"What's wrong?"
Just when everyone began to wonder if he had fallen asleep while standing, Lu Zhou suddenly moved on the stage.
But everyone can understand it. After all, everyone has bad moments, especially when they meet some elderly professors giving lectures and dozing off while talking. Moreover, a report meeting on such a major mathematical proposition not only tests the scholar's mathematical level and expression ability, but also a considerable test of a person's psychological endurance.
Deligne frowned and said nothing.
This feeling is like...
Looking at Lu Zhou standing motionless on the stage, Han Mengqi, who was standing in the corner of the auditorium, had worry written all over her face. Her right hand on her chest tightened unconsciously, silently praying for him in her heart.
After being silent for about a few seconds, he faced the entire audience and said in an affirmative tone.
The moment he saw those lines of calculations, Fefferman's pupils shrank slightly, as if he had a premonition of something, but he couldn't believe it.
As he spoke, Wiles boasted in a low voice about how he got inspiration from his daughter's building blocks, how he survived a desperate situation, and what a sunny morning it was...
Witten looked at him and cast a questioning look.
After being scolded by Wang Shicheng, the man immediately shut up and stopped talking.
He had read the paper and understood it. In just a few steps, he could conclude that the solution to the Yang-Mills equation existed. However, he didn't know whether he forgot or something, but Lu Zhou just stood there, staring at the blackboard... and stared blankly
Five minutes passed.
After saying that, Lu Zhou turned around and walked towards the audience amid the sound of surprise, leaving all the audience in the auditorium behind.
Stuck
Witten: "..."
Looking at Lu Zhou's back in front of the blackboard, Witten glanced sideways at Professor Deligne next to him and cast a questioning look at him.
At the same time, on the other side of the auditorium.
There is no problem with the idea.
At this point, the subsequent process is actually very simple. You can even end it with an obvious statement, quickly skip the rest of the PPT, and directly announce that you will enter the question session.
For the people who eat melons, it is always a big deal to watch the excitement.
While Academician Wang was reorganizing the process on the blackboard in his mind, the man wearing glasses sitting next to him muttered with schadenfreude: "Is this... stuck? In front of so many people, this Lu I'm afraid it will be difficult for Zhou to step down."
Lu Zhou, who was standing on the stage, still made no move.
Listening to his ramblings, Deligne showed no expression on his face and ignored him.
Ten minutes passed.
In the audience, Principal Xu, Dean Qin, and several teachers responsible for on-site work were all as anxious as ants on a hot pot. The staff standing nearby were at a loss. They didn't know whether to go up and remind him to pay attention to the time, or just watch him from the side.
Or... found out that he had made a mistake
However, no one expected that the problem did not arise in the final question-and-answer session, but in the explanation stage.
Lu Zhou, who stopped writing, turned around and gently threw the chalk in his hand on the multimedia desk.
However…
A minute passed.
Sitting in the corner of the auditorium, staring at the content on the blackboard, Academician Wang Shicheng frowned slightly.
Dean Qin couldn't help but clenched his fists and whispered: "What is he doing? Isn't it necessary to prove it!"
As far as the conjecture itself is concerned, the proof of Fermat's last theorem is called the most brilliant mathematical achievement of the 20th century.
The audience in the audience were stunned.
The voice of narration also stopped.
Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, the audience in the venue began to become unable to sit still.
The pen on the blackboard stopped.
Of course, he does have bragging rights.
"What's wrong?"
Why hasn't there been any movement
However, it has been almost thirty years since now.
"I figured it out."
I saw him picking up the eraser from the side, and in front of everyone, wiped out the lines of calculations on the blackboard. Then, with everyone watching in stunned silence, he picked up the chalk and swished on it. Wrote a few lines of new calculations.
As for Wiles, he didn’t show any worried expression. Instead, he smiled carelessly and answered Witten’s question pleasantly: “Maybe it’s because my train of thought got stuck. When I was studying Fermat’s last theorem, I have also fallen into the same situation, and I understand his situation very well... Just wait a while and he will be fine."
Wang Shicheng glanced at him displeasedly and scolded him in a low voice: "Shut up."
Many people looked at me with gloating eyes, and many people looked at me with concern. It is very possible that accidents will occur in the report of such a major mathematical conjecture. After all, this kind of challenge to the monument of the human mind cannot be successful every time.
In silence, everyone waited quietly for him to continue speaking.
Lu Zhou on the stage still stood motionless, staring at the blackboard full of writing with his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
At the same time, in the audience.
Lin Yuxiang, who was standing next to her, glanced at her, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and soon the corners of his mouth turned up into a meaningful smile, not knowing what he was thinking.
I used my own logic to trip myself up.
Until one day eight months later, he suddenly thought of the Iwasawa theory that he had abandoned, and came up with the idea of using Iwasawa theory combined with Kolyvakin Fletcher's method. The final result was quite gratifying. This was the solution to the problem. Wiles survived the desperate situation, repaired the loopholes in the paper, and concluded Fermat's last theorem.
When he was studying Fermat's Last Theorem, he first used Iwasawa's theory and failed to achieve a breakthrough, and then switched to the Kolyvakin Fletcher method. As a result, when answering Professor Katz's question, he found that this method was very effective for a special class of problems. There were serious problems with Euler's system, which even led him to give up his claim to successfully prove Fermat's last theorem.
Just write the last stroke.
Moreover, it moved in a way that was beyond everyone's expectations...
"I've heard another version," Fefferman pointed to Wiles, who was sitting next to Deligne and chattering away. "The last time he told me this story, he was talking about his wife's breakfast. .”
However, Lu Zhou's actions seemed to confirm his premonition.
Hearing the slight commotion in the auditorium and sensing that something big was about to happen, the reporters standing at the back of the auditorium immediately turned their cameras secretly on Lu Zhou and took a close-up of his profile. .
Lu Zhou's hand hadn't stopped since an hour ago, so when he suddenly stopped, everyone felt uncomfortable.
After all, this man was the chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society. He may not be particularly famous internationally, but he is still quite prestigious in the domestic academic world.
For an internationally renowned scholar, others will not ask him to explain every step in detail. All he needs to answer is some controversial points.
Fefferman reached out and poked Witten, who was sitting next to him.
Fefferman's eyebrows were also knitted tightly, as if he was thinking about something.