The top student must be diligent

Unfortunately, Grothendieck, the emperor of mathematics, began to gradually withdraw from the world of mathematics after 1970. Of course, this does not change the fact that the vast majority of mathematicians still admire this man who brought brilliance to the world of mathematics. Mathematics master.

To a certain extent, most of the mathematicians in the field of mathematics can be regarded as his "fans".

"Then will you tell him about your student Mochizuki Shinichi?" Schultz teased.

Faltings frowned: "Don't mention that guy. He used to be a very smart student, but it's a pity that he became stupid in order to study the ABC conjecture. Otherwise, I still want to see him get it." Fields Medal."

Yes, Mochizuki Shinichi is a student of Faltings. At first, this young Japanese boy gave Faltings a good impression, so that he, who has always been strict and meticulous, rated Mochizuki Shinichi as a very good student. Smart mathematician.

But it is a pity that, just as Faltings thought, he, a student, was fooled by the ABC conjecture. After reading Mochizuki Shinichi's paper, he made the following evaluation: "I tried to read part of it, and then At a certain stage I gave up, I didn’t understand what he was doing and wasn’t expressing his ideas clearly at all.”

However, although he did not want to talk about Mochizuki Shinichi, he finally said: "I hope you can completely convince him in the next meeting that he has better options instead of wasting his talents on ABC conjecture. It should bring more value to the mathematics community.”

As a teacher, he still doesn't want to see his students wasting their talents.

"We will."

Hearing Faltings' request, Schultz and Sticks both nodded solemnly.

"I also hope that he can start studying far Abelian geometry again and bring more value to the mathematical community." Schulz said.

In any case, Mochizuki Shinichi is indeed an extremely good mathematician. Otherwise, after he and Sticks went to Kyoto two years ago and had five heated discussions with Mochizuki Shinichi, they would also It will not lead to a result that no one can convince anyone.

It would obviously be a good thing if the mathematics community could welcome back such a talented mathematician.

"Then, we are going to hold this academic conference in two weeks, that is, on September 13, and then we will start preparing to send invitations to mathematicians."

Schultz said: "In addition, I will personally send an invitation letter to the student named Xiao Yi."

…

[Hello Xiao Yi:

I am Peter Schulz. Since I don’t know if you know me, I will introduce myself to you first. I am a somewhat outstanding mathematician. I was lucky enough to get a Phil in 2018. Award, and served as director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Germany.

The paper "Non-Singularity Analysis and Absolutely Far Abelian Conjecture" that you submitted to "Publications mathématiques de l'IHS" some time ago was reviewed by me. When I first read your paper, it gave me a deep impression. I'm surprised. Your mathematical thoughts are the most unique I have ever seen. It seems to be a feeling that is not affected by the inherent experience in the mathematical world. This kind of thinking has also brought me a very profound inspiration.

At the same time, whether it is etale cohomology or the method of far Abelian geometry that you used in your paper, it fully proves that you have your own understanding in this aspect, so there is no doubt that , you are a very unique mathematician.

In addition, I heard that you are only 17 years old this year. This is very shocking news. I never thought that someone could write such a profound mathematical paper at the age of 17. This has made me very excited. I want to communicate with you.

This opportunity is approaching. The Max Planck Institute of Mathematics will hold a mathematics academic conference on September 13th. I sincerely invite you to come. The invitation letter has been sent. I have added the money. I believe it will be sent to you soon. All your expenses will be fully reimbursed by the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics. We look forward to meeting you then.

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Chapter 60 We want it too!

"This is... an email sent to me by Schulz himself?"

Xiao Yi showed a surprised expression when he saw the email in his mailbox.

A Fields Medal winner, a famous mathematician, actually took the initiative to send an email to an ordinary minor who just sent a paper to IHES?

He even said he "can't wait" to communicate with him and sent him an invitation?

Who would have thought of this?

Ahem...

Of course, no matter what, it's not that ordinary.

"However, this mathematics academic conference that Schulz was talking about...could it be that one?"

Seeing the email mentioning a mathematics conference to be held on September 13, Xiao Yi quickly remembered the news on the Internet.

The final meeting to completely end the eight-year dispute in the mathematical community regarding the ABC conjecture...?

He was immediately interested.

After paying attention to various news these days, he also learned about the ABC conjecture, an unsolved problem that is famous in the mathematics world.

The abc conjecture, as an important problem in number theory, was proposed in 1985, and its original purpose was actually to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.

Because, if the abc conjecture is true, then the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem only needs one page to complete.

However, a few years after the abc conjecture was proposed, Fermat's Last Theorem was proved by Andrew Wiles, while the abc conjecture remained in the mathematics community and was still not solved. On the contrary, it became a more important problem in the number theory community.

Once the abc conjecture is established, it will help mathematicians easily solve more other number theory problems.

However, the number of people studying the abc conjecture is even smaller than the number of people studying far Abelian geometry. The number of mathematicians in the world who dare to study the abc conjecture can probably be counted on two or three hands.

Among these top mathematicians, Shinichi Mochizuki has become the most prominent one.

So whether Shinichi Mochizuki's proof is correct or wrong, Xiao Yi also wants to know.

After all, he likes to study difficult math problems, and the abc conjecture, which is one of the seven difficult math problems, is no less interesting to him than other math problems, even though he thinks he is not good enough.

"Well... let's go there once then."

Xiao Yi thought about it and finally made a decision.

Although he thought it was a bit troublesome to go abroad, if it was for the most cutting-edge problems in math, then even if it was a bit troublesome, it was a problem that could be overcome.

"But, September 13th... it seems to be the time for military training for freshmen at the beginning of the school year?"

He had a strange expression on his face.

In this case, does he have a very legitimate reason not to go to military training?

...

Time passed quickly.

Xiao Yi and his paper became a hot topic in the next few days.

At one time, quite a lot of media wanted to interview him, but he refused all these interviews, because after deciding to go to Germany to attend the academic conference, he began to spend a lot of time on the research of the abc conjecture and Shinichi Mochizuki's paper.

Of course, his purpose was not to prove the abc conjecture, or to find out the problem with Shinichi Mochizuki's paper.

Just kidding, he was just a newbie in mathematics. The former was a problem that all the math masters were scratching their heads about, and he didn't think he could prove it.

After all, his cheat could only improve his learning efficiency, but couldn't directly let him get the answer to a proof question.

If you want to try to prove the abc conjecture, you still need a lot of mathematical foundation.

As for the latter, that was a problem that Peter Schultz and others had been looking for for so many years and there was no definite evidence. He didn't think he could find the problem in just half a month.

His purpose was simply to preview it in advance, in case he didn't even know what the mathematicians said when he attended the academic conference.

In this way, the time came to September 4th.

It was also the day for registration for the new semester at HKUST.

Carrying a small suitcase and a schoolbag, Xiao Yi set out on the road to school.

When he arrived at the school gate, it was already a lively scene.

The new students who enrolled this year walked into the campus and looked for the registration point of their respective colleges.

Xiao Yi also quickly found the location of their School of Mathematics and Science.

Hmm...

They were all boys.

Compared with other students' registration points, which were almost all girls, their School of Mathematics was a little too masculine.

However, it was not a big problem.

Only people with no future would think about girls!

He came here to study!

When several seniors at the registration point of the School of Mathematics saw someone coming, they immediately greeted him with a smile: "Hey, are you from our School of Mathematics? What's your name?"

"Yes, my name is Xiao Yi."

"Xiao Yi, I'm looking for... Wait, are you Xiao Yi?"

When several seniors heard Xiao Yi's name, they immediately widened their eyes and looked at Xiao Yi.

"Oh my god, it's really Xiao Shen!"

Immediately, these seniors seemed to become respectful: "Xiao Shen, you don't need to register, the registration matters have been arranged. In addition, Professor Liu Bin of our college said that you can go directly to his office to find him after you arrive."

Xiao Yi was stunned, but he didn't have too many doubts. He nodded: "Okay, thank you seniors."

Then, he was going to Professor Liu's office, but before leaving, several seniors asked him to leave a few signatures.

Obviously, although he had just enrolled, he had already become a star figure in their School of Mathematics.

...

He came to Liu Bin's office with ease.

At this time, Liu Bin seemed to be fiddling with an envelope or something on his desk.

When he saw Xiao Yi coming, he smiled and said, "You are here."

"Yeah."

Xiao Yi nodded.

Liu Bin didn't say much, such as welcoming him to officially become a student of the University of Science and Technology.

Anyway, Xiao Yi had come to him many times, and he was already an acquaintance.