Nicholas Ridley was a professor of mathematics and a close friend of Grigory Perelman (the prover of the Poincaré conjecture).
Just after finishing a class, he was suddenly stopped by a female student.
"Teacher, I would like to ask a question about algebraic geometry."
"Okay! Natasha..." Nicholas Ridley was interrupted by a rough voice before he could finish speaking.
"Ridley, you will never imagine what happened today" said the owner of the rough voice, a typical bearded middle-aged Slavic man.
"Andrews, has your tap water turned into vodka?" Nicholas Ridley joked.
"Take a look! I guarantee you will be surprised." Andrews said and handed a mathematics annual book to the other party.
What is it? Yearbook of Mathematics. Nicholas Ridley took it in confusion, and then looked through it carefully.
"Oh! Come on Euler, Hodge's conjecture has been proven." Nicholas Ridley exclaimed.
"That's not necessarily the case." Andrews shook his head and said.
Nicholas Ridley knew what Andrews meant as soon as he heard it: "I'm going to find Perelman and let's see if this dragon-slaying warrior kills Hodge."
Although it has declined, the Moscow School of Mathematics still has many mathematical experts left.
If the Cyrusia Federation hadn't been disbanded, their Moscow School of Mathematics could compete with the Göttingen School, Princeton University, Harvard University, Gallic School, and Roman School.
Even if it is in decline now, it still cannot be underestimated. This is why a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Nicholas Ridley turned his head to Natasha and said apologetically: "Natasha, we can only leave the problem until next time."
"It's okay, Professor." In fact, Natasha was completely dizzy at this time. As a master's student in the Department of Mathematics, she had certainly heard of the name of Hodge's conjecture.
Today she actually heard that Hodge's conjecture was proved, which undoubtedly gave her a huge shock.
Nicholas Ridley hurriedly drove towards the outskirts of Moscow.
Perelman lived with his mother on the outskirts of Moscow. Nicholas drove to the area near his house. It was very remote and the coniferous pine house was very old. It didn't look like the residence of a great mathematician at all.
After getting off the car and walking for more than a hundred meters, an old woman was tending a piece of wasteland, with some scattered potatoes and sunflowers planted on it, as well as a small piece of lettuce and carrots.
Nicholas Ridley called to the old woman: "Karina, is Perelman home?"
"Oh! It turns out to be little Nicholas, Pere went to the forest to pick mushrooms." The old woman was Perelman's mother.
Nicholas Ridley shook his head helplessly. Perelman was really a weirdo among weirdos. After he proved the Poincaré conjecture, he did not go to receive the award (the Cray Institute of Mathematics in the United States gave him the solution to the Millennium Puzzle).
(a reward of US$1 million), and did not even receive the Fields Medal in 2006.
If he goes to receive the award, he can at least use the money to improve his life. Nicholas Ridley cannot understand Perelman's thoughts.
Put the brown bread and yogurt in the house for half an hour.
He was wearing frayed clothes, with messy dark brown fluffy long hair, a thick untrimmed beard and long nails, and he looked like a tramp.
He is Perelman, the mathematical genius who cracked the Poincaré conjecture. It is hard to imagine that a mathematician with such a high academic achievement could be such a homeless person.
Perelman was carrying a basket with freshly picked mushrooms on it. This was one of his hobbies, and he was collecting mushrooms alone in the quiet forest.
Regarding the arrival of Nicholas Ridley, he did not say hello to an old friend. He only glanced at the other person indifferently and then went to clean the mushrooms.
Nicholas Ridley has long been accustomed to Perelman's behavior.
"Perey, someone cracked the Hodge conjecture."
Perelman paused while cleaning the mushrooms, then returned to normal. He said coldly: "I am no longer a mathematician."
"Perey, don't you want to communicate with a genius? Do you know that the person who cracked the Hodge conjecture was a young man who was only 19 years old." Nicholas Ridley explained.
Perelman raised his eyebrows and said with certainty: "It's Huang Mingzhe."
"I told you that he would be the one who would be interested in you."
"I knew he would crack the Hodge Conjecture."
"Let's test the ability of this dragon-slaying warrior together!"
Perelman cut the mushrooms and after a long silence said: "It's not necessary."
Looking at Perelman who was still in the old well, Nicholas Ridley could only leave with regret in the end. He knew that there was no need for him to say anything anymore. He knew Perelman's character.
at the same time.
Mathematicians all over the world have invested in verification work.
Especially for the Clay Mathematics Institute, they need to reward the cracker with a million dollars. It would be embarrassing if the reward was sent to the wrong person.
Verification is obviously faster than proof, but for this century-level achievement, no one will let go of a single number, even if it is a symbol error.
For more than a month, mathematicians around the world have been verifying Huang Mingzhe's paper.
The International Mathematical Union Committee compiled the verification results of various mathematicians, but everyone was suppressed by Huang Mingzhe's proof.
Impeccable! This paper is so perfect, as perfect as a shining gem.
Ingrid Dobesi, President of the International Mathematical Union, met with mathematicians in the United States in Princeton, including the Princeton Institute of Mathematics, the Department of Mathematics of Harvard University, the Clay Institute of Mathematics, and more than a dozen mathematical institutions.
"What do you think of Huang Mingzhe's paper proving Hodge's conjecture?" Ingrid Dobesi asked straight to the point.
Everyone looked at each other, what could they say? After studying for more than a month, they couldn't find even a single mistake, and there was no reason to refute the other party.
They are academics, not political hermits who can confuse right and wrong.
"His proof is beyond doubt." Pierre Deligne was the first to speak up.
Next, Yau Shing-tung, Terence Tao, Edward Witten, John Shyner and others also expressed their approval.
"Paris Normal School, Göttingen, Cambridge, Max Planck Institute, Moscow University, Tokyo University, and Peking University have also expressed their approval of this certificate." Ingrid Dobesi said while holding the document.
Everyone discussed it for a while, and soon more people agreed with the proof. As for the few mathematicians who had opinions, they could only choose to remain silent at this time.
To refute Huang Mingzhe's proof, we must find problems and flaws, but that paper is simply impeccable, and if we try to dig deeper, it will only make our hairline recede by a few centimeters.
July 16th.
The International Mathematical Union Committee announced to the world that Huang Mingzhe's paper proving the Hodge conjecture was verified correctly.
At the same time, the Clay Mathematics Institute announced that it recognized this result and would award Huang Mingzhe a $1 million bonus.
If the paper previously published in the Annals of Mathematics was an undeterminable proof, at this time the international mathematical community has generally recognized this proof.