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The original plan was to get his PhD by the end of the year, but now it seems that the plan is far from catching up with the changes. The Annals of Mathematics has not yet published his paper, but the Princeton Institute has awarded him a doctorate and even the title of full professor......

But if you think about it carefully, Lu Zhou is not unable to understand Princeton's decision.

Even putting aside Goldbach's conjecture, his method of group construction can be used as an excellent theoretical tool in the field of analytic number theory.

Even many university number theory textbooks have begun to follow up.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

This has to be left in history, why didn't you choose a name in the first place?

Or is Shinichi Mochizuki, who is engaged in "ab", prescient......

Whether others understand it or not, the name "Intercosmic Theory" sounds very awesome.

After completing the graduation procedures, Lu Zhou silently took a photo of his graduation certificate, degree certificate and doctoral cap, and sent them to his neck.

Almost unexpectedly, the comment section of his scarf exploded again.

It's just that this time the explosion was beyond his expectations.

[Hold the grass, everyone is nine-year compulsory education, why do you show off? ] 】

[Twenty-one-year-old full professor? Awesome, breaking Charles Feverman's record. 】

[I think it's more awesome to get a doctorate in three months.] 】

[No, no, no, do you know why this product graduated so quickly? I heard from the great god of our mathematics department that just a week ago, this big guy proved Goldbach's conjecture, and a few days ago there was a report meeting held in Princeton, and he was the only speaker......]

[Hold the grass, isn't it?! 】

[Kneel down to the land god......]

[Blogger post a photo, enter the exam room in a while, I plan to hang it around my neck. 】

【……】

Lu Zhou didn't expect that he just sent a "graduation photo" to commemorate it, and the building would be crooked to Goldbach's conjecture. It seems that there are many international students who pay attention to his neck.

Later, the discussion became more and more intense, with screenshots of the New York Times and the Philadelphia Daily News posted around the neck, and others flipped to the paper from Arxiv.

And then......

The two topics of "Princeton's youngest professor" and "Goldbach's conjecture" were both sent to the hot search in the excited discussions of netizens, the follow-up reports of the self-media, and the angry denunciations of the civil scientists......

Because of the indissoluble bond between Goldbach's conjecture and the Hua Luogeng School, as well as Chen Jingrun's breakthrough achievements on the "1+2" problem in that era, this conjecture has long been labeled as a "political label" beyond academic significance.

In fact, what Lu Zhou didn't know was that although he hadn't seen the news yet, long before netizens smelled the news, the paper he hung on Arxiv had already brewed a storm in the Chinese mathematical community, and even attracted the attention of the political circles.

However, no one has come forward publicly for the time being, because everyone is waiting for the results of the Annals of Mathematics.

At this moment, Lu Zhou, who is in Princeton, has not yet realized what this kind of attention means.

Because all of his energy is now focused on peer review in the Annals of Mathematics.

The six reviewers were all big names in the field of mathematics and pointed out many problems in his paper, and Lu Zhou also actively revised every problematic place.

Luckily, he didn't get caught up in an "obvious" problem for a year, as Wiles did.

Finally, the second week after the peer review began.

Lu Zhou, who has visited the editorial office of Annals of Mathematics for the seventh time, received feedback from six reviewers from Evans.

Faltins was succinct and almost never boastful, summing up his opinion in one sentence: "Very good proof." ”

Henrik Ivanets was friendly to young mathematicians, said a little more, and even placed expectations on the new generation of mathematicians: "...... The application of group theory in the paper is amazing, and I look forward to your achievements in the future. Regardless of the opinion of your peers, it seems to me that you have proven the problem. ”

Helfgot's views are similar to those of another scholar from the Ecole Supérieure de Paris, who probably exchanged views of the theory of group construction.

Turning the page, Lu Zhou saw the final comments of the reviewer at the end.

Then, he looked at Evans.

I saw Evans have a smile on his face like a spring breeze and stretch out his hand.

"Congratulations, Professor Lu, your paper will be published in the next issue of Annals of Mathematics!"

……

In the Washington Times editorial office, Keane Larter sits in an office chair, pressing the mouse while watching the news on the computer.

Suddenly attracted by a piece of news, his expression was slightly surprised, and he smacked his tongue while teasing in an oily and smooth voice.

"Oh, unbelievable, Goldbach's conjecture was proved by a monkey?"

Logically inappropriate speech in a country that is extremely sensitive to racial discrimination would be inappropriate to make inappropriate remarks in public, but this is not the case in the Washington Times editorial office, where no Chinese staff is employed.

At most, there are only Koreans who will smile after listening to it.

It's worth noting that The Washington Times is not the same as The Washington Post, which is one of the largest and oldest newspapers in North America, and the former was founded in 1982 by Moon Myung-myung, a leader of a Korean denomination.

It is also interesting to say that what this newspaper has been doing for more than 30 years is not to strengthen the friendship between the United States and South Korea, but mainly to exaggerate the threat of China, publish some smear remarks, and then export it to domestic sales for South Korean media to reprint.

However, because its political stance was too clear, the newspaper had been operating at a loss for 20 consecutive years, and had to rely on the blood transfusion of the "financier" Wen Mingming to survive.

So much so that until now, this newspaper does not even have its own foreign correspondents, and even some news in North America will be half a beat slower.

Bass, who was sitting next to him, pushed his glasses next to the computer screen, and said with a wicked smile, "This is big news...... It's a shame not to interview. ”

"It's not just an interview, we have to help this Chinese guy do publicity," Larter said with a wicked smile, closing the web page, opening the document, and tapping his index finger on the keyboard, "Think about it, how should we write our press release?" A monkey proves Goldbach's conjecture? ”

Buzz hesitated and said, "We could be prosecuted for that." ”

Moreover, although the financiers behind them are happy to see them smear their neighbors, they do not like them to talk about the color of their skin.

"I know what's inside the rules and what's outside the rules...... Lart waved his hand, "So, I need inspiration now." ”

At this time, Pereira, a female assistant who was sitting at the desk next to her and staring at the computer to collect information, suddenly spoke.

"Remember the end of '15? That Nigerian Opaeyemi? Professor Enoch, who had written to the Clay Institute over the Riemann conjecture, has not publicly responded to this matter to this day. ”

She graduated from Washington State University with a degree in journalism, and was much more educated than Bass, who was accepted into the newsroom only because of her political stance.

As a result, her views are also the most valued by the editor-in-chief of Ralter.

"I remember," Bass followed, "I remember that the original interview with him was with the Daily Mail, but there was no follow-up report." ”

Leaning back in the office chair and turning around, Lart pinched his chin and pondered, "So? ”

"I just looked it up on the wiki, and the Riemann conjecture says that all prime numbers can be represented as a function," Pereira turned his pen and stated the secondary sources he had searched, "and according to the content on the wiki, the Goldbach conjecture is also a matter of prime numbers, so ...... Could there be any connection between the two? ”

She doesn't know a lot about pure numbers, and she doesn't necessarily read papers, but she has a college education and at least knows how to use search tools.

Hearing this, Ralt's eyes lit up.

That seems to make sense......

Bass interjected: "I remember Goldbach's conjecture that it wasn't 1+1=2?" ”

"Oh, Bass, you are uneducated at first glance, even I know that 1+1=2 is Piano's axiom. As for the Goldbach conjecture...... Anyway, it's a prime problem," Lart laughed and got up from his office chair, "I'll fly to Nigeria at once, and you can start writing the press release, just write it...... Nigerian professors are not treated in public because of their nationality and skin color. Goldbach's conjecture should have had his share of the honor, but the indifference of the American academic community made him miss out on his own glory. ”

What news catches people's attention the most in the United States?

At least for now, 80 percent of it has to do with black people.

If Professor Enoch received a million dollars for out-of-school children in Africa, he would surely be crucifying those people to the moral cross.

Buzz frowned and muttered in a low voice, "But that Lu Zhou is not white, does it constitute racial discrimination between minorities and minorities?" ”

If Goldbach's conjecture is proven to be white, and the overlooked results are blacks, then their coverage is undoubtedly sensational. If the Clay Institute doesn't give a reasonable explanation......

Well, in fact, explanations are useless, because in the end they all turn into "quibbles".

After all, you can't expect every black person to properly understand the difference between "1+1" and "1+1".

And the national situation in North America, compared to the Virgin and politicians, the academic community is definitely a "disadvantaged group".

But the problem is that Lu Zhou's identity is a bit delicate, and he is also considered a minority in North America...... At least by definition. American academia treated a young Nigerian with indifference, but did not please a white elite.

It's not news enough.

There was silence in the newsroom.

Even Lart, who had previously fallen into ecstasy because of the big news, was caught up in thinking because of this question.

However, at this moment, Pereira, who was checking the information, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"I thought of it!"

She came up with a brilliant idea.

Ways to make big news!