Genius of the Rules-Style System

Zhou Zhengbin still wanted to talk to Edward Witten about the matter of the Particle Mathematics Research Center.

During the weekend, he took Edward Witten around the school. After spending about half a day with him, he could be considered acquainted with him. He also knew that Edward Witten was supportive of the establishment of the Particle Mathematics Center. .

In addition, he also wants more chips.

For example, I hope Edward Witten will serve as a professor at the Center for Future Particle Mathematics.

That's an honorary title.

It means that when Edward Witten comes here, he can give lectures to the students at the Particle Mathematics Center.

The advantage of this is that Zhou Zhengbin can tell the person in charge of the Science and Technology Department that they have contacted top mathematicians in advance to let the people in the Science and Technology Department know that the Particle Mathematics Center has great development potential.

Zhou Zhengbin had a lot of ideas, but when he came to Zhao Yi, he didn't even say a word, because Zhao Yi was seriously discussing his ideas with Edward Witten, and they kept talking about related issues. The mathematical content involved is very obscure, as if it were a bible, but some things can still be understood.

for example--

"Pure energy will dissipate if it exists alone. It must be combined in a certain pattern to form particles in order to exist."

Edward Witten added: "Just like strings, strings cannot exist alone, they must be combined into something..."

“The tiniest particles, made purely of energy, are not limited by three-dimensional space.”

Edward Witten added: "It may make sense without the intervention of multi-dimensional space and time."

"Precisely because they are not restricted, the tiniest particles, which are purely composed of energy, can reach the theoretical speed of light, or exist in a state of moving at the speed of light."

Edward Witten added: "This idea may be supported by Einstein's theory of relativity."

"..."

Zhou Zhengbin didn't think anything about it at first, but then he gradually understood the meaning and realized the most important issue -

"Space constraints?"

He couldn't help but discuss it with Hu Zhibin, "I just heard Zhao Yi say that he is not limited by space, which means that location and distance are not important..."

"This means that location and distance are meaningless, right?"

Hu Zhibin nodded thoughtfully, "It seems so."

"So according to this statement, wouldn't pure energy be able to jump through space?"

Hu Zhibin thought about it and said, "Doesn't this matter? I just heard Mr. Witten talk about the theory of relativity. For the matter itself that moves at the speed of light, time does not mean much because they are already moving at the speed of light. You haven't heard of it. A theory? If you can exceed the speed of light, you can go back to the past..."

"but……"

Hu Zhibin said and suddenly asked with interest, "Dean Zhou, when did you start caring about academics?"

Zhou Zhengbin's face turned dark and he said, "I switched to administration, but I was also an academic before!"

"Really?" Hu Zhibin was a little skeptical.

"Of course."

Zhou Zhengbin was about to recall his past academic career when he looked at Hu Zhibin and remembered what had just happened. He suddenly lost his mood. He said with a cold face, "Hurry up and listen carefully, study more, and don't do weird things." matter."

"I...damn Wang Gang!"

Hu Zhibin was extremely depressed, and he also despised Zhou Zhengbin. He murmured with his lips closed, "How about academics? Didn't you just do research on partial differential equations? There were a few... results, and... The whole school knows about the publicity.”

…

Hu Zhibin’s understanding is correct.

Zhao Yi's idea of ​​breaking through the 'space limitation' is that energy will not be limited by space. Position and distance have no meaning for pure energy.

"Just like animals in the deep sea, they will not be affected by strong pressure, because they evolved in that environment." Zhao Yi's metaphor was supported by Edward Witten, because according to this metaphor, quality will Being rejected is because 'it is not a substance in three-dimensional space', which is equivalent to connecting to his theory.

Position and distance are meaningless to pure energy, and it does not mean that energy can complete a 'space jump'.

One is that individual energy units cannot exist, they must be combined.

The second is that particles composed purely of energy units can reach the theoretical speed of light, and some exist purely at the speed of light. For them, time is even meaningless, and space, position, and distance are naturally meaningless. Space jumping is the study of space itself. It can even be said to be 'transcending space'. They are two completely different concepts.

These statements sounded weird, and Zhou Zhengbin found them unacceptable.

But in fact, there are many weird things in physics, especially microphysics and particle physics. Many contents are contrary to common sense. For example, at first, a large group of people could not accept the uncertainty of quantum, but later it was gradually accepted. .

Even Einstein's theory was not accepted at first, such as the limit of the speed of light. It is imagined that if an object keeps accelerating, it will get faster and faster. How can there be a limit to the speed?

Therefore, mathematicians and physicists who really do research will not care about these weird things that go against common sense, but will discuss them based on mathematics and reality.

Zhao Yi and Edward Witten use pure mathematics to demonstrate. Unless the mathematical argument is wrong, they can continue to study.

The two also have a division of labor.

Now Zhao Yi proposed an idea, and Edward Witten tried to use theory and mathematics to overturn it. After a long discussion, he did not provide any evidence to directly refute it.

Edward Witten's level is still worthy of recognition, which means that Zhao Yi's ideas will not be simply overturned by mathematical models and theories. Ideas and related content can be recorded.

This is a pattern.

Their research was conducted in this way, and there were many other ideas along the way, but they were quickly overturned by mathematical frameworks, models, and existing and established theories, leaving them worthy of continued research.

Once the two of them conducted such research, time seemed to become worthless.

Three days later.

They've documented a lot of ideas.

Zhao Yi examined the contents of the records one by one, and then combined with the 'speciality of 2 to the Nth power', he decided that to transform his ideas into real research, he needed to create something.

"function!"

He said seriously, "Before, I wanted to divide prime numbers into two types. One can form '2 to the Nth power' nearby, and the other cannot. The former can be called 'prime numbers with 2N directions'. I I hope to create an expression that includes 'primes with 2N directions'."

"impossible!"

Edward Witten retorted almost subconsciously, "You can't create it."

"Like a three-dimensional tremor waveform?" Zhao Yi gave an example with some confusion.

"That's impossible." Edward Witten said, "The three-dimensional tremor waveform diagram is a special case, maybe it's just a coincidence, or something else. I don't know how you did it, but similar work..."

He thought for a long time and said, "Only God can do it."

This is ‘speaking from experience’.

As one of the world's top mathematicians, Edward Witten still has a judgment about the difficulty of mathematics. He feels that Zhao Yi's idea is completely unfeasible. There are no rules for prime numbers. History has developed for hundreds of years. The emergence of top mathematicians with amazing talents can only shape the Riemann function and the three-dimensional tremor waveform diagram, so that some of the special solutions are all prime numbers.

Now Zhao Yi wants to create a function that contains a part of prime numbers with "special direction", which is completely impossible to complete.

Zhao Yi does not judge based on "logical thinking". Instead, he feels that shaping such a function is no more difficult than a three-dimensional tremor waveform, because the three-dimensional tremor waveform is irregular, and "prime numbers with 2N directions" are a pattern. .

He explained seriously, "I don't want to shape a function that completely contains these prime numbers, but just shape an expression, maybe a function, maybe several functions, or in the form of digital topology, algebraic sets, etc. In short, Use an expression to describe the set of 'prime numbers with 2N directions'."

Edward Witten shrugged, his expression obviously very unfavorable.

"All right."

Zhao Yi simply gave up. He also felt that Edward Witten couldn't help, "I'll try it myself."

"That's fine."

Edward Witten said, "I also need a few days to summarize the problem. If you encounter any questions, you are welcome to ask me at any time, but I insist..."

He didn't say what he insisted on, but the meaning was self-evident.

Edward Witten walked out of the room and decided to go back to his room to make a summary. He also needed to rest for two days. He had consumed too much mental energy in the past few days.

On this day, Zhao Yi went into retreat.

It's not that he was angry with Edward Witten, but he really wanted to express himself.

Edward Witten was asked about the situation by several people because Zhao Yi decided to 'retreat' and almost locked himself in the room. Others were also a little worried.

Edward Witten thought for a while and then said, "I think his thinking has entered a dead end. He is doing an impossible job. From my experience, it is really impossible..."

He explained simply.

Zhou Li, Hu Zhibin and others were also surprised after hearing this. Not to mention having done similar work, they had no idea where to start, but they had some confidence in Zhao Yi.

Hu Zhibin said, "If it was Zhao Yi, maybe it could be done? He shaped the waveform."

"I think there's also some hope."

Edward Witten shook his head when he heard this, "Of course, Zhao Yi is a genius and no one can deny it, but he still has too little experience. Maybe his previous research went well and he was very confident, but this time, it is very Difficult, even impossible.”

"He hopes to create a way of expression, but prime numbers have no rules, and the '2N-direction' division method will become even more confusing. If I were to judge..."

“He’s doing a God’s work!”

Edward Witten's conclusive words made Zhou Li, Hu Zhibin and others lose confidence. They did have confidence in Zhao Yi, but Edward Witten was recognized as a top mathematician. He was known as "String Theory" when he was young. For his mathematical research, he won the Fields Medal by the way. If he were ranked around the world, he could easily enter the top few.

Now Edward Witten is sixty years old. He not only has a genius brain, but also has extraordinary experience. He is truly the top figure in the international mathematics community.

Such a person's judgment on the difficulty of a 'mathematical problem' must be of considerable reference value.

Many people also began to worry about Zhao Yi.

Edward Witten thinks it's nothing. No one's research can be smooth sailing. "No need to worry. He is too young. Maybe this failure will be good for him."

Next, Edward Witten stayed behind closed doors, spending most of his time summarizing his gains, and taking a rest whenever he had time. Anyway, he would definitely not go out to deal with other people.

There was a commotion outside.

I don’t know who spread the word about Edward Witten. When he got to school, people said that Zhao Yi’s research had reached a dead end. Others said that Zhao Yi was doing impossible research and said, “If he can succeed, he will be a god.” "And so on.

What is said in the school is relatively true, and it is all what Edward Witten said.

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Camila and the administrative staff who were following Edward Witten also heard what Zhao Yi said. When they called back to report, they talked about a few related things. As a result, it spread to Princeton University, and some news appeared. Strange changes.

"Mr. Witten went to China this time just to see Zhao Yi. It is said that Zhao Yi is doing research... and is crazy!"

"They have been friends for many years and are good friends!"

"Mr. Witten found out and immediately decided to leave to have a look. I really hope Zhao Yi gets better soon, otherwise it will be a huge loss to the world's mathematicians."

"Is your news false? My mentor said that when Zhao Yi was discussing with Mr. Witten, he said that he wanted to do the work that only God can do, and then he stayed alone in the room."

"Don't you understand? The end of science is theology. Maybe Zhao Yi discovered something that cannot be explained and decided to believe in God..."

Public opinion is very interesting.

The news coming out from the university is that Zhao Yi is doing research seriously. On the contrary, strange remarks are coming from abroad, which will make people worried if they are spread back to China.

Tang Xudong, president of the university and deputy mayor for political affairs in the capital, is very busy on weekdays. He only stays at the school one day a week and is busy everywhere else.

Although he rarely works at the school, Tang Xudong also cares about Yanhua University and has met Zhao Yi twice. He occasionally gets in touch with Zhao Yi because Zhao Yi is a national treasure-level scientist and is already a domestic academic leader. He is a leader in the world and Yanhua University.

When he heard the secretary reported news from abroad, Tang Xudong immediately became worried. After completing the inspection work, he decided to go to the university on the way back in the car, "Go and see! How is Zhao Yi? Although it is most likely a rumor, But I'm still a little worried. Xiao Zhang, please tell me what specific news there is."

Secretary Xiao Zhang immediately reported back.

Then Tang Xudong listened to a lot of inexplicable remarks such as "mental illness" and "conversion to God", and he became even more worried about Zhao Yi. After the car drove into Yanhua University, he got out and headed towards the staff dormitory. He walked over and asked hurriedly, "Is the internationally famous mathematician, Edward Witten, still there? A few days ago, he and Zhao Yi were doing research together? We were disturbed by Zhao Yi first, go and ask he."

Secretary Xiao Zhang immediately called to inquire.

soon.

A group of people arrived at the fifth floor of the staff dormitory and found Zhao Yi's door open in the corridor.

Tang Xudong walked to the door first and asked Hu Zhibin who was standing there, "Is Zhao Yi inside? How is the situation?"

Hu Zhibin rubbed his hair and said, "He came out just now and said he was too tired to go to bed."

He said, nodding his head inside.

Tang Xudong saw a sturdy old foreign man standing in front of the sofa in the living room with a notebook in hand, his face full of surprise.

"Mr. Witten?"

Tang Xudong tentatively greeted him, and his secretary Xiao Zhang followed and started to introduce him.

Edward Witten suddenly turned his head, looked directly across Tang Xudong's group, and shouted to Hu Zhibin at the door, "I'm sure!"

"Zhao Yi is God!"