Chapter 102: Shine

On August 19, the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians officially opened.

More than 2,000 mathematicians from all over the world gathered here, and together with the students who accompanied them, the total number of participants reached 4,000. They were well-known international top experts, shining international scholars, famous mathematicians, and young people from various countries who were rising in fame...

At this moment, the conference hall was filled with the feeling of shining stars from the mathematical world, with voices of greeting and salute everywhere.

"Mr. Wiles! Mr. Deligne!" Tao greeted with a smile, "You are here too!"

"Of course, we guessed it right. You will definitely be there. Please help me point out where that amazing child is." Andrew Wiles spread his hands. "You know, just like you sometimes find it difficult to tell us apart, I sometimes find it difficult to tell Oriental people apart. I have tried very hard to remember Wu's appearance. She is a beautiful girl like a flower, as beautiful as my baby daughters!"

To be on the safe side, Andrew Wiles asked Terence Tao, a Chinese, to be his guide as soon as he arrived at the venue.

"They should be over there!" Tao Zhexuan looked around and found Zhou Wenping, who was fairly familiar to him, and the back of a young girl whose back he could see clearly beside him.

"Mr. Wiles, Professor Zhou Wenping is over there. The little girl next to him should be Wu Tong. They are talking to Xu Chenyang!"

Wu Tong and Zhou Wenping and his group entered the venue a little after eight o'clock. Following Zhou Wenping's guidance, they met some well-known Chinese scholars, many of whom even graduated from Peking University.

"This is you, Xu Chenyang. Senior Brother Xu, currently a postdoctoral student at MIT, has outstanding performance in the field of algebra, especially algebraic clusters, and has been invited to join the University of Utah!"

"Teacher Zhou, you are so pitiful to me. How can I dare to call myself outstanding in front of my junior sister's dazzling achievements! The proof of the two major conjectures is something that even I, as a senior, dare not think of!

After I finish my internship here, I hope my alma mater will take me in as a wandering child. I will learn a lot from you in the future, and I hope you will give me advice!" Xu Chenyang respectfully joked with Zhou Wenping, expressing his idea of ​​returning to serve the country, and then turned to greet Wu Tong with a smile.

"Brother Xu, you are too polite. I have only taken a small step in number theory. In the field of algebra, I still need your advice!" Algebraic clusters are an interesting direction. Wu Tong's research in the field of algebra is not as in-depth as in number theory. It can only be said that he has some basic knowledge.

It is not a good idea to bite off more than you can chew. It may be a good idea to take it step by step. After she finishes the small project she is working on, it may be a good idea to turn to research in this field.

"Chenyang, are you sure you want to return to your alma mater? We can talk about this in detail later!" Zhou Wenping understood what you meant and was very happy.

Xu Chenyang, one of the four great kings of the golden generation of the millennium, is returning to China to teach. Peking University, as his alma mater, is naturally very welcoming. This is not a trivial matter and cannot be explained in a few words. After Zhou Wenping made an appointment with Xu Chenyang for the next time, he turned around and smiled and helped Wu Tong introduce the next acquaintance.

"This is Professor Shouwu Zhang, currently teaching at the Princeton Mathematics Department, a top scholar in number theory and algebraic geometry!"

"Hello, Professor Zhang!"

"Hello, Wu Tong. I'm very surprised to see that a child from our country has become famous internationally!" Zhang Shouwu smiled and shook hands with Wu Tong. Although he was teaching in Country M, he still cared about his motherland. He was sincerely happy to see that his motherland had such amazing mathematical talents that shocked the world.

"Zhou, Zhang, long time no see, beautiful girls, you must be Wu, the prover of Zhou's conjecture, twin prime conjecture, and Polignac's conjecture!" As they were talking, a warm greeting suddenly interrupted them. Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads and saw the smiling face of Mr. Andrew Wiles.

"Mr. Wiles, Mr. Deligne, Zhexuan, long time no see!" Zhou Wenping was naturally very surprised to see these people, and hurriedly shook hands with them one by one, "Yes, this is Wu Tong, she proved these three conjectures!"

"Hello, Mr. Wiles, Mr. Deligne, Mr. Tao. It's an honor to meet you!" Wu Tong was not flustered when his name was suddenly called. He followed Zhou Wenping's rhythm to greet everyone one by one.

She had only seen three Fields Medal winners, the world's top experts, in her archives, but today she saw them in person. These were all predecessors in the mathematics world, each with their own amazing achievements. Compared to them, her achievements were really just a small improvement.

To be honest, Wu Tong felt flattered and pleasantly surprised to be approached by these people.

"Finally I meet you, amazing girl. In April you solved Zhou's conjecture, and in July you solved the twin prime conjecture and Polignac conjecture. You also created the infinite group proof method. In three months, you solved three conjectures. You did it, a miracle that I couldn't do!" Andrew Wiles gave a thumbs up and praised enthusiastically. As a well-known child genius who had been connected with Fermat's Last Theorem at the age of ten, he seldom admired anyone.

And now, this little girl really makes them all admire her! They are happy about the progress of mathematics and admire the youth of mathematics.

"Wu Tong also solved the Polignac conjecture. What about the infinite group proof method?" This was the simultaneous surprise of Zhang Shouwu and Xu Chenyang. When did this happen?

Hasn't it been published yet? Have the three winners of the Philippine Medal recognized it? They thought they had paid enough attention to Wu Tong, but they didn't expect that Wu Tong had two more significant achievements that could shock the world again.

"You can look forward to Wu Tong's report. I believe that by now, the staff of the organizing committee have uploaded Wu Tong's report manuscript to the official website, and you should be able to download Wu Tong's report!" Tao Terence instructed with a smile. When it comes to mathematicians' familiarity with the Internet, he is still a leader.

"It is said that Wu Tong solved the Polignac conjecture in ten days for a report at a mathematicians' congress!" Thinking about the news he had heard, Tao was shocked again. Solving a world-class conjecture in ten days, even for him, who was hailed as a genius with a high IQ, it was probably impossible for him to challenge it.

This little girl's talent in mathematics is as if kissed by God, which is shocking and enviable.

"Thank you for the compliment. Actually, when I was studying twin primes before, I also touched upon the Polignac conjecture!" Wu Tong felt a little embarrassed by such straightforward compliments, and hurriedly explained modestly. She was able to complete it in ten days, but she was not starting from scratch.

Xu Chenyang held his forehead. Wu Tong is only seventeen years old now. Even if we count all the time Wu Tong has been exposed to number theory, how many years can he have? Is this a true genius?

Back then they were called the golden generation of the millennium, the so-called four mathematical geniuses... In front of his junior high school girl, he seemed ashamed to call her by those two words.

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