Institute of Advanced Mathematics, the time is half past eleven in the morning.

At this moment, Deligne is checking his mailbox, preparing to select the papers he is interested in from the manuscripts sent by the editorial office of the Annals of Mathematics and the Chronicle of Mathematics, and put them for review during the break after lunch.

He scanned the headlines roughly, but at that moment, he was suddenly stunned.

Any even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

Goldbach's conjecture?

With his eyes narrowed, Deligne clicked on the email and looked at the abstract of the paper.

Although there is a double-blind review principle in the Annals of Mathematics, in fact, for scholars who are already well-known, this rule is not very strictly enforced.

For example, some people who like to hang Arxiv before submitting their manuscripts will be reminded by their peers who follow this field. Another example is the abstract part of the paper, some grammatical and stylistic details, it is easy to guess the identity of the contributor.

There is no doubt that this paper was written by Lu Zhou, after all, it is not the first time he has reviewed it.

Reading along the lines of the text, Deligne frowned slightly

Suddenly, he looked up at the doctoral student sitting not far away and said, "Smith, when you go to the restaurant, help me bring a bacon sandwich and coffee." ”

The Ph.D. student named Smith stretched, stood up, and said, "Okay, Professor...... Planning to eat in the office today? ”

"Yes," Deligne reached out to turn on the printer, taking his glasses out of his pocket and putting them on, "there's an interesting paper waiting for me." ”

……

Five days passed, and Lu Zhou didn't hear any wind, as if his paper had been thrown into the water.

It wasn't until the sixth day that he suddenly received an unexpected phone call.

The caller was Yau Chengtong.

After connecting, Qiu Lao only had one sentence.

"Did you get a certificate?!"

Hearing this anxious question, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned at first, and then nodded and said.

"If you're referring to the Goldbach conjecture...... I did prove it. ”

After hearing Lu Zhou's answer, there was no movement on the other end of the phone for a while.

Because he was so surprised, Qiu Chengtong didn't know what to say for a while.

He has met many talented new generation of Chinese mathematicians, such as Tao Zhexuan, who teaches at the University of California, Yun Zhiwei, who is teaching at Yale University, and Xu Chenyang...... All of them have made outstanding research achievements in their respective fields.

However, Lu Zhou is undoubtedly the most dazzling one, and at the same time, the one that surprises him the most.

At that time, he only suggested that Lu Zhou work in the direction of Goldbach's conjecture, and did not expect his ability to prove it.

After all, whether it is the sieve method or the round method, it has come to an end in this issue. Even if he had accumulated enough experience in the study of prime number problems, it would be impossible to solve this conjecture in a short time.

However, Lu Zhou's performance was completely unexpected by him......

Taking a deep breath, Qiu Chengtong asked solemnly, "How sure are you?" ”

Lu Zhou thought for a moment and replied, "More than ninety." ”

In fact, what he wants to say is ten percent, after all, even the system has recognized his steps, but it is better to be a little low-key, who knows what tricky questions the reviewer will ask? He is 100% sure that he is right, but he is not 10% sure that he will be recognized.

Hearing Lu Zhou's answer, Mr. Qiu nodded.

His research interests are mainly partial differential equations and differential geometry, and even mathematical physics, but he does not include the field of analytic number theory, so he cannot evaluate Lu Zhou's paper from an academic perspective.

But if Lu Zhou can say in a positive tone that he is ninety percent sure, presumably even if there is a problem, it is just a matter of revision.

After a pause, Mr. Qiu sighed with emotion: "Since the death of Mr. Hua Luogeng, the Hua Luogeng school has been suppressed by two mountains, and even the entire Huaguo number theory community has collapsed. To be honest, I'm surprised that you were able to prove the Goldbach conjecture. Originally, I was thinking that studying Goldbach's conjecture would definitely help you deepen your understanding of prime numbers, and even if you couldn't solve this problem, what you learned from it could help you in the future...... As a result, it seems that I underestimated you. ”

The Hua Luogeng School is the internationally famous "Huaguo School of Analytic Number Theory", which is also known as the Shuimu School.

As for the two mountains that Mr. Qiu said, although he did not clearly name which two, thinking of the grievances between Mr. Qiu and Yan Da and the many accusations against the mountains in the domestic mathematics community, Lu Zhou could probably guess it.

However, he didn't want to get involved in these things, so he just smiled and didn't answer.

After a pause, Mr. Qiu asked with a smile, "When you graduate, are you interested in coming to Shuimu to be a professor?" ”

Lu Zhou thought for a moment and replied with a smile: "I will probably be a professor in Princeton for two years." As for returning to China, I have promised Academician Xu to return to my alma mater to teach. ”

Hearing Lu Zhou say this, Qiu Chengtong didn't say anything more, just nodded and said, "That's okay, it's okay if you're in Jinda." The most taboo thing to do is to be a monopoly, only by collecting the words of a hundred schools of thought, so that academics bloom everywhere, there will be a collision and sublimation of thinking. Jinling University is a good place, not far from the academic circle, and you are willing to do academic work there. ”

Going to Mizuki is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the Yan University faction, and Mr. Qiu seems to be aware of this.

If Lu Zhou was just an ordinary outstanding scholar, he would definitely invite him to come to Shuimu at any cost, revitalize the Shuimu School, and compete with several mountains in China.

But the talent shown by Lu Zhou has reached the point where Mr. Qiu can't bear to watch him waste it on things other than academics.

At least in the period between the ages of 20 and 40, his talent should belong to academics, not academic circles.

After a few words of chat, the two ended the call.

However, just as he was about to go to dinner, the phone rang again.

This time it was none other than his mentor, Professor Deligne......

……

Because of Professor Deligne's phone call, Lu Zhou came to the Institute for Advanced Study.

He hadn't set foot in it for more than two months since he took his leave, so much so that he almost got lost when he entered through the side door.

After finally touching the office, Lu Zhou knocked on the door.

Looking at the students who walked into the office, Professor Deligne took off his glasses from the bridge of his nose and rubbed his eyebrows.

"I've read your paper...... But to be honest, the Goldbach conjecture is beyond my field of study, and my opinion alone cannot determine anything with this kind of major mathematical conjecture, not to mention that I am your mentor. ”

Lu Zhou understood Professor Deligne's words.

After all, Goldbach's conjecture is not a twin prime conjecture or a Polignac conjecture, even if it is not as important as Wiles's Fermat's theorem, its difficulty itself deserves to be taken seriously by the entire number theory community and even the mathematical community.

He did not appoint an academic editor when he submitted the Annals of Mathematics, and the technical editor of the Annals of Mathematics threw the paper directly to Deligne, presumably undecided about the paper.

Lu Zhou got straight to the point and asked, "What do you need me to do?" ”

Deligne: "I'll give you a one-hour presentation at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and all you need to do is prepare a PowerPoint presentation and a speech, and if you're not sure, I'll send someone to help you out." Also, I need you to provide me with a schedule to tell me when you are available. ”

Lu Zhou was puzzled: "My time is not a problem, it's just ...... Are there any academic conferences scheduled recently? ”

He has been following the academic conference movements, and if he remembers correctly, there were no heavyweight meetings scheduled throughout May.

"No, but it doesn't matter if you don't," Professor Deligne continued, after a pause, "your research is enough for other scholars to make a trip to Princeton." ”

Professor Deligne's words are concise and to the point.

There is no arrangement of academic conferences, just arrange one.

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