Having already consulted with his partners, Lu Zhou published his paper on the proof of the Beilinson-Bloch Conjecture in Future Mathematics, as usual.
While the paper entered the review process, the relevant preprint was also uploaded to arXiv.
Although the Beilinson-Bloch Conjecture was nowhere near as famous as the Riemann Hypothesis or Goldbach Conjecture, its special significance lay in its ability to connect the higher K-groups of an elliptic curve E with the algebraic and analytic invariants of a number field F and elliptic curve E, granting it an extraordinary status in Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory.
As Algebraic Geometry was the most widely studied and influential branch of contemporary Pure Mathematics, the preprint immediately drew considerable attention as soon as it was posted.
Not merely because of the Beilinson-Bloch Conjecture itself.
But because the person who had solved it was Professor Lu, who had announced his proof of the Riemann Hypothesis at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians...
Institute for Advanced Study.
The first-floor café.
Sitting by the window and sipping coffee, Witten was chatting with Professor Deligne, who held a printed paper in his hand.
"The Lunar Hadron Collider has been completed. I hear its first experiment will begin in December. I suppose I'll have to make a long trip again after quite some time."
Deligne asked casually, with little interest, "Oh? So your theory has a chance of being verified?"
Upon hearing that, Witten took a sip of coffee and smiled as he shook his head.
"That's still too far away. But for the Standard Model, it is good news. We can reveal more deeply the secrets of the microscopic world and the universe we live in... By the way, what are you reading?"
Noticing Witten's curious gaze toward the paper in his hand, Deligne adjusted the