The Science Fiction World of Xueba

The effect of the statements of these heavyweight mathematicians is obvious.

The next day, the media reported about Pang Xuelin, and the direction of the wind changed significantly.

The New York Times: "Ponzi's geometric theory made its debut, and Chinese geniuses opened a new era of mathematics. Fermat's conjecture may be just the beginning."

Associated Press: "Pang Xuelin proved himself through the report, and Ponzi's geometric theory has been highly recognized by the international mathematics community."

The Times: "The prover of the Fermat conjecture, Xuelin Pang is expected to become the youngest Fields Medal winner in history."

Le Figaro: "On a historic day in the history of mathematics, Lin Pang, a young Chinese mathematician, published Ponzi's geometry theory at Princeton University, which is expected to become the Grothendieck of the 21st century."

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In the Western media, all kinds of praise came to my face.

As for the previous Hei Pang Xuelin's articles, they have long since disappeared, as if nothing had happened.

"Ms. Pang, Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, etc. have all sent invitations to you for lectures. In addition, the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington The Post, The Times, Time Magazine and other media also hope to do an exclusive interview with you, and the Oprah talk show, how should we respond to these invitations..."

Geng Huan said from the side.

After coming to the United States, Geng Huan almost became Pang Xuelin's full-time secretary.

In particular, yesterday's report caused a wave of frenzy in the western society, and the domestic media almost overwhelmingly reported on Pang Xuelin's performance in this report, almost blowing Pang Xuelin into the world's number one mathematician.

As for Geng Huan, he also received domestic instructions to fully assist Pang Xuelin in handling various affairs in the United States.

Pang Xuelin thought for a while and said, "For schools, choose Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and UCLA. For media, choose Oprah's Talk Show, New York Times, and Time Magazine..."

Oprah's talk show is a TV media, and the New York Times is almost the No. 1 American print media. As for Time Magazine, its influence in the magazine industry is second to none.

"Okay, then I will arrange for you as soon as possible..."

Geng Huan obviously understood what Pang Xuelin was thinking, and nodded.

Geng Huan moved quickly. In the afternoon of the same day, Pang Xuelin met a visiting reporter from Time Magazine in the coffee shop on the first floor of the hotel where he was staying.

"Mr. Pang, hello, I'm Catherine Murphy, it's an honor to meet you..."

Catherine Murphy is a beautiful white woman who looks about 27 or 20 years old, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, giving off an intellectual beauty.

"Murphy? Murphy's Law?!"

Pang Xuelin laughed.

"Murphy's Law?" Catherine Murphy was slightly taken aback, then smiled, "Mr. Pang, is there a law named after me in mathematics?"

Pang Xuelin shook his head and said: "No, Murphy's Law is a concept in management, which means that if things have the possibility of going bad, no matter how small the possibility is, it will always happen. I remember this is your country It was brought up by an Air Force captain named Edward Murphy.

Of course, this law can also be expressed in mathematical statistics: assuming that the probability of an unexpected event occurring in one experiment is p (p\u003e0), then the probability of at least one occurrence in n experiments is p=1 -(1-p)^n. It can be seen that no matter how small the probability p is (that is, a small probability event), when n becomes larger, p is getting closer to 1. "

Catherine Murphy pursed her lips and smiled coquettishly: "That's interesting, Mr. Pang, do you always look at problems from a mathematical perspective in your daily life?"

Pang Xuelin said: "No, most of the time I am no different from ordinary people. Only when I study mathematics problems will my way of thinking change."

Catherine Murphy: "We all know that you are a mathematical genius who did not come from a major. When did you start to show your mathematical talent? Was there any special person who influenced you when you were young?"

Pang Xuelin said: "My adoptive father was a math teacher when I was young. He discussed numbers with me when I was young, which really helped me. But most of the time, I basically taught myself. I was in junior high school. At that time, I accidentally found a calculus tutorial in the school library, and it took me a whole month to understand this book. At that moment, I became more interested in mathematics."

Catherine Murphy said with great interest: "Then how do you view your success in mathematics? What kind of person do you think you are in life?"

Pang Xuelin said: "I should be regarded as a relatively simple person. In my opinion, those people with clear thinking, independent personality and outstanding achievements are the simplest people. Turn mystery into common sense and complexity into simplicity. , Mathematics is a wonderfully powerful and indispensable scientific tool. The same is true in life, the more simple you are, the easier it is to succeed.”

"When Newton was twenty-three years old, that is, in the summer of 1665, because of the outbreak of a large-scale plague in England, he had to leave Cambridge to take refuge in the countryside and lived in the countryside for a year and a half. And it was in the countryside During this period of avoiding disaster, it became the most vigorous period of Newton's creativity. Almost all of his major mathematical and physical ideas were born during this period. In addition, when Einstein was doing his great discoveries in his youth , is only a third-class employee of the Berne Patent Office in Switzerland, and the living and research conditions are not very good..."

"For me, the days at Lingziding Village Primary School were the simplest and purest days. Studying mathematics was just one of my hobbies. Perhaps this is also the reason why I was able to get inspiration."

Catherine Murphy said: "You are well-known for two extremely important works, one is the Fermat conjecture, and the other is the Ponzi geometry theory you just proposed yesterday. What do you think of these two works of yours?"

"Some math problems can be solved without tools. It has nothing to do with whether you are smart or agile. This is like climbing a mountain. If it is a 10-meter-high cliff, it is difficult to climb without suitable tools and equipment. . But with the right tools and gear, even a steep cliff, even a mile high, has ample means of climbing it."

"The Fermat conjecture is similar to this situation. The reason why this conjecture has troubled us for so many years is that we have not found a suitable tool. Ponzi geometry is such a tool, which bridges the gap between number theory and algebraic geometry. ..."