Chapter 264 The Stupidity of Equality
Lu Shan stood on the academic podium, feeling unusually calm. It was not the first time he had reported on the Landau-Siegel zero point paper, but the last time he did it in Chinese, this time he would do it in English.
The vast majority of people are not optimistic about the young man Lu Shan. He is too young, so young that it is unbelievable.
Galois died at the age of 21, leaving behind a huge mathematical treasure, but Lu Shan is only in his early 20s, has already mastered two important mathematical achievements, and now has to report a third important achievement. Most importantly, Lu Shan is still alive, and there are more possibilities.
How can Westerners, with their red-eyed yellow skin, be willing to see this situation?
They subconsciously thought that Lu Shan was just an idol promoted by Xia State.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shan spoke authentic English and gave a calm and leisurely explanation.
The people in the audience were actively taking notes while listening, but after a few minutes, more than half of them stopped taking notes and showed confused expressions.
After another ten minutes, four-fifths of the people had stopped taking notes and began to become confused.
Lu Shan felt quite helpless on the stage. The points stopped too quickly. It was really not his fault that so many people were not motivated.
Fortunately, there are still some people who can keep up, and they are giving Lu Shan points.
These people are the extremely awesome figures, but after talking for another ten minutes, no one was taking notes anymore.
After speaking for more than ten minutes, Lu Shan finished his report. Seeing that there was no movement in the audience, he did not get anxious and turned to thinking about the Riemann hypothesis.
What are the people below doing?
The top mathematicians were brainstorming in their heads, struggling to digest what Lu Shan had said, and constantly comparing it with the papers they had seen beforehand. Just like students who had read the standard answers after an exam, they only had a vague understanding of what they had read.
The next level mathematicians have already started to daydream, and the worse ones simply closed their eyes and took a rest. This level of mathematical projects is no longer something they can participate in.
Before coming, they were all so arrogant and always felt that Lu Shan had nothing to say. But now, even if they explained it to them, it wouldn't work.
Genius is just the threshold to meeting Lu Shan.
Lu Shan's thesis is the result of Poincare's study of modern mathematics, combined with Turing's computer model calculations and Lu Shan's research.
Lu Shan can get certain feedback on his abilities from the scientists at the Singularity Laboratory. Judging from his mathematical research ability alone, Lu Shan is not far behind Poincare. If he could go back in time, he would have been a master who founded a new school of thought.
So, in front of this paper, these people in the audience are truly stupid. The level of evolution of Paramecium and monkeys is very different, but they both cannot understand human math problems.
Among the people who came to listen to the report, some were Paramecium, some were monkeys, and a very small number were primitive people.
The paper is too advanced and completely incomprehensible. Even if a group of people with an IQ of 120 get together, they still cannot understand what a person with an IQ of 160 is thinking. Geniuses cannot fill the gap with numbers.
Since they don’t understand, the focus of these people is no longer the report itself, but the questioning session. Since they don’t understand the whole thing, they should start with part of it. As long as they can prove that there is a problem with a small part, then the whole paper will be problematic. Mathematics is such a subject, and no link can be wrong.
"Here, the inequality on page 5 of the paper is less than zero, but you don't seem to have proved it!" The questioning session began, and the air was filled with smoke from the beginning.
Lu Shan was very calm: "I didn't prove directly that it is less than zero, but used another method, which is the formula at the beginning. This is the most critical step, finding two sets of sequences, and then writing it down... Are you listening?"
At this point, Lu Shan felt helpless. This group of people really didn't seem very smart, especially when they were frantically flipping through the papers while he was answering.
"Then why are you doing this?"
"Of course, it's because there is no other way. Many Zn are close to 0, which will be less than ε multiplied by something, and this ε can be as small as possible. I found that many such Zn are always just a little bit off. Then I started looking for a suitable Zn, using the calculus of variations and the integral equation to find the largest characteristic root, but no matter what, it is less than ε multiplied by a number. So I had to use the method mentioned before to verify it in essence."
There was a lot of discussion below, the noise was as loud as a vegetable market, and after a few minutes, the noise gradually died down. Lu Shan knew that this group of people must have digested it, because the points began to dingdong, just like text messages reminding bank accounts to arrive.
"You use two sets of sequences, so there won't be any conflicts?"
"There is a conflict, so I gave a contradiction, using the relationship on page 0. As a starting point, we still assume that xn is greater than or equal to ."
There was the sound of flipping through papers again. The scene was really similar to when the teacher was marking key points and the students were trying hard to keep up with the pace. It was really funny to watch.
"Then we need to construct an yn. The first condition is that this yn must be non-negative, or something like that, and then multiply it by χn, the sum must be less than 0, so we need to construct such an yn. What improvements did you make to this paper? Aren't they all inherited from others? Where is the innovation?" This question is rather outrageous. Whose research doesn't start from the achievements of their predecessors?
Lu Shan was not angry. This was their normal behavior.
"As early as 1718, the combination of Möbius functions could construct this thing. Later, yn was taken as zn squared, and this thing has been used ever since.
But I was thinking, yn equals zn squared, it is only a sufficient condition to ensure that it is greater than or equal to 0, but it is not a necessary condition. Is there any other form?
So I introduced four sequences and used a more complicated new method. Finally, if these χn are all greater than 4, I can deduce a contradiction. "
"And then?" The people below were so excited that they stretched their necks to continue asking questions. They originally wanted to ask Lu Shan questions that would embarrass him, but in the end, it was like a student questioning a teacher. "There is no then, your question is too elementary, you must first understand what I just said." Lu Shan was not deliberately trying to show his superiority, but these guys who were dancing happily were really not up to the standard.
Those capable bosses were completely afraid to speak out. They didn't understand much, but they knew that Lu Shan couldn't be defeated without seeing the problem from the logic. Rather than joining in the fun and losing their reputation, it would be better to let these guys jump out.
It is impossible to ask Lu Shan any academic questions. These people have completely understood this reality. Since they cannot deal with Lu Shan academically, they will find other topics!
Especially those yellow-skinned monkeys who left the Xia Kingdom were very jealous of Lu Shan. They defected to the West and tried their best to maintain the face of the West.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be stupid for me to leave Xia Country?
"Excuse me, Mr. Lu, why didn't Professor Tang Yi come?"
Lu Shan was a little confused: "How should I know? Didn't you invite Professor Tang?"
"I invited him, but he didn't seem to come."
"Oh, that's a pity." Lu Shan indeed felt so, and he still wanted to talk to Tang Yi.
Tang Yi was unable to come here to listen to the report due to other matters, but he sent someone to record the video here and watch it later.
However, this group of people with ulterior motives over-interpreted this matter, which was reflected in the subsequent questioning.
"May I ask if Mr. Lu's paper was inspired by Mr. Tang?" As soon as this question was uttered, it immediately triggered a burst of laughter.
At this time, a voice rang out loudly: "What inspiration? It must be copied from Tang Yi!"
"Yes! And that thing about topological materials!"
"Yes! Xiaguo has made plagiarism a habit! It's all plagiarism!"
Originally, the question-and-answer session was one question after another, with Lu Shan answering them one by one. Now someone started to make a fuss, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
The vast majority of people were laughing and clapping, treating Lu Shan like a monkey in a zoo in order to humiliate him.
Tao Zhexuan and Qiu Chengtong looked around angrily at this time, and their colleagues and students around them did not dare to join in the fun.
Chen Qiyi was so angry that he wanted to rush onto the stage and curse, and Qiu Chengtong was ready to stand up and maintain order, but they all calmed down when they saw Lu Shan.
Because Lu Shan had a calm expression on his face and his facial expression did not change at all because of the commotion in the audience.
Lu Shan understood the mentality of this kind of people very well. He had seen so many examples that he was even too lazy to care. It was just that they left Xia Country and couldn't bear to see Xia Country doing well.
Isn't it just the arrogance of the Western academic community that makes them unwilling to acknowledge the strength of the Xia country's academic community?
They have lagged behind for thousands of years and have only been leading in the past two or three hundred years. They have weak national cohesion, a shallow cultural foundation, and they feel insecure!
The Xia Kingdom will definitely return to its peak because this country is so cohesive, its culture has always existed, and its sense of identity is very strong.
The Western world is not stupid at all. It can understand the gap in the cultural heritage of each country, so it suppresses Xia Country in this way, making the Xia people not recognize their own culture and not believe in their own nation.
Only in this way can the continuity of identity be interrupted.
Unfortunately, Lu Shan, like Xia Guo, is perseverant and extremely wise.
The audience was noisy, so Lu Shan simply used half of his mind to think about the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann hypothesis was making progress every second, and the derivation was accelerating, with a glimmer of hope.
The other half's mind continued to stay at the academic conference, watching this farce.
Lu Shan even pulled a stool next to the podium and sat down comfortably in front of so many people. He wanted to see how long this group of people could make a fuss.
As expected, human strength is limited. After making a fuss for a while, the group of people found that Lu Shan did not react, so their voices naturally became quieter.
When Lu Shan heard the voices getting quieter, he asked, "Why are you not making noise anymore?"
Then there was a burst of laughter and booing, but it soon died down.
When Lu Shan saw that the atmosphere had turned cold, he smiled and asked, "Does anyone else want to talk?"
After saying that, he clapped his hands gently, as if he was watching a clown show.
(End of this chapter)
