Chapter 455

"Karl, what's wrong?" Seeing Karl's stunned look, Alec subconsciously asked.

Karl turned his head stiffly and looked at Alec with empty eyes.

"Annals of Mathematics has officially announced on its official website that it has completed the verification of Gu Lu's paper proving the narrow Hodge conjecture."

"The result of the verification is that there are no major loopholes in the paper!"

Karl's tone was filled with a strong sense of powerlessness.

After he finished speaking, he leaned directly on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Karl's voice was not soft when he spoke.

Not only Alec, but also Constantine really listened to what Karl just said.

After hearing the news, Alec, instead of feeling sad, felt inexplicably relieved, feeling like he was finally free.

Being squeezed by Constantine these past few days, Alec almost had the illusion that he was going to die suddenly in the next moment.

But now...

Although the battle with Gu Lu was lost.

But at least, there will no longer be any fear of life.

On Constantine's side, after listening to Karl's words, his face instantly turned pale.

"How is this possible, how is this possible..."

While muttering these words, Constantine came to Karl's side, forcefully pulled Karl up from the chair, sat in front of the computer, and stared at the computer screen.

Displayed on the screen is the official website interface of "Annals of Mathematics".

Just like what Carl just said.

The eye-catching red notice at the top of the official website states that the verification work on Gu Lu’s paper has been completed.

In Gu Lu’s paper, the review team of the Annals of Mathematics did not find any loopholes that could overturn the entire proof process.

To put it simply, Gu Lu really succeeded in proving the narrow Hodge conjecture.

Moreover, under this announcement, there are also the signatures of all the review team members.

Constantine found the names of several Philippine Prize winners and Wolf Prize winners.

That is to say.

This verification result is completely credible.

Constantine slumped in his chair, his eyes as empty as Karl's before.

This announcement undoubtedly dealt a fatal blow to Constantine.

The trace of luck that existed in Constantine's heart was shattered into pieces.

Originally, Constantine regarded finding major flaws in Gu Lu's paper as the last straw.

But now.

Even this life-saving straw no longer exists.

They lost.

Complete defeat!

The defeat was such that there was no possibility of a comeback.

Perhaps even Constantine did not expect that it only took less than four days for his life to go from great joy to great sorrow.

"We lost..."

Even though he was reluctant, Constantine still admitted this fact.

Karl sighed longly on the side, "I'm not willing to lose. We obviously tried our best, but still..."

However, Gu Lu still won in a semi-crushing manner.

Karl didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Constantine could hear the meaning.

"Then what should we do next?" Alec looked worried.

Constantine stared at the ceiling blankly. After being stunned for a long time, he softly uttered a few words, "Let's disband."

"Disband?!" Karl couldn't accept it and stood up to retort, "Constantine, although we didn't win the battle with Gu Lu, we didn't gain nothing!"

"You have also seen Gu Lu's method of proving the narrow Hodge conjecture. It is very different from ours. We can still prove the narrow Hodge conjecture in our own way. But once they are disbanded, then what we have done before

Half a year of hard work has been wasted!"

What Carl said is a fact.

Their approach to proving the narrow Hodge conjecture is very different from what Gurry Simon explained in that paper.

These are two very different proof methods.

And they have established a complete theoretical framework.

According to the current progress, it will take them about half a year to successfully prove the narrow Hodge conjecture using their proof ideas.

At that time.

Although Gu Lu was already the first to prove the narrow Hodge conjecture.

But they still have no problem keeping second place.

The second one proves the narrow Hodge conjecture, which is obviously inconsistent with their original intention, but it can be regarded as a way to stop losses.

Otherwise, if you just give up now, the first half year will be wasted.

This loss is definitely at the level of blood loss.

Especially for three of the world's top genius mathematicians.

but……

This suggestion was strongly rejected by Constantine.

The reason is very simple and crude.

"I don't have the habit of taking second place!" Although he looked defeated, Constantine still said this sentence word for word.

Constantine's arrogance had already doomed the final fate of this improvised research team.

"I agree with Constantine's proposal to disband the research team!" It was Alec who spoke this time.

After experiencing these days of wandering around the gates of hell, Alec really didn't want to work with Constantine anymore.

Half a year's hard work was all wasted, and Alec was also in great pain.

But if he continues to work with Constantine, and with Constantine's work schedule these days in which he doesn't treat himself as a human being at all, Alec feels that he will be dead in less than half a month.

So, the dog’s life matters, the dog’s life matters!

Therefore, Alec can't wait to agree with the dissolution of the research team with both hands and feet.

Two to one!

The results are already obvious.

Even though Karl looked reluctant, he still had to accept the fact that the research team was disbanded.

In the conference room.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

"Then I'll go back and pack my luggage. Since the research team has been disbanded, I will return to China tomorrow." Alec was ready to run away.

"Wait a minute." Constantine called to Alec who was about to leave.

Alec turned his head with a stiff expression on his face, "Professor Constantine, is there anything else?"

"It's not the time for you to leave yet." Constantine said with deep exhaustion in his voice, "Do you remember what I mentioned to you before, the bet I made with Gu Lu?"

"You mean..." Alec's eyes widened.

"That's right." Constantine said, "We have lost now, completely and simply. Then, according to the content of the bet, we need to unconditionally agree to something proposed by Gu Lu."

"So, you can't leave here until Gu Lu puts forward the conditions."

Alec instantly felt a chill from his feet to Tianling Gai.
Chapter completed!