"Now that you have solved the twin prime conjecture and Goldbach's conjecture, are you ready to continue to focus your research on the field of number theory?

If so, then I guess your next move will be the Riemann Hypothesis, right?

After all, I heard that the task you assigned to your two new graduate students was about Hardy-Littlewood's second conjecture.

At least in the current research on Hardy-Littlewood's second conjecture in the mathematical community, many of the conclusions are based on the establishment of the generalized Riemann hypothesis."

When asking Zhao Xiancai about his future plans, Schulze also shared some of his guesses.

"Haha, I'm sorry to tell you that you guessed wrong.

The topic I assigned to my two graduate students was indeed the Hardy-Littlewood Second Conjecture, but what I planned to study next had nothing to do with the Riemann Hypothesis.

But at this point, I have to complain, how come I can assign a topic to students and spread it so quickly?

I see that you usually stay in Germany and don't travel around much. How come you already know this?

Also, have you done research on Hardy-Littlewood’s second conjecture?”

Zhao Xiancai said and complained.

"I can't help it, who made you so 'perverted' and able to solve problems so quickly?

Nowadays, as long as you study mathematics, who doesn’t pay attention to the content of your research?

Let’s not talk about the previous ones, just talk about the Goldbach’s conjecture you solved this time, although it is indeed a good thing for the mathematics community.

But for some scholars and students who are studying this issue, it is not necessarily a good thing.

And everyone speculates that now that you have solved Goldbach's conjecture, your next focus will most likely be on the Riemann hypothesis.

If you were to solve the Goldbach Hypothesis, you would have solved the Riemann Hypothesis in just a few months, and there would be a bunch of scholars applying for funding by studying the Riemann Hypothesis and students who graduated based on the Riemann Hypothesis thinking about how to change directions.

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As for the topic you assigned to your two students, not only me, but our mathematics professors at the University of Bonn should also know about it. Many students are still thankful that they failed.

In addition, I have not done much research on Hardy-Littlewood’s second conjecture, and what I said is what I heard from other people.”

Regarding Zhao Xiancai's complaints, Schulze also said that Schulze can understand the mood of those mathematicians who pay attention to Zhao Xiancai's every move.

As for what Schulze said, Zhao Xiancai could also understand that every year there are no three-digit mathematics papers with the word "Riemann Hypothesis" in the title, so there are at least two digits.

Therefore, after listening to Schulze's words, Zhao Xiancai also smiled and said to him: "In this case, they can relax now, because not only will I not focus on the Riemann Hypothesis recently, I will

I won’t even focus all my attention on mathematics like before.”

"You won't focus all your attention on mathematics? What are you going to do? Are you dating someone? Will you focus on your family?"

After hearing what Zhao Xiancai said, Schulze was a little surprised.

"No, what's the point of falling in love? I only focus on reading the books of sages.

We used to have Professor Witten from Princeton. You should know Professor Witten, right?

that is……"

"You know, Edward Witten, who proposed m theory, is the father of contemporary string theory, the true successor of Einstein, a mathematical physicist, and a Fields Medal winner.

I remember that Professor Witten seemed to have studied mathematics before, and then switched to physics.

What, did he say anything to you?

Could it be that he wants to drag you back to his old path, changing from mathematics to physics?"

Schulze said that it seemed that he knew Witten very well, and also mentioned a series of titles attached to Edward Witten.

"Yes, he did tell me some things about physics. In fact, before I officially entered Princeton University, Professor Witten wanted to force me to switch to physics.

It's just that I didn't know much about this aspect at the time, nor was I interested in learning about it.

But recently I am quite interested in physics, so I took the initiative to find out more about Professor Witten and read some physics books and materials.

Now, I'm ready to learn more about physics."

Zhao Xiancai explained to Schulze.

"Do you really want to study physics?"

After listening to Zhao Xiancai's explanation, Schulze was a little confused.

What's going on?

Zhao Xiancai is a rising star in the field of mathematics. The sun has just risen. Why does he suddenly have to change his research field?

And I was directly preparing to switch from mathematics to physics, such a big change.

"You mean you're going to focus on physics?"

Schulze had shock written all over his face and asked Zhao Xiancai with some uncertainty.

If Zhao Xiancai really changes his studies to physics and gives up the study of mathematics, this will be earthquake-like news for the entire mathematics community.

For future scholars who specialize in the history of mathematics, I am afraid they will all think that Zhao Xiancai’s departure is a huge loss to the development of mathematics.

How could Schulze not be shocked by such important news.

"Well, more or less, but don't worry, I won't abandon mathematics. After all, mathematics is the foundation of all science and engineering subjects, just like the foundation that must be laid first when building a house.

If the foundation is not solid, no matter how good or high the house is built, it will be nothing more than a castle in the air."

Zhao Xiancai said to Schulze with a smile.

"But...but you are so good at studying mathematics, why do you suddenly want to study physics?

There are still many problems in mathematics waiting for us to solve, such as Riemann hypothesis, Hodge's conjecture, non-deterministic problem of polynomial complexity, Behe ​​and Svenaton-Dyer conjecture, Navier-Stokes equation, abc

guess……

There are so many unresolved problems, why do you want to study physics instead?"

After receiving Zhao Xiancai's confirmation, Schulze said with some disappointment that his current expression was like that of a self-pitying little girl who was dumped by her boyfriend for no reason.

Zhao Xiancai saw the man in front of him who was ten years older than him, with an expression on his face like that of a little girl, and he didn't know what to say.

"I made you laugh, mainly because I heard you say it yourself. The news that you are going to study physics was so shocking that I couldn't control it for a moment.

You are just like when Einstein finished studying the special theory of relativity, instead of continuing to study the general theory of relativity, he suddenly announced that he would concentrate on studying music and no longer study physics."

Schulze also quickly noticed his gaffe and quickly adjusted himself. Now that he has a daughter, he still behaves like this, which makes him feel a little embarrassed.

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