Chapter 131: Creating a miracle in one day

"Hoo~"

In the empty classroom, seeing the submission was successful, Xu Qingzhou let out a long breath. The 63-page proof process had finally been completely finished.

After uploading the thesis, Xu Qingzhou packed up his things and strode out of the classroom. Now, apart from going back to have a good sleep, he didn't want to do anything else.

This was a massive demonstration, constructed from hundreds of mathematical calculations through thousands of intricate logical chains. As long as one calculation went wrong or one chain wasn't connected well, the entire proof would lose its value.

Therefore, during this time, he almost didn't dare to have any slack, remaining tense the whole time.

Xu Qingzhou slept for 3 hours straight, not getting up until 2 PM. After washing up, he dug out the *Outline of Modern History* and *Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis* that had already started gathering dust from the bookshelf, went to the cafeteria for a meal, and headed toward the library.

Originally, he planned to finish the thesis within five days, but it ended up taking until the 29th.

Tomorrow was the *Outline of Modern History* exam, the 31st was the *Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis* exam in the morning, and the English exam in the afternoon—it was so rushed.

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Song Yao was reading a book called *Principles of Economics*.

Before exam week, the library was overcrowded. Even slackers like Xu Zhengyang ran over to sharpen their spears at the last minute, seeking psychological comfort.

And then, besides the professional course exams of the School of Mathematics, he also had to participate in the exams of the School of Physics.

Exams for these subjects weren't like science subjects, where 1 is 1 and 2 is 2; any deviation is zero points. As long as the general direction is correct, there will basically be points.

Huh~ He was suddenly attracted by a name.

"I asked around; it's not from the School of Physics. It should have been borrowed from the Jingda School of Mathematics by that guy Zhao Shengwen."

She could only urge him crossly: "Stop talking, hurry up and memorize the book."

Jin Ling University.

After speaking, seeing the student surnamed Wang was a bit discouraged, Professor Lu Yangui patted his shoulder:

In the evening, Ding Jiahui and Guo Ziyang and the others made an appointment to spend New Year's Eve together.

Oh, it's that young man from the Xia Nation last time. That thesis was written well. Thinking this, he clicked on the review email.

Although one mathematical enthusiast after another had failed on the road to proving conjectures, countless people still flocked to it. This might be the charm of mathematics, and of course, the attraction of becoming famous.

Taking a deep breath, he also lowered his head and wrote furiously.

His wife was cleaning up the tableware, while he was preparing to go back to the study to read the manuscript for a while.

Library, 3rd-floor atrium.

Song Yao was a bit speechless. A while ago, she clearly reminded him to pay attention to time. Couldn't the thesis have been sent a few days later? Now it's great, wait for death.

Study, Elton opened the computer, logged into the *Mathematical Invention* backend, and looked at the thesis submissions accumulated during the Christmas holiday.

Looking at the title, Elton smiled bitterly and rubbed his temples. In this year alone, he had received more than a dozen submissions proving various conjectures.

In a word: everything tested wasn't memorized, and everything memorized wasn't tested.

The teachers setting the questions for each school were different, and the exam content was also different. Even if she wanted to highlight the key points, she couldn't.

"Hmm," Xu Qingzhou nodded, his expression solemn: "That's why I came to find you for a crash course."

Public course exams weren't needed. For professional courses, he had to participate in three subjects: Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra, and General Physics. This was also thanks to Xu Qingzhou being able to be exempt from listening and being a cheater; otherwise, he would really feel what despair is. Seeing Xu Qingzhou take out the brand-new modern history book, Song Yao stopped the signature pen in her hand and asked in a low voice: "Where have you reviewed up to?"

Professor Lu Yangui said: "You have all read those theses from Beijing University, right?"

"Alright, the mathematical community of the Xia Nation isn't small, but it isn't big either. Whoever can create this model will likely not be a nobody in the future. As long as you stay in this circle, you will meet sooner or later."

Once the modern history exam paper was handed out, he stared at the paper with blank eyes.

Professor Lu Yangui comforted: "Little Wang, don't belittle yourself. It's not that the other party is stronger than you in mathematics; for example, you are good at functional analysis and number theory. As for him, he wins because his physics foundation is a bit stronger than yours." "How come I've never heard of this person, Xu Qingzhou, before?" the young man on the right asked curiously.

He originally thought he was a genius delayed by physics, but who knew he would be hit on the head in the first exam.

Discussion on the law of prime number intervals and the proof of the Cramér conjecture?

Song Yao frowned: "You have the *Outline of Modern History* exam tomorrow night."

As for the project funding, it was also issued on the 28th. Xu Qingzhou didn't go traveling. Zhao Shengwen was indeed generous; adding the thesis bonus, a total of 40,000 yuan was issued.

As for him, he wasn't even sharpening his spear; he was simply here to create a miracle.

On the evening of December 29th, just as Xu Qingzhou was frantically memorizing knowledge points, the thesis titled *Mathematical Model of Electromagnetic Properties and Thermal Conductivity of Niobium-Titanium Alloy Superconductors* was published in the *Xia Nation Journal of Physics*.

For example, before the Christmas holiday, he had received a proof of the Hodge conjecture from a mathematical enthusiast. What was relatively ridiculous was that this scholar hadn't even solved the problem of algebraic closed chains.

Thus, Xu Qingzhou still tried his best to fill the exam paper, and all the answers were basically answered based on his experience.

The young man nodded, recalling the content of the thesis, feeling a bit emotional.

"That mathematical model was done perfectly, especially the Navier-Stokes equation simplified by Fourier transform and fluid mechanics equations inside... Junior Brother Wang, you didn't lose unjustly."

!.

Anyway, how many points he could get in the end would depend on the teacher.

"Just started," Xu Qingzhou said. At this moment, looking at a thick book, he actually had a feeling of not knowing where to start.

Xu Qingzhou saw Song Yao in a familiar position, looked around the library again, finally found a stool, and moved it opposite Song Yao.

On the side, the young man wearing glasses sighed and said helplessly: "Yes, lost thoroughly."

The exam on December 30th arrived as scheduled, and Xu Qingzhou still lost on the public course exam.

There were also fierce brothers who got up to hand in their papers as soon as the half-hour mark was reached, leaving Xu Qingzhou with a dashing back.

Should be about the same?

Just as Xu Qingzhou was nervous about the exam, on the other side of the ocean, in a traditional American residence, Elton Prieto, an editor in the editorial department of *Mathematical Invention*, had just finished breakfast.

Qingzhou·Xu, a bit familiar...

The Cramér conjecture is very difficult.

Even the Swedish mathematician Cramér, who proposed this conjecture, once said, "When I discovered this conjecture, I didn't really bother to try to prove it, because I knew it was painful."

There are not a few people studying this conjecture, such as Fields Medal winner Gerrit Boyer, who is currently teaching at Princeton, or Professor Juraj Milton of the Cambridge Institute for Advanced Study.

These people all wanted to find the road to the mountain of mathematical truth, but unfortunately... no one succeeded.

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