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Chapter 931: Chapter 474: Truly a Math Genius!_3

"Hahaha~~"

Many people couldn’t help but burst into laughter, and the conference room became a sea of joy.

Zhao Yi didn’t understand why Qiu Chengwen said what he did, but seeing his confident expression, he couldn’t help but give Fan Lei a thumbs-up in his mind.

Impressive!

How on earth did an ordinary undergraduate from the biology department manage to barely disguise himself as a young mathematical genius, especially in the presence of a Fields Medal laureate?

How was this possible?

He just couldn’t figure it out!

...

Finally.

The host stepped onto the stage and announced loudly, "Next up, we have Mr. Zhao Yi’s representative, Fan Lei, to present a report on the NP problem."

"Clap clap clap~~"

A round of applause!

No matter what was on their minds, they were all full of anticipation for the upcoming report. ƒrēewebnovel.com

Fan Lei walked up to the podium under the watchful eyes of all, and although he usually wasn’t stage-shy, being stared at by so many top mathematicians filled him with unease, and unsure of what expression to make, he simply put on an expression of complete indifference.

In reality, it was just a forced face, seeming serious and earnest, yet as if it meant nothing.

After stepping onto the podium, Fan Lei went straight to the topic and started off with a line in English, "On behalf of Mr. Zhao Yi, I will present the proof of the NP problem."

Then he briefly summarized the entrance point of the proof in English, "My proof starts from a three-dimensional image perspective, analyzing the problem. Take a point A; from point A, numerous irregular and patternless lines diverge, but there is only one leading to the key point S..."

Fan Lei continued for quite a long stretch, with probably about five or six hundred English words.

This was the introductory part that Zhao Yi had written for him to recite from memory.

And then, he was out of tricks.

Fan Lei didn’t have such a superhuman memory, and it had taken him a long time to memorize the beginning part, followed by repeated recitations and memory drills to be able to articulate it so smoothly.

Next, he said only one sentence, "I will write down the entire process on the whiteboard, very detailed, so I’m sure everyone will be able to follow along."

He stated what seemed like the obvious and then began copying in silence.

The staff had prepared ten large whiteboards.

Fan Lei started to transcribe the argument in his hand onto the whiteboards slowly, step by step. Throughout the entire process, he didn’t offer any explanation, just continuously copying, and then copying, and copying again.

The audience didn’t know how to react, as they had never experienced a ’silent report’ before; the presenter didn’t say a word the whole time and just copied from his notes onto the whiteboard.

The implication was...

"Figure it out yourself?"

"If you understand it, good; if not, too bad... Right, there will definitely be a detailed proof published later for in-depth study?"

"But without explanation, how are we to judge whether the proof is correct or not?"

In fact.

In Zhao Yi’s view, it wasn’t important whether the average mathematicians could understand and follow along. It was sufficient for the top mathematicians, like Qiu Chengwen, to grasp part of it. Whether the proof process was completely correct could not be decided in just one report.

So what Fan Lei needed to do was just to transcribe the process onto the whiteboard, which would be the equivalent of completing the entire report; the substance itself was more important than the reporting process.

And that was indeed the case.

The really top mathematicians in the venue didn’t mind whether anyone explained; they could understand most of it just by watching Fan Lei writing the proof process.

As for the small part they didn’t fully comprehend, they could study it later.

After all, the whiteboard was right there.

Fan Lei took almost two hours to complete the entire proof-writing process, and looking at the complex content on more than nine whiteboards, he was surprised by his own performance, as just transcribing these things onto the whiteboards was no easy feat.

His wrists were sore!

Once he finished the last stroke, Fan Lei took a few steps back for an overall look, then let out a long sigh, turned around, and presented his ’masterpiece’ to everyone.

He then said, "This is Mr. Zhao Yi’s proof process for the NP problem."

"If you have any questions, you can ask the others present here or send an email to Mr. Zhao Yi."

"I apologize, but I cannot answer questions on behalf of Mr. Zhao Yi, and this report does not include a question-and-answer session."

"That’s all there is to it!"

"Thank you, everyone!"

Fan Lei bowed with a relaxed smile to all present.

Suddenly.

Warm applause erupted in the venue.

Many people didn’t know why they were clapping, but since it was the end of a report on the NP problem, clapping was surely appropriate, and Fan Lei walked off the stage to the sound of applause, his steps light and brisk.

Since Fan Lei had no real fame and made it clear that he wouldn’t be answering questions, nobody came up to pester him with questions.

Instead, he was stopped by reporters; one of them asked about the most crucial matter, "Right now, we can’t be certain whether the NP problem has been proven. Mr. Fan Lei, as the representative who presented on behalf of Zhao Yi, could you share your personal opinion?"

"I am certain that the NP problem has been proven," Fan Lei said very confidently.

"Why?"

Fan Lei took a step back, half-turned, and pointed at the plethora of whiteboards, as if to say, "Haven’t I already detailed the entire process?"

His point was, I’ve written the whole process; isn’t the result clear? Is there any question remaining? It’s like solving a regular proof problem, where the process is written clearly—is there any doubt about the proof?

Crazy!

That was how Fan Lei saw it.

The reporter had a different understanding. He thought that since Fan Lei was so certain of the proof, it must be because he ’understood the entire proof process’ and thus was ’certain that the NP problem was proven’. He couldn’t help but admire, "True to a mathematical genius!"

"So young, and yet so skilled in mathematics!"

On the other side.

Zhou Li, seeing Fan Lei basking in glory, began to beat his chest and stomp his feet in remorse, "That worked?"

"Had I known, I wouldn’t have asked so many questions! It would have been me presenting the report..."