The Military-Industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master

Chapter 834 Millennium Mathematics Conference

Almost at the same time when Chang Haonan came out of the computer room and met Tang Lintian.

France, Paris.

A conference that has attracted the attention of almost all mathematicians in the world is being held at the French Academy.

People like a sense of ceremony.

Mathematicians are no exception.

The last millennium, or the last hundred years since 1900, is undoubtedly the golden age of scientific development.

It is hard for people not to look forward to where science will lead mankind in the new century and the new millennium that is about to begin.

And mathematics, as the "queen and servant of science", naturally became the center and focus of this great discussion.

And this Millennium Mathematics Conference is the response of the mathematical community to this.

However, compared with the common academic conferences in the past, today's situation is slightly different.

In addition to mathematicians, there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of people around the world who are also paying attention to this.

However, what they focus on is not the conference itself.

But a list to be announced at the conference.

"Seven Major Mathematical Problems of the Millennium".

Since this reward was first disclosed by several media a month ago, it has quickly sparked heated discussions around the world.

With a series of subsequent guidance, the topic has even become more popular.

Now it has the momentum to overshadow the Millennium Mathematics Conference itself.

In fact, when the Clay Mathematics Institute proposed to announce the "reward list" at the conference, the conference organizing committee initially refused.

Although many mathematicians were already ready to take the million-dollar reward at that time, they were all scholars and had to be more reserved.

However, in the end, they still couldn't resist the power of money.

Considering that several members of the conference organizing committee are engaged in number theory, and the field of number theory involves a series of well-known mathematical problems that are likely to be shortlisted, such as the Goldbach conjecture, the Riemann hypothesis, and the BSD conjecture...

This result does not seem surprising.

In short, after the opening ceremony and the opening speech entitled "The Importance of Mathematics", the much-anticipated list announcement is currently underway.

Offstage, Maxim Koncevic, who was about half an hour late, quietly sat down next to British mathematician Andrew Wiles:

“Maybe I haven’t missed the critical moment yet?”

“No.”

Wiles shrugged:

“They are still advertising their institute.”

Compared to mathematicians, Koncevic is closer to a theoretical physicist, and his research direction is obviously impossible to enter the list from the beginning.

And Andrew Wiles studies number theory, and his lifelong learning is to overcome Fermat’s Last Theorem.

Originally, this should be one of the hot candidates today.

The only problem is that Wiles completed the proof and publication of Fermat’s Last Theorem in 1993-1995.

Suffered from moving too fast.

So, as two people who have no hope of participating in this competition, they each listed their own guesses for the seven major mathematical problems of the millennium last night and made a bet.

Ready to see who is more accurate.

And soon, the result will be revealed.

"By the way, where is the student you brought here?"

Koncevic suddenly asked:

"The one who told you yesterday that he was studying the ABC conjecture."

"You mean Rastegar Arash?"

Wiles' eyes were still fixed on Arthur Jeff, who was giving a speech on the stage.

The latter was still introducing the content about the history of mathematics at this time, but compared with the naked propaganda just now, this part was closely related to the theme of today's conference, and it was also an area of ​​interest to many mathematicians, especially elderly mathematicians.

"Because he forgot to hand in the report yesterday, I punished him to watch the live broadcast in the hotel room this morning, so he didn't come to the scene..."

When Arash's name was mentioned, Wiles couldn't help but smile.

Obviously, he was very optimistic about his student.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he put forward particularly strict requirements.

According to the meeting arrangement, there was no substantial academic content in today's morning session.

Even if he didn't come, it would be a pity at most, and it wouldn't really delay anything.

In fact, Kongtsevich only asked casually, and had already shifted his attention to the curtain in front of the venue...

...

At the same time.

In a hotel about a few kilometers away from the venue.

Rastga Arash, who was just mentioned by the two, had a bitter face, facing a TV and a laptop at the same time.

On the TV, of course, the live broadcast of the Millennium Mathematics Conference was on.

On the computer screen, several websites were opened at the same time-

Like many doctoral students, he was also responsible for helping himself and his supervisor to track the latest research progress of his peers.

In fact, he lost the opportunity to enter the venue this morning because he did not submit a progress report yesterday.

So now he can only do two things at the same time.

Of course, the main focus is still on the TV.

"The first of the seven major mathematical problems of the millennium... NP-complete problem!"

"Now, please invite Professor Alexander Reziborov to the stage to introduce the basic situation of NP-complete problems..."

"Ah-"

Arash scratched his hair hard and wailed:

"The opportunity to witness history... just slipped away..."

This kind of thing, watching it through the TV screen and watching it in person are two completely different feelings.

So Arash turned down the TV volume slightly and prepared to divert his attention through work.

He first made himself a cup of coffee to refresh himself, and then sat back in front of the computer.

"Next... let's take a look at arXiv..."

Arash decided to do some easy work first.

Since arXiv has no peer review mechanism, the articles on it are of varying quality, from preprints published by big guys before publishing formal papers to garbage that amateur scientists can't bear to look at.

But in general, the level is still not as good as serious mathematical journals.

It looks relatively easy.

Sometimes you don't even have to use your brain.

He thought about this while opening the website.

The first thing that caught his eye was --

Proof: Any simply connected, closed three-dimensional manifold must be homeomorphic to a three-dimensional sphere

"Why do I feel like I've seen this somewhere..."

Although his research direction is number theory, this title still makes Arash feel a little familiar.

"Wait..."

He stopped drinking coffee:

"Isn't this... a statement of the Poincare conjecture?"

Thinking of this, Arash couldn't help but curl up his lips:

"Let me see which amateur scientist claims to have solved it..."

However, he saw the author's name before he finished talking to himself.

CHANG Haonan.

I haven't heard of this.

But...

Grigory Perelman.

I have heard of this.

"Not an amateur scientist?"

"Or is it just a coincidence?"

"Or is it a pseudonym?"

In an instant, thousands of thoughts rushed through Arash's mind.

To be fair, this really can't be blamed entirely on him.

Number theory, because it is relatively not that abstract, has always been the most popular field for amateur scientists, almost without exception.

Especially for those who claim to have solved the Goldbach conjecture, there are at least hundreds of them every year, if not thousands.

In this environment, Arash, who studies number theory, first reacted to the fact that he encountered amateur scientists, which was a normal thing.

But the situation is much better in the field of topology where the Poincare conjecture is located.

After all, most people don’t even understand the basic concepts and have no room to play.

However, no matter what, it is Perelman’s name after all.

Arash still clicked into the author’s details to take a look.

Then he found out…

“WTF… Is it really that Perelman?”

The remaining half cup of coffee was directly spilled by his shaking hand.

However, it was not necessary.

In terms of refreshing the mind, this paper is much better than coffee.

In an instant, Arash’s tiredness disappeared.

After a few minutes of staring, he turned his eyes back to the TV.

At this time, Arthur Jeff had revealed the name of the second of the seven major problems.

Hodge conjecture.

But this time, Arash no longer felt any pain or envy at all—

What kind of history can a small millennium mathematics conference be considered.

I am the one who truly witnessed history!

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