Chapter 172 Everyone, you have witnessed history
The penultimate day of the academic conference.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the time for Wang Donglai's academic report.
To this day, Hanhua and Yang Wanpeng have not heard the good news from Wang Donglai, and they can't help but feel a little disappointed.
However, the next second, the two of them reacted.
This is Wang Donglai's academic report. It is an academic report on the ABC conjecture and Hodge conjecture that he proved. It is a process of communicating with scholars from all over the world and becoming famous.
It is not that Wang Donglai once again presented an astonishing proof to demonstrate his academic ability, just like in his graduation thesis defense.
After reacting, the two of them laughed bitterly.
It was actually Wang Dong's behavior before he came that made the two of them subconsciously think that he would do such an amazing thing again in this academic report meeting.
At noon, after eating in the cafeteria, the two went to Academic Lecture Hall No. 1.
Although they had heard Wang Donglai's academic report before and had a clear understanding of the content of his paper, the two of them chose to listen again.
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Academic Lecture Hall No. 1.
The number of people it can accommodate is not that large, it can only accommodate about two to three hundred people.
In Princeton, such an academic lecture hall is already quite large.
First of all, being able to give academic reports in such a place is no longer ordinary people, and those who can sit down and listen to academic reports are either here to learn or to criticize.
So, the number of people is more valuable than the quality.
As it approached three o'clock, the audience was almost full of people.
Sitting at the front is Professor Deligne.
Not many people were surprised that Professor Deligne appeared here, because they all knew that the reason why Wang Donglai came to Princeton was because of Deligne.
And there are rumors that Deligne postponed the originally scheduled academic meeting because of Wang Donglai.
In this way, it becomes extremely normal for Professor Deligne to appear here.
With this thought in mind, everyone in the academic lecture hall was waiting for Wang Donglai to appear.
Three o'clock sharp.
Wang Donglai appeared on the podium on time.
At this time, although he was not in a state of embarrassment, he was still somewhat unkempt.
The clothes are obviously not neat enough, and even the face has a very obvious look of fatigue.
Standing on the podium, Wang Donglai felt extremely calm.
Taking the microphone and looking at the people sitting below, Wang Donglai said: "I welcome you all to my academic seminar. I believe everyone here has read my paper. I don’t know what opinions and ideas everyone has.”
“Originally, I accepted Professor Deligne’s invitation to come to Princeton for an academic report. The content was about the two guesses I had proven. It was just me. Suddenly I felt like this was meaningless.”
"When I met Professor Deligne, we had a great conversation, talking about Mersenne primes and Zhou's conjecture."
"I suddenly had a bold idea, that is, Zhou's conjecture is true. Can’t it be proved? What is the distribution pattern of Mersenne prime numbers?”
When he said this, the people below already understood what Wang Donglai meant.
Everyone looked at Wang Donglai on the stage with disbelief and as if they were looking at a madman.
Because they all knew that Wang Donglai had only arrived a few days ago to accept Princeton's invitation.
Even after all calculations, it didn't take more than ten days.
Even if it takes ten days, it is simply an arrogant joke to prove Zhou's guess and find out the distribution pattern of Mersenne prime numbers.
No one believes that Wang Donglai can do this.
Some people wanted to leave here, but they noticed that the big boss sitting in the front row had not moved yet, so they suppressed their thoughts and continued to read.
On the stage, Wang Dong saw clearly the reactions of the people below.
He just brushed it off and didn't take it to heart at all.
“In order to prove what I was thinking, I have been doing calculations in the hotel these days, trying to prove it.”
“As a result, I made a miscalculation!”
"Whether it is Zhou's guess or Mersenne prime numbers, they are not simple I have been troubled by this simple mathematical problem for several days, but I have not made much progress.”
“Right now, I should have given an academic report as agreed with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, but I boldly asked. Professor Deligne asked for something.”
"Then just give me half an hour and I'll try again!"
Hearing what Wang Donglai said on the podium, Hanhua and Yang Wanpeng stood up in a hurry and wanted to go to the stage to grab Wang Donglai and ask him to change idea.
But before the two of them took action, Professor Deligne, who was sitting in the first row, stood up.
Looked around and said aloud: "I am willing to give him half an hour. Every difficult problem in academia has been proved to be not a simple matter. It is boring, boring, and monotonous. It has always been with him. Follow us."
"Now, since Wang Donglai from Dongfang Hua is willing to give it a try, I think he should be given this opportunity."
"Of course, if anyone thinks this is a waste of their time, they can leave."
After finishing speaking, Professor Deligne sat down and looked at Wang Donglai with an encouraging smile.
Actually, Deligne didn't know why he had a good impression of Wang Donglai.
This has been the case since the first time we met.
When he said he was interested in Mersenne primes, he even made the decision to invite scholars to participate in academic report conferences to set up a stage for Wang Donglai.
Now, after hearing Wang Donglai's suggestion of not taking the usual path, if it were another person, he would have left without saying a word.
Maybe he will curse angrily, but this is not the attitude at all.
At the scene, with Deligne’s words, the situation suddenly changed.
The person who originally wanted to leave did not leave, not only because of Deligne’s words, but also because after leaving, other academic conferences did not start. What’s more, staying here was a waste of time. The thought of watching Wang Donglai's joke.
Young success can make countless middle-aged people in their forties or fifties who have accomplished nothing feel jealous.
They would not think that Wang Donglai was exceptionally talented, they would just think that God was unfair and favored Wang Donglai.
No one objected and no one left.
Soon, a huge whiteboard was pulled out on top of the podium.
While everyone was watching, Wang Donglai began to write and draw on the whiteboard.
The academic lecture hall, which was supposed to be quiet, became a little restless at this time.
After all, they had never heard of Wang Donglai's behavior at this moment.
Moreover, the reason why many people did not leave was just to see his jokes.
So when Wang Donglai wrote formulas and data on the whiteboard, everyone had different reactions.
If you follow the speed of ordinary scholars, half an hour is not enough to prove Zhou's guess. It is even impossible to write down your own thoughts completely in half an hour.
However, this is not the case with Wang Donglai.
With the ability of [mental arithmetic], calculations between numbers are extremely simple for him.
So, half an hour is more than enough for Wang Donglai.
On the outside, Wang Donglai’s proof process greatly simplified many calculation processes.
The simplified process is not a problem at all for academic experts.
Deligne and others in the audience obviously kept up with Wang Donglai's rhythm, nodding constantly, either silently reciting calculations, or writing down key steps on draft paper to verify Wang Donglai. The process is right or wrong.
"Zhou's conjecture has troubled scholars all over the world for so many years. How could it be possible for a young boy like him to prove it in such a short period of time? If he could do it, wouldn't we become real waste?"
< br>"That's right. There is a saying in China called youth and frivolousness. I think that after he made some achievements, he became I don’t know who I am anymore, so I dare to put down such bold words here and prove Zhou’s guess for half an hour. This is simply a joke.”
“If he is a joke, then we are. The audience below the stage.”
The people sitting in the back row were talking a lot, and their words were full of malicious intent.
Wang Donglai didn't know about this and didn't care.
After turning on [Brain Overclocking], he fell into a state of extreme concentration, paying no attention to the movement outside, and only saw this whiteboard.
Actually, the reason why Wang Donglai was here and asked for half an hour was because he was confident that he could complete the proof of Zhou's guess within half an hour.
The craziness of these days was not in vain.
If it weren’t for [Brain Overclocking], it needs time to cool down. He had proven this suspicion long before he took the stage.
But at this moment, it’s not bad!
"Do you think he will succeed?"
In the audience, Yang Wanpeng asked Hanhua in a low voice.
“I don’t know either, but I know that he is probably the most talented student I have ever seen, so I choose to believe him!”
Hanhua knows very well about the relationships between people. The difference is that he is a second-level professor of mathematics. He has seen many geniuses and many students who cannot read.
Therefore, he knew very well that Wang Donglai's talent exceeded his imagination.
As he said, he didn't know whether Wang Donglai could prove this guess, but he was willing to believe that Wang Donglai could do it.
"It is simply unimaginable to prove Zhou's guess this time..."
Yang Wanpeng sighed with emotion, then withdrew his gaze from Wang Donglai, put it on the whiteboard, and quickly put it on Write down the formula and speculate in your mind.
Time passes minute by minute.
The academic lecture hall presented two completely different atmospheres.
Some people looked serious and couldn't take their eyes away, while others looked around with confused eyes.
Obviously, some people understood Wang Donglai’s proof process, but others did not.
The group of people who understand it happen to be Deligne and other academic leaders.
I don’t know when the tense atmosphere filled the academic lecture hall.
Wang Donglai on the stage still seemed unaware, still writing his thoughts and ideas vigorously.
Twenty-eight minutes.
Twenty-nine minutes.
Deligne and others stood up from their seats nervously, staring closely at Wang Donglai's hand, as well as the formulas and data written out.
“Boom!”
The pen in Wang Donglai's hand hit the whiteboard hard, making a dull sound that echoed through the speakers in the academic lecture hall.
When this voice sounded, the hearts of many academic leaders suddenly jumped.
Because they have already seen it, Wang Donglai is probably only half a step away from fully proving Zhou's guess.
This half step can be taken at any time.
Of course, it is possible that you will never be able to cross it.
Time passed by minute by minute.
In just one minute, it became extremely slow.
Wang Donglai’s hand writing on the whiteboard also slowed down a lot.
One stroke after another is like a critical moment.
Write the last stroke.
A whole whiteboard was filled with Wang Donglai's handwriting.
Neat and concise, full of a clean beauty.
On the stage, after writing the last stroke, Wang Donglai stood there with his back to everyone.
Everyone in the audience was completely silent. You could hear a pin drop, and no one dared to speak loudly.
Suddenly!
Deligne stood up, clapped his hands excitedly, and gave loud applause.
The applause was like being passed from person to person, instantly spreading in all directions with Deligne as the center.
The applause lasted for a long time and was loud.
When the applause started, who could not know that Wang Donglai had proved Zhou's guess.
For a time, shock, jealousy, envy, resentment, excitement, and all kinds of emotions were felt.
At this moment, they realized that they were witnessing history and the birth of a legend.
However, even such loud applause did not make Wang Dong turn around.
Such a performance gradually made everyone murmur.
I don’t know what happened to Wang Donglai.
At this time.
Wang Donglai suddenly turned around, his face extremely calm, his eyes indifferent, and he did not become excited at all because he had proved Zhou's guess.
The next second, stretch out your hand and press down.
"Quiet! You have disturbed me!"
After saying this coldly to everyone in the audience, Wang Donglai turned back to look at the whiteboard.
After falling into a state of extreme concentration, Wang Donglai just wanted to find out the distribution pattern of Mersenne prime numbers while his inspiration was still there.
The marker was writing numbers one after another on the whiteboard.
2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 19, 31, 61, 89, 107, 127, 521, 607, 1279, 2203, 2281, 3217...
These As soon as the numbers appeared, everyone below immediately recognized them.
This is clearly the known Mersenne prime number.
Deligne frowned, wondering why Wang Donglai wrote out these Mersenne primes at this time.
However, no one disturbed Wang Donglai, they all watched quietly.
Having seen Wang Donglai’s powerful academic talent once, everyone became extremely looking forward to it.
Maybe Wang Donglai can really solve the distribution pattern of Mersenne prime numbers at once.
Zhou's guess is just Zhou's guess, not the complete formula of Mersenne's prime distribution law.
Everyone held their breath and watched Wang Donglai write out numbers one after another.
Until this year, the 48th Mersenne prime number 57885161 was discovered by supercomputer.
Next, if Wang Donglai can write a new Mersenne prime number, then there is no doubt that this means that he has really found the distribution law of Mersenne prime numbers and summarized it into a formula.
Wang Donglai’s hand did not stop and was still writing.
74207281!
77232917!
82589933!
Write three numbers in a row without any hesitation.
While everyone was waiting with great anticipation for Wang Donglai to continue writing, he also explained the formula of Mersenne's prime number distribution law.
Wang Donglai suddenly stopped writing, turned around and looked at everyone.
“Everyone, you have witnessed history!”
After saying that, Wang Donglai turned around and wrote an extremely complex formula on the whiteboard with ease and ease.
Unlike Zhou’s previous guess, the academic lecture hall was extremely quiet at this moment.
Even my breathing became extremely slow and gentle, for fear of disturbing others.
The line of complex mathematical formulas on the whiteboard represents another world problem that has been overcome.
It represents Wang Donglai once again created a miracle.
It means that he already holds three, no, four mathematical pearls in his hand.
"I have wasted everyone's time and exceeded the time limit by fifteen minutes. I hope my proof will satisfy everyone!"
A smile appeared on his face. Wang Donglai was not as cold as before. He is domineering, but he is like a neighbor, standing under the balcony at noon. He is as gentle as jade, and the light behind him is eye-catching.
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(End of this chapter)