Nowadays, when Chinese people see international long-distance calls, their first reaction is a scam call. However, Qin Ke has a system task of "Please continue to win more mathematics awards" pending, so he always pays attention to the selection time of major mathematics awards.

If I remember correctly, January should be the selection time for the Crawford Award.

Qin Ke's heart beat involuntarily.

The Crafford Prize, like the Nobel Prize, is established and selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Therefore, they have a common feature, that is, the winners will only be notified after the selection results are announced, and no news will be revealed in advance.

, and will not inform the candidates, so when I receive a phone call saying that I have won the award, I really feel like "winning a big prize" with ecstasy and excitement.

The original intention of the Crafford Prize was to fill the gap where the Nobel Prize only awarded prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and to encourage the development of the four major disciplines including astronomy, mathematics, earth sciences and biological sciences, in addition to polyarthritis.

——This final award for arthritis was established because Crafford himself suffered from it and hoped that the medical community could overcome it.

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, the Crafford Prize has been established for more than 30 years, but it is not very well-known in Xiaguo, far less than the Nobel Prize. Until in recent years, the Mathematics Prize was awarded to Mr. Qiu and the Mathematics Genius.

Professor Tao, two famous Xia-born mathematicians, have made this award more famous in China.

However, internationally, the influence of the Crafford Prize has been increasing year by year, and it has become one of the internationally renowned scientific awards. In particular, the Crafford Prize only awards awards in one field each time, and the Mathematics Prize is even more important.

It is born almost once every six years on average, and is awarded to one or two people each time. The competition is more fierce than the Fields Medal.

In addition, the award is presented by the King of Sweden himself, and the prize money reaches US$500,000. Under various conditions, the reputation of the Crafford Prize in the international mathematics community is no less than that of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and the Kohl Prize.

Relatively speaking, the selection of the Crafford Prize is relatively fair. It does not consider nationality, race, or skin color. It only looks at published academic achievements. Qin Ke is more confident about winning this award.

In particular, he deliberately submitted the manuscript to the "Acta Mathematica" under the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, so that the paper "Proof of the Hail Conjecture" could be recognized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Even if it would not become the main basis for the award, it would definitely be

To increase the stakes considerably, after all, the Crafford Prize is selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Ning Qingyun, who was standing next to him, saw that Qin Ke was a little dazed, so he asked strangely: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, international long distance calls from Sweden." Qin Ke answered the call and turned on the hands-free call function.

The voice of a middle-aged man soon came from the phone, saying in English: "Hello, is this Mr. Qin Ke from Qingmu University? We are the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences."

Qin Ke's heart was shaken again, but he still spoke to the camera with lip language, and soon the dim light on his phone returned a message: "The phone number has been verified, and it matches the three published on the official website of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

One of the contact numbers matches."

Qin Ke's heart beat faster: "Hello, I'm Qin Ke. What can I do?"

"Mr. Qin Ke, I would like to inform you that after careful and serious selection by our Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the public has selected you as the winner of this year's Crafoord Prize in Mathematics. Congratulations!"

Even though he had won two international awards, Qin Ke couldn't help but smile when he heard the news. Ning Qingyun next to him was so surprised that he stood up suddenly, his bright black eyes flashing with excitement and joy.

light.

Qin Ke tried to calm down and thanked him: "Thank you for your recognition of my academic achievements."

The middle-aged man over there smiled: "Thank you for your support of our Journal of Mathematics. Your paper "Proof of the Hail Conjecture" is very good. Our mathematical academicians here are full of praise."

"Thank you." Qin Ke glanced at Ning Qingyun next to him who was almost jumping up with joy, and asked reluctantly: "How many winners are there in total for this Crawford Award?"

"Both of you. Oh, by the way, is Miss Ning Qingyun next to you?"

Qin Ke's heart beat wildly with excitement again, and he exchanged glances with Ning Qingyun: "Yes, she is with me. Do you need me to answer the phone for her?"

"Excuse me, I just want to call her to inform her."

Ning Qingyun answered the phone blankly: "Hello, I am Ning Qingyun."

"Congratulations to you too, Miss Ning. The "Proof of the Hail Conjecture" co-authored by you and Qin Ke is the most outstanding academic achievement in mathematics in the past ten years. After careful and serious selection by our Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, you will share mathematics with Mr. Qin Ke.

In recognition of your outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics, both of you are required to attend the award ceremony and the three-day mathematics academic exchange conference one month later."

The middle-aged man paused, then smiled and said: "We will send the specific invitation letter to your mailboxes by email. We will also update the selection results of this year's Crafford Award simultaneously on the official website. Then

, I wish you a happy life, oh, spring, the traditional festival of your summer country, is coming soon, right? Please allow me, on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, to wish you a happy Spring Festival in advance!"

"Thank you. I also wish you health and happiness."

After ending the call, Ning Qingyun was still in a state of disbelief: "This...Crafford Award will be shared between the two of us?"

Qin Ke was overjoyed, hugged her, and kissed her hard on her red and tender lips: "What do you think? Hahaha, it is indeed correct to choose to publish the paper on the hail conjecture in the Journal of Mathematics.

As for the choice, I guessed that Mr. Oliver’s repeated requests for manuscripts should be some kind of hint.”

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing that Ning Qingyun was still a little dizzy, Qin Ke said to the open laptop: "Light light, open the homepage of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences immediately.

Check out the list of winners of the latest Crafford Prize.”

Shimmer soon popped up a browser window, displaying the list of winners of this year's Crafford Award. Sure enough, it clearly read "KE Qin" and "Qingyun Ning".

Moreover, in the profile of the winners, there are also two academic achievements, including two lime number theory processing methods, proofs of Polignac conjecture and hailstone conjecture, and great contributions to the popularization of elementary mathematics. Qin Ke

His name also includes the proof of the twin prime conjecture, the three sets of expressions of the Riemann Hypothesis, and other achievements.

It wasn't until she saw the list of winners on the official website that Ning Qingyun woke up from a dream.

Although the status and influence of the Crafford Prize in the international mathematics community is similar to that of the Cole Prize in Number Theory and the Mathematics Breakthrough Prize, Ning Qingjun, who holds two awards, is fully qualified to win the Crafford Prize, but this award has not been awarded in the past three years.

In the past ten years, there has been only one quota in the field of mathematics. Ning Qingyun never expected that this year would make an exception, allowing herself and Qin Ke to share such an international mathematics award.

You must know that the last time the Crafford Prize was awarded to two mathematicians at the same time, it was 28 years ago. The winners were Simon Donaldson and Mr. Qiu!

After repeatedly reading the all-English winners' list twice, Ning Qingyun felt as if he had just woken up from a dream. A huge sense of accomplishment and joy came to his heart. He could still keep up with Qin Ke and was still his second place! Ning Qingyun

Jun couldn't help but excitedly hugged Qin Ke and kissed him back.

At this time, Shimmer reminded me that he had received a new email. Qin Ke opened the email and saw that it was the electronic invitation letter that the middle-aged man mentioned just now. He and Ning Qingyun each had one copy, inviting them to Sweden to participate in the award ceremony and academic report.

Yes, it will be at the end of February.

But this time the academic report meeting will no longer be a report for two people together, but one hour for each person. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences hopes that the two people will reply to the PPT and posters for the report via email ten days in advance to facilitate the meeting.

arrange.

"One hour for each person." Ning Qingyun became a little nervous.

Although she has given reports at international mathematical conferences, she has always had Qin Ke standing by to encourage and support her. She has never given a report for an entire hour by herself.

Qin Ke smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm also there. The content of your report will be the proof of the hail conjecture. Recently, the mathematics community has paid the most attention to this."

Ning Qingyun nodded obediently: "Okay, I'll listen to you. But since I talked about this hail conjecture, don't you have to find a new topic for your report?"

"I have decided to announce my latest fourth set of expressions for the Riemann Hypothesis at that time."

Ning Qingyun's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said in surprise: "You... have you deduced the fourth set of expressions of the Riemann Hypothesis?"

Now in terms of mathematics topics, Qin Ke has three topics. The first is of course Goldbach's conjecture, the second is the Riemann conjecture, and the third is the Navier-Stokes equation.

At present, Ning Qingjun is only involved in Goldbach's conjecture and trying to get in touch with the Navier-Stokes equation.

The derivation of the Riemann Hypothesis was too difficult. She could only understand the first three sets of Qin Ke's derivation. As for how to derive the fourth set, she had no idea at all.

Considering her own strength and energy, as well as the great significance of the Riemann Hypothesis, she did not participate in the Riemann Hypothesis topic anymore, but left it to Qin Ke to complete it independently.

In contrast, she invested more time and energy on Goldbach's conjecture to reduce Qin Ke's burden and pressure on this topic.

Qin Ke has "The Complete Explanation of the Riemann Hypothesis" in his hand, but he has only fully understood the first four groups so far, and there are still many things that he has not figured out in the fifth group. This means that he is still one step away from completely cracking the Riemann Hypothesis.

far away.

This does not prevent him from publishing the fourth set of expressions.

Qin Ke has just figured it out. Even if Goldbach's conjecture can be proved, the Fields Medal at the end of the year may not be guaranteed. At most, the chance is great. However, the Fields Medal awarded by the international academic community does not only depend on academic achievements.

There are many factors to consider, such as age, gender, and nationality.

For example, there are outstanding mathematicians who are close to forty years old. If they miss this class, they will miss out on the Fields Medal forever, so the opportunity will be given as much priority as possible during the selection.

Another example is that female mathematicians will also receive certain preferential treatment. There have been no female mathematicians in the last three Fields Medals. This year, out of the original intention of gender balance and encouraging women to devote themselves to mathematical research, it is likely that nearly four will be given.

There is a quota for ten-year-old female mathematicians.

There are only four Fields Medals at most in one session. After all, Qin Ke is too young. He is only 20 years old this year. He is afraid that because of his age, he will be delayed for four years and won't get the Fields Medal until the next session.

Waltz Prize.

But if a super killer weapon is used to crack Goldbach's conjecture and the Riemann Hypothesis, it will really be a God blocking God and a devil blocking the devil, sweeping the entire international mathematics community. The selection of the Fields Medal will not dare to ignore this.

A great academic achievement that shines in the history of mathematics for a century.

For this reason, it is necessary for Qin Ke to first publish the fourth set of expressions that he has thoroughly understood. The best stage is not to publish it in an academic journal, but at the much-anticipated academic lecture of the Crafford Award, and then submit the article to a journal.

Only in this way will his fame and influence be spread to the greatest extent.

Hearing Ning Qingyun's question at this time, Qin Ke smiled and said: "Basically, the last group has a clue. We will try to get it done within this year."

Ning Qingyun's eyes could not hide the admiration and excitement: "Qin Xiaoke, you are really amazing, this is the Riemann Hypothesis!"

"Hey, it's just average, third in the world. And there's still the last set of expressions that haven't been derived. I guess the fifth set of expressions is the key. For, when I was deriving the fourth set of expressions, I figured out a

The new mathematical method may be applicable to Goldbach's conjecture. I'll work with you to study it after I sort it out."

In "The Complete Explanation of the Riemann Hypothesis", when deriving the fourth set of expressions, a new mathematical method based on stochastic differential equations is used, called "nonlinear dissipative structured reduction", which introduces stochasticity into the deterministic model

Factors, which can simultaneously combine the advantages of deterministic models (i.e. mathematical equations) and stochastic models (i.e. probability theory and mathematical statistics), are extremely innovative. Qin Ke feels that if it can be perfected and promoted, it is very likely to create a new model.

A completely new approach to number theory.

It's just that it takes a lot of time to perfect a mathematical method. Whether it can be applied to Goldbach's conjecture is also unknown. If Qin Ke does it alone, it will take at least about a year. If Ning is careful and good at number theory,

With Qingjun's help, this time can be shortened to three or four months.
To be continued...