From all-round academic master to chief scientist - Chapter 169 The direction of proving the twin prime conjecture?

“Professor Cayman, what do you think that Lin Xiao’s response to you will still be limited to 36 steps?”

In front of the camera, Caiman sat on a single sofa with his legs crossed, looking like a successful man, and said: “I have actually expected what Lin Xiao said, and I have realized it before. My method has its limits, so recently, I have been trying to perfect my method.”

“Oh? So you already knew.”

“Yes.” Cayman nodded slightly and said, “Lin Xiao does have a very good talent in mathematics, but of course no one knows my own methods better than me.”

The reporter smiled and nodded and said: “It should be so. After all, you are the mathematician who has achieved another breakthrough in the twin prime conjecture. So are you sure about perfecting your own method?”

Cayman was a little more modest this time: “I’m not sure yet. No one can say that they will definitely succeed in mathematical matters, especially the twin prime conjecture, which is a pearl among mathematical conjectures. It is not that difficult. Lower than Goldbach’s conjecture.”

“But…” Suddenly he changed the topic again: “I believe that I am the person closest to the answer to the twin prime number conjecture.”

Hearing Cayman’s words, the reporter smiled and nodded, and asked again: “So, what do you want to say to Lin Xiao?”

Cayman faced the camera and said: “You don’t have to be talented to be successful in mathematics. You also need patience.”

The reporter smiled and said: “Okay, I believe this is also your life experience as a senior in mathematics. I hope it can provide guidance to young geniuses.”

Then he nodded to the photographer, indicating that it was over, then stood up, extended his hand to Cayman, and said, “Thank you, Professor, for your cooperation.”

“Yes.” Cayman nodded, stood up, shook hands with the reporter, and asked, “Is the interview over?”

“Yes, it’s over. We will put you directly on the front page. Our citizens are in awe of your achievements.”

“Hahaha, that is the twin prime conjecture after all, so it is reasonable for citizens to be interested.”

Cayman laughed. Of course, he also saw the admiration of those American citizens on the Internet.

This also gave him great psychological satisfaction.

The reporter nodded and said: “At that time, Americans will know that on behalf of our United States, you educated that Chinese mathematical genius.”

“I’ve said it all, don’t call him a mathematical genius.” Cayman waved his hand: “I don’t like this kind of so-called genius, who disrupts the order of the mathematical world and affects other people’s results. It’s really annoying. “

He will never forget that his more than ten years of hard work on Goldbach’s conjecture, so many papers, and so many pieces of draft paper were all turned into waste that afternoon because of Lin Xiao’s proof.

Hearing what Cayman said, the reporter’s smile became even brighter, “Okay, I won’t call him that in front of you again.”

Then, he and the photographer next to him said goodbye to Cayman and left here.

Back in their car, the reporter took out a voice recorder from his pocket and pressed the stop recording button.

When the photographer next to him saw this, he couldn’t help but said: “Did it all get recorded?”

“certainly.”

“I really love you, Myron.” The photographer couldn’t help but say, “No wonder you always make big news.”

“Haha, this is a basic operation in our journalistic world.” Myron waved his hand and said with a smile: “Also, there is a saying in our journalistic community that we should always be wary of any microphone, because you can’t guarantee whether it is really turned off. .”

The photographer clicked his tongue: “If the last words of Professor Cayman were released, he would definitely be in trouble.”

“No, no, no, this is just to ensure that we can make money in the end. If he can beat Lin Xiao from China, then of course we have to work harder to praise him. If he fails in the end, this recording can also make us Make a lot of money.”

Myron said with a smile.

As long as they are guaranteed to make a steady profit, it will be fine. Helping Cayman now is for their sense of glory in the United States. How can a Chinese come out on top in this kind of scientific world? With this, it will definitely attract the attention of many readers.

And if Cayman fails later, then they will send out this recording to attract readers’ attention again and squeeze out the last use value of Cayman.

It seems that I can earn a lot of bonuses this time.

Myron has already begun to think about which girl to find next.

…

Library of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris.

Lin Xiao sat in his seat and quietly looked at papers related to twin prime numbers.

There were many other students reading around, and they were all surprised when they recognized Lin Xiao. Most of the less than 2,000 students at Paris Normal University knew this mathematician who was already among the top in the world.

Of course, after being surprised, they would all start doing their own thing again.

The students here are among the best in the world. Unless they have a very good relationship with Lin Xiao, like Alex, they will not spend too much time worshiping Lin Xiao.

And such an environment also made Lin Xiao feel comfortable.

After he posted that article on his Facebook, he stopped paying attention to outside news and concentrated on studying his own problems.

“Sieve circle method… sieve circle method, and prime number pairs…”

Writing down a few simple formulas on the scratch paper, Lin Xiao touched his chin and fell into a tangle.

The sieve circle method combines the sieve and the circle, classifying each prime number into the geometric meaning of the unit circle, and then screening it through the sieve method.

“Geometric meaning…”

Lin Xiao suddenly remembered his previous use of graph theory and topology to study the bonding mechanism of titanium.

Topology…knot theory…

“If I represent the kinks here as primes, and then think about the distance between them…”

No matter, let’s try it first.

Then, he tried it on scratch paper.

Go ahead if you have an idea, and start over if you don’t find the final destination.

This is true for any research.

For Lin Xiao, his nearly 5% brain development makes it difficult for him to flash an idea, but once an idea flashes, it may be like a scalpel pass in football, going straight to the point.

Because he can easily pass an idea that doesn’t work, and won’t study it in depth at all. And when he can’t pass an idea, then it is very likely that this is the one he wants.

In the past few days, he has passed several ideas, but will this idea succeed now?

As two hours passed, Lin Xiao’s eyes gradually brightened.

It seems like there’s something going on?

In this way, he put the useful scrap paper on the left side and threw the useless scrap paper to the ground.

His mathematical research often only requires a laptop for checking information, enough scratch paper, and a pen.

Therefore, the thickest and heaviest thing in his schoolbag is often scratch paper, which is basically a few hundred pages of preliminary work, and he will replenish it when it is used up.

As a result, people around him saw that the pile of draft paper on his right was getting higher and higher. A visual inspection showed that there were at least thirty or forty sheets of draft paper.

Occasionally, students were about to leave. When passing behind Lin Xiao, they would glance curiously at the things on Lin Xiao’s scratch paper, and then quickly look away as if they were being mentally attacked.

Only a few students from the Department of Mathematics can barely withstand this kind of mental attack, look at it a few more times, and then shake their heads and leave with a wry smile.

Without him, what Lin Xiao wrote was beyond their ability to understand.

After all, that is writing the problem of number theory in the field of topology. If you don’t have enough knowledge, it is certainly impossible to understand those mathematical formulas.

Just like that, from ten o’clock in the morning to seven o’clock in the afternoon.

Lin Xiao once again placed a piece of scratch paper in the upper left corner, and then took out the scratch paper from his school bag. However, at this time, he could not take it out.

“Huh? Are you finished?”

After recovering from the immersion, there was no more paper, so I had no choice but to stop.

But since there was still something left to write down, he took out his tablet and wrote down the remaining lines of calculations on it.

“Well, I happen to be hungry too. Let’s get ready to eat.”

With this thought in his mind, he suddenly saw that Professor Serge had sent him a message before.

Professor Searle asked him to come to his office.

“I sent it half an hour ago, so it should still be in time.”

So after he replied a message to Professor Serge, he quickly left the library and went to Professor Serge’s office.

Professor Serge was indeed still there. When he saw Lin Xiao walking in, Serge smiled and said, “Here he is.”

“Well, I’m sorry, Professor, I was in the library before and didn’t see your message.”

“I guessed you should be in the library.”

Serge smiled. He had also heard about Lin Xiao’s immersive state when he entered the learning state.

“The recent events haven’t affected you, have they?”

“What happened recently?” Lin Xiao asked, “Is it the twin prime number conjecture?”

“Yes.”

“That’s not true.” Lin Xiao shook his head: “Although it sounds a bit irritating, after thinking about it carefully, there is nothing to worry about.”

“Very good.” Serge nodded with satisfaction. Being able to have this mentality meant that he didn’t need to teach Lin Xiao some things.

This also made him shake his head helplessly. What else could he, an old man, have to teach Lin Xiao?

Without thinking any more, he asked: “So what are you studying recently?”

“The twin prime conjecture.”

Seer was stunned. Lin Xiao just said there was nothing to worry about, and now he wants to study this issue again?

He couldn’t help but smile: “It seems you still care a little.”

Lin Xiao shook his head: “This is just a coincidence. After I heard that Professor Cayman made a breakthrough on the twin prime number conjecture, I had already planned to prove this conjecture, but I didn’t expect that he would say those words again later.”

“So that’s it.” Serge nodded slightly and said with a smile: “Then I hope you can complete this job and give that guy a hard fight back.”

“That’s exactly what I thought.”

Lin Xiao smiled.

“Well, of course, when encountering something like this, it can also bring a little turmoil to your life, so that it won’t be too peaceful.” Serge said: “But in addition to studying, you also need to experience more here. Let’s talk about different aspects of life, such as club activities and so on.”

“In addition to putting pebbles, gravel and fine sand into the jar of your life, it is also inevitable, because only in that way can your life be fuller.”

“I understand, Professor.”

“Okay, it’s time for me to get off work.”

Serge smiled kindly, then stood up and left here side by side with Lin Xiao.

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