Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 217: The bustling mathematics world and the boiling media
"Do you want to know the proof of the hailstone conjecture? The first paper published in the latest issue of Acta Mathematica Sinica is it. Go and have a look! What a wonderful proof!"
This is the latest blog updated by Terence Tao.
Terence Tao is a mathematician who "keeps pace with the times". Unlike most mathematicians, he is not resistant to new things.
For example, many older generation mathematicians do not know how to use blogs or instant messaging software.
But Terence Tao is different. He likes to share his research results and comment on current affairs on his blog.
Therefore, after he completed the review invitation of the Journal of Mathematics, he excitedly shared this on his blog.
Although many netizens expressed their curiosity and hoped to know the details.
But Tao was patient and did not update his blog until the latest issue of the Journal of Mathematics was published.
Because of this latest blog, it attracted the attention of people all over the world.
Countless netizens left messages and questions under Tao Zhexuan's blog.
They found it hard to believe how the hail conjecture was proved so quietly.
As a result, the sales of the latest issue of Acta Mathematica Sinica has increased significantly.
People want to have first-hand information.
"My God, this reviewer lineup is too luxurious, right?!"
"An unbeatable Fields Medal team-up!!!"
"No, no, no, this is not the most important thing. Why did Professor Faltings show up? Why did this aloof professor give such a high evaluation?"
"I don't know. I only know that Professor Faltings is extremely aloof! He rarely praises others! And he is extremely difficult to deal with!"
"Probably just because he proved the hailstone conjecture!"
"Oh my god, this is a Chinese mathematician? Does anyone know this person's profile?"
Not only under Terence Tao's blog, but also in several well-known mathematics forums abroad, there are countless posts discussing the proof of the hailstone conjecture.
In forums such as MathOverflow and Mathematics, many people have begun to analyze Chen Zhou's proof of the hail conjecture.
But these posts do not have the highest click-through rates.
After all, most of those who pay more attention to these posts are people who are engaged in mathematical research.
The most popular discussion post was about Chen Zhou’s identity.
An undergraduate student at Yenching University, who had just completed military training and was entering his sophomore year, a rising star mathematician, and so on.
These are the tags for trending posts.
These are also the things that the general public is most interested in.
A sophomore student at Huaguo University proved the hailstone conjecture, which countless mathematicians had racked their brains to solve and even said was impossible to prove with current technology.
Regardless of identity or age, this is such explosive news.
This will satisfy their curiosity.
The mathematics community, which had not received so much attention for a long time, suddenly became lively because Chen Zhou proved the hailstone conjecture.
Next, it is China.
The editorial department of Yenching Daily.
"Xiao Yao, how is the news release going?" The editor-in-chief of Yanjing Daily was standing behind reporter Yao.
"I'm still organizing this math paper. I can't understand it at all ..." Yao Tongtong scratched his head helplessly.
The last time she interviewed Chen Zhou, she was very helpless about Chen Zhou's professional knowledge of mathematics, and the interview record was also bumpy.
This time, she was writing a press release based on a professional mathematics paper, and she was completely clueless.
In this paper, the symbols are separated, but I can recognize them all.
But when they are put together, I can't recognize them anymore.
The editor-in-chief smiled and encouraged: "I believe in your ability. The last interview with Chen Zhou was very well written. This time, you will definitely be able to complete the task well."
This encouragement can only be listened to, after all, it has no practical use.
Yao Tongtong forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, editor-in-chief. Even if I have to work overtime all night, I won't delay this manuscript!"
The editor-in-chief patted Yao Tongtong on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job!"
The same thing happening in the editorial department of Yenching Daily is happening in almost every newspaper, big and small.
The editors responsible for writing the press releases were all scratching their heads in anxiety.
They can't just grab a math professor for advice, right ?
It’s not that they haven’t tried this, but which of the math professors now has the time to help them?
These professors had just recovered a little from the news that shocked the School of Mathematics at Yenching University, the entire Yenching University, and the entire Chinese mathematics community.
Everyone was reading Chen Zhou's paper with great curiosity.
As the news spread, it wasn’t just the newspaper editors who were scratching their heads.
Editors of various self-media are also beginning to experience the same process.
However, the self-media are more focused on the prover, Chen Zhou.
A conjecture that has puzzled the mathematical community for 78 years was solved by a Chinese.
The most important thing is that this person is actually an undergraduate student who has just entered his sophomore year!
What’s more important is that this person actually repeated a grade before going to college!
There are so many stories here, and they are so wonderful!
With the mathematics community bustling with activity and the media buzzing with excitement, the news was spreading at an even faster rate.
The development of this incident is turning into a carnival for the entire Chinese nation!
But at this moment, the center of people's attention was leaving the dormitory and walking towards the administrative building of the School of Physics of Yan University.
Along the way, Chen Zhou found that everyone was looking at him.
Yes everyone!
No matter whether they were tall or short, fat or thin, little boys or girls, old men or classmates whose genders were unknown, once they noticed him, their eyes were so hot that they were unbearable.
Chen Zhou subconsciously quickened his pace.
Downstairs in the administrative building, just like the last time Chen Zhou came here to see Dean Yang, there were quite a few students gathered downstairs.
This time, Chen Zhou originally planned to bypass it and go directly to the government building.
Then someone suddenly shouted, "Peerless God!"
In an instant, the students gathered in front of the bulletin board turned around and looked at Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou was shocked by the scene, and just as he was wondering what these people were going to do.
The crowd automatically parted ways.
"Boss, please!"
The classmate closest to Chen Zhou suddenly made a gesture of invitation.
Then, a chorus of “Boss, please!”
This is so embarrassing...
Chen Zhou took a step forward and nodded slightly to the classmates on both sides.
"Why do I feel like a leader is inspecting me?"
Chen Zhou thought strangely in his heart.
But fortunately, he finally made his way through the crowd and entered the administrative building.
Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, a young assistant professor from the Department of Physics came towards him.
When the teaching assistant saw Chen Zhou, he was slightly startled at first, then he immediately smiled and greeted him, "Are you here? Are you here to see Dean Yang?"
"President Yang is in his office. Do you know where his office is? Do you need me to take you there?"
"Do you really know? How about I take you there?"
Chen Zhou finally managed to shake off the teaching assistant's enthusiasm and came to Dean Yang's office.
After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Chen Zhou reached out and knocked on the door.
