Chapter 302: The Number Theory Community is Bustling In the end, he didn't get any reward, but instead was beaten up by Song Yao on the sofa. Xu Qingzhou finally saw clearly that in the eyes of School Beauty Song, he seemed to have really become a pervert. On December 12, when he was working hard in the library, he suddenly received an email from Catherine. Professor Stewart announced again that he had completed another key proof. [I am honored to tell you that after months of hard work by the team, we have successfully solved the "horizontal" problem of the average distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic series. I believe that in the near future, the true face of the Polignac conjecture will appear before us. ] Xu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes. Wow, it looks like it’s for real this time. under pressure. He is still stuck in the analysis of prime number distribution. At the same time, this news also spread back to China, because countless private messages appeared on Weibo again and the comment section was updated again.
[Xiao Yuer]: Mr. Xu, Professor Stewart has posted again. Please ask about the progress. [Discovering Good Wool]: Professor Stewart was stuck on this problem before. If he can solve it this time, he will be close to success. [A brief taste of worldly life]: Xu Shenwu. [Xu Shen, my husband]: Xu Shen solved two conjectures at the age of 19. This achievement can be recorded in the history of mathematics. It doesn’t matter even if he fails once. Seeing that everyone cared about him so much, Xu Qingzhou simply edited a Weibo post. Xu Qingzhou: Steady progress. [Xiao Yuer]: God Xu, I believe in you! [The world is very different]: Oh my god, this means that there is progress on Xu Shen's side too? ! [Heavy Ion 122]: It’s too difficult. I think Xu Qingzhou is really finished. [Waiting for the Wind to Rise]: Haha, they took the taxpayers' money, squandered it, and in the end, they had nothing. Xu Qingzhou smiled and shook his head, no longer paying attention to the comments, put down his phone, and continued to do his own calculations. Institute of Advanced Mathematics, Imperial College London, India. The Indian guy said: "Professor, Professor Stewart announced the latest developments." Professor Yagir stopped calculating and asked, "He solved the arithmetic series problem?" "Yes." The Indian boy nodded, paused, frowned and said, "Xu Qingzhou from Xia Country also said on his personal account today that he was progressing smoothly." Since proving the twin prime conjecture, this Xia man has kept a low profile and even went to Europe to participate in physics experiments. Oh, young man, you are really too arrogant. With such a good talent for mathematics, he actually went into physics. He must be out of his mind. Professor Yajir was silent for a moment, then said, "We also need to announce our latest progress, the sieve method and the zero-point estimate of the Riemann function." Now it is the last month of 2015. At this critical time in the fight for the budget, we must bring the world's attention back.
So, a few hours after Xu Qingzhou posted on Weibo, India also issued an announcement, which meant only one thing: we are about to succeed too. As soon as this news came out, the mathematics community suddenly became lively, especially for those who study number theory, this was definitely a topic of conversation after dinner. There is a vague appearance of a three-legged tripod. After Zhang Yitang, people no longer had confidence in research on prime numbers. After all, even using Zhang Yitang's method, the twin prime conjecture could not be solved. Xu Qingzhou's two papers proved that number theory did not reach the alley. In particular, the proof of the twin prime conjecture is equivalent to achieving a key leap from 0 to 1, giving everyone hope of proving the Polignac conjecture. For a while, everyone was guessing who would win the crown. On Wednesday, in the professor's office of the School of Mathematics, Gu Zhizhong was making tea for an old friend who came to visit from Shuimu University. "Mr. Gu, your student is getting a lot of attention now." Liu Yunhai sighed. Gu Zhizhong smiled gently: "Yeah, this little guy is much better than us old guys." "Principal Wang, who is in charge of admissions, often sighs that if he had known this young man was so talented, he would have recruited him to our school at all costs," Liu Yunhai said regretfully. Shuimu has Shing-Tung Yau, and if there were one more math genius, they would be far ahead. Gu Zhizhong poured a cup of tea for his old friend and said, "We researchers shouldn't believe in 'what ifs'." Liu Yunhai also smiled, knowing that his old friend was telling the truth. "However, I think the situation is a bit risky this time. There is no need to worry about India. They probably want to get more bargaining chips for the budget. Although Stuart is very arrogant, he still has strength." Liu Yunhai said in a deep voice. Gu Zhizhong: "This kid has created miracles several times. I hope he can do the same this time." He suddenly remembered that when he first learned about Xu Qingzhou's work on Cramer's conjecture a year ago, he didn't seem to care much, and felt that young people were too impetuous and would have to hit the wall. As a result, he has already solved two world-class mathematical conjectures. It doesn't matter if you fail. Xiao Xu is only 19 years old and has a long way to go in the future. The excitement in the number theory community soon extended to the media. In the morning, at the headquarters of Science Evening News in London, editors began to work. "Hi Chris, good morning." Editor Miri Levine greets her friend: "You seem to be in a good mood." “Of course, we don’t have to rack our brains for today’s headlines.” "Oh?" "Take a look at these." Chris handed over the tablet. "Xu Qingzhou, Professor Stewart, Professor Yagir of India?" Mi Rui instantly understood his friend's thoughts. These three together make for some really interesting news.
“We have to add some more content to make it more vivid,” Chris said. Mi Rui thought for a moment and said, "One of Professor Stewart's friends is Brenda Reeves, a mathematician." “Is this person special?” "He is a racist who once said that Xiaguo's soil is not suitable for the development of science because most people live in miserable barriers." Here comes the contradiction. "Okay, let's go interview him!" In the afternoon, Miri and Chris successfully contacted Brenda Reeves. “We would like you to share your thoughts on the Polignac Conjecture Competition,” Mire said on the phone. "Sorry, I'm more interested in having morning tea than this." Brenda Reeves was on her way to class. She was a lecturer at Berkeley, the kind with a heavy teaching load and not much research funding. "Mr. Reeves, everyone is talking about the young man from Xia Country now, but we feel that it is necessary to let the public hear different voices. You are Professor Stewart's friend, so you should have the most say." Brenda was a little moved. She had been ignored for too long. "In addition, we are willing to pay you $5000 as research funding." "My pleasure." The first two people needed news, and the latter needed exposure, so they hit it off immediately. Xu Qingzhou ignored the outside information and spent three days connecting M and M through some technical scaling, and then combining them through inequalities. This can be considered as solving the problem of the upper realm's contradiction. Just as he was immersed in the complex calculations, a piece of news quietly appeared. [London Science Evening News]: The invisible battle, the war between the United States, Xia Kingdom, and India! We all know that Xiaguo is becoming the most powerful competitor of the United States. This ambitious country intends to surpass the United States in all aspects and dominate the new world order. While gossiping, the London Science Evening Post still showed its professionalism. This time it directly found Brenda Reeves and accompanied it with an interview video. During the interview, the host talked about the frustrated mathematician's previous comments on Xia Guo. Brenda: “No, I don’t feel like one needs to apologize for telling the truth.” Moderator: "Do you stick to your point of view?" Brenda: "Yes, even though I am a mathematician, I still know that modern advanced civilization originated in the West, where there is soil for knowledge to grow freely." Host: "Are you denying Xu Qingzhou's achievements?" Brenda: "No, this is a very good young man. I mean, if he studied somewhere else like Terence Tao, he would be even better." Host: "Who do you think will win this time?" Brenda: “There is no doubt that America will be great again!”
The report starts with the field of mathematics and then transitions to the competition between countries, with Xia challenging the United States and India challenging Xia. The topic is full. (End of this chapter)