From all-round academic master to chief scientist - Chapter 173 Proven Success

Stanford University, in Professor Cayman’s office.

Cayman is also studying how to improve his method, and then completely reduce the limit that was originally limited to the number 36 to 2, and finally complete his proof.

After more than two weeks of research like Lin Xiao, his progress is still relatively slow. After all, this is not something that can be done easily.

While he was conducting his own research here, his graduate students were chatting quietly.

“Eh? Look, is this Lin Xiao?”

A boy was scrolling through his phone when he suddenly saw a video and waved to several other people.

“Lin Xiao?”

After several other people heard it, they all joined in.

Of course they all knew about what happened between their professor and Lin Xiao some time ago. They couldn’t comment on this matter. After all, it was their professor, but they still knew in their hearts that it was their professor’s fault.

Just openly admit that you have quoted someone else’s method, why should you deny it in a roundabout way?

Especially that was Lin Xiao!

Even Professor Deligne of Princeton University praised it.

However, in order for them to graduate smoothly, they still gave up expressing their opinions. Even if some reporters wanted to interview them, they would just pretend not to know anything and not answer anything.

And now, after hearing about Lin Xiao, they naturally started to pay attention.

Could it be that Lin Xiao has some new ideas about the twin prime conjecture?

However, when they saw the video, they were all stunned. Kung Fu master Lin Xiao?

“what is this?”

“Say he suddenly woke up?”

After epiphany is translated into English, there are many phrases to describe it, so in their concept, they are not aware of what kind of concept epiphany refers to.

Of course, if it is paired with the word “sudden enlightenment” typed in Chinese, they will feel confused.

Especially when they saw Lin Xiao standing in front of so many people, facing the Mona Lisa, as if he was immersed in it, not affected by external objects at all. In their eyes, this must be Chinese Kung Fu. .

A graduate student couldn’t help but said: “Chinese Kung Fu is so mysterious.”

Everyone else nodded in understanding.

Not just mysterious, but magical.

So in the future, it is better not to mess with the Chinese students in their school. Maybe during a fight, they will have an epiphany and become such a Kung Fu master?

However, one girl did not have so much Eastern mysticism in her heart. She looked at the scene and suddenly said: “Do you still remember that photo?”

“What picture?”

others asked.

The girl took out her mobile phone and found a favorite post.

“Look, this is the photo.”

Several people looked over and suddenly thought about it.

This photo was exactly the one originally titled “He is Approaching the Truth.” In this photo, Lin Xiao was looking down in deep contemplation in the eyes of everyone, which amazed everyone.

This photo is quite well-known in the mathematics community, because when everyone understands the process of proving Goldbach’s conjecture, they will definitely see this photo, and occasionally see some related popular science articles or videos on the Internet. Time and again, this photo is indispensable. I heard that the photographer of this photo has participated in a certain photography competition and sent this photo as his entry photo. It seems that he also won a prize.

However, does this photo have anything to do with the video about Lin Xiao?

“What happened to this photo?”

The girl said with serious eyes: “Don’t you think that Lin Xiao in the photo and Lin Xiao in the video are both in this state of ‘enlightenment’?”

After hearing the girl’s explanation, everyone else immediately thought of this.

“Do you mean…”

“That’s right! Now Lin Xiao is likely to make another big news, maybe it will be to solve the twin prime number conjecture!”

Solve the twin prime conjecture!

Several people were shocked.

It seems very possible? !

But at this moment, a voice came from next to them, “What are you talking about? Lin Xiao? What happened to the twin prime conjecture?”

Several graduate students suddenly felt their hearts skip a beat. They turned around and saw their professor walking over.

“No…nothing!”

They shook their heads quickly, who dared to mention Lin Xiao and the twin prime conjecture in front of their professor!

However, Cayman still looked serious and continued to ask: “You said Lin Xiao solved the twin prime conjecture? Tell me?”

Facing the professor’s questioning, they had no choice but to tell their guesses.

Upon hearing their words, Caiman suddenly sneered and said, “Why do you believe such a thing?”

“Oh? Forget about the people and environment around you, and then enter this so-called immersive state, and then you can come up with a mathematical conjecture?”

Cayman shook his head, “You might as well think about your thesis carefully and don’t focus on this kind of thing.”

Then, he turned around and walked back to his desk.

Seeing that the professor was not angry, several graduate students looked at each other, but finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped discussing the matter.

However, what they didn’t notice was that Cayman frowned immediately after returning to his seat.

What he said just now was just to keep up his appearance in front of his students, but he actually knew very well that when solving problems, some mathematicians could suddenly fall into what can be called an explosion of inspiration. A typical example is the situation before Lin Xiao proved Goldbach’s conjecture, that is, the picture in “He is Approaching the Truth”.

And now Lin Xiao has entered such a state in front of a painting like the “Mona Lisa” instead of in other places related to mathematics. Although this is a bit incomprehensible, it does not mean that it is impossible to interact with it. Math doesn’t matter anymore.

Maybe, or very likely, Lin Xiao can really prove the twin prime conjecture?

Cayman began to feel anxious.

After what he said in the media before, if Lin Xiao is allowed to complete the proof in the end, he will probably become a joke in the mathematics community.

He turned his attention to his research again. Where could he start and complete the proof one step ahead of Lin Xiao?

Even if we can’t complete the proof first, we can still do it at the same time!

Newton and Leibniz also developed calculus at the same time. Wouldn’t later generations recognize it as their joint achievement?

So Cayman went through all his arguments from beginning to end. Suddenly, he discovered a node in a corner that he had ignored before.

After some simple thinking and some derivation in his mind, his eyes suddenly lit up: “This direction seems to be possible! Starting from here, I should be able to truly perfect my method!”

Moreover, according to his own estimation, it doesn’t seem to take much effort?

The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.

Sure enough, he said that his method could completely prove the twin prime conjecture, and there could be no problems. And now, he finally found the problem!

So, he quickly brought his own draft paper and pen and began to write down his own argument.

…

Time passed quickly.

Three days later.

In Cayman’s office, he raised his head excitedly. Although the bloodshot eyes showed that he was tired, but no matter what, he finally proved it!

I scratched my somewhat tangled hair, I didn’t wash for three days, and I only slept for six or seven hours every day, but in the end, all these efforts were worth it.

Then, he turned to look at his student and said, “Bru, is there any news about Lin Xiao recently?”

Blue, who was suddenly cueed, was startled. When he raised his head, he saw Professor Cayman’s face that looked a bit scary, and he quickly replied: “No…no!”

The buzz about ‘Kung Fu Master Lin Xiao’ has stopped a few days ago, so there is indeed no news about Lin Xiao recently.

Professor Cayman suddenly laughed, and then said to several students who looked puzzled: “I have proved the twin prime conjecture.”

Hearing Cayman’s words, his students suddenly showed surprise.

“Professor, really?”

“of course it’s true.”

Cayman said, “So now I need you to help me put all the proof processes into a computer.”

“Extremely happy!”

The students in Cayman shouted excitedly.

Their professor has really proved the twin prime conjecture, which means that all the previous things will disappear. No one and all the media will mention the previous things, and their professor will also directly enter Among the first-class mathematicians.

As Cayman’s students, they will naturally enjoy better resources. In the future, when they go out and mention to their friends that their tutor is the prover of the twin prime conjecture, they will also enjoy the envious looks of others.

So, they all rushed forward and eagerly helped their teacher organize his papers.

Seeing this scene, Cayman showed a satisfied smile on his face. In addition, it was also time to announce this matter to the outside world.

So he found the phone number of Myron, a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News, and called.

“Myron, I have big news to tell you. I have successfully proved the twin prime conjecture…”

…

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris.

In Lin Xiao’s dormitory.

[So, we can conclude that there are infinitely many twin primes. 】

[Certificate completed. 】

I wrote the last two words one stroke at a time, and the pen that had been fidgeting back and forth for many days finally stopped.

However, it should be regarded as the hero, but it was just thrown on the table by its owner, and then rolled a few times and stopped aside.

Of course, the pen cannot complain. After being fiddled with like this and proving a great theory, it is obvious that it can be regarded as a ‘successful penman’ among pens.

Lin Xiao obviously did not have the energy to care about the feeling of the pen. He yawned longly and looked at his proof process with a smile on his face.

Finally, it proved successful.

Without the bonus of sage status, it is still a bit difficult to solve Goldbach’s conjecture in more than ten hours like last time.

At this time, the system’s voice also sounded: “Congratulations to the host for proving the twin prime conjecture. Considering the host’s performance in the process, this time the reward is 1,000 experience points, 30 truth points, and [request for a present item*1].”

Hearing this voice, Lin Xiao was startled: “1,000 experience points? Didn’t Goldbach conjecture only award 800 experience points?”

The system gave an explanation this time: “Because the host has achieved a breakthrough in its old method, the new method will have more important significance, and the sage’s time is not used as an assistant in the process, and the reward experience will be more.”

“So this is ah!”

Lin Xiao nodded clearly. Using Sage’s time will reduce the rewards obtained, which is expected. After all, the system also said that the rewards will be determined based on his performance in solving problems. Using Sage’s time will reduce the rewards obtained. The state of being a person is indeed achieved to a certain extent not by relying on his current ability.

“But what is [request for cash]?”

At this time, Lin Xiao became interested in something she had never heard of before.

The name sounds pretty cool.

The system replied: “[Request for Real Things], the host can choose an object in reality, and then request the creation process of the object. The knowledge requested will be based on the truth of the civilization where the host is located.”

Lin Xiao couldn’t help but be stunned when he heard the system’s explanation.

“Things in reality, and then ask for the process of their creation? Based on the truth foundation of the civilization… that is equivalent to saying that you cannot know some unknown theories.”

Suddenly, his eyes lit up: “What if I want to know the creation process of the universe?”