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Chapter 295 The World's Amazement

A grand event of mathematics has come to an end.

However, the influence it brings to the world goes far beyond this.

This report conference was broadcast live in its entirety, so what happened during the process was not only seen by the audience on site, but also by the audience watching the live broadcast.

After witnessing the entire process, these audiences couldn't help but applaud along with the audience on site, marveling at Xiao Yi's wonderful proof process.

As for the process of his answering the questions at the end, it shocked everyone.

This is the God of Mathematics!
The proof of the Riemann hypothesis is worthy of its status in the mathematical world.

After all, if there is no questioning process in the end and the Riemann hypothesis becomes a theorem, it would seem like a lot of noise but little action.

Therefore, only such an experience can make people feel more impressed.

Afterwards, a wind called "Riemann's Theorem" began to blow around the world.

On various online social platforms, people began to discuss the Riemann hypothesis and the results of this lecture.

Even those who don't understand mathematics are willing to join in such discussions and talk about their thoughts and feelings about this matter.

Of course, what was mentioned more was the admiration for Xiao Yi's abilities.

How on earth was he able to achieve such amazing accomplishments in mathematics?
Especially those who watched the live broadcast were amazed at the process of Xiao Yi answering Wiles' question. That was a question that required an entire blackboard to answer, but in the end Xiao Yi only spent a few minutes thinking about it and was able to deduce it all?
Even when Xiao Yi was deducing on the blackboard, the number of times he stopped in the middle was basically to explain what he was going to do in this step, what the purpose was, etc. This only took half an hour. Including when he was deducing in the middle, he didn't even correct what he had written.

If the proof of the Riemann hypothesis was something that ordinary audiences like them could not fully understand for the time being, but the derivation and proof given on the blackboard on the spot made them feel Xiao Yi's ability.

Therefore, this matter has the most discussions on the Internet.

For example, on YouTube, someone quickly uploaded a slice of Xiao Yi's half-hour proof process, and in the comment section below, some people expressed surprise about this.

[Houlixie, from the time Wiles asked the question to the time he began to answer it, he only thought about it for a few minutes. Did he answer this question as if it were a test question?]

[I can't believe that there are such humans in this world. Is he proof that humans have completed evolution again after so many years?]

[I suspect that the CIA is planning every day how to get a hair from this guy, so that they can clone thousands of Xiao Yi.]

[One of this guy can do this, if there are thousands of him, I doubt he can rule the earth.]

[I am a doctoral student in the Department of Mathematics at MIT. Today, our supervisor took us to watch the entire live broadcast of this guy's lecture. When we saw this scene, we were all shocked.

To be honest, including my mentor, we were all very surprised when we heard about the Wiles problem. We really didn't expect Wiles to be able to find such a problem. At that time, we couldn't even think of how to solve this problem. What we didn't expect was that Xiao Yi actually knew how to solve it so quickly. He is simply amazing! 】

[Yes! I am from Berkeley. Many people in our mathematics department watched the live broadcast. Although we could not go to the scene, we had to watch such a historic report on the live broadcast. Then I was shocked by Xiao's proof. Thinking that he is only 25 years old this year, I was deeply shocked. I am only 25 years old too!

In addition, I don't know if you have noticed that after he finished the proof, he just finished writing on the entire blackboard. To be honest, I now even suspect that he actually knew how much to write in each of the next steps from the beginning, so he was able to make such a precise plan, but if he really had considered this before starting the proof, I can only say... he is an alien. 】

[Now that you mention it, I have this feeling too. Could it be that he has already thought about the layout of the writing? Doesn’t this mean that before he started the proof, he had already thought about how many steps he would need to complete the proof? Oh my god! ! ]

[Okay, although you are all discussing Wiles' question, I admit that Xiao Yi did show a very good ability when answering this question... I mean, the kind of ability that is too abnormal. However, I am actually more interested in the question asked by Schultz, especially Xiao Yi's answer. To be honest, many people understood Xiao Yi's answer to Wiles' question, but very few people understood how Xiao Yi solved Schultz's problem. I estimate that among the many mathematicians present, not many people understood Xiao Yi's answer. To be honest, I didn't understand it either, so what I really want to know now is how Xiao Yi answered this question. ]

【Finally I found someone who shares the same opinion as me! I am also very curious about this question. Xiao Yi’s answer seems to mean that his proof has already explained Schultz’s question, but his explanation is in the whole paper, not in some individual steps. Therefore, it cannot be seen from those individual steps. You have to read the whole paper to understand it clearly.

However, this requires that you must be familiar with the contents of the 400-page paper. However, apart from bigwigs like Schultz, how many people can understand such a paper so thoroughly? 】

[Fortunately, I am not studying pure mathematics, but applied mathematics, so I don't have to master such proofs. However, I also have a suggestion for you. That is, don't make it too difficult for yourself. If you don't understand, then forget it. If you don't understand this top-notch theory the first time, then you should make peace with yourself. After all, there will always be a second time and a third time later. Unless you want to use some new theories in Xiao Yi's paper to publish a paper or something, then just ignore what I said.

However, having said that, for a long time in the future, many new papers will be born in the pure mathematics community because of Xiao Yi's paper, right? This is what I envy the most about you who study pure mathematics. With such an important new theory, it can bring inspiration to many people, and it is easy to produce several papers! 】

【"Just casually", hey bro, this kind of words are not casual, this is not casual at all. If you are a big shot in applied mathematics and have published several top journals, then just ignore what I said, but if you are just a student, or a scholar with only a little achievement, then I advise you not to make such a conclusion easily, because not everyone can think of what topic to study next after reading Xiao Yi's paper. After all, that is something that truly belongs to the forefront of mathematics, and most of us who study pure mathematics are still working on things from the last century, or even the century before last. 】

[I agree with the above brother. Indeed, the new methods Xiao Yi used to prove the Riemann hypothesis are all very advanced and complex. It is quite difficult to use these new methods to produce results. I guess we have to wait for other mathematics masters to interpret these new methods in more detail before we can use these theories.]

[How hateful that I am not Xiao Yi! ]

[Because you are not an alien. ]

【…】

In addition to YouTube, related discussions can also be seen on X, Facebook and other places.

Internet users in every country, whether in the United States, France, Britain, Japan, South Korea, India, etc., have people who pay close attention to this matter. Internet users in Britain and the United States lamented that they don’t have a mathematician like Xiao Yi now, while French netizens felt that Xiao Yi inherited their fine tradition of mathematics, and Japanese lamented that Xiao Yi is definitely an ultimate genius that only appears once in ten thousand years, while Koreans were discussing how much Korean blood Xiao Yi has, and Indians said that although Xiao Yi is very powerful, they still think their Ramanujan is more powerful.

Basically, people in every country have their own ideas.

Of course, these ideas are happening internationally, but in China, it is truly a national celebration.

With China's current size, there are not so many things worth celebrating as a country. Just like the Olympic Games, which once attracted nationwide attention, not so many people care about it now.

There are also things like rocket launches, but not that many Chinese people are concerned about them. Even the recent launch of the Shenzhou 2nd spacecraft was probably not known by that many people.

Probably the only thing that has attracted national attention recently is the successful realization of nuclear fusion, and Xiao Yi was also the protagonist of this event.

Today, the report on the Riemann hypothesis still attracts the attention and celebrations of people across the country, especially after the report ended, the related popularity has exploded.

After all, this time it was their mathematician who single-handedly defeated an organization composed of so many foreign mathematicians. At the same time, what happened in the report meeting also made them even more amazed.

For a time, this incident could be seen anywhere, on computers and on television, including on the news channels of various satellite TV stations, which also reported on it. As for Anhui Provincial Satellite TV, it gave a comprehensive report on the incident and even opened a special branch on its website to broadcast the entire report conference live.

As for the local TV station in Fei City, it was even more straightforward than the Anhui Provincial Satellite TV. The Anhui Provincial Satellite TV only broadcast the entire event live on its website, while the Fei City TV station broadcast the entire event live on TV. As for other programs, they were all terminated by them.

The news that evening also made a special report on this incident, including an interview with Xiao Yi after the lecture.

This interview had been scheduled with Xiao Yi a long time ago, and I was going to wait until the lecture was over to talk to Xiao Yi about my thoughts on the lecture.

During this interview, Xiao Yi also answered many questions that netizens were interested in.

"Professor Xiao Yi, according to what you mentioned in your report, you came up with the new steps in the amusement park. We would like to learn more about what your specific thoughts were that inspired you to do this."

In response to the reporter's question, Xiao Yi replied: "I don't have any specific ideas. Just like what I said in my report, geometry exists everywhere in the universe, so if you observe the surrounding environment carefully, you will naturally be able to generate some relevant inspirations."

He laughed and said, "Mathematics is basically like this. Sometimes inspiration comes suddenly."

The reporter couldn't help but sigh: "But if it was the inspiration for the Riemann hypothesis, it probably wouldn't be that easy."

Xiao Yi spread his hands: "Maybe."

The reporter smiled and then asked the next question: "The second question is, as far as I know, many people in the mathematics community are very curious. Not only did you discover a new tool like the generalized modular curve, but you also found two auxiliary tools, the Shimura cluster and the Siegel modular form. So people want to know how you found these two auxiliary tools. According to what you said in your report, did you directly think of using these two tools?"

Hearing this question, Xiao Yi showed some confusion on his face, as if he was confused about asking this question.

Then he replied: "This should be easy to think of, right? Think about the subsequent steps, and then consider the properties and form of the generalized modular curve. It shouldn't be difficult to think of this."

The reporter immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Cattle!"

The reporters seemed to have already imagined how much of a shock this interview would cause to those who were paying attention to this issue once it was released.

After all, at the beginning, people thought that Xiao Yi must have spent some time thinking before he could come up with these two new tools. But now it seems that he had thought of them from the very beginning!
This is totally off the mark!

The reporter calmed down a bit, and then continued, "Then, I will continue to ask a question similar to this one. Professor Xiao, when you answered Professor Wiles' question at the end, we all saw that you thought about it for a few minutes before answering it. But according to the reactions given by other mathematicians, the question asked by Professor Wiles was quite difficult, and it was incredible that you answered it in such a short time."

"However, based on what you said before you started to answer the question, it seems that you didn't even think about how to answer this question in those few minutes. Instead, you were thinking about how you thought about this question when you were proving the paper. Many of us are also very curious about this process. I hope you can give a more detailed explanation of this."

Hearing this question, Xiao Yi spread his hands. He knew that the reporter would definitely ask this question.

Then he said, "Yes, I was definitely recalling how I thought about this problem at the time."

"To be honest, as the author of this paper, I have a complete grasp of the proof process of the entire paper. In other words, I have probably thought about almost all the questions they might ask. I will briefly reveal that I have at least five more questions that they might ask."

“That’s why, at the beginning, I was recalling how I thought about Wiles’s question.”

"So I can't say that I gave an answer to this question without even thinking about it. I had already thought about it a long time ago. Of course, this is also due to Schultz's question."

The reporter heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I see. In other words, you have already answered these questions before, and today you are just re-examining your answers."

"Well, that's not quite accurate, because when I was considering these problems, I just briefly thought about the solutions to these problems in my mind. So when answering questions today, I just thought about the original solutions. As for the derivation process, it was indeed deduced on the spot." Xiao Yi explained.

The reporter twitched his lips.

No, brother, why are you getting more and more outrageous?
(End of this chapter)