Ultimate Scholar

"August 8th...ICTP International Center for Theoretical Physics..."

Looking at this invitation letter, Li Mu thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered.

August 8th is Dirac's birthday, and as one of the founders of quantum mechanics, ICTP International Center for Theoretical Physics will usually hold a meeting at this time to commemorate this physicist, inviting various scholars to participate in this event Meeting.

Of course, although ICTP is called the International Center for Theoretical Physics, mathematics is actually within its research scope. After all, the relationship between theoretical physics and mathematics is very close.

So usually at this time, they will also invite many mathematicians to come over.

As for the purpose of the meeting, in addition to academic exchanges, it is also to award several well-known awards in the academic world.

Among them, the most well-known is the ICTP Dirac Medal, and there is also a Ramanujin Award in mathematics.

These two awards are relatively well-known, and there are several other awards.

Thinking about it, there should be quite a few people attending this meeting.

that is……

"August 8th...in Italy."

Seeing the venue where this meeting was held, Li Mu shook his head helplessly. He just returned here from Germany, and now he is going to Italy again in less than a month.

The most important thing is that the United Kingdom has left the European Union, and it is very troublesome to travel to the European continent.

"Hey, these British people are really good at messing around."

He couldn't help complaining.

...

The matter of the two invitation letters did not affect Li Mu too much.

Compared with the invitation of the ICTP International Center for Theoretical Physics, the invitation of the International Conference of Mathematicians has received more attention.

This is a grand meeting for mathematicians, which has an unparalleled influence in the entire mathematics community, so in the next few days, the mathematics community began to talk about this conference next year.

Of course, most of the talk is about the invited speakers of this conference.

For many mathematicians, all the speakers in one hour dare not think about it, but the speakers in 45 minutes can still think about it. After all, there are nearly 200 speakers in 45 minutes.

So in the next period of time, in various places related to mathematics research, such as the mathematics department of a university, or in various mathematics research institutes, the following scenes will happen——

"Have you received an invitation to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians?"

"No, you received it?"

"Me neither, alas, I really don't know when it will be my turn."

"I want to know too..."

Then when the two frustrated people looked helpless, a person suddenly appeared next to him: "Hey, how do you know that I became this year's invited speaker? It's a pity that I didn't become the one-hour invited speaker Man, of course, forty-five minutes is not bad."

Two frustrated people: "??? Get lost!"

In this way, among various discussions, it can be regarded as a warm-up for the conference a year later.

Until about a week later, the official website of the International Congress of Mathematicians officially announced the information of all invited speakers.

All of a sudden, all kinds of mathematics scholars entered the official website to see who had been invited.

Is there anyone I know among them.

Then, among all the speakers for one hour, the name of Li Mu immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

This young mathematician who is only 21 years old has become the one-hour speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians? !

Even if it was expected, but such an age, among all the other one-hour speakers... no, even among the forty-five-minute speakers, it is particularly eye-catching.

All of a sudden, various math-related forums exploded.

On Reddit, a forum dubbed the foreign version of Post Bar by netizens in Huaguo, a post titled "Hail Conjecture, Twin Prime Conjecture Proven Li Mu, Invited by the International Conference of Mathematicians for One Hour" attracted thousands of discussions and reply. \b

[Gift Crab! The youngest speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in history appeared! Twenty-one-year-old speaker! Even when the official report is made next year, he will only be 22 years old. My God, is he the reincarnation of Gauss? 】

【Whether Gauss is as good as him at his age is not certain】

[Who knows? We cannot compare the people of that era with the people of our era. In any case, if Gauss is the king of mathematics, I am willing to call Li Mu the king of mathematics! 】

【Hey, I think Li Mu will be called the Emperor of Mathematics sooner or later and become the second Grothendieck! 】

[No, no, you all made a mistake, Li Mu no longer needs to be the second one, he is himself! 】

【I really don’t know what Li Mu will talk about in this one-hour report. Does he want to prove another conjecture? 】

【God, he mustn't prove Goldbach's conjecture, at least until I graduate! My thesis is related to Goldbach's conjecture. If he proves it, all my efforts will be in vain! 】

[There is still one year left, don't worry, if you haven't graduated after one year, then you still have time to change your subject now:)]

【Maybe Li Mu will prove it after a while? 】

[There is no such possibility! 】

...

As the discussion of this post became more and more popular, more and more people knew about it.

Of course, the news also spread back to the country, which aroused all kinds of exclamations from domestic netizens. It didn't take long before the topic of [the youngest speaker of the International Mathematicians Conference, Li Mu] was on the top of the list without any suspense. Topped.

[I'm so crazy! The inviter of the one-hour report of the International Conference of Mathematicians! Oh My God! All the Chinese people who have received an invitation for a one-hour report can be counted on two hands. Among them, they were invited as Chinese people, and only one person was invited, that is, Academician Peng Shige in 2010! This is Li Mu's second place! 】

[Awesome, Mu Shen! 】

[I don't know, but I feel serious, the International Congress of Mathematicians, isn't it a very awesome conference? 】

[Damn, the name alone sounds awesome, do you think it's awesome? And this conference will also award the Fields Medal, do you know what the Fields Medal is? Do you know about the Nobel Prize in Mathematics? 】

[I'll do it! Do you think Mu Shen will win the Fields Medal at this conference? 】

[This... is really hard to say, what if? 】

[Yes, what if? 】

All of a sudden, the hearts of these netizens jumped up.

They don't really want to witness, the first Chinese mathematician to win the Fields Medal, right?

Even if they didn't take it by themselves, it still gave them a sense of pride.

...

"Congratulations, you have become the one-hour speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians."

In Oxford University, in the office of Andrew Wiles, Wiles, as a tutor, smiled and congratulated Li Mu.

On the side, Li Mu's classmates also celebrated for Li Mu.

"Lee! You are my god!"

"One-hour report inviter! Too strong Li! You are God! God of Math!"

Someone even stuffed a bottle of champagne directly into Li Mu's hand: "Open the champagne!"

Facing such kindness, Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Naturally, the champagne cannot be opened, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome to clean up.

Of course, no matter what, he still expressed his gratitude: "Thank you everyone!"

Wiles patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said: "The one-hour report is the only way you must go. Every mathematician who can be regarded as successful must stand on such a podium and report to the world. The world's mathematicians output your knowledge or opinions."

"I still remember the last time I was invited to report for an hour, it was many years ago, that is really worth remembering."

As he spoke, there was nostalgia in his eyes.

But soon he put away this nostalgia, then looked at Li Mu again, and asked: "So... what do you plan to say in the report then? Let me guess, is it Goldbach's conjecture? prove?"

After hearing Wiles' words, the fellow students next to him became excited.

"Proving Goldbach's conjecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians? That would be cool!!"

"I bought it, it will definitely be on the front page of BCC by then!"

"I must not miss it then!"

However, compared to everyone's excitement, Li Mu seemed very calm. \b

After pondering for a moment, he shook his head, "Probably not necessarily."

Wiles and the others were all taken aback, "Oh? Why? Proving Goldbach's conjecture on that occasion is definitely very good. If I didn't have that opportunity back then, I would also like to directly prove Fermat's Last Theorem at such a report site. of."

Li Mu said with a smile: "The scene of your report proving Fermat's last theorem was actually very interesting."

When Wiles proved Fermat's last theorem, he divided it into three reports, one a day, and he did not announce in advance that his purpose was to prove Fermat's last theorem, but named these three reports as modules. simplified forms, elliptic curves, and Galois representations.

But when the audience was listening, they suddenly recalled that the ultimate goal of Wiles's reports seemed to point to Fermat's last theorem?

As a result, the academic world suddenly became surging. During the third report, the scene was crowded with mathematicians.

However, Wiles pretended not to know anything on the surface. It was not until the end of the final report that he suddenly came to his senses and said: This means that Fermat's last theorem is correct.

So when it comes to rectification, his mentor is really good at rectification.

But Andrew Wiles became embarrassed, waved his hands again and again and said, "Don't mention the three reports back then, it's shameful."

The job was completed, but if he really proved successful, it would be a good job, and the result was that failure.

Identified as: rotten.

Li Mu smiled, and then explained: "Actually, regarding Goldbach's conjecture, I have almost reached the final step."

Under the dull gazes of Wiles and others, he squeezed his chin, his face showing a thoughtful look.

"Maybe in less than a year, I will be able to prove it."

"So if I really want to report in a year, I will probably change to another topic."

The words are not shocking and endless, Wiles and the others never imagined that Li Mu has already reached the last step?

Silence is the office at this time.

...

"Ding, ding, slap..."

The sound of rain dripping outside the window has been falling for three days and three nights.

Britain has a temperate maritime climate, with no severe cold in winter and no extreme heat in summer, but the only problem is that there is a lot of rain.

During the month of July, the temperature rises, which brings more frequent rainfall.

Under the window, Li Mu sat at the desk, thinking for a long time.

Goldbach's conjecture has indeed come to the end-of course, more strictly speaking, it should be that the algebraic geometry of the circle method and the sieve method has come to the end.

By the time it was completed, Li Mu basically believed that as long as the two were combined, Goldbach's conjecture would be solved easily.

But he is still short of the last step.

"Do you want to use [Ultimate Overclocking]?"

Li Mu hesitated for a moment, and focused on the computer in his mind, the last two hours of ultimate overclocking.

For this function, he has always been very frugal in using it. He only used it for a few hours when proving the power of dimensionality.

Until now, only 1 hour, 56 minutes and 32 seconds are left.

Moreover, now his brain computer has been upgraded to level four, so once he uses the ultimate overclocking, the effect will be more powerful than when he used it at level three.

"However, what is lacking now is the key inspiration, and [Ultimate Overclocking] may not be so effective."

Thinking of this, he also shook his head and gave up this plan.

So, the question is, what to do next?

"Slap!"

"Slap!"

The sound of rain hitting the window made him finally raise his head.

Reach out and place your hand on the glass of the window.

It's cold and cold. Although it's July, the temperature today is about 15 degrees.

Outside the window, I saw a row of fences that should have been very old, and the densely packed wall-climbing tigers were constantly shaking by the raindrops.

Li Mu put down the pen in his hand, then stood up.

Suddenly he made a decision, not to study it for the time being, it is better to go outside for a while.

How can a good day and a good scene be left in vain?

It had been a long time since he had tried walking in the rain.

Just leave.

Put on a suit of clothes and take an umbrella—maybe he would choose to walk in the rain when he was a child, just like the protagonist in an anime TV series.

But now that he's an adult, forget it.

Walked out of the dormitory building and walked in the school.

In the rain, there were very few people wandering around the campus like him, or none at all.

Basically everyone has a purpose, probably only him, walking aimlessly.

Under the rain, the world has become much cooler, and it seems that his thinking has become much clearer and more energetic.

Probably people also need a certain amount of cooling.

Walking like this, he walked out of the confines of Merton College, walked between colleges and colleges, and sometimes entered one of the colleges on a whim to take a look.

Time is passing by, only the misty rain is still falling.

And habitually, in Li Mu's mind, he couldn't help thinking about the problems he encountered again.

Until suddenly, on the ground, a regular pebble inlaid in the road, its full oval arc, caught his attention.

"What about the elliptic curve of... under the L-function?"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and the cool rainy day gave him clear thinking. Suddenly, he caught the tail of inspiration.