NOVEL NEXT Chapter 266: Do You Need to Be So Careful?
The problem was posed by Zheng Jian.
So, Zheng Jian knew very well what the thirty-ninth problem was.
The thirty-ninth problem was an unsolved mystery of the world, to which no one had been able to find an answer or proof yet. 523
The Riemann Hypothesis.
Zheng Jian had included this problem as the thirty-ninth question merely on a whim, and he never thought anyone would be able to solve it while taking his test.
However, he was indeed very interested in the problem.
He had spent several months attempting to find some leads within it.
But.
After several months, Zheng Jian had failed to find any approach to solve the problem, and the endeavor only increased his feeling of pressure.
Because of his obsession, Zheng Jian's overall state was extremely poor during that period.
Ultimately, Zheng Jian had no choice but to give up on finding leads for the Riemann Hypothesis and adjust his mental state.
In such a condition, Zheng Jian felt that to prove this problem would be an astounding feat, and even just finding a slight lead would make that person a genius among geniuses.
Jiu Xinghong and others, upon seeing the expression on Zheng Jian's face, asked him, "What's wrong? What is the thirty-ninth problem?"
The shock and peculiarity on Zheng Jian's face sparked their curiosity.
Zheng Jian spoke with some difficulty:
"The thirty-ninth problem is an unsolved mystery of the world, the Riemann Hypothesis."
"The Riemann Hypothesis?"
Jiu Xinghong and his companions naturally knew what "The Riemann Hypothesis" was.
Therefore, upon hearing these four words, they all couldn't help but gasp.
They turned their gaze toward Wei Dongyi, who was holding Wang Ye's rough draft, and asked, "Did he find a way to solve this problem?"
"No."
Before Wei Dongyi could speak, Wang Ye had already said, "It's not that I found one approach for it, but that I have proved the Riemann Hypothesis."
He had proved the Riemann Hypothesis.
A simple statement from Wang Ye.
Yet it caused a huge stir in the hearts of Zheng Jian, Jiu Xinghong, and the others.
If Wang Ye had said this in the beginning, they would have thought he was boasting, or even that he had some problems with his brain.
But as Wang Ye had defeated Wei Dongyi and overturned their perceptions of him time and again, they had come to recognize Wang Ye's strength.
Therefore.
When they heard this statement from Wang Ye's mouth for the first time, they actually felt it was true.
However, that intense inner feeling still made them believe, it was impossible.
Wang Ye had not proved the Riemann Hypothesis.
It's important to note.
Zheng Jian was just hoping to prove one aspect of the Riemann Hypothesis.
In the field of mathematics, countless people had wanted to prove the Riemann Hypothesis.
And for this, they did not know how much effort they had put in.
How much dedication.
However.
These people, let alone proving the Riemann Hypothesis, had spent decades just trying to find even one conceivable approach within it.
Even so.
Nowadays, the general approach to proving the Riemann hypothesis consists of only a few existing paths.
These can only serve as the starting part!
However, Wang Ye opened his mouth and said that he had proven the Riemann hypothesis.
In the hearts of everyone present, that was an impossibility.
Yet, on this occasion, none of those present countered Wang Ye's claim.
After all, Wang Ye had just demonstrated to those assembled that he had indeed reached the pinnacle of mathematical prowess.
At this moment, Wang Ye.
If he were to say:
"All of you here, compared to me in mathematics, are just trash."
Then, certainly no one present would retort.
Because what Wang Ye said was absolutely correct.
Among those present, indeed no one could match up to Wang Ye.
"Perhaps, although Wang Ye has not proven this problem, he may have discovered a very important line of thought," Zheng Jian spoke up.
Jiu Xinghong and others.
Also speculated as much in their hearts.
And Wei Dongyi, as if aware of what Zheng Jian and Jiu Xinghong were thinking, turned to them and said:
"Wang Ye has truly proven the entire problem. While I don't know if it's correct, I could feel a constant flow of inspiration coming from Wang Ye's process of solving this problem."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Jian, Jiu Xinghong, and the others took a sharp breath.
This time.
Their gaze towards the draft in Wei Dongyi's hand intensified after that sharp intake of breath, becoming extremely fervent.
They all knew that Wei Dongyi was almost never deceitful.
This meant that.
Wang Ye... had very likely written out most of the steps needed to prove the Riemann hypothesis.
With many lines of thought now surfaced.
Thinking this.
Jiu Xinghong, Zheng Jian, and the others crowded towards Wei Dongyi to glimpse the draft in his hands, their voices trembling as they said:
"Come, come, let us see, let us have a look."
"Be careful with it,"
Wei Dongyi said without stammering, his voice filled with caution, hoping that Zheng Jian and Jiu Xinghong would not damage the draft as they took it from him.
Whether or not Wang Ye had fully proven the problem, or had not proven it at all.
It was just based on the process written on Wang Ye's draft for solving the Riemann hypothesis; one could tell by the way it inspired anyone who saw it to think about solutions to the Riemann hypothesis.
It was clear that just this draft alone was immensely valuable.
It could even potentially earn Wang Ye a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Mathematics!
"Alright, alright."
Zheng Jian, Jiu Xinghong, and the others spoke up, with Zheng Jian receiving the draft while the rest cautiously placed their hands around it, afraid of it falling to the ground.
Wang Ye watched Wei Dongyi, Zheng Jian, Jiu Xinghong, and the group treat a single draft with such care, feeling somewhat puzzled.
It was just a draft after all.
Was such caution really necessary?
He knew that he himself had carelessly discarded countless drafts of this problem before.