"Mr. Junxin, we know that at the beginning of the year, you published an article in the Princeton Annals of Mathematics, in which you mentioned the relationship between Taniyama-Shimura conjecture and Fermat's theorem. Thank you. ”

This question is very normal, Jun Xinxin breathed a sigh of relief, and replied calmly: "I don't know whether the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture is an accident or an inevitability. However, in my opinion, whether it is accidental or inevitable, the achievements of Mr. Taniyama and Mr. Shimura's exploration of mathematics are certain."

"The relationship between Fermat's theorem and the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture is a mathematical problem, and if this connection is summarized in non-mathematical language, then it can be simply said that the success of the proof of the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture will also mean that Fermat's theorem is also proved successfully. However, it is very difficult to do this, and in my estimation, it will take about ten years to study it in an optimistic way to prove it. ”

"Now I have a reporter from the British newspaper The Times."

"Hello, dear sir, my question is the meaning of the question of the Morder conjecture, and what you say about Mr. Modell."

"I'll answer your next question first." Junxin's thinking became more and more agile in his mind, and he said without hesitation, "I will not comment on the contributions made by the scientists of the predecessors for the time being, but the conjecture named after him put forward by Mr. Moder is indeed the conjecture of the world's most cutting-edge problem. I don't know what is the significance of the success of Modell's conjecture, I think you can ask the experts in number theory and algebraic geometry whether they will answer your question in three days and three nights or in just one sentence. ”

"You mean to say that the significance of Modell's conjecture is all up to the mathematicians?"

"So to speak. For topologists, the Model conjecture is only a use of some content in topology, and it is not of great significance, and perhaps in their eyes, the significance of the proof of the Model conjecture is only to prove an impossible problem recognized by the mathematical community. ”

Similarly, mathematicians, as different branches of the discipline, have different views on its significance. It's as if when Taniyama-Shimura came up with their conjecture, no one knew that it was the last step in proving Fermat's theorem. Therefore, the proof of mathematical conjecture takes a certain amount of time to discover its meaning. ”

"I would like to ask a question from an AFP reporter."

"Hello, Mr. Junxin, our question is ......"

"Regarding your question, I passed through France on my way to Canada, and I had a conversation with Professor Searle from the Higher Institute of Excellence, and I can answer it in Professor Searle's words, which is ......"

As time passed, Junxin answered one question after another, and apart from the fact that the reporter of the "Sun" seemed to be a little targeted, and I did not know whether Principal William was intentional or unintentional, and he almost came here to the mouthpiece of the mouthpiece media of every country in the world. That is, the focus of these media attention is different, so there is a calm answer from Junxin. When some small media asked questions later, those questions could make Junxin cry and laugh, which was really strange enough. Some media even directly asked him if he had a girlfriend and what hobbies he had.

By the time Junxin finished answering all the questions, more than two hours had passed. When Junxin returned to his position, he felt that his back was already wet.

"How does it feel?" Professor Chen asked, taking advantage of the opportunity to take a break.

"I basically don't give interviews in China!" Junxin shook his head and whispered, "Professor Hu and Professor Cheng, as well as later Professor Zhou, Professor Liang and Professor Lu, etc., all intentionally or unintentionally blocked media reports for me, both afraid that I would be crushed by the pressure of the media, and afraid that I would not be interested in learning after being reported by the media. ”

"Hehe, they're kind too, but I think you're good enough to deal with the outside world now. The answer just now is very wonderful. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, I just hope I didn't say the wrong thing just now, and it was fabricated by others to deliberately say what I framed people, then it will be too late." Junxin shook his head and said honestly.

Professor Chen hummed noncommittally and said, "Stop at this question, it is normal for scientists to be targeted and hostile to each other, but this is a bit uncommon in the mathematical community. Mathematicians have always made it their first priority to communicate a topic together and solve a problem. Except for those subjects that are almost hopeless. So whatever you say, mathematicians don't see it the same way the news media does. This is also the reason why the mathematical community has been able to stay a hundred or even hundreds of years ahead of other natural sciences. ”

"Thank you for your teaching!" Junxin thanked him very politely. He naturally knew that Chen Lao was instructing him on some things and coping methods outside of science, which belonged to the coping methods between seniors and juniors. Chen Lao said that this is the case in the mathematics world, but in fact, the implicit meaning is that other sub-disciplines outside the mathematics community are not like this, and it is still necessary to take certain precautions and protect their academic achievements.

"It's okay, just remember!" Professor Chen waved his hand and said, "By the way, some time ago, I went to the University of Pennsylvania and went to visit Gu Yuxiu and Gu Lao, Gu Lao mentioned you in his conversation with me, and he had a good impression of you, and he also said that he hoped to meet you. If you have time, take a trip to Pennsylvania. ”

"At the beginning of the year, I passed a letter with Gu Lao, Gu Lao was very supportive and valued by my juniors, Junxin didn't dare or forget, and when I finished dealing with the things at hand recently, I went to Pennsylvania for a trip."

"Have you been working on anything lately?"

"There are quite a few!" After pondering for a while, Jun Xin shook his head helplessly and enumerated them one by one, "Poincaré has already had a specific idea for the four-dimensional proof, so hurry up and get the paper out while you have time, this is the first one." The second thing is that I had an exchange with Professors Witten and Dyson, and I had some ideas about the unified field theory of physics, which I was ready to put into practice, so I also wrote a thesis. The third thing was that Professor Schwartz himself came from USC and wanted to talk to me about the article I had just published in Physical Review Letters some time ago. The fourth thing is that Professor Unger, who I met at the Crystallography Association in Toronto, also came to me recently, saying that he had encountered a little trouble in the experiment and needed to discuss it with me. I don't know if there are anything else going on in the meantime. ”

"Hehe, that's fine, solve your research problem with peace of mind first, but it won't hurt you if Gu Lao has time to go. Besides, the University of Pennsylvania is also one of the Ivy Leagues, and it is not far from here, I know Professor Carter, the head of the mathematics department at the University of Pennsylvania, and I will ask him to take you directly to Gu Lao when the time comes. ”

"There's no problem with that." Junxin nodded very simply and agreed.