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But in fact, Xu You had already completed his answer in less than an hour.

Of course, this is the effect achieved in the state of deep learning.

Converted into normal time, it would take two or three hours anyway.

After all, it is a college entrance examination question. No matter how difficult it is, most of the questions are easier to do than college questions.

But if Lou Song's self-esteem is hit because of cheating, Xu You thinks it's not good.

Therefore, Xu You deliberately waited for Lou Song to finish his answer before putting down the pen.

Next, the two entered the link of exchange and correction.

Although there are a lot of questions in the four sets of papers, both of them corrected relatively quickly.

No surprises, both of them got full marks in the four sets of college entrance examination papers.

But for some of the topics inside, the two still found some gaps.

"The first paper of the new college entrance examination is still difficult. It feels a bit like a test in a math league. It is still difficult for most students to complete this set of papers within two hours."

"That's right, the conic section also tested the deformation of Lagrange's median value theorem. If you don't know this second-level conclusion, this question is really not easy to solve in a short time."

"It seems that the average score of this class may be relatively low. Maybe some students have lost their minds during the exam."

"That's right, it's okay to take out one question alone, but if it's put in a set of papers, the amount of calculation will be a bit heavy."

After finishing the college entrance examination questions, both of them seemed to be full of ideas.

It's like an appetizer before a meal, it's impossible to fill your stomach.

"Lou Song, this time we can have a good talk about the topic of Riemann's conjecture."

"Hmm, that old classmate of yours doesn't seem to like mathematics that much."

Recalling Lu Zhiyao's appearance at the dinner table, Lou Song was a little disappointed.

He was obviously a student who was even better than Xu You in high school, how could he not like mathematics.

"Haha, she wants to be a philosopher, mathematics is not her strong point."

Next, Lou Song carefully told Xu You about some of his experiences this year, as well as several goals for the future.

"So far, there are still six of the seven major problems in mathematics that have not been solved. There is a million yuan bonus for solving each problem. I hope that we can solve them all in our lifetime. We will be divided into three That's a good question." Lou Song said with a smile.

"You are really arrogant. But, I like it very much."

Both Xu You and Lou Song are still young, if everything is as steady as those old scholars, it would be too boring.

Young people should have some passion and aggressiveness.

"Well, I think this is really possible. After staying in the United States for a year, I did come into contact with many powerful mathematicians, but they may not be better than you and me. If we can't do it alone, we can solve it together Yes, the bonus and the honor are half for each person."

Lou Song would also be very happy if he could solve these problems together with Xu You.

"Okay, then your name will be on the front."

"The order of the names depends on the contribution. If it doesn't work, just toss a coin."

At this time, the two of them swelled up in a rare way.

The conjecture has not been resolved, and the problem of name sorting has been considered.

"I have an idea. Perhaps, the Riemann Hypothesis is not necessarily true. If we can prove it or not, it is also a success."

"Your idea...is really interesting." Xu You complained.

When searching for Planet X at that time, Lou Song also proposed the theory that Planet X did not exist at all.

However, this is indeed a possibility.

However, if the Riemann Hypothesis is not established, then more than 1,000 mathematical propositions based on its establishment will not be established.

"Actually, even if the Riemann Hypothesis is not true, the impact is not so serious. Maybe we will discover other more wonderful theorems because of this. Of course, it is also very difficult to find a counterexample to overthrow and falsify the Riemann Hypothesis big."

The hundreds of millions of zeros currently calculated are all in line with the Riemann conjecture.

After Lou Song's detailed explanation, Xu You probably knew some of the main difficulties in the process of proving Riemann's conjecture.

"With regard to the zeta function, the current conclusions focus on the functional-equation level. But the Riemann Hypothesis is a higher-level conclusion. How to use the Euler product correctly is a key issue."

Although both of them are passionate at this moment, this thing cannot be proved overnight.

Even being able to complete the proof in a few years is something to be proud of for a lifetime.

The two chatted all night, until late at night when they were too sleepy, they gradually fell asleep.

...

In the following days, Xu You still had a very fulfilling life every day.

Solving these unknown mathematical conjectures is not Xu You's main task, nor is it a subject that is easy to produce results.

But through the process of studying these unknown conjectures, Xu You's mathematics level can also be improved to a certain extent.

Xu You believes that mathematics will be of great help to other fields.

Another few weeks passed, and Xing Shuping reorganized the project members for a meeting.

After everyone arrived, Xing Shuping walked in.

Looking at Xing Shuping's appearance, his expression seemed a little heavy.

Listening to Xing Shuping's speech, Xu You also learned that the progress of the project during this period was not very smooth.

"Since we discovered a superconductor with a superconducting critical temperature of 202.26K, our work has continued, including the search for high-temperature superconductors, the improvement of material preparation processes, and the work of material molding."

"Unfortunately, since then, we have not found a superconductor with a higher superconducting critical temperature, and progress in material preparation has been slow."

After a pause, Xing Shuping continued:

"The most important thing is that the molding technology of this material has not made any progress. If it cannot be molded, its application value will be very small."

In this way, the material will be difficult to apply in the most important part of electric current transmission.

It can only exist as a test material in the laboratory.

"Everyone, let's talk about what you think about the next plan."

Although the discovery of superconducting materials at 202K is exciting enough.

But if it cannot be applied, this is not the original intention of the project.

Simply breaking the record is really meaningless.

"I think we can continue the research on other high-temperature superconducting materials. 202K is not enough, and we can also study 180K, 170K, and 160K materials. These materials are always easy to prepare, and there are always easy to shape and process."