Peking University dropout cracks IUT – the ‘alien’s language’ that can upend mathematics
Former Huawei engineer Zhou Zhongpeng has been hailed for his research on a radical theory most mathematicians struggle to understand

Armed with late-night study sessions and a discarded academic career, Zhou’s breakthrough may have transformed the ABC conjecture from conceptual abstraction to computationally usable tool.
The feat, achieved during weekends between gruelling 14-hour shifts as a Beijing algorithm engineer, not only revives Mochizuki’s controversial theory but threatens to eclipse Andrew Wiles’ famed 1995 proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem in scope.
“His results are infinitely stronger than Wiles,” declared Professor Ivan Fesenko, a leading IUT authority who now mentors Zhou at Westlake University.
Kyoto University mathematician Shinichi published a 500-page paper claiming to prove the ABC conjecture in 2012.
