized the date for the online exchange conference and announced it to the mathematics community in advance through official channels.

In addition to welcoming mathematical scholars from all over the world to participate, invitations have also been extended to mathematical institutions such as overseas universities.

At this online academic exchange conference, not only will Xu Yuan personally report on the proof of the Riemann hypothesis, but questions will also be answered via live connection.

Although it is different from offline mathematicians' conferences, it has a very good advantage.

That is, there is no limit on the number of people.

It is no exaggeration to say that all mathematicians in the world can watch it simultaneously.

You have to know that for mathematicians with limited ability, it is quite difficult to understand the proof process of the Riemann hypothesis, and they need someone to help explain it so that they can learn something from it.

Xu Yuan's report just solved this problem.

Also.

Originally, overseas mathematicians felt that their own mathematical authority had declined significantly when they saw Xu Yuan prove the Riemann hypothesis again.

I feel a little depressed inside.

But when he learned that Xu Yuan was going to give a report on the Riemann hypothesis, his attitude changed instantly.

Many voices expressed their support.

As a result, the entire mathematics community has become a situation where the Chinese mathematics community is the center and everyone is supporting the moon.

This was absolutely unimaginable before.

Even domestic netizens were shocked when they saw this scene.

The main reason is that a research team on the Riemann hypothesis was formed overseas before, and they did not hesitate to compete in the field of mathematics. However, just a report on the Riemann hypothesis completely changed the nature of those mathematicians. They all tried their best to speak well of the Chinese mathematics community, as if they were afraid that they would be rejected from participating in this exchange activity.

All I can say is that the proof process of the Riemann hypothesis is indeed very attractive to mathematicians.

……

2020 7 Month 28 Day.

on Tuesday.

The day when the online mathematics academic exchange conference was held.

In the afternoon, in the lecture hall of the School of Mathematics at Qinghua University, Xu Yuan stood alone on the stage.

The title displayed on the big screen behind him was the paper proving the Riemann hypothesis.

In addition to the live photography equipment, many well-known domestic mathematicians such as Ma Zhiming and Tang Shihong were also sitting in the audience.

As Xu Yuan's first public report on the Riemann hypothesis, scholars in the mathematical community naturally wanted to witness this historic moment with their own eyes.

The reason for choosing to give the report in the afternoon was to take into account the time difference in the overseas mathematics community.

This online mathematics academic exchange activity is, to some extent, equivalent to a live broadcast. Xu Yuan was able to prove the Hodge conjecture live, so today's report will naturally be a piece of cake for him.

I won't be nervous or restrained about anything.

As the report officially began, Xu Yuan on the stage immediately got into the rhythm.

"I am very honored."

“I am very happy to be here today to discuss the proof of the Riemann hypothesis with mathematicians and scholars from all over the world.”

“I hope everyone can gain something from it.”

……

Since his senior year in high school, Xu Yuan has been good at explaining questions to his classmates. With his talent and thinking, he can simplify complex problems, making it easier for the listeners to understand and digest them.

This is also the reason why so many people like to listen to Xu Yuan’s lectures.

Today, he also demonstrated his strengths in proving the Riemann hypothesis.

Unravel the ideas and methods for proving the Riemann hypothesis.

So much so that domestic mathematicians who had the opportunity to attend the report in person were quickly completely immersed in it.

His eyes were fixed on the podium, afraid of missing anything.

It is like a sponge that has been dry for a long time, desperately trying to absorb these precious mathematical nutrients.

It is very helpful to improve one's own mathematics level.

I was originally studying the Riemann hypothesis paper, and I didn't understand some of the steps and couldn't figure out the ideas and methods involved. But after listening to Xu Yuan's report, I suddenly understood everything. At the same time, I admired Xu Yuan's mathematical level even more from the bottom of my heart.

It is hard to imagine that Xu Yuan’s understanding of mathematics has reached various levels.

Only by coming up with this idea can we successfully prove the Riemann hypothesis and completely solve this century-old problem that has been pending for more than a hundred years.

It can be said that he is well-deserved to be crowned as the Emperor of Mathematics by the academic community.

For the majority of netizens, even though they cannot understand the content of the report, it does not affect their online activities at all.

And he seemed quite excited.

Proud of this most glorious moment for Chinese mathematics community.

Mathematicians from all over the world listened very carefully to the mathematical reports given by Chinese people.

The number of people is as high as tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, which is indeed something to be proud of.

It may even become a world record, which will be difficult for anyone to break in the future.

Not only are all major domestic platform websites full of related hot searches, but the number of comments is also terrifying.

"There should be tens of thousands of mathematicians watching Professor Xu's live report, and they are all top mathematicians. The domestic mathematics community has finally reached its peak."

"The pattern is small, and it feels like hundreds of thousands of people have it. After all, this is the world's top mathematical problem."

"Xu Yuan is too strong."

"I have seen the domestic mathematics community getting stronger and stronger recently, which has deepened my desire to switch to mathematics. However, after watching Academician Xu's live broadcast, I decisively gave up this idea."

"It's really hard to learn math without some talent. I get sleepy when I see the formulas."

"That's why we say Dean Xu is so great. We finally have our own math emperor."

"The value of the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award is still rising."

"The future development of human mathematics must depend on us."

……

at the same time.

At the Clay Mathematics Institute overseas, professors were also watching Xu Yuan’s lecture on the Riemann hypothesis.

During the explanation, he did not hesitate to praise Xu Yuan.

Wells said the most.

"It's so exquisite."

"He is indeed a natural mathematician. No wonder he was able to prove the Riemann hypothesis in such a short time."

“It’s amazing!”

Although Wells had heard Xu Yuan's report more than once, he was still deeply shocked at this moment.

It is impossible to imagine Xu Yuan’s mathematical thinking.

This difficult problem, which is known as the top seven in the world of mathematics, has troubled mathematicians for more than a hundred years. But in Xu Yuan's hands, it seems that proving the Riemann hypothesis is not that difficult.

It's just that other people have not yet discovered this way of thinking.

This is like a magic trick carefully prepared by a magician, which only shocks the audience.

Think it's impossible to do.

But after learning the magic trick, I realized it was so simple.

Unfortunately, there is only one Xu Yuan in the world, so the Riemann hypothesis is destined to be proved by only Xu Yuan.

"It turns out that these two branches of mathematics can be combined. Xu not only proved the Riemann hypothesis, but also created new tools for mathematical research. He really seems to be sent by God to save mathematics."

"His understanding of mathematics has long surpassed any of us."

"As expected, he has entered the highest hall of mathematics so quickly. Human civilization should be happy to have such a mathematician."

“Humanity’s research on mathematics will never stop here.”

After hearing Wells' words, other professors at the scene also took over the conversation and echoed it.

They all gave the highest praise to Xu Yuan.

Wells was very satisfied when he heard this. He first looked around at the others, and then took the initiative to make a proposal.

"Since everyone has recognized Xu Yuan's proof of the Riemann hypothesis, then we should consider awarding the prize money next."

“The whole world is watching us now.”

According to the Clay Mathematics Institute, anyone who can prove the Millennium Prize puzzle can receive a $1 million prize. Although it was originally intended to inspire mathematicians to study the proof of the puzzle, only Xu Yuan himself has received it so far.

After all, when Perelman proved the Poincare conjecture, he did not attend the mathematics conference to receive the Fields Medal.

This bonus also came to nothing.

Later, Xu Yuan successfully proved the Hodge conjecture live, which gave the Clay Mathematics Institute the opportunity to award the prize and helped the Clay Mathematics Institute restore its reputation.

Now that Xu Yuan has proved the Riemann hypothesis again, he can naturally receive another US$1 million bonus.

Originally, the prize money was awarded at the World Congress of Mathematicians held every four years.

Along with the Fields Medal.

However, judging from the current development speed of China's mathematics community, the influence of the International Congress of Mathematicians is bound to become smaller and smaller. Take recent events as an example, the attention they received was far less than today's online academic exchange conference.

Unless every future mathematicians' congress has high-profile participation from the Chinese mathematics community.

In this case, it is indeed better to award the bonus as soon as possible.

You can also get some heat.

Several professors at the scene stopped thinking about this and quickly made a decision.

The next second he nodded in agreement.

"I have no objection. The other party did prove the Riemann hypothesis."

“It would be good to award the bonus to him earlier.”

"I agree."

After listening to all the responses from the professors present, Wells suddenly showed a bright smile on his face.

Obviously very happy with the result.

"Well."

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible."

Everything he had done before was in the hope of seeing the seven world's most difficult mathematical problems successfully solved.

Try to leave no regrets in your lifetime.

In this matter, Xu Yuan directly proved two problems, one of which was the Riemann hypothesis, which ranked first among the world's most difficult mathematical problems. Naturally, he wanted to make up for it at this moment.

At least the promise of the Clay Mathematics Institute should be fulfilled as soon as possible and the prize money should be delivered to Xu Yuan.

However, if we were to say who has changed the most after this report, Hu Lien would definitely be ranked first.

As a professor of mathematics at Princeton University, he was taught by the mathematics master Vicomte de Ligne. He should have been a rising talent in the mathematics world.

Enjoy praise from the academic community.

Just because of Xu Yuan's existence, all his academic achievements seem insignificant.

It was this external factor that prompted him to not believe in Xu Yuan's level and feel that he was no worse than Xu Yuan.

For this reason, even if Xu Yuan's proof paper was successfully verified, it is still impossible to accept that Xu Yuan successfully proved the Riemann hypothesis after solving the Hodge conjecture.

But after carefully listening to Xu Yuan's report on the proof of the Riemann hypothesis, he truly realized how different he was from Xu Yuan. Looking back on his previous remarks, he was no less than a clown.

"It turns out that his understanding of mathematics has reached this level. I am indeed not as good as him."

……

In an office at Princeton University, Hu Lien sat in a chair, facing the screen that was playing the live footage of Xu Yuan's report. He murmured softly like a deflated ball.

The absolute confidence he had before could no longer be found on his face.

If Xu Yuan successfully completed the proof of the Riemann hypothesis in less than a year, he could still deceive himself that the other party was too lucky and just happened to have an inspiration. But now, after reading Xu Yuan's explanation of his mental journey and ideas for proving the Riemann hypothesis, he deeply understood the gap between the two.

Because he would never have thought of these things anyway.

This is also the reason why he could not prove the Riemann hypothesis.

Especially when I think of the absolute confidence he had shown in the Riemann hypothesis research team.

I felt extremely ashamed.

Fortunately, there is no outsider in the room at the moment, otherwise I would really have to find a crack in the ground to crawl into and calm down.

As his mind worked rapidly, more than ten seconds passed before he took a deep breath to calm his emotions temporarily.

Then he stood up and walked towards Deligne next to him, and stopped when he reached him.

Express your feelings from the heart.

"tutor."

"I underestimated Xu. He is indeed the most talented mathematician in the world."

“There’s a huge difference between him and me.”

In fact, he had no plan to watch this online report today, but due to the invitation of his former mentor Deligne, he came to watch Xu Yuan's report on the Riemann hypothesis.

I didn't expect that my mentality would change so much.

Deligne was still sitting on the chair at this moment, and he had no intention of getting up.

Hearing this, he raised his eyes and glanced at Hu Lien, then responded with two sentences.

"I'm glad you recognized that."

"Julien."

"You have a great talent for mathematics. I believe you will achieve great things in the field of mathematics in the future. However, Xu is special and unique. Any mathematician should be far behind him."

"You need to calm down now. You are always welcome to come to me for advice and discussion in the future."

Deligne still has high expectations for his student.

Although he is totally incomparable with Xu Yuan, it should not be a big problem for him to take over his job in the future.

Unfortunately, geniuses all have almost the same problem, which is that they are too confident and do not take others seriously. In this regard, Hu Lien is more serious.

So when he learned that the Clay Mathematics Institute and the International Mathematical Union were going to form a Riemann hypothesis research team, he immediately gave up his teaching duties as a mathematics professor at Princeton University and chose to join this Riemann hypothesis research team.

His purpose is to prove the Riemann hypothesis, so as to prove that he is no worse than Xu Yuan.

Even if the Riemann hypothesis has been proven, there are still doubts about its authenticity and accuracy.

Try to find loopholes and errors in the proof process.

This is actually a manifestation of lack of confidence in one's own abilities.

Deligne also didn't want to see his student living in Xu Yuan's shadow from then on, so he specially asked him to come and watch Xu Yuan's proof report of the Riemann hypothesis together, so that he could recognize and face up to the gap between the two sides.

Fortunately, judging from the current situation, his efforts have not been in vain.

Julian managed to get out.

And this is exactly the case. After listening to Deligne's words, Julian had no objection.

He immediately nodded and said, "I will, mentor."

……

Xu Yuan did not yet know that his report on the proof of the Riemann hypothesis would have such a great impact on overseas mathematicians.

The entire report took more than twice as long as the one-hour report at the Mathematicians' Conference, and was basically completed after more than two hours.

The mathematicians in the audience stood up spontaneously and gave Xu Yuan a warm round of applause.

This time, the applause lasted for several minutes.

Enduring.

Xu Yuan waited until the applause died down before responding with a smile.

"thanks for your support."

However, it is worth mentioning that Xu Yuan did not leave the podium afterwards.

Continue to follow the general process of this online academic exchange and enter the question and answer session.

The first people to ask questions were naturally the domestic mathematicians on site and those who were on an online video call.

Those who had the honor to ask questions were also very excited and asked Xu Yuan the questions they had prepared.

Such behavior has nothing to do with age. After all, this is an opportunity that you would never be able to find even if you tried your best. It is normal to be excited.

Because who knows, Xu Yuan's answer might give me some inspiration.

This completes the academic research and publishes it in top journals.

As for the online connections overseas, the most familiar one is naturally Wells from the Clay Mathematics Institute.

At the end, the other party also announced a piece of good news, saying that the Clay Mathematics Institute will send someone to Yenching in the near future to hold a ceremony to award Xu Yuan a million-dollar prize.

When this news came out, it once again caused a wave of warm applause.

Everyone was very happy about this.

The main reason is that there has never been such a precedent in the Clay Mathematics Institute before.

Not long after the proof of a world-wide mathematical problem was published, a prize was announced. This can only mean that the Clay Mathematics Institute has great confidence in this proof.

It is believed that it does prove the Riemann hypothesis and there is no error.

The time continued until the evening.

This online mathematics academic exchange conference finally came to a relatively successful conclusion.

This was followed by a celebratory dinner for the Journal of Mathematics and the Mathematical Council.

It can also be regarded as a celebration of the solution of the Riemann hypothesis.

At the dinner, Xu Yuan only had a glass of juice and had no intention of drinking.

After all, he would not allow alcohol to paralyze his brain. He could not accept that kind of slow reaction.

As for the others, they naturally came over and greeted Xu Yuan.

Although one cannot escape the social etiquette everywhere, when one reaches Xu Yuan's level, all he needs is for others to treat him with social etiquette, and he does not need to care about what others think.

This time, he proved the Riemann hypothesis and cultivated several outstanding mathematicians, which is beneficial to the entire domestic mathematics community.

Not long after.

Just as Xu Yuan was eating, he saw Ma Zhiming and Tang Shihong walking towards him.

Both of them had flushed faces and bright smiles on their faces.

As soon as he got closer, he took the initiative to say hello.

"So you hid here. I finally found you."

"I just want some peace and quiet." Xu Yuan met Ma Zhiming and Tang Shihong's gazes and said with a smile.

Mainly because the mathematicians and scholars at the scene were too enthusiastic, and it was impossible for him to chat with each of them one by one, so he simply found a comfortable and quiet place to enjoy the food.

Ma Zhiming obviously understood it as well. He just smiled and didn't say much.

Then he got down to business.

"It's like this, the Clay Mathematics Institute has contacted us."

"The other party will probably send someone over early next month. Should we hold an awards ceremony then?"

"You have won the prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute. From now on, in everyone's eyes, the Riemann hypothesis has been proved by you, and your name will appear in mathematics textbooks in every country."

Xu Yuan had already heard Wells talk about this incident when he was connected via the phone in the afternoon.

But I didn't expect the other party to be so fast.

However, the popularity brought by the proof of the Riemann hypothesis has already spread throughout the academic community.

Combined with today's online mathematics academic exchange meeting, I believe that even if the Clay Mathematics Institute does not award the prize, the academic community will recognize that he has completely proved the Riemann hypothesis.

Under such circumstances, holding an award ceremony soon seems a bit too frequent.

Besides, this was not the first time he received a prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute.

His thoughts stayed here, and he quickly made a decision. The next second, he spoke in a deep voice to express his opinion.

"The award ceremony will be held privately at school. As for the prize money, it will be used to maintain the operation of the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award. I am still waiting to see his influence surpass the Fields Medal."

Now, money is just a cold number to Xu Yuan and it has basically no meaning.

Not to mention that he himself was not short of money. He just couldn't find many places to spend money even if he wanted to. After all, if he had any needs, he only had to speak to the country.

Instead of taking this prize money, it would be better to donate it to a mathematics award named after him.

This can also be considered as contributing to the realization of one's own wishes.

The Xu Yuan Mathematics Award was established annually to cultivate outstanding domestic mathematicians. This award corresponds to the Fields Medal in Mathematics.

Now he has even proved the Riemann hypothesis and has become the recognized emperor of mathematics in the mathematical community.

The influence of the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award should also be further expanded.

Ma Zhiming knew Xu Yuan quite well, and he did not try to persuade him when faced with this decision.

Instead, he agreed immediately.

"No problem, I'll take care of it, just wait for the news."

Less than a week later, Wells came to Yenching again on behalf of the Clay Mathematics Institute and presented the prize to Xu Yuan at Qinghua University.

As for the next few months, the entire mathematics community began to become increasingly busy.

After Xu Yuan proved the Riemann hypothesis, he created new mathematical tools for research, and opened many new topics for this purpose. It is conceivable that a large number of excellent papers will be published in the long term.

Although Xu Yuan did not continue his research in the field of mathematics, he often went to the Space Technology Research Institute to confirm the development status of the new generation of rockets, the new generation of manned spacecraft, and the new generation of lunar landers.

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(End of this chapter)