It’s been a week since Lu Zhou’s papers were posted on the arxiv website, and most people who have been concerned about Goldbach’s conjecture have heard the news.

For the fifty-page essay, some people screamed for the "group structure", some people said it was unbelievable, and some people dismissed the fifty pages because they wanted to understand all. The proof process is really not an easy task.

Except for the folks who are proficient in the "two instruments, four images, five lines and eight gossips" method, many scholars who analyze the direction of number theory, even if they study the Goldbach conjecture, few people simultaneously have more than two methods.

For example, those who delve into the large sieve method are not necessarily proficient in the round method, and vice versa. Apart from the mainstream choices, there are some methods such as choosing the secret rate method and the triangle summation to solve the problem, which is even more unpopular.

In the group theory method used by Lu Zhou, not only can you see the shadow of the sieve method, but you can also see the circle method, even the group theory, and the range of hunting is not limited.

It is precisely because of this that it is the correctness of the test paper. There is a certain threshold for trying to understand this paper.

Of course, the general view of the number theory is still quite optimistic. After all, Lu Zhou has already won the Cole number theory award, and solved many problems in the number theory, especially the prime direction.

Because many professors mentioned this in their lectures, the discussion gradually spread from the academic circle to some campus bbs.

Nowadays, scholars who are not only concerned about this direction are discussing this matter, and even the students of the mathematics departments of major universities are talking about this paper.

In a foreign mathematics forum known for predicting the Philippine Prize, a discussion began.

[ok! I know that he has solved the twin prime conjecture and the Polignac conjecture, but our professor said in class that Goldbach’s conjecture and they are not at all a level. Just like the Ivy League League and the Super Bowl, although they are all rugby, they are not a heavyweight at all. To put it bluntly, I don't believe that his paper is correct. If something goes wrong, it is estimated that it will be overturned. 】

[So who are your professors? 】

[Jems Maynard! 14 years sastra Ramanu gold winner! Candidate for the 18th Fields Prize! I think his opinion is quite authoritative. 】

[Oh, that Maynard, I heard that it seems to be the British who studied the prime spacing? I heard that after Zhang Yitang calculated 70 million, he has been challenging the prime number conjecture, and prepared for a whole year. The result was won by others, and the manuscripts of the gas were all burned? (laugh)】

【Ha ha! 】

[I am contrary to your point of view. Our professors have a high evaluation of this paper and believe that the group structure method will become a very promising analytical tool for analytic number theory. 】

【Oh? Which guy are you professors? IMHO, in the analysis of the number theory, especially in the field of prime numbers, not everyone has the ability to review. 】

[Tao Zhexuan. 】

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There is no peer review on arxiv, and the correctness of the paper can not be determined. Whether this mathematical problem is proved or not is also a matter of time.

However, everyone knows that the mathematics community will not let this dazzling research succeed for too long.

In the second week of Lu Zhou’s upload of the thesis, the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies updated a meeting message on its official website.

Next Monday, Lu Zhou will make a one-hour report on the theme of the Goldbach conjecture at the Auditorium No. 1 of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies.

As this announcement came out, all the arguments about the correctness of the paper became a discussion of the report itself.

Many people's doubts about the correctness of the thesis are mainly due to the lack of understanding of the group structure and the fact that the articles on arxiv are not peer reviewed. If it is posted in the form of a report, and it is still in the place of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, many questions will no doubt be resolved in the questioning session.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Zhou’s preparations have been extraordinarily serious in the past few days, and it has not been taken lightly because of the recognition from the system.

The key to a mathematical conjecture being proved is the logical self-consistency, but in the final analysis it still needs to be recognized by peers. This is fundamentally different from the subject test, and no standard answer can be tested. As a claimant to prove conjecture, he is obliged to explain his theory and answer all doubts.

Even if it is a tiny detail, Lu Zhou does not dare to let go, many traps are often hidden in some "obvious" issues.

Not to mention him, it is proved that Wisers of Fermat's Great Theorem has been on these small issues, and has been stuck for a year by an "obvious" but problematic place. If it was not the encouragement of a friend, it was even intended to admit defeat.

At the time of completing this work, Lu Zhou couldn’t help feeling.

I didn’t feel it before, but now he realizes how useful it is to bring a student.

The things that are going to be on the stage to be reported are first thrown to the students. When the test sites take them back and look at them, the places where they can't understand are all drawn out. It is obvious that the places that are difficult to be found by the peers are obvious.

It is a pity that although Professor Delini borrowed a doctoral student he brought to him as a staff member, it was not a theoretical aspect to help him with his staff. It was only a matter of staff ppt.

Even if Lu Zhou wants to ask him if he can't understand his own paper, he just has a face and is completely incomprehensible.

Because the direction of his research is algebraic geometry, as for the big sieve method and the round method, there is no way to know...

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Time passed by, and finally arrived the day before the report.

With the influx of a group of mathematicians, even the quiet Princeton town, followed by the excitement.

In the reception of mathematicians from all over the world, Princeton can be said to be quite attentive.

According to the arrangement of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, the mathematicians who were invited to participate in the conference were arranged at the Princeton Hotel opposite Palmer Square.

If all goes well, not just the academic conference during the day, there is also a celebration feast filled with champagne and food at night.

However, Lu Zhou has no leisure time to consider these issues, because for him, every minute before the start of the report is very valuable.

The next afternoon, the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies was incited in Hall 1.

In addition to the scholars invited to the conference, there are also some unsolicited students. Some of them came with the mentor, some were studying at Princeton, and some even drove from New York and Philadelphia next door.

Although they did not receive the notice of the specific time of the meeting, some people who waited here early still rushed to the position.

As for those who came late, some simply sat on the aisles on both sides of the seat, and even even stood outside the corners and corridors, and stood with the reporters who heard the news.

The report will officially start at two points and end at three o'clock. It may be extended according to the number of questions asked and the content of the questions.

Unsurprisingly, after the report is over, the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies will unite with the editorial department of the Yearbook of Mathematics and will also organize a jury of four to six people. Review the manuscript, and finally summarize the review comments to determine whether his paper has passed.

It can be said that the smooth draft of this paper depends on whether he can explain his group structure clearly.

Standing behind the scenes of the lecture hall, Lu Zhou once again looked at the time in the phone screen and took a deep breath.

There are still five minutes left.

This is the tenth time he took out his mobile phone to see the time.

As for the first few deep breaths to adjust the heart rate, he can't remember.

Prior to this, Lu Zhou had learned from Professor Delini and the number of people attending the meeting.

Those who do not consider self-registration, there are more than 150 well-known scholars invited to the event, some from Paris, some from Germany, from his home country, and some familiar faces.

In addition to people in the mathematics world, there are media reporters from all over the world.

Soon, he will stand in the eyes of the world and draw a picture for this century's problems.

At this moment, a staff member of the Institute of Advanced Studies stepped into the preparation room and said with respectful voice and Lu Zhou.

"Mr. Lu, time is almost over. Are you ready?"

Did not answer this question immediately.

Lu Zhou turned and looked at the mirror and reached out to tie the tie in front of the chest.

Finally, I took a deep breath. He faced himself in the mirror and a smile on his lips.

"Ready."