Chapter 312: The hanging heart finally died

December 31st, still on Christmas holiday, local time 4 PM, Professor Stewart was drinking afternoon tea with his friend Secker Holmes at the farm.

While enjoying the winter sun, Secker asked with a smile: "You actually have time to come here to drink tea with me, any news from Xia Nation?"

Stewart shook his head.

"Xu Qingzhou, is this the name? Very powerful young man, Princeton's Gerrit Boyer thinks highly of him, and praised him endlessly last time we met."

"I am also looking forward to it."

Professor Stewart shrugged, smiling faintly, although he was already a bit panicked, his self-esteem did not allow him to show weakness in front of outsiders.

Until the end, the outcome is still unknown.

Since Xu Qingzhou announced the proof of the Polignac conjecture until now, his team has still been advancing calculations in an orderly manner.

At 3 o'clock, Xu Qingzhou received another email from the "Mathematical Invention" editorial department, roughly thanking Xu Qingzhou for his trust in the journal and stating that it would be published in early January.

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"Professor, I just saw a terrible piece of news..."

Secker found that after the call was connected, his old friend seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant.

Especially, this time it was defeated by the Xia Nation that Stewart himself looked down upon.

For this reason, he also fiercely beat this person with a bad hand.

Secker's mouth moved, looking at his old friend's back as he left, he could only sigh helplessly, he really wanted to say: "In 1956, the Swiss mountaineering team led by Albert Eggler climbed Mount Everest for the second time in human history."

Xu Qingzhou was stunned, recalling from the 21st to now, eating and drinking every day... looking at the Song School Beauty who was sitting cross-legged and had a smelly face on the side, he said insincerely: "It is a bit anxious."

It is hard to imagine that a 19-year-old person, having invested so much energy in physics, had time to solve the Polignac conjecture.

Once the other party publishes first, his would

"Everyone can remember the first person to climb Mount Zhumulangmafeng; as for the second... who cares." A forced smile squeezed onto Professor Stewart's face.

Could it be that this guy is an alien?

He didn't know that Xu Qingzhou really hadn't spent much energy on physics. There was no helping it; Xu the Cheat used to be someone who specialized in physics.

"It's all your fault!" Song Yao said hatefully.

The two of them started a second game.

He comforted himself this way and answered the phone.

Defeated very thoroughly.

By the time Xu Qingzhou finished his call and came out, without a big daddy like him, the game was already over.

Besides their team, Xu Qingzhou, and Professor Stewart researching the Polignac conjecture, as far as he knew, Cambridge, Princeton, and others all had people attempting to pluck this laurel. These people's progress might not keep up with them, but they certainly had results.

Yandongyuan.

Ding~ The phone rang; it was his student Dennis calling.

After all, there would always be overlapping research.

"That's good."

The two of them just sat there quietly. In the distance, the cold wind whistled, picking up the few remaining withered leaves on the bare branches that were still holding on, slowly falling to the ground.

Previously, everyone still held a glimmer of hope in their hearts, praying that this was just a blunder, praying to hear the news that Xu Qingzhou's proof had failed. However... if the last time was waiting for the executioner, this time the death sentence was carried out directly.

Seeing his old friend lose his spirit in an instant, Saikeer comforted him: "Hi, old buddy, I still want to say that your research is not without value..."

Saikeer didn't disturb him.

Professor Yajier spoke up: "I regret to tell everyone that our Polignac conjecture project has been suspended."

The Indian guy who had met Xu Qingzhou once was equally depressed, even somewhat desperate.

Seeing that everyone was in low spirits, Professor Yajier tapped the table and said: "Alright, everyone, we don't have time to be sad. The most important thing now is to organize the unpublished papers and ensure they are released before other research groups."

"During this next period, you prepare the report well; you don't need to worry about the report meeting." He took time out of his busy schedule like this just to give the investors confidence, proving that the team hadn't given up.

Having high ambitions met with a head-on blow is the most painful thing.

"We lost just like that?"

Saikeer shook his head and sipped his coffee. Xu Qingzhou... hmm, a very interesting young man.

Indian Imperial Institute of Technology, Institute of Higher Mathematics.

Everyone's expression was somewhat dejected.

He vaguely guessed what the news was.

Xu Qingzhou announced the proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture in April, and only 8 months had passed, and he had solved a problem that had troubled the mathematical community for over a hundred years. Geniuses, sure enough, are all unreasonable.

Since the conjecture had been proven, there was no need for the major research groups to hide things anymore. The most important thing was to rush to publish the papers and release the results before other research groups.

The conference room was even more stifling than it had been ten-plus days ago.

"You've been waiting anxiously during this time, right?" Chu Jiangfeng asked with a chuckle.

Xu Qingzhou thought for a moment, "The 10th, I guess."

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Xu Qingzhou didn't refute, watching Song Xiaohua control the Bull Demon, feeling it was quite wonderful.

When Xu Qingzhou received the news, he was curled up on the sofa playing games with Song Xiaohua. This New Year's Eve, it was just the two of them; Guo Ziyang and Ding Jiahui were on their own date.

But as an old friend, he knew even better that Stewart was a consequentialist.

Finish this matter early, and then he wanted to focus on harmonic analysis and other content. He had been researching number theory for over a year; it was time to change his palate.

Soon, Professor Stewart hung up the phone and sat blankly in his chair.

On the 31st, at 12:00 PM Kyoto time, the Jingda official website released an announcement: Good news! Another major breakthrough in the field of mathematics, Xu Qingzhou successfully proved the Polignac conjecture! For those who follow number theory, this can be said to be earth-shattering news.

8 people sat around the conference room, led by the project leader, Professor Yajier.

"Thank you, Professor."

Until half an hour ago, when they saw the news from the Xia Nation and the official website of *Mathematical Invention*, their hearts, like Professor Stewart's, finally died.

Looking at the incoming number, Professor Stewart had an inexplicable bad premonition. Perhaps it was to tell me that Xu Qingzhou's proof had failed.

Still had to cooperate with the old professors; they had worked hard to verify it for so many days. "At present, the school plans to hold a report meeting between the 10th and the 20th. You determine the specific time; after all, preparing a report also takes time."

"Saikeer, I think I need to rest for a while." Professor Stewart stood up.

On the phone, Chu Jiangfeng's voice was somewhat excited, saying: "Little Xu, you succeeded!"

Chu Jiangfeng continued.

"Goodbye, Professor."

"Alright, you get some good rest."

The reason she was sullen was entirely because of Xu Qingzhou. She was playing support and had originally chosen Cai Wenji, but when she came back, she discovered that Xu Qingzhou had changed it to the ugly Bull Demon.

Hearing this sentence, Professor Stewart's heart sank.

"Mm, I know, mm..."

He had originally planned to get a good rest, but there were dozens of extra emails on his computer.

Professor Maynard, Fields Medal winner Gerrit Boyer... they were all congratulatory emails, and at the same time, they invited Xu Qingzhou to hold a report meeting.

There were even more direct ones, such as the leader of the American group at the LHC, Abby Baker, who said directly in the email that as long as Xu Qingzhou was willing to go out, "any request can be met."

They were all acquaintances. Xu Qingzhou could only end his slacking off and sit in front of the computer again, replying to these big shots in the mathematical community one by one to express his gratitude, while politely declining everyone's invitations.

(End of chapter)