Chapter 72: Marvel of Professor Deligne

内 A quiet home in Princeton, New Jersey.
An old bald white man shouted loudly as he stuffed his clothes into the trunk.
没 "No time, please go find someone! Now, my teacher is lying on the bed, maybe this will be the last time I see him! At least this month, I don't want to see anything related to mathematics."
的 A middle-aged man in a suit with an awkward smile on his face, but with no temper.
After all, standing in front of him was the famous Viscount Pierre Deligne, the prover of Wey's conjecture, the Fields Award, the Crawford Award, the Wolf Award, and the Abel Award last year. The trophy that the world could give him was basically taken by him.
Even in the Princeton Institute of Higher Learning, a building that houses the world's mathematical genius, he can't hide his light.
He is also a general editor of The Chronicle of Mathematics. He graduated from the Department of Journalism at Johns Hopkins University and has only studied mathematics.
Although the "Mathematics Chronicle" is the biological son of Princeton University, but after all, John Hopkins University, the "mother". Coupled with the "Annual Mathematics" now in charge of Princeton, it has the status of four kings in the field of mathematical journals, and naturally the resources inclined to the "Mathematics Chronicle" are becoming less and less.
In order to preserve the influence of the Chronicle of Mathematics in academia, the editors of Johns Hopkins University Press's journal department also broke their hearts.
Originally, if it was an ordinary number theory thesis, it was not worth Davis's attention. However, it happened that the technical editor also had a certain research on logarithm theory. When he first reviewed the submitted manuscripts, he immediately discovered that the value of the paper was extraordinary.
有 There are countless conjectures about the distribution of Mason primes, but no conjecture has been proven so far. Among them, the most mathematical beauty, and the degree of precise expression is undoubtedly the famous Zhou's conjecture.
That is, when 2 ^ (2 ^ n)

However, conjecture is conjecture.
不 If these conjectures do not prove one day, then they are always Princes.
When did you prove it, can you become a theorem and crown yourself?
Seeing that Deligne was indifferent, Davis did not give up and continued to persuade: "Please, Viscount Deligne, in the field of number theory, your research is the most outstanding among the professors I have seen! After that, I thought of you the first time. For the sake of our many years of cooperation, can you just look at it? "
"These farts are useless to me," draped the trunk and Deligne sneered, "I don't need you to say I know them all."
He's usually not so irritable, at least like other geniuses at the Princeton Institute, a little arrogant. If it was usual, Davis personally took an interesting paper in front of him, how could he have time to study it.
However, in interesting things, it depends on the occasion.
Mr. Grothendieck, his mentor, is now lying on the bed, and he may be lost at any time.
哪里 Where is he still thinking about what mathematical problems? Anxious to fly to France now.
Don't say it's an academic editor. Volunteer, even the research project of the academy, he has eliminated it.
Davis tried to convince: "Don't you want to bring a gift to Mr. Grothendieck?"
礼物 "Gift?" Deligne said aggressively. "Take a pile of waste paper? I might as well buy a bunch of flowers on the street after I arrive in France. It makes more sense!"
"I assure you that this thesis is definitely not as bad as you think." Davis said sincerely, "Prove that Riemann's conjecture is not what your teacher wishes for a lifetime? The problem of the distribution law of Mason primes has been solved. Solved, we have taken another step towards this crown of mathematics ... even if it is only a small step! I remember what you said in your academic report last year, the road to the end of the Riemann Zeta function is dark , It takes countless candles to light up ... now, the match is in your hands. "
Staring at Davis's eyes, Deligne remained silent for a while, scolding and snatching the manuscript in his hand.
"Fack!"
In the end, as a scholar, he couldn't hold back his curiosity.
"Certificate of Zhou's guess?" Deligne frowned slightly.
I put it a few years ago, and he didn't know how many copies of this kind of paper he saw, and it has only recently become scarce. People who think they are smart always like to pick some seemingly simple problems, but they cannot find that thorny road.
If the Zhou's conjecture is proved, it can indeed help the research of the Riemann conjecture. After all, the behavior of the Riemann zeta function ζ (s) is closely related to the frequency of the prime number, and the Riemann hypothesis discusses the equation ζ (s). = 0 case.
See the name of the author of the paper.
Deline nibbled.
Lu · Zhou?
Ye Hua Chinese? Or Chinese?
有 There are many outstanding mathematicians in Asia, but the name he has never heard of ...
I couldn't help taking a little contempt, but thinking that Davis shouldn't fool himself with something that looks like parallel imports, Deligne still looked patiently down.
挂 The wall clock ticking around.
One minute……
five minutes……
ten minutes……
Deline remained in the original position, staring frantically at the first page of the essay, not even turning the page.
Seeing this look of Professor Deligne, Davis controlled the rhythm of his breathing, trying not to make a sound to disturb his thinking.
The more I looked down, the more serious Drigne's expression was.
I probably passed another five minutes.
Leaning the suitcase's lever against the wall, he returned to the study with A4 paper without a word, and closed the door with a shake.
Davis breathed a sigh of relief before moving his stiff shoulders and casually sitting on the sofa in the living room.
From the experience of so many years, the importance that Professor Deligne attaches to a paper is directly related to his efforts to close the office door.
If you go to the shredder, there is no need to close the study door.
Sitting in the study, Deligne took out the draft paper from the drawer and began the process of verifying the paper on the paper by hand.
The author's argumentation is very clear, the logic is rigorous, and the methods used are so clever that he can't fault it at all.
Even, there is no place for improvement.
It was here that surprised him. Except for the poor English and the slightly flawed discourse, from the point of view of this argument alone, the writer was completely unknown. .
Is too smooth.
Smooth to incredible.
He is more willing to believe that in the five-page argumentation process, there is a trap that is easily overlooked at a glance!
How can I hide his eyes?
Interesting.
An hour passed.
Looking at the last line of calculation for a long time, Deligne put down the printed manuscript and the draft paper filled with it, sighed, and spit out a word in French.
"Great."
If you say an hour ago, he still has doubts in his heart.
So until now, he can almost be sure that this five-page argument has no problem at all.
Apart from being terrible, he couldn't think of other praise.
If possible, he really wants to see the author of this paper. However, there is no chance in the near future. After returning from French vacation, he will soon be involved in the new project of Princeton Institute. He will be busy in the next few months ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Maybe, this piece Maybe the thesis can really arouse teachers' interest?
Although he knows that this possibility is remote, his teacher has not studied mathematics for many years.
Davis, who was walking back and forth in the living room, finally turned her attention to the bathtub next to the porch cabinet, dulled the fish tank glass with her fingers, and teased the goldfish inside to pass the time.
At this moment, the door of the study suddenly opened, and Deligne came out with the paper.
Seeing this, Davis hurried forward and asked, "How?"
塞 Stuck the manuscript into the trunk, Deligne said without looking up.
"I need a little time, and I will give you a reply at the latest one week."
When I heard this, Davis was holding her breath for a moment, and was excited.
I have cooperated for so many years, and he really knows this professor very well.
A paper, if he has not been stuffed directly into the shredder, has shown that he can not pick up a big problem in this paper. If he did not throw this paper into his own hands, it would be enough to explain that the content of this paper is enough to attract his attention!
A week is nothing.
No rigorous academic editor can pass a dissertation rashly. It is necessary to repeatedly scrutinize and check for a long time. This is not only the rigor that a mathematician should have, but also a scholar who has the least respect for his research field!
世界 A world-class mathematical problem is about to be solved.
The academic value of The Chronicle of Mathematics is undoubtedly a huge improvement!
As for Davis himself ...
What better way to prove his performance as a technical editor than picking a grain of gold from a pile of sand?