"August 8th...... ICTP International Centre for Theoretical Physics ......"

Looking at this invitation letter, Li Mu's heart thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered.

August 8 is Dirac's birthday, and as one of the founders of quantum mechanics, the ICTP International Center for Theoretical Physics usually holds a conference to commemorate the physicist, inviting various scholars to participate in this conference.

Of course, although the ICTP is called the International Center for Theoretical Physics, mathematics is actually within its scope of study, after all, theoretical physics and mathematics are very closely related.

So usually at this time, they will also invite a lot of mathematicians to come.

As for the purpose of the conference, in addition to academic exchanges, it is also to present several well-known awards in the academic community.

The most well-known of these is the ICTP Dirac Medal, as well as the Ramanujan Medal in mathematics.

These two awards are relatively famous, and there are several other awards.

I think there will be a lot of people who will come to this conference by then.

It is......

"August 8th...... in Italy. ”

Seeing the address of this meeting, Li Mu shook his head helplessly, he had just returned here from Germany, and now in less than a month, he was going to Italy again.

The most important thing is that Brexit is very troublesome to go to the European continent.

"Hey, these Britons are really good at messing around."

He couldn't help but complain.

……

两封邀请函的事情，倒是也没有太过影响李牧。

Compared with the invitation of the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the invitation to the International Congress of Mathematicians has received more attention.

This is a grand gathering of mathematicians, and it has an unparalleled influence on the entire mathematical community, so in the next few days, the mathematical community began to talk about next year's conference.

Of course, most of the talk was about the invited speakers of this session.

For many mathematicians, all the speakers in one hour dare not think about it, but the 45-minute speakers can still think about it, after all, there are nearly 200 speakers in 45 minutes.

So in the next period of time, in various places related to mathematical research, such as the mathematics department of the university, or in various mathematical research institutes, the following scenes will occur-

"Have you received an invitation to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians?"

"No, you got it?"

"I don't either, alas, I don't know when it will be my turn."

"I want to know ...... too"

Then just when the two frustrated people looked helpless, a person suddenly appeared next to them: "Alas, how do you know that I have become this year's invited speaker?" It's a pity that I didn't become an invited speaker for an hour, and of course, forty-five minutes is not bad. ”

Two frustrated people: "??? Get out! ”

In this way, in all kinds of discussions, it can be regarded as a little warm-up for this year-later conference.

It wasn't until about a week later that all the invited speakers were officially announced on the official website of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

All of a sudden, all sorts of mathematicians went to the official website to see who had been invited.

There are no people you know in it.

Then, among all the speakers in one hour, Li Mu's name immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

This young mathematician, who is only 21 years old, has become a one-hour speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians?!

Even if it was expected, such an age, among all the other one-hour reporters...... No, even the forty-five-minute speaker is particularly eye-catching.

All of a sudden, all sorts of math-related forums exploded.

On Reddit, a post titled "Li Mu, the provers of the hail conjecture and twin prime conjecture, was invited to the International Congress of Mathematicians for one hour", which was jokingly called the foreign version of Tieba by Chinese netizens, attracted thousands of discussions and replies.

【Generous Crab! The youngest speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in history has appeared! Twenty-one-year-old speaker! Even if it is only 22 years old when the official report is made next year, my God, he is the reincarnation of Gauss, right? 】

[Gauss is not as powerful as him at his age, not necessarily]

Who knows? 咱们可不能将那个时代的人和咱们这个时代的人进行对比，不管如何，如果说高斯是数学之王的话，我愿意称李牧为数学之皇！ 】

[Hey, I think sooner or later Li Mu will be called the Emperor of Mathematics and become the second Grothendieck!] 】

[No, no, no, you are all mistaken, Li Mu doesn't need to be the second person anymore, he is himself! ] 】

[I really don't know what Li Mu will talk about in this one-hour report, does he have to prove a conjecture again? ] 】

【天啊，他千万别证明哥德巴赫猜想，至少在我毕业之前！ My thesis is related to Goldbach's conjecture, and if he proves it, then my efforts will be in vain! 】

[There's still a year to go, don't worry, if you haven't graduated in a year, then it's still too late for you to change your subject :)]

【说不定过一段时间李牧就证明出来了呢？ 】

[There is no such possibility!] 】

……

As the discussion of this post became more and more popular, more and more people knew about it.

Of course, the news also spread back to China, and caused all kinds of exclamations among domestic netizens, and it didn't take long for the topic of [Li Mu, the youngest speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians] to reach the top without any suspense on various hot search lists.

[I'm a! Invited to the one-hour presentation of the International Congress of Mathematicians! Oh, my God! 华人中所有收到过一小时报告邀请的人，两只手都数得过来，其中是以华国人身份受邀的，更是只有过一位，就是在2010年的彭实戈院士！ Li Mu: This is the second place! 】

[Awesome, Faun! 】

[Unclear but awesome, the International Congress of Mathematicians, isn't it a very awesome conference? ] 】

[Damn, the name alone sounds awesome, don't you say awesome? And this conference will also award Fields Medals, do you know what a Fields Medal is! Learn about the Nobel Prize in mathematics? 】

[I'll make it!] Do you think the Faun will win the Fields Medal at this conference? 】

[This...... It's really hard to say, what if? 】

[Yes, what if? 】

All of a sudden, these netizens' hearts were pounding.

They don't really want to witness the first Chinese mathematician to win the Fields Medal, right?

Even if they didn't take it themselves, it made them feel a sense of honor.

……

"Congratulations, you have become a one-hour speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians."

At Oxford University, in Andrew Wiles's office, as a tutor, Wiles smiled and congratulated Li Mu.

And next to him, Li Mu's fellow disciples were also celebrating Li Mu.

"Lee! You are my God! ”

"One Hour Report Inviter! Too strong Lee! 你就是上帝！ God of Math！ ”

Someone even stuffed a bottle of champagne directly into Li Mu's hand: "Open the champagne!" ”

In the face of such hospitality, Li Mu couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

Naturally, you can't open the champagne, otherwise it will be a little troublesome to clean up.

Of course, no matter what, he still expressed his gratitude: "Thank you! ”

Wiles smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "A one-hour report can be regarded as your only way, and every mathematician who can be regarded as successful must stand on such a podium and export your knowledge or opinions to mathematicians all over the world." ”

"I remember the last time I was invited to give a one-hour presentation, it was many years ago, and it was really worth remembering."

As he spoke, his eyes also showed remembrance.

However, he soon put away this remembrance, then looked at Li Mu again and asked, "So...... What do you plan to say in your report at that time? Let me guess, is it a proof of Goldbach's conjecture? ”

When the fellow disciples next to him heard Wiles's words, they all became excited.

"Proving Goldbach's conjecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians? That's so cool!! ”

"If you buy it evenly, you will definitely be able to make the headlines on the front page of BCC when the time comes!"

"I can't miss it then!"

However, compared to everyone's excitement, Li Mu seemed very calm.

He pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Probably not. ”

Wiles: They were all stunned, "Oh? Why? 在那种场合下证明哥德巴赫猜想绝对很不错，如果不是当年没有那个机会，我也想在这样的报告现场直接证明费马大定理的。 ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "The scene of your report proving Fermat's theorem back then is actually very interesting. ”

When Wiles proved Fermat's theorem, he divided it into three reports, one a day, and he did not announce his purpose in advance to prove Fermat's theorem, but named the three reports as modular form, elliptic curve, and Galois representation.

But when the audience listened and listened, they suddenly came back to their senses, and the ultimate purpose of Wiles's reports seemed to point to Fermat's theorem?

As a result, the academic community suddenly surged, and at the time of the third presentation, the scene was crowded with mathematicians.

But Wiles pretended not to know anything on the surface, and it was not until the end of the final report that he suddenly came back to his senses and said: this means that Fermat's last theorem is correct.

Therefore, when it comes to the whole work, he, the teacher, is really good at the whole thing.

However, Andrew Wiles's face became embarrassed, and he waved his hand again and again and said, "Don't mention the three reports of the year, it's a shame." ”

The life is the whole thing, but if he really proves to be successful, it is a good life, and the result is that failure.

Identified as: rotten live.

李牧笑了笑，随后便解释道：“其实关于哥德巴赫猜想，我已经差不多到最后的一步了。 ”

Under the blank gaze of Wiles and the others, he pinched his chin and made a thoughtful look on his face.

"Maybe in less than a year, I'll be able to prove it."

"So if I really want to report in a year's time, I'll probably change to another topic."

The words are not shocking, Wiles and they never expected that Li Mu had reached the last step?

Silence is the office at this time.

……

"Ding-ding-bang......"

The sound of rain outside the window was ticking, and it was still there for three days and three nights.

The UK has a temperate maritime climate, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer, but the only problem is that there is a lot of rain.

The warmer temperature during this time of July brings more frequent rainfall.

Under the window, Li Mu sat at his desk and pondered for a long time.

Goldbach's conjecture has indeed come to an end—of course, more strictly speaking, the algebraic geometry of the circle and sieve methods has come to an end.

By the time he had completed this, Li Mu had basically believed that as long as the two were combined, Goldbach's conjecture would be solved.

But he is still one step away.

"Do you want to take advantage of [Ultimate Overclocking]?"

Li Mu hesitated for a moment, and his mind was on the computer in his mind, the last two hours of ultimate overclocking.

For this function, he has always been very economical to use, and he only used it for a few hours when he was proving dimensional power before.

Until now, there is only 1 hour, 56 minutes and 32 seconds left.

Moreover, now that he has his mind computer upgraded to level four, once he uses the ultimate overclock, the effect will be even more powerful than when he used it at level three.

"However, what is lacking now is the key inspiration, and [Ultimate Overclocking] may not be as useful."

Thinking of this, he also shook his head and gave up on this plan.

So, the question is, what exactly to do next?

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

The sound of rain crashing on the window made him finally raise his head.

Reach out and place it on the glass of the window.

It's cold, and even though it's July, today's temperature is about 15 degrees.

I saw a row of fences outside the window that should be very old, and the dense wall creepers were constantly shaking by the rain dripping.

Li Mu put down the pen in his hand, and then stood up.

Suddenly, he made a decision not to study it for the time being, but to go outside for a walk.

Good times and good times, how can they be fake?

It had been a long time since he had tried to walk in the rain.

Just go.

Change into clothes, grab an umbrella - maybe when he was a kid, he would choose to walk in the rain in the second grade, like the main character in an anime TV series.

But now that he's an adult, forget it.

Walked out of the dormitory building and walked around the school.

In the rain, there were few, or none, people hanging out on campus like him.

Basically, everyone has a purpose, and he is probably the only one, walking aimlessly.

The rain has cooled the world a lot, as if his thinking has become much clearer and more energetic.

Probably people need a certain amount of cooling.

Walking like this, he walked out of Merton's Academy, walking from house to house, sometimes entering one of the houses on a whim, and taking a few looks.

时间渐渐流逝，只有蒙蒙的雨水，仍然在下着。

And habitually, in Li Mu's mind, he once again couldn't help but think about the problems he encountered.

直到突然间，地面上，一颗镶嵌在路中规整的鹅卵石，其饱满的椭圆弧形，引起了他的注意。

"If so...... L-function ...... What about elliptical curves? ”

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and the cool rainy day gave him clear thinking, and suddenly, he grabbed the tail of inspiration.

(End of chapter)