The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 60 We want it too!

"This is... an email from Schultz himself?"

When Xiao Yi saw the email in the mailbox, he was surprised.

A Fields Medal winner, a famous mathematician, actually took the initiative to email him, an ordinary minor who had only published a paper in IHES?

He even said that he "couldn't wait" to communicate with him and sent him an invitation?

Who would have thought of this?

cough cough...

Of course, no matter what, it’s not that mediocre.

"But, this mathematics conference that Schultz mentioned... could it be that one?"

When Xiao Yi saw the email saying that a mathematics conference would be held on September 9, he quickly remembered the news on the Internet.

The final meeting to put an end to the eight-year controversy in mathematics regarding the ABC conjecture?
He immediately became very interested.
After following various news these days, he also learned about the ABC conjecture, a famous unsolved problem in the mathematics world.

The abc conjecture, an important problem in number theory, was proposed in 1985, and its original purpose was actually to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.

Because, if the abc conjecture is true, then the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem can be completed in just one page.

However, a few years after the abc conjecture was proposed, Fermat's Last Theorem was proved by Andrew Wiles, while the abc conjecture remained in the mathematics community and remained unsolved. On the contrary, it became an even more important problem in number theory.

Once the abc conjecture is established, it will help mathematicians easily solve many other number theory problems.

However, the number of people studying the abc conjecture is even smaller than the number of people studying far-Abelian geometry. The number of mathematicians in the world who dare to study the abc conjecture can probably be counted on two or three hands.

Among these top mathematicians, Shinichi Mochizuki has become the most outstanding one.

So Xiao Yi also wanted to know whether Mochizuki Shinichi's proof was correct or wrong.

After all, he really likes studying difficult math problems, and the abc conjecture, which is one of the seven difficult math problems, is no less interesting to him than any other difficult math problems, even though he thinks he is not capable enough to solve it.

"Well... let's go once then."

Xiao Yi thought about it and finally made a decision.

Although he felt that traveling abroad was a bit troublesome, if it was for such cutting-edge problems in mathematics, then even if it was a bit troublesome, it was a problem that could be completely overcome.

"But, if it's September 9th... that seems to be the time for freshman military training at the beginning of the school year?"

He had a strange expression on his face.

In this case, doesn't it mean that he has a very legitimate reason not to go to military training?

……

Time passed quickly.

Xiao Yi and his paper became hot topics in the next few days.

At one time, quite a number of media wanted to interview him, but he rejected all of them because after deciding to go to Germany to attend the academic conference, he began to spend a lot of time studying the abc conjecture and Shinichi Mochizuki's paper.

Of course, his purpose was not to prove the abc conjecture, or to find out the problem with Shinichi Mochizuki's paper.

Just kidding, he is just a math novice. The former is a question that has all the math masters scratching their heads, and he doesn't think he can prove it.

After all, his cheat can only improve his learning efficiency, but cannot directly allow him to obtain the answer to a proof question.

If you want to try to prove the abc conjecture, you still need a lot of mathematical foundation.

As for the latter, that was a problem that Peter Schultz and his team had been searching for for so many years but still had no definite evidence for. He also didn't think he could find the problem in just half a month.

His purpose was simply to prepare in advance in case he would not have any idea what the mathematicians were saying when he attended the academic conference.

And so, the time came to February 9nd.

It is also the day to report for the new semester at HKUST.

Picking up a small suitcase and a schoolbag, Xiao Yi set off for school.
When we arrived at the school gate, it was already a bustling scene.

The new students who enrolled this year walked into the campus and looked for the registration point of their respective colleges. Xiao Yi also quickly found the location of their School of Mathematics and Science.

Ok……

All of them are boys.

Compared to other student registration points where there are almost only girls, their School of Mathematics is a bit too masculine.

However, it's not a big problem.

Only losers would think about girls!
He came here to learn!
When several seniors at the registration point of the School of Mathematics saw someone coming, they immediately came up to him with a smile on their faces: "Hey, are you from our School of Mathematics? What's your name?"

"Yes, my name is Xiao Yi."

"Xiao Yi, I'm looking for...wait, are you Xiao Yi?"

When several seniors heard Xiao Yi's name, they immediately widened their eyes and looked at Xiao Yi.

"Oh my god, it's really God Xiao!"

Immediately, these seniors seemed to become respectful: "Xiao Shen, you don't need to register. All the registration matters have been arranged. In addition, Professor Liu Bin of our college said that when you arrive, you can go directly to his office to see him."

Xiao Yi was stunned, but he didn't have too many doubts. He nodded: "Okay, thank you seniors."

Afterwards, he went to Professor Liu's office, but before leaving, several seniors asked him to leave a few signatures.

Obviously, although he had just entered the school, he had already become a star in their School of Mathematics.

……

I arrived at Liu Bin's office with familiarity.

At this moment, Liu Bin seemed to be fiddling with an envelope or something on his desk.

When he saw Xiao Yi coming, he smiled and said, "You're here."

"Ah."

Xiao Yi nodded.
Liu Bin didn't say much, such as welcoming him to officially become a student of the University of Science and Technology.

Anyway, Xiao Yi has come to his place many times and they are already considered acquaintances.

There were several of Liu Bin's students in the office. When they saw Xiao Yi, they all looked at him.

That look was full of worship.

"I asked you to come here for two things. The first thing is this."

As he spoke, Liu Bin pointed to the letter in his hand.

"From the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. The sender is Peter Schulze."

"This letter was just delivered to our college today. I'm quite curious, what is this thing?"

"Oh! This one!"

Xiao Yi said, "It should be the invitation letter sent to me by Mr. Schultz. He invites me to attend the mathematics academic conference held at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics on September 9."

"They sent me an email a few days ago to inform me of this matter. I didn't expect it to be delivered so soon."

Liu Bin was stunned for a moment.

Wow, this guy even received an invitation to a mathematics conference from top scholars?
The graduate students around were even more shocked.

Damn, an invitation letter from a Fields Medal winner?

They want it too!

Thanks to the Sky Hope Star for the 100 starting coins reward

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