Chapter 1115: "Review Conference"

Germany.
North Rhine.
The conference room of the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics was full of people at the round conference table, and looked slightly crowded.
Sitting at the conference table and watching the expressions of several other participants, Faltings' heart was full of complex emotions.
He had never thought of it before.
This seminar within the Bulbachi School, which was held to solve the theory of grand unification, finally turned into a "review meeting" to finalize this proposition ...
There seemed to be a providence in the midst, as if from the beginning, he was doomed to his expectations.
What made him happy and worried still happened ...
Many scholars sitting at the conference table were extremely silent.
On the one hand, because surprise has occupied all the thinking, on the other hand, because you are so surprised that you don't know what to say ...
Even if you want to express your opinion on this matter, you have to wait until you finish reading the paper.
It is for this reason that from yesterday to today, the mainstream voices that truly control the right to speak in mathematics have been quite silent. So far, no well-known scholar has expressed a professional opinion on this matter.
"So it is."
The first to break the silence in the conference room was Professor Fefferman.
Looking at the dissertation in hand, his eyes narrowed into a crescent-like gap, and the praise from the crow's feet was like looking at this exquisite work of art.
"The deeper and more complex the truth, the more minimalistic it is in the form of expression, and the Motive we are studying, as we expected, is the common source of all good coherence."
"These wonderful properties remind me of the parable of Plato's cave. Will these properties all come from the same thing? It's just the realization of the same abstract thing on different levels? It's like numbers and shapes that reach the roots of the universe. In the abstract sense, they are actually the same thing, the only difference is our perspective on the problem. "
"... It's really wonderful."
As for why Professor Fefferman, who is not of the Bourbachian school, appeared here, it is a long story.
He originally attended an academic conference in the field of partial differential equations in Paris, and suddenly learned of this amazing thing.
After a brief exchange with Professor Deligne via email, he learned that the "review committee" lacked an expert in partial differentials and immediately rushed here from Paris.
Along the way, he had read half of his dissertation.
And now, he finally finished reading the remaining half.
Noting that everyone looked up at himself, he put the paper in his hand on the table and shrugged his shoulders.
"Roughly ... I have finished reading this paper and there are no major problems."
"Don't just look at me, I'm sure it's not just my own reading ... tell me what you think."
Professor Deligne and Professor Sanak looked at each other and said after a silence.
"Let's do it. After all, he used to be a student of mine.
"So are you going to kick the ball to me?" With a helpless expression, Professor Sanak sighed and took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Even for me, there is no way for me to give an evaluation of such a major proposition. Some words should be said after reading a few times, but since you have asked so ..."
After a pause, he cleared his throat and changed to a serious tone.
"I'm honestly shocked."
"Not only his own understanding of the Langlands program and motivation theory, but also his application of various types of mathematical tools in various fields ... I did not expect that by this age, there was still a chance to make me such an eye-opener."
"For the time being, I will not comment on the completeness of his argument, but the value of the mathematical methods and framework he put forward in the entire paper has probably exceeded all our achievements in the field of algebraic geometry since the 20th century."
"It's more like a book than a dissertation. Since the EGA, we have a new Bible ... No, it may be greater. The Bible tells us what to believe, and it is like an epic, connected Past and future. "
When Professor Sanak said this, almost everyone at the conference table turned his attention on him.
Professor Deligne, in particular, was speechless for a while.
Compared to others, he has worked for Princeton Advanced Institute for many hours and is familiar with the old man.
Although it seems easy-going, very few people can get positive comments from this guy.
And it is clear that this is not just a positive evaluation.
Professor Faltins opened his mouth, and spoke after a while.
"Compared to EGA ... is it a bit exaggerated."
EGA, Grothendieck, Fundamentals of Algebraic Geometry.
Although the name sounds like a university textbook or lecture note, in fact it is the cornerstone of modern algebraic geometry and is regarded as the Bible by scholars engaged in research in this field.
In any case, comparing this undetermined paper with Professor Grothendieck's greatest achievement ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is still a bit exaggerated.
At least Faltins thinks so.
Professor Sanak shook his head and said, "It's not an exaggeration at all, my statement is already conservative. In fact, what I want to express is that its impact on the future should even be in Euclidean's" Geometric Original ". Up ... at least comparable. But it's too early to discuss these now, wait and see, someone will witness my predictions in the future. "
There were rumbling voices at the conference table.
Some agree with Professor Sanak, while others consider it too exaggerated.
The only thing that is not controversial is that Lu Zhou did a terrific event.
Regardless of whether you can find a scholar whose performance is comparable to that of retrospective history, this paper is destined to become a watershed in mathematics. Before it was born, it was a world, and after it was born, it was another world. .
"This thesis ..." Schultz said intricately, looking at the printed manuscript in his hand. "I can't make a conclusion immediately, I may have to wait until I go back to study it carefully. Besides ..."
After a pause, he complained.
"Will such a major mathematical proposition seem too informal on Arxiv? Why do we need a lecture?"
"I agree with you," Professor Deligne, who was very silent throughout, nodded. "I will send him an email later to make suggestions in this regard."
"It looks like we have to fly to Jinling again."
Glancing at his watch, Professor Fefferman muttered.
"I knew I would have bought a plane ticket to Jinling directly, and what else are you here for?"
Faltins: "..."
Schultz: "..."
Deligne: "..."