Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 362: Doctoral Student's Wail
Rarely, Terence Tao did not post a blog or make any statement.
This incident first caused heated discussion in Western countries.
Although it lacks a bit of flavor due to the lack of participation of the parties involved.
But since Chen Zhou posted the preprint on the e-Print arXiv website, it has sparked a huge discussion.
Although what Chen Zhou uploaded was only a preprint, the content in it was not the final draft of the paper.
But almost no one doubts whether Chen Zhou really proved the Jeboff conjecture?
Because, how could a person who doesn't even publish preliminary research results come up with a fake result?
Would a person who proved the hailstone conjecture and Cramer's conjecture engage in gimmicks?
How is that possible!
He is only 19 years old and will not joke about his academic reputation!
So, at Princeton University.
Professor Deligne, Professor Faltings, Professor Langlands, Professor Furman and many other big names in the mathematics world.
When I got the preprinted version with the scent of ink, I began to review Chen Zhou's paper with fascination, wanting to know some details about the proof of the Jebov conjecture in advance.
But the doctoral students they supervise are different.
Even if their respective professors have told them to, read more.
But it is a proof of the Jebov conjecture after all.
For them, if they really want to fully understand it, it will take too long.
In contrast, they are more willing to pay attention to the developments of the outside world at this moment.
After leaving Professor Deligne's office, Pete ran into a classmate who was also holding a printed copy of his thesis.
Haley was a student of Faltings, a stubborn old German man.
He was originally discussing the problem of the Jebov conjecture with Faltings.
That’s right, his research topic collided with Chen Zhou’s.
Initially, Haley knew about the crash after the MIT presentation.
But thinking that Chen Zhou would not be able to figure out this mathematical conjecture so quickly, he decided to finish his doctoral thesis as soon as possible.
So, when the incident of the competition between Chen Zhou, Tao Zhexuan and Zhang Yitang came out, he was very frightened.
But as someone who has been blessed with a talent for mathematics since childhood, I still chose to believe in myself.
Decided to carry on with the study of the Jebov conjecture to the end.
Therefore, Haley accelerated the progress of his research and often asked Faltings for advice.
For this, he was scolded a lot by Faltings.
Today, it was precisely because of his new ideas from his research on the Jebov conjecture that he sought advice from Faltings.
But who could have thought that while they were asking for advice, Chen Zhou would use his ultimate move.
When Faltings told him with a slightly sympathetic look that he could change the subject, he almost collapsed.
Because when he and Faltings put forward their new ideas, Faltings praised him.
He said that he understood how to use the tool of distributed deconstruction, and even if the result was only a temporary achievement, he would still have no problem graduating with a doctorate.
But now, everything has to start all over again.
He didn't hate Chen Zhou, he just blamed himself for having inspiration coming too late.
I can only blame myself for always trying to avoid the tool of distributed deconstruction.
However, it is too late to say anything, and his doctoral graduation will probably have to be postponed.
So, when Haley came out of Faltings' office, he looked very distraught.
So much so that when he ran into Pete head-on, he didn't react at all.
It wasn't until Pete called him that he subconsciously looked up.
Peter asked curiously, "What's wrong, my friend?"
Haley shook his head slightly, his expression painful, and was unwilling to say another word.
Pete frowned slightly. What happened to this gentle and elegant senior brother today?
However, when he saw the printed paper in Haley's hand, he suddenly understood.
This guy chose the Debov conjecture as his doctoral thesis!
Originally, I had advised him to change his research topic a long time ago, but he refused to listen and insisted on studying this thing.
Now, you are being bullied by that favored son of China, right?
It really proves the old Chinese saying that if you don't listen to the advice of elders, you will suffer the consequences, right?
Pete was very glad that he neither chose the Jebov conjecture nor the twin prime conjecture as his research topic.
Instead, they are studying the Mersenne primes, which are much less difficult than these, which is Zhou's conjecture.
Thinking of this, Pete's eyelids suddenly twitched for some reason.
He comforted himself in his heart: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Although Zhou speculated that it was done by the Chinese, this big boss Chen Zhou should not notice this little problem..."
Retracting his thoughts and taking a look at Hailey who was in a very bad mood, Pete hugged him and comforted him softly: "Brother, I believe that many people feel the same as you now, but they don't have a good brother like me."
Haley looked at Pete, his eyes full of confusion.
Peter pulled Haley and said as they walked: "My good friend, I'll take you to have a drink now. I know there's a hidden little bar nearby. The food there is delicious! It will definitely ease your sad mood now!"
Haley didn't say anything and let Peter pull him, as if all the strength in his body had been drained away.
Right now, he might really need a glass of wine to relieve himself.
As Pete said, situations like Haley's are happening simultaneously in many universities.
Just like a comment on that well-known mathematics forum, Chen Zhou killed another golden goose that lays golden eggs!
At the same time, it also killed many students who wanted to rely on this golden rooster to complete their doctoral dissertations!
Many people are different from Haley. They believe that the four-line formula left by Chen Zhou at the report meeting and the distribution deconstruction method have made real breakthroughs in the study of the Jebov conjecture.
Just when he was about to escape from his mentor's hands , he was unexpectedly beaten back by Chen Zhou's ultimate move.
This time, Chen Zhou really caused collective wailing among the doctoral students.
But at this time, Chen Zhou, who fell asleep after uploading the preprint, was sleeping soundly.
In his dream, he encountered the answer, the "most perfect" distribution deconstruction method...
The next day, Chen Zhou slept comfortably until 8 o'clock in the morning.
He stretched lazily before getting up.
As soon as they saw Chen Zhou get up, Zhao Qiqi and the other two immediately stood up and surrounded him.
Chen Zhou was startled: "You...what are you going to do?"
Zhao Qiqi and the other two looked at each other, admiration and helplessness in their eyes.
Zhu Mingli coughed lightly and handed over the prepared breakfast: "Brother Chen, wash your face and eat quickly, you must be hungry!"
Chen Zhou took the breakfast suspiciously : "Did you get up early to have breakfast?"
Zhao Qiqi nodded: "I can't help it. My phone has been ringing off the hook since early in the morning..."
Li Li also said helplessly: "Your phone is in Do Not Disturb mode, but ours is not. At around 6 o'clock in the morning, the messages kept ringing..."
Zhu Mingli looked at Chen Zhou deeply and said, "Brother Chen, why didn't you remind us to turn off our phones last night?"
"???"
Chen Zhou was full of confusion. What did that mean?
