The Kohl Number Theory Prize and the Kohl Algebra Prize are two completely different awards, and the two do not share a medal, so naturally there is no such thing as half of the prize money.

The check for $100,000 was sent to Lu Zhou and Schultz along with their respective medals.

In the evening, the Federal Mathematical Society held a customary dinner at the five-star hotel next to the Berlick campus.

Because it's Christmas soon, the festive atmosphere at the dinner is stronger.

Although there were no Christmas trees and bells tied with ribbons, Lu Zhou saw the classic roast turkey and tree trunk cake.

As the youngest winner of the Cole Number Theory Prize, and the only one of the previous winners to have the Commonwealth Mathematical Society make an exception to present the award twice in the same year, Lu Zhou naturally received the attention of his peers in the industry at the banquet.

Especially in the direction of number theory.

The bigwigs may be more reserved and won't make a special trip to clink glasses with a junior.

But those young scholars who are not very famous will basically come over to have a glass with him, chat a few words, and brush their faces in front of this big guy by the way.

Yes, in the eyes of many young mathematicians, Lu Zhou has entered the ranks of bigwigs.

He won the Cole Medal at the age of 21, will the Fields Medal be far away?

It's just a matter of time.

After dealing with the people who asked for his email address and Facebook account, Lu Zhou also felt a little hungry, so he put down the champagne, took the plate and began to search for food between the long tables.

Coincidentally, just as he asked the waiter at the hotel to help him cut a piece of chicken leg from a roast turkey, he happened to meet another winner, Schultz.

After greeting the tall and lanky German man, the two of them were also interested in each other, so they found a place to sit down and dine together.

At first, the two were chatting about math problems, probably because they were more connected, and they chatted about life.

Lu Zhou: "I heard that you are married?" ”

Schultz laughs and says: "Yes, I proposed to my current wife the year after I was hired as a Level 3 professor at the University of Bonn. If you think about it, we've been together for three years. ”

Lu Zhou said with some emotion: "I can't see it, we are about the same age, and you are both fathers." ”

"Nothing surprising, I'm 28 years old." Schultz smiled and said, "What about you?" When are you going to get married? ”

Lu Zhou's expression was a little subtle, and he said with a smile: "...... I don't plan to get married yet. ”

He suddenly regretted it.

Speaking of which, why did you take the initiative to talk about this heavy topic?

Schultz smiled and said, "I know, getting married is indeed a lot less fun, not as free as when I was single, and I thought the same way when I was young." Until I met her...... In fact, family has given me more fun than I ever imagined, second only to math. In particular, she brought me a lovely little angel and my medals found a place to use. ”

Yes, the medal can be used as a toy to amuse the child.

If he won the Fields Medal, I don't know how many people would have to cry to death.

As soon as he talked about his wife and daughter, Schulz opened up the conversation and talked about it from the time they met at the University of Bonn to the time they took their vows in front of Münster Cathedral......

"Seriously, my friend, I wholeheartedly advise you to try a relationship. If you don't experience some things, life is like something missing," looking at Lu Zhou with a serious face, Schultz smiled and talked in the tone of a passerby, "I promise you that it will not affect your research on math problems, but will bring you inspiration when you don't expect it." ”

Lu Zhou, who was stuffed with a mouthful of dog food, had an embarrassed but polite smile on his face, and he didn't want to speak.

MMP！

Say it as if I don't want to!

……

The next day, Lu Zhou woke up a little late, slept until noon, and almost missed the afternoon report meeting.

Brushing his teeth and washing his face, and hurriedly changing his clothes, Lu Zhou quickly rushed to the Berkeley campus next door to catch up with this unmissable report meeting.

The speaker of this report meeting is the Peruvian mathematician Helfgot from France!

And the content of the report meeting is naturally about the Goldbach conjecture!

About two years ago, the French mathematician used the "circle method" to prove a weak conjecture about Goldbach's conjecture, that "each odd number of 10^30 > can be expressed as the sum of three prime numbers".

As for the odd number of <10^30, it has been checked by the computer and confirmed to be correct.

Although this method of proof lacks some mathematical beauty, it is true, the Goldbach conjecture has been proved to be true under odd-number conditions, and all that remains to be done now is to prove that Goldbach's conjecture under even-number conditions is true.

Different from the "A+B" proof method pioneered by Brown, the "circle method" used by Helfgot is another proof idea for the same proof problem, and it is also a very promising method in number theory.

Using this method, he narrowed down an infinite problem to a lower bound that could be calculated. All odd numbers greater than this limit are correct, and all odd numbers that are less than this limit can be counted and can be verified one by one...... For computers.

Helfgot's research results have been widely accepted by the mathematical community, and he was invited to give a one-hour talk at this mathematics conference.

As the largest research achievement in the field of Goldbach's conjecture in decades, Lu Zhou, who is also tackling this problem, will naturally not miss this report meeting.

Not only did I listen very carefully, but I also took notes very carefully.

Although the Cole Award is a great honor, Lu Zhou, who knows that his strength needs to be further improved, is not too impetuous, and has even detached himself from the joy of winning the award.

So much so that he didn't even notice that the fact that he won the Cole Award caused a sensation in China again......

……

[Shocked! The young mathematician who won the Chern-Son Mathematics Prize has once again won an international award! 】

Looking at the news pushed on his mobile phone, Shi Shang, who was fishing while writing his homework, sighed vigorously: "MMP, this time I made my elbow pretend to be a big force again!" ”

On the day of the award of the Cole Number Theory Award, the circle of friends of the Golden University Institute of Mathematics was blown up by Lu Zhou's name.

The halo of the Chern Prize in Mathematics has not faded last time, and the Colean Number Theory Prize has been smashed again.

This time, not only the Academy, but even the School of Physics, the Institute of Chemistry, the School of Software, and even the School of Foreign Chinese, the School of Literature, and the Academy of Arts next door sent congratulatory messages to worship this god-like scholar in the circle of friends.

As the first Chinese Cole Prize winner, and the record holder for the youngest winner, this honor alone is enough to make those professors who have taught Lu Zhou brag for a whole year.

Especially for the Jinda Institute of Mathematics, which has no sense of existence in China, this award is even more precious.

Huang Guangming raised his head, and suddenly said cheaply: "Brother Rui, the banner at the gate of our school has been changed again!" ”

Liu Rui buried his head and brushed the question: "Oh." ”

Seeing that Liu Rui didn't react, Huang Guangming, who was unsuccessful in his death, immediately reminded: "Brother Rui, it's still an elbow hanging on!" ”

Liu Rui: "Oh. ”

Huang Guangming: "Brother Rui, let's go to the cafeteria to eat elbows tonight." ”

“……”

I'm a man!

It's endless!

Liu Rui didn't speak, and threw down the pen in his hand with a snap.

In 201's bedroom, the screams of the little cheap rang out again......