Chapter 181 The news spreads, press conference, Wang Hao: Chen Jianlin is really
Not a mortal!
"Is Wang Hao's proof in "New Advances in Mathematics" correct?"
"Did Wang Hao use the second method to prove Goldbach's conjecture? And also published it in Acta Mathematica Sinica?"
These two issues have become hot discussions among scholars.
at the same time.
Domestic public opinion has also gradually begun to discuss the matter.
The proof of Goldbach's conjecture is definitely a big event, a big event in the mathematics world, and a big event in the academic circle, and its influence quickly spreads beyond the academic circle.
This is mainly because of popularity.
In fact, the mathematical method used by Wang Hao to prove Kakutani's conjecture is no less effective in the field of mathematics than proving Goldbach's conjecture, but ordinary people don't care because they don't understand what it means, so it's difficult to create the problem.
What an impact.
After reading the news, many people turned over it without caring. The only impression they had was that Wang Hao had completed a mathematical research.
It's awesome, that's all.
As for what might be used to get Fields, let's wait until Fields is obtained to discuss it. In short, they are not very interested in the content.
Goldbach's conjecture is different.
This is content found in primary school textbooks. Chen Jingrun’s ‘1+2’ proof has been vigorously publicized, and his research is at the forefront of Goldbach’s conjecture research.
Now that this conjecture has been proven, or by domestic scholars, it will naturally cause a lot of discussion.
Many people had noticed it that night, and by the time it was time to go to work, the topic had become a hot topic in public opinion.
7:29 am.
Yang Haiyan arrived at the Publicity Office in the Government Affairs Building on time. The official working time was eight o'clock. She arrived half an hour early. After arriving, she put down her things and prepared to have breakfast in the school cafeteria.
At this time, the office phone rang.
Because it was not yet working hours, Yang Haiyan hesitated for a moment and answered the phone. The person on the other end said, "This is Capital Television. I am news reporter Zhang Hui. Can I make an appointment for an exclusive interview with Professor Wang Hao?"
"Professor Wang Hao?"
When Yang Haiyan heard that the person opposite was a reporter from Capital TV, she hesitated and said, "Okay, I'll write it down and I'll ask it for you."
She just put down the phone when the ringtone rang again, "Professor Meng from the Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Sciences? Do you want Professor Wang Hao's contact information?"
"This... I still have to ask him personally. Don't worry, I will tell him."
Yang Haiyan took a breath and just put down the phone, the ringing started again.
She picked up the phone a little helplessly.
"What, a doctoral student from Donggang University, you said you are Wang Hao's female fan."
"I'm sorry, this...classmate? I can't ask this for you. If you want Wang Hao's contact information, you can find it yourself..."
Yang Haiyan rubbed her forehead vigorously. A little girl has already obtained a Ph.D., why is she still chasing stars?
Moreover, chasing stars means chasing stars, and even chasing after Wang Hao?
Speaking of which, Wang Hao is not bad looking, but he is not a star, right?
"Ring ring ring..."
The phone rang again.
Yang Haiyan picked up the phone helplessly. He heard that the person on the other end was a reporter from the Central Education Channel and wanted to make an appointment for an exclusive interview with Wang Hao. She asked with some confusion, "How come you guys are calling today?"
The person on the other side asked in surprise, "Teacher, don't you know?"
"Professor Wang Hao proved Goldbach's conjecture."
"——?!!"
Yang Haiyan was stunned. She shouted at the top of her lungs, "What did you say?"
"Wang Hao proved Goldbach's conjecture. I really don't know how you work. You don't even know about such a big thing. It's your school..."
Yang Haiyan took a deep breath and was ridiculed a few times by the other party, but she didn't take it to heart at all.
With deep doubts, she walked out the door and heard two students saying, "Have you seen the news? Professor Wang Hao proved Goldbach's conjecture!"
"Not only was it proved, but it was also done in two ways!"
"This is awesome!"
"I was shocked when I saw it in the morning...it's amazing!"
"..."
Yang Haiyan reacted immediately, rushed to the fifth floor of the teaching building, ran directly into the Science and Technology Department, and asked Zhu Jianhua breathlessly, "Zhu Jianrong, do you know about Wang Hao?"
"What?"
"Goldbach's conjecture!?"
Zhu Jianrong was also stunned.
Yang Haiyan simply opened her phone, found the latest report, and handed it to Zhu Jianrong.
Zhu Jianrong looked at the screen of his mobile phone and saw a line of headlines——
"A major achievement in the international mathematics community, Wang Hao completed the proof of Goldbach's conjecture".
…
The school has become very lively.
Some journalists have already arrived. When they went to work in the morning, the first thing they were told was to come to Xihai University for interviews.
The only reporters who can come here now are all reporters from Xihai City, and they are all from the surrounding areas. There are only a dozen or so of them, and they are not conspicuous when walking in the school.
As time slowly passed, more and more reporters came.
Wang Hao also came to the school.
He slept late the day before. He didn't get up until 7:30, went to the restaurant to buy breakfast, and met several students.
"Look! It's Professor Wang Hao!"
"It's Teacher Wang!"
"Congratulations, Teacher Wang! You proved Goldbach's conjecture. Is it true?"
Wang Hao chuckled and nodded in confirmation.
He came to the restaurant late, and there were not many students inside. After a simple breakfast, he went to the Mason Mathematics Laboratory.
After entering the director's office, I made a cup of coffee and sat down, then I remembered to turn on my mobile phone.
The phone rang immediately.
"Congratulations, Wang Hao. I really didn't expect you to complete such a major research so quickly!" The caller was Qiu Chengwen.
Qiu Chengwen was older, got up early to work, and then saw the news.
He was lucky enough to get through after two calls. "To be honest, I was really surprised. This time last year, you proved the Kakutani conjecture, and now you have proved the Goldbach conjecture."
"In the field of analytic number theory, from now on, no one can compare with you."
Qiu Chengwen sighed and then asked, "I also heard news that you used two methods to prove it and submitted an article to "Journal of Mathematics"?"
"Yes, it should be released in two days."
Qiu Chengwen was silent for a long time before he said, "...Congratulations."
Wang Hao's proof of Goldbach's conjecture is already surprising, but considering Wang Hao's talent in analytic number theory and his past achievements.
In fact, to a certain extent, it is still acceptable.
But when he heard that the proof was completed using two methods, even Qiu Chengwen, the first Chinese Fields winner and one of the most influential mathematicians in the world, was very shocked.
This is unimaginable.
He has always felt that he is very talented and has achieved high enough achievements in mathematics. There are few mathematical achievements that can surprise him.
Now something happened that he couldn't understand.
Goldbach's conjecture, two proofs together?
How did you do it?
After Wang Hao put down the phone, he received several more calls in succession, all from people at the school.
Including Zhu Jianrong, Luan Haiping, Zhou Qingyuan, etc.
They called to confirm the news, and then said congratulations with surprise. It seemed that many people had mixed emotions?
Wang Hao didn't understand this emotion and could only attribute it to surprise.
At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Zhang Zhiqiang walked in without even knocking on the door and asked, "Wang Hao, did you prove Goldbach's conjecture? And you used two methods?"
"Yes, didn't you know earlier?" Wang Hao looked over strangely.
"I knew earlier?"
"Have I told you before?"
Zhang Zhiqiang thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was such a thing. At that time, he thought that Wang Hao had encountered a problem in his research, and never thought that he would use two methods to prove it.
He stayed there for a long time, and then went to the student's workroom.
The laboratory is discussing this matter, and several graduate students and doctoral students are also talking together.
Zhang Zhiqiang walked to the door and asked, "When did you all know about it? Did anyone know about it a long time ago?"
Others were a little confused.
Helen walked in holding a book and asked, "Teacher Zhang, it's very early. What time specifically do you mean?"
"Ten days in advance? Half a month, or even earlier?"
Helen nodded, "If you are referring to fifteen days ago, I know that Teacher Wang told me that day."
A group of people immediately saw Helen.
Zhang Zhiqiang was very surprised. He asked with confusion, "Then why didn't you tell others?"
Helen's face suddenly looked confused, and she also said with confusion, "No one else came to ask me?"
The others looked strange after hearing this and thought carefully about the logical relationship.
You know, but you won’t tell anyone if no one asks?
But, other people don’t know that you know either, right?
…
Wang Hao did not stay in the office for too long.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Luan Haiping and Yang Haiyan came over and talked to him about the school's external publicity and reporter interviews.
This happened too hastily.
The school had no preparations and they only found out the news in the morning.
However, they couldn't blame Wang Hao for not telling them. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Wang Hao had not concealed the news. He even went to the Science and Technology Department to ask Zhu Jianrong, but the content was so shocking that Zhu Jianrong did not believe it.
Others don't believe it either.
So I blame everyone for not believing it.
There is no point in discussing this now. The school quickly issued an announcement of major results. More and more reporters came, and they came to Wang Hao to discuss it.
Wang Hao agreed.
The press conference was scheduled for two o'clock in the afternoon, and more reporters would attend by then.
As for the reporters who came later, I could only say sorry.
It is impossible for them to meet the interview requirements of all reporters, and news media around Northern Xinjiang Province will definitely be given priority.
In fact, in the follow-up, there is no need for special interviews. In terms of news, I mainly want to know the specific information.
This needs to be confirmed by Wang Hao himself.
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Two o'clock in the afternoon.
In the large conference room of the Government Affairs Building, the press conference officially began.
Wang Hao sat in the center position.
There was also a dean, vice-principal, etc. sitting next to him, but they couldn't attract a single shot.
All the shots are pointed at Wang Hao.
Yang Haiyan, director of the Publicity Office, first confirmed the news about Wang Hao’s proof of Goldbach’s conjecture, and then went directly to the interview question time.
A reporter immediately asked, "Excuse me, Professor Wang Hao, when did you complete the research?"
Wang Haodao, "The proof published in "New Advances in Mathematics" was completed twenty days ago; there is another one, submitted to "Journal of Mathematics", which was completed half a month ago."
The reporter asked, "Can you give a brief introduction to the two proof methods?"
Wang Haodao, "Then let me briefly explain. You can also see the title of this article published in "New Advances in Mathematics", which is a proof using the covering method."
"This method is to prove that the combination of two prime numbers can cover all even numbers. Compared with the other method, I think this method is more difficult..."
"The other method is the analytical method. It is simple and direct. It is to analyze the even number into two prime numbers. One of them is a prime number. If you analyze the other one, there will definitely be a prime number..."
"If you want to have a deeper understanding, you can read my original paper. It should be available in a few days."
Wang Hao didn't say anything too in-depth.
The reporters in the audience also listened patiently. Even if they didn't understand some of the content, they had to write it down because every sentence could become news.
The reporter continued to ask, "Generally speaking, the review speed for such a major proof is very slow. Why did your paper only take half a month to complete the review?"
Wang Hao smiled and said, "I think you can interview the editorial department of "New Advances in Mathematics" or "Journal of Mathematics" for this question."
“But I think it’s normal because the paper is not very difficult.”
"The slow review speed you mentioned may be compared to those major studies, such as Wiles's proof of Fermat's conjecture in 1994."
"But my paper is only about 30 pages, and the other one is only about 20 pages. The difficulty is not as high as expected. As long as you have a sufficient knowledge base, you can still understand it..."
Wang Hao accepted the interview calmly and answered questions calmly.
However, reporters find it very awkward because they always hear modifiers such as ‘simple’ and ‘not difficult’.
Goldbach Conjecture?
Simple?
That is a super mathematical problem that no one can prove for 280 years!
But thinking about it from another angle, Wang Hao used two methods to prove it. It seems that it is really simple for him?
at the same time.
At the gate of Xihai University, several middle-aged and elderly people were standing there.
The north wind howls.
They are experts from the Superconducting Office, including Wu Hui, Deng Binghe and others. They all feel very bad. They got up very early today and caught a plane to Xihai University.
After talking all the way, we realized something was wrong when we arrived at the school gate.
There were more than a dozen security guards standing at the door, making it clear that non-school personnel were not allowed to enter.
After arriving here, they learned that Wang Hao had proved Goldbach's conjecture, and their mood suddenly became complicated.
On the way here, they were all talking about possible problems in the physics laboratory and why they couldn't come to inspect it at the beginning of the month. They also analyzed various possibilities. After the results arrived, they heard such shocking news.
"Wang Hao completed the proof of Goldbach's conjecture?"
"News released today!"
“Is that why they say it’s busy at the beginning of the month?”
A group of people all looked at Deng Binghe, with one meaning in their eyes - Is this what you meant by 'there must be a problem'?
Deng Binghe was a little ashamed, but also felt wronged.
Who would have thought of such a thing?
That is Goldbach's conjecture, and the result was proved by Wang Hao? They are just in time for the release of the paper. One day earlier, one day later is better!
He simply went over and negotiated with the security guard, and was finally let through.
This was originally a surprise attack.
Their initial idea was to go straight to the physics laboratory after entering the school, take a sudden action, and naturally discover any problems.
But in the end, he stopped at the school gate for a while. The people in the physics experiment had already known it, and He Yi and several people from the laboratory were waiting at the gate.
At this time, the expert group was very embarrassed.
They could only avoid talking about the 'raid' and directly asked questions related to the experimental results.
He Yi explained patiently and also talked about some issues in the report.
He truly participated in the entire experiment. Even if he did not understand some of the theoretical content like Wang Hao, there was definitely no problem with the experiment.
Since they could not see Wang Hao in person, the only thing the expert team could confirm was that there were basically no problems with the experiment.
What to do next?
They came over once and wanted to talk to Wang Hao about the research direction of the project, but they couldn't see Wang Hao at all.
Even if you meet him in person, you won't be able to spend a lot of time discussing it.
Is this trip in vain?
"At least, we are sure that there is no problem with the experiment." Wu Hui was also a little depressed, and at the same time, he was also very shocked. He still comforted the others and said, "There is no problem with the experiment, which is the biggest gain. Let's wait for the follow-up discussion to discuss the rest.
!”
The journey of the expert team ends here.
They didn't have time to wait specifically for Wang Hao, and they didn't know exactly how long they would have to wait. But thinking about it, they were still very depressed when they came here and didn't see Wang Hao.
On the other side, Wang Hao is indeed very busy. It’s not that he has any work to do, but he is accepting various interviews. Congratulations.
Now the Internet public opinion has become heated.
When walking on the road to school, it will attract a lot of onlookers.
So Wang Hao simply hid in the director's office, and finally got clean after being bored in there.
The cell phone rang.
Wang Hao looked at his phone with some depression and pressed the answer button when he found that it was Peng Hui.
Peng Hui called and said congratulations in the same way, "I was so surprised when I heard the news today, but considering it's you, it's quite normal!"
His voice is still loud and his speaking tone is very open.
"Thank you, how is your project over there?"
Wang Hao is referring to the latest project that the Metal Laboratory is striving for, which is a horizontal project announced by Wuhan Iron and Steel Group.
From the second half of last year to now, the Metal Laboratory has been fighting for this project. The horizontal project of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group is still relatively large in scale. It is conservatively estimated that the sponsorship amount exceeds 50 million.
A project of this level can be said to be the largest project that a university laboratory can strive for.
Peng Hui sighed and said, "Failed? Maybe, the chance is probably slim." His tone was obviously a little lonely.
"Failed?" Wang Hao was suddenly surprised.
When he was at the Science Foundation, Peng Hui said confidently that there would be no problem in winning projects.
Because their biggest competitor, the Alloy Laboratory of Donggang University, had a problem, which meant they had no competitors.
Peng Hui sighed and said, "I still lost! Chen Jianlin is amazing! His research and development level is amazing, and his methods are also amazing."
Wang Hao frowned and asked, "The final project was given to the Alloy Laboratory?"
"It's not confirmed yet, but the news I know says that there are greater opportunities there." Peng Hui said, "The application report they submitted was very good. I know one thing, and I feel ashamed!"
"Just a report?"
"There is also basic research!" Peng Hui said, "The project they cooperated with Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. did very well last year, but it was suddenly stopped midway. And they have other trump cards, including some previous research..."
"In short, our chances are not great."
"Okay, don't be too sad. Without this, you can still strive for other projects."
Wang Hao comforted Peng Hui. He was still surprised by the result. He originally thought that Peng Hui's team would definitely win it, but in the end, the project was still snatched away by Chen Jianlin?