Recaps

Xiao Yi proved the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness result, used his work to raise the Greenwald limit, and joined the Plasma Institute to pursue fusion-reactor materials. After his lecture and a high-profile interview, he connected Liu Xiaodong’s carbon-pore electron acceleration to an equation that seemed related to the X particle.

• Xiao Yi’s team completed a lithium-sulfur solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,345 Wh/kg, and his papers and patents shook the battery industry.
• Xiao Yi licensed the battery patents to multiple companies, directed funding toward Science Island Laboratory, and began studying blow-up solutions in fluid models.
• Xiao Yi developed the Explosion Trend Discrimination Model, submitted his work to Annals of Mathematics, and attracted broad attention to its potential applications.
• Xiao Yi interviewed postgraduate applicants, selected Chen Muhua, Liang Qiushi, and Sun Yuan, and worked toward a new function space for the Navier–Stokes equation.
• Xiao Yi published a proof of the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem using Xiao’s Space, earning praise from Terence Tao and other mathematicians.
• Xiao Yi used his fluid model to find that the Greenwald limit could rise by 35%, then helped an EAST experiment verify stable plasma beyond the previous limit.
• Xiao Yi joined the Plasma Institute and focused on first-wall materials, while Liu Xiaodong shared evidence that electrons accelerated inside carbon-composite pores.
• Xiao Yi presented his Navier–Stokes proof, gave a Time Magazine interview, and later derived an equation for the carbon-pore acceleration that seemed connected to the X particle.

Xiao Yi developed a radiation-resistant first-wall material and led the design and testing of a new UO fusion device, overcoming doubts to build the Sun-Making Reactor. The reactor achieved steady-state fusion and produced 15 GW of power, though the team kept the breakthrough secret while verifying operations and preparing its grid connection.

• Xiao Yi published his aperture-acceleration discovery with Liu Xiaodong, then completed the Carbon Deconstruction Diagram and designed new carbon materials, including MHT-7 for fusion reactor walls.
• Xiao Yi secured support for a secret fusion project, became Chief Designer of EAST-S, and led tests showing that MHT-7 could withstand fusion conditions.
• Xiao Yi designed the UO fusion structure and, after critics objected, built UOmini as a verification device, and it reached the Lawson Criterion and generated 30 MW of power.
• With the institute and Chu Lansheng backing him, Xiao Yi began constructing the Sun-Making Reactor, while foreign researchers and officials tried to learn what China was building.
• Xiao Yi led the reactor’s final inspections and ignition on January 31, 2027, and the plasma reached steady-state burn, achieved tritium self-sufficiency, and the MHD generator and turbines produced 15 GW.
• Xiao Yi confirmed that the reactor sustained plasma above 100 million degrees for over 1,000 seconds without damaging its first wall, then agreed with the old leader to delay announcing the success until stable operation was verified.

After China’s fusion breakthrough, Xiao Yi advised new energy and military projects while proving the Hailstone Conjecture and earning national honors. He then developed a new approach to the Riemann Hypothesis, which inspired an international research team as he chose to publish his work and keep his distance from publicity.

• China announced its controlled fusion breakthrough, and Zong Chengping withdrew the Chinese delegation from ITER as countries reacted to the news.
• Xiao Yi became chief consultant and scientist for the National Energy Administration and National Fusion Company, then turned to the Hailstone Conjecture and formed the Hailstone Group.
• Xiao Yi helped Project H-20 address its turbine-blade material problems by designing a precision magnetic-levitation fluid control furnace, then completed his proof of the Hailstone Conjecture.
• Terence Tao checked Xiao Yi’s Hailstone proof and publicly endorsed it, while Xiao Yi’s students graduated and the state honored Xiao Yi and the Sun-Making Plan team.
• Xiao Yi’s furnace enabled stronger TA1203 turbine blades, and tests of the WS-20S engine supported major performance gains for the H-20.
• While teaching at USTC, Xiao Yi devised Elliptic Inverse Analytic Continuation and explored combining it with modular forms and the Geometric Langlands Program to approach the Riemann Hypothesis.
• Princeton mathematicians formed the Prime Pioneer Program after studying Xiao Yi’s method, and Xiao Yi uploaded his paper, declined interviews, and told his students to focus on their exams.

Xiao Yi proved the Artin Conjecture and the Riemann Hypothesis, then defended his work at an international symposium. After his election to both academies, he agreed to pursue chip technology and proposed to Luo Mingya, who accepted.

• Xiao Yi developed a proof approach linking the Artin Conjecture to the Riemann Hypothesis through Elliptic Inverse Analytic Continuation, and his Generalized Modular Curve idea took shape during an amusement-park outing with Luo Mingya.
• Xiao Yi completed proofs of the Artin Conjecture and the Riemann Hypothesis, published his papers, and proposed Xiao's Conjecture linking automorphic L-functions to geometric objects.
• Terence Tao and other Prime Pioneer mathematicians studied Xiao Yi’s papers, praised his work, and the program stopped its own attempt to prove the Riemann Hypothesis.
• At the November 1 symposium, Xiao Yi presented his proof, answered questions from Peter Scholze and Andrew Wiles, and showed that every elliptic curve could be embedded into a Generalized Modular Curve.
• Xiao Yi’s proof drew worldwide celebration, while he dismissed the public arguments about his achievement and said he might eventually study biomedicine to extend human lifespan.
• Xiao Yi was elected to both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and he told government officials that fusion technology had profoundly changed the country’s options.
• Xiao Yi agreed to research EUV lithography and chips, China established a new semiconductor company and research institute, and he proposed to Luo Mingya on February 14, 2029, and she accepted.