Chapter 613: The Riemann hypothesis does not hold true?
After hearing the news from Cui Ying , Xu You also knew that this time it would definitely not be a small matter.
Lou Song has always been very introverted. If there is nothing important, he would definitely not contact me in this way.
Thinking of this, Xu You immediately turned on his phone and called Lou Song back.
The phone rang only twice before the other end picked up.
"Lou Song, is there anything you want to discuss with me?"
"Are you in the office? I'll come find you!"
Lou Song didn't even ask Xu You if he had time, and he went straight to the point and said he was going to find Xu You.
Xu You didn't rush to ask for the specifics, and quickly agreed:
"Well, come over here, I'll wait for you here."
Within a few minutes, Lou Song arrived.
We are all teachers at Jijing University. Although we work in different office buildings, the distance between us is not far, so it is very easy to meet each other.
"Lou Song, what's going on? Why are you rushing over here in such a hurry?"
Xu You could tell that Lou Song must have just jogged over and was still breathing lightly.
"Remember what I said before about the progress of the Riemann hypothesis?"
After hearing what Lou Song said, Xu You had already guessed the purpose of Lou Song's visit this time.
"Why, Lou Song, is there already a final result?"
"Yes, there are results!"
Lou Song nodded vigorously, his expression filled with excitement and excitement.
"So, does the Riemann hypothesis hold true?"
Xu You still remembers that Lou Song once jokingly assumed that the Riemann hypothesis might not be true.
"Guess!" Lou Song said with a smile.
"Is it... really not true?" Xu You asked in surprise.
Lou Song smiled mysteriously and said:
"In fact, it was established in the end, but the process of proving it was indeed a bit tortuous."
As he spoke, Lou Song roughly told Xu You the whole process of how he proved the Riemann hypothesis.
Lou Song spoke very briefly, and only mentioned each step briefly. Even so, Lou Song talked to Xu You for almost an hour before he finished explaining his entire idea.
"So that's how it is... It's really an incredible idea!"
After listening to this, Xu You couldn't help but sigh. Even if Xu You was in his best condition, he might not be able to complete the same proof process as Lou Song.
Xu You felt that only an expert like Lou Song, who devoted almost all his energy to mathematics, could complete such a proof process.
"Xu You, you really understood everything, right?"
"Yes, I understand everything. Give me a few more days, and I should be able to repeat the entire proof process."
Xu You estimated that even if the proof was completed in the most concise language, it would probably take several days and nights, and hundreds of pages of proof process.
Of course, Xu You would never do anything to seize Lou Song’s proof of his achievements, which is why Lou Song was willing to be the first to tell Xu You about this matter.
"I have already written the proof. If possible, I hope you can be my reviewer and publish this paper in the core journal of Jijing University."
Given the level of this paper, even the world's top mathematicians may not be able to understand Lou Song's entire proof process.
Lou Song still trusts Xu You more, even though mathematics is not Xu You's main research direction.
"Okay, I'll take care of this. I'll find a few of the most professional mathematicians to help me complete the review process."
Although Xu You was able to understand Lou Song's entire proof process, he still needed the presence of more authoritative mathematics experts to discuss various minor formatting issues in the paper.
With the help of Cui Ying, Xu You found several of the most authoritative mathematics experts to serve as reviewers of Lou Song's paper together with himself.
One of these experts is Professor Wei, who is known as "God Wei".
Professor Wei has been very low-key over the years. In the face of various doubts, he has acted as if he didn't care. Instead, he has been quietly researching his own topics, not caring about fame, fortune, and external evaluations.
From this point of view, Xu You just felt ashamed of himself.
Professor Wei's recent achievement on fluid stability has also caused quite a stir in the mathematics community, and is even considered to have the potential to win the Fields Medal.
Upon learning that Xu You wanted him to be a reviewer for his paper, Professor Wei seemed unusually excited.
"Proof of the Riemann hypothesis? Professor Lou is really amazing."
After seeing Lou Song's hundreds of pages of proof of the Riemann hypothesis, Professor Wei did not feel the slightest bit of pressure, but seemed very excited and expectant.
In the following period of time, Xu You and others focused most of their energy on reviewing Lou Song's thesis.
Such a paper is a milestone achievement in the entire history of mathematics.
Xu You and others also reviewed every detail in Lou Song's paper very carefully.
Everyone hopes that this paper can be presented to the world in the most perfect form.
After several days of review, everyone has reached a consensus that there is no problem with the proof process of this paper.
Apart from a few places where the expression could be better, there is not much that needs to be revised.
After confirming that the entire paper had reached the level of publication, it was officially published in the core journal of Jijing University.
Due to space limitations, the entire content of the paper cannot be published in the official journal, and only partial excerpts can be published.
All the content will be published separately in the supplement in the form of a special issue.
In the evening, Xu You specially invited Lou Song to his home to celebrate the successful publication of the paper.
Lin Shi, Luo Wenkun, and Cui Ying also came to the house. Lu Zhiyao, as the chef, cooked some of Lou Song’s favorite dishes.
At the dinner table, everyone was discussing enthusiastically the proof of the Riemann hypothesis.
"Once the Riemann hypothesis is proved, the impact on the world will be huge, right? I remember hearing someone say that the proof of the Riemann hypothesis will have a great impact on the economy, military and so on," said Luo Wenkun.
"In fact, it's not that exaggerated. Even if there is an impact, it will not be reflected soon. It will take at least ten years or even decades." Lou Song replied.
Compared with theories in physics, the impact of mathematical proofs is much slower, after all, these theories are not applied theories.
It is very normal that many mathematical theories will have no practical significance even hundreds of years later.
After taking a sip of tea, Lou Song continued:
"Of course, once the Riemann hypothesis is proven, it will have a huge impact on the mathematical community itself."
