Ultimate Scholar

Backstage.

Li Mu was sitting on the sofa in the background, closing his eyes and concentrating.

But his mind is still filled with the storm of knowledge.

Just the last bit... Just the last bit...

He could clearly feel that he was far from the answer, and he had never been so close.

Like a keyhole.

He has even been able to see the scene behind this door through the hole in the keyhole.

It's just that he is about to take the stage, can he still find the most critical key before he takes the stage?

"Mr. Li, you can prepare in advance."

The meeting staff walked into the backstage and said to Li Mu.

Li Mu opened his eyes, looked at the staff member, nodded slightly at him, and said, "Okay, I see."

"Well." The staff member raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "It's 9:55, and at ten o'clock, Professor Mohot will come to the stage to preside over the order of the scene, and wait until he says that you are invited to give a speech Then, you can go up."

"I see."

Li Mu nodded, and then looked at a middle-aged man sitting in another seat in the lounge.

That person was Mohot, a member of the AMS council who chaired the agenda in their room.

After all, Li Mu is not the only one who is reporting here. After his report is over, there are other people who will also report.

Mohot also nodded at Li Mu with a smile at this time, then got up from his seat, came to sit next to Li Mu.

"Do you know how many people came to listen to your report today?"

Li Mu was slightly taken aback, then shook his head: "I don't know."

Since he came here, he has been devoting his mind to his own mind, and has never cared about other things at all, so he has never seen the situation of the audience outside.

Mohot said with emotion: "A lot of important people are here."

"I took a look just now, and Peter Schultz, Gerd Faltings, Andrew Wiles are all here, as well as Professor Deligne from Princeton, Terence Tao from the University of California... Tsk tsk, in the past In a joint mathematics conference, there is almost no precedent for so many Fields Medalists to participate in a report together."

"And this report by Ni did it."

Hearing this news, Li Mu was stunned.

What?

So many Fields Medal winners actually came to listen to his report?

In the end, I could only sigh in my heart, it really deserves to be the famous Hail conjecture.

Even if he just made a relatively large progress and didn't really solve it, he can still attract the attention of so many mathematicians.

Mohot reached out and patted Li Mu's shoulder, and said, "The hailstone conjecture is an amazing problem, and the process of proving this problem is indeed full of difficulties. You are so young to be able to do this, it is already very powerful."

"I believe you will have an excellent performance in the report later."

"Thank you, I will."

Li Mu nodded.

At this time, the staff member came up and said to Mohot: "Mr. Director, it's time, you can go on stage."

"OK."

Mohot nodded slightly, then stood up, gave Li Mu an encouraging look, and then walked up.

Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and then stood up.

Always ready to go.

The chat with Mohot just now did not affect the thinking in his mind.

It has reached this level, can it really not be solved?

Suddenly, his memory returned to the time when he first became interested in the conjecture of hailstones.

At that time, he was flying to the Institute of Atomic Energy, and then ran into two of the same mathematics lovers on it, which finally sparked a discussion.

Speaking of which, Ye Ning, who was accepted as his apprentice, later won the gold medal in the Olympic mathematics competition.

After that, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Mathematics National Team competition.

However, the focus of his memory is not this matter, but the discussion between him and Wen Huohua.

Suddenly, a noun made his dazed eyes gather together.

"Symmerdy's Theorem...Symmerdy's Theorem..."

And what Yun Rongshang told him that day, "Back to basics and true nature", flooded into his heart at this moment.

His body froze in place.

The storm in my mind found its direction at this moment.

Until, "Mr. Li, come on stage, Professor Mohot has invited you to come on stage!"

The conference staff called in Li Mu's ear.

Li Mu came back to his senses, and the storm calmed down in an instant.

Looking at the staff in front of him, he smiled and said, "Sorry, I was a little distracted just now, I'm going up now."

The staff breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Come on, your time is only forty-three minutes."

Li Mu faced the podium outside, and walked out.

And the smile on his face showed a confidence that he had never had before.

Because, he caught it.

The spring of inspiration hidden among the laws of mathematics.

...

On the stage, Mohot looked at the backstage where no one came out, and humorously said to the audience: "Maybe our Mr. Li is missing his lover right now."

There were bursts of laughter from the audience.

And at this time, a voice came from the backstage exit.

"Mr. Mohott is right."

Afterwards, Li Mu, who was wearing a suit, finally appeared in front of everyone.

The sharp suit and shiny leather shoes make his image particularly attractive.

The eyes of the people off the court were brightened. No matter what, Li Mu's image was considered excellent among many mathematicians.

Just that thick black hair is enough to make many mathematicians envious.

Seeing Li Mu come out, Mohot showed a smile on his face, and joked: "Oh? It seems that our handsome Mr. Li has found his own love."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Probably so, I came here today to present a present for my lover—Mathematics."

What he said made the mathematicians on the scene startled for a moment, and then they all laughed, and many of them applauded in agreement.

Mohot also laughed loudly, "So that's the case, well, I won't bother you to present a gift for your lover."

"Please give us another round of applause to welcome Li Mu and bring you his speech."

The applause was loud again, Mohot left the podium, and Li Mu came to the center.

"The puzzle about the hail conjecture has puzzled the mathematical community for a long time."

"Under its rules, it seems that any positive integer must fall like hailstones, returning to the starting point of 1."

"And is that true?"

"In this report, I will lead everyone to explore the answer step by step."

"I also hope that mathematics can like this Valentine's Day gift of mine."

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