The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 63 Discussion Begins

September 9, 13: am.

This morning, Bonn's Münsterplatz became lively.

If you look closely, you will find that many people are walking towards the northwest side of Bonn's largest square.

There, there is a building that looks quite medieval.

This was once a city palace in Bonn. About a hundred years ago, it was where the nobility, state and church officials stayed. Later, it became Bonn's post office. After 1999, it became the workplace of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.

At this moment, those who are rushing here are mathematicians who are attending the academic seminar on "ABC Conjecture and Shinichi Mochizuki and Far Abelian Geometry" convened by Peter Schulz, director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.

Although Schultz personally invited only about a dozen people, this did not prevent other mathematicians who were interested in the symposium from actively applying for participation, such as Hu Guangde.

Of course, Hu Guangde’s main purpose was to accompany Xiao Yi, while the other participants were interested in the final outcome of the abc conjecture.

After all, is the ABC conjecture still a conjecture, or will it become the ABC theorem, perhaps the conclusion will be reached today.

……

"Ah~"

On Münsterplatz, a teenager yawned.
The young man was Xiao Yi, and Hu Guangde was following beside him.

Rubbing his head, Xiao Yi couldn't help but sigh that it was really troublesome to adjust his biological clock after going abroad.

If it were 8:30 in China, he would have already woken up from sleepiness.

Of course, part of it was also to ensure that his [Ruthless Continuation] buff could be continued.

I almost had a car accident two days ago.

When he walked to the front of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, he saw a statue.

Yo! Beethoven.

Well, Bonn is also the birthplace of Beethoven, so it’s not surprising to see his statue here.

Without looking any further, he and Hu Guangde walked into the building in front of them.

As you walk in, you can see more and more people.

Until finally, they arrived at the door of a large conference hall.

"Well, this is it. Take out your invitation and let's go in."

Hu Guangde said.

Xiao Yi nodded, then took out the invitation letter written by Schultz from his pocket, but he asked curiously: "Where is your invitation letter?"

"Oh, those of us who apply to attend the conference all have electronic invitations on our phones."

Hu Guangde took out his mobile phone and pointed to a picture on it.

There is no anti-counterfeiting mark.

Maybe this is mathematics...

After all, who would have nothing better to do than to join in the fun?

I can't even understand it.

Basically, only people in the industry know about this matter.

Soon we arrived at the entrance.

"Please show your invitation."

At the door, a staff member from the Max Planck Institute said.

Then he saw the paper invitation letter handed over by Xiao Yi.

The staff member was stunned. After taking a look at the invitation letter, he suddenly realized and said, "So you are Mr. Xiao Yi. You are indeed as young as the news said."

"Please come with me. Your place is at the main table."

Xiao Yi was puzzled. Was the seat arranged? Why was there a [main table]?
But after entering the conference room, he roughly understood.
There are about two to three hundred ordinary seats in the conference hall, and at the front is a circular table with sixteen seats around it, facing the podium.

At this time, there were already some people sitting in the 16 seats.

If Xiao Yi guessed correctly, all the people sitting there were big shots.

Because he had recognized two of them, Gerd Faltings and Jacob Stix.

There is no need to say much about the former, he is the famous Fields Medal winner and the former director of this institute. The latter is a far-Abelian geometry expert who, together with Schultz, questioned Mochizuki Shinichi's proof. Xiao Yi has also read his papers.

He also recognized the authors of the abc conjecture, David Mather and Joseph Oastley, who were also sitting there.

These four are already big bosses, and the others sitting there must also be big bosses.

And I actually have to sit with these big guys?
He looked back and saw Hu Guangde also walked in. He smiled and nodded at him, gave him a reassuring look, and then walked towards the ordinary seats in the back.

Well, it looks like he will just have to sit with the big guys.

Under the guidance of the staff, he walked to the main table at the front and sat down.

He even saw a nameplate of his own with "YiXiao" written on it.

As he expected, as soon as he sat down, the bigwigs who were discussing in the other seats stopped talking and looked at him.

Of course, this is not the end. From the corner of his eye he could see that hundreds of mathematicians who had already arrived at the stage were looking at him with surprise.

In addition, there were reporters sitting in the last row who had received the news and had probably turned on their cameras and pointed them at him.

Ok……

calm.

What should I do now?
correct!

Post a picture to your Moments!

So he took out his cell phone and pretended to be calm and asked the bosses: "Can I take a picture?"

The big guys in front of them all laughed, then nodded to show their approval.

"Thank you."

Xiao Yi immediately took a photo and included his own nameplate and those of several other big guys.

Click Send.
At this time, Faltings, who was closest to him, finally said, "The boy from China, your paper is well written."

Xiao Yi was flattered and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Professor Faltings!"

Faltings smiled and nodded at him. "Looking forward to your next paper."

"Okay." Xiao Yi nodded.

Afterwards, these bigwigs finally stopped paying attention to him and continued their previous discussion.

Xiao Yi finally put his mind at ease. As for the gazes behind him...

Forget it, let’s just ignore it.

At this time, a staff member came up and handed him a bound A4 paper. It was not thick, but not thin either, and had about twenty pages.

When I opened it, I saw a series of doubts that Schultz found based on Mochizuki Shinichi's proof. It should also have conducted a more in-depth exploration based on Xiao Yi's paper.

Before he knew it, Xiao Yi had looked inside.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly heard applause.

It turned out that the meeting had already begun, and Peter Schulze was now giving a speech on behalf of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.

"... Then, let's not talk about other things any more and start with the first item of our discussion."

A picture appeared on the large screen in the front.

【Why abc is still a conjecture.】

(End of this chapter)