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Chapter 65 Let’s Start from the Beginning

In this empty meeting room.

In this quiet space.

Hundreds of years ago, this may have been a place of worship for church members in the Holy Roman Empire, and the sound heard was the holy sound of devout believers worshiping God.

Or, it might be the Symphony of Fate that is playing. Although Beethoven never returned to his hometown after leaving Bonn, his soul after his death might come to his hometown in person to listen to his proud work being performed here, the sound of fate knocking on the door.

Then a hundred years ago, this place became a busy post office, where all the letters in the city were gathered and distributed. Perhaps the sounds that could be heard were the anxious voices of people eager to get news from their families far away.

Twenty years ago, the sound here became the sound of the universe, because mathematics is the language of the universe, and tiny lives try to peek into the language of the universe and make discussions.

Today, this prying discussion was heard again.

However, when that nervous and very young voice sounded, this "spying" seemed to begin to announce the result.

Hundreds of eyes in the audience looked towards the place where the sound came from.

And the young man's face finally caught everyone's attention.

He was sitting at the main table and was indeed very young, seeming out of place with the other mathematicians who were also sitting at the main table and had already enjoyed a reputation in the mathematics community.

There was a hint of nervousness on his face, just like his voice.

But paradoxically, although he was nervous, his eyes were confident.

People realized who he was.

The participant invited by Schultz himself, the author of the paper "Non-singularity Analysis and Absolutely Far-Abel Conjecture" recently published online by IHES, the genius mathematical boy praised in the news, Xiao Yi.

Although surprised, people began to think about what he said.

In short, according to what Shinichi Mochizuki just explained, a problem that violates the entire system will eventually arise in far Abelian geometry.

Even, it directly contradicts the "Mochizuki Theorem" that Mochizuki Shinichi once proved?
Isn't this equivalent to using one's own spear to attack another's shield?

More than 95% of the audience found it ridiculous.

To some extent, Shinichi Mochizuki can almost be called the highest achiever in far Abelian geometry.

Since Grothendieck proposed the direction of far Abelian geometry, almost all the heavyweight results since then have been produced by Shinichi Mochizuki.

This is also why, despite opposition from almost the entire mathematical community, there are still some people who believe that Shinichi Mochizuki has proved the abc conjecture.

Because Shinichi Mochizuki used far Abelian geometry to complete the proof, and no one understands far Abelian geometry better than him.

Therefore, even Schultz basically never thought of finding out Shinichi Mochizuki's mistakes through the aspect of far Abelian geometry, because he himself was far inferior to the latter, the master of far Abelian geometry, in this regard.

But now, this young man tried to point out the contradiction in Mochizuki Shinichi's paper from this aspect?

is it possible?

"This young man is quite interesting."

Sitting in the first row of the audience, an old man looked at Xiao Yi, smiled, and made a comment with another old man next to him.

Anyone who is familiar with the world of mathematics will probably be able to recognize the identities of these two people quickly.

Pierre Deligne, and Enrico Bombieri.

Both of them are from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. They are world-class mathematicians and Fields Medal winners.

Of course, besides the two of them, there were many other people present who had the same idea.

【This young man is very good. 】

At the same time, compared to the onlookers' interest in this young man, Schultz and Mochizuki Shinichi, after hearing Xiao Yi's words, did not pay attention to what this young man proposed, but began to think quickly in their minds.

Mochizuki Shinichi, who had been very calm just now, gradually frowned. Would this conflict with his [Mochizuki Theorem]?

To be honest, just as Schultz had never thought of defeating him in far-Abelian geometry, he had never thought of making a mistake in far-Abelian geometry.

However, due to the heated debate with Schultz before, his mind was running at high speed, so after hearing this question, he immediately started thinking.
Since it involves far Abelian geometry, he is confident that he can complete the explanation of this problem.

However, his mind, which had been running at high speed, got stuck when it finally returned to [Hodge Theater] and his [Mochizuki Theorem].

【hodge theater】, translated as Hodge Theater, is a tool he designed for his IUTT theory, although its name is a bit strange, or even childish.

Just like the IUTT theory is translated as the Inter-Universal Teichmuller Theory - although this name mainly comes from Grothendieck's [Grothendick Inter-Universal Theory].

Of course, it is quite common for Japanese scholars to be a bit silly. After all, some people even named their algorithms [JOJO, DIO, WORLD].

"No, where is the problem?"

As his thoughts got stuck, Mochizuki Shinichi's frown deepened.

He suddenly realized with some horror that he... didn't know how to answer this question for a moment.
Wait, it can definitely be solved, it just takes time.

His IUTT theory cannot be wrong, and of course, his Mochizuki Theorem cannot be wrong either.

At least the latter has been recognized by the entire mathematical community.

He looked up and looked at the questioner.

His eyes fixed, why is it... that child?
However, at this moment, another voice sounded.

"Can you elaborate on that?"

It's Schultz's voice!
After thinking about it, he was not as familiar with far Abelian geometry as Mochizuki Shinichi who could quickly find the crux of the problem.

But he could vaguely feel that the question raised by Xiao Yi might be the key to solving the problem!
He needed Xiao Yi to give a more detailed account.

At this time, Xiao Yi, who had become the focus of everyone's attention, nodded after hearing Schultz's words.

"Ok."

Although he was a little nervous when he spoke in silence just now, at this moment, the nervousness had disappeared.

His love for all mathematical problems also made him unwilling to see the abc conjecture in the mathematical world continue to be a deadlock.

People will eventually pursue the true truth.

After taking the microphone handed to him by Schultz, Xiao Yi became the third person to hold the microphone in this discussion.

Before speaking, he glanced at Mochizuki Shinichi.

Mochizuki Shinichi was also looking at him at this time.

However, there was no hostility in Mochizuki Shinichi's eyes.

Some just have a complex emotion.

It's like a child who believes in the existence of Ultraman, but when he grows up he clearly realizes that Ultraman does not exist in this world.

Helpless, but relieved.