From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

These mathematicians who hadn't guessed what Lin Xiao was going to do before were shocked besides being shocked.

This thing came too suddenly, right? !

The Hodge conjecture, one of the seven major problems of the millennium, is now about to be completely solved?

But mathematicians like Deligne, who had already guessed what Lin Xiao was going to do, could only wonder in their hearts.

Sure enough, Lin Xiao was aiming at Hodge's conjecture.

Although they don't know if Lin Xiao can really do it, but recalling Lin Xiao's past achievements, they have nothing but belief in their hearts.

Of course, after thinking of this, all of them picked up their mobile phones at the same time, started calling their friends who didn't come to the mathematicians conference, and said, "Dude, don't you want to miss the fact that the Hodge conjecture was discovered?" That historic moment of proof?"

Obviously, no one wants to miss such an important moment.

As one of the greatest conjectures in algebraic geometry, one of the greatest conjectures in the mathematics world, and one of the major issues that can make great contributions to the unification of mathematics, the Hodge Conjecture Proof Report Conference can definitely be regarded as the first in the mathematics world. a feast.

Regardless of whether they are mathematicians who study algebraic geometry and algebraic topology, I believe they will not want to miss this kind of time.

Just like when Andrew Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem, his third lecture was completely packed with people.

So, these mathematicians called their friends, and those mathematicians who didn't come to the scene, naturally all couldn't wait to book plane tickets, and started to come here.

On the other side, Carlos Keenig, the chairman of the International Mathematical Union, was already wide-eyed at this time, and his heart was full of excitement.

"Professor Lin...Professor Lin... What he wants to solve is Hodge's conjecture? Is this the miracle he told me?"

Of course, he was the most excited about this matter. When he was the chairman of the International Mathematical Union, he was able to witness such an important historic moment in the proof of a conjecture. How could he not be excited?

However, probably because he was too excited, his face suddenly turned pale, and then he took a few breaths violently. The person next to him quickly patted his back and asked in shock, "What's wrong with you?"

And Carlos Keenig slowed down for a while, and finally felt better, and then said: "It's okay, but there is something wrong with the body."

Then he realized something, and said, "Go and see, can you give him more time for Professor Lin's lecture the day after tomorrow? There must be more time! This is Hodge's conjecture! Go to the organizing committee!"

Hearing this, the people next to him also reacted immediately.

That's right!

This is the proof of Hodge's conjecture!

Fields lecture is only one hour, and how can a one-hour report be worthy of the proof of Hodge's conjecture?

At least two or three hours.

After all, there is a high probability that it will take some time just for the questioning session.

So soon, they determined that Lin Xiao's Fields lecture schedule would be from [-]:[-] p.m. all will do.

Then, in less than an hour, the organizing committee of this conference announced a notice: [In view of the fact that Professor Lin Xiao will give an important sharing about Hodge’s conjecture at the Fields Lecture the day after tomorrow, the organizing committee decided to send Lin Xiao Professor Fields' lecture will be extended for one hour, and the time is currently planned to be from 7:9 to [-]:[-] pm on July [-]th. If you are interested, you can participate in it. 】

However, not long after this notification ended, the organizing committee of the conference announced another notification: [The date of Professor Lin Xiao’s Fields Lecture has been changed, and the scheduled time is 7 am on July 10. 】

The original July 7th was a free day, that is, there was no plan on this day, and it was a day for all participants to rest. The schedule of the International Conference of Mathematicians is very tight, so there will usually be such free day.

But now, they have postponed Lin Xiao's speech to this day because too many mathematicians have sent them emails, saying that they also want to see the report, and hope that the organizing committee can coordinate the time .

Otherwise, there is only one day in between, and it is really inconvenient for them to come here.

So the organizing committee of the conference negotiated with Lin Xiao and postponed the time by one day. It just so happened that this day was also free time, and everyone was most awake in the morning, so it happened to let Lin Xiao make a report.

In this way, Lin Xiao is probably the only one who asked the organizing committee to adjust the time of his reports at the two International Congresses of Mathematicians.

At the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians, Lin Xiao's 45-minute report was adjusted to a one-hour report, and this year's Fields Lecture in 2022 was also adjusted to a report that can last at least two hours.

He also couldn't laugh or cry about this. Of course, all he needs to do is to cultivate his spirit and prepare for the report in a few days.

……

In the following time, this matter was quickly spread, and then the entire mathematics world was shocked.

what?

Lin Xiao is going to prove Hodge's conjecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians?

And this matter has also been certified by a top mathematician.

Ever since, the world of mathematics, which was proved at the beginning of the year because of Lin's conjecture, once again fell into a boil, and it was even more exciting than the proof of Lin's conjecture.

The Hodge conjecture, one of the seven great problems of the millennium, will be proved, and no mathematician will not be excited.

If Goldbach's conjecture is the jewel in the crown of number theory, then Hodge's conjecture is the jewel in the crown of mathematics.

After all, compared to the genius game of mathematics such as number theory, algebraic geometry can be regarded as an important link of mathematics, and Hodge's conjecture is like this.

Of course, if any mathematician announces that he has proved the Hodge conjecture, no one will care, because the academic world pays attention to a credit, which is the so-called academic credit.

Just like Minke, why no one believed them before they announced that they had proved an important conjecture. First of all, it was because, before proving an important conjecture, the prover must have had some results. With credit, otherwise, if an unknown person publishes an important conclusion, obviously no one will read it.

As for why Perelman announced that he had proved the Poincaré conjecture, he was able to directly receive the attention of the academic community. This is because he was the one who rejected the EMS award in 1996, and he also accepted it as early as 1994. The only award he accepted was the St. Petersburg Mathematical Society Award in 1991-after all, he lives in St. Petersburg.

Therefore, just because Lin Xiao's "academic credit" is considered first-class in the world, people generally believe that he really proved the Hodge conjecture.

Including the country of China, this matter has already spread.

In fact, Lin Xiao's name was already on the hot search list before this matter reached Huaguo.

Because on July 7, when Lin Xiao won the Fields Medal, the country was already boiling, and various official media, including CCTV News, broadcast the news serially, so he had long been on the hot search list, and has been did not come down.

No one in Huaguo had ever received a Fields Medal before, so the Fields Medal was not very well-known in Huaguo, basically only the Nobel Prize was known, but now Lin Xiao brought back the Fields Medal, Coupled with the publicity of the official media, people immediately knew how important the Fields Medal was.

It turned out that only one day had passed, and Lin Xiao was on another trending search.

[Lin Xiao will solve Hodge's conjecture], as soon as this hot search went up, countless netizens poured in with doubts about "what is Hodge's conjecture", and then came out with shock.

Hodge's conjecture is actually a more important mathematical conjecture than Goldbach's conjecture?

Moreover, to solve this Hodge conjecture, can you get a prize of 100 million US dollars?

With such a bonus amount in front of him, it would be difficult not to let people realize how strong this conjecture is. After all, the Fields Medal that Lin Xiao won, except for a medal, was only 15000 Canadian dollars.

As a result, the netizens in Huaguo were also excited.

"Your forest god is still your forest god"

"Ah~ I am the god of the forest, I will always be the god~"

"If only I had a tenth of Lin Shen's strength." 』

"Lin Shen is the Fibonacci sequence of infinite prime numbers, Mersenne prime distribution law, twin prime conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture, Lin's titanium bonding mechanism, multidimensional field theory, root search method, electronic topological bonding theory, Hodge Conjecture, Wolfe Mathematics, double winner in physics, Fields Medal winner... and a series of comprehensive, do you want to have one-tenth of him? 』

"Uh... one percent is fine! 』

"The gap is too big, forget it, Professor Lin is only 22 years old this year, so let's not think too much about it. 』

……

In this way, amidst all kinds of boiling, the calendar also moved from July 7th to July 7th.

And in St. Petersburg on this day, the average IQ was a little higher compared to the previous few days.

Because, more than 1000 mathematicians or enthusiasts came here.

Witness together, that historic moment.

Chapter 296 Congratulations to the Mathematics World

2022年7月10日上午08:30。

St. Petersburg National Theater, the main venue.

Countless mathematicians poured into the venue from the door, and then began to take their seats. The top mathematicians sat in the front seats, and then they were basically arranged in the back row according to the level of strength in the mathematics world.

Here, regardless of age and seniority, whoever is most likely to understand the report will sit at the front.

In the front row seat, Pierre Deligne chose his seat, and suddenly found that an old man next to him was very familiar, and couldn't help being surprised: "Professor Searle, you are here too? It seems that you are in good health." .”

This old man is none other than Professor Jean-Pierre Serre, Lin Xiao's doctoral supervisor.

Searle said with a smile: "It's just a few hours of flying, and I can still bear the distance."

Then, he put his eyes on the stage and said with emotion: "What's more, Lin was also my student. He has made such important achievements. Of course, my teacher, I have to come and see."

Hearing this, Deligne's old face twitched.

He still couldn't forget this matter, if only Lin Xiao went to study for his Ph.D.

And look, Lin Xiao's recent achievements in mathematics are all in algebraic geometry and topology, which he is good at.

But no matter what, Lin Xiao is already someone else's Ph.D., he can only sigh, expressing helplessness, and then said: "You are so lucky."

"Hahaha, I think so too." Searle laughed, and then said: "Look, I won the Fields Medal at the age of 28, and I have always been the youngest winner. Now my students succeed I completed this breakthrough for me, and it will be difficult for others to make a breakthrough in the future. Think about it. In the future, the mathematics community will know that the two youngest winners of the Fields Medal are a pair of teachers and students. How interesting is that?"

"It's really interesting."

Deligne was even more envious.

"However, it's a pity that I wasn't there on the day he presented the award. Otherwise, I would have had a few drinks with him."

"Tonight, too."

"Hehe, there's no need tonight." Searle smiled, and then took out a bottle of champagne from a bag on the ground.

Deligne was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing: "You are always so well prepared."

"Of course."

Searle smiled slightly, and when Lin Xiao completed the proof, he would go up with his own hands and deliver the bottle of champagne up.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The team from Huaguo is also sitting together and talking.

"There are so many people."

A professor of mathematics from Peking University couldn't help but look at the number of people in the venue.

Not even the previous plenary sessions had so many people, not even the opening ceremony.

Now, the entire main venue is full of people, including many people in the aisle. It can be said that it is not as good as the situation where more than 1 people listened to the report in the Great Hall of the People.

Next to him, Xu Ji, who just arrived yesterday, said with a smile: "After all, what Lin Xiao wants to prove is Hodge's conjecture. There are so many people, it's normal. When he proved Goldbach's conjecture, there were more people than this." Woolen cloth."

"Oh, sometimes I really envy Lin Xiao's talent. I used to think that I could treat him calmly, but now, I still can't bear it."

On the other side, another professor couldn't help but said.

Everyone looked at it and said with a smile: "Professor E, let's not compare with Lin Xiao. You have received invitations for one-hour reports this year, and you have already made history for our country."

This Enan professor is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is well-known in the domestic mathematics circles. At the same time, he also received an invitation from the International Conference of Mathematicians, and it was only an hour. History has been made.

After all, there are not many mathematicians who hold Hua nationality and have received a one-hour report.

Professor E'nan smiled. It was indeed a happy thing for him to receive an invitation for a one-hour report. After all, this is a relatively high honor in the international mathematics community.

Of course, compared to Lin Xiao's Fields Medal and the Hodge Conjecture that is about to be proved in his hands, the one-hour report suddenly became nothing worth mentioning.

However, when they were chatting, there was a sudden commotion behind them, and many people turned their eyes to the door.

When they saw this scene, they couldn't help wondering, what happened?

So they all turned their heads and looked towards the gate at the back, and then they all showed surprised expressions.

Because, a bearded man suddenly appeared at the door, looking rather scruffy.

However, it was precisely because of this man's big beard that the people present quickly recognized him.

"Perelman?!"

The mathematicians present all showed surprised expressions.

The prover of the Poincaré conjecture, who hadn't been seen for more than ten years, actually came to the scene?

Of course, this is most likely because Perelman lived in St. Petersburg, so it is very convenient, but no matter what, Perelman's appearance here still surprised everyone present.

It seems that the proof of Hodge's conjecture, even he, who has hardly any communication with the mathematics world, couldn't help but listen to it.

Of course, thinking of Perelman's character, the people present quickly looked away, so as not to get bored and run away again. After all, he said at the beginning that he didn't want to be displayed like an animal in a zoo.

Soon, Perelman found a corner seat and sat down, and people stopped paying attention.

At this time, it was already 8:55, and there were only 5 minutes left before the official start of the report.

Backstage, Lin Xiao sat in his seat, closed his eyes and meditated.

And in his mind, he recalled all his proof process.