Chapter 162: Edward Witten

"Unbelievable, how did you find out they were miscalculated?" Looking at Lu Zhou, Senior Brother Yan's voice was full of excitement and surprise.

This feeling is like, I thought I was going to lose, but I didn't expect to overtake at the last moment.

"Sensitive to numbers? I don't know how to describe it. Anyway, I tried to calculate what I didn't think was right, and I found the mistake when I did the math," Lu Zhou smiled lightly and continued, "I guess they may be in a hurry, if they check it before filling in the map, they will definitely not make this kind of mistake...... Will our report be the day after tomorrow? ”

Senior Brother Yan: "Yes, the last one in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, I suggest that you relax tonight." ”

Lu Zhou shook his head and said with a smile, "Relax, let's wait for the night after tomorrow, the people from Syracuse University are still waiting to see our jokes." Get the last few steps done tonight, and I'll have to take some time to check them tomorrow. ”

Don't even think about it, Professor Brunos's research team must hate their teeth at this time. It is almost foreseeable that at the acceptance report meeting the day after tomorrow, the group of Yankees will definitely not let themselves go easily.

A month's worth of work is about to come to an end, and Lu Zhou doesn't want to roll over on the last meter from the finish line.

After packing his things, Lu Zhou was about to leave the venue when he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

"Lu Zhou!"

Turning around and seeing the person who stopped him, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned and surprised.

"Senior Brother Luo?"

Having a warm hug with an old friend and patting Lu Zhou's shoulder, Senior Brother Luo smiled: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect you to be here, this world is too small." ”

"It's a coincidence...... Who is this? ”

Lu Zhou looked at the old man next to Senior Brother Luo, and always felt that his face was a little familiar, but he couldn't say where he had seen it.

Senior Brother Luo smiled and introduced, "Let me introduce you, this is my mentorβ€”"

"Edward Witten," Without waiting for Luo Wenxuan's introduction, the old man smiled and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand.

Edward Witten!

Hearing this name, Lu Zhou was shocked.

He only heard Senior Brother Luo say that his tutor was engaged in mathematics and physics, but he didn't expect his boss to be this big guy!

How awesome is this big guy?

In the 80s, kink theory was very popular, and many new kink invariants were discovered, the most famous of which was Jones-polynomial, also known as Jones-polynomial.

While mathematicians were still busy figuring out this new concept and preparing to develop this new continent, Witten jumped out and told everyone that how many different 3-manifold patterns there are, multiplied by different canonical groups, can construct how many Jones-like polynomial-like kink invariants......

The problem seems to have become simpler all of a sudden, but that's not the most infuriating.

The most annoying thing is that he immediately gave a set of topological methods for shear flow patterns, which directly wiped out the treasures of the entire New World, making other people who had just set foot on the New World want to cry without tears.

The same thing happens with string theory.

Since the sixties, string theory has been quite popular in the theoretical physics community, and everyone dreams of completing Einsta's unfinished work, so a large number of different versions of "superstring theory" have emerged.

Then in the 90s, Witten came out again, sacrificed the legendary M theory, and justified the proof that many different versions of the superstring theory were actually the result of different limit settings of his "M theory......

In a sense, this person is a bit similar to what Lu Zhou did half a year ago.

Originally, the twin prime conjecture could still have at least one hundred and twenty papers, but he directly dried the number 246 to 2, leaving others with no way out.

Unfortunately, Mr. Witten, although he is a physicist, won the Fields Medal.

After all, modern theoretical physicists are still struggling to test the Standard Model, and they haven't even fully figured out the particles of the three-dimensional world.

Unless he can live to 300 years from now, he is destined to miss the Nobel Prize.

"I'm glad I'll be lucky, I've admired my name for a long time!" Holding the right hand stretched out by Mr. Witten and shaking it, Lu Zhou said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you," Witten said with a smile as he let go of his hand, "my old friend always talks to me about you, and that wonderful presentation." Unfortunately, I wasn't in Princeton at the time, otherwise I wouldn't have missed it. ”

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and the topic quickly turned to the professional aspect.

"Are you interested in mathematical physics?"

"I'm really interested," Lu Zhou nodded, and said in a casual tone, "The mathematical beauty of theoretical physics is fascinating. ”

Mr. Witten took out a business card from his pocket: "It seems that we are very consistent, if you are interested in studying in Princeton, you can consider applying for my doctoral degree." ”

Taking the business card from the old gentleman's hand, Lu Zhou said politely, "I will seriously consider your suggestion." ”

Although Lu Zhou still wanted to communicate with the big guy for a while, Witten seemed to have something to do, so he took the first step to leave.

Seeing that the boss was gone, Senior Brother Luo was no longer so reserved, patted Lu Zhou's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Let's go have a drink together in the evening?" ”

"I may not be able to drink with you tonight, I still have some data that I haven't processed, so change it to the night after tomorrow, I'll invite you." Lu Zhou said with a smile.

Alcohol distracts him, and he needs a clear brain to drink at this time.

"Okay, I'll just wait for your glass of wine, come on!" patted Lu Zhou's shoulder encouragingly, and Senior Brother Luo also left.

After saying goodbye to Senior Brother Luo, Lu Zhou looked back at the venue and found that Academician Lu and Senior Brother Yan were no longer there.

It is estimated that most of the two of them went back to the hotel first, so Lu Zhou didn't stay here for long, turned around and walked in the direction of the stairs.

Walking up the next floor, I was about to leave Research Building II.

However, at this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly saw that the female doctor who was standing on the podium before was holding her arms in front of her chest, standing in front of the exit directly opposite him, exuding "Female stream. hooligan".

In fact, for foreigners, unless his appearance is very distinctive, he is somewhat busy.

But this one, the features on the chest are so obvious that they can't be ignored at all.

After thinking about it, Lu Zhou pretended not to recognize this person and walked to the other side of the corridor quietly.

He admits that he was indeed afraid.

The enthusiasm of foreigners, he had already tried it at Princeton, and he really didn't want to try again.

As for why he is so sure that he will definitely be hit with the ball, in fact, the reason is very simple.

After all, if it weren't for his handsome speech, he really couldn't think of any other reason to wait for her to wait here for so long.

However, trouble doesn't seem so easy to dodge.

Just as he turned around, and before he had taken two steps, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

Lu Zhou's heart tightened, and he was about to speed up his pace, but he saw that a figure had flashed in front of him, blocking his way.

So fast!

Subconsciously, he was ready to resist shocks.

The air was quiet for a moment.

Looking at Miss Carella who was blocking him, Lu Zhou saw that nothing had happened, so he coughed lightly in embarrassment and asked.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Excuse me, what's the matter? ”

With her arms wrapped around her chest, Carella's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Lu Zhou, with a little dissatisfaction in her tone: "Is it funny to embarrass a lady on stage?" ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and glanced at her inexplicably: "I just pointed out your mistakes, does this have anything to do with whether you are a lady or a man?" ”

That's it.

He thought it was.

Looking at Lu Zhou's appearance of not caring about himself, Kairela gritted her teeth and gurgled, but she was helpless against him.

Taking a deep breath, she stared at Lu Zhou and said in a meaningful tone, "Your report will be the day after tomorrow, right?" I'm looking forward to it. ”

"I will," Lu Zhou smiled and said politely, "I don't know what you're expecting, but I think I shouldn't live up to your expectations." ”