It's not just the world of mathematics that's causing a lot of buzz.

The news that the ABC conjecture was proved soon spread from the mathematical community to the entire university circle, and from the entire university circle to the entire network with the collapse of the Arxiv server.

In less than a day, whether it is a scarf or Twitter, whether it is a Q group, a circle of friends or Facebook, almost everyone is talking about this matter.

"I heard that the ABC conjecture was solved?"

"What's that? Solved?! What a situation! ”

"How could it be so fast! You must have heard it wrong, right? ”

"I didn't ...... It seems to be true, I heard that the ISPM research group did it, and it was the team led by Academician Lu. And then yesterday they hung a preprint of the paper on Arxiv and paralyzed Arxiv for the whole day. ”

"Ahhh It turns out that yesterday the Arxiv website did not go because of this! I said that how to land for half a day is not found, I thought it was a wall. I'm a computer student, and I'm really getting shot while lying down! ”

"Damn, a paper has ruined the entire literature base, and it's a preprint! Is it so awesome? ”

"It is probably unlikely for others, after all, the reference value of the general preprint is not large, and everyone is still more willing to wait for the publication to read the published version after it is perfected, but after all, this paper was compiled by Academician Lu...... Based on past experience, his formal submission to journals is almost the same as a preprint. ”

"Wait, the ABC conjecture has been solved, does it mean that we can answer the question raised by the extraterrestrial civilization?"

"It seems like this...... I'm afraid that the second dialogue with extraterrestrial civilizations should have been arranged! ”

Everyone remembers the press conference half a month ago, as well as the recording of the conversation made public by the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry at that press conference.

Proving the ABC conjecture means that it has been recognized by another intelligent civilization!

That means you have the key to open the door to conversation!

Although there are some people who have security concerns and think that this is a temptation of extraterrestrial civilizations, there is one thing that is agreed upon by both those who are in favor of the contact and those who do not.

That is to show the achievements of human civilization in the field of mind, which is conducive to friendly exchanges between the two sides.

After all, if you want to communicate with another civilization on an equal footing, you have to at least show your own merits as an intelligent being, regardless of whether your appearance is pleasing to the other person.

If the other side is a primitive civilization that has difficulty even calculating the difference sequence, most human countries will not communicate with each other with caution and respect.

While netizens around the world were excitedly talking about the upcoming second dialogue, governments were shaken by the sudden news.

North America.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington.

A confidential document was placed on the desk in the president's office.

After staring at the unfolded document for a long time, the president, who had finally finished reading the document, raised his head, looked at the chief of staff standing at the desk, and said slowly.

"Meaning...... The ABC conjecture has been solved? ”

He couldn't understand the complicated proof process, and he didn't want to know.

There was only one thing he wanted to know now, and that was how certain it was that the proof was true.

"Yes......" The chief of staff nodded with a heavy expression and said quickly, "According to our specially appointed mathematical science consultant, the whole proof process is not too problematic, and the research team organized by the Pentagon agrees. And even if these aside, according to past experience, only when 99% of the process is proven to be okay, that Lu Zhou will upload the paper. ”

In fact, it's not just Hua Guo who is offering a bounty to solve the ABC conjecture.

Since China released some of the recordings of the dialogue at the press conference, almost all countries in the world with a slight influence in mathematics have used their administrative power to promote their mathematicians to study the ABC conjecture.

Everyone wants to be the first to complete the proof of the ABC conjecture and use it as a bargaining chip to gain more benefits for their own country. Especially at the beginning of the establishment of the international Organization for Dialogue of Extraterrestrial Civilizations, whoever can take the lead in obtaining the key to dialogue with extraterrestrial civilizations will undoubtedly win more voice in this organization.

Looking at the president, who fell silent, the chief of staff reminded him.

"Now that the Chinese have seized the initiative on the issue of dialogue with extraterrestrial civilizations, if we continue to procrastinate on the issue of liaison organizations with extraterrestrial civilizations, it is very likely that they will bypass us, contact each other alone, and then force us to make concessions in a way that creates a fait accompli, and then we may be in a more passive position than we are now."

Frow on the map on the wall.

After pondering for a long time, the president's eyebrows loosened slightly, and he said in a deep voice.

"I can only promise them first."

At the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, a similar conversation is taking place.

An invitation letter was sent from No. 10 Downing Street to the Chinese embassy in London, the cars of Chinese diplomats were parked in front of the Elysee Palace, a high-level diplomatic meeting was underway in the Kremlin in Eastern Europe, and the Japanese cabinet had sent an invitation to a high-level dialogue with its neighbors across the sea.

For a time, the global political arena was tense because of the proof of a mathematical conjecture......

……

North Rhine, Germany.

University of Bonn.

"I've read the paper," said Faltins straight to the point at the first meeting with Schultz, "and let me guess that at least fifty percent of it was done by Lu Zhou...... Is that right? ”

"Sixty percent to be exact," Schultz made a helpless expression in the face of Professor Faltins' untactful remarks, and sat down generously on the sofa in his office, "It is no exaggeration to say that without him, we would probably still be worrying about the entry point of the problem, or arguing over a trivial matter that is insignificant...... Not to mention that, you should have read the paper, what do you think of the proof? ”

Looking at Schultz with a smile on his face, Professor Faltins took a sip of coffee and said lightly.

"I can't fault anything."

In other words, there is nothing wrong, right?

Schultz automatically translated the phrase in his head.

After all, it was too hard to hear heartfelt praise from Professor Faltings.

Looking at Schultz, who didn't speak but smiled, Faltins frowned, but thinking of the question he was going to ask earlier, the frowning brow gradually sent down, and continued unhurriedly.

"I noticed that the particular formulation he used to describe the ABC conjecture was interesting...... How did you guys come up with this in such a short amount of time? ”

According to Lu Zhou's own statement, it was borrowed from the geometry of Far Abel, but Shinichi Mochizuki himself firmly denied this. He didn't see any connection between the two, but he got a lot of inspiration from it, and he planned to go back and polish his theories," Schultz pinched his hair with some annoyance...... Maybe it's a modest statement, I heard that Chinese people have this habit, anyway, as far as I think, eighty percent of them came up with him on a whim. ”

It's okay to have an idea.

Faltins' brow twitched, but only for a moment.

Unless it was a question of the Riemann conjecture that even Professor Grothendieck felt difficult, he would never be honest in his praise.

"The proof of the ABC conjecture itself is probably not in suspense, but the method you have used is worth further study," Professor Faltins quickly ended the previous conversation with a sentence, and placed his coffee cup on the table.

After a few seconds of pause, he continued, "There's one more thing I have to tell you. ”

Schultz: "What's the matter?" ”

After organizing the language in his head, Faltins spoke: "Yesterday, Lady Kalicek came on a visit. ”

Schultz was slightly stunned and asked with a frown.

"Ms. Kalicek?"

Faltings: "It's the Federal Minister of Education and Research, it's normal that you don't know her, and I'm not interested in her...... If you can't remember the name, you should remember it as the person who gave money to the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. ”

Hearing this, the confusion in Schultz's heart did not decrease, but the frown became deeper and deeper.

"What are federal bureaucrats doing here?"

It's not going to be math, is it?

I don't know why, Schultz suddenly had a faint premonition.

I don't know if I saw through the thoughts in his heart, or if he didn't notice it at all, Professor Faltins shrugged his shoulders and said casually in a tone of nonchalance.

"It happens to have something to do with your paper...... Whether it's 10 percent or 20 percent, the ABC conjecture proves that you're still making a contribution. ”

After a pause, he continued.

"In short, she wants you to represent the Federal Republic of Germany......"

"Take a trip to Mars."

Schultz: "......? ”

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