Chapter 1027 Witnessing History

Lu Zhou was right.

Xiao Ai uploaded the thesis around five minutes ago, the same time his system mission prompt appeared.

However, even though the paper was uploaded, it was difficult to read it.

Because during those five minutes

The arXiv server had crashed!

Normally, this kind of academic website didnt have a large number of visitors. Due to server operating costs, the servers often had a small capacity.

But almost every single mathematician in the world received a notification of the Riemanns hypothesis proof.

It was 9 am in America, even scholars outside of mathematics went to arXiv and began downloading the paper.

The arXiv administrator had no idea what was going on. He thought they were under a DDOS attack.

Then, the server went down.

MathOverflow, a mathematics forum to mathematicians, had completely blown up.

[Proof of Riemanns hypothesis! Did you guys see the paper on arXiv?!]

[See my as*! The website is down!]

[I was fortunate enough to see it I thought there was a mistake.]

[Jesus, todays not April fools!]

[Has anyone finished reading the thesis? What does it say? Does it prove it?]

[This is beyond my scope of research, but I think Professor Tao is reading the paper right now. He just postponed all of his lectures and meetings for the next week.]

[Wait a second, is Tao at ICM? Did he go to St. Petersburg?]

[He didnt go this year, what a shame.]

Professor Tao wasnt the only person that regretted not going to the conference.

In fact, many scholars that didnt go to this conference due to various reasons felt deeply regretful.

Why does it have to be this year?

Why is this year the year I didnt go?

Professor Lus 60-minute report was happening in two days, and the report topic happened to be on Riemanns hypothesis.

On the other hand, in the executive lounge at the Corinthia Hotel.

Two famous mathematics professors sat by the window in a low-key manner.

One was Faltings, the other was Deligne.

The two were drinking coffee while talking about the world of mathematics.

What happened to Miss Pulyuy is so unfortunate. This is a heavy blow to the entire mathematics community. I wanted to invite her to work with me. I didnt expect something like this to happen.

Life is cruel We can only hope she lives out the rest of her days in the best way possible.

Professor Deligne sighed and looked at Faltings as he said, Speaking of which, youre an old man now, arent you going to take a break?

Not yet, I want to leave behind something before I retire I understand how Sir Atiyah feels now.

Professor Deligne looked nonchalantly and didnt respond.

There were too many sad things happening at once.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps from the executive lounge entrance.

He saw Professor Fefferman walking over.

Fefferman looked like he just saw a ghost.

Professor Deligne frowned and was about to speak, but Fefferman spoke first.

The second he spoke, everyone froze.

Riemanns hypothesis was proven.

Everything went silent.

One could hear a pin drop on the ground.

Professor Faltings didnt even raise his head as he said, Impossible.

Professor Deligne also shrugged and said, Hilarious joke.

Professor Fefferman knew they would say this, so he said to Deligne, Your student proved it.

Suddenly, the expressions on the two professors faces changed drastically.

Especially Professor Faltings. He opened his mouth and looked up.

Youre talking about Lu Zhou?

Yes. Professor Fefferman nodded and said, Hes Delignes only student researching number theory.

Professor Faltings and Professor Deligne looked at each other.

Professor Deligne was muddled.

His fingers trembled as he adjusted his glasses. He then stared at Professor Fefferman and asked, Are you sure he said that?

Professor Fefferman thought back to the scene at lecture hall 7. He sighed and spoke.

Im not sure, but he has already uploaded the thesis to arXiv. You can find it on MathOverflow. The entire mathematics world is talking about this, and researchers have already begun reading his paper

Professor Deligne took a deep breath. However, he didnt immediately go on arXiv. Instead, he leaned into his chair and relaxed.

Faltings did the same.

Faltings looked at Deligne and spoke.

Were witnessing history here.

After a while, Deligne spoke.

Yeah

This is happening so suddenly.

If Lu Zhou had really proved Riemanns hypothesis, then the proof of number theory theorems would be reduced by half, while the length of number theory textbooks would double.

Of course, assuming Lu Zhou was right.