Song He went online to check, and sure enough, the media outlets were acting strangely. They withdrew their articles and deleted their revelations about the Abel Prize one after another.
Could there be another twist to this?
"We talked with Professor Deng. His most cutting-edge academic achievement is the theory related to Homological Mirror Symmetry that he just completed. A small portion of it is in my lecture notes, so you should be able to sense how powerful it is," Chu Long replied.
"But the problem is that this part of the theory has only been submitted to an academic journal and hasn't been published yet. Is the Abel Prize really in such a hurry? Rather than give the prize to some established old mathematician, are they really going to pull some advance news from a journal's editorial office and hurriedly award it to Professor Deng without waiting for broad discussion in the academic community?"
"The more I think about it, the more I feel we need to stay calm. There's an eighty percent chance this is just a mistake." Chu Long kindly advised him, "Your source in Norway isn't reliable. Someone may be fooling you, so you need to be careful."
Song He was somewhat persuaded. Indeed, Professor Deng's achievements in the first half of his life could only put him among second-rate mathematicians. His new paper hadn't even been published yet, so how could it possibly help him win the highest award in mathematics at lightning speed?
He began to hesitate. Should he bet something with Teacher Xiang?
But Teacher Xiang's information channels seemed extremely solid, and he didn't dare make a real bet.
No more worrying about it. Study!
Song He bent over his desk and got busy, continuing to try to prove the Small Lin-Gar Conjecture.