The entrance of Jinling University.

Looking at the crowded streets, as well as the energetic young face, the gray-haired old man suddenly let out a sigh of emotion.

"It's a big change."

This old man is none other than that.

It is Mr. Chengtong Qiu, a tenured professor at Harvard University and the founder of the Yau Chengtong Center for Mathematical Sciences at Mizuki University.

As for the one standing next to him, it is Academician Xiang South China of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences.

Although he doesn't come here often, he can often hear about Jinling University because he is often in China.

Hearing Mr. Qiu's voice, he said with a smile while standing next to him.

"The changes here are quite big, five years ago they were still competing with Aurora for the top five, and the southeast for orthodoxy, and now they are faintly standing in the top position in the country. Speaking of which, thanks to Academician Lu, whenever my old friend from Aurora University and I talked about it, he was envious, complaining that they didn't have such a talent. ”

"Especially in the past few years, Jinling University has been engaged in educational reform, and with the support of Academician Lu, it has been successful in all aspects. In particular, the academic talent training program for the undergraduate level that he made when he first returned from Princeton has now become a model for the national college education reform pilot, and has achieved good results in many 985 colleges and universities, and it is said that he plans to promote it nationwide in the future. ”

Hearing Academician Xiang's words, Mr. Qiu smiled and said with emotion.

"If we want to make progress in education, we need a top-down change from enlightenment to higher education, and it is not enough to rely on a great man or a few universities."

After a pause, his smile suddenly brought a hint of relief to him, and he continued.

"But after seeing this, I think I can look forward to it in the future."

There are so many people of insight who are engaged in this cause.

Presumably, the day that all Chinese sons and daughters are looking forward to will not be too far away.

Academician Xiang smiled and said, "Let's not stand at the door, I'm afraid Lao Xu is in a hurry." ”

"Yes," Mr. Qiu nodded, looked at the academician and said, "I'll trouble you to introduce me later, I don't know him very well." ”

Academician Xiang said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I won't forget it."

"What's more, he was looking forward to your visit a long time ago!"

……

Since Lu Zhou's paper was uploaded to Arxiv, the atmosphere at Jinling University has been quite unusual these days.

Concerned about the future of the mathematical community, the eyes of the world are focused on this place.

For a while, Kim University seemed to have become the center of the world, and people who studied mathematics or not, or even whether they were academics or not, were all paying attention to the progress of this symposium.

As the president of the University of Finance, President Xu can now be said to be both painful and happy.

On the one hand, he was busy preparing for the report meeting, and on the other hand, he was happy because of the huge influence that the report would bring to Kim Dae.

Although similar reports have not been held before, even if they are all combined, I am afraid that they cannot be compared with this one.

As for the reason......

That's the theme of this conference, not to solve the unsolved mysteries left by those who came before us, but to redefine the future of mathematics and the world.

Time passed day by day, and finally the day came when the report meeting officially began.

Scholars from all over the world gathered in the auditorium of Jinling University's new campus.

Originally, this kind of lecture was supposed to be held in the auditorium of the old campus, which is more monumental and historical, but considering that the number of participants exceeded the capacity of the old auditorium, the venue of the lecture was finally decided to be held in the gymnasium of the new campus.

All the preparations were ready, and Lu Zhou, dressed in a formal suit, walked to the podium in front of the venue.

Standing on the stage and looking at the audience, looking at the black crowd, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

From the professor of mathematics at Jinling University to his old friends at Princeton, a pair of familiar faces are all gathered in the audience at this moment, waiting for him to speak.

To be honest, he doesn't remember exactly how many reports he has held.

But without a doubt, this is probably the most important one.

If nothing else, it will also be the last in his field of mathematics......

Reached out and straightened the microphone.

Almost as soon as his hand touched the microphone, the entire empty gymnasium fell silent for a moment.

No one maintains discipline.

Nor was anyone reminding attendees to be quiet.

It was as if they were governed by a special tacit understanding, and everyone was quietly waiting for him to speak.

After brewing for about two or three seconds, Lu Zhou cleared his throat and read out the opening statement.

“…… Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules and coming from all over the world. ”

"I am also grateful for the support of the teachers at Jinling University. The preparation of this report took up many people's precious time and energy. ”

"I'm sure you're not here to hear my pleasantries. So, let's get straight to the point. ”

With that, Lu Zhou turned around and raised the laser pointer in his hand and pressed it against the curtain.

The PPT began to turn to the second page, and the abstract part of the paper was quickly presented in front of everyone.

Facing the empty whiteboard, Lu Zhou raised the marker pen in his hand, and while telling his understanding of the Great Unification Theory, he carefully read the book.

Everyone in the audience listened and watched very carefully.

The audience in the back row, in order to see every letter he wrote more clearly, even brought a telescope to the scene, craned their necks and looked forward.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Before you know it, an hour has passed.

Yet immersed in the intricate algorithms, almost no one notices that time is passing.

In this way, this tacit understanding lasted for three hours, until his arms and neck began to be sore, and Lu Zhou, who was writing and talking, finally stopped the pen in his hand.

And in front of him, eight whiteboards have been placed.

And every whiteboard is filled with neat handwriting and operators......

"That's it for the argument for the theory of grand unification."

Listening to the commotion behind him, he turned to face the venue and continued in a calm voice.

"I believe that even if I said so much, at least half of the people at the scene must not have understood, or still have confusion in their hearts."

"The above is just a review of the paper, and I will spare at least an hour at the end of the presentation to respond to all the questions."

"And now, I'm going to demonstrate the application of the grand unified theory."

"As we always say, conjecture is the litmus test of the mathematical method, and it is enough to see if a tool is great or not, and what kind of problem it can be used to solve."

"For the sake of time, I'll just give you one example."

"I hope you've taken a closer look."

With that, Lu Zhou turned around, and the marker pen in his hand was printed on the whiteboard again.

This time-

It's the ninth whiteboard.

Sitting in the audience, Qiu Chengtong frowned slightly, a little unsure of what he planned to do.

Professor Faltings was the same, watching Lu Zhou's movements in confusion.

However, the confusion did not last long.

As he had just written the first three words, his pupils suddenly contracted.

“…… standard, standard conjecture?! ”

With his eyes wide open, Professor Deligne almost stood up from his chair.

Standard conjecture!

One of the most important propositions in algebraic geometry by Grothendieck!

While it's not a millennial problem, and it's not one of Hilbert's 23 questions, it's more significant than both!

The reason why it was not nominated is simply because the vast majority of people do not think that it is a proposition that can be solved in this century, but should be considered in the next hundred years.

It wasn't just Faltins and Professor Deligne who were dumbfounded, almost all the scholars in the audience were stunned because of Lu Zhou's sudden move.

What does it mean to demonstrate the application of the Grand Unified Theory?

Why is the standard conjecture mentioned here?

What the hell does he want to do?

Don't......

Almost everyone guessed what Lu Zhou, who was standing there, was going to do.

It's just that almost everyone can't believe that he can do it here.

Not caring about the thoughts of the audience in the venue, Lu Zhou unhurriedly wrote on the whiteboard the proposition that had plagued the mathematical community for half the world for a long time and would continue to haunt him if it were not for him.

【…… Every Motive should have a straight-sum decomposition, and through this decomposition straight-sum term can be achieved to achieve the upper cohomology of all orders of the given space. 】

The pen in his hand stopped.

Turning to face the venue, Lu Zhou's expression was calm, as if he was telling an ordinary thing, and slowly spoke.

"I believe that as long as you are engaged in research in this field, you will be familiar with the propositions on the whiteboard."

"I'll prove it or deny it."

"Right here."

The moment the words fell.

The whole venue was like a pot of oil that had been hot, thrown into a torch, and it burned instantly!