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"Heh, thanks to the fact that you are still a mathematician, you actually use the quantifier 'many, many' to describe quantity." The pangolin named Kadofo said disdainfully, obviously still in the mood of being disturbed.

But they said so with their mouths, but their bodies were very honest. These pangolins quickly traveled through the underground world and reached the ground.

The so-called "messenger" is naturally Zhang Yuan and other humans who came here specially to recruit mathematicians.

Due to the cultural uniqueness of this virtual world, there have been staff members maintaining the cultural atmosphere of this world for a long, long time in the past.

It is not easy to naturally produce such a mathematical culture, and among so many Gliese virtual worlds, there is only one like this. Some cosmic sociologists really want to study, how is this excellent cultural atmosphere born? Is it because of the suffering of the environment, or because of some factors in history, or because of a wise man who was born in this world...

This world is the favorite research site of many cosmologists.

The results of their research are naturally very complicated. Everyone has their own conclusions, and it is impossible to tell why.

It's like among 10,000 mediocre civilizations, some non-mediocre civilizations will be born by chance.

Using a more metaphysical explanation, in the process of overall entropy increase, there will occasionally be local entropy decreases. That's it for this virtual world.

All in all, in the past hundreds of years, human beings have tried to teach them more advanced mathematical knowledge, sublimating elementary mathematical skill thinking into advanced mathematical thinking. And it also taught them basic business, laws and regulations, basic morals, etc., which were easily accepted by Gliese people.

Now it finally comes in handy!

Looking at the world where the sun was setting in the west, Zhang Yuan felt a lazy and comfortable mood from the bottom of his heart. It was hard to imagine that an excellent mathematics atmosphere would be born in this environment.

"What a strange place."

And recruiting mathematicians is also a matter of your own will. There is always a big difference between mental labor and manual labor, and it is meaningless to arrest people by force.

A staff member next to him explained: "Professor Zhang, there are about 13 million Gliese people in this world. This holy mountain near the equator has gathered most of the outstanding mathematicians, and many tribes who love mathematics , will move here. In addition to the more abundant food here, the total population is about 570,000."

"The most outstanding scientists here, there are about 8,000 people, all of whom have made achievements in mathematics... They have also built a large museum dedicated to exhibiting achievements in mathematics. So this is a race that values ​​​​honor. "

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Understood, but I don't think we need to empty out all the foundations of this civilization. Maybe in a different environment, with more affluent living conditions and more new things, these pangolins will be killed. Attracting attention, I don’t love mathematics anymore. Therefore, most of the population still needs to stay here to maintain the traditional mathematics culture in this virtual world, and we only recruit a small number of talents to try the water.”

Seeing the bustling pangolins below, Zhang Yuan seems to have brought back memories from a long time ago, wondering what happened to the real Gliese civilization...

They re-emerged on a new planet, maybe life is more difficult, right?

Or, the situation is more difficult than imagined.

However, he came back to his senses in the next second, looked at the group of mathematicians who had already arrived, and said loudly: "Friends of the Gliese civilization, hello. The reason why we came here is that there is one thing we want to Discuss with you."

All the pangolins raised their heads.

For these pangolins, mathematics is their belief and everything in the universe, so there is no such thing as a "god", so they don't blindly worship each other.

But the messenger is still very worthy of admiration. Because these messengers are so smart!

Most of the mathematical knowledge was passed down by the envoys. Otherwise, they are still immersed in trying to figure out Goldbach's conjecture with elementary methods!

But now, after being exposed to advanced mathematics, they immediately understood the profoundness of it, and left elementary mathematics aside.

The thinking of these pangolins is very simple. Whoever has mastered more advanced mathematics is a smart person, and it is natural to enjoy better treatment and higher status.

Zhang Yuan directly delivered an impromptu speech: "Everyone here may be very curious about why our species, human beings, came to this planet and how much knowledge we have mastered."

The pangolins below discussed in a low voice: "Is he a mathematician?"

"Let's just say..."

If Zhang Yuan can't say anything good, they simply don't bother to listen. If it is those professional politicians, these pangolin mathematicians will not give Zhang Yuan a good face just because he is a human. A bunch of empty talk is just a waste of time.

"I can tell you... In the vast ocean of mathematics, even we humans have only mastered a spoonful. There are still many problems in the world that have not been overcome. It can even be considered that the more you know, the more you don't know. The more! Whoever masters all mathematics masters the entire universe."

"...In our civilization, knowledge is the primary productive force, but climbing the peak of knowledge is not so easy, and there will be many difficulties and obstacles in the middle. Sometimes I feel tired and stop to rest, but rest After a long time, I don’t want to move anymore. There are many such people, there are many, and they simply cannot appreciate the beauty of nature.”

"And mathematics is the crown of nature, the brightest pearl!"

This talk speaks to their hearts, isn't praising mathematics just praising mathematicians? Mathematics is the best subject!

"...because mathematics develops not in steps, but in waves. If the old work wasn't as 'interesting' as the new one, a lot less people would care. We don't live in existence like philosophy' Fundamental Mathematical Problems' era. In the development of mathematics, it is far more common to forget, belittle, and misinterpret the work of others than to look back, reflect, and learn from obscure but potentially vitally important work."

"Most mathematicians are trend-followers, not creators. To those who lived in the past and mistakenly believed that there was some kind of "fairness" in mathematics, we will directly ask: Why are not many people reading Andre Weil's algebraic geometry, but choose to use scheme? Andre Weil's set of tools can be used for many problems!"

"So, everyone in this industry knows that it is actually very hard work, and there is a high probability that there is no way for their works to be passed down through the ages..."

This sentence resonated with many pangolins. They feel a little confused, which is thinking about their own boundless life.

What are they climbing the peak of mathematics for? Is it for the fame, for some small reward for humanity, or do you really want to go up to the top of the mountain and see it?

Zhang Yuan returned to his topic: "... Dear friends, this world is very big, and what is above our heads is called the universe! There are more and more civilizations in the universe, some civilizations are friendly, and some civilizations are friendly. Our civilization is unfriendly... Now we humans have formed a real interstellar alliance, inviting allies to explore the ocean of knowledge together, if you are interested in fighting for this path for life, you can choose to join this alliance.”

These words are obviously a bit esoteric. For these pangolins, they have a certain concept of what the universe is, because they can see the stars when they look up.

And among the textbooks promulgated by humans, there are also related astronomical knowledge systems. Although there are not many pangolins who like this aspect, most of them only like mathematics.

But things like the Star Alliance have no concept at all.