Two weeks later, the new semester begins.

The Richardson Hall in Alexandria House, just west of Nass House, was packed.

It is Princeton's premier venue for performances and speeches, and guests who have spoken here include: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Gates, Rice, and others.

Today it was Shen Qi's turn, and the topic of his speech was "Systematization and Hodge Conjecture".

Hundreds of guests included senior officials of IMU, professors of mathematics from internationally renowned universities, mathematics experts from authoritative research institutions, editors-in-chief of well-known mathematics journals, executives of large academic publishing groups, and relevant media personnel.

All the teaching and research staff of the Department of Mathematics of Princeton and the Department of Mathematics of the General High School attended the meeting, and representatives of the University of Princeton attended the meeting.

Director Peverman didn't say anything big, this scene was spectacular enough, and the specifications were top-notch enough.

Shen Qi's special speech invitation letter is hard to find, the large team of "Systematization and Hodge Conjecture" has a total of 20 people, and the remaining 19 people very much want to listen to Shen Qi's speech on the spot, and in the end only six people came, Lu Guozhen, Director Wu, Yu Lei, Ralph, and a researcher brought by Lu Guozhen and Director Wu.

The speaker, Shen Qi, had not yet taken the stage, and the guests in the hall were talking to each other.

"Have you read the paper that Shen Qi pre-recorded on arvix two weeks ago?"

"Having seen it a few times, I think he proved the Hodge conjecture, in a masterful way. ”

"But I still have doubts, it is said that the pre-recorded version on ARVIX is a condensed version. ”

"The suspicion is about to be solved, look, Shen Qi has come to power. ”

Shen Qi stepped onto the stage, the audience burst into applause, Shen Qi waved his hand, the applause gradually subsided, and the hall fell silent.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Qi Shen, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton, and I'm going to give a presentation on Systematization and the Hodge Conjecture. The whole report is expected to last a full day, thank you all for coming. Shen Qi began his keynote speech with a polite opening remarks.

"Before the formal presentation, allow me to introduce my team, which has a total of 20 members, which is an extremely luxurious configuration for a basic math topic. ”

"I am honored to be selected as the team leader and would like to thank Mr. Lu Guozhen, Mr. Wu Yuyong, and their team members for their contributions to this project. The three academic institutions of Princeton, Yan University, and Morningside Mathematics Center have come together in this project, and we have worked very happily together and achieved a major breakthrough. ”

In the audience, Lu Guozhen and Director Wu, who were sitting together, were very excited, this may be the pinnacle moment of their lives.

Shen Qi operated the page-turning pen and controlled the PPT switch on the big screen: "More than half of the world's mathematicians are seeking breakthroughs in the field of algebraic geometry, and the selection of topics is very important, and we have chosen one of the most difficult problems in algebraic geometry--- Hodge conjecture. ”

"The work that directly proved Hodge's conjecture continued for decades, and it was only in recent years that the University of Bonn and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris produced substantial research results. ”

Professor Schultz of the University of Bonn was also present, his face expressionless and cold as a block of ice.

Professor Viduka from the Paris École Supérieure next to him patted Schultz on the thigh and whispered: "Peter, negative emotions are the devil, learn from me, I will be very open." The only purpose of my coming here today is to learn from Shen Qi's experience as a fan. ”

"I shouldn't have come. Schultz closed his eyes after saying this.

On the stage, Shen Qi was chic and free: "I went back to China in September last year, and when I was chatting with Mr. Lu and Mr. Wu that day, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and I said, hey, dude, why can't we build a system to prove that Hodge's conjecture is a correct proposition in a systematic form." ”

"Mr. Lu and Mr. Wu agreed with me very much, so we jointly launched the "Systematization and Hodge Conjecture" project, which has been exactly one year now. ”

In the audience, Lao Wu pondered: "Was there such a day in September last year? I remember that Professor Shen did come to our center, but he didn't say anything about systematization at that time, so he told me, Lao Wu, let's solve the Hodge conjecture." ”

"Old Wu, you are still too young. Lao Lu said with a smile.

Lao Wu: "Lao Lu, you are one year older than me, we are both almost sixty years old, what are you talking about when you are not young." ”

Lao Lu put his finger to his lips and made a silent gesture, and after Shen Qi finished talking about the background of the project, he was explaining the academic priorities related to the project.

Shen Qi on the stage follows the standard paper model, and first talks about the core content summary before introducing the main text: "Our overall idea is to establish a system first, which is tentatively called the 'Shen-Lu-Wu system', referred to as the SL system. ”

"The significance of the SL system is to explain problems in the fields of algebraic geometry, topology, and mathematical analysis with the idea of 'local unification'. ”

Hodge's conjecture can be explained by SL. Topological problems can be explained in terms of SL, such as the Poincaré conjecture that has been proven. Mathematical analysis problems can also be explained by SL. ”

Shen Qi raised his arms and shouted: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Wow!

The audience shook.

"Local unification" and "can be everything", these two powerful key-points did not appear in Shen Qi's condensed version of the paper published on arvix.

Lao Lu and Lao Wu went to the United States two months ago, and they returned to China after handing over the materials, and they did not see the full text of "Systematization and Hodge Conjecture" that Shen Qi personally integrated.

Only four people have seen the full text of Shen Qi's final paper, Feverman, Faltins, Deligne, and Ralph.

"Great Unification!"

"It's all explained!"

The audience was boiling, and the situation was getting out of control.

Lao Lu and Lao Wu jumped up, both surprised and delighted, surprised more than happy, Shen Qi, Shen Qi, why are you making such a big deal? This is beyond the level of the two of us.

The two researchers who Lao Lu and Lao Wu brought to experience the atmosphere of the scene were stunned.

"This ...... This unifies it, huh?" Yan University researcher was dumbfounded, he was the backbone of the AN section that Lu Guozhen was in charge of.

"Boss Shen's thinking, we will never be able to figure it out......" The researcher at the Morningside Math Center is the elite in the TP section, he never dared to think that the project he participated in would be unification by accident, he thought it was just to prove a Hodge conjecture.

Schultz stood up suddenly, he was incredible, Shen Qi didn't regard him as an opponent at all after a long time, Shen Qi didn't dare to be interested in individual cases, Shen Qi's ambition was to unify the whole world! In the process of great unification, he just solved Hodge's conjecture easily.

Shen Qi saw that the situation at the scene was about to get out of control, and hurriedly explained: "Partial, partial! The great unification of the part is not the kind of absolute and complete unification that you imagined! Everyone sit down, please go back to your place and sit down!"