I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

Starting from today, the Breakthrough Prize Conference will last for 4 days. In the first three days, there will be academic reports in the fields of life sciences, basic physics, and mathematics, and the awards will be presented on the last day.

In the NASA venue, each speaker and guest has an academic report agenda manual in their hands.

Among them, the most notable speakers on the report agenda in the field of mathematics are:

""Muller-Shen Theorem and Supplementary Proximity Theorem in Banach Space", "Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis Based on the 'Twin Matching Method'", the speaker Shen Qi, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University."

Several internationally renowned young and middle-aged mathematics masters gathered together. They are all speakers and award candidates.

The definition of young and middle-aged people is "over 30 years old and under 40 years old". They bid farewell to their ignorant youth and have not yet entered the stage of uncle in the traditional sense.

From the comprehensive consideration of experience, experience, physical condition, energy, professional status, aggressiveness, etc., 30-40 years old may be the most golden period for men. The vast majority of outstanding scientists, their first big achievements in the academic world, usually come from their young and middle-aged.

A handsome Caucasian guy with a stubble beard and a round cropped head smiled and said, "The twin matching method proves Riemann's conjecture. He can really blow it."

"James, Shen Qi is not joking, he is a newcomer in Princeton." Another older Caucasian man wearing glasses said, he is Italian mathematician Alessio Figali, Currently teaching in the Princeton Department of Mathematics.

A white mathematician with a round head comes from the United Kingdom. He is James Maynard, a representative of young masters in the field of number theory. Regarding the processing method of prime number distribution, there is the "Maynard matching method" named after his surname.

"I don't think this 22-year-old Chinese can prove Riemann's conjecture." Maynard has reason to think so. For the research on Riemann's conjecture, he and his Oxford University team are at the forefront of the world.

However, Shen Qi claimed to have proved the Riemann conjecture, but he only disclosed a general abstract, and did not see any substantive specific discussions.

Chinese mathematician Gong Changwei was unhappy: "James, why can't the Chinese prove the Riemann Hypothesis?"

"Gong, that's not what I mean. What I mean is that Shen is too young, and he lacks the necessary academic accumulation. If the Riemann conjecture is proved by the Chinese, then this person can only be you, Gong." Maynard and Gong Changwei Very familiar, both of them are top number theory experts under the age of 40, and they have known each other for many years

Figali, from Princeton, said: "This is the age of young people, James. And Shen, he is not an ordinary young man. I am not proficient in number theory, but in the field of Banach spaces, I think I have a say In short, from the perspective of the 'Muller-Shen' theorem of Banach space and the supplementary proximity theorem, Shen already has the academic level of a high-end researcher in basic theory."

Figalli became famous in Europe, and was later poached by Princeton as a professor. He has outstanding research results in various mathematical fields such as differential geometry, partial differential equations, variational methods, and Banach spaces. He is called "enhanced version" Terence Tao".

"Hey, Professor Figali, Professor Gong, what is the magic of this 22-year-old doctoral student that you praise him so much?" Maynard spread his hands and said, "Of course, he is a Chinese compatriot of Professor Gong, and it is Fei Jia. Professor Lee's alumni, you have reasons to support him."

Gong Changwei said: "This has nothing to do with nationality or college, but with mathematics itself. Professor Maynard, let us return to pure mathematics topics and talk about the Riemann conjecture."

Both Gong Changwei and Maynard are experts in the study of number theory, and they are small colleagues in the branch of number theory among the big mathematics colleagues.

The American team led by Professor Gong at Columbia University, and the British team led by Professor Maynard at Oxford, two high-end number theory teams have a cooperative relationship and inevitable competition.

Professor Figali's academic background is relatively complicated. He studied undergraduate in Italy, combined master and doctoral studies in France, and led a European team in a research institution in Switzerland. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics of Pudong University and leads an American team. Although half of the members of this American team are not American, it is still an American team in name.

Mathematics is a small circle, subdivided into various branches, the circle is even smaller.

Mathematicians who study differential geometry are not necessarily proficient in number theory, and mathematicians who study number theory may be helpless in the field of partial differential equations.

But as long as it is a person from the Department of Mathematics, no one knows the Riemann conjecture.

Gong Changwei, Figali, and Maynard talked about Riemann's conjecture, and Shen Qi, a 22-year-old young man who claimed to have completed the proof of Riemann's conjecture.

Say the protagonist, the protagonist arrives.

Shen Qi, who was dressed in a black suit, saw his senior brother Gong Changwei. He walked up to Gong Changwei, hugged his senior brother, and said in Chinese: "Wei God, worship the Great God."

Gong Changwei, who was nominated for the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, is expected to win a huge prize of 3 million US dollars. He replied in Chinese: "I think you are going to become a god soon."

Gong Changwei had seen Shen Qi's first expression about the proof of Riemann's conjecture, and he guessed that Shen Qi's team had achieved substantial research results, which were enough to shine at this year's Breakthrough Prize conference.

Gong Changwei also knew that his student Ouye was helping Shen Qi to research the core technology.

Ouye did not get the invitation letter for this conference. She asked Gong Changwei a question about the Riemann zeta function a few days ago. The question was very profound, which surprised Gong Changwei.

Gong Changwei gave Ouye some professional advice, and he felt that Ouye and Shen Qi were very likely to be doing big things.

More and more people boarded Shen Qi's boat, either directly or indirectly.

After greeting Gong Changwei, Shen Qi shook hands with Figali: "Professor Figali, you have been absent from coffee time for a month, and I miss you very much."

"Really, I miss you too." Figalli shook hands with Shen Qi enthusiastically. In fact, the two of them didn't know each other well enough to be called brothers and sisters. They both worked together in the Mathematics Department of Pudong University, so they knew each other.

"Zhou Yu'an said that you are the most charismatic professor in Princeton, and I think so too." Shen Qi quietly helped Zhou Yu'an with a good word, and complimented Professor Figali by the way. As for the scene, you have to know a few words.

Figalli is Zhou Yuan's mentor. He has been flying all over the world recently, giving lectures and collecting awards. He is expected to win the Philippine Award this year. Professor Figali is a busy man. He has no impression of Zhou Yuan who has just come to Universities for three months.

When Shen Qi said this, Professor Figali suddenly became deeply impressed with Zhou Yuan, a Chinese student studying abroad: "Zhou, he is a very talented student, just like you, Shen, with such outstanding talent."

Maynard, who had been on the sidelines, had never seen Shen Qi before. He looked at Shen Qi with a polite smile, and carefully observed the 22-year-old Chinese young man who came to the industry to grab a job.

Mathematicians generally have keen observation skills. Shen Qi has long noticed Maynard, an Englishman. This guy seems to be polite, but he really feels good about himself. His eyes say everything.

"Hi, I'm Maynard, James Maynard, from Oxford." Maynard offered to extend his right hand, showing a friendly gesture to Shen Qi.

James Maynard, from Oxford... so it's you, Big Brother, founder of the Maynard Matching Method. Shen Qi shook hands with Maynard: "Nice to meet you, Professor Maynard."

People who study mathematics have seen the theorems and formulas of people's names more often than they have seen them.

Shen Qi has never met Maynard himself, but he knows the "Maynard matching method" about the distribution of prime numbers. This matching method used to be the mainstream, but now it is not very practical.

"Professor Gong, Professor Figali, and I were just talking about Riemann's conjecture. You just came. Can you talk about your views on Riemann's conjecture?" Maynard asked.

Shen Qi talked eloquently: "Of course, I think Riemann's conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers must be true. He is a genius, has extraordinary mathematical intuition, and is particularly accurate."

Maynard shrugged: "If you said it, you didn't say it."

Figali stood up and said something fair: "James, before the official report, Shen probably can only speak to this extent. We are all people who study mathematics, and we should know the rules."

"You will make a formal report tomorrow, Shen, that's written in the meeting agenda." Maynard said.

Shen Qi nodded: "Yes, tomorrow."

"Then tomorrow, I will be at the report meeting and witness the birth of a great miracle in the history of mathematics." Maynard made a fake look of expectation, and he was very satisfied with Shen Qi's claim that "the Riemann Hypothesis was proved by the 'twin matching method'." "Always have doubts, but dare not completely disbelieve, after all Shen Qi is from Princeton.

Shen Qi smiled without any pressure: "Welcome."