Chapter 244

The BAB conjecture was proven?

How could it be, how could it be!

Simon's first reaction was disbelief.

But this was what his teacher, Professor Lucas, told him, and he could not believe it.

Could it be that someone really took the lead and took the lead in overcoming the BAB conjecture?

Simon's mind was a mess.

After being stunned for a long time, Simon exhaled lightly, bent down, and picked up his phone.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I lost my temper. Simon said apologetically to Professor Lucas on the other end of the phone.

Professor Lucas sighed, "Simon, I can understand. ”

"But I have to admit that this time you lost. ”

Simon could not refute Professor Lucas's words.

Was he defeated?

Not only defeated, but also defeated.

The BAB conjecture was proven, but the prover was not him.

This means that Simon will not be able to compete for this year's Fields Medal medal by 'proving the BAB conjecture'.

We can only wait for the next four years.

And Simon's nearly five months spent on the BAB conjecture could only be wasted.

What made Simon even more painful was that in about ten days, he would be able to complete the proof of the BAB conjecture.

But just when he was only one kick away from the Fields Medal, he was suddenly cut off halfway.

Simon's current mood can be described as quite unhappy.

Also, it is strange that anyone who encounters this kind of situation where he is cut off halfway can be happy.

After a few seconds of silence, Simon asked, "Teacher, who is the mathematician who proved the BAB conjecture?"

Simon desperately wanted to know, who was the person who cut him off halfway?

As far as Simon knows, mathematicians in the field of algebraic geometry seem to have no news lately that anyone is tackling the BAB conjecture.

That's not the group of mathematicians, who would it be?

Simon was a little lost.

"Simon, the mathematician, you're no stranger. Professor Lucas's wry voice came from the other side of the phone, "Do you remember that when you first started working on the topic of the BAB conjecture, I told you that in China, there is a highly talented mathematician who is also working on the BAB conjecture?"

After Professor Lucas's reminder, Simon quickly recalled.

"Teacher, you mean, Gu Lu?"

Simon is no stranger to the name Gu Lu.

Of course, from the beginning, Simon didn't take Gu Lu to heart.

After all, Simon didn't think that the young overly Chinese mathematician would have the strength to compete with him.

But now it seems that Simon obviously underestimated Gu Lu.

"That's right, it's that Gu Lu. Professor Lucas replied in the affirmative to Simon.

Simon's body shook, and then sat down in his chair.

Simon clenched his hands on the armrests of his chair, gasping for air, unable to calm down for a long time.

It really was him!

Simon's mood right now is mixed.

Unwilling? Maybe there will be.

Simon admits that he really doesn't see Gu Lu as an opponent who can threaten him.

As a result, from the start, Simon had a sense of tension, but not that stressful sense of urgency.

On Gu Lu's side, because he knew that there was a powerful opponent like Simon, it could be said that he was almost playing with his life, staying up all night and eating all night, so that Gu Lu almost shattered the void and directly turned into an immortal.

And what about Simon?

Simon is not as desperate as Gu Lu at all.

Staying up late is occasional, but as for staying up all night, Simon has thought about it, but often can't hold on to falling asleep in the middle of the night.

And the final result is that Gu Lu preemptively preempts Simon to complete the proof of the BAB conjecture.

Simon was not reconciled.

In his thoughts, if he was more serious and worked harder, he might not be cut off halfway by Gu Lu and become a loser.

But, the king is defeated!

If you lose, you lose, and even if you find more reasons, you will lose.

Simon's expression darkened.

Lost, Simon is not without it.

But this time he lost to Gu Lu, a mathematician who was ten years younger than him.

Simon's face was a little ugly.

Losing to those mathematicians of the older generation, Simon can barely accept it.

But losing to a genius mathematician who was nearly twenty-four years old, Simon would have lost face once the news spread.

Gu Lu is a genius, but Simon is not bad either!

You know, from childhood to adulthood, Simon has come all the way in the name of genius.

In terms of research results and major awards, Simon is much more luxurious than Gu Lu.

Qualifications and status are also much higher than Gu Lu.

But even so, Simon was defeated. This has to be said to be a heavy blow to Simon, who is in full swing.

"Gu Lu, I remember you!"

Simon silently kept the name Gu Lu in his heart.

In the future, Simon vowed to get this field back.

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Hanging up Professor Lucas's phone, Simon sat in his office chair, rubbing his brow and sighing.

This time, the BAB conjecture proved that the results were taken first by Gu Lu, and Simon's foot can be described as a blood loss.

Not only did the Fields Medal miss out, but even time and energy were wasted.

Now Simon, should be as far as possible to stop loss.

But before that, Simon needs to read Gu Lu's paper that proves the BAB conjecture.

Open ArXiv and Simon will search for 'BAB conjecture' directly in the search bar.

At the top of the list is Gu Lu's fifty-four-page paper.

Now, it has only been a day since Gu Lu uploaded this paper on ArXiv.

But in just one day, the paper, titled "The Proof of the BAB Conjecture," has more than 2,000 views and nearly 100 comments.

You know, even some mathematicians at the level of the best may not have this data in a day.

One of the reasons why the paper received so much attention at the beginning was naturally Gu Lu himself.

Gu Lu showed his prominence last year, and because of his extremely young age, he attracted the attention of many people.

Many people are looking forward to what the young mathematician's next research will be.

Another reason lies in the BAB conjecture.

Although the BAB conjecture is not as well-known as the seven conjectures of the millennium such as the Riemann conjecture, it is not an unknown small conjecture.

In the field of algebraic geometry, and even in the geometric world, the BAB conjecture is extremely well-known.

A large number of mathematicians may not know the content and research process of the BAB conjecture, but their status and importance are still extremely clear.

Gu Lu + BAB conjecture

The two are like catalysts.

Therefore, as soon as Gu Lu uploaded this paper on ArXiv, it attracted the attention of many people.

And the group of people who paid attention to Gu Lu were surprised to see that Gu Lu had uploaded such a paper after being silent for more than half a year.

The two major problems of the minimalist program and the BAB conjecture are completely two levels of things.

As soon as Gu Lu finished the research on the minimalist program, he overcame the BAB conjecture.

In their opinion, this step is inevitably too big.