"This is... an email sent to me by Schultz himself?"
Seeing this email in the mailbox, Xiao Yi showed a surprised expression.
A Fields Medal winner, a famous mathematician, actually took the initiative to send an email to an ordinary minor who just sent a paper to IHES?
He even said he "can't wait" to communicate with him and sent him an invitation?
Who would have thought of this?
Ahem...
Of course, no matter what, it's not that ordinary.
"However, this mathematics academic conference Schultz mentioned... could it be that one?"
After seeing the email mentioning a mathematics conference to be held on September 13, Xiao Yi quickly remembered the news on the Internet.
The final meeting to completely end the eight-year dispute in the mathematical community regarding the ABC conjecture...?
He was immediately interested.
After paying attention to various news these days, he also learned about the ABC conjecture, an unsolved problem that is famous in the mathematics world.
The abc conjecture is an important issue in number theory. It was proposed in 1985, and its original purpose was actually to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.
Because, if the abc conjecture is true, then the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem only takes one page to complete.
However, a few years after the abc conjecture was proposed, Fermat's Last Theorem was proved by Andrew Wiles, while the abc conjecture still remained in the mathematical community and has not been solved. On the contrary, it has become a more important issue in the number theory community.
Once the ABC conjecture is established, it will help mathematicians easily solve more number theory problems.
However, the number of people studying the abc conjecture is even smaller than the number of people studying Far Abelian Geometry. The number of mathematicians in the world who dare to study the abc conjecture can probably be counted on two or three hands.
Among these top mathematicians, Shinichi Mochizuki has become the most prominent one.
So whether Shinichi Mochizuki's proof is correct or wrong, Xiao Yi also wants to know.
After all, he likes to study mathematical problems very much, and ABC guessed that this kind of problem, which can be ranked as one of the seven major problems in mathematics, even though he thinks that his ability is still insufficient, his interest is no less than other mathematical problems.
"Well... then let's go there once."
Xiao Yi thought for a while and finally made a decision.
Although he feels that traveling abroad is a bit troublesome, if it is for such cutting-edge problems in mathematics, even if it is troublesome, it is still a completely surmountable problem.
"But, if it's September 13th... it seems like that's when the freshmen's military training starts?"
There was a strange expression on his face.
In this case, does it mean that he has a very legitimate reason not to go to military training?
Time passed quickly.
Regarding Xiao Yi and his paper, it became a hotly discussed topic in the next few days.
For a time, quite a few media wanted to interview him, but he refused all these interviews because after confirming that he was going to Germany to attend the academic conference, he began to spend a lot of time researching the abc conjecture and the Shinichi Mochizuki paper.
Of course, his purpose was not to prove the abc conjecture, or to find out the problem with the Shinichi Mochizuki paper.
Just kidding, he is just a newbie in mathematics. The former is a problem that many mathematics experts are scratching their heads about. He does not think he can prove it.
After all, his failure can only improve his learning efficiency, but cannot directly allow him to obtain the answer to a proof question.
If you want to try to prove the ABC conjecture, you still need a lot of mathematical foundation.
As for the latter, that was a problem that Peter Schultz and the others had been searching for for so many years but still didn't necessarily have a definite evidence for. He didn't think he could discover the problem after just half a month.
His purpose was simply to preview it in advance, just in case he didn't even know what the mathematicians were saying when he attended the academic conference.
Just like that, the time came to September 4th.
It is also the day when USTC registers for the new semester.
After carrying a small suitcase and a school bag, Xiao Yi set off on the road to school.
When we arrived at the school gate, there was already a lively scene.
This year's new students entered the campus and looked for the registration point of their college.
Xiao Yi also quickly found the location of their School of Mathematical Sciences.
Hmm...
All are boys.
Compared to other students who are almost all girls at the registration point, their math school is a little too masculine.
However, it's not a big problem.
Only unpromising people would think about girls!
He came here to study!
As soon as the seniors at the Mathematics Department registration point saw someone coming, they immediately came over with smiles on their faces. "Hey, is this junior from our Mathematics Department? What's his name?"
"Yes, my name is Xiao Yi."
"Xiao Yi, I'm looking for... wait, are you Xiao Yi?"
When several seniors heard Xiao Yi's name, they all looked at Xiao Yi with wide eyes.
"I'll go, it's really Scholar Xiao!"
Immediately, these seniors seemed to become respectful. "Scholar Xiao, you don't need to register. All the registration matters have been arranged. In addition, Professor Liu Bin from our college said that when you come, you can go directly to his office to find him."
Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't have much doubts and nodded. "Okay, thank you seniors."
Afterwards, he was going to Professor Liu's office, but before leaving, several senior students asked him to leave a few signatures.
Obviously, although he has just entered school, he has already become their Mathematics Department star.
I arrived at Liu Bin's office with ease.
At this time, Liu Bin seemed to be fiddling with an envelope or something on his desk.
After seeing Xiao Yi arrive, he smiled and said, "You're here."
"Yeah."
Xiao Yi nodded.
Liu Bin didn't say much, such as welcoming him to officially become a student of USTC.
Anyway, Xiao Yi has come to his place so many times that he is already an acquaintance.
In the office, there were several students from Liu Bin. After seeing Xiao Yi, they all looked at him.
Those eyes were full of worship.
"I asked you to come here for two things. The first thing is this."
Speaking, Liu Bin pointed to the letter in his hand.
"Sent from Max Planck Institute of Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. The sender is Peter Schultz."
"This letter was just sent to our college today. I'm very curious. What is this thing?"
"Oh! This!"
Xiao Yi said, "It should be the invitation letter sent to me by Mr. Schultz. He invited me to attend the mathematics academic conference held at Max Planck Institute for Mathematics on September 13."
"A few days ago, a special email was sent to me to inform me of this matter. I didn't expect it to be delivered so quickly."
Liu Bin was suddenly stunned.
Good guy, this guy can even receive invitations to mathematics conferences from top scholars like this?
The graduate students around him were even more shocked.
Damn it, an invitation letter from the winner of Fields Medal?
They want it too!
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