I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 512 New Bait on the Fishhook
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In response to the old man's question, Xu Qingzhou smiled faintly and said, "It is undeniable that throughout the long history of human civilization, every brick and stone used to build the mathematical building needs to be strictly screened. However, before that, we also need bricks that can be provided for us to screen."

"For example, when Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem, he used non-mainstream tools such as Iwasawa theory and elliptic curves, while Perelman's geometrization conjecture abandoned traditional differential geometry methods and introduced a new Ricc flow analysis."

“I mean, we need to try.”

Xu Qingzhou was not surprised by the old man's doubts. Subversive research is almost bound to be questioned by traditional schools, but such doubts are not a denial of Xu Qingzhou's existing achievements. In essence, it should be a challenge to the academic paradigm.

In fact, the current doubts are still considered mild.

After all, once this succeeds, it will bring about a revolutionary change to analytic number theory.

Below the stage, scholars from all corners of the world had different expressions, some excited, some thoughtful, some calm, some complicated.
The old man frowned slightly, still feeling that Xu Qingzhou was a little whimsical. He said "I wish you good luck" and sat down.

No one asked any questions next, and the time was up. Xu Qingzhou bowed slightly, thanked everyone, and walked down the stage and returned to his seat.

The invited report is over, and the next step is the group report.

Tao Zhexuan came over immediately and asked, "Xu, how confident are you that the supersymmetric zeta function and the gap dynamic sieve method you mentioned last time will work?"

"I thought of it accidentally when I was working on this report. I haven't studied it in depth yet." Xu Qingzhou spread his hands and answered truthfully.

"I've just been thinking about this. This is our current idea. Rewrite the supersymmetric generator (Q) in quantum field theory as a differential operator on the complex plane."

Tao is a man of many schools of thought. After a moment of thought, he found the problem. "But you need to at least construct the Hilbert space to make (Q) a closed operator. Otherwise, the supersymmetric algebra will not be self-consistent."

"Yes." Xu Qingzhou did not comment, and sighed, "You know, subverting analytic number theory is no easier than proving the Riemann hypothesis. I..."

A young man came over excitedly, "Professor Xu, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation with Mr. Terry, but I think it's necessary to say that I trust your intuition!"

"Thank you."

Xu Qingzhou responded with a smile.

The young man glanced at the old man in the distance and said angrily, "These people are like a group of Victorian gentlemen wearing woolen vests and strolling elegantly in the digital jungle - provided that you don't tell them that there is a subway in the jungle. Moreover, they firmly believe that all mathematical truths should be slow-cooked in a 19th-century copper pot like grandmother's cherry pie secret recipe!"

"I really like your metaphor." Xu Qingzhou said sincerely.

“Will you conduct research in this area?”

the young man asked expectantly.

Xu Qingzhou could only say: "I'm sorry, you know, I have more important things to do now, such as the physics experiment I'm doing."

"Damn physics!"

After Xu Qingzhou dealt with several scholars who came up to talk, Tao Zhexuan smiled and said, "I think we need to find a quiet environment to continue discussing your subversion plan."

"Let's go, I know a good cafe at MIT."

Xu Qingzhou also wanted to leave early because there would be group reports soon and they were not the main speakers, so they could take it easy.

"Ok, let's go."

In a coffee shop.

The middle-aged and young man sat facing each other.

Xu Qingzhou handed Tao his research results of the past few days and said in a deep voice: "The first step is to construct an appropriate Hilbert space so that the closure and adjoint properties of (Q) meet the mathematical specifications." "Xu, your ideas are quite good."

Terence Tao's eyes were full of admiration. Based on this, it was really possible to make it.

It is just no easier than proving the Riemann hypothesis.

"The calculation is very difficult. As of now, even for the first (10^{12}) prime numbers, the computing power required to simulate the quantum sieve method far exceeds the current supercomputing capabilities."

"Yes."

Xu Qingzhou nodded and said helplessly: "Also, error control is a big problem. No matter how you look at it now, this sieving method may be crushed by the deterministic results of traditional number theory tools."

The two chatted in the coffee shop for two hours. In the end, because Tao Zhexuan and his friends had something to do, they had to end the conversation early. They agreed to chat again next time and parted at the door of the coffee shop.

Although they had only been together for a short time, Xu Qingzhou had a heartfelt admiration for this senior in mathematics. Although he had considerable abilities, he always remained humble.

Humble and gentle.

No wonder many top mathematicians praised him for his strong ability to cooperate, being a great listener, good at learning from others, and also good at explaining his ideas to others, and he could form the most powerful mathematics department in the world.

Two days passed.

Just as Xu Qingzhou expected, his remarks in the report really caused a small shock in the mathematics community.

Some people criticized Xu Qingzhou, saying that he was using his influence to attract attention, while other mathematicians believed that analytic number theory had ushered in new opportunities.

Now, the mathematics world is unusually lively.

Albert Stone, a descendant of the Hardy School, firmly believes that analytic number theory should be drunk like "whiskey" and opposes any physical impurities. After learning the news, he directly wrote on Twitter: "This is the colonization of mathematics by pseudo-physicists, using high-dimensional gimmicks to cover up the essential problems!"

Although no names were mentioned, everyone knew who was being talked about at the first moment.

Or maybe Charles Holloway, professor of the history of mathematics at Oxford University, sees all this subversive theory as academic mob behavior.

In his own personal class, he openly mocked: "This young man from Xia Country has once again written a bad check to the mathematics community, even though the previous check was accidentally cashed."

Of course, there are also many supporters.

For example, Terence Tao, a well-known Chinese mathematician: "For me, mathematics is a huge project, and it is impossible to do it alone, so when I do research, I have to cooperate with other friends and mathematicians. But Xu Qingzhou is different. He has the smartest mind in the mathematics world."

There is also Professor Maynard, who had met Xu Qingzhou several times. Although he was unable to come due to schedule reasons, he watched Xu Qingzhou's report in its entirety and expressed public support for Xu Qingzhou on Twitter.

"He is an incredible genius and possibly the best mathematician in the world today. Yes, he is the Mozart of mathematics. Mathematics flows in his blood!"

Likewise, there are also those who just want to watch the fun.

In their view, in 1859, Riemann gave mathematicians around the world a difficult problem that was not solved until more than years later. Now, the solver has put new bait on the hook.

The Internet was very lively, and Xu Qingzhou was as steady as an old dog. He attended seminars, occasionally went to the laboratory to check sample parameters, or did tasks assigned by Song Yao.

He was very calm, but there were still a lot of things going on.

Familiar teachers such as Chu Jiangfeng and Gu Zhizhong all called to inquire about his situation out of curiosity.

Even in the mailbox, there are a lot of emails every day.

(End of this chapter)