Almost on the very day the International Mathematical Union recognized the Grand Unified Theory, before the flights carrying scholars away from Jinling University had even taken off, the news had already sprouted wings, racing along the internet across the country and spreading through all seven continents and four oceans.
The entire mathematical community was shaken by this astonishing news.
Professor Terence Tao, whose flight had yet to depart, impatiently updated his blog from the airport, organizing all the insights and thoughts he had gained over the past two days while reviewing the paper again.
This blog post, which even a newly enrolled master's student could roughly understand, explained to the countless research hounds who could not make sense of the original paper and could only watch the excitement from afar exactly what earth-shattering event had taken place in Mathematics these past few days. It also gave them a chance to get a closer look.
Less than half an hour after it was published, screenshots and repost links to the blog had practically spread throughout every corner of the mathematical community. One could imagine just how frenzied those following this matter were.
At the same time, discussions on the MathOverflow forum had nearly taken over the entire front page.
And in almost every post, one could see names such as "Lu Zhou," "Grand Unified Theory," or "Lu Zhou Theory."
Since Lu Zhou himself had yet to give the theory an official name, everyone could only call it that on their own.
[Breaking news! Just moments ago! The International Mathematical Union announced in Jinling University's grand auditorium that it recognizes the completeness of the Grand Unified Theory!]
[Haha! Seeing my alma mater's name makes me miss it terribly!]
[I guessed it a week ago. Given Professor Lu's personality, if he wasn't absolutely