I Am the President of the University

Chapter 743 Proof of the integer solution of x^three + y^three + z^three = thirty-three

As a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Professor Edward hates attending various mathematics conferences and forums. He prefers to stay at home and study mathematics.

But I didn’t expect that when I went to Boston for a meeting this time, I would meet Lu, a mathematical genius!

Oh, God, he really couldn't believe that Lu wasn't a math major? !

Go to electrical engineering, which is a major for sissies. Real men should study math.

Of course, thankfully, Lu will come to Princeton University to study for his Ph.D.

Even if the other party will return to China in the future, so what?

At least Lu studied at Princeton University for a while, leaving some traces.

Besides, Lu's knowledge belongs to the whole world.

This is enough.

Today is the third day since he left Boston. Unexpectedly, Lu has already solved the first set of integer solutions for [x3+y3+z3=33]!

"Lu, please wait a moment."

Professor Edward excitedly picked up the pen and paper, and as the sound on the phone rang, the pen quickly slid across the scratch paper.

x=8,866,128,975,287,528;

y=-8,778,405,442,862,239,

z=-2,736,111,468, 807,040.

Right now,

33=88661289752875283+(-8778405442862239)3+(-2736111468807040)3.

Putting down the pen, Professor Edward already understood.

Starting from this moment, the [x3+y3+z3=33] problem that has stumped the mathematical community for decades has been officially solved!

The person who solved this problem was not a famous mathematician from the United States, Russia, or France, but just an undergraduate from China!

There was a strange light in his eyes.

Professor Edward can almost predict what the news headlines will be in a few days, which will be quite shocking.

As if thinking of something, Professor Edward reminded: "Lu, you should quickly compile the proof process, including detailed problem-solving steps and algorithms, into a paper in the past two days, and then post it on arXiv first, and then submit it to "Annals of Mathematics" ( Annual Journal of Mathematics), I will help you with the reminder then, it shouldn’t take too long.”

Although Lu Zhou is not a mathematics major, he is naturally familiar with the four major mathematics journals. \b

He hesitated and asked: "Professor Edward, the paper won't take long, but... can it really be published in "Annals of Mathematics"?"

Professor Edward chuckled and said easily: "Lu, choosing Princeton University is definitely one of the best decisions in your life. "Annals of Mathematics" is sponsored by our Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study, and I am also the editor of this magazine. Editorial Board.

"Annals of Mathematics" was founded in 1874. It is the oldest journal among the four major journals of mathematics. It is now jointly published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. It is published every two months and has been published every year for the past two years. There are only more than thirty academic papers, and the gold content in them is evident.

"What is arXiv?" Lu Zhou touched his nose and asked sheepishly.

After all, he has only been exposed to mathematics for a few months. It would be good to know what the four major journals of mathematics are. As for hearing about arXiv, he was completely confused.

Professor Edward slapped his head and forgot that Lu Zhou was just an undergraduate majoring in electrical engineering, so he could only explain:

"In order to prevent our ideas from being plagiarized by others before the paper is included, we will upload the draft to arXiv as a pre-included document, and arXiv is a document collection website that can prove the originality of the paper (upload time stamp)."

Papers pay attention to timeliness. For example, if you think of an idea, then do a simulation and write a paper. However, considering the issue of submission, some conferences or journals have time limits for "call for paper". For example, it may take several months for the paper to be accepted.

On the one hand, in order to prove the originality of your paper, you can put the paper on the arXiv website; on the other hand, it is also for competition. Whoever posts the paper on arXiv early will have the power of the paper.

To put it simply, arXiv is “a website that occupies a trap.”

arXiv was originally a website established by physicist Paul Ginsbarg in 1991. It was originally intended to collect preprints of papers in physics, and later included other fields such as astronomy and mathematics.

Ginsbarger received a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship for this website.

arXiv was originally hosted at Los Alamos National Laboratory and was called the "LANL preprint database" in its early days. The current arXiv is based at Cornell University and has mirror sites around the world.

Nowadays, many mathematicians and scientists are accustomed to uploading their papers to and then submitting them to professional academic journals.

The most famous mathematician among them is undoubtedly Grigory Perelman. Professor Perelman’s proof of the Poincaré conjecture was first posted on arXiv.

Professor Edward asked Lu Zhou to post it on arXiv first because he was afraid that others would prove it first.

But not all papers can be published on arXiv first. They must be unpublished, and the papers must be approved by a person in the relevant field.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that you don't even have an arXiv account. Let's do this. I'll authenticate it for you later."

"Professor Edward, thank you very much!" Lu Zhou expressed his gratitude solemnly.

Professor Edward was playful and joked: "If you really want to thank me, then please solve a few more mathematical problems! Such as Goldbach's conjecture, Riemann's conjecture, Hodge's conjecture..."

"Professor Edward, I can!" Lu Zhou said seriously.

"Walter?" Professor Edward yelled subconsciously with a black line on his head.

Does this little guy not know the significance of these conjectures?

For example, Goldbach's conjecture, referred to as Goldbach's conjecture, is one of the three major mathematical problems in the world in modern times.

In 1742, Goldbach proposed the following conjecture in a letter to Euler: Any integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of three prime numbers.

But Goldbach himself could not prove it, so he wrote to ask the famous mathematician Euler to help prove it. However, Euler could not prove it until his death.

A common conjecture statement today is Euler's version, that is, any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers, also known as the "Strong Goldbach Conjecture" or "Goldbach Conjecture about Even Numbers."

Minke people like to flock to the mathematics world, especially Ge Guai, the mathematical crown.

Once the guess is proven, as long as the prover is no more than 40 years old, he will definitely win the Fields Medal and will be recorded in history!

"Professor Edward, what did you just say?"

"Ahem, it's okay."

Professor Edward really wanted to tell Brother Lu Zhou how difficult it was to guess, but he was afraid of damaging the other party's confidence, so he had to put it off.

After talking to Professor Edward, Lu Zhou called the principal. After briefly describing the matter, the principal made a very strange request.

"By the way, you can tell me after you upload it to arXiv."

"Oh, okay." Although he didn't know why, Lu Zhou agreed without any doubts, and then began to concentrate on writing the paper.

the other side.

Guanghua University.

Chen Hao put down his cell phone with a faint smile on his face.

"Now that it has been proven, I have to add more fire."

The next moment, Chen Hao called Deng Hui in and gave Deng Hui some instructions.

…

Just a few days before August.

A short but shocking article appeared on the famous academic website arXiv.

[Proof of the integer solution of x^3+y^3+z^3=33——Zhou Lu]