"He wouldn’t be able to make any notable contributions to mathematics for at least the next few years, or even longer."
Li Yilai’s opinion might seem a bit extre, but it represents the views held by the global mathematics community about Zhao Yi: that he is a computer genius whose proof of the Collatz Conjecture mostly relied on computer thods.
It is far more difficult to achieve in the field of mathematics than in computer science, because mathematics is a fundantal discipline, while computer science is a new field.
It is harder to make breakthroughs in fundantal disciplines.
Beyond that, the pure mathematics community both dostically and internationally is sowhat prejudiced against Zhao Yi’s proof of the Collatz Conjecture. They mainly attribute this to his failure to use pure mathematical thods to prove it, instead of using binary diagrams, a tricky thod. Also, Zhao Yi’s youth has left so mathematicians feeling a bit awkward.
If a high school student was able to prove the Collatz Conjecture and attain an achievent most people can’t, wouldn’t that imply that these lifelong mathematics researchers ’are useless’?
When many influential figures in the mathematical world spoke up, a wave of discussions arose on the internet.
So netizens even joined in.
It’s interesting because these netizens are just ordinary people. They are not scholars and so may even be involved in other research areas. Yet they voice their opinions and judge soone who has proven a mathematical conjecture. It’s worth pondering the direction of public opinion.
So influential dia professionals comnted and said, "Zhao Yi is a computer genius who might make significant breakthroughs in computer science in the future, but it will be hard for him to make significant contributions to mathematics."
When more people began to comnt, a narrative started to form: "He won’t be able to make any more mathematical breakthroughs. He just took a shortcut by using computer thods to solve the mathematical problem!"
"There are so many child prodigies in the world who end up being average when they grow up."
"Maybe his senior year of high school is his peak. We can’t deny his talent, but within the field of mathematics, he is just a beginner."
"He still has much to learn in order to achieve in mathematics. I can guarantee that people will soon forget him..."
"There are too many geniuses in the world..."
The heated discussions regarding online public opinion also impacted Zhao Yi’s life, with journalists coming over specifically for interviews, hoping Zhao Yi would express his own views.
Zhao Yi kept cursing silently.
A tall tree catches much wind!
Ever rising to fa and bulking in fortune are sure to arouse public envy!
When CCTV did a program about him, he was initially seen as a positive role model. Suddenly, a bunch of baffling scholars ca forward to comnt, and the internet discussions changed once it spilled over online.
"What does my current or future success have to do with all of you?"
"I’m not relying on fa to get by!"
Faced with annoying journalists dying for a news scoop, Zhao Yi didn’t even bother to say a word. He would respond with the sa four words each ti, "No comnt!"
Then.
A journalist bluntly published an article saying, "Zhao Yi has accepted the internet’s critique."
Of course.
There were also many who spoke up for Zhao Yi in these reports.
For example, He Mingcheng.
Previously, He Mingcheng had high hopes for Zhao Yi. He even offered to ntor him, giving him a whole stack of books related to Fuzzy Mathematics.
Later on, He Mingcheng declined to recognize Zhao Yi as his student, as Zhao Yi had already achieved remarkable results in mathematics before entering college. He felt that acknowledging Zhao Yi as his student might look like he was riding on Zhao Yi’s coattails. So, he stubbornly decided not to discuss it further.
He Mingcheng greatly admired Zhao Yi, seeing him as a prodigy in computer algorithms. He hoped Zhao Yi would excel in Fuzzy Mathematics so he could truly exploit this subject.
When journalists interviewed He Mingcheng while he was teaching students, they asked him about Zhao Yi. He responded, "I don’t know why you all think that Zhao Yi is just a computer genius, in my opinion, he’s a math genius."
"Computer science is an application, while math is theory. Anyone who excels in computer science, isn’t bad in the field of mathematics."
"The proof of the Collatz Conjecture, sure, a significant part of it is related to computer science, but you can also say that it involves pure math — math isn’t just about numbers and formulae, it also supports conversion systems and data analysis."
"As for whether he will achieve anything in the next few years, it’s hard to say. Achievents are unpredictable, who can tell what the future will bring? Could you have imagined China as it is now, ten years ago? Or the world?"
He Mingcheng’s words during the interview represent the voice of the academic community supporting Zhao Yi. Objectively speaking, proving a mathematical conjecture proves their mathematical talent, or even simply their ’mathematical ability’.
A professor from the Mathematics Departnt of Capital University spoke frankly, "Who dares to claim that an eighteen-year-old who has received a perfect score in the Mathematical Olympiad is not a math genius?"
"Anyone who says that is purposely undercutting him!"
"Who’s willing to say what they were doing at the age of eighteen? How many points could they get in the Mathematical Olympiad? Do they have a talent for mathematics?"
"If you didn’t show any noteworthy mathematical aptitude nor could you get a perfect score in the Mathematical Olympiad when you were eighteen, then you have no right to discuss whether Zhao Yi is a mathematical genius!"
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Internet, dia.
Reviews and discussions about Zhao Yi were everywhere. Even so social networking forums had nurous posts where people blindly voiced their personal opinions.
Everyone assud that the public opinion would gradually fade away as ti passed. However, no one expected that, surprisingly, related discussions would suddenly die down.
It was like a rooster crowing that was suddenly choked, causing the noise to disappear all at once. Whether it was positive reviews or negative reviews about Zhao Yi, they all vanished abruptly, leaving nothing but a profound silence.
This was all due to a paper published in "Mathematical Progress" titled ’Irregular 3D Tremor Waveform Map (Extension of Pri Solutions for the Riemann Function)’.
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