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Chapter 501 This person is still in a hurry...

As Harold Hoofgot posted on the preprint website e-Print arXiv, the uploaded paper gradually spread.

It soon attracted many news media reports.

As the news spread, the two papers of Harold Hoofgot also attracted great attention from the entire mathematics community.

After all, Goldbach's conjecture is one of the three major mathematical problems in modern times in the world.

A question, 300 years, is not just talk.

Just think about the sensation when Fermat's conjecture was proved.

Princeton's mathematics department, in a mathematics class taught by Faltings himself.

One student, unable to hold back his curiosity, took the initiative to ask about the two papers on e-Print arXiv.

It is a pity that Faltings, a rigorous and unsmiling German old man, did not answer the student's question.

Instead, let the student answer his multiple math questions in a row.

This also made other students who were also curious in the audience, until the end of the whole class, no one dared to stand up and ask Faltings.

It's just that students dare not ask, but some people dare to ask.

On the way back to the office, Faltins met Deligne who asked him questions again.

Neither Deligne nor Faltings pay attention to the preprint website e-Print arXiv.

The reason why they knew these two papers was mainly because of the graduate students they brought.

Of course, the two of them didn't feel much at first, but after reading the two typed manuscripts handed in by the students, they tacitly showed the same surprised expressions.

After calling Faltings, Deligne asked directly: "What do you think of those two papers?"

Faltings glanced at Deligne, and said slowly: "The two papers, one before the other, from shallow to deep, have done in-depth research on Goldbach's conjecture."

"From the two papers themselves, it can also be seen that Harold Hoofgot is familiar with various mathematical tools in analytic number theory."

"Moreover, Harold Hoofgot's mathematical literacy is very high, as can be seen from his equally proficient use of new mathematical tools."

"As far as the research progress in the current two papers is concerned, Harold Hoofgott is still very likely to solve the problem of Goldbach's conjecture."

"At least from my point of view, he's only close."

After saying these words, Faltings turned his head and prepared to leave.

But Deligne grabbed him: "Don't you go?"

Faltings said: "I have finished my opinion, why don't you go?"

Deligne smiled and said: "Your opinion is finished, but I still have a question."

Faltins was silent for a while, and asked aloud: "Is it about Chen Zhou?"

Deligne was slightly taken aback, and said in surprise, "How do you know?"

Ignoring Deligne's surprised expression, Faltins said to himself: "I can't tell how this young man's current research is going. After all, he always likes to put the final result in front of everyone. .”

Hearing this, Deligne asked softly: "Then do you think it is possible for the opponent to present the final result in advance when he is only one step away?"

Faltings glanced at Deligne again, but he didn't favor anyone because of the extra care of his old friend.

He said objectively: "In my opinion, Chen Zhou and Harold Hoofgott have equal chances. Chen Zhou has a keen mathematical intuition, and he himself is the creator of the distribution deconstruction method." , I believe that his research progress will not be much slower than that of Professor Harold Hoofgot."

Deligne nodded lightly: "My opinion is the same as yours. Chen Zhou has always been a young man who has created miracles, with active mathematical thinking and incredible mathematical intuition. I even think that it is impossible for him to be in the Lose to anyone in the field I am familiar with. Even mathematics has infinite possibilities.”

Faltings was silent and did not speak.

And Deligne regarded the other party as acquiescing to his own words.

However, no matter how they discuss it, until the final result comes out, it's all just speculation.

In fact, as far as personal feelings are concerned, Deligne and Faltings hope that Chen Zhou will be the one who finally solves Goldbach's conjecture.

Because Chen Zhou, a young man, has too many different things in him.

The mathematical community, and indeed the scientific community, needs something like this now.

But, as Deligne said, mathematics has infinite possibilities.

This manifests itself in anyone.

What's more, Harold Hoofgot is no ordinary person.

Except for Princeton here, almost all universities in the world, large and small, have similar conversations.

Because of media reports, but also because of media guidance.

After all, the news that Chen Zhou was studying Goldbach's conjecture had already surfaced last year.

After the Cole Prize in Number Theory, the news in this regard was hyped up by the media.

Therefore, when the news about Harold Hoofgot's two papers was heated up, the media would naturally not let go of such a catalyst to increase attention.

Therefore, while paying attention to the research progress of Goldbach's conjecture, people also pay attention to the trend of Chen Zhou, a high-profile person who takes Goldbach's conjecture as a research topic.

Among these people, there are people like Deligne and Faltings who hope that Chen Zhou will finally solve Goldbach's conjecture.

Naturally, there are also people who hope that Chen Zhou will be slapped in the face and Harold Hoofgot will take the first step.

And this kind of polarized population is especially obvious in China.

Because the "Ten Thousand Talents Project" project that Chen Zhou applied for is Goldbach's conjecture.

When Chen Zhou applied for a project for the first time, he quickly solved it.

It has caused "trouble" to many people.

At this moment, facing Chen Zhou in such a situation, these people naturally wished that Chen Zhou would take one step slower, and then one step slower.

In addition, coupled with the dazzling aura that Chen Zhou had obtained before, as well as the "banner of young talents".

All of which caused the jealousy of many people.

Some people will change themselves because of Chen Zhou's influence and learn from Chen Zhou's excellent qualities.

Naturally, some people will not understand the glory that Chen Zhou has achieved, so they will slander and slander, hoping that Chen Zhou will fall from the clouds.

But no matter what, everyone believed that Chen Zhou must have read the two papers by Harold Hoofgot.

At this moment, Chen Zhou must be under great pressure.

As for whether Chen Zhou can withstand the pressure and what the final result will be, no one can say for sure.

An interesting thing is that Tao Zhexuan took the initiative to post an analysis article on his blog about the "competition" between Chen Zhou and Harold Hoofgot, analyzing the current research of the two Condition.

And a poll was held to see the approval ratings of Chen Zhou and Harold Hoofgot.

However, in Tao Zhexuan's analysis article.

In addition to the main ones, the analysis of the research progress of Chen Zhou and Harold Hoofgott.

There is also a secondary one, which is regret for himself and Zhang Yitang's loss.

Moreover, when he and Zhang Yitang "competed" with Chen Zhou, wasn't the situation similar to now?

But in the end, if Chen Zhou didn't make a move, it would be fine. Once he made a move, he and Zhang Yitang would be terminated...

The only difference is that when he "competes" with Zhang Yitang and Chen Zhou, they are on different topics.

Even if you lose, you can still continue your own research.

And this time between Chen Zhou and Harold Hoofgot.

But whoever loses is really lost.

The history of Goldbach's conjecture will never leave a loser's name.

Almost without any surprises, Terence Tao's blog caught a wave of enthusiasm and became popular.

The comments and replies under the blog are very lively.

Also because of Tao Zhexuan's self-mockery, some people who had lost confidence in Chen Zhou regained their confidence.

That's right, no matter how many papers Harold Hoofgot published, hasn't this Goldbach's conjecture been proven yet?
As long as it is not proven, then Chen Zhou still has a chance?

No one can say whether Chen Zhou, who has been silent all this time, will be the same as last time.

Once it starts, it's the end.

As for Tao Zhexuan himself, at the end of the analysis article, he also indicated his support object.

He wrote: "It can be seen from this that Dr. Chen Zhou, who has been silent all the time, still has a good chance. Maybe the chance is higher than that of Professor Harold Hoofgot. Therefore, I suggest Please support Dr. Chen Zhou. Of course, I have already helped Dr. Chen Zhou win votes, so I will support Professor Harold Hoofgot myself."

In this regard, a group of netizens are very speechless.

At the bottom of this blog post, Tao Zhexuan also began to ask if he was very happy after this.

But this is also in line with Terence Tao's style.

Terence Tao's blog is just a microcosm of heated discussions on the Internet.

In fact, the discussion posts, discussion blog posts, etc. on the Internet have long been unknown.

Especially in Huaguo, although there are polarized views, they can't hide the heat of this matter at all.

Chen Zhou's name, together with Goldbach's conjecture, quickly jumped to the top of the hot search list.

And the heat is maintained quite well.

And Chen Zhou's Weibo account, which already has millions of fans, is even more lively than Tao Zhexuan's blog.

Almost every day, there are people cleaning the building below, asking about the progress of Chen Zhou's research.

However, these inquiries have never received an answer.

In the final analysis, the reason for such a big impact is that the most brilliant moments in Huaguo's mathematics circle are all related to number theory.

What Chinese people remember most is Goldbach's conjecture.

What kind of a sensation was it when Mr. Chen proved "1+1"?

So that in the next few years, even children know that "1+1" is proved by the people of Huaguo.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Chen Zhou is later than Harold Hoofgot, he will lose this high-profile "race".

Then the consequences it caused in China are far more than the simple fall of the "banner of young talents".

Of course, for the world's mathematics community, and even people in the world who pay attention to this matter.

Whether Chen Zhou proved Goldbach's conjecture or Harold Hoofgot proved it, it doesn't make much difference.

At most, when learning mathematics, learn one more theorem.

Just as the outside world was buzzing, a first draft of the paper appeared again on the preprint website e-Print arXiv.

It's about Goldbach's conjecture.

The author was none other than the Peruvian mathematician Harold Hoofgot.

For a while, the preprint website e-Print arXiv was on the verge of collapse several times.

If the website operators hadn't prepared in advance, they would never have survived for 10 minutes.

It is even less likely that there will be any emergency maintenance and struggling to support the situation.

Because, not long after the paper was uploaded, the e-Print arXiv website immediately flooded with a large number of visitors.

And the IPs of these visitors come from all over the world!

Their goal is only one.

That's the third paper that Harold Hoofgot just uploaded!

Everyone just wants to confirm one thing.

In the third paper, Harold Hoofgot did not complete the proof of Goldbach's conjecture.

For a time, Princeton was the center of mathematics in the world.

MIT, the world famous school where Chen Zhou works.

The Department of Mathematics of major universities in Europe, once the center of mathematics in the world.

Professors and students of mathematics departments in major universities in Huaguo.

Journalists from major media outlets around the world.

Reporters from major media outlets in China.

Netizens who pay attention to this matter on the Internet.

All started talking about this third paper.

People who couldn't understand the paper began to ask around, what is the result of this paper.

People who can understand the paper also start to discuss the content of the paper.

At the same time, start to verify the correctness of the content in the paper.

Of course, before the mathematics community uttered their voices, people in Huaguo who were generally concerned about this matter thought it was over.

It doesn't make sense that Harold Hoofgot would suddenly publish another paper.

The only possibility is that he proved Goldbach's conjecture.

This view also spread instantly.

Because everyone thinks so.

For a moment, the mood of the people in Huaguo fell to the bottom.

The supporters who left messages on Chen Zhou's Weibo also began to change from cheering and cheering to hoping that Chen Zhou would stand up and talk about the current situation.

However, these messages still have not received a reply.

At this time, some mathematicians in Huaguo began to speak out, saying that Harold Hoofgot's third paper had proved Goldbach's conjecture.

Immediately, one word stirred up waves.

Discussions in Huaguo began to change, and Chen Zhou's "banner of young talents" had become shaky.

The only thing that might be confusing is that the mathematics community is silent.

Whether it is the Huaguo mathematics circle or the world mathematics circle.

Or the truly famous mathematicians, mathematicians with sufficient knowledge and status, did not speak out.

Of course, those who wear the title of professor of mathematics but may not have real talents are exceptions.

It was also these people who took the initiative to confirm Harold Hoofgot's proof of Goldbach's conjecture.

Leading the flammable and explosive crowd, leading the public opinion that is about to explode.

At this time, Chen Zhou was hiding in the dormitory with two big panda eyes.

I bury myself wholeheartedly in Gechai's research.

His mobile phone and his chat software are all disconnected.

Except for Yang Yiyi who was on the video that night and studied with him until midnight.

Probably no one can guess Chen Zhou's state at this time.

But even Yang Yiyi was a little worried at the moment.

Because there are more and more news that Harold Hoofgot proved Goldbach's conjecture.

She also asked professors from the Department of Mathematics of Yanda University, such as Wu Xiping and Zhang Zhongyuan, about the specific situation of that paper.

But the answer I got was not optimistic.

Although they can't say whether this is a complete proof, but from their point of view, it should be close to each other.

Yang Yiyi was worried that once Chen Zhou's retreat was over and he got such a result, would he not be able to accept it...

In the dormitory, Chen Zhou yawned and stretched himself.

Then he looked at the content on the computer screen, and then at the draft paper in his hand.

He muttered in his mouth: "This person is still a little anxious..."

　Thanks to book friend Yan Hongxue for the 100 starting coins!
　　
　
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