Free Web NovelChapter 289: Chapter 204: Aspiring to Win the Nobel Prize!
The influence of the International Mathematicians Conference is limited to the mathematics and academic circles, with little global attention. Just like how a mathematician’s influence cannot compare to that of a third-tier celebrity, ordinary people don’t pay much attention to academic matters.
Ordinary people’s attention determines the media’s attention.
Most of the reporters at the International Mathematicians Conference are from academic media.
Of course.
Major media outlets from big countries still send reporters to cover the event, but to maintain order, interviews are not allowed inside the venue. Reporters can only take notes and shoot some on-site video footage.
The same goes for domestic media.
There are CCTV reporters in the conference hall where Zhao Yi is, but they can only film in the back corners. Written records have to be drafted by the reporters themselves.
This is quite normal.
When it comes to international academic conferences, domestic television stations generally only mention them in the news, not making detailed reports until the Mathematicians Conference has concluded and awards have been given.
Some domestic media outlets only mention the names of the winners.
And that’s about it.
But when Zhao Yi presented his new prime solution set report about the three-dimensional Tremelib waveforms, things changed. On-site reporters immediately realized it was big news and sent it back to China.
Suddenly.
The public opinion, boiling!
Most people have only heard of the name Fermat’s Last Theorem, and after a little bit of understanding, they would know that Fermat’s Conjecture and the Goldbach Conjecture are the two major conjectures in mathematics.
About a decade ago, Fermat’s Conjecture was proven by British mathematician Wiles, turning it into the so-called "Fermat’s Last Theorem."
Wiles, with his proof of Fermat’s Conjecture, is recognized as the world’s number one mathematician. He is well-known in China’s academic circles, even visiting Capital University for academic exchanges. The exchange was in fact, a small lecture, and he received a large sum of travel expenses.
Capital University in China was affected, not to mention various prestigious institutions in the West.
Because of his proof of Fermat’s Conjecture, Wiles was promoted twice at Princeton University. Now, he is the director of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, which puts him at the top of the research field.
He has enjoyed fame for more than a decade, receiving countless awards and prizes, yet no mathematician has been able to prove that Wiles’s proof is wrong. This shows just how meticulous Wiles’s proof process is, and how profound his personal mathematical skills are.
Now that Zhao Yi has proven that Wiles’s proof logic is incorrect, it is definitely a remarkable achievement.
Domestic public opinion is boiling.
That day, the internet was filled with various news reports, all revolving around Zhao Yi’s academic report.
All kinds of headlines were very eye-catching--
"Zhao Yi Proves Wiles’s Proof Logic Incorrect!"
"Fermat’s Last Theorem Becomes Fermat’s Conjecture Once Again!"
"Genius High School Student Zhao Yi, Knocking the World’s No. 1 Mathematician off His Pedestal!"
"A Single Academic Report Causes an Earthquake in the Mathematical World!"
"International Mathematicians Conference: A World-Shaking Academic Report!" ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Zhao Yi has genuinely become famous.
The next day, many provincial television stations began reporting related news, directly appearing in news channels.
Nanjiang Province Television Station sent a special reporting team to Madrid.
Actually, it wasn’t a special dispatch. Their reporting team was already in Barcelona, specializing in soccer news, specifically for the La Liga. The team, having free time before the games, decided to go to Madrid and cover the International Mathematicians Conference.
Of course.
Their target was only Zhao Yi, and Chen Ming, who was preparing for his lecture. Even when interviewing others, the content centered around Zhao Yi and his academic report.
The reporting team was efficient and within just 12 hours, the on-site interviews appeared on Nanjiang Television’s news channel.
Several passing mathematicians accepted interviews and expressed their views on Zhao Yi’s academic report, all saying similar things--
"Zhao Yi is a real genius."
"I have never seen such an outstanding young man. He is not even 20 years old and has successfully proven Wiles’s mistake at the Mathematicians Conference."
"Wiles is unfortunate because Zhao Yi’s main goal was to prove his newly discovered set of prime solutions."
"The three-dimensional Tremelib waveforms are an incredible invention. I use the term ’invention’ instead of ’discovery’ because they are indeed an invention or at least understood as such in the mathematical world. The functions are brand new."
"..."
A lot of praise and compliments.
It may sound uninteresting, but the audience in front of the television was captivated.
Previously, the top mathematicians they heard about always had foreign names, and even if a Chinese name appeared, it would be a Chinese person rather than a pure national.
Nowadays, finally, there is a domestic mathematician shining on the world stage, and many people are thrilled.
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Many people familiar with Zhao Yi also saw the news reports and watched the program on television.
Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin watched the TV together.
After watching the on-site interviews and seeing the news flooding the internet, both Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin felt happy for Zhao Yi’s success, but their moods were also somewhat gloomy.
