The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 297: Another page of history has been turned

As the day passed and the incident fermented overnight, it attracted even greater attention around the world.

Probably mainly because it’s dawn in other places.

As a result, foreign media also began to report on this incident frantically.

"The Riemann Hypothesis Report Conference ended successfully. What else can stop Xiao Yi's success?!"

"This is a great success for the entire mathematics, but it may only be a small success for Xiao Yi"

"Billionaire, genius scientist, mathematical god, father of nuclear fusion... How important is Xiao Yi to our human civilization?"

"Musk: I am not Iron Man, Xiao Yi is"

……

Various news headlines have attracted the attention of countless people.

Of course, the most important thing is that these seemingly exaggerated titles do not seem to be that exaggerated in the eyes of many people?
After all, the seemingly exaggerated title seems to be all true.

Well... probably means that the fact that Xiao Yi is Iron Man is a little bit outrageous.

The attention of netizens from all over the world to this matter is also increasing sharply. Some people may not say anything after seeing the news at first, but as they continue to discover the news, these people eventually join in the discussion of this matter.

Afterwards, many celebrities began to respond to this matter, such as Musk, the world's richest man, who also expressed his views on X.

[There is no doubt that Xiao Yi's achievements are extremely important to the entire human civilization. He has successfully achieved what most people can hardly imagine. In short, I only have one idea now, that is, never try to compete with Xiao Yi in science and technology, otherwise, you will only regret it in the end. Now, I even have to pray in my heart that he does not start researching aerospace technology, otherwise, I can hardly imagine how long my SpaceX can last. ]

In addition to Musk, who is relatively active in the news and public opinion, many mathematicians in the mathematics community have also expressed their opinions.

Some of the mathematicians were interviewed on-site in China, and there were also many foreign media present at the event.

Tao said to the reporter: "To be honest, I really don't know how to express my feelings after watching this lecture. Xiao Yi's lecture is completely different from any lecture I have ever seen. Almost from the beginning to the end, I was shocked by all the details in Xiao Yi's proof and his thinking that seemed to be completely thorough."

In the camera, Terence Tao seemed to be dancing with joy and exaggerating: "As long as you understand mathematics to a certain extent, you will understand how I feel. It is a feeling that is completely indescribable."

"Incredible, excellent, the best ever, the best... In short, it would not be out of place to add any praise to this conference. Believe me, this is my summary evaluation after watching so many mathematics conferences. There is no exaggeration."

The reporter felt a little bit unconvinced when looking at his exaggerated look. Do you call this not exaggerating at all?

Of course, considering his sincere look, the reporter still expressed his belief and then asked him about his opinion on the questioning process.

Tao said: "I also heard what he revealed in a later interview. He said he prepared a total of seven questions that he thought we might ask."

"However, to be honest, after I finished reading his paper, well... I read it three times in total, of course, all of them were very serious, and in the end I only found three problems. And one of the problems was not one of the seven problems he mentioned. I guess it was the kind of problem he said that was so simple that we would not ask questions - he was right, because after thinking about that simple problem, I knew how to solve it. It was just that the other two problems took me a little more time, but I finally figured them out. As for the questions asked by Schultz and Wiles, I think they should be the most difficult of those problems, but in the end, these two problems were still perfectly solved by Xiao Yi."

"Finally, I still want to say congratulations to Xiao Yi for successfully solving the Riemann hypothesis, which has made us humans win again in the face of mathematics."

In addition to Deligne, Schultz also accepted the interview: "Undoubtedly, Xiao Yi's success is unrepeatable - well, okay, I mean it is unrepeatable for the rest of us, but if he wants to replicate it, he still has a chance."

"As for the question I asked... yes, of course I know the answer to my question. The specific explanation, just like what Xiao Yi answered, exists in the whole paper, not in some individual proofs. This question is not a question that needs to be considered separately."

"In general, as long as you fully understand Xiao Yi's paper, you will be able to understand this problem... As for why I didn't understand this problem at the beginning, it was because I didn't fully understand Xiao Yi's paper at the beginning. It was only after he reminded me that I finally understood this point."

"…Thinking back to when I first met Xiao Yi, I thought he was a math genius whose talent was no less than mine. Of course, I never shy away from the term genius, but the various things that happened later proved that Xiao Yi was a genius beyond everyone's imagination."

"You feel as if there is no limit to his mathematical abilities, that's it."

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Deligne: "Since my teacher, Grothendieck, passed away, I thought there might not be another mathematician like him in the world for a long time. Even when I first heard Xiao Yi's name, I just thought there would be another genius like Terence Tao or Schultz. Fortunately, he continued to surprise us. Until now, I even believe that he has surpassed my teacher. After all, the Riemann hypothesis has been solved by him."

Wiles: "Yes, I am sure that the question I asked was quite difficult, because I thought of four of the questions Xiao Yi asked, but Schultz's question was not one of them. As for the other three questions I thought of, I thought of their answers later, but I never thought of the one I asked, so I believe that this question will definitely bring a 'surprise' to Xiao Yi, and in the end, I thought I had achieved my goal, but I didn't expect that his initial silence was just a recollection. In the following half an hour, he used the complete derivation process to completely convince me. Well, I wanted to replicate what I encountered when I proved Fermat's Last Theorem on the Riemann hypothesis at the beginning, but I still want to thank Xiao Yi because his last words touched me a lot."

"I think a genius like him would also be an excellent philosopher."

"..."

In addition to them, mathematicians such as James Maynard, Bombieri, and Faltings also expressed their thoughts on this report. The interview results of these top mathematicians also attracted considerable attention. After all, only interviews with these professional mathematicians can make people more aware of the significance of Xiao Yi's achievements in the mathematical community.

……

However, as the earth rotates, one day passes in every part of the world.

And this day, which can probably be called a historic day for the whole world, has ended here.

The chapter of history recorded by date has turned to the next page.

But there is no doubt that November 2028, 11, is destined to become one of the most dazzling pages in the history.

Of course, if we open the chapter of the history of mathematics separately several years later, we will find that since this day, the influence of the proof of the Riemann hypothesis has never dissipated for a very long time. People can always find some surprises from Xiao Yi's proof, and can extract some mathematical ideas unique to this mathematical god, which can then bring some extra help to their proof.

Or some of the new theories and techniques in his papers will continue to play a role in the future and benefit the entire mathematics community.

However, these things are only things of the past.

For now, all people can do is marvel at the proof of the Riemann hypothesis and worship the God of mathematics.

……

In the blink of an eye, I don’t know how much time has passed.

Although the discussion about the Riemann hypothesis has not cooled down for a long time, Xiao Yi, as the prover, has already put aside this achievement that others think is worthy of lifelong pride.

It's not that he is Versailles. Although such an achievement is indeed something he should be very proud of, to be honest, among his many achievements, the Riemann hypothesis is not even ranked first.

In the face of such great achievements as controlled nuclear fusion, all current human achievements are probably incomparable.

Of course, if we really say so, it would seem that we emphasize application over theory, but this is indeed the reality.

After all, there are still many people who do not understand pure mathematics research.

Just like people who study pure mathematics don't understand why others know so little about pure mathematics.

Although mathematicians generally have a higher social status, when people learn that a person is a mathematician, the impression they get is that this person is very smart and very capable. However, when many people learn that what mathematicians study has no effect on the development of productivity, they will most likely express doubts about their research on these things.

Therefore, although many people on the Internet praised Xiao Yi for his proof of the Riemann hypothesis, there are still people who said that instead of spending time studying these things, he might as well spend more time studying results such as nuclear fusion.

For a time, discussions about this matter also broke out on the Internet, and eventually the discussion was divided into four factions.

There are two more extreme factions among them. One is the extreme conservative party, which believes that Xiao Yi should specialize in pure mathematics, pure physics and the like, and never produce any results that are helpful for applications, so that those who scold Xiao Yi for putting his energy in the wrong places will not enjoy the technological convenience he brings; the other is called the extreme application party, which are those people opposed by the extreme conservative party. These people are the ones who often scold Xiao Yi online, or think that Xiao Yi has seriously wasted his talents and gave up the direction of better benefiting the world.

People from these two extreme parties often quarrel with each other on the Internet. Almost wherever there is news about Xiao Yi, these two groups of people will appear. It has become a well-known "phenomenon" on the Internet.

The other two parties appear to be somewhat neutral. Basically, they advocate that both approaches can be studied and it doesn't matter. However, the reasons for their advocacy are different.

One side is based on Xiao Yi's self-will, believing that he can study whatever he wants and no one else has the right to interfere, and that this is Xiao Yi's freedom; the other side believes that no matter what Xiao Yi studies, he is contributing to the development of science, so it doesn't matter what he studies, as long as science develops, it is good.

Therefore, these two parties are respectively called Xiao Shen's Free Will Party and the Science Contribution Party.

Of course, the boundary between people from the middle party and the two extreme parties is not very clear. When these people from the middle party see the outrageous remarks of some extreme parties, they will resolutely join the camp of another extreme party for a short period of time, and then start to argue with those who made these outrageous remarks.

All in all, it is in line with the current network environment.

Just like one fan can defeat ten haters, Xiao Yi couldn't possibly stop these fans, and he never paid attention to them or anything, just like he had told those students during his first class at HKUST.

"I'm not a celebrity, nor am I an internet celebrity."

This sentence is still often edited by various up-loaders, accompanied by some very deep background music, and has gained a lot of playback volume.

However, because of this, even though many of his fans often make remarks that bring him negative comments, people have never turned against him because of this, and their respect for him has never changed. Until now, this respect has never changed, and the degree of respect has become even deeper.

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(End of this chapter)