After finishing the conversation with the IMU representative, Shen Qi uploaded the "Riemann Conjecture Proof Based on the 'Twin Matching Method'" to ARVIX in the hotel room.

With two more days to stay in Washington, D.C., Shen Qi, a nominee for the New Horizons Prize in Mathematics, will attend the award ceremony the day after tomorrow.

This morning's speech was so good that it seemed that the New Vision Award in Mathematics could not escape from Shen Qi's palm.

Early the next morning, Shen Qi woke up and opened his laptop and swiped IMU's official website.

Shen Qi was in a good mood: "Today is a good day, there will be good news as soon as the phone is turned on." ”

There are two messages on IMU's official website that have attracted Shen Qi's attention.

"Shen Qi proved the supplementary proximity theorem of the 'Müller-Shen theorem' in the Banach space, which was verified by IMU, and was named 'Shen's proximity theorem'. The original article was published in Mathematical Inventions. ”

"At this year's Scientific Breakthrough Prize & On the second day of the New Vision Awards, Shen Qi published a conference report entitled "Proof of Riemann's Conjecture Based on 'Twin Matching Method'", which was pre-recorded on ARVIX. ”

In the first piece of news, IMU officially recognized the "Shen's proximity theorem".

In the second piece of news, IMU objectively reported on the important academic events that occurred yesterday.

The subtext revealed by IMU through the second message is that we do not deny Shen Qi's proof of the Riemann conjecture, and at the same time we do not approve of it.

IMU's attitude is noncommittal, which is normal, and Shen Qi's report "Proof of the Riemann Conjecture Based on the 'Twin Matching Method'" will take some time to verify.

On the homepage of IMU's official website, there is also a message that is not news, and the basic information of Shen Qi has been added to the introduction column of the most popular mathematicians this year.

Avatar: Reprinted from Shen Qi's avatar on arvix, young and handsome with cool hairstyle.

Name: Shen Qi

Nationality: Chinese

Age: 22

Institution: Yan University, Princeton

Major: Basic Mathematics

Directions: Number Theory, Functional Analysis, Algebra, etc.

Mentors: Erxiong Sun, Alan Mueller

Academic achievements: proof of Walsh's conjecture, proof of Muller-Shen theorem and Shen's proximity theorem

Awards: Chern-Son Prize in Mathematics, Ford Prize

Very basic introductory material, but of great significance, which shows that Shen Qi has attracted the attention of the most authoritative mathematical organizations.

On Shen Qi's WeChat, the people of the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, the Capital Economic Circle, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Northeast People, the Northwest People, the Southwest People, the Central Plains People, the Hu Jian People, the Fulan People, the New Jersey People, the New York State People, the Washington D.C. People, and the people along the way have sent congratulatory messages, commenting on the construction of the building to 99.

The system is not far behind: "New achievement! The International Mathematical Union has recognized the mathematical theorem named after the host's surname, and the basic reward is 300,000 points, multiplied by the coefficient of 2.0 for the main talent of mathematics, and the final reward amount is 600,000 points. The balance 621538

Points for Xueba, please confirm with the host. ”

Today is the last day of the symposium, and tomorrow the winners of the Scientific Breakthrough Prize and the New Vision Prize will be announced.

Shen Qi went to the main venue with a relaxed attitude, he didn't report the task today, he went to listen to the reports of other mathematicians and distracted himself.

As soon as he arrived at the main venue, Shen Qi was immediately surrounded, all of whom were friends from the media world, mainly American media.

A white male reporter asked, "Hello Shen, I'm a reporter from the Discovery Channel, and at yesterday's briefing, you published a proof of the Riemann conjecture, so this millennial conundrum has been solved by you and your team, right?"

Shen Qi, who was in a particularly beautiful mood, talked and laughed: "It can be regarded as a preliminary solution, and in the end, it needs to be widely recognized by the IMU and the international mathematical community, which will take a certain amount of time, and it is conservatively estimated that it will be more than three months." Did you know that the verification of Fermat's theorem and Poincaré's conjecture lasted more than two years, and this is the characteristic of mathematics, it is not difficult to prove a conjecture, but it is not easy to prove this 'proof'. ”

A female reporter asked: "Hello Shen, I'm a reporter from CNN, and it is said that you have won the 'New Horizons in Mathematics Award' in advance, and you may even challenge for the $3 million 'Breakthrough in Mathematics Award' as the youngest at the age of 22, what do you think?"

"If you take into account the Müller-Shen theorem and Shen's proximity theorem, as well as the proof of the Walsh conjecture, I think I am eligible for the New Horizons in Mathematics Award, after all, I have done enough in the field of functional analysis and number theory among mathematicians under the age of 30. Shen Qi's objective statement of facts is not a virtue in the United States to be too modest.

"If the IMU can acknowledge my research on the Riemann hypothesis today, then I can say with certainty that the 'Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics' should not be missing my name. Unfortunately, we all know this is not possible. Shen Qi expressed regret.

After the interview, Shen Qi entered the main venue and listened to the reports of mathematicians from North America, South America, Europe and Asia, and got some inspiration.

Another day has passed, and the most exciting moment of this conference is approaching.

Today is the Scientific Breakthrough Prize & On the last day of the New Vision Awards conference, the organizing committee will present a number of awards today, including:

Five Life Sciences Breakthrough Awards, each with a $3 million award.

A "Breakthrough Award in Fundamental Physics" is also a single prize of 3 million US dollars.

A "Breakthrough in Mathematics Award" is also worth $3 million in a single payment.

Five "Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences" will be awarded to five scientists or research teams in different life sciences, with a total prize of up to $15 million.

This is true for each year, with five $3 million breakthrough prizes in life sciences and one each in basic physics and mathematics.

According to the practice of previous years, the "Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics" and the "Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics" each have a prize of 3 million US dollars, which is often divided equally between two or more scientists or teams.

Shen Qi competed for the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize, which is awarded to young mathematicians in three categories with a single prize of US$100,000.

In any case, compared with other awards, the prize money of the Scientific Breakthrough Award and the New Vision Award is quite generous.

The Nobel Prize is worth $1 million in a single payment, and the Fields Medal is even less, at $15,000, which translates to about $11,500 in US dollars.

Solving a math millennial puzzle has a prize of $1 million, but this thing is not easy to solve, and Shen Qi and his team have worked hard for months to preliminarily solve the Riemann conjecture, and they have not finally been approved by the IMU.

"$100,000 is $100,000, the prize money for the Chern's Prize in Mathematics is 100,000 yuan, the Ford Prize has no prize, and I also applied for Princeton's public scholarship and paid $20,000 for the award. Shen Qi doesn't care about bonuses or anything, for him, honor and title are more important, a decent life is more meaningful than money, and he is eager to win another award.