Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 215 Miraculous Proof
In the library, a day had passed since Chen Zhou got back the experimental data.
According to the progress, the data processing results will be sent to Dean Yang and Senior Sister Peng Jia later today.
It also saves some time for adjusting the next experiment.
"Done!" Chen Zhou stretched and looked to his side out of habit.
But there was no sign of Yang Yiyi.
"I forgot Yiyi was in the lab..."
Ever since Dean Yang arranged Yang Yiyi to study in the laboratory with Peng Jia, Yang Yiyi has spent most of her time in the laboratory.
Except for the dinner on the night of the experiment, he and Yang Yiyi spent a little longer together.
In the past two days, except for the morning jog time, he basically hasn't seen Yang Yiyi.
Collecting his thoughts, Chen Zhou sorted out the data processing results, packaged them and sent them to Dean Yang and Peng Jia.
After doing all this, Chen Zhou looked at the time. It was ten o'clock in the morning.
"The timing is quite coincidental, it's exactly two days before the experiment starts..." Chen Zhou smiled slightly.
Taking out a new piece of draft paper, Chen Zhou wrote out the formula he had written last time.
【limn→∞sup（Pn＋1－Pn）/（lnPn）2=1】
Cramer's conjecture.
A conjecture on the prime number spacing problem.
There are many more conjectures about the prime number spacing problem.
The famous Mersenne primes and twin primes can also be attributed to the prime number interval problem.
Everyone knows the twin prime conjecture, so let’s not talk about it.
But we have to mention the distribution law of Mersenne primes.
Because it was a Chinese mathematician who expressed the Mersenne prime number with a precise expression.
This is the internationally famous Zhou conjecture.
This is also the possible gain in Chen Zhou's plan, starting from the Cramér conjecture.
What is the significance of studying the prime number interval problem?
Chen Zhou feels that the answer from Professor Andrew, a number theorist at the University of Montreal, is the most appropriate.
"The spacing of prime numbers is an obvious question. It's the first question to ask when talking about prime numbers."
Of course, this is for mathematicians, or rather, for everyone who studies number theory.
For more people, breakthroughs in the research of prime number interval problems will ultimately affect the research of encryption algorithms and will be particularly important in the field of information security.
Chen Zhou thought about it and wrote down another conjecture about the prime number interval problem.
【NlogXloglogXloglogloglogX/（logloglogX）^2】
This is a more moderate conjecture proposed by Erdős based on the Rankine formula. It is also what Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi said is the most significant breakthrough in the prime number spacing problem in 76 years. In 2014, the Erdős conjecture was proved by Professor Terence Tao and four other mathematicians.
Here N represents any large number.
However, the prime number interval in this conjecture is still smaller than the prime number interval in Cramer's conjecture.
The reason why Chen Zhou wrote down this conjecture is that he wanted to try to break through the Cramer conjecture based on the proof of the Erdős conjecture by Terence Tao and others.
After all, only by standing on the shoulders of giants and taking a look can you know what the scenery is like from a high place.
Chen Zhou then searched on his computer for the literature on how Professor Terence Tao and others proved the Erdős conjecture.
In the following days, apart from spending the necessary time studying the physics textbooks, Chen Zhou spent the rest of his time on Kramer's conjecture.
However , the method of establishing large prime number intervals to prove the Erdős conjecture does not seem to be applicable to solving the Cramer conjecture.
Chen Zhou's work has achieved little results.
Putting down the pen, Chen Zhou stretched and looked at the seat next to him. Yang Yiyi was still not there.
Chen Zhou wondered if he should go for a walk in the laboratory.
Ever since he sent the processed experimental data results to Dean Yang and Peng Jia, there has been no news.
Dean Yang never looked for him either.
"Um?"
Chen Zhou took out his cell phone and took a look. It was a call from Dean Yang.
Whatever you think will come true.
Chen Zhou left the study area, pressed the answer button, and asked politely, "Dean Yang, what's the matter?"
Dean Yang said, "Are you free this afternoon? The new experiment is ready and will start at 3 pm this afternoon."
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned. He remembered that the experiment time mentioned by Dean Yang last time was clearly next month. How come it was suddenly brought forward so much?
What Chen Zhou didn't know was that this was all because of his processing of the experimental data.
"Hello, are you listening?" Dean Yang's voice came again.
Chen Zhou quickly replied: "If I have time, I'll go to your office first?"
Dean Yang said, "No, just go to the laboratory and bring your work ID."
Chen Zhou: "Okay."
After saying that, the phone hung up.
Chen Zhou put away his phone and prepared to return to the study area.
Then, another call came in.
The phone number displays [Professor Wu Xiping].
Unlike Dean Yang, as soon as the call was connected, Chen Zhou heard Wu Xiping's anxious voice: "Where are you? Is there anything wrong? Come to my office, it's urgent!"
When Chen Zhou heard this, he guessed what was going on.
After replying "OK", the phone was hung up.
After sitting down in the study area, Chen Zhou did not rush to Wu Xiping's office. Instead, he opened the browser and entered the official website of "Journal of Mathematics". After logging in, he found the submission page and took a look.
"really!"
…
Wu Xiping's office.
After Chen Zhou knocked on the door, he walked in.
Along the way, he was wondering, why is it so fast this time?
The speed of manuscript approval and publication completely refreshed his cognition.
Little did people know that although Chen Zhou was not in a hurry, Hafid, the editor of the Journal of Mathematics, was extremely anxious.
After receiving peer review feedback from academic giants, Hafid rushed to get Chen Zhou's paper published in the latest issue of "Acta Mathematica Sinica".
As Chen Zhou walked into the office, everyone's eyes were focused on him in an instant .
Wu Xiping called out, "Boy, you are doing great things quietly! Come here quickly!"
Chen Zhou touched his nose and thought, this is not a big deal.
When Chen Zhou walked to Wu Xiping's desk and was about to turn around to move another stool, he found that the stool had already been moved over.
Chen Zhou glanced at the warm-hearted senior and said, "Thank you."
The graduate student led by Wu Xiping hurriedly said, "You're welcome, please take a seat, sir!"
Chen Zhou took another look at the smiling senior and felt a bit amused.
After sitting down on the stool, Chen Zhou noticed that the latest issue of "Journal of Mathematics" was placed on Wu Xiping's desk.
Under Chen Zhou's gaze, Wu Xiping opened the "Journal of Mathematics" and turned to the first page.
Then, he handed it to Chen Zhou.
The paper published on the first page is Chen Zhou's "Research on the Operational Characteristics of Hail Conjecture and Proof of Hail Conjecture".
"Amazing proof! Turn to the end of the paper." Wu Xiping said.
Hearing this, Chen Zhou turned to the last page of the paper, on which was the comments from the editor-in-chief of Acta Mathematica Sinica.
Exactly——
Amazing proof!
