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Chapter 507 The answer spanning three centuries! (5000+)

As Chen Zhou sat down, the venue fell silent for an instant.

Becomes needle drop audible.

Not even one who breathed loudly.

Everyone held their breath.

Like Chen Zhou, they were waiting for Harold Hoofgot's answer.

It cannot be said that no one would have thought that once Chen Zhou made a move, it would be a fatal problem.

After all, this is what Chen Zhou said early in the morning.

It is also the scene they have fantasized and longed for many times.

It can only be said that until Chen Zhou asked the question, no one really believed, or completely believed, that Chen Zhou had found the fatal flaw in the thesis from the very beginning.

Because it took a long time for Harold Hoofgot's third paper to be uploaded to the preprint website e-Print arXiv, to submit to the Annals of Mathematics, and then to today's report meeting.

During this period of time, many mathematicians have downloaded and verified this paper.

But no one found the fatal flaw pointed out by Chen Zhou.

Therefore, no one really felt that Chen Zhou had found the fatal flaw in Harold Hoofgot's thesis.

They only felt that Chen Zhou should have only discovered some big and small problems.

But these problems can be solved and repaired.

It will not cause a collapse-like blow to the proof process of the thesis itself.

But now, they all found out that they were wrong.

He also completely convinced Chen Zhou's words.

This man who broke three world-class mathematical conjectures in a row is simply terrifying!
Even, in the eyes of many young scholars, Chen Zhou's status has quietly changed.

Take Shen Jing next to him as an example.

Shen Jing only thinks that this senior student is simply a new generation of math god!

And this is the idea of ​​many young mathematicians present.

They have already seen Chen Zhou's leadership qualities from this incident.

Harold Hoofgot on the stage was completely panicked at this moment.

All his self-confidence was completely shattered and shattered in front of Chen Zhou's question.

He thought about many questions that Chen Zhou might ask, and also thought that he might be temporarily overwhelmed by Chen Zhou's questions.

However, he never thought that Chen Zhou could completely collapse his thesis with just one question.

Although Chen Zhou finally said that he could wait for him to repair slowly and give him time.

But he already understood that this was a defect that could no longer be repaired.

Because it started from the underlying logic of the distribution deconstruction method, and at the same time explained the mathematical ideas contained in the distribution deconstruction method in detail, and finally pointed out the problems in the paper Chen Zhou.

It has been clearly told to him that the logical structure has completely collapsed, and it is impossible to repair this part of the defect.

However, although Harold Hoofgot, who already knew what the result would be, did not give up completely.

He forced himself to calm down and walked quickly to the computer.

Open the paper and verify it again from beginning to end.

This process is not fast, but it does not take much time.

Because the distributional deconstruction method plays a very important role in Harold Hoofgot's thesis.

There was no need to wait until Harold Hoofgot had completely verified the thesis before the fatal flaw was exposed.

The projector was turned on by Harold Hoofgot when he was answering the question earlier.

Therefore, at this moment, Harold Hoofgot's action of flipping through the paper was watched by everyone.

Where the thesis stops, it is also directly exposed to all eyes.

In the venue, it was still very quiet.

It seems that everyone is giving Harold Hoofgot an environment to think calmly.

However, judging from the frequently flipped papers on the projection screen.

Harold Hoofgot could not quite calm down.

In other words, Harold Hoofgot was defeated by Chen Zhou's question.

Chen Zhou, who was sitting under the stage, naturally also noticed this scene.

Harold Hoofgot's unacceptable performance was actually predictable.

After all, this is Goldbach's conjecture, not a simple problem.

Whoever proves Goldbach's conjecture is destined to leave his name in the history of mathematics.

Raising his hand slightly, Chen Zhou looked at the time.

There are still 5 minutes until the end of the question session in the afternoon.

Except for Chen Zhou, everyone present also noticed this time.

It has been 35 minutes since Chen Zhou finished asking questions.

But Harold Hoofgot, in addition to flipping the papers back and forth, and his flustered expression.

He couldn't stand up and answer a sentence.

At this time, a white-haired old man in the front row suddenly stood up.

He first glanced at Harold Hoofgot on the stage, then turned his head to look at where Chen Zhou was, and then said aloud: "The questioning session in the afternoon is almost over here. Thanks to Professor Harold Hoofgot for the lecture, and I hope everyone will give Professor Harold Hoofgot some more time to try to fix the flaws in his thesis."

"In the evening, we prepared a sumptuous dinner in the hotel, and everyone can go there in a while. Tomorrow, Dr. Chen Zhou will bring us his lecture on the proof of Goldbach's conjecture. We are also looking forward to tomorrow."

It wasn't until the old man finished speaking that Chen Zhou remembered that the old man was the dean of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, Professor Peter Goddard.

Now that the director of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, the organizer, has spoken, everyone naturally doesn't have to wait any longer.

In fact, although the wait was very impatient, no one was impatient.

After all, this is the moment when the Century Conjecture belongs.

But everyone also understood that it was impossible to keep procrastinating like this and let Harold Hoofgot take all the time.

Harold Hoofgot, on stage, also understood this.

In fact, he even had a sense of being rescued.

Therefore, after Professor Goddard finished speaking, Harold Hoofgot finally said the first sentence after nearly 40 minutes of silence: "First of all, thank you for coming to my report meeting, and also Thanks for the very constructive comments."

"Indeed, the question raised by Dr. Chen Zhou caught me off guard. However, I will do my best to try to fix this major defect..."

"If I can't, I will also declare my proof to be a failure..."

When he said this, Harold Hoofgot's tone was very low.

He completely lacked the high-spiritedness at the beginning of the report meeting, and also lost the absolute self-confidence.

After Harold Hoofgot finished speaking, the venue fell into silence again.

After a few seconds, there was applause in the venue.

Everyone subconsciously looked at the applauding people.

This person is none other than Chen Zhou.

At the end of the report, Chen Zhou took the lead in giving Harold Hoofgott applause.

This is the most basic respect for a scholar who is committed to solving world problems.

Just like Chen Zhou asked this fatal flaw, even if he was not studying Goldbach's conjecture, he would still ask this question.

This is also the most basic respect for Harold Hoofgot, and respect for the century-old problem of Goldbach's conjecture.

In the venue, the applause gradually increased.

Everyone applauded Harold Hoofgot.

Harold Hoofgot on the stage looked at Chen Zhou with mixed emotions in his heart.

As the applause disappeared, the report meeting belonging to Harold Hoofgot also came to an end.

The participants who walked out of the meeting gathered together in twos and threes, discussing Chen Zhou's wonderful question at the report meeting.

"Dr. Chen Zhou is really awesome, isn't he? There are so many big mathematicians who haven't discovered this fatal flaw, but he discovered it early in the morning. It's amazing!"

"It's so exciting. At first I thought it was a confrontation, but I didn't expect it to be a blow, and it was over with one blow..."

"Who says it's not? I can only say that the scene of Dr. Chen Zhou's questioning, I have only imagined in my dreams. In reality, I dare not even think about it."

"Didn't you notice Professor Harold Hoofgot's expression? I guess he can't fix this defect..."

"There is a high probability that it cannot be repaired. If you think about what Dr. Chen Zhou said when he asked the question, you will understand."

"Fuck? Fuck! Is there a fatal flaw in the logical structure?!"

"Don't say anything, I think Dr. Chen Zhou is the new generation of math god!"

"Don't, I think it's better to wait until the end of Dr. Chen Zhou's report tomorrow. After all, there is already an overturned car. No one can say whether Dr. Chen Zhou will also have a fatal flaw."

"I don't think it's possible. Just think about Dr. Chen Zhou's past style. If he is not absolutely sure, he will release this paper?"

"Uh……"

Hearing these conversations, Chen Zhou couldn't help but twitched his mouth: "Isn't this too two-dimensional? Are you still the god of mathematics?"

Yang Yiyi, who was at the side, couldn't help laughing softly.

Only Shen Jing looked at Chen Zhou seriously.

Chen Zhou noticed Shen Jing's eyes, and immediately got goosebumps all over his body.

Subconsciously, he grabbed Yang Yiyi's hand and quickly quickened his pace.

During the dinner, Chen Zhou did not see Harold Hoofgot.

He reckoned that Harold Hoofgot must be huddled in his room, still trying to fix that fatal flaw.

I just don't know if Harold Hoofgot will show up at his lecture tomorrow...

The next day, Chen Zhou got up early in the morning.

Today is his moment, and it is also a moment for the world of mathematics.

According to his usual habit, Chen Zhou went out for a morning run for a short while.

Then, there is a regular breakfast.

At a quarter past 8:[-] in the morning, Chen Zhou, Yang Yiyi and others arrived at the venue together.

Due to the precedent of yesterday's report meeting, today's report meeting was adjusted to start at 8:[-] am.

At this time, many people had already come to the venue.

As soon as Chen Zhou walked in, he left, attracting the attention of everyone present.

They wondered whether the man who had posed a fatal question to Harold Hoofgot yesterday could safely end his lecture today.

Chen Zhou glanced at the stage, then turned to Yang Yiyi and said, "Yiyi, I have to go backstage to get ready."

Yang Yiyi nodded slightly, and said to Chen Zhou: "Come on!"

Chen Zhou smiled slightly: "Don't worry."

After speaking, Chen Zhou went to prepare his PPT projection and other matters.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly.

There were no empty seats in the venue.

Chen Zhou even felt that there were more people today than yesterday.

Scanning around, Chen Zhou showed a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Here comes Harold Hoofgot.

Chen Zhou could probably guess the reason why the other party came here.

But he was not afraid at all.

If Harold Hoofgot could find, as he did, the fatal flaw in his thesis, he would have nothing to say.

After all, this is the only way for mathematical proofs to be recognized.

Withdrawing his gaze, Chen Zhou organized his language a little, and then started his own lecture.

"Thank you to all colleagues and friends for your attention to the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, and willing to come here from all over the world to participate in this report meeting."

"If mathematics is the queen of science, and number theory is the queen of mathematics, then Goldbach's conjecture is undoubtedly one of the brightest pearls in the queen's crown."

"Also because of the difficulty of Goldbach's conjecture itself, this is the mathematical problem that I spent the most time solving. Among them, the most important mathematical tool used is the distribution deconstruction method."

"So, the content of my report will mainly focus on the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, supplemented by the perfection of the distribution deconstruction method."

Chen Zhou's opening remarks can be regarded as simple and refined.

In accordance with international practice, the visiting guests were welcomed.

It also pointed out the theme of the report meeting, as well as the primary and secondary contents of the report meeting.

It's just that the sentence "This is the math problem that I spent the most time solving" is really a bit embarrassing...

After the opening remarks, Chen Zhou went straight to the topic.

The slides on the curtain flipped at an even speed.

Chen Zhou also spoke at a leisurely pace, describing his proof process.

Chen Zhou also focused on explaining the distribution deconstruction method after he perfected it again.

Although it is mainly based on the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, it is supplemented by the perfection of the distribution deconstruction method.

However, if you don't understand the theory of distribution deconstruction, then the proof of Goldbach's conjecture is difficult for you to understand.

Therefore, when explaining the content of the separate deconstruction method, Chen Zhou explained it in great detail.

And the people sitting in the audience, whether they have been in contact with the distribution deconstruction method before and already understand it, or those who only know the name but don't know the content, all listen carefully.

Especially Harold Hoofgot spread out his notebook and took notes while listening.

The reason why he appeared is also very simple.

Since Chen Zhou picked a fatal flaw for him yesterday, he must return a big gift to Chen Zhou today.

After all, it's a matter of etiquette.

Only, Harold Hoofgot thought so.

However, the more he followed Chen Zhou's narration, the more complicated his expression became.

Different from his proof process, the logical rigor of the proof process of this emerging mathematician in Huaguo is simply outrageous!
This is completely different from his thesis, where big and small problems are constantly called out!

As a competitor, he couldn't help but want to applaud this paper...

Harold Hoofgot suddenly remembered that Professor Qiu Chengtong's evaluation of Chen Zhou was first circulated by the outside world: "The calculation is extremely rigorous, the logic is meticulous and correct, and the thinking is extremely clear."

Isn't it the best interpretation of this paper?
At this time, Harold Hoofgot suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had been slower and more rigorous, would he have...

It's just that there will never be ifs in this world. Mathematics has always been a reality, and there is only the difference between right and wrong.

Chen Zhou on the stage continued to talk about his proof process.

He condensed all the essence of the more than 100-page thesis and put it in the report meeting for explanation.

The reason for this, on the one hand, is that the colleagues in the mathematics field who participated in the report will read their own papers in advance.

There is absolutely no need to repeat the things that already exist in the paper.

On the other hand, Chen Zhou hoped to shorten the speech time as much as possible.

Then save time for the Q&A session.

Because that's the point of the presentation.

It is also an opportunity for him to be recognized by the mathematics community.

As time passed, 2 hours had passed since the report meeting started.

And Chen Zhou's speech was gradually coming to an end.

Under the stage, Faltings, Deligne, Wiles, Langlands and others sitting together looked at each other.

There is a message in their eyes.

Goldbach conjectures that this century's problem seems to be really solved...

As soon as Chen Zhou's perfected distribution deconstruction method was explained, they had this premonition.

And when they saw that the distributional deconstruction method was like a broken bamboo, approaching the final territory of Goldbach's conjecture step by step.

They became more convinced of their answer——

Chen Zhou brought the answer that spanned three centuries!

At this moment, Chen Zhou on the stage also slowly turned the slide to the last page.

At this page, the proof result of Goldbach's conjecture is about to come out.

Chen Zhou took a deep breath and pointed at the content on the slide with a laser pointer.

缓缓说道：“显而易见，我们由式（15-20）可以推导出式（15-21）。因此，由式（15-21）、式（15-18）、引理16、引理17、引理18，可以直接证明，哥德巴赫猜想成立！”

Chen Zhou's voice resounded in the silent lecture hall.

Everyone, with a serious expression and a solemn attitude, looked at Chen Zhou on the stage and at the slide that was frozen on the last page.

Chen Zhou glanced at the audience, cleared his hoarse voice, and finally said, "The above is the proof of Goldbach's conjecture."

Almost at the moment when Chen Zhou's voice fell.

Everyone at the scene gave him warm applause.

The lecture hall was instantly filled with applause.

Compared with Harold Hoofgot's report, Chen Zhou's report is obviously much more exciting.

Moreover, because of Chen Zhou's meticulous preparation, whether it is the content of the distribution deconstruction method or the proof process of Goldbach's conjecture.

There are also at least one-third of the people who understand the content.

This is not easy.

Because of this, Chen Zhou's proof results are easier to be accepted by everyone.

It is easier to be recognized by peers.

Because of this, the applause received by Chen Zhou lasted for a long, long time...

It seems that everyone wants to give all the applause that has been waiting since 1742.

Dedicated to the scholars who have worked countless generations to this end.

Also dedicated to the answer that human civilization finally harvested, which spanned three centuries!

　Thanks to book friend De Lai Jueji for the 500 starting coins!
　　Thanks to book friend Yan Hongxue for the 100 starting coins!
　　Thank you for the 5000 starting coins rewarded by the book friend Wandering Function!
　　Thanks for the 100 starting coins rewarded by the book friend whoops!
　　
　
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