Chapter 295 The world's amazement
This is the end of a grand gathering of mathematics.
But its influence on the world goes far beyond that.
This report will be broadcast live in its entirety, so what happened during the process was not only seen by the audience at the scene, but also by those who watched the live broadcast.
And these audiences, after witnessing the whole process with their own eyes, couldn't help but applaud together with the audience at the scene, marveling at this wonderful proof process of Xiao Yi.
As for his final answer to the question, everyone was even more shocked.
This is God of Mathematics!
And the proof process of Riemann Hypothesis is worthy of its status in the mathematics world.
After all, if there is no questioning process in the end, Riemann Hypothesis will become a theorem, and the thunder will be louder and the raindrops will be lighter.
Therefore, only such an experience makes people feel more impressive.
Then, a wind called [Riemann's theorem] began to blow around the world.
On various online social platforms, everyone began to discuss the matter of Riemann Hypothesis and the results of this report meeting.
Even those who do not understand mathematics are willing to join in such discussions and talk about their thoughts and sighs on this matter.
Of course, what is mentioned more is the amazement at Xiao Yi's ability.
How on earth was he able to achieve such amazing attainments in mathematics?
Especially those who watched the live broadcast were astonished by the process of Xiao Yi answering Wiles's question. It was a question that required a whole blackboard to answer. In the end, Xiao Yi was able to deduce it all in just a few minutes of thinking?
Even when Xiao Yi was doing the derivation on the blackboard, the number of times he stayed in the middle was basically to explain what he wanted to do at this step, what the purpose was, etc. It only took half an hour, including the derivation in the middle, and he didn't even correct what he had written.
If the proof of Riemann Hypothesis is something that ordinary viewers like them cannot fully understand yet, but a blackboard derivation proof was given on the spot, which really made them feel the ability of Xiao Yi.
Therefore, there is the most discussion on this matter on the Internet.
For example, on YouTube, someone has quickly uploaded the half-hour proof process of Xiao Yi into slices, and in the comment area below, some people have already expressed their surprise.
[Hou Li Xie Te, from the time Wiles asked the question to the time he started to answer, he only thought about it for a few minutes. Did he answer this question as an exam question?]
[I really can't believe that there are such human beings in this world. Is he proof that people have completed evolution again over the years?]
[I suspect that people in the CIA are planning every day how to get a hair from this guy so that they can clone thousands of Xiao Yi.]
[One of this guy can already do this. If there are thousands of them, I doubt he can rule the earth.]
[I am a doctoral student from MIT Mathematics Department. Today our supervisor took us to watch the full live broadcast of this guy's report. When we saw this scene, all of us were so shocked that we couldn't open our mouths from ear to ear.
To be honest, including my tutor, all of us were very surprised when we heard about the Wiles problem. We really didn't expect that Wiles could discover such a problem. At that time, we couldn't even think of where to start solving this problem. What we didn't expect was that Xiao Yi knew how to solve it so quickly. This is simply amazing!]
[Yes! I am from Berkeley, and many of our Mathematics Department people also watched this live broadcast. Although we couldn't go there, we still had to watch such a historic report on the live broadcast. Then I was hit by Xiao's testimony. Thinking that he is only 25 years old this year, I was deeply hit. I am only 25 years old!
In addition, I don't know if you have noticed that after he finished the proof, he just finished writing on the complete blackboard. To be honest, I even doubt now that he actually knew how much to write in each next step from the beginning, so he was able to make such a precise plan. But if he had really considered this before the proof began, I can only say... he is an alien.]
[When you say that, it's bad. I also have this feeling. Could it be that he has really thought about the subsequent writing layout? Doesn't this mean that before he started the proof, he had already thought about how many steps he would need to complete the proof? I bought some fucking!!]
[Well, although you are all discussing Wiles's question, I also admit that Xiao Yi did show very good ability when answering this question... I mean, so good that it is too abnormal. However, I am actually more interested in the question asked by Schultz, especially Xiao Yi's answer. To be honest, I understand Xiao Yi There are many people who answered the question Wiles, but there are very few people who understand how Xiao Yi solves the problem Schultz. I estimate that there are so many people at the scene. Among mathematicians, not many people understood Xiao Yi's answer. To be honest, I didn't understand it either, so what I really want to know now is how Xiao Yi answered this question.]
[Finally found someone like me! I'm the same, and I'm very curious about this question. Xiao Yi's answer seems to mean that his proof has already explained the problem of Schultz, but his explanation exists in the whole paper, not in some individual steps, so it cannot be seen from those individual steps. You must read the entire paper to understand clearly.
However, this requires you to be familiar with the contents of the paper of more than 400 pages. However, apart from big guys like Schultz, how many people can understand so thoroughly a paper of so many pages?]
[Fortunately, I am not studying pure mathematics, but applied mathematics, so I don't have to master such proofs. However, I also have a suggestion to tell you, that is, don't embarrass yourself too much. If you don't understand it, forget it. If you don't understand this top theory at the first time, just make peace with yourself. After all, there will be a second time and a third time. Unless you want to use some of the new theories in the Xiao Yi paper to publish a paper or something, then just pretend that I didn't say it.
However, having said that, for a long time in the future, the world of pure mathematics will produce many new papers because of this paper Xiao Yi, right? This is what I envy you most about those who study pure mathematics. With such an important new theory, it can bring inspiration to many people, and several papers can be published simply casually!]
["Whatever", hey bro, this kind of thing is not nonsense, it cannot be casual at all. If you are a big shot in applied mathematics and have published several top journals, then just pretend that I didn't say it, but if you are just a student, or just a scholar with some achievements, then I advise you not to say it easily. Such a conclusion is because not everyone can think of what topics to study next after reading Xiao Yi's paper. After all, it is something that truly belongs to the forefront of mathematics, and most of us who study pure mathematics are still doing things from the last century, or even the last century.]
[I strongly agree with the brother upstairs. Indeed, Xiao Yi proved that the new methods of Riemann Hypothesis are all very cutting-edge and complex. It is a very difficult thing to use these new methods to achieve results. I guess that until we use these theories, we will have to wait for other mathematics masters to interpret these new methods in more detail.]
[Damn it, why am I not Xiao Yi!]
[Because you are not an alien.]
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In addition to YouTube, you can also see relevant discussions on X, Facebook and other places.
Internet users in every country, whether it is the United States, France, United Kingdom, or Japan, South Korea, India, etc., all have people who pay great attention to this matter.
British and American netizens lamented that they don't have mathematicians like Xiao Yi now. French netizens felt that Xiao Yi inherited their fine French tradition in mathematics. The Japanese lamented that Xiao Yi is definitely the ultimate genius who only comes out in ten thousand years. The South Korea people were discussing how much Korean ancestry Xiao Yi has. The India people said that although Xiao Yi is very powerful, they still think their Ramanujan is more awesome.
Basically, people in every country have their own ideas.
Of course, these ideas all occur internationally, but within China, that is the real national celebration.
With the current size of China, there are no longer so many things worthy of national celebration. Just like the Olympic Games, which once attracted national attention, not so many people care about it now.
There are also things like rocket launches. Not that many Chinese people are also concerned about it. Even the recent launch of Shenzhou, I guess not that many people know about it.
The only thing that has attracted national attention recently is probably the successful realization of nuclear fusion. The protagonist in this matter is also Xiao Yi.
Today, the Riemann Hypothesis report meeting has still attracted the attention and celebration of the people across the country. Especially after the report meeting ended, the related heat exploded.
After all, this time it was their mathematician who single-handedly defeated an organization composed of many foreign mathematicians. At the same time, what happened during the report also made them even more amazed.
For a time, this matter could be seen anywhere, on computers and TVs, including the news channels of various satellite TVs, which also reported on the matter. As for Hui Province TV, it reported on the matter in an all-round way. On its website, it even opened a special branch to live broadcast the entire report meeting.
As for the local TV station Fei City, it was even more straightforward than Hui Province TV. Hui Province TV had a full live broadcast on the website, while the Fei City TV station broadcast the entire incident directly on TV. As for other programs, they were all terminated.
The news that night also made a special report on this matter, which also included an interview with Xiao Yi after the report meeting.
This interview has been scheduled with Xiao Yi a long time ago. I just want to wait for the end of the report meeting to talk to Xiao Yi specifically about his thoughts on this report.
In this interview, Xiao Yi also answered many questions that netizens were interested in.
"Professor Xiao Yi, according to what you mentioned in your report, you came up with the new step in the amusement park. We would like to know more about what specific thoughts you had at the beginning that inspired you like this?"
Facing the reporter's question, Xiao Yi replied, "I don't have any specific ideas. Just like what I said in my report, geometry exists anywhere in the universe, so if you carefully observe the surrounding environment, you will naturally be able to generate some relevant inspiration."
As he spoke, he laughed, "Mathematics is basically like this. Sometimes inspiration comes suddenly."
The reporter couldn't help but sigh, "But if it was the inspiration of Riemann Hypothesis, it probably wouldn't be that easy."
Xiao Yi spread his hands. "Maybe."
The reporter smiled and then asked the next question, "Then the second question, as far as I know, many people in the mathematics community are very curious. Not only were you able to discover a new tool like Generalized Modular Curve, but you also later found Shimura variety and Siegel modular form are two auxiliary tools, so people want to know how you found these two auxiliary tools in the first place? According to what you said in the report, did you directly think of using these two tools?"
Hearing this question, Xiao Yi's face showed a little confusion, as if he was confused about asking this question.
Then I heard him answer, "This should be easy to associate, right? Think about the next steps, and then consider the nature and form of Generalized Modular Curve. It shouldn't be that difficult to think of this."
The reporter immediately gave a thumbs up.
"Cow!"
The reporters seemed to be able to imagine how huge a shock their interview would bring to those who pay attention to this issue when it is released.
After all, at the beginning, people thought that Xiao Yi should have spent some thinking time before coming up with these two new tools. But looking at it now, people just thought of it from the beginning!
This is simply off the mark!
The reporter calmed down a little, and then continued to ask, "Then, I will continue to ask a question that is similar to this one. When Professor Xiao finally answered the question Professor Wiles, we all saw that you started to answer after thinking for a few minutes after hearing the question. However, according to the reactions of other mathematicians, the question asked by Professor Wiles was quite difficult. It is incredible to answer it in such a short time."
"However, based on what you said before you started to answer the question, it seems that you did not even think about how to answer this question in those few minutes. Instead, you were thinking about how you thought about this question when you were proving the thesis. Many of us are particularly curious about this process and hope you can give a more detailed explanation."
Hearing this question, Xiao Yi spread his hands, knowing that the reporter would definitely ask this question.
Then he said, "Yes, I was indeed recalling how I thought about this issue at the time."
"To be honest, as the author of this paper, I have complete control over the proof process of the entire paper. In other words, I have probably thought about almost all the questions they may ask. Let me briefly disclose that there are at least five questions on my side that they may ask."
"For this reason, at the very beginning, I was recalling how I originally thought about the problem of Wiles."
"So it can't be said that I gave the answer to this question without thinking about it. My thinking process has been in place a long time ago. Of course, this also invalidates the question of Schultz."
The reporter breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So that's it, that is to say, you have already answered these questions before. Today is just a retelling of your previous answers."
"Well, that's not very accurate, because when I was thinking about these problems, I just briefly thought about the solutions to these problems in my mind. So when I answered the question today, I just thought about the original solution. As for the derivation process, it was indeed deduced on the spot." Xiao Yi explained.
The reporter twitched his lips.
No, brother, why are you getting more and more outrageous the more you say it?