Witten smiled and said: "Haha, I agree with your point of view, especially after meeting you in person, the regret in my heart is even stronger."
Finally, Lu Zhou asked the question: "Can I go in without an invitation letter?"
Witten: "It's the other side of the Atlantic. Have you forgotten that I just came back from there?"
"Let's go to Beijing on the 20th. I have already booked the air tickets for you. Please make sure to arrange your time."
But at this moment, he didn't know that the paper proving the Polignac conjecture had been submitted to the "Annals of Mathematics" by this guy, and it had even entered the peer review process.
Deligne grinned: "... That depends on his own choice. I personally think that his talent in number theory is still better."
However, the "group construction method" he created when studying the Polignac conjecture seems to be able to be displayed as a research result when taken out alone.
The reason why string theory can be accepted by people is precisely because of its impeccable mathematical beauty.
There is no way, it is okay to let him find faults from a mathematical perspective, but if he wants to establish a theory by himself, his current level is not enough.
Academician Lu smiled and nodded: "Okay, then go back and prepare. By the way, the deadline for submission seems to be next Friday. Please hurry up as much as possible, and I won't waste your time."
But the former cannot be solved by raising the energy level of the hadron collider by a few levels. Instead, it requires the minimum observation scale of human civilization to go down two levels - to observe things at the one-dimensional level.
Is this nothing
Especially number theory, and algebraic geometry.
Academician Lu smiled and unexpectedly did not give in, and said: "Actually, it's nothing. It's just the twelfth national conference of the Chinese Mathematical Society, which happened to be the 80th anniversary of its founding. A few old guys proposed to hold a unique conference. It’s a commemorative academic conference. Fortunately, the two conferences were held at the same time. Old man Qiu happened to be here to attend, so I’ll take you over to join in the fun.”
He had just admired the ingenious use of group theory methods in the paper, and was studying the "group construction method" mentioned in it. However, when he saw the last line, the boy playfully commented that there was not enough space to write it down.
Sitting opposite him was Edward Witten, who was also enjoying afternoon tea.
After pausing for a moment, he couldn't help but add in an approving tone, "A very interesting method of proof."
The proof of Polignac's conjecture came to an end. In the following time, Lu Zhou focused all his energy on Mr. Frank's subject.
Deligne shook his head and his expression returned to his natural state.
But what's strange to Lu Zhou is, isn't this conference usually held in November? Why is it advanced to the end of October? And you, a physics major, why are you involved in a mathematics academic conference
The main part of this supplementary theory of supersymmetry was mainly completed by Mr. Frank, and he was responsible for processing the data and at the same time repairing the mathematical loopholes in the theory from a mathematical perspective to make it look more mathematically beautiful.
…
Witten smiled and said: "I'm not listening to the report meeting, but going on stage to give a report. Can you believe it? The clue of 750GeV was actually proposed by an intern at the report meeting. He used probability methods to calculate The probability of a characteristic peak appearing in the 750GeV energy region, and then guess what happened? CERN researchers conducted experiments for a month, and found this characteristic peak on the two detectors of the Hadron Collider."
But if it cannot be found, superstring theory, which has been developed for nearly 30 years, will reach a deadlock.
"Oh, congratulations, you are one step closer to the Nobel Prize." Deligne said casually.
Damn it
"An interesting paper submission," Professor Deligne turned a page and said casually, "about the Polignac conjecture."
Looking at the paper in his old friend's hand, the old gentleman asked with a smile.
Lu Zhou didn't know how long it would take. He only hoped that the reviewers would move faster. It would be best to finish it before this year is over.
Princeton University, a coffee shop in a corner of the campus.
Papers that have been submitted to journals cannot be resubmitted to academic conferences unchanged without producing more novel research results on this basis, because this is considered multiple submissions for one manuscript.
At this moment, Professor Deligne, who had turned the paper to the last page, suddenly twitched his brow.
Hold the grass!
The old man with a bright forehead sat in the corner, drinking coffee and looking at the paper in his hand.
"Yes," Deligne continued in a casual tone while making a few marks on the paper with a ballpoint pen. "Missing that academic report will definitely be your biggest loss this year."
Deligne shook his head without thinking: "I haven't paid attention to it, is there anything new?"
Edward Witten: "Lu Zhou?"
Time soon came to October, and Academician Lu called Lu Zhou to his office.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou had an idea in his mind. He smiled at Academician Lu and said seriously, "I will prepare well."
For a major conjecture, it will take a certain amount of time to prove it, and it will also take a lot of time to test its correctness.
So in turn, if supersymmetric particles are discovered, it can provide strong experimental evidence (not proof!) for superstring theory.
The latter is theoretically possible. It only requires sufficient collision energy to create a black hole on a tiny scale and improved observation equipment to observe the black hole evaporating at the speed of light.
"It's too early to congratulate me now," Witten smiled and said in a joking tone, "I think my Nobel Prize must be ranked behind Stephen Hawking... I probably won't have a chance in this life. "
"nothing."
However, Deligne was not particularly concerned about the world of physics. Although many of his and his late teacher's research results were brilliant in the world of physics, his focus was still on pure mathematics.
Lu Zhou thought about it carefully. Apart from Polignac's conjecture, he didn't seem to have any interesting research results recently.
This is a big deal!
Witten asked with interest: "What's wrong?"
No one wants to lead a fool.
Don't underestimate this job, it's very important.
Lu Zhou: "...???"
With the current technical means, trying to completely prove superstring theory is as whimsical as the ancients who put firecrackers under their stools and wanted to land on the moon.
Just compile this theory of "Group Construction Method" into a paper and submit it to this academic conference!
So you're telling me now? !
The same goes for thinking about this problem in reverse.
Hearing his old friend's self-deprecation, Deligne smiled lightly and said casually: "He was also listening to the lecture at that time?"
"What are you looking at?"
Deligne raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you meet that kid at CERN?"
Mr. Frank always exchanged supersymmetry supplementary theories with him via email from time to time. Although Lu Zhou had doubts about this theory, in the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences, he put the dispute aside for the time being.
Deligne, who had been staring at the paper, was stunned for a moment. After a while, he said with a slightly surprised tone: "... I didn't expect that he has such a talent in physics."
Witten smiled and said, "Have you not watched the news recently?"
If superstring theory holds true, then supersymmetric particles must exist.
"I have the invitation here. You don't have to worry about it. Just follow me. It will be a good thing for you." Academician Lu smiled and waved his hand, and continued, "By the way, I remember you reported to Wanqing The topic I applied for was the Polignac conjecture. Have you had any new research results recently? If so, I suggest you apply to give a report on stage. This is a good opportunity."
To win the Gunpowder Prize, a theory must be proven experimentally, and finding the string that makes up the universe is much more difficult than creating a black hole to prove the black hole evaporation theory.
"Okay... Professor, can you tell us what we are going to do?" Lu Zhou finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.
Edward Witten smiled and said nothing.
Giving reports at such top domestic academic conferences is of great help to a scholar's academic reputation in the country. Although Academician Lu is engaged in theoretical physics, he always has to deal with people in the mathematics community. , so I am no stranger to things in the mathematical world.
Witten: "The LHCb international cooperation team announced the discovery of five gram-state particles, and discovered a characteristic peak suspected to be a supersymmetric particle signal at 750 GeV."
Simply put, supersymmetry discusses a symmetry between fermions and bosons, which to some extent can be seen as a low-energy scale corollary of superstring theory.
But these are not the main point. The main point is that Lu Zhou remembers that an invitation letter is required to participate in such a meeting.
"Yes," Mr. Witten nodded approvingly, "I heard that he will come to Princeton next year, and I plan to accept him as a student."
If it weren't for the fact that the paper was really well written, he would have sent it back and asked this guy to rewrite it.
Deligne looked up at him unexpectedly: "Oh? When did you go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean?"