By nine in the morning, the Great Hall of the People, with its 10,000-seat conference hall, was packed to the brim. The crowds were buzzing, and everywhere was packed. The actual attendance for this lecture had even surpassed the number of registered attendees, truly exceeding 10,000. This was history.
The rigorously trained professional staff, in part serving as security, assisted one another in a rigorous and orderly manner, accommodating each guest. They were all professionally trained and had conducted simulations beforehand. Although they were genuinely surprised by the number of attendees, they maintained a respectful and courteous demeanor and handled the situation with care.
The authorized media have already taken their positions. Seeing the grand occasion at the venue, the visiting reporters couldn't help but be amazed. A mathematical problem actually attracted more than 10,000 people to gather together. Wu Tong's cards are really amazing. The Goldbach conjecture is really extraordinary!
"Faltings, you're here too!" Everyone in Princeton nodded and greeted the serious-looking man in a gray windbreaker and a top hat.
A master in algebraic geometry, the prover of the Model conjecture. This person was once their colleague.
"Of course, how could I ignore such a big event in the mathematics world?" Faltings raised his eyebrows. He and Wu Tong had been friends for a long time, and he had also been following this rising star in mathematics for a long time. It was he and Schultz who recommended him for the Humboldt Prize.
"Schultz!" At this time, others also noticed that the person sitting next to Faltings was the most powerful talent of the new generation in Germany and a strong contender for the next two Fields Medals, Peter Schultz, the youngest W3 professor in Germany.
Before Wu Tong emerged, he was one of the most dazzling talents in mathematics after Terence Tao.
In the middle of the meeting, Wu Jingzhong and Jin Yu held hands tightly and encouraged each other. They looked at the huge crowd of attendees and listened to the endless discussion about Tongtong around them, saying that it was some big boss...
When they first heard that Tongtong's academic conference was scheduled to be held at the Great Hall of the People, their first feeling was a surge of pride. They'd been brimming with excitement for the past few days. However, when they actually arrived and saw the tens of thousands of people in attendance, they realized that the grand occasion also foreshadowed the pressure Tongtong would face.
Aren’t the couple worried? Will Tongtong be scared?
Around them were professors from various universities, students, and social mathematics enthusiasts... The couple, who didn't know anyone else, looked toward the stage expectantly, silently praying for their child and waiting for Wu Tong to appear.
At nine o'clock, the staff on the stage who were debugging withdrew tacitly. The venue hardly made any adjustments. As the bigwigs in the front row looked at the stage expectantly, waiting for that person to appear, the silence immediately spread.
Behind the scenes, Secretary Yang represented the National Academy and personally arrived at the scene. As the countdown began, he smiled and asked Wu Tong, "Are you ready? Are you feeling okay, Wu Tong?"
He was about to go on stage and be stared at by more than ten thousand pairs of eyes. To be honest, he was a veteran, but thinking of such a scene, he still felt a huge pressure.
"I can do it!" Wu Tong nodded earnestly. She was a little nervous, but more than that, she was eager to try, as if facing a stronger opponent. Wu Tong had never been afraid of a test. Her thorough preparation and confidence made her, at that moment, like a warrior about to charge into battle, her edge unfurled.
"Leaders wish you immediate success!"
"Yes, time's up. I'm on stage. Please make your own way!" Wu Tong nodded gently to Secretary Yang, then took a firm step onto the stage. She was still dressed in the same formal outfit today: a black shirt and a horse-faced skirt. The skirt's gold pattern shimmered with tiny dots of golden light as she walked, like a golden lotus emerging from the ground, urging her on.
When Wu Tong appeared on the rostrum, there was no need for any extra words to control the situation. The entire conference hall with 10,000 people in it instantly fell silent. Then, a burst of applause rang out. With 10,000 people gathered, the thunderous applause shook the heavens and the earth.
Wu Tong stood in the center of the stage, facing the crowd below, some familiar, some unfamiliar faces, took a deep breath, calmed himself, and bowed gently.
"We welcome friends from all over the world, both at home and abroad, and from all over the country to come to China Shangjing and attend this lecture. I am the presenter, Wu Tong. Now let's get straight to the point!"
"Any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers!" Euler's statement.
As Wu Tong spoke, the large screen behind her projected the theme of this academic conference.
In 1742, Goldbach wrote to Euler, proposing a conjecture: any integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of three prime numbers. Euler replied with an equivalent version: any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers. This has become the most common statement of the Goldbach conjecture today.
"More than two hundred years have passed, and today, I will put a perfect end to this unfinished historical regret!" Wu Tong's firm and confident voice sounded calmly. Standing on the stage, she represented not only herself. At this moment, she was also giving a perfect answer to her predecessors who had worked tirelessly on the path of mathematics.
"Now, let me show you the tool I created to overcome the Goldbach conjecture: the Infinite Group Sieve Circle Method, or simply the Sieve Circle Method..."
"Wu Tong has opened up a new chapter in the large sieve method. In it, I see the shadow of the circle method, traces of group theory, and the extension of topology. Wu's mathematical foundation has improved further!" Deligne tilted his head and sighed to Andrew who was beside him with great interest. This young boy's progress is always so astonishing.
He had been optimistic about Wu Tong's proof ever since he heard the news. After all, Wu Tong had already completed two-thirds of the eighth question of Hibbert's Twenty-Three Questions. Conquering the final peak fortress was a natural and highly likely outcome.
After personally verifying Wu Tong's paper, he was more certain that the Goldbach conjecture had really been solved!
"Langlands, I see another you, the hope for the grand unification of mathematics!" Feynman was also a famous child prodigy. He looked at the creator of the Langlands Program beside him, Langlands himself, who came to China in person to witness this miracle. They had already anticipated the glory after the meeting.
"She handles sieve method, circle method and group theory with ease. In this aspect, I am no longer as good as her!" Terence Tao sighed deeply with Mr. Qiu beside him. They are both famous Chinese-American winners of the Fields Medal. At this time, they all looked at Wu Tong who was speaking and expressing herself eloquently on the stage with admiration.
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