“Cheers！”

Shen Qi, Mueller, Mary, and Jonas opened a bottle of champagne in the faculty cafeteria on campus in Princeton and held a small celebration party.

Shen Qi became popular, and Muller, Mary, and Jonas also became popular, after all, they and Shen Qi jointly completed the proof of the Riemann conjecture, and their names were on the paper.

Just now, Professor Müller was inexplicably nominated for this year's Leibniz Prize. The Leibniz Prize is the highest level of German mathematics and is awarded only to German mathematicians.

Mary, who holds the title of Ph.D., will no longer be a teaching assistant to Mueller, she has been hired as a researcher in the Princeton Department of Mathematics and will soon take up her duties.

Jonas returns from vacation and receives the shocking news that he will receive a PhD from Princeton, forcing graduation.

Jonas, who had been studying at Princeton for nine years, didn't know what to do after graduating from his Ph.D., and the Swedish doctor was confused.

The biggest hero, Shen Qi, is about to get a PhD, and the notice in the department is: Qi, defend within a month, go through the motions, start in September, and officially take up the post.

Shen Qi got the news that starting in September this year, he will become a lecturer in Princeton's mathematics department.

The lecturer also went through the motions, and after a semester, starting next spring, Shen Qi will be promoted to associate professor.

How long does it take for an associate professor → professor?

The department didn't say it, and Shen Qi didn't ask.

The transition from a student to a teacher requires a psychological transition period, and Shen Qi agrees with the arrangement within the department, let's transition for a while.

Although there were many happy events, and a Riemann conjecture benefited the entire team, Professor Müller was a little sad: "From next month, the three of you will leave me." ”

"Mary and I will stay at Princeton, Professor Mueller, have you forgotten that the supplementary theorem to Riemann's theorem, which the IMU calls the 'third expression', is still a team, and our work is not over. Shen Qi said, he asked Jonas: "What about you, Jonas, what are your plans after graduating from the doctorate, will you continue to stay in our team?"

"Why not. Jonas was no longer confused, he was ready to follow Shen Qi.

Within this month, both Shen Qi and Jonas will receive their PhDs, meaning they are no longer students of Professor Muller.

The topic of "RT Third Expression" is currently under the name of Professor Muller, and on the day Shen Qi gets his PhD, he will become the first person in charge of the "RT Third Expression" project, with the right to control the project funds and other academic rights.

So Jonas is about to follow Shen Qi.

RH is the English abbreviation of the Riemann conjecture, and now RH is history, because RH was proved by Shen Qi.

T stands for Theorem, i.e. theorem.

RT is an abbreviation for Riemann's theorem, which is the new name that has just recently become popular in the mathematical community.

The "RT Third Expression" project has actually been going on for a few months, and during this time, Shen Qi has too many mundane tasks, and his teammates are also busy, so the progress has been put on hold for the time being.

In the Princeton faculty cafeteria, from time to time, professors at adjacent tables raised their wine glasses and paid tribute to Shen Qi and their table from a few meters away.

The next day, Shen Qi gave a speech to the whole school in Princeton.

In early June, the summer vacation of American universities began, and the lecture hall was full of audiences, and some students postponed their vacation in order to listen to Shen Qi's speech

This speech, organized by the University of Liberal Arts, was Shen Qi's first formal speech after the Riemann conjecture proved to be recognized by the IMU.

"Someone asked me, out of the remaining six millennial puzzles, why did I attack the Riemann conjecture in the first place?" Shen Qi gave a speech in full spirit, and the audience was full of interest.

"The reason is simple, RH is a purely mathematical problem, the Riemann conjecture, which I call 'the movement of prime numbers'. ”

A similar millennial problem is BSD, the Birch and Swinnaton-Dale conjecture, which is also purely mathematical and, more specifically, number theory. To be more specific, BSD is a conjecture about the Diophantine equation, which I call 'this equation is a bit cold'. ”

"The Hodge conjecture is generally considered to be the most difficult millennial problem, and it belongs to the algebraic geometry problem, which I call 'geometry problem without figures'. ”

"The study and solution of the above three millennial problems depends only on mathematical knowledge. Speaking of this, Shen Qi paused slightly.

"That's you, Qi!" shouted a student in the audience, who felt like they had been hurt by the critical hit, but still listened with relish.

"There are three remaining puzzles that collapse physicists and computer scientists, as well as mathematicians. Shen Qi continued.

"The Navier-Stokes equation, it's one of the most interesting equations, we use the N-S equation to create fluctuations and manipulate nature...... Theoretically, we have practiced some of it, and now there is a lack of a recognized, reasonable solution. ”

"Similar to the N-S equation, the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation is the treasure we have always wanted to get, and what constitutes us is the field, and we are stuck in the field and it is difficult to discern the direction...... That's what the Yang-Mills equation is all about, and it shows us the way. ”

"Actually, the last thing I want to touch is the P on the NP issue, which I am not good at, and at the same time I am in awe. In front of P vs. NP, the computer can't do anything, and I can't do anything about it. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, math is hard to fathom, and math is just as fun. My team and I proved the Riemann conjecture that this is just the starting point, and that there are many more challenges ahead. ”

"You are always welcome to join my team, whether you are an undergraduate or a graduate student, as long as you like mathematics, you can find me, thank you!"

After Shen Qi's speech, he won thunderous applause.

Zhou Yu'an, one of the applause audience, said to Shen Qi after the speech: "Teacher Shen, your wave of enrollment advertisements is really a show. ”

Shen Qi said: "It's a lot of pressure, Lao Zhou, next semester I will take a math class as a lecturer, brushing questions, writing papers, and cracking conjectures, I am good at it, and I don't know the bottom of my heart when I give a lecture." This is not a tutorial, but a serious lesson. ”

"Teacher Shen, don't be modest, the undergraduates, graduate students, boys and girls of the Department of Mathematics of the University are all your fans now. Your team will grow stronger and stronger in the future, and you can choose from the outstanding young mathematicians of the University. ”

"Zhou Yu'an, when can you join my team?"

"Then you have to give me a professional project! I'm not good at number theory, and your topics are all number theory projects. ”

"Forget it, I'm not your mentor, and I'm not qualified to take graduate students, just a preparatory lecturer who hasn't been on the job yet. ”