Free Web NovelChapter 148: Chapter 139: These Days are not Suitable for Going to School
While Zhao Yi was asleep, countless people were studying his proof paper.
Among them were some big shots in the mathematical world.
If the Hail Conjecture proof paper appeared in a less influential journal, the mathematicians would glance at the author’s name, find it unfamiliar, and pay no attention to it. They wouldn’t believe that an ’unknown’ person publishing a paper in a ’moderately influential’ journal could truly prove a highly difficult mathematical conjecture.
"Mathematics Society Magazine" was different.
As one of the top four recognized mathematical journals, the reviewers of "Mathematics Society Magazine" were all influential figures in the mathematical world. Naturally, it was challenging to get a paper accepted. They only published four issues a year, with an average of eight articles per issue.
Thirty-two articles a year!
This number alone indicates the difficulty of getting a paper accepted.
Each article published by the "Mathematics Society Magazine" essentially represented progress in mathematics. To publish a paper in one of the top four journals signifies an academic achievement.
With the Hail Conjecture proof appearing in "Mathematics Society Magazine," over 80% likelihood that the conjecture had been proven. Many mathematicians and interested parties studied the proof process as soon as they could.
They were completely captivated.
Just like the undergraduate students at Princeton University, they found that the proof process used only basic theorems and formulas, making the conclusions undisputed and the derivation process easy to understand.
The only thing was... it was complicated. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
The proof process used a ’01 digit comparison chart’ and a binary conversion demonstration to create the ’01 digit comparison chart’. The proof process didn’t analyze the comparison chart, but used binary form for derivation, making it clearer.
Although decimal form could also be used, without a clear comparison chart, the thought process would become more convoluted, and some intermediate calculations would appear chaotic.
The binary demonstration wasn’t the reason for the complexity; the proof process was complicated because of the numerous steps.
Many steps were somewhat unexpected, and after reading them, one would feel, "I didn’t know it could be done like this."
The numerous steps led to a lengthy verification process that required a lot of time.
Since no advanced formulas or methods were used, there wasn’t much difference between top mathematicians and ordinary people who studied mathematics when it came to the proof process; both required a long time for research and calculation.
During this process, media reports confirmed the Hail Conjecture’s proof in advance.
Although no one else explicitly stated that the proof process was entirely correct, there was a comment from Professor Thomson from the University of Florida in the article -
"This is a novel way of combining computer science and mathematics, using binary demonstration graphics to derive the final conclusion step by step. The proof process is very complicated, but each step is clear. I can confidently say that we have another theorem."
Dunn also commented, "As with many discussions, the proof process of the Hailstone Theorem is more important than the conclusion obtained. I am delighted to see a new proof method. This might lead to the publication of a textbook for use in computer science and mathematics education, teaching students how to perfectly combine basic mathematics and computer science."
Overseas media reports spread to China, causing a surge in domestic media attention.
Many journalists were woken up in the middle of the night, fighting sleepiness to write reports on time.
Reports must not wait!
The sooner such big news is reported, the more attention it will attract; otherwise, it will become a fleeting wave in the vast ocean, disappearing once it flips over.
In the morning.
When Zhao Yi woke up groggily, he still felt very stifled. After falling back asleep, instead of resuming his previous dream, Lin Xiaoqing appeared in his dream.
Don’t misunderstand!
Lin Xiaoqing’s sharp eyes flashed as she pinched his arm hard and shouted, "You scumbag!"
"Scumbag!"
"Scumbag..."
His arm was pinched until it was numb.
Zhao Yi woke up in a daze, realizing that his arm had been pressed under his head, causing it to lose all sensation. He shook his arm vigorously, allowing the blood to flow back, and he sighed, "It feels great to have an arm!"
He got up, turned on his computer.
As expected!
There were already many news articles online, mostly citing foreign media reports, stating that the "Mathematics Society Magazine" had published the Collatz Theorem paper, and expressing surprise that the high school student’s author was Chinese.
Of course.
The high school student was him.
After being reported on multiple times, Zhao Yi didn’t feel anything special; he preferred reading more professional reviews.
He found his phone beside the bed, showing seven missed calls, presumably congratulatory calls. He couldn’t help but sigh at how many night owls there were.
It was dawn!
What else could they be doing besides sleeping?
He got up, washed up.
He ate a few bites of bread casually, drank some heated milk, went downstairs with the car, and waited for Lin Xiaoqing.
As soon as Zhao Yi pushed the car out of the building, he met Lin Xudong, who drove over. Lin Xudong stopped him and asked, "Did you publish a very impressive mathematical paper?"
"Has the news spread so quickly?" freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Zhao Yi was shocked, revealing his surprise. It was only six hours from dawn to now in China.
Lin Xudong shook his head and said, "I just came back from my night shift. There are several people squatting at the entrance of your school. I got out of the car and asked them. It turned out they were journalists here to interview you."
"So soon?"
Zhao Yi was still very surprised.
Lin Xudong thought for a moment and said, "Wait for Xiaoqing to come down, then both of you get in the car together. I’ll drive you to school to avoid any trouble."
...
When Zhao Yi got in the car, he realized why Lin Xudong had volunteered to drive them to school.
There were journalists at the entrance of the residential compound.
Fortunately, the compound’s management was good; strangers and journalists needed someone to accompany them if they wanted to enter, so they were stopped outside by the security guards.
When they arrived at the school gate, there were even more journalists.
A large group of reporters gathered at the school gate, easily more than twenty of them. They were waiting for him to ride his bike past while constantly looking in the direction of the road.
They were all local reporters from Zhengyang who had been called up during the night to rush over and get the scoop firsthand.
Lin Xudong rolled down the car window, showed his police badge to the security guards, and simply drove into the school.
After entering the main gate, Zhao Yi got out of the car and thanked them.
Lin Xudong looked at the direction of the school gate and couldn’t help but praise, "You are really something. In the afternoon, depending on the situation, if it does not work, ask your school to find a car to take you home. If it were up to me, I’d say don’t bother going to school for a few days until the situation calms down."
"Thanks, Uncle Lin!"
Xiaoqing, who was standing next to Lin, also found out the news, and her eyes were filled with pride when she looked at Zhao Yi.
Lin Xudong couldn’t help but get annoyed.
He appreciated Zhao Yi quite a bit, but when it came to his precious daughter, it was a different story. Recently, all she talked about was Zhao Yi, and as a veteran, Lin naturally knew why.
Although Zhao Yi was a good kid... it still made his heart feel uncomfortable!
Qingqing was only eighteen!
Lin Xudong didn’t bother saying more and simply drove away.
Zhao Yi was surrounded by a large group of classmates.
"Zhao Yi, I heard you proved a difficult math conjecture!"
"It’s the Collatz Conjecture; I heard it from the reporters at the entrance!"
"That’s a world-class math problem, and Zhao Yi proved it and even published a paper in the top journal!"
"In the future, Zhao Yi will be a great mathematician!"
"Even better than Teacher Niu?"
"Ten Teacher Nius combined wouldn’t be a match for him. Do you know what kind of math problem that is? Do you know Chen Jingrun? It’s on that level!"
"Holy shit!"
Although the Collatz Theorem doesn’t involve irregular prime numbers and is just a numerical rule, it wasn’t among the most challenging math problems; there were many other conjectures of a similar level.
Zhao Yi didn’t dare compare himself to the math genius; at least for now, there was no comparability.
But...he was very impressive!
When they entered the classroom, a large group of teachers approached. Wang Chengmin and Li Lisheng led the others, calling on the students to clap for Zhao Yi, "Let’s congratulate Zhao Yi for proving the world-famous Collatz Conjecture!"
"This is the pride of No.13 High School! The pride of Zhengyang people! We will all feel proud to know such an outstanding person!"
"Blah blah blah..."
As soon as Wang Chengmin opened his mouth, he nearly put Zhao Yi on a pedestal.
Zhao Yi awkwardly smiled and finally managed to send away the ’propaganda god,’ only to continue facing bombardment from his classmates.
"Zhao Yi, you’re amazing!"
"We live in two different worlds. You’ve already proved a difficult math problem, while I still don’t even pass math..."
"In the future, when I go out and mention that I graduated from No.13 High School, and that I happened to have a classmate named Zhao Yi, people will definitely ask me how my math scores are."
"At that time, it’ll be really embarrassing..."
Actually, the most embarrassed people at the school weren’t the individual students; they still found it quite interesting and felt proud, just like Wang Chengmin said, to have a classmate like Zhao Yi.
The most embarrassed person was... Niu Lianhua!
All the other teachers were excitedly discussing the news, but when Niu Lianhua thought about her upcoming math class, her heart raced. She didn’t know how to face Zhao Yi.
Whenever she thought about teaching while having a student who had solved a world-class math problem sitting in class... should she let Zhao Yi teach?
That made sense!
With mixed feelings, Niu Lianhua went to the classroom and stood at the podium. She cautiously asked, "Zhao Yi, why don’t you teach the class to everyone?"
Immediately, the students chimed in, "Yeah, let Zhao Yi teach!"
"Hurry up, Zhao Yi!"
"You cracked the math problem, so come and teach us!"
"I’m telling you, this is a rare opportunity; soon, there won’t be any more chances like this. Right now, there must be many universities that want Zhao Yi to give lectures."
"..."
Zhao Yi realized that what Lin Xudong said was right.
These few days were not suitable for attending school, and it would be better to stay quietly at home.
"Qingqing."
Zhao Yi called out to Lin Xiaoqing.
Lin Xiaoqing’s body shivered as she felt awkward from head to toe, yet she still turned her head and revealed a puzzled expression.
"Why don’t we do this: I won’t attend school for a few days, and you don’t go to cram school in the evening either. I’ll tutor you in math, and you just tell me what comes up in class."
Zhao Yi said earnestly.
"Well..."
Lin Xiaoqing hesitated a bit; she felt that what Zhao Yi said made sense and that having Zhao Yi tutor her in math would also be good. "I’ll ask my mom when I get home!"
"Yeah, thank you."
Zhao Yi casually thanked her and thought to himself, "Fortunately, it’s not ’my dad’ being asked. Aunt Zhao... there’s a chance she might agree, right?" He raised his head and realized with confusion that the soft, fair ears in front of him had turned red at their roots.
"What’s going on?"
"What is this girl thinking about?"
