Chapter 555 Zhao Yi and Wiles

The report meeting is approaching.

Yanhua University is completely busy, and the university's logistics department regards holding lectures as the top priority.

This is a test for the university.

Yanhua University can be classified as a "small-scale university" in the capital's university circle. It has never had experience in organizing international-level academic activities.

This report meeting on the Riemann Hypothesis is different from the Goldbach Hypothesis a few years ago. Firstly, it is because of the importance of the Riemann Hypothesis in the mathematical world. Secondly, the preparation time is long enough. The person who completed the proof also includes Edward Witten. , more mathematicians will come.

Although I was prepared for the large number of people coming, the number of people who applied to attend the report meeting was still very surprising.

In just two weeks, there were more than 2,000 applicants who met the requirements. This is only the data from overseas applications, not to mention domestic ones. Many mathematics professors and researchers engaged in mathematical physics want to come. Attend presentations.

This scale is really too big.

Yanhua University could only be stricter in the review and approval process, rejecting most of the "poor" applicants, and then handed over the "scrubbing" work to the security department.

Because it involves Zhao Yi's report meeting, safety work is still very important. Those who come to participate are all top mathematicians, at least with certain influence in the field of mathematics. For overseas mathematicians who apply to participate in the report meeting, the national security department also At the same time, checkpoints are mainly to prevent spies from entering, and attention must also be paid to on-site security work.

The approach of the national security department was simple and straightforward. Overseas applicants were screened based on reputation and achievements, and at the same time they were restricted to only coming alone. Coupled with some restrictions on visa applications, the number of applicants immediately dropped.

A week before the meeting, the list of people to participate in the meeting was determined.

Among them, there were 240 people from overseas and about 220 people from China. The total number of people did not exceed 500.

This scale is already huge.

In previous years, the number of participants in the International Congress of Mathematicians was only about 2,000. With so many mathematicians, even top mathematicians gathering together, it was definitely a large-scale event.

Domestic participants are also greatly restricted. The quota of more than 200 people is completely insufficient, because the influence of the Riemann Hypothesis is too great. All those engaged in mathematical research will be very interested in it and hope to come and participate in the report meeting.

For example, academicians in mathematics and physics from the Academy of Sciences, including mathematicians from related research institutions, almost want to "organize a group" to participate.

For another example, mathematics professors from various universities in the country also hope to attend the report meeting. While participating, they can also communicate with many peers, which is definitely not to be missed.

It's impossible for everyone to come.

In the end, the national department took action to limit the number of people, and many people were not qualified to participate.

There is no way around this.

Even if only 500 people come to attend the lecture, it is still a large-scale event. Fortunately, there is no need to worry about the venue of the lecture. The university has built a new mathematics center under the School of Science. The large conference hall on the first floor of the mathematics center can accommodate more than five people. Hundreds of people.

Yanhua University is fully prepared for the report meeting. They also know that the report meeting is a good opportunity for development.

Yanhua University has always hoped that the School of Science can develop rapidly, and the core of development is the newly built mathematics center. The school’s recruitment window for top mathematicians has always been open, but it is too difficult to recruit top mathematicians. Taller.

Zhao Yi is a top figure in the mathematics center, but he does not pay attention to the work of the mathematics center. If a mathematics institution wants to develop, it will definitely need top international mathematicians.

The embarrassing thing now is that top mathematicians cannot be hired at all.

Those mathematicians who have won the Fields, Wolff and other international mathematics awards can be said to have become famous. They don’t even bother to come to work at Yanhua University just for salary. But if you want to train top mathematicians yourself, you need more than It’s time, and it also requires a lot of luck.

This lecture is an opportunity. Maybe some top mathematicians who want to change their working environment can come to work at Yanhua University?

Here... there is the most top-notch mathematician Zhao Yi!

…

A few days before the report meeting, many mathematicians had arrived in advance, and they all gathered at the Mathematics Center of Yanhua University.

Zhao Yi also sat in the mathematics center and discussed with the visitors.

Now is the communication time before the report meeting. Many people came early to communicate with their peers.

Zhao Yi met many old friends.

For example, Terence Tao.

Tao Zhexuan's first words when he saw Zhao Yi were, "It's amazing. You and Witten solved the Riemann Hypothesis together. When I found out, I couldn't believe it, but I'm not surprised. You are really a genius." , that’s the Riemann Hypothesis!”

Zhao Yi smiled and said, "It was just an accident. By chance, we were actually studying string theory, and in the process we discovered that the Riemann Hypothesis seems to have been solved."

"You're bragging, right?" Terence Tao twitched his lips in a funny way.

"This is real."

Zhao Yi said with certainty, "Do you think Edward will study the Riemann Hypothesis?"

"……Right."

Although Terence Tao didn't know Edward Witten well, he also knew that he was a "string theory madman" who put all his time and energy into the study of string theory, making it almost impossible to concentrate on studying mathematical conjectures.

Zhao Yi also met Thomson, Phil and others, whom he met at a mathematician conference. He politely went over to chat with them, and was praised by all kinds of people during the process, but no one questioned whether they had completed the Riemann Hypothesis.

because……

It’s big news if it’s not completed!

Zhao Yi has completed so many mathematical achievements and is so famous in the mathematics community. It is only surprising that he and Edward Witten completed the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis, but what is surprising is that the Riemann Hypothesis was completed, not Suspicion proved wrong.

If the report on the Riemann Hypothesis fails, many people will feel that the trip is not in vain, because they have seen Zhao Yi's failure.

This is much more interesting than success.

In addition to foreign friends, there are even more domestic acquaintances. Needless to say, the theoretical group, Ruan Wenye, Huang Zhong and others came to listen to the report meeting, which is equivalent to providing auxiliary reference. They need to know more about quality points before they can learn more. It is easy to understand issues such as photons and space, and understand the thirteen sets of photon antigravity formulas.

Others include mathematics professors from various universities. There are more than 20 people from Shuimu University and Capital University together, as well as a group of people from the Academy of Sciences, and several old academicians.

Zhao Yi was surprised by the arrival of Yang Zhenning. Yang Zhenning was a bit too old, but knowing that the Riemann Hypothesis was proven, he still came to listen to the report meeting.

Of course, we cannot deny Yang Zhenning’s level, but age is a big problem. For his age, no matter how high his level is, it is still very difficult to understand the entire process of proving the Riemann Hypothesis. The most important thing is that he cannot keep up with the energy. .

The arrival of Yang Zhenning was not what surprised Zhao Yi the most. He saw someone even more surprised——

Andrew Wiles?

When he saw the decadent face covered by long hair, Zhao Yi rubbed his eyes vigorously and checked carefully for a long time before walking over with a surprised look on his face, "Mr. Wiles?"

Wiles was standing at the door, seemingly hesitant to go in. He was out of tune with the chattering and laughing environment inside.

When he saw Zhao Yi coming over, he became even more embarrassed and even covered his face, as if covering his face would prevent him from being recognized.

"Mr. Wiles?" Zhao Yi didn't understand what the other party meant.

Wiles took his hand away and forced out a smile, "Zhao...Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Yi noticed Wiles' embarrassment. He looked around and simply pulled him to a small office in the corner.

When Wiles walked in and found no one inside, he took a long breath and felt much more relaxed.

"Mr. Wiles? What's wrong with you?" Zhao Yi was really surprised. He never expected that Wiles would come.

Ever since Wiles's Fermat Hypothesis was proved wrong and he proved it wrong with the Riemann Hypothesis, Wiles seemed to have disappeared from the world, as if this person did not exist in the world.

The proof logic at that time was, "If the Riemann Hypothesis is correct, Wiles's proof is wrong. On the contrary, if the Riemann Hypothesis is incorrect, Wiles's proof can be correct."

Obviously.

The international mathematical community is more willing to believe in the Riemann Hypothesis than Wiles's more than one hundred pages of "incomprehensible" complex proofs.

If we really dig into it, Zhao Yi is Wiles’s ‘enemy’, and the Riemann Hypothesis is also Wiles’s ‘enemy’.

Now that the Riemann Hypothesis has been proven by Zhao Yi, there is no reason for Wiles to come to celebrate the enemy, so... is he here to cause trouble?

Wiles didn't speak for a long time. He and Zhao Yi looked at each other, then simply sat aside and sighed, "Congratulations, it's you and Edward."

"Thanks."

"You definitely didn't expect me to come, but I came anyway. I think I must give myself a result." Wiles said firmly.

Zhao Yi nodded and said, "I understand!"

"Thanks."

The two of them had only spoken a few words, but the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Wiles didn't seem to feel embarrassed. After a long time, he continued, "No matter what the outcome is, I will accept it. I am no longer the same person."

"ah?"

Zhao Yi felt a little confused.

Wiles sighed, "You can't imagine what I have been doing in the past few years. I have been bored in the house in the country, and have been..."

"It lasted until last month."

"I hoped to re-examine my proof, but I found that it was impossible. I also thought about returning to normal life, such as going to a university or even a high school to find a job as a mathematics teacher, but I was always recognized wherever I went. A lot of people were saying, 'Look, that's Wiles, wrongly proven'."

Wiles said with a sarcastic smile, "I am a loser, a real loser. Everyone thinks I am a liar. I have no way to live a normal life, so I can only stay in the house and live on government relief funds." .”

He said with pain showing on his face.

Zhao Yi felt a little guilty, but the guilt was immediately suppressed. In the world of mathematics, there is either right or wrong, and wrong is wrong. He thought for a while and asked, "Why don't you consider changing the environment?"

"Change the environment? Where to go?" Wiles sarcastically said, "No matter where I go, everyone knows me. I feel like I am more famous than I was ten years ago."

"Um……"

Zhao Yi thought for a while and said, "Or, you can consider coming to China? If you come to Yanhua University, I believe the school is willing to give you a professorship."

"Yanhua University? China?" Wiles was very surprised after hearing this, "Here..."

Wiles hesitated.

…

Zhao Yi invited Wiles on a whim because he recognized Wiles's level. Is it difficult to write a mathematical proof that would make the Newton Institute incapable of doing anything and make mathematicians around the world unable to find problems?

unimaginable.

Wiles' understanding of elliptic curves and hyperbolic functions is definitely the best in the world. He has been studying the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture all his life, and it is through the Taniyama-Shimura-Weil conjecture of semi-stable elliptic curves He proved Fermat's conjecture with his results.

Although the process was proved wrong by himself, there is no denying Wiles' level.

But Zhao Yi invited Wiles not because of his mathematical theory research ability, but because of his work experience.

Wiles has served as a researcher, professor, and chair of the Department of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His position at Princeton University has reached the pinnacle of promotion.

In addition, he has taught at Oxford University and served as Research Director of the Royal Society of Oxford University.

These experiences are extremely valuable.

Even in the field of education, Wiles is definitely the best in the world.

Although Wiles is already sixty years old, it is very meaningful for him to give up theoretical research at the age of sixty and devote himself to education. It is also very meaningful to use his remaining energy for a few years to train some young people.

So Zhao Yi invited Wiles, hoping that he could come to the School of Science at Yanhua University and join the Mathematics Center.

Wiles was very surprised by Zhao Yi's invitation because China was unfamiliar to him.

He needs to think carefully.

Zhao Yi was very sincere. After talking with Wiles, he went to the main hall to be interviewed by reporters.

He pulled Wiles with him.

The interviewer also recognized Wiles and was immediately surprised. Zhao Yi also specially introduced, "This is Andrew Wiles, my friend."

The reporter was immediately curious and asked, "How did you become friends?"

"We've always been friends."

Zhao Yidao said, "I proved him wrong, but mathematics is like this, no one will make mistakes on purpose. Andrew is the top mathematician, I have always believed it."

The camera points to Wiles.

Wiles grinned and said, "Yes, Zhao Yi and I are friends." After saying that, he felt much more relaxed and his movements became natural.

Wiles's appearance was just an interlude. The reporter mainly interviewed Zhao Yi and asked about news related to the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis.

Zhao Yi and Edward Witten said similarly, "Edward and I studied string theory together and hoped to improve the multi-dimensional space. The result was that the Riemann Hypothesis was proved. It was really surprising. Because we only used the content of the Riemann Hypothesis. , to serve as a specification for topological morphological description."

Although the two people said similar things, the impact of the reports was completely different.

When Edward Witten mentioned that he was doing string theory research and incidentally proved the Riemann Hypothesis, the news was released and aroused a lot of criticism.

All the criticism can be summed up in two words - pretend to be pen!

Now Zhao Yi said something similar, and after it was released, it became, "Master Zhao is so awesome. Studying string theory also proves the Riemann Hypothesis."

"String theory is the key point, the Riemann Hypothesis is just incidental!"

"Master Zhao: I didn't expect it either!"

"Master Zhao: It turns out that the Riemann Hypothesis is so easy, and it was proved by the way."

"Mathematicians all over the world are crying~~~"

"..."