Higher mathematics institute, 11:30 am.
At the moment, Deligne was checking his email. He was about to choose interesting papers from the Annual Mathematics and Mathematics Chronicle to review during his lunch break.
He briefly scanned through the thesis titles when suddenly, he froze.
[Any even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.]
Goldbach's conjecture?
Deligne squinted his eyes as he opened the email and looked at the abstract.
Although Annual Mathematics had a double-blind review rule, it was well known that this rule was not strictly enforced.
For example, some people liked to submit to arXiv before the peer review. One could guess the identity of the author from the abstract grammar style and wording.
Without a question, this thesis was Lu Zhou's. After all, it was not Deligne's first time reviewing Lu Zhou's thesis.
