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Chapter 379 The Wind Rises (7.2K)

"A Tong, let's go eat sukiyaki tonight, I got a 50% discount coupon on Dianping."

I heard what my girlfriend said.

Originally leaning his feet on the other side of the long sofa, Wang Tong, who was watching a video, couldn't help pressing the pause button, and stretched his waist with cracking bones:

"Sukiyaki? Okay, when are we leaving?"

As an associate researcher at the Yau Mathematics Center of Wudaokou Vocational and Technical School, Wang Tong has a beautiful life that most mathematics lovers can't imagine:

He broke away from being single during college and has continued to this day.

Now he and his girlfriend Zhang Ying both have good jobs, are temporarily living in the talent apartment in Yanjing, and are preparing for their marriage.

Of course.

No matter how careful you are, it’s okay to eat sukiyaki once in a while.

"That store is on the side of the Olympic Village, a bit far from our place."

Zhang Ying glanced at the map of the commenting software, and calculated the distance in her mind:

"Or just an hour later, just waiting for me to finish aligning this wave of lines."

"Line up?"

Wang Tong got up and walked to his girlfriend, and gently wrapped his arms around her waist:

"What line?"

Zhang Ying shook the phone at him generously, and a Weibo was displayed on it:

"The scumbag of the University of Science and Technology of China, who is riding a few boats and pua, and even asked his girlfriend to have two abortions-A Tong, let me tell you, if I get pregnant in the future, I will not have an abortion. I'm going to have a baby."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tong stroked his girlfriend's waist with his big hand a few times:

"Ah, ah, ah, I'm not willing to let you suffer, and we still have security measures."

After a few squawks, Wang Tong and Zhang Ying separated and began to prepare their outfits for going out.

After all, young people are pursuing a sense of ritual.

After more than half an hour.

After finishing their work, the two came to the entrance of the apartment, ready to put on their shoes and go out.

Suddenly.

The mobile phone in Wang Tong's pocket rang.

"When your dreams come alive you are unstoppable, Take a shot, chase the sun, find the beautiful"

Wang Tong took out his mobile phone and found that the visitor's note said 'Director Zhao'.

See this situation.

A bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, but he quickly connected the phone:

"Hello, Director Zhao?"

After a while.

A somewhat hasty voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Xiao Wang, where are you?"

"Um, today is the weekend, I'm just about to go out for dinner with my girlfriend"

"Don't go, hurry back to school!"

Although he had already guessed this possibility in his heart, Wang Tong was still slightly taken aback, took Zhang Ying's hand and asked:

"Director, what's the matter?"

"The University of Science and Technology of China sent an email, saying that they have deduced the infinity of Mersenne prime numbers, and hope we can help with the re-examination. Come back quickly!"

beep beep——

Listen to the blind tone from the phone.

Wang Tong couldn't help looking at Zhang Ying, with a wry smile on his face:

"Honey, look at this"

Zhang Ying was silent for a moment, then sighed faintly:

"Hey, go ahead, career is important, I'll just deal with it myself."

A smile suddenly appeared on Wang Tong's face. His girlfriend is not a big beauty, but her personality has always been virtuous.

But when his eyes caught Zhang Ying's phone, his smile suddenly froze on his face:

"Wait. University of Science and Technology of China?!"

after an hour.

The taxi Wang Tong took stopped outside the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center in Wudaokou.

Yau Center for Mathematical Sciences.

This is an institution established by Wudaokou Vocational College independently of the Department of Mathematics. It was founded by Qiu Chengtong, the first Chinese winner of the Fields Medal.

It is different from the Wudaokou Department of Mathematics, which focuses on teaching and educating people.

The Yau Mathematical Sciences Center is mostly young people, and most of the institutional functions are placed on academic research.

Although there is still a gap between Yenching University and Yenching University in terms of mathematics, its progress over the years should not be underestimated, and it can be regarded as a first-tier institution.

When Wang Tong arrived at the hall.

A middle-aged man with a Mediterranean round face was frowning and looking at his watch with a anxious expression on his face.

Wang Tong walked up quickly:

"Director Zhang, I'm here."

The full name of the middle-aged man in the Mediterranean is Zhang Fei, a name that looks like he should have a thick beard and hair and a tall and thick body.

He is currently the executive deputy director of the Yau Center for Mathematical Sciences and a professor in the Department of Mathematics.

See Wang Tong coming.

Zhang Fei patted him on the shoulder as a greeting. He pointed to a room numbered 202 and said:

"Xiao Wang, we are divided into four groups to verify the steps at the same time. You go to 202 to help Professor Guo's team calculate. Professor Guo will tell you the specific situation."

Wang Tong nodded:

"clear."

After speaking, he turned around and walked quickly to room 202.

Room 202 is a computing room in the computing center. At first glance, it looks like a common study room—that is, a simple style, with several baffles in each position.

In addition to a lot of calculation paper, there is no super-computing or main control configuration that many people imagine.

This is actually the norm in the use of mathematics.

When numerical analysis, linear optimization algorithms, optimization, and programming are not needed, mathematics practitioners basically rely on handwriting.

There were seven or eight people sitting in Room 202, some men and some women.

Except for a little old man, everyone's age is at least not too different in appearance.

"Hi, Professor Guo."

Wang Tong greeted the little old man politely, then chose a seat and sat down.

A few more minutes passed.

After a short-haired girl arrived, Professor Guo coughed lightly, looked around, and said:

"Everyone, today is Sunday. We shouldn't have asked everyone to come over and work overtime—after all, we don't have so much work for everyone in this line of work."

A chuckle suddenly sounded from below.

But soon.

Professor Guo straightened his face and said:

"Only this morning, we received a letter of assistance from the University of Science and Technology of China, which claimed that they had proved the infinity of Mersenne prime numbers."

"After receiving the letter, I did a simple calculation with Professor Bu Shangquan of the Institute of Basic Mathematics, Professor Chen Jinwen and Professor He Lingbing of Applied Mathematics."

"According to our calculation results, there are no obvious mistakes or omissions in the derivation process, and the same is true for the key verification of random sampling."

"So we asked Director Zhang to gather all the students here temporarily to prepare for detailed accounting."

"Everyone is a top talent in the mathematics industry, and they should know the status of Mersenne primes in the mathematics industry-if the verification process is correct, this is big news."

Professor Guo just finished speaking.

There was a little discussion at the next convenience.

As Professor Guo said, the status of Mersenne primes is very clear to them.

soon.

A tall and thin boy raised his hand. This person is a doctoral student brought by Professor Guo himself:

"Teacher, which bigwig from HKUST deduced this result?"

"Mr. Zhang Rui? Or Professor Chen Falai?"

When the rest of the people at the scene heard the words, they couldn't help showing curiosity in their eyes.

As a university of science and engineering, the University of Science and Technology of China cannot naturally be a shortcoming in mathematics.

However, compared with other top science and technology universities, the Department of Mathematics of HKUST does not have much advantage.

The advantage of HKUST School of Mathematics is that it has a high rate of going abroad. Entering the Department of Mathematics of HKUST is basically entering the fast lane of the Ivy League, which can be regarded as a high-quality channel.

Of course.

This is also related to the overall low level of mathematics in the country.

If the overseas Chinese are not counted, the domestic mathematics level is said to be second-rate internationally, but in fact it is only about third-rate.

Contrary to us, our old neighbor Nihong has done a good job in this area and achieved a lot of results.

"Verifier."

Looking at the curious crowd, Professor Guo shook his head slightly, with a hint of emotion in his eyes:

"It's not Lao Zhang, nor Lao Chen—in fact, it's not any professor at HKUST who wrote the verification process, but a Ph.D candidate."

Hearing Professor Guo's words, a certain boy in the audience subconsciously swears:

"Fuck? Doctor?"

Professor Guo nodded, and did not criticize the boy's swearing:

"Well, the doctor's name is Xu Yun, and he majors in physics and biology. He has a bright future."

"Huh? Xu Yun?"

Professor Guo just finished speaking.

Suddenly, a whisper came from Wang Tong's ear, and the short-haired girl who came in last raised her hand:

"Professor Guo, does that Dr. Xu Yun from the University of Science and Technology still run a cockroach medicine company?"

Professor Guo was slightly taken aback:

"I don't know about that. Why, Xiao Wang, do you know him?"

The short-haired girl was silent for a moment, took out her phone and shook it:

"Professor Guo, you may not be clear about it. In recent days, a doctor named Xu Yun from HKUST has also been on the hot search."

"But the reason is because of abortion, PUA girlfriends and multiple boats, and the product is also poisonous to pets"

Professor Guo frowned. Due to his age, he was not very interested in these topics:

"This question is not within the scope of our verification. If you really want to know, you can check it in private."

"Okay, everyone, prepare first, and start the retest as soon as possible."

"The classmate whose name I have called below, please come up and get your re-examination materials."

"Zhao Rui. Huang Haibing. Yang Yu and Wang Tong."

soon.

Wang Tong was assigned a 16-page copy of the manuscript.

The font of this manuscript has been scanned into a standard font size in advance, so it is not difficult to look it up.

The part that Wang Tong is responsible for belongs to the count variable link, which has always been an approximate item.

However, Xu Yun's manuscript deduced another positive method.

So soon.

Wang Tong picked up a pen and began to calculate.

"Investigate the prime factor p of the Fermat number 2^(2^n)+1, if the order of 2 modulo p is d, then 2^(2^n)≡-1(mod p)"

"Knowing that d does not divide 2^n, the square on both sides of the formula ① is 2^(2^(n+1))≡1(mod p), so d|2^(n+1), so d=2^(n +1)"

"According to the existing theorem, the harmonic series is divergent, so it will lead to contradictions, so."

"F0F1Fk1=Fk2 is true for k≤t, then when k=t+1."

Students who have studied in the Department of Mathematics of Wudaokou should know it.

Although the domestic mathematics institutions are criticized every day, they are not all poor.

For example, the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center often undertakes the task of verifying various derivation results at home and abroad.

For example, everyone in the world knows that there is a problem in the first version of Fermat's proof by Wiles back then, but they don't know that the Department of Mathematics of Nantah University was the first to discover this problem and issue a letter of correction.

It's just that under normal circumstances, most of these results will be found out.

So for Wang Tong et al.

Although the retest is tiring, it is not difficult.

rustle——

The sound of fingertips rubbing against the calculation paper kept ringing in the room, and the derivation process was gradually verified.

Three hours later.

Wang Tong wiped the sweat off his forehead and let out a long breath:

"Good guy, it's finally done."

He didn't lower his voice, because everyone in the inspection team was wearing sound-proof earmuffs, and the Double Eleven special price just cough cough

Then he stood up and handed over the calculation results to Professor Guo who was waiting here:

"Professor Guo, I have completed this part of the verification, the logic is reasonable, and there is no problem."

Professor Guo took the original document and verification draft, and nodded to Wang Tong:

"Thanks for your hard work, Xiao Wang. There are lunch boxes in the hall. If you are hungry, you can go to fill your stomach."

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I forgot to mention just now. Today is considered an assistance project, and there is an additional subsidy of 300 yuan—from the University of Science and Technology."

Wang Tong immediately frowned.

Three hundred yuan is not too low.

Then he glanced at Professor Guo again, and asked tentatively:

"Professor Guo, I don't know the retest results"

Professor Guo touched the manuscript that had been returned, with a complicated expression:

"Our team's progress is a little slower, and we haven't produced specific results yet."

"However, according to the feedback from other groups including Nantah University, Yanda University, and Ludong University"

"The infinity of Mersenne primes should have been successfully verified."

Really successful?

Even though Wang Tong had been prepared in his heart, his pupils shrank when he heard the words.

Judging from the previous statement of Professor Guo.

Since the doctor named Xu Yun can be labeled as a "student", it is unlikely that he is over 35 years old anyway, right?

Not to mention that HKUST also has a wall-mounted class like the Chinese and French classes for teenagers. Maybe the other party is only 27 or 8 years old when they graduate?

what a monster

In the current domestic mathematics environment, this achievement alone is enough for him to eat for a lifetime.

Then Wang Tong left Room 202 with a sigh, walked to the lobby, took a bite of boxed lunch at random, and chose a seat to fill his stomach.

But eat and eat.

He suddenly thought of what his girlfriend and the short-haired girl just said:

Both of them mentioned HKUST and abortion PUA. If there is no accident, they should be talking about the same thing?

Think here.

Wang Tong simply took out his mobile phone and opened the Weibo that he had downloaded but didn't use very much.

As a result, as soon as he clicked into the hot search list, he saw three huge topics: # Xu Yun # # University of Science and Technology of China announced the proof of the infinity of Mersenne prime numbers # # University of Science and Technology of China # .

The three topics occupy the top three in the hot search in turn, and at the same time # Xu Yun # there is a big red character behind the topic:

burst.

This means that the popularity of this topic has exceeded the conventional limit, and the attention is far out of the circle.

Then Wang Tong thought about it.

Click on the topic of # University of Science and Technology of China announced the proof of the infinity of Mersenne primes # .

The topic displayed at the top is the official WeChat account of the University of Science and Technology, and the content is very simple:

[The infinity of Mersenne prime numbers enters the final stage! The calculation results deduced by Xu Yun, an alumnus of our school, have passed the preliminary test of the well-known international mathematics journal "Annals of Mathematics". Will you and I witness history? 】

be honest.

From Wang Tong's point of view, there is nothing wrong with the content of the University of Science and Technology, and it can even be a little conservative.

After all, there may still be a gap between the domestic level of mathematical theory and the international level, but the retest is quite authoritative.

Yanda University, Wudaokou University, Nantah University, Ludong University and University of Science and Technology’s own re-inspection are all okay, basically it can be said to be hammered to death.

But when he clicked on the related comments, he was dumbfounded.

I saw that the number of comments on this Weibo has reached 33,000, and the first comment has more than 72,000 likes.

The content is as simple as two words:

[Where's the face? 】

The second comment is a bit longer:

[Spit it out, let’s not talk about the dead scumbag, and now he’s turning his face around, how can this kind of rubbish still have academic achievements? When others are fools? 】

The third article fills up a lot of 'insider information':

【Ouch, this man is the illegitimate son of the principal of HKUST. It’s really embarrassing for him to come out and protect him like this at this time. He thought that if he made an announcement, others would believe it? 】

Wang Tong paused for a while, and all the comments that caught his eye were without exception, attacking HKUST and Xu Yun.

no doubt.

Even if he didn't know the details, Wang Tong roughly guessed an answer:

The 'Xu Yun' that Professor Guo said proved the infinity of Mersenne primes was the scumbag that his girlfriend criticized at home.

Think here.

Wang Tong simply put down his chopsticks and began to understand what happened seriously.

First, a passerby's pet cat was poisoned.

Then the internet-famous pet cat 'Tiaotiao' died suddenly.

Then the blogger was exposed, triggering Xu Yun's black history of riding multiple boats, abortion, and PUA

Since a "good-hearted person" had come forward in advance, the whole matter was organized into a memo format for passers-by to read.

So Wang Tong knew the ins and outs of the whole matter without much effort.

In addition, among the large number of criticisms, Wang Tong also noticed a few accounts that calmed everyone down or showed Xu Yun's innocence.

These accounts are male and female, and most of the IP addresses are in southern Anhui.

Looks like a HKUST alumni.

Of course.

It wasn't accidental that Wang Tongneng noticed these accounts, but these comments that 'whitewashed' Xu Yun had been pushed to the square's homepage.

Just like when Fanfan and Fengfeng entered the game back then, there were also some brain-dead fans shouting in Chaohua that they would never leave and never give up, which attracted a lot of people to watch monkeys.

Although the situation was very different then and now, the platform algorithm is the same.

So it was normal for Wang Tong to be able to see these contents.

Some of these accounts directly believed that Xu Yun was innocent, while others presented some evidence.

eg imidacloprid is ineffective against mammals etc.

It's just that no matter what kind of content is above, the bottom is full of a lot of cynicism.

Perhaps it was because he had some favorable impression of Xu Yun based on his ability during the calculation process, but Wang Tong did not stand in line with him, but felt that these comments seemed to be reasonable.

At least

It should be true that Xu Yun deduced that Mersenne primes are infinite.

So he thought for a moment. # The University of Science and Technology of China announced the proof of the infinity of Mersenne prime numbers # and posted a paragraph:

[I rarely pay attention to Weibo, I just found out about this, other things are not sure, but Xu Yun did write the verification process of Mersenne prime number infinity, and according to the current situation, the verification is very likely to be successful , so everyone should talk less about AOE, all kinds of academic fraud have come out-who would use this level of conjecture to fake? 】

finish writing.

send.

Then Wang Tong thought about it, and sent another WeChat message to his girlfriend:

[Wife, don't be in a hurry to match up, that Xu Yun may be slandered, let the bullets fly for a while, he is really a scumbag, then I will beat him with you! 】

at the same time.

In all parts of China.

There are also some people, like Wang Tong, who have written various microblogs with related entries.

They did not choose to explicitly support Xu Yun or believe that Xu Yun was innocent, but proceeded from their own professions and believed that the HKUST announcement was not a fake.

But even so, these remarks are still somewhat contrary to the "mainstream" rhythm of the current Internet explosion.

that's all.

A wind invisible to the naked eye slowly blows away from the mathematics circle.