The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 102 Before the Report Meeting
2021, April 1.

"Professor, I'm here to ask for leave, and also to request exemption from the mathematical analysis exam."

Xiao Yi walked into Liu Bin's office and said to Liu Bin.

Looking at Xiao Yi in front of him, Liu Bin took the exemption application form handed over by him and asked with a smile: "Are you leaving the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes." Xiao Yi nodded.

The Princeton Mathematics Annual Conference was officially held on January 1th. At the same time, January 8th was also the day for his special lecture on the twin prime conjecture. As the speaker, he naturally had to go there a few days in advance to prepare.

"Are you confident?"

"Have."

Xiao Yi nodded in reply.

"The twin prime conjecture..." Liu Bin shook his head, sighing in his heart.

"I remember you once said that your greatest pleasure in mathematics is to solve various difficult problems. Does the twin prime conjecture meet your requirements?"

"Well..."

Xiao Yi rubbed his chin, then smiled and replied: "Before solving this problem, I might think that if I can really prove it, then I will definitely get great satisfaction."

"But now that a month has passed, I may not be so satisfied anymore."

"Some time ago, I was still thinking about what problem I should continue to study next."

Liu Bin smiled: "That's true, just like when a person is full, they will always digest the food. Your words... are understandable."

For anyone, if he can solve the twin prime conjecture, even if he never makes any further achievements afterwards, he will be respected by people for life.

Just like Perelman, who proved the Poincare conjecture, one of the seven major mathematical problems of the millennium, 18 years ago. Although he disappeared from the mathematical world not many years later, his fame is still circulating in the entire mathematical community even today.

It's like a legend in the world.

but……

For a super genius like Xiao Yi, who is only 18 years old this year, solving the twin prime conjecture may not satisfy him.

In the end...let's not talk about the end, just talk about 10 years later, what level will Xiao Yi reach?

Liu Bin didn’t know, but he was quite fortunate that he was not too old and could definitely wait for 10 years.

Maybe he could witness the youngest Fields Medal winner in history?

At present, the youngest Fields Medal winner is Jean-Pierre Serre, who won the Fields Medal at the age of 27. The other youngest winners are already 29 years old. Some of the more famous mathematical geniuses in modern times, such as Terence Tao, also won it at the age of 31.

All in all, Liu Bin is very much looking forward to that day. If such a day really comes, he would probably be happy to attend the International Mathematical Congress even if he has to pay for it himself.

"Okay, let's not talk about the difficult questions for now. Let's start with some questions that are probably easy for you."

Liu Bin said.

"Since you want to apply for exemption from the exam, please finish the questions on this paper first. It will be more convenient for me to submit the materials to the Academic Affairs Office later."

Then, he took out a paper from the side and placed it in front of Xiao Yi.

"I see!"

Xiao Yi nodded with a smile.

He had already gone to see several teachers just now.

According to the training plan originally set for him, he had to complete all undergraduate professional courses within one year and meet the credit requirements.

Although, he doesn't have to go to classes or anything, but he still has to take exams.

Now, he has to do something important, which is to prove the twin prime conjecture, and he has no time to take the exam. What else can he do?
Of course, the academy would not make things difficult for him. Just kidding, whoever does not let Xiao Yi prove the twin qualities conjecture now is committing a crime.

So just like this, just do the test paper symbolically.

He picked up the pen from the side and took a look at the questions on the paper. There were three questions in total, all of which were competition questions, and they were probably the finale level. There were many elements involved, even not less than the prime number limit question that Liu Bin had given in class.

However, it was not a big problem for Xiao Yi.

With the bonus of 17 times thinking efficiency, he just glanced at it for a few times and then started answering.

In the end, it took me a total of 10 minutes to finish all three questions.

He even gave two methods for each question.

"finished."

Xiao Yi handed the paper back.

Liu Bin took a look and then laughed and said, "Are you taking revenge on me for asking you to use two methods to solve the problem?"

"No way! Don't frame me!" Xiao Yi shouted in injustice, and then whispered: "And I used three methods last time."

Liu Bin pointed at him unhappily, then took the test paper, wrote his consent on the exemption application form, signed his name, handed it to him, and then waved his hand and ordered him to leave: "Okay, you can leave now."

"Okay, thank you professor." Xiao Yi smiled and then turned and left.

But when he just walked to the door, Liu Bin shouted at him again: "Do your report well, I believe you can succeed!"

"Yes! I will." Xiao Yi nodded seriously.

After leaving Professor Liu's office, he went to find other teachers, collected all the exemption application forms, and began to summon the dragon... ahem, went to the Academic Affairs Office to submit the application form, and after that, he didn't have to worry about anything at the school.

The next day, he flew to Shangjing, because his flight to the United States on January 1 took off from Shangjing International Airport.
In addition, he also went to the Institute of Mathematics to find an academician named Xun Yong. This time when he went to Princeton, Academician Xun Yong would accompany him.

This was also commissioned by Academician Hu Guangde. After all, Xiao Yi is still only a 17-year-old young boy. In the eyes of his elders, he naturally needs an elder to accompany him.

Academician Xun Yong has always had a good relationship with Hu Guangde. In addition, Academician Xun Yong's research areas involve representation theory, Langlands program and automorphic forms, which are quite similar to Xiao Yi's previous achievements. Therefore, it is quite appropriate for Academician Xun Yong to work with Xiao Yi.

At noon on January 1, Xiao Yi met Academician Xun Yong in his office.

"Nice to meet you again, Xiao Yi." Xun Yong said with a smile. "Academician Xun."

Xiao Yi nodded. He naturally knew Xun Yong. When he gave a report at the Institute of Mathematics, he had communicated a lot with Academician Xun. At that time, Xun Yong was astonished after reading his report.

Xun Yong is one of the beneficiaries of the automorphic theory of etale algebraic varieties.

However... every time he saw Xun Yong, Xiao Yi was surprised at his youth.

Academician Xun was elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences in 2019. At that time, he was only 42 years old, making him one of the youngest academicians.

It can be said that, like Xiao Yi, Academician Xun can also be regarded as a first-class mathematical genius. Looking at his resume, he went to the experimental class of Qinghua High School before finishing the third year of junior high school, and went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang University before graduating from the third year of high school. In fact, he could have gone to Peking University and Qinghua, but he stayed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang because he missed home.

From this point of view, he and Xiao Yi also have a lot of common topics.

"It's really surprising. You solved the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture just a few months ago, and not long after that, you solved the twin prime conjecture. Sometimes I think my talent is already very good, but now I see that I am still a lot behind."

Looking at Xiao Yi's young face, Xun Yong couldn't help but speak.

Thinking back to when he was 17, he already felt that he was very capable, but compared to the young man in front of him, there was still a big gap.

Xiao Yi said modestly: "You are too kind. I just tried my best. Besides, whether my proof is correct has not yet been recognized by the mathematical community."

Xun Yong laughed: "You are doing your best, but this is the history of mathematics for hundreds of years."

"As for the recognition of your proof... I think it will take a few days."

Xiao Yi: "Maybe."

Xun Yong smiled, then took a stack of A4 paper from the side: "Okay, there is still a lot of time today. Remember the Etale algebraic cluster automorphism theory that we talked about last time? I have some new ideas recently and want to talk to you about them. In addition, there is the parity check classification sieve that you came up with when studying the twin prime conjecture. I am very interested in this. You should know that I am studying L-functions, which also have many problems related to prime numbers. Let's talk about it later."

Xiao Yi naturally wouldn't refuse this, "Okay!"

Next, they began academic exchanges.

Xiao Yi's genius ideas can bring a lot of inspiration to Xun Yong, and Xun Yong's decades of experience in mathematics can also bring some additional thinking to Xiao Yi.

This is where the significance of academic exchange lies.

Time passed quietly, and it was not until the evening that they left the office. After having a midnight snack together, they left separately.

It was not until noon the next day that they went to the airport and embarked on their journey to Princeton.

……

Finally, it was January 1th, and there was less than a day left until January 7th.

In public opinion around the world, the heat about this matter has begun to build. On various social media forums, just a simple search will show that thousands of people are discussing it enthusiastically.

For example, on China's Weibo, a title has already entered the hot search list.

#Twin Prime Conjecture Report#
When I clicked on it, I saw that the poster was the blogger who discovered that Xiao Yi had published a paper at IHES, named [Mathematical and Physical Events].

[Brothers, I'm already at Princeton University!

The Princeton Annual Mathematics Conference will be held tomorrow, and Xiao Shen’s special report on the twin prime conjecture will also be officially held tomorrow!

You have no idea how difficult it is to attend this conference this year. There are so many people attending. I was able to come here because of an acquaintance I have at Princeton University. Moreover, as someone who was not invited, I had to pay for accommodation and everything out of my own pocket. I have been so broke during this period.

However, it's worth it to be able to see Xiao Shen's lecture tomorrow! Just consider it as the cost of chasing stars!
Also, let me tell you a secret that I just learned. The annual Princeton Mathematics Conference usually only lasts three days, but this year is different. They extended it by one day specifically for the twin prime conjecture report!
God Xiao is so awesome!
I won't say any more. I'm going back to the hotel to rest. Tomorrow I will give you a live text broadcast of the situation. Please stay tuned! 】

There are two photos attached below the text, one is the gate of Princeton University, and the other is the name badge of the participants of this annual conference.

The netizens who commented below were immediately envious.

[Fuck, you actually went to the scene? Damn, you really deserve to die! ]

[Wo Ri, I want to go too! Please take me with you! ]

[They actually extended it by one day just for Xiao Shen? I was wondering why it was held for 4 days this time. It was always 3 days before. Xiao Shen’s treatment is unmatched! ]

[No, this is the twin prime conjecture! The International Congress of Mathematicians should also give it preferential treatment! ]

[You're here too? Luckily I'm a graduate student at Princeton University, so I can go and watch it if I want.]

[Wo Ri, there are still masters? ]

[I am an elementary school student. Please give me your Princeton student ID. I advise you not to be ungrateful.]

[Gah, I want to go too, but unfortunately I can only stay up late to watch the live broadcast tomorrow. ]

……

Netizens expressed great envy for those who were able to go to the scene to watch it. After all, who doesn’t want to go?

Maybe this will be a time to witness history. When the time comes, I can take a photo and put it in a textbook, and even discover myself in it?
Of course, there are people who have such ideas all over the world, but unfortunately, Princeton University can only offer a little over a thousand places at most, and a considerable number of them belong to top mathematicians.

If there are more, there won’t be enough space in the lecture hall.

In the past, their annual mathematics conference had only a few hundred people, but this time the scale of participants was basically second only to the International Congress of Mathematicians.

This is the influence of the twin prime conjecture!
……

And so, the time finally came to January 1th, 8: in the morning.

Although not all the participants were present in Princeton University's largest lecture hall, half of the seats were already occupied, with nearly 500 people. Together with the on-site staff, the place was truly crowded.

In addition to mathematicians and mathematics enthusiasts, there are also quite a number of media reporters gathered here. However, what is puzzling is that these reporters are temporarily gathered in front of the gate instead of entering the lecture hall, as if they are waiting for something.

At this moment, a car suddenly drove over and stopped at the door.
The back door opened and a young figure walked down.

Then, everyone saw the reporters surrounding them.

People suddenly realized that these reporters were waiting for today's protagonist.

That talented young man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, Xiao Yi!

(End of this chapter)