Song He raised an eyebrow slightly. What about me?
He listened attentively with a secretly pleased feeling, but as he continued listening, the smile at the corners of his mouth faded.
He had not expected Dewitt to bring up such a weighty topic.
"Young scholar Song He may be familiar to many of you. He successfully proved the Large Lin-Gar Conjecture, which subsequently gave rise to the Song He Manifold conjecture," Dewitt introduced.
"This year, several top mathematics universities around the world have begun working on the Song He Manifold. Judging from the papers published so far, the Song He Manifold is unexpectedly complex! I believe that once this direction is successfully developed, it may produce multiple Fields Medalists in the future and become an entirely new field!"
"As everyone knows, when some of the top mathematical problems that have troubled the mathematical community for decades are finally solved, it is often because someone has found the right key."
"At present, two theories seem most likely to become brand-new universal keys. One is my Dewitt Conjecture, and the other is the Song He Manifold."
"The advantage of having two keys is that they offer more possibilities. The drawback is equally obvious: if we try the wrong key, frontier mathematics may well take a detour." Dewitt's tone grew solemn.
"Perhaps, viewed across the river of history, this would amount to no more than a minor twist in the development of mathematics. But for us, especially the young and middle-aged mathematicians here, it could mean wasting an entire lifetime. It might even determine the fate of the next generation of young mathematicians—the children now crying in maternity wards around the world."
"This is absolutely not alarmist talk. I experienced something like this when I was young."
"When I first entered university, I