"Champagne, I've got it ready for you, too."

Martin Taylor gave up his position to Li Mu, and by the way, he ordered the bottle cap of champagne next to him, with a smile on his face.

Li Mu looked at this bottle of champagne, it was the one he hadn't opened a month ago.

He smiled, "Thank you for remembering this." ”

"Haha, of course I do."

Martin Taylor patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and then walked off the stage without saying more.

On the podium, only Li Mu remained.

Take a deep breath, then exhale slowly.

Then, Li Mu said slowly: "As Dean Martin said just now, the Goldbach conjecture has stumped our mathematical community for too long and spanned too many histories. ”

"But I want to say, that's enough."

"Today, it's up to me to draw the final end to this 280-year history."

As soon as the multimedia screen behind it moved, the title of the report appeared on the PPT: [K-Mode Theory, Elliptic Curves, and Goldbach's Conjecture]

"Sieve method, a basic method in number theory, whose object of study is the sieve function, that is, the number of elements of a finite subset of integers that have been 'filtered'."

"The original sieving method, of course, was the Eratosthenian sieve method, but as a classical sieving method, it did not have much theoretical value and was not developed for a long time."

"But as our mathematics moved into the 20th century, various methods were improved, and the value of sieving developed."

李牧的手一动，PPT再度翻页。

"The circle method comes from Hardy and Littlewood, two of the most famous collaborators in mathematics."

"The Hardy-Littlewood circle method, like the sieve method, has become one of the most commonly used methods in number theory."

……

At the beginning of the report, Li Mu first introduced the two most important methods he used in the proof process.

Although what he said was very basic in the mathematical world, none of the people present expressed impatience.

It wasn't until after introducing these two methods, which have a very important position in the number theory community, that Li Mu suddenly turned his head, looked at the people present, and said, "Here, I want to ask you a question. ”

“是否，还有其他的理论，或者是数学方法，都能够像圆法和筛法一样，通过不同的变化实现结合呢？”

"Perhaps, if this is true, we may be able to achieve another kind of unity in mathematics."

Hearing this question he raised, these mathematicians present couldn't help but think.

This...... Can it be done?

However, Li Mu didn't give them much to think about, and then said: "Okay, let's get to the point, that is, the combination of the sieve method and the circle method." ”

"This is also the most important key step in proving Goldbach's conjecture."

"Before that, allow me to express my gratitude to Professor Lucas Licht, because it was in working with him that I was able to understand the direction of this possibility."

Everyone in the room couldn't help but look at Lucas Licht's seat.

Lucas Licht also had a smile on his face, although he didn't provide much help for Li Mu's proof, limited to this method he envisioned, but what he didn't expect was that Li Mu would thank him in public.

The young man ...... It's hard not to like it.

Of course, Li Mu on the stage did not dwell too much on this matter, and then continued: "After about a month of research, my intuition told me that I could not complete the combination of these two methods in the field of number theory alone, so I had to introduce other fields, and then algebraic geometry came into my sight. ”

"So that's how my attempt began......"

He turned around and began to write on the blackboard.

【In∮f（z）z^-(n+1)dz=2pπian……】

【ζ=exp（2πir）/s……】

As Li Mu took a few steps, the eyes of the mathematicians below lit up.

In Li Mu's paper, in fact, these mathematicians have a big doubt, that is, how Li Mu came up with the idea of combining sieve and circle in the field of algebraic geometry.

It's just that in the paper, Li Mu didn't explain this, just directly deduced the method, and then completed the combination of the two.

After all, the paper will only show the process of solving the problem, and it is naturally impossible to put all the ideas into it.

And finally, this question that has been plaguing the mathematical community, now Li Mu has given his explanation.

"I see!"

In the first row of seats, Faltins's brows moved, and his face, which had been expressionless all the time that had been made by Wiles, finally had a wave at this time.

"It is basically determined through the remnants, and then enters the complex plane...... And then through the method of analytic extension, a certain hidden connection between the two methods is discovered? ”

Faltins pondered silently, and finally his eyes lit up.

"No wonder! No wonder he thought of solving it in algebraic geometry! ”

This wonderful step is worthy of his praise for Li Mu.

Turning his head, he looked to the side.

At this time, Wiles and Deligne obviously reacted, and their faces showed expressions of sudden realization.

This is one of the purposes for them to participate in the report meeting, not only to communicate with Li Mu more closely, but also to understand what kind of thinking Li Mu has in the process of solving problems.

This report will be worth it!

However...... "Wiles, it seems that you don't know how Li Mu thought of this?" Can this also be called a teacher? ”

Faltins scoffed.

Wiles waved his hand indifferently and said, "Don't you know that there is an old saying in Huaguo: "The master leads the door, and the cultivation is in the individual?" ”

"There is also a saying, called: The disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, and the teacher does not have to be better than the disciple."

Faltins: "......"

Deligne, who was next to him, silently gave Wiles a middle finger.

You're really right.

……

Of course, the mathematicians who understood Li Mu's step couldn't help but want to applaud at this time, but for those mathematicians who didn't understand, they could only express their bewilderment.

In particular, the students who came from major universities in the UK were basically at a loss.

In addition to the professors, there were many students who booked the presentation, especially the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

It can be said that the number of mathematics students from these two schools is the largest, however, in the face of this level of presentation, they have no extra time to do anything other than frantically take notes.

Tom and another fellow Lester were in the back seats, looking at the steps written by Li Mu on the blackboard, they were all in a daze.

Tom: "Do you understand?" ”

Lester: "Uh...... Got a little bit of it...... Right? Anyway, it's the basic theorem of remnants! Ha ha. ”

Tom: "...... I also know that's the fundamental theorem of residual numbers. ”

The two were silent for a moment, and finally sighed together.

Being a classmate with Li Mu, although they don't feel pressure, after all, the gap is too big, there is no need to feel it, but it always makes them feel ......

They are dispensable.

After a moment of separation, they raised their heads again, but they were suddenly frozen, because the blackboard was only half written just now, and now it was suddenly full!

It seems that Li Mu is even going to start wiping the blackboard!

They suddenly didn't dare to be distracted anymore and continued to take notes frantically.

……

Of course, in addition to those students, there are also CCTV and BCC reporters who are confused.

However, compared to the confusion of those scholars or students, they are very easy to accept their confusion.

If they really understand, then they won't be able to accept it.

"Hmm...... Do you understand what Li Mu is talking about? ”

Chen Lin asked Zhang Tao next to him.

Zhang Tao shook his head: "I don't understand, Boss Shang, do you understand?" I heard that you scored more than 140 points in mathematics in the college entrance examination. ”

Shang Peiyuan: "...... Don't you say that the college entrance examination math is good or not in this kind of place? Lose face. ”

高考数学那玩意儿，能和这种报告会比？

Zhang Tao nodded thoughtfully: "That's what I said." ”

At this moment, a BCC reporter walked over and suddenly greeted them: "Hey, Shang, I didn't expect to see you here." ”

尚培元三个人看到这个记者，脸上也都露出了笑容。

They all know this reporter, and he is one of the few normal reporters in the BCC, in addition to not posting biased news, he also said a lot of things for Huaguo, although it is useless, but this friendship is still there.

"Maynes, I didn't expect you to come too." Shang Peiyuan said with a smile.

"I'm very interested in this kind of science news that sounds awesome, so I took this task, speaking of which, this Li Mu from your country is really amazing."

"Of course!"

Hearing others boast about their families, the three Chinese reporters naturally expressed their approval.

"Your Chinese mathematical foundation is really enviable, although we also have a compulsory education system in the UK, but our mathematical foundation is also notoriously poor......"

Shang Peiyuan comforted: "Different countries have different habits, and your mathematical foundation is actually not much worse." ”

Maynes shook his head, "Don't comfort me, just like me, I still think I'm better than Cameron at best, at least I can calculate that 8 times 9 equals 82." ”

Shang Peiyuan, Zhang Tao, Chen Lin: "......"

Belch...... Are they correcting or not correcting?

This is a problem.

(End of chapter)