Chapter 141 The conclusion is actually established
"This is really incredible. He actually wrote the paper overnight." Holt sat in the chair in the editor-in-chief's office, staring at the email that Xu Yuan had just sent.

When Xu Yuan said yesterday that he wanted to write the paper and publish it in advance, he didn't quite believe it.

After all, the workload is too great.

And also ensure the rigor of the paper to prevent errors.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the office in the morning, he received a paper email from Xu Yuan, which was the proof of Yau Cheng-Tung's conjecture that the first Chern class was positive.

After a rough reading, I didn't find any problems. It is in no way inferior to the previous papers.

This made him even more amazed at Xu Yuan's mathematical talent.

With a complete proof paper, it becomes much easier to deal with doubts from the academic community.

The thought stayed here, and while muttering to himself, he began to work on sending out the paper.

“We need to publish the paper as soon as possible.”

The proof process and methods in the paper have been verified on-site by many mathematician authors, so there is no need for any additional calculations.

This paper will soon be published in the Annals of Mathematics, and the original paper version will be published in the next issue.

After Holt finished doing all this, he breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face again.

He was naturally extremely anxious when the situation occurred yesterday. After all, Xu Yuan proved Qiu Chengtong's conjecture, and the news was announced by their Annals of Mathematics, but it caused doubts in the mathematics community. If Xu Yuan became dissatisfied and gave up cooperating with the Annals of Mathematics in the future, it would undoubtedly be a huge loss for them.

I am afraid that it will become the journal with the lowest influence among the top journals in the field of mathematics.

Fortunately, the situation is still under control at the moment.

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It can be said that most of the mathematics community was discussing Xu Yuan yesterday, and they were undecided about whether to prove the Qiu Chengtong conjecture on the spot.

After all, the difficulty is too great, and trying to prove it on site is more complicated than usual research.

However, the situation suddenly changed when the official website of the Annals of Mathematics released the full paper.

Such a detailed and complete paper must have been written long ago, which proves one thing.

Qiu Chengtong's conjecture should have been proved before the meeting started.

Xu Yuan simply rewrote the process on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, no one in the academic community questioned Xu Yuan anymore, and instead, they all turned to verifying the paper.

The Qiu Chengtong conjecture, which had remained unresolved for decades, was finally successfully proved and solved, and mathematicians and scholars studying related branches immediately shouted in praise.

In addition to congratulating Xu Yuan, he also expressed his gratitude generously online.

The main thing Xu Yuan did was to innovate a method for solving equations, which is equivalent to a new tool for exploring the unknown world of mathematics.

This is good news for all mathematicians.

Perhaps problems that were previously unsolvable can be solved with the help of Xu Yuan’s innovative methods.

As the incident gradually fermented and its impact expanded, before noon, the New York Daily and the Times had reported on it, once again establishing Xu Yuan's honorary title as the Prince of Mathematics.

His authority in the mathematical community continues to rise.

If anyone had questioned Xu Yuan's title as the Prince of Mathematics before, it will hardly happen again after this time.

Gauss, who is known as the prince of mathematics, mainly researched in geometry after all. Xu Yuan was previously evaluated as the prince of mathematics by Deligne for his academic achievements in number theory and partial differential equations. Among the many scholars in the mathematics community, some people must think this is inappropriate.

But now Xu Yuan has brought the Calabi conjecture to a successful conclusion, which can be regarded as an achievement in the field of geometry.

Even students from many prestigious overseas universities, after learning about Xu Yuan's contributions to mathematics, admire him so much that they want to become his fans.

"I have long said that it is impossible for the Annals of Mathematics to be fraudulent. Now everything is finally clear."

"It turned out to be a student from China who successfully solved Qiu Chengtong's conjecture. When did their mathematics education level become so high?"

"The paper was published the next day. It seems that this conjecture has been solved long ago."

"He is the most gifted math genius I have ever seen. Even Terence Tao can't compare to him."

"Yesterday, many mathematicians expressed doubts. I think it's because they are too old to solve the current problems, so they don't believe that others can prove Qiu Chengtong's conjecture."

"I hope to have the opportunity to communicate with this Chinese mathematical genius. With him, the development of mathematics will not stagnate."

“I just tried to verify the paper and found that the innovative method used in it is so ingenious!”

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While the entire mathematics community was busy discussing the proof of Qiu Chengtong's conjecture online, Professor Thornton of the Department of Mathematics at Cambridge University had just finished his morning teaching tasks.

Maybe it was because of the email from his good friend Deva, he was still in a bad mood today and there was no smile on his face.

He simply did not trust Deva's level of mathematics related to algebraic geometry.

It is natural to think that Deva's verification conclusion is also wrong, and there must be undiscovered loopholes and errors in the proof process of Qiu Chengtong's conjecture.

He has already made up his mind that as soon as the paper is officially published, he will personally verify the paper and overturn the proof process of Qiu Chengtong's conjecture.

When this result is announced to the mathematics community, it will surely attract a lot of attention.

After all, everyone who attended this academic conference said that Qiu Chengtong's conjecture was true. When he was thinking about this, two students happened to walk towards him, and he heard their conversation.

"Qiu Chengtong's conjecture was really proved by Qinghua's student. He has achieved academic results in both number theory and geometry. This talent is really too strong."

"Of course it's true. The Annals of Mathematics has already published the paper on its official website this morning."

Sandston didn't think anything of it at first, but his eyes widened immediately when he heard the last sentence.

He quickly turned around and called out to the two students passing by: "Wait a moment."

It was obvious that the two students also knew Sandston, and they stopped and immediately asked him about it.

"What's the matter Professor Sandston?"

"You just said that a paper was published in the Annals of Mathematics. Which paper was it?"

Upon hearing this, Sandston didn't say anything more and just asked directly.

"It's the Qiu Chengtong conjecture that everyone was discussing yesterday. Now many people are verifying that paper."

The student was talking about this matter with some excitement, not noticing that Sandston's face had darkened.

Sandston's thoughts were racing at this moment, but he still couldn't figure out why things were like this.

It was clear that Xu Yuan was trying to prove Qiu Chengtong's conjecture on the spot. Only one night had passed since the announcement of the successful proof. How come he suddenly completed a detailed paper?

This is obviously impossible, at least not for him.

After thinking about this, a thought immediately came to mind: "Could it be that the other party has already completed the proof of Qiu Chengtong's conjecture?"

As soon as this guess flashed through my mind, I suddenly heard the answer from another student.

“Everyone says the conclusions in the paper are valid.”

Upon hearing this, Sandston came to his senses immediately. No matter when this paper was completed, since it had been published, he just had to verify it. Anyway, the ultimate goal was to find loopholes and overturn the conclusions.

With a plan in mind, he didn't bother to say anything more. He hurried to his office without even replying.

The two students were left standing there, feeling somewhat bewildered.

His eyes lingered on Sandston's back for a few seconds, and then he walked away again.

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Sandston returned to the office shortly afterwards and immediately turned on his computer to prepare for the verification.

Soon, under his operation, he found the paper proving the Yau Cheng-Tung conjecture that the first Chern class is positive.

“I actually have a paper.”

He muttered to himself without any hesitation and immediately checked it carefully.

At first, there was a look of disdain on his face, and he obviously thought that this paper could not prove Qiu Chengtong's conjecture, but as time passed, his expression became more and more solemn.

Especially after he took out the scratch paper and did some calculations, there was no longer a trace of contempt on his face.

Another half hour passed.

Sandston began to panic. Although his hands did not stop moving, if you listened carefully, you would hear that he was mumbling to himself.

“The argument is clear, the logic is rigorous, and even the method used is very clever.”

"How can this be……"

By noon, Sandston was in a state of panic.

Holding the draft paper in both hands, I couldn't believe my eyes.

“…The conclusion is actually correct!”

"He actually proved the Qiu Chengtong conjecture, which brought the Calabi problem to a successful conclusion."

After verifying it twice, he still could not find any faults in the paper. On the contrary, the results of manual calculations showed that the conclusion was valid.

In other words, Qiu Chengtong's conjecture has indeed been thoroughly proven, and his judgment was nothing but self-righteousness.

Thinking about the previous twin primes and the current Qiu Chengtong conjecture, although he was reluctant to admit it, the fact was that the other party was indeed a rare mathematical genius.

As this thought came to mind, all my previous persistence collapsed in an instant, and I slumped in the chair like a deflated ball.

Now he understood why even his good friend Deva said that Qiu Chengtong's conjecture had been proved.

While the atmosphere in Sunston was depressing, Qiu Chengtong, who was far away in Hong Kong at midnight, was still studying Xu Yuan's thesis, with a smile on his face filled with pride and joy.

"This guy didn't tell me in advance that he had a proof method, and chose to prove it at a number theory academic conference."

"But the fact that it has caused such a high level of discussion in the mathematics community is no less than when I solved the Calabi conjecture!"

Qiu Chengtong naturally thought that he had started writing this paper a long time ago, but he felt that he had one less regret because he could see the Calabi conjecture successfully solved in his lifetime.

Especially when he thought that Xu Yuan was also his student, his joy increased a little bit.

At the same time, he was thinking in his mind that since Xu Yuan had successfully proved the conjecture this time, he should join the Department of Mathematics at Qinghua University as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)