Chapter 360: Can we finally leave the West China Sea? Lecture of the century!
For mathematical proofs of major and complex problems, no matter how many mathematicians participate, only a few top mathematicians in the relevant field can make the judgment.
The research team they formed can review the paper faster and more accurately. However, the evaluation still takes a lot of time.
The public is waiting for the judgment of major international institutions, but there has been no news for several days.
Many people can't help but wonder, "Is Wang Hao's proof of the Riemann Hypothesis correct? Will those authoritative institutions recognize it?"
Institutional recognition is very important.
Even the research done by top mathematicians must be recognized by large institutions to ensure its authenticity and accuracy. This is the case in the academic field. Only a few top mathematicians can understand extremely complex mathematical proofs and provide specific proofs.
Whether there are any problems with the process, we can only wait for their judgment.
There have been several media reports in the past that the Riemann Hypothesis has been proven, but there has been no follow-up news. This kind of problem often occurs when proving complex problems.
Many people think that waiting for a few days is already a long time. In fact, for the proof of a major international mathematical problem, a few days cannot even be counted as time.
For example, Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's conjecture.
As early as 1993, Andrew Wiles announced at a major meeting of the Newton Institute that he had completed the proof of Fermat's conjecture. Afterwards, the institute held a special lecture for him, and more than two hundred mathematicians listened to him.
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It is said that only a quarter of the people at that time could fully understand the meanings expressed by the Greek letters and algebraic expressions on the blackboard. The rest came here just to witness a truly meaningful moment that they were looking forward to.
In the end, Andrew Wiles completed the proof of Fermat's conjecture, and the audience applauded.
But later, the paper he submitted to the journal "Mathematical Invention" was reviewed for more than two months. The reviewer discovered a small flaw in the proof in the third chapter of the paper.
For mathematical problems, "small flaws" can become big problems. Mathematical absolutists require Wiles to prove beyond doubt that every step in his method must work.
Then, another two years passed.
In two years, Wiles made countless revisions and invited his mentor Taylor to work together. He finally revised the small problem and published the paper in the "Annals of Mathematics".
Only then did Wiles' proof gain international recognition. Poincaré's conjecture became even more difficult.
The difference is that the difficulty of verifying the Poincaré conjecture is mainly due to the specific character of the mathematician Grigory Perelman. He directly posted the proof of the Poincaré conjecture on the Internet, which caused a certain amount of controversy.
The attribution dispute turned out to be internationally recognized and he refused to publish it in any academic journal.
Wang Hao is not Andrew Wiles. He does not need to give a report in advance and can still publish his paper in top academic journals.
He is not Grigory Perelman, and he will not ignore the proof process. But the same thing is that the proof process is very complicated.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that after Wang Hao, Ding Zhiqiang and Qiu Hui'an completed all the proofs, they spent more than three days sorting out the information. The sorting alone took three days, not to mention slowly understanding it from beginning to end.
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Several top mathematicians in related fields sit together to study, and if they want to completely clarify all the proof processes, it can be completed very quickly in one month.
After all, a paper is just a paper.
What is published in the paper is an abbreviated process of proof. Some complex proof processes have been simplified, which means that some places need to be studied carefully to understand.
This will take more time.
Therefore, within a few days after the paper was published, the international mathematics community was quiet, a few voices of doubt appeared in public opinion, and Wang Hao received a large number of emails.
Some of the emails were sent by mathematicians who studied proofs, hoping that he would explain a certain part of the paper to facilitate their understanding.
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At first, Wang Hao patiently responded, posted some details, and made text annotations. Later, he simply stopped replying.
He thought about it carefully and realized that the proof process was indeed very complicated. Just reading the paper to slowly understand it would not only take a long time, but also consume a lot of energy.
"never mind."
Wang Hao shook his head helplessly and decided, "Let's hold a report meeting!"
He thought carefully and then sent an email to the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the Academy of Sciences to ask the department to help arrange the report meeting.
The reason why the report meeting will not be held at Xihai University like last time is because there will be many foreign mathematicians coming. For one thing, the transportation in Xihai City is very inconvenient.
Second, the university has an antigravity behavior research center and some research related to superconducting materials. It is not a good place to hold a large-scale mathematics seminar.
Therefore, Wang Hao still prefers to ask the Mathematical Physics Department to help organize the report meeting, and explains that the time should be as soon as possible, "It is best before next week. After a while, it will be very busy."
He is indeed very busy.
The application for the "extreme pressure experiment" of the strong annihilation force field of the Antigravity Behavior Research Center has been received. After finishing the report, I will definitely invest in preparations for the extreme pressure experiment when I come back.
It will be busy for a long time.
If there are new discoveries in the "extreme pressure experiment", he may not have much time to prepare for any report meeting.
The Department of Mathematical Physics quickly gave confirmation that the report will be held next Thursday at the Capital Convention Center. The specific venue will be adjusted based on the number of scholars coming.
After the news was confirmed, Wang Hao found Ding Zhiqiang and Qiu Hui'an and assigned them each a part of the "explanation" work, asking them to sort out the content and prepare for the report meeting.
Ding Zhiqiang and Qiu Hui'an were each responsible for explaining part of the content.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Wang Hao assigned the work, he also said, "You should sort out the parts you are responsible for in this research process and treat it as a doctoral thesis."
Ding Zhiqiang almost cheered when he heard this, the excitement on his face was palpable. Qiu Hui'an also laughed.
The two walked out of the office together. Ding Zhiqiang was happy, thinking that he could finally graduate, but then he realized that Qiu Hui'an's smile was a little forced. He asked doubtfully, "Why do you seem unhappy?"
Qiu Hui'an pursed his lips and sighed, "It's time to graduate!" "How great..."
"trouble!"
"Trouble? Why?" Ding Zhiqiang looked over with confusion, completely unable to understand.
Qiu Hui'an said, "After graduation, everything will be different. If I had been studying for a Ph.D., I wouldn't have to think about those troublesome things." "What trouble?"
"Work!" Qiu Hui'an explained, "Now that I'm graduating, don't you want to think about work? Where to work? What kind of job..."
"You won't stay in school?"
Qiu Hui'an shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. My family is Shanji and Liu Xihai is working. What will my parents do? They are still young, but my parents are definitely not willing..."
"Right."
Ding Zhiqiang nodded seriously. He thought about it carefully and suddenly became happier. "After graduation, I have to think carefully about finding a job. My family in Hetang feels that it is good to go to the capital and Jincheng. They are all away from home.
close."
"Do you think if I go to Shuimu, Shougang University, Jinkai University, Nanjing University, etc., I can find a direct job as an employee?"
Qiu Hui'an gave Ding Zhiqiang a strange look and said, "How many people in the world can leave their name on the proof of the Riemann Hypothesis? Not to mention, you are also the co-author of the third paper."
"That's right~~"
Ding Zhiqiang suddenly became more confident.
He began to imagine leaving Xihai, going to a university such as Shougang University or Jinkai University, becoming an associate professor, and the wonderful life of a professor who would take a job as a sinecure.
Qiu Hui'an asked doubtfully, "You won't stay?"
"Of course... I'll think about it." Ding Zhiqiang glanced behind him, suppressing the joy in his heart, and his face turned sad again, "Actually, I
I really want to stay and follow Teacher Wang Hao all my life. I really can’t bear to leave!”
"You also know that my family is in Hetang, my parents are old, and Xihai is really too far away from home!" "Oh~~"
As he spoke, he put on an expression of distress that "loyalty and filial piety cannot have both". Qiu Hui'an nodded in understanding.
Among the people who studied with Wang Hao for their Ph.D., Helen was not a flower grower. Whether it was the West Sea or the capital, it was the same to Helen. The reason why she came to grow flowers was because of her recognition of Wang Hao.
However, Helen's "recognition" is a bit strange, as if she has never given up...ahem.
Chen Mengmeng is from Xihai. Her home is only two blocks away from Xihai University. It is the best job for her to stay at Xihai University as Wang Hao's assistant.
Their situations are different.
Qiu Hui'an was thinking about things after graduation, and couldn't help but look at Ding Zhiqiang. He knew that Wang Hao admired Ding Zhiqiang very much.
"If Ding Zhiqiang leaves, Teacher Wang Hao will definitely be very sad, right?" Qiu Hui'an thought, "But Ding Zhiqiang decided to go back...it's right, after all, his home is in Hetang."
"If you have time, let's talk to Teacher Wang Hao so that he can be mentally prepared in advance..."...
Wang Hao did not prepare too much for the report meeting. For him, all the proof process was already clear in his mind, and he only needed to go on stage to explain it when the time came.
He has been discussing the issue of quality point shaping with Paul Phil-Jones, Helen and Chen Mengmeng. This is the main direction.
Wang Hao has no clear direction for the next step regarding the problem of mass point shaping. He just expressed his opinion, "The second problem of higher-order mass point functions."
"But it is not a proof, and there is no need to prove that there are infinitely many prime number docking points."
"I believe that the existence of the prime number docking point itself can be used as the mathematical basis for mass point shaping. We need to substitute the prime number docking point, study the functions associated with different prime numbers on the nodes, and connect them with physical problems."
"For example, start with the photon structure and shape it."
Based on mathematics and connected with certain physical content, this is the general direction of research. This is true for theoretical physics.
In fact, the prime number docking point itself, including the photon structure, is just an expression of microscopic physical existence, rather than saying that photons are composed of real digital arrangements.
Mathematics is the analytical means of physics.
"If we start from the photonic structure, the research will become extremely complicated and full of uncertainties."
Helen expressed her opinion, "Because the standard model of particles itself is imperfect."
"We definitely cannot start with a single photon, but also need to contact other particles, including neutrinos, gluons, etc., but the existing research is not necessarily true."
"right."
Wang Hao gave Helen a thumbs up and confirmed her idea, "So there is still uncertainty about the specific direction. I'm still thinking about it."
"What if we start from the perspective of force?" Paul Field-Jones said thoughtfully. "Electromagnetic force?"
"It can also be strong." "Strong..."
Several people thought together.
Strong force is indeed a good starting point, because strong force is more obvious than weak force, and the expression of electromagnetic force is much more direct.
In addition, the existence of strong force is very special.
For example, the strong force can combine quarks together, but there are no individual quarks in the universe. Why?
Perhaps we can use the quark structure constructed from mass points to analyze it in conjunction with the role of the annihilation force.--
The thinking and discussion by Wang Hao and others did not have a definite result. They just did preliminary research, talked about each other's ideas, and then studied and thought about it individually.
In the eyes of others, the direction may have been found, but the inspiration value has not improved at all, which shows that the direction is uncertain. As the report meeting approached, Wang Hao also began to make preparations.
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Wang Hao and Ding Zhiqiang, Qiu Hui'an
Including Chen Mengmeng, Luan Haiping and others who were accompanying him, they flew to the capital on a special plane.
The group of people quickly arrived at the conference center.
The lecture was organized by the Department of Mathematical Physics. It was initially scheduled to be held in Small Hall No. 5, but later it was moved to Side Hall No. 2, mainly because too many scholars were sure to arrive.
The Department of Mathematical Physics opened applications to attend the conference and sent invitations to some top mathematicians, as well as invitations to internationally renowned universities and institutions. However, it was completely unexpected that the number of scholars coming would exceed 600. .
This is the result of strict review of individual applications.
Every scholar who came here had at least the title of mathematics professor. More than 600 mathematics professors gathered together, and the scene was even comparable to the International Congress of Mathematicians.
These are just scholars in the field of mathematics. The participants also included some officials and institutional representatives. They came with invitation letters purely to "witness the historical moment."
Wang Hao did not expect so many people to come.
The day before, many people came to the No. 2 wing of the conference center. They came to receive personal identification badges. Naturally, they met Wang Hao on the way and wanted to say hello.
As a result, Wang Hao walked all the way and said that it took a long time to meet the organization leader Shen Chunming.
Shen Chunming is the director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences and is responsible for many daily tasks. He moved Wang Hao to a side room where there were several old academicians from the academic department.
After some pleasantries, Shen Chunming sat down and said with a wry smile, "This is truly the lecture of the century!" Others also said, "Yes, there are over a thousand participants! There are more than 600 scholars." "It's really incredible. Thinking of a mathematics report..."
"That's the Riemann Hypothesis!"
"Academician Wang Hao, you are a star in the world of mathematics!" Wang Hao smiled politely.
In fact, it is quite normal. The report that proves the Riemann Hypothesis is really influential, and most people believe that the report will probably prove it definitely.
Because it was Wang Hao who gave the report.
It is also because, in the past period of time, no organization has come forward to confirm the proof, but no organization has come forward to point out the problem.
Although the certification process is indeed complicated, no organization has come forward to point out the problem, which means that they have not discovered the problem for the time being, and they have not determined it just because they do not fully understand it.
Therefore, the report meeting is likely to finalize the proof, and after the meeting, the Riemann Hypothesis will become Riemann Theorem.
In any case, such a large-scale lecture can definitely be called the lecture of the century.