Chapter 85: Praise

After the dinner, Wu Tong immediately returned to her room and began to do the final work. The paper proving the twin prime conjecture was already completed, and she only needed to translate the last part.

At midnight, Wu Tong packaged the paper and sent it to the submission email address of Annals of Mathematics. At the same time, he opened the arXiv preprint website and uploaded both the Chinese and English versions of the paper, allowing the proof to see the light of day for the first time.

The next day, the teams from various countries set off one after another. Like the Chinese team, they checked out early and rushed to the airport at four or five o'clock. They booked an early flight.

As they rushed to the airport, the paper Wu Tong had sent out last night began to ferment and spread, with all kinds of surprise and astonishment spreading from all over the world.

Tao, who loves surfing the Internet, pays much more attention to the Internet than other top scholars of his age. He also paid attention to the section called "Twin Primes" and made a special reminder. So when there was a reminder of a new paper uploaded to this section, he would click on it with curiosity after finishing his work.

When doing research, one must always maintain curiosity about everything.

As soon as he saw the summary of the question, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows? Proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture?

He thought it was another joke uploaded by some amateur scientist. Just when he was about to give up in disappointment, he noticed that the paper was in both Chinese and English. Was the author of the paper Chinese or from China? He looked at the author curiously, and the author's name caught his eye.

Tong Wu? Is Wu Tong, the amazing little genius of China? Is she the prover of Zhou's conjecture? If it's her, then it's interesting!

He began to read with great interest. As the reading progressed, the indifference on his face turned into a more serious expression. He held the draft paper and pen in his hands, calculating from time to time, and even thinking from time to time. It was interesting, really too interesting. It turned out that this step could be jumped like this. This idea was really good...

"Professor, it's tea time. Would you like something to drink?" His student knocked on the door gently to remind the excited and immersed Tao.

"Alan, give me a cup of coffee. I need some caffeine to wake up and witness the miracle happen again!" Terence Tao continued to calculate without raising his head. He had figured out the bridge built by the children and now entered the most critical calculation process. The afternoon time always makes people sleepy, but Terence Tao felt that he was not sleepy at all at this moment. He was in high spirits and some coffee would help him.

It was not until five o'clock in the afternoon that Terence Tao finally finished his repeated calculations and was very happy to confirm that the twin prime conjecture, a difficult problem that has troubled the world for more than a hundred years, was really proved by this genius pearl from the East!

He logged into the software and spoke on Facebook again.

"I am going to witness the birth of a miracle once again. The youth of mathematics brings joy, and prime numbers fascinate us. We have taken another step forward in prime numbers. We have a partial answer to Hibbert's eighth question, and the twin prime conjecture has a clear theorem! What's even more exciting is that I seem to see the prototype of a new program! Thank you, Wu Tong, for bringing innovative progress to the mathematics community!"

He sent the good news to Andrew Wiles, who had reviewed the paper last time, and said, "Go to arxiv! The twin prime conjecture has been proved!"

Princeton, Annals of Mathematics editorial office. Due to the time difference, review editor Lawrence is working during normal working hours. His job is to select truly valuable papers from the numerous submissions every day.

When he saw the proof of the twin prime conjecture, his first feeling was, is this another madman? Twin prime conjecture, Goldbach conjecture, there will always be those ignorant, overconfident folk scientists who want to prove these number theory gems in an attempt to make a splash, but in fact they are full of mistakes, which seriously pollutes and irritates his brain nerves and eyes, and wastes his precious life time.

Just when he was about to complain, he suddenly saw the author's note. The prover of Zhou's conjecture? Tong Wu? The sixteen-year-old genius Oriental Pearl? She launched another attack on the twin prime conjecture?

The proof of Zhou's conjecture happened just recently in early April and was published in the May issue of their Mathematical Annals. It was only a hundred days ago, so of course he still remembered it clearly.

Oh my God. These geniuses really can't stand being alone.

However, regardless of whether this talented girl really proved the twin prime conjecture, as long as he has the halo of being the prover of Zhou's conjecture, he must take it seriously.

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It was six o'clock in Beijing time, which was the time when people of Pan Wenhua and Zhou Wenwu's age would get up early. After washing up, Pan Wenhua looked at his phone and was shocked by the message sent in the middle of the night, thinking that he was still asleep.

[Dean, Wu Tong has successfully proved the twin prime conjecture. The paper has been submitted to Annals of Mathematics and uploaded to arxiv.] This was the first message Li Yisheng sent after receiving the news that Wu Tong had officially uploaded the paper.

Pan Wenhua instantly became completely alert. Did their classmate Wu Tong really prove the twin prime conjecture? Was he going to pack up and move?

At the same time, Professor Zhou Wenping also received a congratulatory message from across the Atlantic.

"Congratulations, Zhou, our little friend, you have solved the twin prime conjecture again. Mathematics is really starting to drive people crazy when they are young!" Andrew Wiles exclaimed.

If Wu Tong's proof of Zhou's conjecture last time impressed him because of his young age, then this time, Wu Tong's proof of the twin prime conjecture really made him look sideways. This is a child who is infinitely close to the world's top scholars. At such an age, he has produced a series of results in such a short time, which really makes him want to praise him and say, "Gauss is still alive!"

"She is still so young and has infinite possibilities in the future. I even look forward to her continued achievements in mathematics. I wonder if she can give a definitive definition to the Goldbach conjecture and the Riemann conjecture during my lifetime!"

"Thank you for your praise. We also look forward to her bringing more answers to mathematics!" After digesting his surprise, Professor Zhou Wenping logged in on the computer while communicating, found Wu Tong's paper on arxiv, downloaded it and printed it out.

"Professor Zhou, I received a call from Xiao Li..." Zhou Wenping had just hung up the overseas call when he received a call from Pan Wenhua seamlessly.

"Yes, I just received a congratulatory message from Andrew Wiles, the winner of the Fields Medal. He and Terence Tao jointly confirmed that Wu Tong really proved the twin prime conjecture, and the method he used amazed them all! I am preparing to go to school now, Dean, let's discuss it on campus!"

The glory of the Chinese IMO national team winning six gold medals just blossomed yesterday, and their joy hasn’t completely dissipated yet, but they have received this earthquake-like good news. They are so happy!