Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 294: Chapter 206: He is a Genius, the Nation’s Talent!

At the Congress of Mathematicians, Zhao Yi gave an academic report, proving that the three-dimensional oscillation waveforms have the second group of prime number solutions, and pointed out the logical error in Wiles’ Fermat’s Last Theorem proof. Then, Zhao Yi received the Nevanlinna Prize. His trip to Madrid was undoubtedly a huge success.

Next, Zhao Yi planned to stay for a few more days to attend other mathematicians’ academic presentations before taking a plane back home.

In fact, he had underestimated the influence of the Nevanlinna Prize.

Although the Nevanlinna Prize is not as prestigious as the Fields Medal, with few people in his country knowing its name, it still has significant influence in the field of mathematics.

There is no need to compare the Nevanlinna Prize with the Fields Medal, as they are awards for completely different fields.

The three prizes awarded by the International Congress of Mathematicians each target different areas.

The Fields Medal is awarded to mathematicians with creative research contributions in the field of mathematics, focusing on fundamental theory, such as world mathematical conjectures. Those who can achieve this award have the chance to win the Fields Medal.

The Gauss Prize is awarded to researchers in the field of applied mathematics. Mathematics and applied mathematics are like theoretical physics and experimental physics; while there seems to be no difference in the initial learning stages, they develop into two different academic directions.

The Nevanlinna Prize rewards mathematicians for outstanding contributions in mathematical computing, which is the realm of information science.

These three awards honor three different areas.

The Fields Medal indeed has a significant influence, but as it involves different fields, the three cannot be directly compared.

Of course.

Mathematics, as opposed to disciplines like computer science and medicine, place more emphasis on theoretical exploration. The Fields Medal, with a history of one hundred years, has been referred to as the "Nobel Prize" of mathematics.

The news of Zhao Yi’s award at the Congress of Mathematicians soon spread to his home country. With discussions on Zhao Yi’s academic report still ongoing, the addition of the prize win sparked even more public interest. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"Zhao Yi is truly amazing. He’s only just turned eighteen, and he’s already won an award at the International Congress of Mathematicians."

"He is a bona fide genius, recognized globally."

"Congratulations to Zhao Yi for winning the prestigious award in information science."

"What I find most interesting is that at the award ceremony, Zhao Yi seemed to have no interest in the prize itself. He was continuously talking with Terence Tao about research."

"I also watched that video snippet; it was quite interesting."

"Zhao Yi’s speech was also very amusing. After winning the award, he just said, ’winning the award is fine.’ To him, the Nevanlinna Prize really is just ’fine’."

"Many people say that Zhao Yi has a good chance of winning the Fields Medal in four years. The Nevanlinna Prize, which is considered ’fine,’ is actually not bad."

"No matter what, Zhao Yi has set a record as the youngest awardee at the International Congress of Mathematicians, winning the Nevanlinna Prize before turning nineteen."

"A mathematical and computer science prodigy!"

Most public discussions were a mixture of surprise and congratulations. However, as the influence of the Nevanlinna Prize is indeed not high, the focus of the conversation soon returned to Zhao Yi’s academic report. To be more precise, it was about Wiles, the British mathematician who was proven to have made logical errors.

In the world of online opinion, Wiles has become infamous for allegedly deceiving the global mathematics community for more than a decade, receiving countless awards and bonuses.

In reality, Wiles cannot be considered a deceiver because he himself did not know he was wrong.

Although this will undoubtedly become a stain on the world of mathematics, it is far from a scandal. Just as Zhao Yi stated in an interview, mathematics and science progress through a process of constant error correction.

The fact that Wiles’ paper passed the review process is proof of the paper’s substance and strict attention to logic. However, the method of proof is excessively complicated, so much so that more than 99% of mathematicians cannot comprehend it, and few will devote considerable time to study the intricate process.

After one or two reviewers decided to accept Wiles’ paper, others simply chose not to study it any further.

Over the past decade, many mathematicians have criticized Wiles’ paper for its lack of rigor. However, most of these criticisms are minor issues. Subsequently, other mathematicians helped correct some small errors, which did not affect the overall validity of the paper’s proof.

Now, Zhao Yi has decisively pointed out Wiles’ flawed logic and connected it to the Riemann Conjecture.

This is a truly devastating hit!

Even those who believe there is no issue with Wiles’ paper cannot argue against Zhao Yi’s proof, unless they can use computers to demonstrate that Zhao Yi’s results are incorrect or prove that the Riemann Conjecture is wrong.

Both possibilities are almost inconceivable.

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Zhao Yi stayed in Madrid for another three days.

During these three days, he spent most of his time in the academic presentation venues and met and got acquainted with various people.

A peer-review editor from "Mathematical Progress" enthusiastically invited Zhao Yi to submit his academic report manuscript to their journal, promising to expedite the review process. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Zhao Yi considered the offer and eventually agreed.

If his paper only exposed the logical error in Wiles’ proof, it wouldn’t matter whether he submitted it or not. However, since the paper involves the three-dimensional oscillation waveform that Zhao Yi developed, it is appropriate for publication in one of the top mathematical journals.

After Zhao Yi agreed, he realized, upon further thought, that the situation was rather amusing.