"Brothers, I'm here again!"
On Weibo, in the live broadcast room belonging to [Math and Physics Events].
I saw blogger Guo Xiaoming standing in front of a building, opening his hands and shouting to the netizens who came into the live broadcast room.
The smile on his face seemed to be showing off something.
Netizens who entered the live broadcast room started posting comments one after another.
[Isn't this Great Hall of the People?]
[Why is the blogger here at Great Hall of the People?]
[Is it you? Damn it, you deserve to die!]
[What what what? Why do bloggers die? What happened?]
[Don't you know that tomorrow, Xiao Yi's Goldbach Conjecture report will be held at Great Hall of the People? What do you guys think the blogger is doing here suddenly?]
[ah?]
[ah?]
[You deserve to die!]
Seeing the jealous faces in the barrage, Guo Xiaoming chuckled and said, "I can't help it. I was so lucky. I just grabbed it online and got the tickets. Didn't you all get them? No way, no way?"
After hearing this, the faces of the netizens in the live broadcast room suddenly darkened, and then the content of the barrage changed to "Unblocked, unblocked", "Gone, unblocked", "Never look at this blogger again" and the like.
This method of threatening was quite effective. Guo Xiaoming was so frightened that his face turned pale and he quickly said, "Damn it, dads, this is mine, I'm going to kowtow to you!"
After a lot of apologies, the trend was finally reversed.
[Seeing this scares people's children]
Guo Xiaoming breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "In short, I am relatively lucky, probably mainly because I do have a master's degree in mathematics."
In the barrage, another netizen expressed dissatisfaction: [The hell I can't get a PhD from Imperial College, I still have to pass it]
"Brother!" Guo Xiaoming said quickly, "Don't be as knowledgeable as me."
"Perhaps God thinks that you are extremely talented and there is no need to come to the scene to participate in this report and waste time."
[But I have decided to watch the entire live broadcast tomorrow, and I study number theory. If I can go to the scene to watch the report, it will definitely be of great significance to me.]
"Uh..." Guo Xiaoming was silent, "Well..."
Netizens in the live broadcast room became happy.
[Telling you to talk nonsense!]
The previous netizen posted another barrage at this time: [How about you give me your qualifications?]
When Guo Xiaoming heard this, his face suddenly became serious and he said, "Why don't you cancel the test? This is definitely not possible."
Netizens in the live broadcast room were even happier.
[Blogger: We are just netizens, but you want my life?]
[Presumptuous, too presumptuous.]
[You are trying to take away people's property, you are very bad]
"Ahem." Guo Xiaoming returned to the topic at this time. "Okay everyone, I am going to live broadcast today, and I will mainly talk about the news I heard about tomorrow's report meeting."
"Everyone should also know that the location of this report meeting is arranged in a large auditorium with 10,000 people. It can accommodate up to 10,000 people. However, let me share with you a little tidbit. If the seats are not full by then, there is still a chance of being admitted. So, you know!"
He raised his eyebrows and said.
Netizens immediately understood what he meant. After all, there are 10,000 people, and there will always be some people among them who have something to do or other reasons on that day, so the seats will be vacant.
"In addition, even if it is really full, the organizer will probably let some people in as appropriate. Of course, these people will have to sit in the aisles or something like that."
"But it doesn't feel bad, it's all good."
"Of course it must be said that if you really decide to attend the report, you have to be prepared to not understand it at all. I can only say that for more than 99% of people, it is basically just a fun thing."
Guo Xiaoming smiled and said, "But, after all, it is also Goldbach Conjecture. The regrets of Mr. Chen Jingrun back then can be considered resolved, but it is a pity that his old man can no longer see him."
[I heard that Mr. Chen's descendants will come to the scene]
There was a barrage mentioning this matter.
Guo Xiaoming raised his eyebrows. "This is quite possible, no, it should be said to be 100% possible."
"After all, so many leaders will come." Guo Xiaoming said, "In addition, some mathematicians from abroad have flown over, and they don't want to miss this Goldbach Conjecture report."
[Are foreign mathematicians coming too? Should this report be in Chinese or English?]
[Will we have to use English in order to take care of those foreign mathematicians? Who can understand such words?]
Guo Xiaoming smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. Scholar Xiao will definitely report in Chinese. Almost all of them will be Chinese audiences. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible to speak English."
"I heard that this matter has caused a lot of controversy abroad. Many people abroad believe that Goldbach Conjecture's report should be more internationalized."
"It's okay now. They can only wait until the report meeting is over to read the translated version."
[Okay! Scholar Xiao is awesome!]
[This is how it should be! The audience are all Chinese, so we should report in Chinese!]
But at this time, someone expressed a different opinion: [Anyway, this kind of thing is not bad in terms of internationalization, and it is normal to use English. I think it is best for Xiao Yi to report in English. There are so many academic reports in China, and many people use English]
This barrage immediately aroused the anger of many other netizens.
Guo Xiaoming shook his head and said, "That's not what you said. This report was originally held in our country. Although some scholars did give speeches in English when the audience was all Chinese when giving reports in China, but you have to be clear that this report is now in Great Hall of the People, and the audience is basically Chinese. If this is in English, do you think it is okay?"
"What's more, internationalization does not mean that there is no internationalization. The paper has been sent to "Annals of Mathematics". You still say that there is no internationalization?"
"Anyway, the report meeting cannot be translated. For example, Principles of Algebraic Geometry, the book written by Grothendieck, which is EGA, during his lifetime, he did not allow the publisher to translate EGA. You see, Grothendieck is not very international."
"You think so?"
[I have gained more knowledge, but EGA didn't allow translations to be published back then?]
[No wonder, I have never found a translated version of EGA before 2015, only the French original. Grothendieck is indeed a stubborn old man as the rumors say]
[You may not believe it, but Grothendieck began to believe in gods in his later years, and even wrote a paper to explain the existence of dreams, saying that it was because of gods]
[Huh? True or false?]
The live broadcast room began to talk about Grothendieck, and the person who claimed to be international had probably left the live broadcast room in embarrassment.
Until the end, Guo Xiaoming said, "Actually, the most interesting thing about this report is that it is also Scholar Xiao's graduation defense. According to the defense committee published online, there are five academicians, which is really awesome."
"And then there are tens of thousands of spectators... Gan, if it had been like this when I was defending, I don't know how nervous I would have been."
"I'm already looking forward to tomorrow."
"You can continue to follow me tomorrow. I will do a text live broadcast just like #TwinPrimeConjectureReport# did. If you don't understand the official live broadcast, you can come see me and I will try my best to explain."
However, his topic suddenly changed again. "Of course, I may not understand, so everyone just pray for my good luck."
The next day, May 29th arrived.
At around 8 o'clock in the morning, quite a few people were already standing outside Great Hall of the People.
How to ensure the orderly progress of tens of thousands of spectators is indeed a question worthy of discussion, but for the staff of the Great Hall, this is not difficult. After all, they have seen too much.
For many people, it was their first time to come to the Great Hall. Looking at the square and solemn building in front of them, they took photos one after another.
In the past, I had only seen videos and photos of big guys like Old Ma and Little Ma lining up to enter the Great Hall. I didn't expect that they would have such an opportunity this time.
In this way, groups of people finally entered the Great Hall, and then were guided into the interior of the Ten Thousand People Auditorium.
Looking at this auditorium, which often appears on news television, everyone felt quite curious.
And if you have a little understanding of architecture, you will be even more surprised by how such a spacious hall can be made without even a single pillar?
As for the front, that is, behind the rostrum, it is not the combination of the red flag and the national emblem, but a large screen, which displays the official theme of the report meeting.
[Goldbach Conjecture Report Meeting and Xiao Yi Undergraduate Graduation Defense Meeting].
"I really included the graduation defense party..."
Backstage, Xiao Yi is staying here and has not gone out.
Looking at the words displayed on the big screen outside, he felt a little ashamed.
In this case, isn't it a bit too showy?
"Haha, this is the feeling you want!"
There was a middle-aged man next to him and said to him with a smile.
"It reflects the excellence of our country's geniuses. The graduation defense used Goldbach Conjecture as the theme, and it was even just an undergraduate graduation defense."
This middle-aged man is Science and Technology Bureau, the director of China, Liu Cong.
Science and Technology Bureau's status in Chinese academic circles is naturally quite high, and they can take care of anything related to science and technology.
And this report like Xiao Yi is also inseparable from the support of the Science and Technology Bureau.
Xiao Yi saw this Director Liu for the first time today, and I had a pretty good impression on him.
After hearing what the other party said, Xiao Yi said helplessly, "It feels... almost the same."
Liu Cong smiled and patted his shoulder, "Be confident, even if you are more high-profile, it won't be a problem."
"We are really lucky to have young people like you in our country's basic science field."
Xiao Yi waved his hand modestly. "I didn't do anything."
"Don't underestimate yourself." Liu Cong smiled, then he looked at the time. "It starts at 10 o'clock sharp, there is still one hour left."
He patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder and said, "I'm looking forward to your performance from now on. There are still many leaders paying attention to your report. After the report is over, you can come over again. There will be a surprise."
Xiao Yi is slightly curious, surprised?
But he didn't ask any more questions, since he would know after the report was over.
I turned around and looked at more and more people outside, feeling a little emotional in my heart.
With 10,000 people, if this report is finished, they will attend other reports in the future. Even International Congress of Mathematicians's one-hour plenary report meeting will probably only be regarded as a small scene, right?
An hour passed quickly.
The auditorium was already full of people. Similarly, as Guo Xiaoming said, for some spectators who came to try their luck to see if they could get in, the organizer also let some people in as appropriate, so that there were also many people sitting in the aisles and corridors.
As the time approached the official start of the report meeting, the auditorium gradually became quiet, and the host no longer even needed to control the situation.
Of course, there still needs to be a host. The host is the dean of Mathematics Research Institute and academician Xi Lan. He is also a member of the defense committee.
The five academicians of the defense committee are all sitting in the first row. Sitting in the middle is academician Hu Guangde, who is also the defense chairperson. After all, Xiao Yi is also their USTC student. Of course, one of their USTC members must serve as the defense chairperson.
As the time came to 10 o'clock, Academician Xi turned around and stood up, faced the audience, picked up the prepared microphone and said, "Welcome to attend the Goldbach Conjecture lecture and Xiao Yi's undergraduate graduation defense meeting."
"I am the chairman of this defense committee, Xi Lan."
"The history of Goldbach Conjecture has a long history in the mathematics community. It has far-reaching significance for the development of the entire mathematics community. It completely stumped the great mathematician Euler, so much so that he spent his whole life without solving it. It completely inspired the mathematics community to study the prime number problem. After that, it even indirectly led to the proposal of Riemann Hypothesis..."
Academician Xi began to deliver a speech for this report.
Backstage, Xiao Yi also tidied himself up and stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself.
Just now, the makeup artist specially put on makeup for him. Of course, it was not heavy makeup, but simply painted eyebrows and eyeliner to make him look more mature.
In addition, what he is wearing today is not a suit, but a Zhongshan suit. Someone measured it for him some time ago and then found a Zhongshan suit master in China to cut it out. It fits him perfectly.
The style is also very traditional, and even has a style button on the collar.
"Brother, he's quite handsome."
Looking at himself in the mirror, Xiao Yi thought a little bit in his heart.
"Xiao Yi, you are ready to go on stage."
At this time, Liu Cong called him.
"Okay!"
Xiao Yi responded, then left the mirror and turned towards the exit.
"... Then let us welcome Xiao Yi with applause and bring you Goldbach Conjecture's report!"
Academician Xi Lan just finished his speech, and then he applauded.
In the auditorium, the applause of tens of thousands of spectators also rang out, which was particularly clear under the special acoustic structure of the auditorium.
Similarly, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes looked towards the entrance.
Xiao Yi stepped out.
Zhongshan suit's dress made the Chinese people at the scene shine. Although suits have been accepted by China and have become formal wear on many occasions, Zhongshan suit still has an irreplaceable position in the hearts of Chinese people.
Underneath, some old people couldn't help but smile and said, "What a handsome young man."
Naturally, Xiao Yi couldn't hear the following words. He walked to the center of the podium, faced the people present, and bowed slightly.
Then he raised his head and looked at the many pairs of eyes present.
Hmm...
There is no such thing as nervousness. Now he is a calm yuppie.
Then, he said, "Hello dear viewers and defense teachers, I am Xiao Yi."
"Thank you all for coming to attend my report, which is also my graduation defense meeting."
"As for the theme of this report, I believe Academician Xi has just described it in great detail, so I won't go into details."
"Then, let's start my report directly."
Afterwards, Xiao Yi walked to the podium aside and operated the computer above. The ppt on the big screen behind him immediately turned a page.
"Can all even numbers greater than two be written as the sum of two prime numbers?"
"Here, we first introduce the conclusion of Mr. Chen Jingrun, Chen's Theorem, about 50 years ago."
The report officially began, and Xiao Yi first quoted the conclusions of Chen's Theorem.
And this also made the audience pay attention.
On a seat in the second row of the audience, the old woman's hands tightened, and there was an old photo frame on the table in front of her. The person in the photo frame was facing the rostrum.
Next to him, the old woman's son watched this scene and reached out to fiddle with the photo frame so that the people above could have a clear view of the content on the rostrum.
In addition to them, there are also many old people who sit up slightly. For them, the Chen's Theorem mentioned now is the most proud achievement of their old friend.
Only the voice of Xiao Yi was left in the audience, and people listened attentively. As for the beginning of the content, Xiao Yi tried his best to tell the audience the reason for Chen's Theorem in a story-telling way.
However, this method of storytelling will eventually come to an end.
"However, the conclusion of Mr. Chen also proves one thing, that is, the solution of Goldbach Conjecture cannot be achieved at all based on the mathematical theory at that time."
"In other words, the mathematical community needs new mathematical tools to have a chance to completely solve Goldbach Conjecture."
"It's hard to imagine that for such a centuries-old problem, there are still no suitable tools to solve it hundreds of years later."
"But fortunately, such a tool finally appeared."
Xiao Yi introduced slightly shyly, "This method is called Parity Check Classification Sieve. This method comes from the proof paper I proposed in Twin Prime Conjecture."
"The classification sieve can judge the distribution of prime numbers very well, and it can show good applicability to any prime number problem."
"However, the sieving method alone is not enough. Just like the method used by Mr. Chen, he also applied the circle method."
"The circle method and the sieve method seem to be two completely different methods."
"It's just that for mathematics, trying to connect different things is a job that many mathematicians are doing."
"So, my most important job is to combine the sieve method and the circle method to make them a more powerful tool for solving prime number problems."
"And how to try to combine the two is also a difficult question."
"In this process, I used the technique Xiao's Polynomial Expansion - well, this method is also named after me."
Xiao Yi explained again slightly embarrassedly.
It made everyone present smile.
"Then, next, I will officially start to deduce this process."
Turning his head, Xiao Yi started writing on a small blackboard next to him.
[(log x)2xε(J(2A)w + J11/6τ 1/2...]
Finally, their report finally reached a professional level.
Sitting on the seat on the second floor, Guo Xiaoming is currently conducting a text live broadcast on his mobile phone.
[Hahaha, I don't know if you have seen it. Scholar Xiao installed the b device. The classification sieve belongs to him, and Xiao's expansion also belongs to him. But having said that, Scholar Xiao's report was too kind. Even now, I can actually understand what he is saying.]
Click Send.
Then he looked up again and saw mathematical derivation written in heaven on the blackboard.
After being stunned for a moment, he could only lower his head and send another message: [I was wrong, Scholar Xiao's kindness is over.]
If the previous difficulty was limited to the level of popular science, just like the reportage "Goldbach Conjecture" back then, then it has indeed entered the real mathematics major.
Confused faces began to circulate in the auditorium.
Only a few mathematicians can barely understand it.
There are also some foreign mathematicians among them. These mathematicians dare to come and listen to Chinese lectures. In fact, it is because they all know some Chinese. Otherwise, no one will come and torture themselves to listen to a lecture in a language they do not even understand.
In this way, time passed quickly.
"... Finally, we have successfully combined the circle method and the sieve method, using Xiao's expansion as a chain bridge to integrate these two seemingly unrelated methods to form a theory, just as I explained in the paper, I named it Circle Method Expansion."
Finally, after some complicated derivation, Xiao Yi turned around and looked at the confused audience in front of him. He smiled and was not surprised at all.
"Although I have not conducted in-depth research, I think this method can be used to solve many other problems, and I am also looking forward to future related results in the mathematical community."
"Then..." Xiao Yi paused and said, "Next, it's time to formally resolve Goldbach Conjecture."
"I'll be a little faster."
Then, he began to write quickly on the small blackboard.
At this speed, even mathematicians who could just understand it began to be unable to keep up.
In the end, they had no choice but to give up.
Anyway, the next derivation process only requires understanding the original text of the paper, although there are also quite a lot of amazing ingenuities in it.
Of course, it is enough to listen carefully to Xiao Yi's explanation of Circle Method Expansion's theory.
As Xiao Yi said, Circle Method Expansion theory will be able to be used to solve many other mathematical problems.
Hu Guangde took off his glasses and leaned back on the chair.
Xi Lan next to him also gave up, turned to look at Hu Guangde, and asked, "So, after Xiao Yi graduates, where will the graduate students go? What do you say?"
Hu Guangde shrugged and said, "Who knows? Although many schools around the world have sent us emails, Xiao Yi seems to be... planning to study in China?"
Xi Lan's eyes suddenly lit up. "Then why not... let him consider us Mathematics Research Institute?"
Hu Guangde immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at Xi Lan, "Good guy, are you waiting for me here?"
However, in the end, he shook his head and said, "You can ask Xiao Yi when the time comes. Only he can decide this matter."