The Seven Math Millennium Problems were established in 2000 by the Clay Institute, a wealthy research institute that claims that anyone who can solve a millennial problem will be rewarded with $1 million.

The Poincaré conjecture has been cracked by Russian mathematician Perelman, and this year it was Shen Qi's turn, who and his team proved the Riemann conjecture.

The Clay Institute sent a congratulatory message: "Mr. Shen Qi, please come to the institute to receive the award. ”

Shen Qi: "I've been too busy lately, can you send me a check?"

Clay Institute: "No, the requirement to receive a check for $1 million is that Mr. Shen must be there." In addition to the $1 million prize money, we will also present this year's Clay Research Prize to Mr. Shen, and our institute and MIT will jointly invite Mr. Shen to give a keynote talk on the Riemann hypothesis at MIT. ”

Shen Qi: "Okay, we'll see you in Massachusetts." ”

There is no need to get along with $1 million, after Shen Qi ended the call with the Clay Institute, a transatlantic phone call returned to China: "Professor Sun, I may not be able to return to China until the end of this month, I will push all the entertainment that can be pushed, and I can't push the invitation of the Clay Institute." ”

After the proof of Riemann's conjecture was recognized by the IMU, Sun Erxiong called Shen Qi as soon as possible, hoping that Shen Qi could return to Yanda to give a speech.

Shen Qi promised Sun Erxiong that anyone could refuse, but he could not refuse Professor Sun and his alma mater, Yanda.

"Understand, fully understand, that $1 million prize money from the Clay Institute has to be in hand. Sun Erxiong said, and also expressed a strong wish: "Shen Qi, I still hope that you can come back at the end of June, and domestic universities will have summer vacation in July." And some of your classmates in the Department of Mathematics, who will leave Yanda in July to go to work, are very eager to see you before they leave the school and go to work. ”

Shen Qi: "Try your best, try your best, if you can go back to Yanda before July, I will definitely rush back." ”

Recently, Shen Qi has really too many mundane affairs, giving speeches, receiving awards, and playing money, and he is overwhelmed.

The Clay Institute is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which belongs to the Boston metropolitan area, and before going to the Clay Institute to make money, Shen Qi participated in the doctoral defense of the Department of Mathematics in Princeton.

The leaders of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Mathematics were careful and thoughtful, and considering that Shen Qi had participated in more frequent social activities recently, he let Shen Qi have the title of doctorate earlier.

People go out to pretend to be B, and the heads are all from this professor and that dean, Shen Qi is the one who proves Riemann's conjecture, although he has not yet become Professor Shen, the head of "Dr. Shen" can also be used for a period of time, a transitional period.

The doctoral graduation defense was very smooth, and Shen Qi's defense paper was "Riemann Conjecture Proof Based on 'Shen's Twin Matching Method'".

"Pass!" Director Peverman said on the spot at the defense meeting.

"No problem!" Professor Faltings agreed.

"Qi's paper is not badly written, the derivation is rigorous, and the logic is reasonable. Professor Lyndon Strauss said in a serious way.

"Elon, you have the right to disprove the proof of the Riemann hypothesis. Faltins said.

"Can't overthrow, so pass. Lyndon Strauss cast the last yes vote, he was joking, he was the technical consultant of Shen Qi's team, and he made some valuable suggestions for the paper "Riemann conjecture proof based on the 'Shen twin matching method'".

The three respondents unanimously passed Shen Qi's doctoral graduation defense, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

With good grades, you can really do whatever you want, and Shen Qi got a PhD from Princeton the day after the defense meeting.

It took less than two years for the host to obtain a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University, and the basic reward was 500,000 points, multiplied by the coefficient of 2.0 for the main talent of mathematics, and the final reward was 1 million points. The balance 5877510 points for Xueba, please confirm with the host. ”

Shen Qi wore a doctor's uniform from Princeton and took a photo in front of a bronze statue of a tiger.

After graduating from elementary school at the age of 6 and graduating with a doctorate at the age of 22, Shen Qi started a new journey in his life when he drove to Massachusetts to earn money.

A Riemann guess is enough for Shen Qi to eat for a lifetime, and this is just the beginning.

The $1 million prize for the Breakthrough Prize in March has not yet been used up, and Shen Qi received another $1 million check in mid-June: the prize money to prove the Riemann hypothesis.

In addition to the $1 million prize for solving the millennium puzzle, the Clay Institute also presented Shen Qi with an award--- the Clay Research Award.

The Clay Research Award is a small international award, with a system rating of B-level awards, and awards Shen Qi with an achievement reward of 400,000 ×2=800,000 points of Xueba.

The system has updated the progress of the conditions for promotion to Mathematics Level 14:

Condition 1: 18/20 million

Condition 2: S-level awards, 0, A+ awards, 0, A-level awards, 0, B-level awards, 4 awards, and below B-level will not be counted.

Condition 3: None of the top master-level hosts have published any papers in the four major journals, and the progress is 0%.

Balance of Scholar Points: 6677510 points

Shen Qi, who received the money and won the award, was interviewed by a reporter from the Discovery Channel in the Clay Institute.

The reporter asked, "Dr. Shen, how do you feel as the first mathematician to receive the Clay Institute's millennial puzzle solving grant?"

"I'm an ordinary person, I don't pursue money, and I don't deliberately shy away from money. Shen Qi said calmly.

On pretending to be B, Shen Qi only served one person, that is, the Russian mathematician Perelman who cracked Poincaré's conjecture.

Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture in 2003 and was the first person to solve the millennial puzzle.

Perelman, however, refused to accept the Clay Institute's $1 million prize, as did he to receive the 2006 Fields Medal.

In the list of winners of the 2006 Fields Medal, we can see Perelman's name.

But Perelman did not go to the award site to receive the award at that time, and the IMU forcibly hung the Philippine award on Perelman's name.

To this day, Perelman did not go to collect the Philippine award, he disappeared.

Not making money, not receiving awards, and never publishing a journal paper is the style of Perelman, the Russian king.

The proof of the Poincaré conjecture was published by Perelman on arVix, a site that does not require peer review.

Perelman will not submit any journals, magazines, or academic literature that require peer review.

So Shen Qi only obeyed Perelman, he felt that compared with the Russian king, he was just an ordinary person.

The reporter from the Discovery Channel continued to ask: "Dr. Shen, you have won the Ford Prize, the Breakthrough Award in Mathematics, and the Clay Research Award in a row for more than a year, and the frequency of winning awards is extremely amazing, so are you looking forward to this year's Fields Medal?"

Shen Qi replied: "As I said just now, I don't pursue material, I don't shy away from material. For honors and awards, I also have this attitude, do not pay too much attention, do not deliberately refuse, thank you. ”