Since this time, Lu Zhou has been busy with superconducting materials research and graduation of students.

Although he set a label of concern for Sir Art's papers and Riemann's conjecture, the Heidelberg Winners Forum report did not have time to pay attention, plus the sudden Nobel Prize call, so that he was completely Forget about this.

Until recently, he suddenly received an invitation to the draft of the Yearbook of Mathematics.

Professor Peter Sanak, the editor-in-chief, hopes that he can write a short commentary of no more than five hundred words for Sir Attiya's thesis. Lu Zhou thinks of this news that was sensational in the mathematics community not long ago.

Early in the morning, came to the office, Hardy walked over with a few sheets of a4 paper.

"Professor, I have already printed the paper you want."

From the hands of Hardy, he took over the papers of Sir Attiyah. Lu Zhou stunned and looked at Hadi with a suspicious look.

"only these?"

"Yes, Professor," Hardy nodded. "I'm sure there is only this."

The paper consists of five pages and only three articles are cited. There is a small typographical error in the third and fourth subsections, but the problem is not big.

If the level of the doctoral thesis is required, this paper must not be able to pass the test, but for the academic big cattle, everyone is more tolerant.

For example, when Wiles first proved Fermat's theorem, he even added a "preface" in front of the abstract. He used a short paragraph to describe Fermat's theorem and his childhood. Everyone saw it and only smiled. .

Sir Attiya is of course also a willful qualification. After all, he is the winner of the Fields Prize and the Abel Prize. The study of the Atiya-Singh Index Theorem is one of the most important mathematical achievements of the twentieth century.

However, these are not the main points.

Will the mathematics community blindly believe in a person because of what glory or achievement a person has ever achieved.

Since the invitation to the draft was sent by Professor Sanak, it was also due to respect for a highly respected scholar. Even without much hope, Lu Zhou still sat in the office chair and held without any subjective color. This five-page paper was read.

However, the more he looks down, the more his brow is tight.

As Sir Attiya had previously claimed, he used a very simple method to "solve" the problem.

Sure enough, this claim is often unreliable...

After reading the paper from beginning to end, Lu Zhou has a preliminary understanding of the proof of the whole paper.

In a nutshell, Sir Attiya introduced a weakly resolved todd function he created in his proof, and associated the todd function with the fine structure constants in physics in a hypothetical way.

The most sung is not that he did not specifically describe what the todd function is in the paper, and what is the relationship with the Riemann zeta function, but he used the counter-evidence method in the argumentation process.

Yes, he actually used the counter-evidence method.

That is, if the Riemann conjecture is wrong, then "my theory" is contradictory.

Because my theory can't be contradictory, Riemann's conjecture must be right...

Seeing this, I can actually conclude.

Although it is a pity, it seems that my initial premonition seems to be correct.

Looking at the expression on Lu Zhou’s face, it seems that something is not quite right. Hardy asked next: “How do you feel about teaching this paper?”

After hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou suddenly smiled and put the paper aside.

"You are also in the direction of number theory. You have no idea of ​​your own opinion?"

Hardy was embarrassed to scratch his head. "The field I studied is not the Riemann zeta function... To be honest, Sir Attiya's paper is too esoteric, and it seems that some physics terms are used."

Lu Zhou: "Yes, Sir Attiya used some physics terms. I once heard that Professor Witten, whom he is familiar with, said that Sir Attiya seems to be the field of physics that has only entered in recent years. Moreover, his physical intuition is not flattering. As for the paper, in general, he constructed a weakly resolved todd function in the paper and combined this function with a physics concept."

"Is there a problem with the weakly resolved todd function?" Hardy couldn't help but ask.

Lu Zhou: "There is still a problem with the weakly resolved todd function itself... Because the information that can be retrieved about this function is too small, I have no way to judge. The biggest problem in his paper is the introduction. Fine structure constants in physics."

Hardy: "...fine structure constant?"

“Well,” Lu Zhou nodded and continued. “This is an important dimensionless physics, symbol a, common in quantum electrodynamics.”

This is a very important concept in physics, which is usually used to measure the intensity of the action of charged particles and electromagnetic fields.

More interestingly, physicists have spent more than a century trying to derive a value from a physics perspective and then "fabricate" a mathematical formula for it.

But unfortunately, no one has succeeded so far, so most people give up.

However, in this paper by Sir Attiya, it is very rash to use this concept directly, and as the basis of his own argument.

Although I don’t want to say this very much, most of the people who do this kind of thing are Professor Mink’s folk class...

Hardy said with regret: "... If you are told, then Sir Attiya is not in the evening."

"That won't," Lu Zhou shook his head. "Even if he is wrong, his courage is still commendable."

In academia, there are fundamental differences between "honest mistakes" and "academic fraud."

Einstein also claimed many times in his later years that he found a way to unify field theory, even until the moment before his death. At that time, even then, everyone no longer believes in his calculations, just quiet. The place accompanied him to the end.

In any case, it is not easy to work in research near the age of 90.

It is even more commendable to be able to gamble on the honor of oneself and to take the courage to challenge Everest.

In short, it is his previous sentence, the old man is happy...

......

In the draft of the "Year of Mathematics", Lu Zhou thought about it. In the end, he wrote a letter in a polite manner. On the grounds that the study was very busy, he euphemistically pushed away the invitation of Professor Peter Sanak.

Unlike the esoteric and lengthy and complicated papers, when everyone is not clear that he is right, anyone who understands is obliged to stand up and testify.

However, the problems in Sir Artea's paper are obvious. Even if you don't use a particularly high level of mathematics, you can see the problems.

Even if he said nothing, everyone knows it.

But this kind of singer's face is still handed over to Mr. Faltins.

Anyway, Mr. Faltins, who is a "scared" who is not a face, is notorious in the mathematics world. If you listen, you won't feel too strange, and you won't lose face.

But let a 25-year-old young man do this kind of thing...

Some people really disregard the feelings of the elderly.

After writing this reply, Lu Zhou suddenly understood somehow, why it was such a big thing, and there was no tacit understanding in the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies.

After all, on the day when anyone has aging, anyone needs decent and dignity...

Especially for a respectable scholar.

In addition, although the media likes to use some eye-catching things to exaggerate the facts, it is more willing to believe that the nearly 90-year-old Attiya Jazz is not old...

But unfortunately, mathematics only pursues the truth, and will not and will not compromise with public opinion.