CHAPTER 298: CHAPTER 120 THE NAME OF GENIUS_4

Pan is my student, and he’s also a Huaxia person. I’m quite satisfied with him. I’m saying this simply because there aren’t many Huaxia people researching this issue, so this kid largely relies on self-study. What if he were Schulz’s student?

This is really discouraging. Sixteen years of effort, and yet a self-taught kid can easily spot flaws in the proof process. I believe you might feel what I feel now, as if the problem was actually simple, but I’m too incompetent, making it seem so difficult...

Danis kept on jabbering, and nagging is originally a way to vent emotions, and this method is quite civilized.

At least there was no foul language.

However, Danis clearly didn’t notice that his negative emotions were spreading outward along with his nagging.

The two collaborators listening to his nagging meant that these negative emotions doubled in the transfer process.

Happiness can be transmitted, but doubling it is difficult, while doubling this negative emotion is quite simple.

At this moment, Sam Lars and Frank were looking at each other.

A second ago, they were still talking about the paper receiving praise from all the reviewers, planning to continue with a new project after the official release. But suddenly, the main collaborator told them the paper was found to have flaws?

And it was a sixteen-year-old boy? Self-taught too?

With so many buffs stacked together, it’s indeed hard to accept.

Of course, for Frank, there were even more unbearable points.

So, unable to bear it, he directly interrupted Danis’s seemingly endless nagging: "Sorry, Professor Dennis, to interrupt you, I want to know if the sixteen-year-old boy you mentioned is the author of the paper you previously asked me to review?"

"Yes, Frank, it’s him, that Huaxia Qiao. There’s no doubt, he’s a genius! Because you simply can’t imagine why a sixteen-year-old kid, who was previously studying the upper bound problem of rational points on curves.

But a month later, he suddenly approached his reviewer and said, ’Hi, Danis, have you finished reviewing my paper? Oh, no final opinion yet? But it doesn’t matter, I’ve finished reviewing your paper and found a major problem!’

Oh, this is really a terrible experience. You know? I suspect he’s retaliating for my not taking the time to carefully review his paper. Maybe I should efficiently review his paper, and maybe then he’d spare me!

But do you know what I plan to do? I’m going to call Lott Degen later, and tell him, ’Damn it, that paper got through! From now on, never give me this kid’s paper to review again! I decided to surrender!’

Clearly, by the end of his rant, Danis’s mood had improved significantly, and he even had the mood to start self-deprecating.

It’s just that the accumulated negative emotions had all piled up on the other end of the phone.

"Alright, I’ve sent the counterexample structured by that Huaxia Qiao to your emails. I still have to inform the other members of the team. By the way, at 8 PM tonight, of course, I mean West Zone 5 time, after all, we have to accommodate Pan’s time, if you’re in California...

Damn it, when can we use a unified time zone like Huaxia. Forget it, remember to first check the counterexample Qiao found in the email, I hope everyone can provide some constructive opinions during tonight’s meeting!"

After finishing, Danis directly hung up the phone.

Sam was dumbfounded for a moment, then looked up at Frank, who was clearly absent-minded, sighed silently in his heart, and then said, "Alright, Frank, I know the significance of this project to you. But at this moment, any emotions are useless.

I think what we need to do now is borrow your printer, and study that damn counterexample Danis sent us. See if it’s really flawless, what do you think?"

Frank snapped back to reality and said, "Right, just a moment."

Saying that, he immediately went to his computer, logged into his email, and sure enough, the first unread email was from Danis, sent ten minutes ago.

Downloaded the attachment, then Frank directly printed two copies, no need for binding, directly gave one to each person, and sat there to study it.

At this moment, both of them still held a bit of a fluke mentality, what if Pan Jingyuan and Danis overlooked it?

It’s just a sixteen-year-old boy, does the counterexample he presented really have universal significance? Can the proof process really be flawless?

If they can find problems, then maybe nothing will happen, of course, it may require a debate in academia, but it’s still better than extensively revising the paper.

You know, that would be a massive project!

Although they’ve not only found one pathway in this direction, if there truly is a counterexample, whether it’s modifying the paper or trying another path, it all requires time, and a lot of time.

Time happens to be the most precious thing for everyone, especially for Frank.

Thirty-four years old, although six years away from forty, the International Congress of Mathematicians occurs only twice during this period. This project is just one he mainly contributed to, but he’s not the leader. If most of the time is wasted on this project, his achievements will definitely not convince the public.

The most regrettable thing is, the project he chooses next is also closely related to the current project. It means he can’t even skip the proof of the Geometric Langlands Conjecture to start his own project research.