Into Unscientific

Looking at the entire University of Science and Technology, there are many people who can be named 'Dean'.

After all, counting the School of Science and Education Integration, there are thirty full-time deans alone.

In addition, there are executive deans, a large number of deputy deans, and so on.

In informal settings, they can all be regarded as deans.

But it can be said by Academician Pan in this situation, has the ability to influence the meeting, and is also the "President" with the surname Hou.

Then there is one and only one.

That is.

Hou Xingyuan, who used to be the former president of the University of Science and Technology, is now the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences!

A man who led HKUST to rise again after the disgraceful Zhu X era.

At that time, the University of Science and Technology was made into a mess by Zhu Xshi, the president with the worst reputation in history, and implemented a policy of shrinking.

And just after this person ruined HKUST and patted his ass and left, HKUST ushered in a principal with the highest reputation since the 1990s.

This person is Hou Xingyuan.

What he took over was a mess filled with the atmosphere of the old era, but what he handed over was a modern university that had caught up with the new era.

During his tenure, he continued to bridge the relationship with the Academy of Sciences, localities and the Ministry of Education, and also reversed the construction plan of abandoning engineering and mathematics, and reduced the wrong policy of tossing around.

Back when Xu Yun was studying, Hou Xingyuan had another nickname:

HKUST Guangwu.

This shows how great his contribution and image in the hearts of the students are.

Although the principal of HKUST has been replaced by another person, Hou Xingyuan's status has never been shaken.

The reason why the fifth-generation imidacloprid developed by Xu Yun was able to obtain the patent so quickly was because Hou Xingyuan was behind the scenes.

Xu Yun kept that incident in his heart all the time, thinking about whether he could repay him if he had the opportunity in the future.

In the end, I didn't expect to have no chance to return it to others, and now I have accepted a huge favor from the other party?

To know.

The power of academician Pan mentioned by Academician Pan is obviously not as simple as issuing an announcement.

Perhaps because of too much information, Xu Yun was still in a daze at this time, and his speech was a bit intermittent:

"No. Teacher, why did Dean Hou do this? This is a bit of a big deal, right?"

What Xu Yun said was really not self-effacing, but in terms of the magnitude of this matter, it is obviously not enough to let a boss of Hou Xingyuan's level go down in person.

To put it bluntly.

Protecting cubs is not like that.

To know.

The original words that Academician Pan just said were Dean Hou's 'instructions', not opinions or ideas.

In other words, Hou Xingyuan did not express his concern in his personal capacity, but a request from the dean of the Academy of Sciences—under normal circumstances, even if the other party paid attention to this matter, the secretary should use a private phone to inform him after get off work. It will be right.

This is the wisdom of avoiding suspicion.

In other words.

At present, Hou Xingyuan personally conveyed the instructions, which can be regarded as the attitude of the party affairs of the Academy of Sciences-just missing a red-headed document.

But this thing looks cool, but it is not logical at all.

The Academy of Sciences did not express any attitude even for the Meng who made a lot of noise back then, and a certain academician surnamed Fang who was kissed by a woman in blue during an online meeting not long ago.

If those people are like this, let alone Xu Yun who is just a little transparent for the time being.

Seeing Xu Yun with a surprised face, Academician Pan turned his head and looked at Tian Liangwei, and they smiled at each other.

Tian Liangwei straightened his body and said to Xu Yun:

"Well, Xiao Xu, you can ask this sentence, which shows that your thinking is still very rational-yes, in fact, judging by your size alone, it is not enough for the Academy of Sciences to endorse."

"It's just that you're lucky this time."

Xu Yun was slightly taken aback:

"luck?"

Tian Liangwei nodded without explaining too much.

However, in his mind, the words of Dean Hou on the phone slowly emerged:

"Everyone, now that the universe is finalized, it's time for some monsters and monsters to settle their accounts."

What Xu Yun didn't know was.

This incident was a catastrophe in his life.

But in the eyes of some high-level people, this is a good opportunity to clean up their own dirt.

Even Dean Hou, who stands on the clouds in Xu Yun's eyes, is far from a real chess player.

It's just that these things are due to some well-known reasons, Tian Liangwei and Academician Pan are inconvenient to explain clearly at this time, so they can only mention them hastily.

Then Academician Pan pondered for a moment, then said:

"In short, Xiao Xu, try to calm down these few days, and the University of Science and Technology may take a cold attitude."

"That is to say, not only will the public opinion not control the comments, but they will even let them ferment. Although this approach may catch big fish, it may not be fair to you personally."

Tian Liangwei on the side also nodded.

As Academician Pan said.

Since Dean Hou made such a phone call, it means that the higher-ups have customized effective countermeasures - not just a simple announcement.

But on the other hand.

Just like many Internet explosion cases in the past.

At this time, it was far more than just ghosts and monsters criticizing Xu Yun and HKUST on the Internet, there were also many netizens who were driven into rhythm.

Those ghosts and monsters often only lead a trend, and most of the people who really promote the development of the situation are "natural persons".

Most of these people will change their positions after the reversal of events, but some still refuse to accept any explanation.

Therefore, even if the University of Science and Technology can make a comeback, there are bound to be many netizens who maintain a negative perception of Xu Yun.

So from a personal point of view, this is really unfair to Xu Yun.

Fortunately, Xu Yun's mentality is not bad, after all, the current reaction of HKUST has exceeded his expectations.

At this time, he was quite touched by the feeling that "scholars die for their confidantes". The University of Science and Technology is willing to organize the school to refute the rumors for him, so what if he suffers a little bit:

"Teacher, don't worry, I'm fine here. After this incident happened, I didn't expect to be able to completely cleanse myself—there are always some people in this world who will judge the so-called 'truth' according to their own cognition. In their eyes, everything that proves itself has a dark side."

Tian Liangwei nodded:

"That's good."

Then Xu Yun thought for a while and asked again:

"By the way, teacher, I don't know what the plan Dean Hou gave is."

Tian Liangwei pondered for a moment, beckoned to him, and said in a low voice:

"The current plan is not yet sure how much it can be completed in the end. In short, we are going to be first. Then finally."

Xu Yun's eyes became brighter the more he listened, and in the end, his breathing became a little rough.

After leaving the administrative building.

Xu Yun went back to his room outside the school alone.

Click——

As a result, the door just opened.

He saw Lao Su who was arranging books at the table and was obviously about to go out, and quickly said hello:

"Su Gong, good afternoon, are you going out?"

"Oh, it's Xiao Xu, good afternoon."

Old Su nodded to Xu Yun, raised the book in his hand, and explained:

"Well, I'm going to go to the library to read books again. I have encountered some problems recently and I'm going to look for information."

After finishing speaking, he paused slightly, looked at Xu Yun who had already put on his slippers, and said after deliberation:

"Xiao Xu, I saw a piece of news on that headline push today, it seems that you are entangled with a woman."

Xu Yun was taken aback for a moment.

Good guy.

Lao Su, an electronic novice, knows about this?

Then he sighed faintly, it was inconvenient for him to hold on in front of Old Su:

"No way, I was hacked, and I am preparing to fight back."

As a novice who has just mastered the Jiugongge input method, Lao Su actually doesn't quite understand the true meaning of the words 'hacked' and 'counterattack'.

However, the party struggles in the Northern Song Dynasty were unique in Chinese history, so he quickly understood what Xu Yun wanted to say:

"Did you get splashed with dirty water?"

"Um."

Old Su opened his mouth, but in the end he still didn't speak.

If this happened in the Northern Song Dynasty, he might be able to help Xu Yun think of a way.

But now it is 2022, and it is a completely strange era.

Lao Su himself has not fully adapted to modern life, let alone contacts.

Seeing that Lao Su's mood was a little depressed, Xu Yun quickly took the initiative to comfort him:

"Su Gong, don't worry, the superiors have already made a counterattack plan, and everything is under control, you can just watch the show with peace of mind—by the way, what have you learned recently?"

Old Su shook the book in his hand towards him, and this time Xu Yun finally read the content clearly:

"I'm learning Riemannian geometry. Those people on the Internet said that this is knowledge that can be done with one's own hands. You need to master the follow-up theory of relativity to be considered an introduction."

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Looking at the serious old Su, Xu Yun twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.

He can roughly guess where Old Su saw those contents

He seems to have seen that under the supervision of some keyboard warriors on the Internet, a wall is slowly growing.

Then Xu Yun bid farewell to Lao Su and returned to the room alone.

Taking off his shoes and socks, he leaned back on the chair.

This was also the first time since today that he had the opportunity to rest in a chair with peace of mind.

after awhile.

Xu Yun stood up again, walked to a small box, took out a cowhide bag from it, and...

A small card.

According to the earlier analysis.

Now he has two ordinary cards, the Wheat Manuscript and the King of Gods, and the Gravity Gradient, the table-turning king bomb.

But now with the intervention of Hou Xingyuan or the Academy of Sciences, Xu Yun's methods are much calmer.

At least you don't need to go all in.

same.

He was also able to analyze the current situation more calmly, paying attention to some things that had been ignored before.

for example

Since the equivalent of the gravity gradiometer is too large, and the wheat manuscript and Shenwang are relatively mediocre, then .

Is it possible to take an intermediate value?

Is there a certain achievement that can end a large number of official media without exaggerating to the point of overturning the table?

Xu Yun ignored this idea at the time, but now that he thinks about it,

Obviously yes.

Like the one in front of you——

"Proofs Concerning the Non-Existence of Odd Perfect Numbers".

This manuscript proves that odd perfect numbers do not exist, that is, all perfect numbers are even perfect numbers.

And in the field of mathematics.

When it comes to even perfect numbers, we have to mention another concept:

Mersenne primes.

Mersenne primes are a concept of Mersenne numbers.

The so-called Mersenne number refers to a class of numbers in the form of 2p-1, where the exponent p is a prime number and is often recorded as Mp.

If a Mersenne number is prime, it is called a Mersenne prime.

All the perfect numbers discovered so far are even perfect numbers, and have one-to-one correspondence with Mersenne primes without exception.

That is, there are as many perfect numbers as there are Mersenne primes found.

So all the time.

The question of whether there are infinitely many Mersenne primes remains one of the famous unsolved problems in number theory.

Or to be more precise.

Whether there is an odd perfect number itself is a branch problem extended from the Mersenne prime number.

Until 2022.

Only 51 Mersenne primes have been found in the world, the largest being M82589933, which is 2^82589933-1.

If "Proofs Concerning the Non-Existence of Odd Perfect Numbers" is a lucky paper that needs other people to rush to the street at the same stage, that is, within four years, to have a chance to win the Fields Medal

So if the problem of Mersenne primes can be solved, it is undoubtedly a standard Fields Medal achievement.

Of course.

The premise is that someone else has come up with Fermat primes or Riemann's conjecture.

at the same time.

Although the Fields Medal is one of the highest honors in mathematics, its award requirements have an age limit-it is only awarded to "young people" under the age of 40.

Therefore, Fields is relatively younger than the Wolf Prize and the Abel Prize.

Currently the youngest recipient of the Fields Medal is Jean-Pierre Serre, who is 28 years old.

The Fields Medal is awarded every four years, and this year's list of winners has been announced in August.

So in terms of honor, if Xu Yun can win the award, he will have to wait until 2026 to receive the award.

At that time, Xu Yun will also be 28 years old, so he will not look abrupt at all.

And awards and popularity are two concepts. Even if the awards are not presented until 2026, as long as Xu Yun publishes the relevant achievements, there will still be reports that should be there.

The popularity comes from journals, and the honor comes from awards.

This heat is lower than the gravity gradiometer, but higher than "Proof of the Non-Existence of Singular Numbers" and Shenwang.

It is undoubtedly an excellent auxiliary means to cooperate with the next operation of Shanghai University of Science and Technology.

Of course.

The premise of all this is that Xu Yun can prove the infinity of Mersenne prime numbers.

Because of this

this time.

He directly took out Wheat's thinking card.

Considering that I have dealt with too many things today, my body is a little tired.

So Xu Yun was not in a hurry to start "invoking God" immediately.

He simply took a shower first, went to bed and took a nap.

He didn't wake up until around four o'clock in the afternoon.

Lock the door, and send Lao Su a WeChat message that you don't have to call me for dinner when you come back.

Then he came to his desk.

Back then Xu Yun used Mavericks' thinking cards. As the saying goes, once you are born, you are familiar again. This time, his mentality will be much calmer.

After everything is ready.

Xu Yun solemnly picked up the Wheat Thinking Card and muttered to himself.

"activation!"

brush--

The card representing wheat slowly disappeared.

In a certain Xu Yun's invisible field of vision.

A wall of portraits quietly appeared behind him.

The walls are engraved with the names of countless mathematicians throughout the ages, including Euler, Riemann, Dirichlet, etc.

At the bottom is Xu Yun's junior high school teacher

After a while.

The uppermost area slowly glowed with golden light, and a name quietly emerged in the air:

James Clerk Maxwell.

after awhile.

A phantom of a middle-aged man with a slightly pale complexion, a thin figure, a big beard, and an ax pinned to his waist walked out of it.

He stared at Xu Yun for two seconds, then turned into golden light and flew into Xu Yun's body.

at the same time.

Xu Yun's eyes suddenly cleared up, and he found that his thoughts had broadened again.

A few seconds passed.

He looked at his palm and sighed with emotion:

"Long time no see, Mai."

Then he shook his head vigorously, and quickly focused his thoughts on the Gauss manuscript in front of him.

After a moment of hesitation, he picked up a pen and wrote quickly:

"untie:"

"Lemma: If n \u0026amp;amp;amp;gt; 1 , a^n 1 is prime, then a=2, n is prime."

".When n\u0026amp;amp;amp;gt;1, if a\u0026amp;amp;amp;gt;2, then a^n 1 =( a1 )( a^n-1+a^n2+a^n3++ a+1 )”

"It can be seen that a^n-1 is a composite number, so a=2."

"If n is a composite number, n = xy, x\u0026amp;amp;amp;gt;1, y\u0026amp;amp;amp;gt;1, so 2^xy-1=(2^x-1)(2^x (y-1)+2^x(y-2)+2^x(y-3)++1)"

"It can be seen that 2^n-1 is a composite number."

Finish writing these.

Xu Yun paused slightly, and moved Gauss' manuscript to his hand.

"It can be seen that there is no odd perfect number. Let the positive integer n have prime factorization n=p^(a1/1)p^(a2/2)p^(a3/3).p^(as/s)."

"Since the factor and function σ are multiplicative functions, then:"

"σ(n)={p^(a1+1/1)-1}/{p1-1}·{p^(a2+2/1)-1}/{p2-1}·{p^( a3+3/1)-1}/{p3-1}·{p^(as+s/1)-1}/{ps-1}=s∏j1·{p^(aj+j/1) -1}/{pj-1}”

that's all.

Xu Yun wrote quickly on the A4 paper with ease, and the time passed slowly by every minute.

number of towers.

law of excluded middle.

single unknown

Xu Yun seems to have returned to Cambridge University in 1850, when he was sitting at his desk discussing various issues with Mai.

It's just that Xu Yun was the teacher and Mai Mai was the student.

And this time.

Xu Yun became a student, and Mai Mai became a teacher.

after an hour.

Xu Yun's pen paused slightly, and wrote the last line:

"To sum up, there are infinitely many Mersenne primes."

at the same time.

His body shook inexplicably.

The thoughts that had been spinning rapidly stopped suddenly.

A few seconds passed.

Xu Yun gently exhaled a long breath, full of emotion and memory.

"Thank you, Maxwell"