Germany.

North Rhine.

In the conference room of the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics, the round conference table was full of people, and it looked a little crowded.

Sitting at the conference table and observing the expressions of several other attendees, Faltins's mind was filled with mixed emotions.

He had never thought about it before.

This internal seminar of the Bourbaki School, which was convened to solve the problem of the theory of great unity, turned into a "review meeting" to put a final conclusion on this proposition......

There seems to be a providence in the dark, as if from the beginning, his expectations were destined not to come true.

What made him happy and worried at the same time finally happened......

The many scholars sitting at the conference table were unusually silent.

On the one hand, because surprise has taken over all the thinking, and on the other hand, because I am so surprised that I don't know what to say......

Even if you want to express your opinion on this matter, you have to wait until you have finished reading the paper.

It is precisely for this reason that from yesterday to today, the mainstream voices that really hold the right to speak in the mathematical community have been quite silent, and so far no well-known scholars have expressed a professional opinion on this matter.

"I see."

The first to break the silence in the room was Professor Feverman.

Gazing at the paper in his hand, his eyes narrowed into two crescent-like gaps, and the approval that flowed from the crow's feet was like looking at this exquisite work of art.

"The deeper and more complex the truth, the more minimalist it tends to be in the form of expression, and the Motive we have studied is, as we expected, the common root of all good in the upper tone."

"These beautiful properties make me think of the metaphor of Plato's cave, could they all come from the same thing? Is it just the realization of the same abstract thing on different levels? Just like the numbers and shapes that go straight to the root of the universe, they are actually the same thing in the abstract sense, but the difference is only the way we look at the problem. ”

“…… It's just wonderful. ”

As to why Professor Feverman, who is not a Bourbaki school, is here, that's a long story.

Originally, he was attending an academic conference in the field of partial differential equations in Paris, but suddenly learned of this amazing thing.

After a brief exchange with Professor Deligne by e-mail, he learned that the "review committee" was still short of an expert in the field of partial differentials, so he rushed here from Paris.

Along the way, he had already read half of the paper.

And now, he's finally finished reading the remaining half.

Noticing that everyone was looking up at him, he placed the paper in his hand on the table and shrugged his shoulders.

"Roughly...... I've read this paper and there's nothing big about it. ”

"Don't just look at me, I'm sure I'm not just watching it myself...... Let me know what you think. ”

Professor Deligne and Professor Sanak looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, they spoke.

"It's better for you to say it, after all, he used to be my student, and it's not convenient for me to jump to conclusions."

"So you're going to kick the ball to me?" With a helpless expression, Professor Sanak sighed and took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"For such a major proposition, even I can't give an evaluation right away, maybe some words should wait until I read them a few more times, but since you have asked so......"

After a pause, he cleared his throat and changed to a serious tone.

"Honestly, I was blown away."

Not only his own understanding of the Langlands Program and Motive Theory, but also his application of various mathematical tools in various fields...... I didn't expect that at this age, there would be an opportunity to be so eye-opening. ”

"I will not comment on the completeness of his argumentation process, but the mathematical methods and frameworks he proposes throughout the paper are probably worth more than anything we have achieved in the field of algebraic geometry since the 20th century."

"It's more like a book than a thesis. Since EGA, we have a new Bible...... No, it may be greater, the Bible tells us what to believe, and it's like an epic that connects the past and the future. ”

When Professor Sanak said this, almost everyone at the conference table looked at him in surprise.

Professor Deligne, in particular, was speechless for a moment.

Compared to others, he has worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for many years, and he is very familiar with this old man.

Although he seems to be easy-going, there are very few people who can get positive comments from this guy.

And it's clear that it's more than just a positive assessment.

Professor Faltings opened his mouth, and it took a few moments before he spoke.

"Comparable to EGA...... Wouldn't it be too exaggerated. ”

EGA, Fundamentals of Algebraic Geometry by Grothendieck.

Although the name sounds like a textbook or handout at some university, it is in fact the cornerstone of modern algebraic geometry and is regarded as the bible by scholars working in the field.

In any case, it would be an exaggeration to compare this paper, which is uncertain if there is a problem, with Professor Grothendieck's greatest achievements.

At least that's what Faltins thinks.

Professor Sanak shook his head and said, "It's not an exaggeration at all, I'm already very conservative. In fact, what I want to say is that its influence on the future should be even higher than Euclid's Geometry...... At least not comparable. It's just that it's too early to discuss this, and we'll see if someone will witness my prophecy in the future. ”

Gradually, there was a lot of gossip around the conference table.

Some agree with Professor Sanak, while others think it's an exaggeration.

The only thing that is not controversial is that Lu Zhou did something earth-shattering.

Regardless of whether or not we can find a scholar whose merits can be matched by him, this paper is destined to be a watershed moment in the field of mathematics, one world before it was born, and another world after its birth.

"This paper ......," Schultz said with a complicated expression, looking at the printed manuscript in his hand, "I can't make a conclusion right away, and I may have to wait until I go back and study it carefully." In addition......"

After a pause, he grumbled.

"Wouldn't such a major mathematical proposition seem too informal on Arxiv? I guess I need a briefing. ”

"I agree with you," Professor Deligne, who had been silent the whole time, nodded, "and I'll send him an email later with a suggestion on this." ”

"Looks like I'm going to have to fly to Jinling again."

Glancing at his watch, Professor Feverman muttered.

"I knew that I would have bought a ticket to Jinling directly, what are you doing here?"

Faltins: "......"

Schultz: "......"

Deligne: "......"

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