The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

[my country's brilliant mathematician Ji Bai has completed a full proof of the Collatz conjecture... Two major conjectures have been verified together; global mathematicians are cordially invited to the conference.]

The statement immediately caused an uproar in the international mathematics community.

If the Goethe conjecture could be described as a "chance farce," then the subsequent Kolas conjecture is seen by them as blatant hype and fraud!

Princeton's Professor Stephen was the first to jump out and launch a tirade on social media:

"This is absolutely the most ridiculous joke I've heard all year!"

"Wasn't Goldbach's Conjecture enough? Now there's the Kolas conjecture?"

"Has the Chinese mathematics community gone mad? Or do they think all mathematicians in the world are idiots?"

"An 18-year-old high school student? Proving two centuries-old problems in two days? You're kidding me!"

"This isn't academic work; it's fraud! It's a desecration of mathematics!"

A number theory professor at MIT quickly followed up by sharing the post:

"I'm so disappointed! I had some hope for the Chinese mathematics community, but now it seems they're only good at these kinds of sensationalist gimmicks."

"Two crown jewel problems in number theory were proven by a high school student in just two days?"

"This is an insult to all scholars who have dedicated their lives to number theory."

The head of the mathematics department at Cambridge University also published a lengthy article, his tone full of disdain:

"IMU was right to refuse to participate! This kind of farce is not worth the time of serious scholars."

"I can assert that these two so-called 'proofs' are either cobbled-together garbage or stolen half-finished results packaged as their own."

Has academic fraud in China reached such a blatant level?

Immediately, the entire Western mathematics community erupted in criticism.

Everyone thought that China was trying to save face by fabricating a new theory to stir up trouble.

Overseas Chinese students studying abroad were completely devastated.

Many people directly cursed on social media, their faces burning with embarrassment:

"Enough! Stop embarrassing yourself!"

"My classmates in the department laughed at me all day! They asked if any high school student in China could easily prove the most difficult problems in history! I wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear!"

"This is utterly shameful! Seriously! Can't the domestic academic community at least have some integrity? Stop resorting to this kind of low-class hype!"

"I'm a math student, and now I'm too ashamed to tell my classmates I'm Chinese! It's so damn embarrassing!"

"As expected, this is the level of academic research in China. They know nothing but fabrication and hype."

"Can you please stop making a fool of yourself? Can't you just obediently follow in the footsteps of other countries? Why do you have to come out here and cause a scene!"

"We've studied so hard overseas for so many years, pulling all-nighters to do experiments, write papers, and compete for scholarships. We finally managed to earn a little bit of respect from foreigners for Chinese students, and now it's all ruined!"

"You wouldn't believe it if you were in China, but the way people look at us here has changed."

"In the past, it was said that 'you Chinese are very hardworking,' but now it's said that 'you Chinese are very good at boasting.'"

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When the news reached China, netizens were stunned.

I thought that by presenting a proof of the Collatz conjecture, I could make the IMU back down, make the international mathematics community take Ji Bai's achievements seriously, and let the world see the rise of Chinese mathematics.

Instead of a response from IMU, what they received was a barrage of criticism from the entire international mathematics community.

Those "rational observers" and "awakened individuals" who had been suppressed by Ji Bai with two pieces of evidence have now returned as if they have been injected with chicken blood.

"Look, look, what did I tell you? All the academic credibility that China worked so hard to build up internationally has been squandered by Ji Bai alone."

"Now look what's happened! Mathematicians all over the world are calling us frauds. This isn't patriotism; it's harming the country!"

"Is it worth jeopardizing the entire nation's academic reputation just to create a single academic influencer?"

"I told you so, a child prodigy? There's no such thing as a prodigy for so many years. Now look what's happened, we've become an international laughing stock."

"They've completely lost face! Ji Bai is a sinner for all time!"

"Apologize already! Stop pretending, the longer you keep doing it, the more embarrassing it will become!"

Public opinion instantly turned against them.

Many netizens who were cheering for Ji Bai before have begun to waver.

Could it be... just a publicity stunt?

Otherwise, why would the entire international mathematics community be criticizing it?

Just as the criticism reached its peak and the entire internet was waiting for an apology from the Chinese mathematics community.

Terence Tao, a top figure in the international mathematics community and a mathematical genius of Chinese descent, suddenly posted a message on his personal social media platform, which instantly ignited the entire mathematics community.

As the current holder of the world's highest achievement in the Kolas conjecture, Terence Tao downloaded the complete preprint immediately.

"I just finished reading the preprint of the Kolas conjecture released by China, and to be honest, I was very surprised."

"From what I can understand so far, the logic of the proof is self-consistent, the approach is very novel, and there are many processing methods that I have never seen before."

"I'm not 100% sure it's completely correct, after all, proof requires a more rigorous full-process verification."

"But I can say with certainty that this is absolutely not a farce, much less graffiti."

"This is a very valuable, and possibly even correct, piece of evidence."

"I am really looking forward to meeting this 18-year-old Ji Bai at the upcoming ICM conference and hearing him personally explain the complete proof process."

The moment the news broke, the entire international mathematics community fell silent.

The professors, who had just been laughing heartily, froze on their faces.

Who is Terence Tao?

A top-tier figure in the world of mathematics today, and an absolute authority in number theory!

He said that this proof "might be correct," and that carried more weight than the words of ten ordinary professors!

In particular, Kolas's latest achievement was actually made by someone else!

In the Princeton lounge, Professor Stephen's smile froze on his face.

He hurriedly clicked on the link to the preprint and frantically downloaded the file.

White also stopped joking and came closer.

The two of them turned the pages one by one, their brows furrowing deeper and deeper, their breathing becoming lighter and lighter.

When Stephen reached the third page, he couldn't help but gasp:

"Oh my God... this iterative structure... I've been researching for five years and still couldn't find a direction, and he just wrote it like that?"

White stared at the screen, his voice trembling: "This scaling technique... it's brilliant! I've never seen this kind of thinking before!"

After turning the last page, both of them fell silent.

Only heavy breathing could be heard in the room.

After a long pause, Stephen finally murmured, "He... he seems to have really proven it?"

White did not answer, but with trembling hands, he opened the preprint of Goldbach's Conjecture again.

The two exchanged a glance.

No way?