From today, the Breakthrough Prize Conference will last for four days, with the first three days of academic presentations in the fields of life sciences, basic physics, and mathematics, and the last day of awards.

At the NASA venue, each speaker and guest had a handbook of academic report agenda.

Among the most notable speakers on the agenda of the Mathematics field report are:

""Muller-Shen Theorem and Supplementary Approximation Theorem in Banach Space", Riemann Conjecture Proof Based on 'Twin Matching Method', Speaker by Shen Qi, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University. ”

Several internationally renowned young and middle-aged mathematicians gathered together, and they were all speakers and candidates for the award.

The definition of young and middle-aged people is "over 30 years old and under 40 years old", they bid farewell to their ignorant youth and have not yet entered the traditional uncle stage.

From the comprehensive consideration of experience, experience, physical condition, energy, professional status, enterprising spirit, etc., 30-40 years old may be the most golden period for men. The vast majority of outstanding scientists, their first major achievements in academia, usually come from their young and middle-aged years.

A handsome white man with stubble and shaved head laughed: "The twin matching method proves the Riemann conjecture, he can really blow." ”

"James, Shen Qi is not joking, he is Princeton's new celebrity. Another bespectacled, slightly older white man, the Italian mathematician Alessio Figali, who currently teaches in the mathematics department at Princeton, said.

The white mathematician with the round head came from England, and he was the representative of the young master of number theory, James Maynard, and there was a "Maynard matching method" named after him about the treatment of prime number distributions.

"I don't think this 22-year-old Chinese can prove the Riemann conjecture. Maynard has reason to think that he and his team at the University of Oxford are at the forefront of the world in the study of the Riemann hypothesis.

Shen Qi's claim to prove the Riemann conjecture is merely a general summary, and no substantive concrete discussion has been made.

Chinese mathematician Gong Changwei was unhappy: "James, why can't the Chinese prove the Riemann conjecture?"

"Gong, I didn't mean that, I mean, Shen is too young, he lacks the necessary academic precipitation. If Riemann's conjecture is proved by the Chinese, then this person can only be you, Gong. Maynard and Gong Changwei are very familiar with each other, both of them are top number theorists under the age of 40, and they have known each other for many years

Princeton's Digari said, "This is the time of youth, James. And Shen, he is not an ordinary young man. I'm not a well-versed in number theory, but in the field of Banach space, I think I have a say. To put it simply, from the perspective of the 'Muller-Shen' theorem of Banach space and the supplementary proximity theorem, Shen has the academic level of high-end researchers in basic theory. ”

Figari became famous in Europe and was later recruited by Princeton as a professor, and he has outstanding research results in many mathematical fields such as differential geometry, partial differential equations, variational methods, and Barnach spaces, and is known as the "enhanced version of Tao Zhexuan".

"Hey, Professor Figari, Professor Gong, what is the magic of this 22-year-old PhD student, you praise him so much?" Maynard said, "Of course, Professor Gong is a Chinese compatriot and an alumnus of Professor Figali, and you have reason to build momentum for him." ”

Gong Changwei said: "This has nothing to do with nationality or college, only with mathematics itself, Professor Maynard, let's return to the topic of pure mathematics and talk about the Riemann conjecture." ”

Gong Changwei and Maynard are both experts in the study of number theory, and they are the small peers of the number theory branch of the big mathematical peers.

Professor Gong's American team at Columbia University and Professor Maynard's British team in the Oxford Belt are two high-end teams in number theory, both in partnership and in inevitable competition.

Professor Figari has a complex academic background, he studied in Italy as an undergraduate, in France as a master's and doctoral student, led a European team in a Swiss research institute, and is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Mathematics with an American team. Although half of the members of this American team are not Americans, they are still nominally American.

Mathematics is a small circle, subdivided into branches, and the circle is smaller.

Mathematicians who study differential geometry are not necessarily proficient in number theory, and mathematicians who study number theory may be at a loss in the field of partial differential equations.

But as long as you are from the mathematics department, everyone knows about the Riemann conjecture.

Gong Changwei, Figali, and Maynard chatted about the Riemann conjecture and Shen Qi, a 22-year-old young man who claimed to have completed the proof of the Riemann conjecture.

Say the protagonist, the protagonist arrives.

Shen Qi, who was dressed in a black suit, saw his senior brother Gong Changwei, he walked to Gong Changwei's side, hugged his senior brother, and said in Chinese: "Great God, worship the great god." ”

Gong Changwei, who was nominated for the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, is expected to win a massive $3 million prize, and he replied in Chinese: "I think you kid is about to become a god." ”

Gong Changwei had seen Shen Qi's first expression for the proof of the Riemann conjecture, and he guessed that Shen Qi's team had achieved substantial research results, which were enough to shine at this year's Breakthrough Prize conference.

Gong Changwei also knew that his student Ou Ye was helping Shen Qi research core technology.

Ou Ye did not get the invitation letter for this conference, she asked Gong Changwei a question about the Riemann zeta function a few days ago, and the question was very profound, which surprised Gong Changwei.

Gong Changwei gave Ou Ye some professional advice, and he felt that Ou Ye and Shen Qi were very likely to be doing big things.

More and more people are on Shen Qi's boat, either directly or indirectly.

After greeting Gong Changwei, Shen Qi shook hands with Fei Jiali: "Professor Fei Jiali, you have been absent from coffee time for a month in a row, and I miss you very much. ”

"yes, I miss you too. Fei Jiali shook hands with Shen Qi enthusiastically, in fact, the two of them did not know each other well enough to call them brothers, they both ate together in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Pu, so they knew each other.

"Zhou Yu'an said that you are the most charismatic professor in Princeton, and I think so too. Shen Qi quietly said a good word for Zhou Yu'an, and complimented Professor Figari by the way. You have to know a few words.

Fei Jiali is Zhou Yu'an's mentor, he has recently flown all over the world, giving reports everywhere, brushing awards, and is expected to win the Philippine Award this year, Professor Fei Jiali, who has no impression of Zhou Yu'an, who has just come to the University for three months.

As soon as Shen Qi said this, Professor Fei Jiali suddenly became deeply impressed by Zhou Yu'an, a Chinese student: "Zhou, he is a very talented student, just like you, Shen, is so talented. ”

Maynard, who had been watching from the sidelines, had never seen Shen Qi, and he looked at Shen Qi with a polite smile, carefully observing this 22-year-old Chinese young man who came to the circle to grab a job.

Mathematicians' observation is generally keen, Shen Qi has long noticed Maynard, the Englishman, this old man seems to be polite, but he really feels good about himself, and his eyes speak for themselves.

"Hello, I'm Maynard, James Maynard, from Oxford. Maynard took the initiative to stretch out his right hand and made a friendly gesture to Shen Qi.

James Maynard, Oxford...... It turned out to be you, big brother, the founder of the "Maynard Matching Method". Shen Qi shook hands with Maynard: "Nice to meet you, Professor Maynard. ”

People who study mathematics must have seen the theorems and formulas of people's names more often than they have seen themselves.

Shen Qi had never met Maynard himself, but he knew about the "Maynard matching method" about the distribution of prime numbers, which used to be the mainstream, but now it is not very practical.

"Professor Gong and Professor Figari and I were just talking about the Riemann conjecture, and you happened to be here, can you talk about your views on the Riemann conjecture?" asked Maynard.

Shen Qi said eloquently: "Of course, I think Riemann's conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers must be true, he is a genius, has extraordinary mathematical intuition, and is particularly accurate. ”

Maynard shrugged: "You said it, you didn't say it." ”

Figari stood up and said a fair word: "James, before the official report, Shen can probably only speak to this extent. We are all math students and should know the rules. ”

"You're going to make a formal presentation tomorrow, Shen, that's what the agenda of the meeting says. Maynard said.

Shen Qi nodded: "That's right, tomorrow." ”

"Then tomorrow, I will be at the lecture site to witness the birth of a great miracle in the history of mathematics. Maynard made a very fake expression of expectation, he was always skeptical of Shen Qi's claim that "the Riemann conjecture was proved through the 'twin matching method'", but he didn't dare to completely disbelieve it, after all, Shen Qi was from Princeton.

Shen Qi smiled without pressure: "Welcome." ”