After the dinner, Wu Tong immediately returned to her room to begin finishing up. She had already completed her paper proving the twin prime conjecture, and all she needed was the final translation.

At midnight, Wu Tong packaged the paper and sent it to the submission email address of the 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 national teams set off one after another. Like the Chinese team, they checked out early and rushed to the airport at around 4 or 5 o'clock, as they had 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.

Terence Tao, a keen internet surfer, is far more intensively online than the average senior scholar. He also follows the forum "Twin Primes," which he has made a special note of. So, when a new paper is uploaded to this forum, he finishes his work and curiously clicks on it.

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

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw the question summary? Proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture?

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

Tong Wu? Is Wu Tong, that surprising little genius from China? The prover of Zhou's conjecture? If it's her, that would be interesting!

He began to read with great interest. As the book progressed, the indifference on his face turned into an increasingly 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 very 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 me 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 was now entering 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 feel more cheerful.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Terence Tao finally finished his repeated calculations and was delighted to confirm that the twin prime conjecture, a difficult problem that has troubled the world for more than a hundred years, was truly proven by this genius from the East!

He logged into the software and spoke on Facebook again.

"I'm about to witness the birth of a miracle once again. The youth of mathematics is joyful, and prime numbers are fascinating. We've taken another step forward in the field of prime numbers. We've partially answered Hibbert's eighth question, and the twin prime conjecture has a clear theorem! Even more exciting, I seem to see the embryonic form of a new program! Thank you, Wu Tong, for bringing innovative progress to the mathematical community!"

He casually sent the good news to Andrew Wiles, who had co-reviewed the paper last time, and said, "Hurry up and go to arxiv! The twin prime conjecture has been proved!"

Princeton, Annals of Mathematics editorial office. Despite the time difference, review editor Lawrence works normal business hours. His job is to sort through the numerous submissions and identify the truly valuable papers.

When he saw the proof of the twin prime conjecture, his first reaction was: another lunatic? There are always those clueless, overconfident amateur scientists who try to prove these gems of number theory, such as the twin prime conjecture and the Goldbach conjecture, hoping to make a splash. But in reality, they are riddled with errors, severely irritating his brain and eyes, and wasting precious time.

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

The proof of Zhou's conjecture happened not long ago 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, he must take it seriously as he has the halo of being the prover of Zhou's conjecture.

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It was six o'clock Beijing time, an early riser for people of Professors Pan Wenhua and Zhou Wenwu's age. After washing up, Pan Wenhua glanced at his phone and was startled by a midnight message that had arrived, making him realize he was still asleep.

[Dean, Wu Tong has successfully proved the twin prime conjecture. The paper has been submitted to the 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 regained consciousness. Had their classmate Wu Tong really proved 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, our little friend, for solving the twin prime conjecture again. Mathematics is really starting to drive people crazy when they are young!" Andrew Wiles exclaimed.

If Wu Tong's previous proof of Zhou's conjecture had impressed him with his youthful age, then this time, Wu Tong's proof of the twin prime conjecture truly captivated him. This child, so close to reaching the pinnacle of international scholarship, and the successive achievements at such a young age and in such a short time, truly made him exclaim, "Gauss is alive!"

"She's still so young, and the future holds endless possibilities. I'm even looking forward to her continued achievements in mathematics. I wonder if she can give a definitive definition to the Goldbach and Riemann hypotheses in 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 checked in on the computer while communicating, found Wu Tong's paper on arxiv, downloaded 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 Fields Medal winner, Mr. Andrew Wiles. He and Terence Tao jointly confirmed that Wu Tong had indeed proved the twin prime conjecture, and the method he used amazed them all! I'm getting ready to go to school now, Dean, let's discuss it there!"

The glory of the Chinese IMO national team winning six gold medals just blossomed yesterday. Their joy has not yet completely dissipated when they received this earthquake-like good news. They are so happy!