Chapter 1162

“…… To Langdon clay and his wife Lavinia clay, to the clay family, to the members of the Riemann family, to all the mathematicians who have come to this historic occasion. "

"Twenty three years ago, at a conference in Paris, Cray Institute of mathematics announced awards for the seven most famous problems in the world. Although we don't need that, it doesn't make real mathematicians more excited about math. "

"But that doesn't mean it doesn't matter."

"On the contrary, it records for our future generations the great outstanding issues of the twentieth century. Its function also makes the non mathematical world have more enthusiasm for mathematics. In particular, it has always served as a beacon, attracting young people, children and students to develop interest in mathematics and math related issues. "

"Whether it's a real love or a million dollars."

The French Academy.

The spacious auditorium is a bit crowded.

Because it was the awarding ceremony of Riemann's conjecture, almost all the top scholars in the French mathematics circle and members of major mathematical organizations were invited to stand here.

Before the millennium, it was the center of mathematics in Europe and even the world. It was also the dream of countless mathematicians to be able to make speeches here.

Even to this day, the glory has long been withered by the decline of the European mathematics community as a whole, and many things have not changed.

Standing on the podium, facing the solemn meeting place, Professor Carlson paused for a moment, then continued in a solemn tone.

"Nils Henrik Abel once wrote in his memoirs that in order to solve a difficult problem, we must first express it correctly..."

“…… In particular, the right formulation. "

"What we can see is often not as simple and easy to understand as we think, just as we all know those theorems. Behind each theorem, there are many centuries of hard work and efforts, as well as the efforts of countless generations of scholars. And it is in this little accumulation that our discipline is advancing."

"On this thorny road, we have gained a lot. As Professor Lu Zhou's work has revealed to us, we know the mystery of the zero point distribution of Riemann function and the profound mathematical significance behind it -" the unity of geometry and Algebra ". The birth of this theory reconstructs algebraic geometry after the millennium, and even redefines our understanding of numbers and geometry. "

"Maybe it will take us decades, or even more, to build new buildings on the land he opened up. But on this meeting to the new world, Professor Helfgot was very enthusiastic and talked with the land boat for a long time. From him, Lu Zhou also heard a lot about professor grotendic's life and some rumors about Professor Abel.

"Let's make a hypothesis."

Helvogt: what if

He poured himself another glass of champagne, and the boat said with a small smile: "if there are aliens in this universe Of course, I mean if. How can we build good relationships with species that are completely different and difficult to reach directly. "

Professor Helfgott gave a little pause and a strange look at the boat.

"You found an alien?"

Lu Zhou was stupefied and then laughed.

"How is it possible? Isn't that a hypothesis. Why do you think I've found out? "

"Because every time a problem is thrown out by you, it's like it's half solved by you," helfergott said with a smile. You're a person who doesn't leave opportunities to others, am I right? "

Eh?

Do you have one?

After thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is such a thing.

Although it took him a lot of effort to work out those results in his own eyes, in other people's eyes, those mathematical propositions that were originally based on the year as the difficulty of periodic statistics were solved in months or even weeks by himself, which sounds a bit exaggerated.

Looking at the boat with an embarrassed smile on his face, Helfgot took a sip of red wine with a smile, and after a while of meditation, he went back to the previous interesting question.

"If communication must take place at the first time of contact I think it's math. "

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows with interest.

"Oh?"

It's a coincidence that they want to go together.

"The key to the communication between the two civilizations is to find a common language, just like the cup in my hand. If they don't use the cup as a container or drink, then the communication can't start," Professor helfergott said after thinking for a while. "Science is the way to solve the problems we are facing, and the questions we are faced with each other The questions may be different, but one thing should be the same. It's a tool for studying science. ""No matter it's natural science or applied technology, no matter which one is, mathematics is indispensable."

"So I think it should be math."

Lu Zhou: "then if you are that alien, now you want to discuss with me what you will eat at noon tomorrow, what will you do?"

Helvogt leaned back in his chair and said with a smile.

"Me? I will throw you two prime numbers first Of course, instead of throwing them directly to you, they are multiplied together. If you can work it out, at least Tomorrow's lunch is not yours. "

"Very interesting statement," amused by the humorous statement, Lu Zhou smiled and continued to ask, "and then?"

Helvogt: "and then? Using our distance to measure each other? And then the periodic table? How to do this is a systematic subject. I remember it's called cosmolinguistics. It seems that someone is studying this in Paris Normal University, but I'm not familiar with that Professor... "

"In short, I think if we can achieve basic communication, everything is not a problem. I'm not sure we can exchange foreign students after we make sure that we are not each other's lunch. As soon as cultural exchanges begin, we will be able to understand each other. "

At this point, Professor helvogt paused for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and continued.

"And I'm optimistic that if they decide to contact us and find us on their own initiative, most of them will have some understanding of us and may even have observed us for some time. Whether it's the electromagnetic signal or the postcard we sent, if they really intend to communicate with us, they will definitely think of ways. "

Lu Zhou is slightly stunned, then says with a smile.

"To be honest, you can write science fiction with your brain hole."

Helfgott laughed.

"Thank you for your praise, but it's not interesting to study mathematics in science fiction. I'd better leave the opportunity to others."