The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 834

Chapter 834 Millennium Mathematics Conference

At almost the same time Chang Haonan walked out of the computer room and met Tang Lintian.

Paris France.

A conference that has attracted almost the attention of mathematicians from all over the world is being held at the Collège de France.

People all like a sense of ceremony.

Mathematicians are no exception.

The last millennium, or in other words, the last century starting from 1900, was undoubtedly the golden age of scientific development.

It is hard not to look forward to where science will lead mankind in the new century and millennium that is about to begin.

Mathematics, as the “Queen and Servant of Science”, has naturally become the center and focus of this great discussion.

This Millennium Mathematics Conference is exactly the response of the mathematics community to this.

However, compared with common academic conferences in the past, today's situation is slightly different.

In addition to mathematicians, there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of people around the world who are also paying attention to this.

But what they focused on was not the meeting itself.

It is a list that will be announced at the meeting.

“Seven major mathematical problems of the millennium”.

Since this reward was first disclosed by several media outlets a month ago, it has quickly aroused heated discussions around the world.

With the subsequent series of guidance, the popularity of the topic has not even decreased but has increased.

It has now begun to gain momentum that has overshadowed the Millennium Mathematics Conference itself.

In fact, when the Clay Institute of Mathematics proposed to announce the "reward list" at the meeting, the conference committee refused at first.

Although many mathematicians were already gearing up to win a million-dollar bounty at that time, everyone was still a scholar, so they had to be more reserved.

However, in the end, it still failed to withstand the effect of money ability.

Considering that the research direction of several members of the conference group is number theory, and the field of number theory involves a series of well-known mathematical problems such as Goldbach's conjecture, Riemann hypothesis, BSD conjecture, etc., which are likely to be shortlisted...

This result does not seem surprising.

In short, after the opening ceremony and the opening speech entitled "The Importance of Mathematics", what is currently going on is the much-anticipated announcement of the list.

In the audience, Maxim Kontsevich, who was about half an hour late, quietly sat next to the British mathematician Andrew Wiles:

“Perhaps I haven't missed a crucial moment?”

"No."

Wiles shrugged:

“They are still advertising their institute.”

Compared to a mathematician, Koncevich is closer to a theoretical physicist, and his research direction is obviously impossible to be included in the list from the beginning.

And Andrew Wiles studied number theory, and all his life's study was to conquer Fermat's last theorem.

Originally, this should be one of the popular candidates today.

The only problem is that Wiles had already completed the proof and publication of Fermat's Last Theorem from 1993 to 1995.

Suffered the loss of moving too quickly.

So, as two people with no hope of participating in this competition, last night they each made a list of their guesses for the seven mathematical problems of the millennium and made a bet.

Get ready to see who has a higher accuracy rate.

And soon, the result will be revealed.

“By the way, where is the student you brought here?”

Concevich suddenly asked:

“This is the one who told you yesterday that he was studying the ABC conjecture.”

“You mean Rastega Arash?”

Wiles' eyes were still fixed on Arthur Jeff, who was speaking on the stage.

The latter is still introducing content about the history of mathematics at this time, but compared to the naked propaganda just now, this part is closely related to the theme of today's conference, and it is also an area of interest to many mathematicians, especially senior mathematicians.

“He forgot to hand in the report yesterday and was punished by me to watch the live TV broadcast in the hotel room this morning, so he didn't come to the scene..."

　　When Arash's name was mentioned, a smile appeared on Wiles' lips involuntarily.

Obviously, he thinks highly of his student.

Perhaps it is for this reason that particularly strict requirements are put forward.

According to the meeting schedule, there is no substantive academic content in today's morning session.

Even if I don't come, it will be a pity at best and it won't really delay anything.

Konsevich actually just asked casually, and at this time, he had already turned his attention to the curtain in front of the venue...

at the same time.

In a hotel about a few kilometers away from the venue.

Rastega Arash, who was just mentioned by the two men, was looking at a TV and a laptop at the same time with a grimace on his face.

On TV, naturally, there is a live broadcast of the Millennium Mathematics Conference.

On the computer screen, there are several websites open at the same time—

Like many doctoral students, he is also responsible for helping himself and his supervisor keep track of the latest research progress of his peers.

In fact, it was because he failed to submit a progress report yesterday that he lost the opportunity to enter the venue this morning. So now he can only do two things at once.

Of course, the main attention is still on TV.

“The first of the seven major mathematical problems of the millennium...the NP-complete problem!”

“Now, let's invite Professor Alexander Rezporov to come on stage and introduce the basic situation of NP-complete problems…”

"ah-"

Arash grabbed his hair hard and let out a cry:

“The opportunity to witness history... just slipped away...”

Watching this kind of thing through a TV screen and watching it live are two completely different feelings.

So, Arash turned down the TV sound slightly and prepared to divert his attention through work.

He first made himself a cup of coffee to refresh himself, and then sat back in front of the computer.

“Next…check out arXiv…”

Arash decided to do some light work first.

Since arXiv does not have a peer review mechanism, the articles on it are mixed, ranging from preprints released by big guys before publishing formal papers to garbage that civilians cannot bear to read.

But in general, the level is still not as good as serious mathematics journals.

It also looks relatively easy.

Sometimes it doesn't even require thinking at all.

He thought this while opening the website.

The first thing that catches the eye is—

　　《Proof: Any simply connected, closed three-dimensional manifold must be homeomorphic to a three-dimensional sphere》

“How do you feel that I have seen it somewhere…”

ˆAlthough his research direction is number theory, this title still feels a bit familiar to Arash.

"etc…"

He stopped drinking coffee:

“Isn't this an expression of Poincaré's conjecture?”

Thinking of this, the corners of Arash's mouth couldn't help but curl up:

“Let me see which civil science company claims to have solved it…”

However, he was only halfway through his soliloquy when he saw the author's name.

ˆCHANGHaonan.

Haven't heard of this.

but…

GrigoryPerelman.

Have heard of this before.

“Not Minke?”

“Or is it just the same name?”

“Or is it a fake name?”

In an instant, thousands of thoughts rushed through Arash's mind.

To be fair, he cannot be entirely blamed for this.

Number theory, because it is relatively less abstract, has always been the most popular field among civil sciences. There is almost no one.

Especially for those who claim to have solved Goldbach's conjecture, they have to make several hundred, if not thousands, every year.

In this environment, it is quite normal for Arash, who studies number theory, to first react when he encounters Minke.

But in the field of topology where Poincaré's conjecture is located, the situation is much better.

After all, most people don't even understand the basic concepts and have no room to develop.

However, in any case, Perelman's name is still on it.

Arash still clicked on the author's details to take a look.

Then I found out…

“WTF…is that really Perelman?”

The remaining half cup of coffee was spilled with a shake of his hand.

However, it's not needed anymore.

When it comes to refreshing your mind, this article is much better than coffee.

In an instant, Arash's tiredness disappeared.

After being stunned for a few minutes, he turned his attention back to the TV.

At this time, Arthur Jeff has revealed the name of the second item of the seven puzzles.

Hodge's conjecture.

But this time, Arash no longer felt pain or envy at all—

What kind of history can a small thousand-year mathematics conference count?

I am the one who really witnessed history!

(End of this chapter)

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