Background.

Li Mu was sitting on the sofa in the background, closing his eyes and concentrating.

And his mind is still filled with a storm of knowledge.

There is one last point left...... Just the last point......

He could clearly feel that he was never so close to the answer.

It's like a keyhole.

He could even see through the hole in the keyhole behind the door.

It's just that he is about to go to power, can he still find the most critical key before he comes to power?

"Mr. Li, you can prepare in advance."

The staff of the meeting walked into the backstage and said to Li Mu.

Li Mu opened his eyes, looked at the staff member, nodded slightly at him, and said, "Okay, I know." ”

"Hmm." The staff raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "It's 9:55, and at ten o'clock, Professor Moholt will first come up to the stage to preside over the order of the scene, and when he says that he has invited you to give a speech, he can go up." ”

"I see."

Li Mu bowed, and then looked at a middle-aged man sitting in another seat in the lounge.

That person is Mohot, a member of the AMS Board of Governors, who chairs the agenda in their room.

After all, Li Mu is not the only one who is here to report, after his report is over, there are other people who will also report.

Mohote also smiled and nodded to Li Mu at this time, and then got up from his seat and came to sit next to Li Mu.

"Do you know how many people are outside today to listen to your report?"

Li Mu was slightly stunned, and then shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Since he came here, he has been putting his mind into his own mind, and he has not cared about other things at all, so he has not seen the audience outside.

Mohote sighed with emotion: "A lot of big people are here." ”

"I just took a look, Peter Schultz, Gerd Faltings, Andrew Wiles are here, and Professor Deligne in Princeton, Tao Zhexuan of the University of California...... Tut-tut, there has been almost no precedent for so many Fields Medal winners to attend a presentation at a joint mathematics conference in the past. ”

"And this report did just that."

Hearing the news, Li Mu was stunned.

What?

So many Fields Medal winners actually came to listen to his report?

In the end, I can only sigh in my heart, it is really worthy of the famous hail conjecture.

Even if he only gives a relatively large progress, and does not really solve it, it can still attract the attention of so many mathematicians.

Mohote stretched out his hand and patted Li Mu's shoulder, and said, "The hail conjecture is a great problem, and the process of proving this problem is indeed full of difficulties, and it is already very powerful that you can do this step at such a young age." ”

"I'm sure you'll do well in the report later."

"Thank you, I will."

Li Mu nodded.

At this time, the staff member walked up and said to Mohot: "Mr. Councilor, it's time for you to take the stage." ”

"Okay."

Mohote bowed slightly, then stood up, gave Li Mu an encouraging look, and then walked up.

Li Mu let out a sigh of relief, and then stood up as well.

Always ready to go out.

The chat with Mohote just now did not affect the thinking in his mind.

It's already reached this point, can't it really be solved?

Suddenly, his memory went back to when he first became interested in the hail conjecture.

He was on a plane to the Institute of Atomic Energy, where he ran into two of the same math enthusiasts, and it sparked a discussion.

Speaking of which, Ye Ning, who was accepted by him as an apprentice, later won a gold medal in the Olympiad in mathematics.

After that, you will have the opportunity to participate in the competition of the National Mathematics Olympiad.

However, the focus of his recollection was not on this incident, but on the discussion between him and Wen Huohua.

Suddenly, a noun suddenly condensed his eyes.

"Thermody's theorem...... Thermody's theorem......"

And the "return to basics" that Yun Rongshang told him that day also poured into his heart at this moment.

His form froze in place.

The storm in my mind found its way at this moment.

Until, "Mr. Li, you are about to play, Professor Mohote has already invited you to the stage!" ”

The conference staff called in Li Mu's ear.

Li Mu came back to his senses, and the storm calmed down in an instant.

Looking at the staff in front of him, he smiled and said, "Sorry, I was a little distracted just now, I'll go up now." ”

The staff breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Come on, you only have forty-three minutes of time." ”

Li Mu faced the podium outside and walked out.

And the smile on his face also showed a confidence that he had never had before.

Because, he caught it.

The fountain of inspiration hidden between the laws of mathematics.

……

On stage, Mohote looked at the backstage when no one came out for a long time, and said humorously to the audience: "Maybe our Mr. Li is missing his lover at this time." ”

There were bursts of laughter from the audience.

And it was at this time that a voice came from the backstage exit.

"Mr. Mohote is right."

Subsequently, Li Mu, who was wearing a suit, finally appeared in front of everyone.

The straight suit and shiny leather shoes make his image particularly attractive.

The eyes of the people in the audience lit up, no matter what, Li Mu's image is also the best among many mathematical scholars.

The thick black hair alone is enough to make many mathematicians envious.

And when he saw Li Mu come out, a smile appeared on Mohot's face and he teased: "Oh? It seems that our handsome Mr. Li has found his own love. ”

Li Mu smiled: "Probably, I came here today to present today's Valentine's Day gift for my lover - mathematics." ”

His words made the mathematicians at the scene stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed, and many people applauded and expressed their approval.

Mohote also laughed, "I see, well, I won't bother you to give a gift to your lover." ”

"Please also welcome Li Mu with applause again and bring his speech to everyone."

The applause was stirred again, Moholt left the podium, and Li Mu came to the middle.

"The puzzle of the hail conjecture has puzzled the mathematical community for a long time."

"Under its rules, it seems that any positive integer must fall like hail, to the starting point of 1."

"And is that true?"

"I will take you to explore this answer step by step in this report."

"I also hope that Math can like this Valentine's Day gift of mine."

……

(End of chapter)