Chapter 244 Princeton's Youngest Professor

Lu Zhou never expected that Professor Deligne would give himself such a big surprise at the banquet.

It was originally planned that he planned to get a doctorate before the end of the year, but now it seems that the plan is far behind the changes. "Annals of Mathematics" has not yet published his paper, but the Princeton Research Institute has awarded him a doctorate, and even the title of full professor...

But thinking about it carefully, it's not that Lu Zhou can't understand Princeton's decision.

Regardless of Goldbach's conjecture, his group construction method can be used as an excellent theoretical tool in the field of analytic number theory.

Even the number theory textbooks of many universities have begun to follow up.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

This has to be recorded in history, why didn't you choose a cool name back then?

Mochizuki Shinichi who engaged in "abc" had the foresight...

Regardless of whether others can understand it or not, the name "Intercosmic Theory" sounds awesome.

After completing the graduation procedures, Lu Zhou silently took photos of his graduation certificate, degree certificate and doctor's cap, and handed them to the bib.

Almost as expected, the comments section of his bib exploded once again.

However, this time it exploded beyond his expectation.

[Hold the grass, everyone is in nine-year compulsory education, why do you show off? 】

[21-year-old full professor? Awesome, broke Charles Fefferman's record. 】

[I think getting a Ph.D. in three months is more awesome. 】

[No, no, do you know why this guy graduated so quickly? I heard from the great god in our mathematics department that just a week ago, this big guy proved Goldbach’s conjecture. A few days ago, Princeton held a report meeting, and he was the only speaker...]

【Hold the grass, right? ! 】

【Kneel to God Lu...】

[The blogger will post a photo, I will enter the examination room later, I plan to hang it around my neck. 】

【…】

Lu Zhou didn't expect that he just sent a "graduation photo" to commemorate, and the building would be skewed to Goldbach's conjecture. It seems that there are many international students paying attention to his scarf.

Later, the discussion became more and more intense. Someone posted screenshots of the news from the New York Times and the Philadelphia Daily on the bib, and someone turned to the paper from Arxiv.

Then……

The two topics of "Princeton's youngest professor" and "Goldbach's conjecture" were both sent to the hot search amidst the excited discussions among netizens, the follow-up reports from the self-media, and the angry denunciations of civil servants ...

Because of the indissoluble bond between Goldbach's conjecture and Hua Luogeng's school, as well as Chen Jingrun's breakthrough achievements on the "1+2" ​​problem at that time, this conjecture has already been labeled as a "political label" beyond academic significance.

In fact, what Lu Zhou didn't know was that although he hadn't seen the news yet, the paper he hung on Arxiv had already caused a storm in the mathematics circles of Huaguo, even before netizens got wind of it. attracted political attention.

However, for the time being, no one has publicly expressed their opinions, because everyone is waiting for the review results of the "Annual Journal of Mathematics".

At this moment, Lu Zhou, who is in Princeton, has not yet realized what this attention means.

Because all his energy is now on the peer review of "Annals of Mathematics".

The six reviewers are all bigwigs in the mathematics world, and they also pointed out many problems in his paper, and Lu Zhou also actively revised every problematic place.

Fortunately, he wasn't stuck with an "obvious" problem for a year, as Wiles was.

Finally, the second week after the start of peer review.

Lu Zhou, who has been to the editorial department of "Annual of Mathematics" for the seventh time, received feedback from six reviewers from Evans.

The boss of Faltins is concise and succinct, and he almost never praises others. He summed up his opinion in one sentence: "Excellent proof."

Henrik Ivaniez was more friendly to young mathematicians, spoke a little more, and even placed his expectations on the new generation of mathematicians: "...the application of group theory in the paper is amazing, I am looking forward to it You can achieve greater results in the future. Regardless of the opinion of your peers, in my opinion you have proved the problem."

Helfgott’s point of view is similar to that of another scholar from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris. The two probably communicated with each other, and they both spoke highly of the theory of group structure method.

After turning over a page, Lu Zhou read the final comments of the reviewers to the end.

Then, he looked at Evans.

I saw Evans stretched out his hand with a spring-like smile on his face.

"Congratulations, Professor Lu, your paper will be published in the next issue of "Annual Journal of Mathematics"!"

...

In the editorial department of The Washington Times, Gene Laert sat on an office chair, clicking the mouse while watching the news on the computer.

Suddenly attracted attention by a piece of news, his expression was slightly surprised, he licked his tongue, and joked in a greasy voice.

"Oh, it's unbelievable, Goldbach's conjecture was actually proved by a monkey?"

It stands to reason that in a country that is extremely sensitive to racial discrimination, it is inappropriate to make inappropriate remarks in public, but it is different in the editorial office of The Washington Times, because there are no Chinese employees employed here .

At most, there are only Koreans who will smile knowingly after hearing it.

It is worth noting that the "Washington Times" is different from the "Washington Post". The latter is one of the largest and oldest newspapers in North America, while the former was founded in 1982 by Moon Myung-myung, a certain religious leader in South Korea.

It’s interesting to say that what this newspaper has done for more than 30 years is not to strengthen the friendship between the United States and South Korea. It is mainly to exaggerate the threat of China, make some slanderous remarks, and then export it to domestic sales for the Korean media. reproduced.

However, due to its too clear-cut political stance, this newspaper has been operating at a loss for 20 consecutive years, and has to rely on blood transfusions from its "funder" Wen Mingming to survive.

So far, this newspaper doesn't even have its own foreign correspondents, and even some news in North America is delayed by half a beat.

Bass, who was sitting next to him, pushed his glasses, moved closer to the computer screen, and said with a smirk, "This is big news...it's a pity not to interview it."

"It's not just an interview, we also have to help this young man from Huaguo to do publicity," Laert said with a smirk, closed the webpage, opened the document, and tapped his index finger on the keyboard, "Think about it, let's How should I write a press release? A monkey proved Goldbach's conjecture?"

Bass hesitated for a moment, then said, "We might be sued for writing that."

Moreover, although the financial backers behind them are happy to see them smearing neighboring countries, they don't like them talking about their skin color.

"I know what is ridicule within the rules and what is outside the rules..." Laert waved his hand, "So, I need inspiration now."

At this time, Pereira, the female assistant sitting at the desk next to her and staring at the computer to collect data, suddenly spoke.

"Remember the end of 2015? That Nigerian professor Opiemi Enoch, who once wrote to the Cray Institute because of the Riemann conjecture, but until today, the Cray Institute has not publicly responded to this matter. "

She graduated from the Journalism Department of Washington State University, and her education level is much higher than that of Bass, who was only accepted into the editorial department because of her political stance.

Therefore, her point of view is also most valued by the editor-in-chief of Laerte.

"I still remember," Bass continued, "I remember the Daily Mail interviewed him initially, but there was no follow-up report."

Leaning on the office chair and turning around, Laert pinched his chin in thought: "So?"

"I just checked on Wikipedia. The Riemann Hypothesis believes that all prime numbers can be expressed as a function," Pereira turned his pen and stated the secondary information he found, "According to the content on Wikipedia, Goldbach The conjecture is also a question of prime numbers, so...is there any connection between the two?"

She doesn't know pure numbers very well, and she may not have read papers, but she has received a university education and at least knows how to use search tools.

Hearing this, Lart's eyes lit up.

That being said, it seems reasonable...

Bass interjected, "I remember Goldbach's conjecture isn't 1+1=2?"

"Oh, Bass, you look uneducated. Even I know that 1+1=2 is Peano's axiom. As for Goldbach's conjecture...in short, it's a question of prime numbers," Laert laughed, from Standing up on the office chair, "I will fly to Nigeria immediately, you can start writing the press release, just write... the Nigerian professor has been treated unfairly because of his nationality and skin color. The honor of Goldbach's conjecture, originally He should have a share, but the indifference of the American academic circle made him miss his own glory."

What news in the United States most attracts people's attention?

At least for the time being, 80% are related to black people.

If it goes a little further, Professor Enoch's one million dollar prize is for out-of-school children in Africa, then those people can be crucified on a moral cross.

Bass frowned, and whispered: "But that Lu Zhou is not white, does the ethnic minority constitute racial discrimination?"

If it turns out that Goldbach's conjecture was white and the neglected results were black, their reporting would undoubtedly be sensational. If the Clay Institute doesn't come up with a plausible explanation...

Well, in fact, it is useless to explain, because it will eventually become "sophistry".

After all, you can't expect every black person to understand the difference between "1+1" and "1+1".

In the national conditions of North America, compared with the Virgin Mary and politicians, academia is definitely a "disadvantaged group".

But the problem is that Lu Zhou's identity is a bit subtle, and he is considered a minority in North America...at least by definition. American academia treated a Nigerian youth with indifference, but did not flatter a white elite.

That's not news enough.

There was silence in the editorial office.

Even Laert, who was in ecstasy because of the big news before, fell into thinking because of this question.

However, at this moment, Pereira, who was checking the information, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"I thought of it!"

She came up with a brilliant idea.

Way to make big news!