I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 474 How much is a catty for a mathematical guess?
When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were working on the EDA project with all their strength, Lyons, who was called "the rising star in the number theory field of Eagle Country" by Prof. ·Professor Bowie is teaching in the classroom.

As the youngest full professor of the Department of Mathematics at Cambridge University, he not only supervises graduate students, but also has teaching tasks for undergraduates.

However, Lyons does not care about teaching, he values ​​the results of his own projects more.

His goal is very simple. The Adams Prize, the oldest and most influential mathematics award at Cambridge University, has fallen into his hands last week. His next goal is the Breakthrough Award in Science, and then the Cole Number Theory Award, only with these two awards, he is eligible to compete for the higher-level Crawford Award and Fields Medal, and truly become a mathematician on one side, and even replace Professor Wiles in the future as the Eagle National No.1 in number theory.

Everyone says that mathematics is a difficult subject to make money, but it is only because the reputation is not big enough. If the reputation is enough, you can make a lot of money just by giving lectures everywhere, let alone making mathematical models for financial companies , casually getting tens of millions of rewards is small.

Thinking of these futures of fame and fortune that are likely to come true, Lyons' heart is burning.

Looking at the time, there were only about 5 minutes left until the end of the get out of class, and Professor Lyons didn't bother to give any more lectures, so he announced that the next session would be free discussion and questioning.

Soon some students raised their hands and said, "Professor, I heard that you are going to fly to Silicon Valley in San Francisco next week to participate in the selection for the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics?"

There was a flash of pride in Lyons' eyes, and he nodded: "Yes, I'm leaving next Friday, but from next Monday, Professor Boone will take my class. I still need to spend some time to perfect my understanding of A proof of the Polignac conjecture."

Another student asked curiously: "Professor, are you going to continue to prove that the Polyniac conjecture is true under the condition of even numbers?"

Lyons didn't answer directly, but the corners of his mouth curled up and said, "I won't go into details for the time being, but what I can tell you is that in just nine months, I will be able to prove the Polignac conjecture." !"

The article "Prove that for all odd numbers k, there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers (p, p + 2k)" is only used to compete for the Mathematics Breakthrough Award and the Cole Award, and it is also used to disrupt the pace of all competitors and introduce It was just a cover for going astray, but the real achievement of Lyons was to think of another more complex and cumbersome method to prove the Polignac conjecture.

Although this method is a bit clumsy and takes a lot of time to perfect, it is estimated that it will take more than 100 pages to write, but Lyons is confident that it will be done within nine months. After all, besides himself, he still has seven or eight Excellent graduate students, including two high-level Asian students, will participate in this project.

Of course, the final proof of this world-famous conjecture will belong to him alone.

Another student flattered him: "Professor, based on your contribution to the Polignac conjecture, you must be able to win the Mathematical Breakthrough Award this time, right? After all, when it comes to the achievements of the mathematics community in the past two years, who can compare with you?" on you?"

Foreign professors have great power and can completely decide the recruitment of graduate students, so many students who are interested in applying for Lyons' graduate students have spared no effort to curry favor with him early on.

Lyons didn't answer, but the corners of his mouth curled up even wider.

He has long been determined to win this year's Mathematical Breakthrough Award. He originally heard that there was a genius student named Qin Ke in that ancient country in the East, who solved several world-class conjectures including the twin prime number conjecture and Zhou's conjecture in one fell swoop. He is a rival for the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and the Cole Prize for Number Theory.

But now he is not worried at all. With the "Proof of the Weak Polignac Conjecture" and the management of his personal connections for many years, there are still some Westerners who hate and fear Eastern faces to re-enter the international mathematics stage. Waiting for the conditions, Lyons felt that it was a certainty that he won the Mathematical Breakthrough Award this time.

Therefore, he didn't even pay attention to that competitor in the eastern country anymore, and all his thoughts were devoted to his own subject.

He knew very well that relying on "Proof of the Weak Polignac Conjecture" to win the Craford Award and the Fields Medal is still not reliable. Only when the Polignac Conjecture is truly overcome, the chances will be great. some.

The Fields Medal is at the end of next year, and it will take about three or four months to publish the paper, and there is still a need for publicity and promotion. He must really finish the paper proving Polignac’s conjecture by February next year. It is no exaggeration to describe it as "day and night" to squeeze the graduate students in his hands.

Just give me another nine months or so, and all the glory will be mine!

Lyons left in a hurry after the bell rang, ready to go back to his scientific research laboratory to continue studying the subject, but walking on the school road, I don't know if it was his illusion, the professors who met him on the road cast glances at him They are all weird, it seems to be pity, and it seems to be gloating.

Lyons frowned, grabbed a familiar professor and asked, "Professor Curris, is there something weird on my face?"

Professor Curlis didn't have much affection for this sharp-edged, selfish and arrogant colleague. He smiled and said: "Professor Bowie, have you read the "Annual of Mathematics" just released today?"

"I didn't have time to read it." Lyons suddenly felt ominous, and hurriedly said, "Is there anything on it?"

"Let's see for yourself." Professor Culis smiled strangely, turned and left.

Lyons felt uncomfortable, what kind of riddle?He snorted coldly and quickened his pace.

As soon as he stepped into his scientific research laboratory, he saw his graduate students looking at something together.

Lyons saw that his students dared to be lazy and fish, and his upset mood suddenly became worse. He scolded: "What are you doing together? Have you completed the task for you today?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he noticed that the expressions on the faces of several graduate students were very strange, some were shocked, some were decadent, some were depressed, and even despaired.

At this time, a graduate student handed over the journal he was holding, and said bitterly: "Professor, our subject... seems to have no meaning to continue researching."

"What do you mean?" Lyons snatched the periodical, saw that it was "Annual Journal of Mathematics", his heart skipped a beat, and then he saw the title of the opened page...

"Proof of Polignac's conjecture? Falk oil!" Lyons' face changed as if he had been punched hard.

If he saw such a headline in an ordinary newspaper or a small magazine of the third or fourth rank, Lyons would definitely laugh, but the problem was that he was holding the "Annual of Mathematics"!One of the top four mathematics journals in the world!

The editor-in-chief Faltins is even more famous for his rigor!
This... this... so it's almost impossible to go wrong with this proof paper!
With a livid face, Lyons sat down in a chair at random, and then gritted his teeth to read the paper carefully.

A few graduate students didn't even dare to breathe, and stood beside Lyons with their hands down.

Lyons watched this for more than an hour. His face became more and more ugly, and finally he suddenly yelled, tore the journal in his hand into pieces, and threw it to the ground vigorously!

Damn, Polignac's conjecture...was actually proven!
Moreover, the mathematical processing method used is extremely delicate, expanding from point to line and surface, layer by layer, which is several times better than the clumsy method he came up with!
The most disappointing thing is that even though he looked at this paper with a critical scrutiny throughout the whole process, he failed to find a single mistake!

The entire proof process is extremely rigorous and perfect!
When Lyons watched it for the first time, he couldn't believe that there was such a perfect proof process, so he read it twice, but apart from the delicacy and rigor that made him feel hopeless, he really couldn't find anything to criticize, even if it was one word!
"Fake oil! Fake oil!" Lyons stepped on the torn journals on the ground with all his might, the shock and disbelief on his face turned into despair and ferocity, and finally turned into despair.

It's over...my Math Breakthrough Prize.

It's over... My Cole Prize in Number Theory...

Not to mention his paper proving the weak Polignac conjecture, even if he can now prove the Polignac conjecture according to his original thinking, he cannot compete with this excellent paper, after all, it is an academic achievement The value of , in addition to proving the world conjecture itself, the mathematical method used in it is more important.

His clumsy method is nothing compared to this never-before-seen, but subtle and majestic new method!
"By the way, who is the author of this paper?"

Lyons suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to read the author's name of the paper, and the journals on the ground had already been torn and trampled by him, making them terribly dirty.

He looked at several graduate students.

Several graduate students saw his red-eyed, ferocious and desperate expression, and subconsciously took two steps back. One of the graduate students boldly said, "It should be Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun from Xia Guo, the two who created" Xia Guo mathematician of Lime number theory fourth-order transformation method'..."

"Qin Ke... Ning Qingyun?" Lyons murmured and repeated the two names.

It was them!Competitors I no longer care about!

Lyons' face became paler and paler. He gritted his teeth, took out his mobile phone, made a call, and said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Orientals with skin selected?"

An equally frustrated male voice came from over there: "Professor Bowie, did you see today's "Annual of Mathematics"? And I have checked, this paper, Mr. Faltings contacted everywhere and urged the review experts to speed up the review. You should be very clear about what this means. And the review experts include Faltings Sir, the five Filipino award winners including Mr. Linden-Strauss..."

Lyons' brain buzzed, and even the last trace of fantasy in his heart was shattered.

Faltings, that stubborn old guy with a frighteningly high reputation and status, actually wants to keep this Xia country mathematician named Qin Ke on the podium!
With the approval of five Philippine awards, who can overthrow this academic achievement?Who can stop Qin Ke from standing on the international podium?

Lyons sat down on the sofa in despair, unable to speak for a long time.

……

The news that the world-famous "Polygnac Conjecture" was proved by Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, mathematicians of Xia Kingdom, with an unprecedented new processing method was first exposed by the media in the United States, and soon spread all over the world. , I don’t know how many teams who are also researching this topic are so uncomfortable that they can’t even eat, and I don’t know how many people are watching and looting this issue of "Annals of Mathematics", just to see the proof process in the first place.

On arVix, the paper pre-recording website, Qin Ke’s fans surged again, breaking through the 10W mark, and comments of admiration and admiration sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

When the news finally reached Xia Guo.Kiyoki University once again happily posted a newsletter on the homepage of the website and on the official microblog:
"Warmly celebrate our school's students Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun for jointly overcoming a higher level of the world's mathematical problem Polignac's conjecture! "

The major domestic media reposted it frantically, and various headline parties emerged one after another.

"The Youngest Chern Mathematics Prize Winner Creates New Miraculous Achievements Again! "

"Mathematical guess how much is a catty?"Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun said that ten catties would come first! "

The netizen circle was finally shaken again.Hot searches about the two quickly rose to the top of the list.

[I'll go, what did you say last time, unless Qin Shen and Ning prove the world-class conjecture, don't spend them. It turns out that it hasn't been two months since they really proved the world-class conjecture again! 】

[This Polignac conjecture is said to be twice as difficult as the conjecture they proved before!I can't say anything other than "Fucking awesome"! 】

[I beg you two gods of learning, hurry up and become a professor, I want to apply for your graduate students! 】

[This time it was really a sensation. I heard that Qin Shen also published a separate paper and put forward a new conjecture, which was named "Qin's conjecture" internationally. After Zhou's conjecture, our country of Xia has another world-famous conjecture. The number theory conjecture!This is the real cow...]

[It's really awesome. Didn't you see that "Annual of Mathematics" added a comment after Qin Shen's conjecture paper? "This may be an important conjecture related to whether the secret between Riemann's conjecture and prime numbers can be deciphered!" Now there is a turmoil on YouTube, and many graduate students and even doctoral students majoring in mathematics claim to decipher this "Qin's conjecture". 】

[Anyway, I can't understand even one article, I'm just responsible for calling 666. 】

……

Qingmu University, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun received a call from Wei Yuanfu. When they got the news, they were still working on the EDA project.

In fact, the two had already received the email from "Annual of Mathematics", knowing that the paper would be published in this issue, so they were not too excited. They just smiled at each other and clapped their hands vigorously.

Of course, what excites Qin Ke the most is the system notification sound coming from his ears:

"Ding dong! You have proved the Polignac conjecture with a brand-new mathematical method, and proposed the first mathematical conjecture named after your surname, and reached the 'time to charge to the famous world conjecture No. 'goal!"

"Ding dong! Congratulations, you have completed the task of 'It's time to charge the famous world guess', and the first reward of the task is being distributed..."

"Ding! The first reward has been issued, your academic points (mathematics) +500!"

"Ding! The second reward is being distributed... You have obtained a mysterious gift package! The mysterious gift package is being unwrapped..."

(End of this chapter)