Chapter 1162: Awards from the French Academy

"... To Langton Cray and his wife Lavinia Cray, to the Cray family, to members of the Riemann family, to all mathematicians who came to this historic occasion."
"In a conference held in Paris twenty-three years ago, the Clay Institute for Mathematics announced the awards for the seven most famous problems in the world. Although we don't need those, it doesn't make true mathematics They are even more excited about mathematical performance. "
"But that doesn't mean it's unimportant."
"Instead, it records for our descendants the great outstanding questions left over from the twentieth century. Its role has also made the non-mathematical world more passionate about mathematics. As a special feature, it has always been a beacon Responsibility attracts young people, children and students to develop evolving mathematics and mathematics-related problems. "
"Whether it is true love or for that one million bonus."
French Academy.
The spacious auditorium seemed a little crowded.
Because it is the award ceremony of the Riemann conjecture, almost the top front-line scholars in the entire French mathematics community and members of major mathematical organizations have been invited to stand here.
Before the millennium, it was the center of mathematics in Europe and the world. Being able to speak here has been the dream of countless mathematicians.
Even today, this glory has long been withered by the overall decline of the European mathematical community, and many things have not changed.
Standing on the podium, facing the solemn venue, Professor Carlson paused for a moment, and continued in a solemn tone.
"Nils Henrik Abel once wrote in his memoirs that in order to solve a difficult problem, it must first be expressed correctly ..."
"... In particular, the correct formulation."
"What we can see is often not as easy to understand as we think, just like the theorems we all know. Behind each theorem is the hard work and efforts of centuries and the contributions of countless generations of scholars. It is in this little bit of accumulation that our discipline has advanced. "
"On this path full of thorns, we have learned a lot. As the work of Professor Lu Zhou revealed to us, we know the mystery of the zero point distribution of the Riemann function and the profound mathematical meaning behind it-'of geometry and algebra Unification '. The birth of this theory has reconstituted algebraic geometry after the millennium, and even redefined our understanding of numbers and geometry. "
"Maybe it may take us decades, or even more, to build a new building on the land he opened up. But the first step to the new world has been taken, and we believe that someone will always replace it. We see that day. "
The lengthy award speech was finally finished.
The elderly Professor Carlson bowed slightly, and thunderous applause sounded from the audience.
In applause, Lu Zhou walked to the stage from the side, took the one million dollar check from Professor Carlson, a smile that met the expectation of his face, and politely shook him. Shake hands.
"Thank you."
It is certainly good to have money.
Although the bonus of one million yuan may be a little less than the big project of 10 billion yuan yesterday, but mosquitoes are still small but they are also meat. Who would think that they have more money?
This difficult task was finally completed, and Professor Carlson's face was relieved.
He felt that there might be no humbler in this world.
Obviously the money was given, and it was still a one million prize. As a result, the winners were more difficult than one.
Holding the hand of the landing boat tightly, Professor Carlson said excitedly.
"Do you have any awards? Feel free to talk about them."
Acceptance speech?
After hearing Professor Carlson's words, Lu Zhou thought for a while, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face.
"Thinking ... I seem to have said it last time, just like last time."
Drowned in applause, this sentence seems to be heard only by Professor Carlson.
Seeing his old red face gradually rising due to the increase in blood pressure, and the expression of wanting to hit someone but still smiling, Lu Zhou was suddenly fortunate. Fortunately, the applause was large enough, and he had not brought it to the microphone ...
...
In the evening, also in the banquet hall of the French Academy, the French Mathematical Society and the Cray Mathematical Institute jointly hosted a dinner. Regardless of whether the day was at the awards ceremony or not, this banquet was not missed by almost all the mathematicians in Paris.
During the dinner, Lu Zhou met many old friends he hadn't seen in many times.
Especially Professor Helfgot who worked in the Paris Normal University.
The Peruvian-French number theorist helped him a lot when studying the Goldbach conjecture. Especially the proof of the weak Goldbach conjecture provided him with a lot of inspiration in the fusion of the two mathematical tools of sieve and circle.
Since the Goldbach conjecture was solved, Lu Zhou has rarely published articles in the field of number theory, so the two have not exchanged for some years. But although there were fewer meetings, their friendship was still there.
At this meeting, Professor Helfgot was quite enthusiastic and talked with Lu Zhou for a long time. And Lu Zhou also heard from him many things about Professor Grothendieck's life and some rumors about Professor Abel.
"We make an assumption."
Helfgot: "What?"
Poured himself a glass of champagne, Lu Zhou smiled with a chatter and said, "If there are aliens in this universe ... Of course, I mean if. In the case of completely different species and difficult to directly contact, How can we build a good communication relationship with them. "
Professor Herfgot took a moment's glance, and looked at Lu Zhou strangely.
"You found an alien?"
Lu Zhou froze, and then laughed.
"How is that possible? Isn't this a hypothesis. Why do you think I've discovered it?"
Helfgot said with a smile: "Because every time a problem is thrown out by you, it seems that the problem is already half solved by you. You are a person who will not leave the opportunity to others, I said Right? "
Uh?
Have it?
Lu Zhou thought about it for a while, as if it really happened.
Although in his own opinion those results were obtained by him with a great deal of effort, in the eyes of others, those mathematical propositions that were originally statistically difficult to calculate with the cycle of the year were regarded by him for months or even several months. It's done in a week, so it sounds a bit exaggerated.
Looking at Lu Zhou with an embarrassed smile on her face, Helfgot took a sip of red wine with a smile, and after thinking for a while, returned to the previous interesting question.
"If communication must happen as soon as possible ... I think it's math."
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows with interest.
"Oh?"
Coincidentally, they thought of going together.
"The key to the exchange between the two civilizations is to find a common language, like the cup in my hand. If they do n’t use the cup as a container and do not drink, then the communication will not start." The professor pondered for a while and continued, "Science is the means to solve the problems we face. The problems we face may be different, but one thing should be the same. That is the tool for studying science."
"Whether it is natural science or applied technology, no matter which one is inseparable from mathematics."
"So I think ~ EbookFREE.me ~ should be math."
Lu Zhou: "If you were that alien, now you want to discuss with me what to eat tomorrow at noon, what would you do?"
Helfgot leaned on the chair and said with a smile.
"I? I'll throw you two big prime numbers first ... of course, instead of throwing them directly to you, but multiply them together. If you can figure it out, at least ... tomorrow's lunch is not you."
"Interesting statement," amused by this humorous statement, Lu Zhou smiled and continued to ask, "What then?"
Helfgot: "Then? Use the distance between us to unify the weights and measures? Then the periodic table of the elements? How to do this? This is a systematic discipline. I remember calling it cosmic linguistics. Someone is studying this, but the professor and I are not very familiar ... "
"In short, I think that if basic communication can be achieved, everything is not a problem. Maybe we can exchange foreign students after we have determined that we are not each other's lunch. Once cultural exchanges begin, we will soon understand each other."
Having said that, Professor Helfgott paused for a moment, shrugged his shoulders, and continued.
"And I'm optimistic that if they decide to contact us and they can find us, they probably already know us, and may even have observed it for a while. Whether it ’s an electromagnetic signal, or they have received it from us Postcards, if they really want to communicate with us, they will definitely think of a way. "
Lu Zhou froze slightly, then said with a smile.
"To be honest, you can write science fiction in your brain."
Helf Gotthaha laughed.
"Thank you for the compliment, but how can it be interesting to study mathematics when writing science fiction novels? I leave the opportunity to others!"