Andrew Wiles, Head of the Departnt of Mathematics at Princeton University.
He is widely acknowledged as one of the top mathematicians in the world, having proven the Fermat’s Last Theorem when n>2. In other words, he validated the Fermat’s Last Theorem, renowned in the mathematical world alongside Goldbach, and transford it into ’Fermat’s Last Theorem’.
The magnitude of his personal influence is quite imaginable with such achievents.
When Wiles gave an interview and ntioned ’not completely understanding the three-dinsional tremor waveform,’ ’unable to guarantee accuracy,’ and ’possibly a sche by the Chinese’, major mainstream dia in the western world quickly picked up on this, initiating reports surrounding this ’conspiracy theory’.
In no ti, this ’conspiracy theory’ swept across the globe.
Of course.
Most dia outlets just ran the story without any targeted comntary. This was because the only one discussing the ’conspiracy theory’ was Wiles, with no other heavyweights joining in.
The impact of Wiles’ interview shortly manifested itself.
This ’conspiracy theory’ resonated with the public who harbored hostility towards the East, making it seem as if the East had indeed created a ’function weapon trap’, waiting for Western countries to fall straight into it, ultimately giving them easy access to safely decrypt passwords.
Zhao Yi’s notoriety promptly skyrocketed in Western countries, becoming known not just in the global mathematics and computer science communities, but also among many ordinary people. However, the way they talked about him was different--
"He’s an extrely cunning mathematician!"
"He has created a function weapon! A highly terrifying function weapon! Did you know? This kind of function weapon can break into our computers, satellites, and even missiles and nuclear bombs!"
"That is indeed terrifying!"
"If his conspiracy cos to fruition, perhaps upon the command from their Eastern leaders, our aircraft carriers might end up turning their guns towards Washington!"
The press coverage from Western countries beca quite interesting once it reached ho; dostic dia reported on it purely as an amusing piece of news.
The reports were frad comically, with headlines like--
"Wiles Claims Zhao’s Function is a Great Conspiracy!"
"European dia Reports, Zhao Yi Manipulates Their Warplanes with Functions!"
"Chinese High School Student Becos Number One Conspirator against the West!"
"Western dia: The Power of Zhao’s Function Far Exceeds Ten Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers!"
That day, while Zhao Yi was in class, he received a few system notifications.
"[Research Coin 10]"
"[Academic Reputation Enhanced!]"
"[Research Coin 10]"
"[Academic Reputation Enhanced, Study Coin 1000]"
"How co these were added?" Zhao Yi felt sowhat puzzled.
After his paper on the ’three-dinsional tremor waveform’ was published, he had already received the reward for his research achievent. He had earned research coins, totaling 32, along with 1600 study coins.
Now, he had an additional 20 research coins and 1000 study coins.
"Why is that?" Zhao Yi carefully examined the system and checked his own attributes--
"[Na: Zhao Yi]"
"[Brain Domain Developnt Level: 6.3%]"
"[Wisdom: 71]"
"[Energy: 113/128]"
"[Study Coins: 3320]"
"[Research Coins: 119]"
"[Abilities: Law of Cause and Effect, Connection Law, Supervision Law (to activate the next stage of your Ability, 18000 study coins need to be spent)]"
In recent tis, the biggest gain has been the study coins.
Normally, earning study coins from everyday life is hard. With just twenty or thirty coins a day, the accumulation is painfully slow. However, with research achievents, things are different. If your influence is significant, you can earn over a thousand study coins.
Research coins, on the other hand, seem to be more than enough, because every ti a research result is produced, the consud research coins can be quickly replenished with a huge surplus.
Of course.
Research coins must be cherished and used sparingly; they cannot be wasted recklessly. After all, a little over a hundred coins equate to over a hundred hours. Once spent, earning them back would be quite hard.
After carefully analyzing the system data, Zhao Yi found that the study coins and research coins had indeed been added. However, there was no explanation in the system prompts as to ’why the academic reputation was improved’, so he was still clueless about what had actually happened.
Deciding not to dwell on it, Zhao Yi continued with his class as usual.
After school, upon returning ho, he shared a parting kiss with Lin Xiaoqing that made the young girl blush. In doing so, he earned a study coin. With a relaxed mind, he then got ho, opened his computer and noticed several ssages from a few people.
First, he saw the ssage from Xu Chao.
Having brought the robot to the capital, Xu Chao returned to work at the Intelligent and Automated Laboratory under the guise of a ’collaborator’. This was probably a novel experience for him.
His forr colleagues at the Intelligent and Automated Laboratory would probably also find this very novel.
Zhao Yi was curious about what Xu Chao would say, but he didn’t expect Xu Chao to simply send several website links. Only after conducting a security scan did he open them and take a brief look, "Zhao Yi’s function greatly surpasses the power of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers?"
"What’s this about?"
Zhao Yi carefully read the news content and found himself laughing and crying at the sa ti.
The Western dia had portrayed him as a conspirator, claiming that the ’three-dinsional tremor waveform’ was a massive conspiracy?
He opened ssages from other people and found that ssages from Luo Zhijin, Zhang Zhen, and others were essentially telling him about this news. It was also being discussed in the ’Computer Technology Exchange Group’.
ng Ruohao tagged him in a rather representative ssage, "Big Zhao, the terror scientist, when are you planning to overthrow the world?"
Many people following chid in--
"From now on we should call him Big Zhao, the Conspirator!"
"Terrifying! The re eighteen-year-old high school student in this group is actually a dark scientist who will flip the world upside down!"
"Zhao Yi’s Function is the most advanced superweapon!"
Zhang Zhen spoke up, "Actually, this is also one way to think about it. Create sothing that other countries think is very useful. Wait for them to use it and then... hehehe..."
"I think solving the Riemann Conjecture is more straightforward!"
"Exactly!"
"As long as you can find the pri number solution rule for the Riemann Conjecture, it would be just like what Wiles said."
Zhao Yi found the ssages amusing, yet he responded, "Comrades, I’m researching an even more advanced weapon that can launch attacks through the internet. Don’t you dare speak ill of !"
"Everyone, be careful!"
The chat suddenly beca even livelier.
Zhao Yi continued to browse the news on the internet and found a few excerpts from foreign dia reports, gaining a rough understanding of the situation.
Wiles put forth the ’Function Conspiracy Theory’, which was covered by major Western dia.
In fact, from these Western dia reports, it’s evident that they don’t believe in any conspiracy theory, as no other heavyweight figures have stepped forward to support Wiles’ views. On the contrary, a professor from Princeton, Wiles’ colleague, ca forward to refute Wiles’ opinion.
The reason is simple: it doesn’t correspond to reality!
The ’Three-Dinsional Tremor Waveform’ is just a function, an extension of the Riemann Conjecture, and the reason it’s referred to as ’unfamiliar’ is because the Riemann Conjecture remains unsolved.
The two are directly related.
The Riemann Conjecture is public and used in many advanced cryptographic applications. Cracking it isn’t simply proving it, but requires figuring out the pattern of its pri solutions.
That’s hard!
The prefix of the ’Three-Dinsional Tremor Waveform’ is ’random’, so cracking it would an deciphering the pattern of its pri solutions.
Zhao Yi is indeed the creator of the function, but he derived it based on the Riemann Conjecture. It’s different from a function developed by studying the pattern of pri solutions. Their circumstances are different and thus the impacts are worlds apart.
In fact.
The conclusion that ’Zhao Yi knows the pri solution pattern of the Three-Dinsional Tremor Waveform’ is not believed by any real mathematicians.
China’s mathematical community is not lacking; it has been improving rapidly in recent years. But to say it surpasses the West is impossible. The gap does exist and even if an extraordinary mathematician erges, it’s impossible to leapfrog levels and beco this powerful. Discovering the pattern of pri solutions is akin to overpowering the mathematical community across dinsions.
That’s unreasonable.
While reading the reports, Zhao Yi also felt a bit frustrated. After careful thoughts, he realized the issue lay with Wiles.
Andrew Wiles.
The man who proved Fermat’s Last Theorem...Fermat’s Last Theorem?
Zhao Yi suddenly furrowed his brows; he rembered a piece of news from about a decade ago stating that there were errors in the proof process of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
At the ti, he only swiftly skimd it, not caring about the specifics. He only rembered the incident itself because Fermat’s Last Theorem was so famous.
He imdiately asked in the group chat, "Does anyone know where I can find Wiles’ paper proving Fermat’s Last Theorem?"
Soon after.
’Science Missionary Ma Xiaojun’ provided a webpage link to the "Mathematical Progress" journal website. After paying a fee, previous papers could be downloaded and viewed.
Andrew Wiles’ proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem initially involved three talks at the Newton Institute, followed by a 200-page paper submitted to "Mathematical Progress."
Using non-Chinese credit cards to pay foreign websites is inconvenient. Zhao Yi couldn’t manage even after a long trial. In the end, he contacted Luo Zhijin.
Luo Zhijin was incredibly capable and seed to be able to solve anything.
Luo Zhijin indeed impressed him. He quickly found an electronic copy of the paper for Zhao Yi, saying, "It’s from Professor He, who asked to pass it onto you. He studied the proof process of Fermat’s Last Theorem and ntioned there might be a problem, but I didn’t quite catch what the problem was."
Zhao Yi replied, "Please thank Teacher He for ."
He didn’t interact much with Professor He, who apparently didn’t ’recognize’ him as a disciple. Thankfully, Professor He had given him the research manuscript of Fuzzy Mathematics and occasionally offered help, so it’s not a loss to identify himself as a quasi-student.
Being the head of Yanhua University School of Information, it’s perfectly normal to address He as ’teacher’. Zhao Yi didn’t have any objections.
Upon receiving the 200-page electronic manuscript, Zhao Yi comnced a ticulous inspection, flipping through it page by page.
His scrolling speed accelerated, faster and faster...
After a few dozen pages, his mouse was incessantly clicking, continuously ’next page’, ’next page’, as he couldn’t comprehend the content within.
This wasn’t surprising.
Wiles’ proof of Fermat’s theorem was said to only be comprehensible to a few people. The process was so complex that several top mathematicians were enlisted to review different sections of it.
The principle of the entire proof process is to prove the incomplete Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture, mainly demonstrating the proof on semi-stable elliptic curves, which involves various fields including hyperbolic set, analytic number theory, modular forms, and so on.
The nas of so of these subjects are unheard of by most people.
Zhao Yi was no exception.
Eventually, Zhao Yi stopped flipping pages and simply closed his research. He decided to use the "Supervision Law" on the electronic manuscript before him.
System prompt—
[Using the "Supervision Law" will consu 61 energy points, do you wish to proceed?]
Zhao Yi glanced at his energy points, gritted his teeth, and gave an affirmative response. "Yes!"
The next mont, his head felt like it was about to explode.
He didn’t hesitate and swallowed six Study Coins in a succession. The pain disappeared instantly, as if it had been an illusion.
"Phew~~"
Zhao Yi exhaled deeply, very certain it was not an illusion because his entire body was soaked in sweat in an instant.
"Must be more careful next ti!"
"That was unbearable!"
"If it causes any harm to the body, it’ll be a bigger loss. Consuming over sixty energy points all at once, indeed..."
"Phew~~"
He sat quietly for a while, his mind blank, before he finally started to recover. Then he was shocked by the feedback information.
There are four errors reported in Wiles’ paper proving Fermat’s Last Theorem.
One is a direct error, naly the logic does not hold and cannot prove itself.
And there are three more hints pointing at issues, but it’s unclear what the issues are.
Zhao Yi imdiately perked up.
This...
"Damn it!"
"This guy is calling a conspirator, I’ll prove that his proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem is wrong!"
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