"Perhaps, the relationship between teachers and students is not like this, because the relationship between teachers and students is formed by accident, but if you want to get along better, you also need the joint efforts of both parties." Wiles said with a smile.

"Whether it is teacher-student affection or family affection, coupled with love, what is needed is a two-way dedication, and such feelings are the most sincere and stronger."

When he mentions the teacher-student relationship, he thinks of his teacher.

and that Parker 51 fountain pen.

After all, the precious fountain pen was given to him by his teacher back then.

Simon Donaldson nodded slightly, acknowledging Wiles's words.

A good mentor is very crucial to the career of a scholar like them, and a letter of recommendation can bring a huge boost to their start.

Otherwise, he will be like Zhang Yitang, who was depressed for half his life, and it was not until his twilight years that he finally became famous.

His experience is basically known to people in the mathematical community.

After a moment, Simon Donaldson suddenly smiled and asked, "Just like you and Richard Taylor?" ”

"Yes." Wiles nodded.

Richard Taylor was the student who helped him prove Fermat's theorem.

In the original proof, although Richard Taylor did not bring decisive help to the final proof, it was a great encouragement for Wiles.

Because he did not succeed in proving Fermat's theorem for the first time, he was pointed out by others for a fatal mistake, which caused him to fall into a tangle for nearly a year, and when he was about to give up, the help and encouragement brought to him by this student finally made him persevere and complete the proof.

So this also makes him attach great importance to the relationship between teachers and students.

不过这个时候，西蒙·唐纳森就坏笑了起来：“但现在看来，你对李牧的期待，要更胜过你和泰勒之间的情谊嘛。 ”

Wiles was stunned for a moment, and immediately quickly retorted: "Don't talk nonsense, I look forward to Li Mu because of his talent, but Taylor is still one of my most valued students." ”

"yes, then I'll have to talk to Taylor."

"Don't mess around, I'll treat you to a meal next time."

Simon Donaldson burst out laughing.

"Okay, that's a deal."

Wiles glared at him angrily: "Trick me on another meal." ”

But at this moment, his mobile phone suddenly rang.

Glancing at the caller.

"Huh? Why did the old fellow call from Deligne? ”

Wiles, who had also served at Princeton University for more than a decade, also served as the Eugene Higgins Professor at Princeton University, an honorary faculty position that represented more outstanding abilities than ordinary professors.

Of course, it was because of this experience that he was familiar with the professors at Princeton University who were familiar with Deligne.

The phone was connected, and Deligne's voice rang.

"Wiles, you guy, last time you relied on a pen to make Li Mu your student, should you make up for us now and help us think of a way to let Li Mu publish the English version of his proof?"

Wiles pulled the phone away so as not to disturb his ears, and when Déligne finished speaking, he replied, "I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry about it yet." ”

"Li Mu has not published now, there must be his considerations, we all have to be patient, then again, you might as well learn Chinese together like me, this language is very interesting."

"What? Crazy, just to read a paper, I'm going to learn Chinese? "You should have felt how hard it is to learn Chinese, and I'd rather spend a few months learning Latin than a year studying Chinese." ”

Wiles smiled: "It's always a good thing to learn more, what if Li Mu presents important results at their mathematics conference in China in the future?" ”

Hearing Wiles's words, Drinne was stunned for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "It seems to make sense." ”

"Really?"

"Okay, what you said makes sense this time, it just so happens that I haven't had much to do recently, so I can learn it." Deligne said: "But one thing that must be said is that you can't let the entire mathematical community learn Chinese, unless you make Huaguo also a superpower, not to mention that for now, so many people in our mathematical community have been looking forward to the proof of the twin prime conjecture." ”

Wiles: "Hmm...... You're right, okay, I'll get in touch with Li Mu when I get back. ”

"Okay, this matter will be left to you, and our mathematical community is looking forward to Li Mu's response." Deligne said: "In addition, to tell you the news, the Cole Number Theory Award will be awarded this year, as long as Li Mu's proof of the twin prime conjecture is confirmed, plus the previous hail conjecture, this award must be his." ”

怀尔斯一愣：“对，你提醒的是。 ”

The Cole Prize in Number Theory, awarded every three years, is given to a mathematician who has made significant contributions to number theory, and who has been awarded the prize after he proved Fermat's theorem.

If you miss it, you'll have to wait another three years.

Of course, Li Mu has proved that the hail conjecture is definitely enough in terms of qualifications, and even 99% can be taken, but no one dislikes turning this probability into 100%.

Then Déligne said no more and hung up the phone.

Wiles also immediately found Li Mu's contact information.

……

As for what Li Mu is doing at this time?

After proving the twin prime conjecture, he was surrounded by a bunch of mathematicians in China for a long time, and had a discussion with Zhang Yitang.

Then he wanted to take a little time to meet his sister, but obviously, he couldn't have the time for himself at this time.

The swarming media surrounded him, these media were originally here to report on this academic summit, how could they have thought that they could bump into such a big news, and of course it was impossible to let Li Mu go.

Fortunately, the Chinese Mathematical Association hurriedly sent someone to help him out of the siege, otherwise he would have been drowned out by these media.

However, as soon as he came out of the wolf's den, he entered the tiger's mouth again.

Obviously, the Chinese Mathematical Society will not let go of him, the benchmark of the domestic mathematics community, so I invited him to give his thoughts on this report.

After all, it was the host's invitation, and he could only agree.

In this way, he could only tell Li Ruyu to tell her not to wait, and wait until he was done with the affairs of the past two days.

In this regard, Li Ruyu was not surprised at all, and Xin Xin was also anxious again at this time because she remembered the paper she had been approved again, so the two returned to the laboratory together.

In this way, for the next period of time, Li Mu seemed to become the busiest person in the entire Chinese mathematics community.

And the entire Chinese mathematics community seems to have become festive, celebrating the achievements of this Chinese mathematical genius.

It's just that no one noticed that after Li Mu's report ended, in a corner of the auditorium, there was a person who had been looking at the blackboards above with a dull gaze.

If Li Mu was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this person, it was Fan Pairen, who he met in the car that day, and claimed to be one step away from being able to prove the twin prime conjecture.

When he heard Li Mu announce that he had proved the twin prime conjecture, Fan Pairen had been in a state of stupor, unable to believe it.

He spent almost twenty years studying twin primes, and it was all in vain?

(End of chapter)