It is getting closer and closer to the end of the month. Recently, there has been another sensation in the mathematics world. Its influence is not only in the academic world, but even spread beyond the academic circles.

In the office of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Hardy, who was sitting in front of the computer and browsing the meeting information, suddenly saw it after seeing the relevant news.

Then he used a surprised voice and almost didn't shout it out.

"Professor, I heard that Riemann's conjecture has been proven?!"

Lu Zhou: "Oh?"

Like discovering the New World, Hardy said excitedly: "I saw it on mathoverflow. It is said that Sir Michael Attiya of the University of Cambridge in England claimed that the Riemann conjecture was proved in a very simple way and will be awarded in Heidelberg. Conduct a presentation on the forum."

Mathoverflow is a well-known network mathematics community. Many mathematicians have their own accounts on it. For example, tao is especially active on it. Not only does it update blogs regularly, but it also interacts with visitors frequently.

After hearing Hardy's words, Lu Zhou smiled and said in a joking tone, not joking.

"If he does complete the proof, he will undoubtedly become the greatest mathematician of this century."

Hardy: "Are you optimistic about his proof?"

Lu Zhou did not directly answer this question, but simply expressed his opinion.

"Saudi is one of the most outstanding scholars, and is the winner of the Abel Prize and the Fields Prize, but the old man is now 89 years old... a pertinent evaluation, it is difficult to tell the truth."

In fact, Attiya is definitely not the first scholar to claim to prove the Riemann conjecture.

As far as academics are concerned, probably in 2004, Professor De-branges, a well-known scholar in the field of number theory, also claimed that he had solved the Riemann conjecture and caused quite a stir at the time, but unfortunately Not recognized by the mathematics community.

If it is a little earlier, even Hardy has declared that he has proved this problem.

Hardy hesitated and continued: "But... he is Sir Attiya, the Abel Prize and the Fields Prize winner. If he is not fully grasped, will he make such a claim?"

Upon hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled and said with joy: "My dear Hardy classmate, if you are going to become a scholar, you must remember that the medal is glory, but it is only glory. Or In other words, just because the mathematics community has awarded him these two honors, he should respond more to people's well-founded doubts, instead of treating those who question him as fools."

In the face of the sight of Hardy’s inquiry, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and continued.

"And compared to Riemann's conjecture, I would like to know more about the negative proof that Sir Attiya has a complex structure on the six-dimensional spherical s^6. How is the situation now?"

Hardy: "...6-dimensional spherical s^6 on the complex structure?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "This is an unsolved famous problem in the k-theory of algebraic topology. Although it is not a thousand problems, it is no less important in the field of algebraic topology. About 16 years ago. Sir Attiya gave this proposition a negative answer, but the paper he took out was not satisfactory. Not only the true proof process was only half a page, but in the fourth part of the paper he even talked about the history of mathematics... ..."

After a moment of pause, Lu Zhou shrugged and continued. "At least according to the news on mathoverflow, he has not responded to people's doubts about him, and the academic community is also skeptical about his thesis."

The paper on the complex structure of the six-dimensional spherical s^6 can be found on arxiv, which is not his swearing.

In the case of "solving" a famous problem in k-theory, in less than two years, it solved one of the most important problems in the field of number theory and even the whole mathematics...

Lu Zhou certainly hopes that this is true. After all, the number of dry mathematics has a little heroic complex.

But for the elderly who are nearly ninety years old...

To be honest, he does not have much hope.

Mathematics is a young discipline, and there is no such thing as being old and strong. Once people are aging, both memory and thinking ability will decline significantly.

Therefore, few mathematicians can make outstanding achievements in their later years that are not inferior to their young age.

In short, no matter what the final result is, the elderly are happy...

......

Riemann's conjecture is a very interesting topic, but it is not the most concerned issue at the moment.

After setting a label of interest on the report, he put the focus of his work back on the task chain of Fusion Light.

The direct design of the imitation star is too large, and the quantum computer is still far away. After considering various factors comprehensively, he finally chose superconducting materials as the next topic.

To be honest, superconducting materials are not simple, but for now, this is the closest topic to his research field.

Frick Chemical Laboratory, Lu Zhou met Connie.

Because of the cooperation project with Professor Pablo Herrero, he has basically exchanged visits at MIT over the past six months until he returned last week.

After seeing Connie, Lu Zhou opened the door and asked: "How is the project of superconducting materials going?"

"I can't give you an accurate result, but in general, it's still smooth." He handed a u disk to Lu Zhou's hand, Connie continued. "I have written a summary report on the relevant research progress. I placed it in the folder that starts with c in the u disk. I originally intended to send it to your mailbox."

After taking the u disk from his hand, Lu Zhou nodded.

"I know, I will see it later."

Looking at the serious expression on Lu Zhou's face, Connie was a little excited: "Professor, are you finally planning to shoot?"

Lu Zhou said briefly: "Well... For various reasons, I have recently shifted the focus of my work from mathematics to superconducting materials."

As for what it is, he certainly will not say it.

After letting Connie go to his own business, Lu Zhou went to the desk and sat down, plugged the u disk into the computer and opened the report written by Connie.

After spending half an hour to quickly read the report, Lu Zhou quickly got a general understanding of the progress of the project.

In short, the Pablo·jarillo-herrero laboratory, led by Professor Herrero, is a theory that focuses on the symmetry, enthalpy energy, nematic phase, etc. of this superconducting phase.

The Jinling Institute of Computational Materials and the Sarrot Laboratory do the application, mainly through a large number of experiments to find a way to maintain this superconductivity under the condition of increasing the concentration of graphene carriers.

It must be said that Professor Pablo Herrero is indeed a big bull in the field of graphene. After receiving the support of Star Technology for 10 million US dollars, the research progress can be described by leaps and bounds.

With the help of these theoretical achievements, the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials and the Sarrot Laboratory in the field of application have also made many beautiful phase results.

However, there is still a long way to go from the final result.

Thinking about the image on the computer screen for a moment, Lu Zhou quickly got a clear understanding of what he needed to do.

What he is good at is calculating materials and using mathematical methods to find the laws in materials science.

So for him, the first thing that needs to be done is to build a reliable mathematical model based on the data collected by the three laboratories for nearly a year.

Second, in order to make this project a little faster, he needs more people.

For example, Professor Chiric is a good candidate...