Chapter 1383: The big move of the Chinese mathematics community

"Hello! Have you heard? There seems to be a big move in the mathematics community in China recently!"

"... what a big move?"

"I heard the new foreign students say that it seems that the Ministry of Science and Technology over there has issued a document, offering a reward of 100 million research funding to the ABC guess ..."

"How much ?! One hundred million !? Zimbabwe coin?"

"Of course it is the national currency ... It is said that many of them studying number theory have gone crazy! Various public institutions are digging people like crazy. As long as they are studying number theory, they have paid high salaries. Let us Princeton There seem to be a lot of Chinese mathematicians here. Did you get an offer to return to China recently? It seems to be related to this rumor. "

"Abc guesses ... a billion ... crazy, it's crazy."

Café in Princeton.

As one of the most famous gossip distribution centers in mathematics, I can always hear some weird rumors about mathematics.

A recent gossip is probably the internal document suddenly issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. As long as you are sitting here, you can see someone with an envious expression, whispering about it.

$ 100 million in research funding ...

With so much money, they can't even imagine how to spend it. Those who can remain indifferent to this are probably the only big guys who have stood at the top of the academic world and no longer care about worldly money.

There are many rumors about the origin of this billion, but most explanations are quite far-fetched.

After all, this thing is a little strange in itself.

Everyone felt confused, wondering why the Chinese Parliament suddenly showed such interest in a purely mathematical problem, and even offered such a stunning reward.

Even so, many foreign number theory scholars at the National Institute of Public Research in China are now asking how to naturalize and if there is no way to take shortcuts.

"There seems to be a lot of movement in the mathematics community in China recently," sitting by the window, watching Professor Fefferman, who was sitting opposite him, and Professor Peter Sanak, former editor of the "Mathematics Yearbook", drinking coffee while In a casual chatter, "I heard a brand new version almost every day for the past two days ... have you heard of it?"

"I've heard a little ... but the thing I want to say may not be the same thing as you think."

"Oh?" A look of interest suddenly appeared in his eyes, and Professor Sanak leaning on the chair sat upright, staring at Professor Fefferman with a gaze and asked with interest, "Is there any other Big move? "

It's not just Professor Sanak who smelled gossip.

The scholars who were sitting at the table also subconsciously lowered their speaking volume, pretending to be drinking coffee, in fact, their ears were already standing tall.

"Lspm," took a sip of coffee, Professor Fefferman continued, "I don't know if you've heard of it, I only saw it on Schultz's blog last night."

"Lspm?" Professor Sanak's brow frowned slightly and asked doubtfully, "... I haven't heard of it. Do these four letters have any special meaning?"

"L is the acronym for Lu Zhou, s is Schultz, and Perelman and Mochizuki Shinichi, they recently set up a research group, the research direction is exactly the abc conjecture."

Hearing this explanation, Professor Sanak was shocked.

"Abc conjecture ?! Do they ..."

"It sounds amazing, right? I'm also quite surprised. This is definitely the most luxurious lineup in modern mathematical history. By analogy, it is equivalent to putting the world's top stars in a team to play. "Professor Fefferman smiled and continued," I bet this game will be very exciting. "

"Is it for the one hundred million yuan bonus? No, it's impossible," muttered mutteringly, Professor Sanak was aggressive, "I heard that scholars in my country can apply for ... ... and Lu Zhou, he doesn't seem to be short of money. "

I'm not just Lu Zhou, not short of money.

Including the new one of Mochizuki, Schultz and Perelman, it seems that none of them is interested in money.

"Of course it can't be for money," Professor Fefferman continued calmly with a sip of coffee. "But intuitively, there must be other stories behind it. Believe me, it won't take long, let's You'll know soon. "

It's like abc guesses that it won't be long before it will be resolved.

Professor Fefferman, who once worked with Lu Zhou, has no doubt about this.

He knows just how powerful that man is.

Moreover, this power is not just because of his talent, this guy is also diligent and terrible. Especially when it comes to sleeping and forgetting, even Princeton's most diligent scholar may be ashamed.

If you have to find someone in this world who is more likely to solve this problem than he is, Fefferman thinks that it may only be found in the universe outside the earth.

"I don't understand one thing."

He looked at Professor Sanak, who still had not recovered from his surprise, Professor Fefferman said casually.

"whats the matter?"

"Mochizuki Shinichi, how could his name also appear in this research group ..." With a strange expression on his face, Professor Sanak continued, "He did not always insist that he had fully proved the abc conjecture. ? Use his 'far Abelian geometry'. "

Fefferman froze slightly, and the expression on his face followed strangely.

Yes indeed……

Why is this guy, Wang Yuexin, also in this group? !!

He didn't realize this problem at all before, but now think about it, it's really strange.

This feeling is like spitting out something and eating it back again ...

嘶 "His ... It's a bit unusual, wait. I'll look for that paper."

He said, Professor Fefferman took out the recently changed smartphone from his pocket, opened Mochizuki's personal blog, and was preparing to find a paper that had been difficult for the mathematics community for more than a decade.

However, something unexpected happened.

Professor Fefferman, looking at the screen of the phone, suddenly stunned.

Qi keenly noticed the change of expression on his old friend's face, and Professor Sanak could not wait to stand up and leaned closer to the past, "What happened?"

"That paper ... is gone."

Suddenly realized something, Fefferman immediately retreated from Mochizuki Shinichi's personal blog and landed on the official website of the Department of Mathematics of Kyoto University.

Sure enough!

As he foresaw!

That 512-page article has been hanging on the homepage of the Department of Mathematics of Kyoto University since August 30, 2012 ...

I actually disappeared? !!

Uh ...

2012Since 2012, Mochizuki Shinichi ’s proof of the abc conjecture has been full of controversy. It is for this reason that when the 500-page paper was withdrawn from his personal blog and the homepage of the Department of Mathematics of Kyoto University, it aroused the attention of the entire academic community.

At first, many people thought it was a network problem.

This matter did not cause a stir in the mathematical world until he saw his name appear on the lspm group's list.

Especially at Kyoto University, whether it is students or professors, whether it is mathematics or philosophy, almost everyone is shocked by the news.

For a long time, this professor who challenged the entire mathematics world with his own power has a godlike existence in their eyes. Since he proclaimed the certificate, people come to the hall almost every once in a while, but it can be said that they have not failed in the past ten years.

At least those who refuted him could not produce any evidence that others could understand.

But now, their idols actually acknowledge their failure? !!

一定 There must be something wrong here!

"I can't accept it!"

Kyoto University, in the office of Professor Mochizuki.

Ichiro Hoshihiro, who couldn't reach the professor's phone, held the phone and growled madly.

"Professor Mochizuki must have been coerced! Or there must be another secret! Until he clarifies this in person, I will not admit that he actually gave up!"

"Senyu, please calm down."

"Go! Don't pull me! I'm going to find a professor in Huaguo!"

At this moment, sitting in an inconspicuous corner of the office, a student who looked slightly younger and looked at Hoshihiro Ichiro who was crazy, raised his right hand tremblingly.

"... that, Professor Mochizuki has just updated a blog."

"Where? Let me see!"

I rushed to the computer desk, Xingyu Ichiro skillfully opened the browser and entered Mochizuki Shinichi's personal blog. Including Mochizuki's proud disciple, Yamashita, others in the office also gathered together and stood behind the office chair and looked at it.

That's a video, less than twenty seconds long.

Professor Mochizuki sitting at his desk looked pretty good, at least it didn't look like he was under coercion ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Noticing this, Hoshihiro Ichiro breathed a little sigh of relief, but soon his nerves tightened again stand up.

Without being coerced ...

That means Ming ...

For a moment, Hoshihiro Ichiro's face turned pale.

Almost at the same time, as he had foreseen, I saw the admiring professor sitting at the desk with his nostril facing the camera, making a concise statement.

"There are some problems with the proof process, and it may be difficult to fix it, just let it be an immature attempt."

"Fortunately, we have found new ideas."

"This time, it's troublesome for everyone!"

Sasaki Yuichiro: "???"

Laoshanxia Gang: "?????"