November 25th.

There was heavy rain in the North Rhine-Western state, and there was some concern about whether the rivers of the Rhine would flow over the river bank.

Located at the corner of the right bank of the Rhine, a meager research institute, at this moment is suffering from such troubles.

The gray-black stone bricks were covered with mottled years, and under the baptism of the wind and rain, they uttered low sorrows, like an old man who relied on the vines, and gasped for the days that were not long.

Of course, this bad weather is insignificant compared to things that really deserve it.

As a witness to the Göttingen school's past glory, and the inheritor of the Bourbaki school, it has been thinking about the world for nearly two hundred years, and will continue to think without any accident.

However, this is probably the first time.

Because of a problem, it makes it trouble...

The door opened, and an old man walked in from the outside of the institute on a step full of water stains.

Shake off the drops of water on the raincoat and hand it over to the assistant who came here. Professor Fartings, who had just arrived from home, smashed his hand with a white mist and swayed toward him. Go in the direction of the meeting room.

It has been more than a month since I returned to Europe from China.

In this more than a month, many things have happened in the mathematics world.

Beginning with the paper on the proof of beilinson-bloch conjecture published in Future Mathematics, the study of motive in algebraic geometry, on the theory of cohomology, was directly pushed from the shallows near the coast to the deep waters.

A large number of research results have emerged in this field, and people are increasingly convinced that Grothendieck's predictions for algebraic geometry are close at hand, and the high probability is correct.

If there are not too many accidents, perhaps most people will hope to see the day in their lifetime.

The day when algebra and geometry are united in a certain sense!

"Long time no see, Professor Faltins." Looking at Faltins coming in from outside the meeting room, a man who looked a little blessed with a smile on his face and enthusiastically extended his right hand to meet him.

"Speaking from the last time I saw the Blue Hall in Stockholm, you have been there for six years."

"Don't come innocent, Sanak, you are finally here," holding his hand and shaking it gently, Fartings glanced at his belly like a ball tightened by the rope, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but pull it. Look, "It seems that your life has been good in recent years."

"Let's make it," Sanak smiled heartily. "Your humor is still unpleasant."

Professor Sanak, the former editor of the Yearbook of Mathematics, and the winner of the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2014, the scholar who can receive this award for life-life achievement may not be the most academically advanced, but it must be The world-renowned.

As for the former editor of the Yearbook of Mathematics, why is it here...

The reason is naturally the same as Deligne who sat at the conference table and turned the meeting minutes without saying a word. They all sat here for the same purpose and for the same goal.

This world of mathematics has gathered almost the top scholars of the entire Bourbaki school.

Including his Sanak, including Grothendieck’s most proud student, Deligne, also including the first person after the mathematics pope, Faltins, and was recognized by Faltins as the most promising to surpass him. Young scholar Schultz...

And until now, this meeting has been going on for three days.

"Since everyone is here, we are still directly entering today's theme," and walked to the table and shuddered down. Fartings looked at the rain outside the window and said slowly. "It’s going to be winter in a few more days. It’s too uncomfortable to sit down and sit together like this."

"I agree with you," I finally read the minutes of the meeting. Professor Delini pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of the nose and said in a steady voice. "I can't stand the European point. Every year, it will be rainy and rainy. My coat is not dry for a day."

Faltins’ proposal was unanimously endorsed by more than a dozen participants.

The seminar, which was based on the grand unified theory, quickly opened.

The first speaker was Schultz, who reported his research on the morphism hom(hx, hy) of the smooth projective cluster on k this month and determined that it is a non-Abelian category.

Once this idea was published, it immediately attracted the attention of all participants.

It is well known that the Abelian category is the basic framework of homology algebra. If the morphism of a smooth projective cluster on k is a non-Abelian category, it undoubtedly denies the way they once guessed the most likely solution to the great unity theory—that is, by The method of homology group and algebraic topology theory.

Although this result is somewhat frustrating, it can prove that one idea is not feasible, and it saves a lot of valuable time.

At least now they don't have to assume the various possibilities of hom(hx,hy) while discussing an uncertain proposition on an uncertain probability.

The meeting took a full two hours.

Basically, everyone has unreservedly put their own research results from the past month on the conference table for discussion until the end of the meeting.

Looking at the scribbled notes recorded in the notebook, Faltins gently sat down with satisfaction.

Compared with yesterday, today is barely a certain progress.

In addition to demonstrating that the morphism of smooth projective clusters on k is a waste of time, the algebraic chain theory is used to prove that the category of smooth projective clusters on k is v(k). One of the speculations on Grottendick's standard conjecture.

If you put it in peacetime, this is an exciting result, enough to open at least one bottle of champagne.

It is not just a phased outcome of the Great Unification Theory.

This is also a phased outcome of the standardization of the proof.

However, now, not only does nobody mention champagne, no one even feels optimistic about it, but the sense of urgency in the heart is getting stronger and stronger.

Algebraic chain theory is not a particularly complicated method. Faltins believes that if they can think of it, that person must also want it.

He has not published a paper in this one month.

This either indicates that he is in a bottleneck or that he is brewing something more amazing.

Faltins is more inclined to believe that the latter is more likely.

After a difficult period of more than a month, he now does not expect to solve this proposition by himself or the power of Schultz.

Maybe there is some selfishness in it, but it is definitely not for myself.

He now only hopes to gather the power of the entire Bourbaki school to overcome this difficulty, so that the glory of this school can continue, instead of being covered by the light of a brighter beacon.

If that person really completed the grand unification theory...

Unlike the Riemann conjecture that makes thousands of propositions theorem, the grand unified theory will allow thousands of theorems to be concatenated in a straight line.

This achievement will even exceed the sum of all mathematical achievements of the 20th century.

And when he has completed this great cause, his achievements will undoubtedly reach the peak of history...

End of the meeting.

The participants got up and left.

Putting out the notebook, when Professor Faltins was about to get up, he suddenly noticed the smart machine on the table, the screen flashed, and a reminder of an unread email appeared.

The index finger clicked on the screen, and he picked up the phone and was preparing to take a look at who sent the mail.

But when the line of sight touched the mail, his whole person was stunned.

The text is short.

As short as six letters -

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