Chapter 36: Sleepless Nights
In the wide and bright hall, Alice was surrounded by countless people.
Among these people were the three vice-presidents of the Mathematics Branch of the City of Apo, several senior deacons, and the rest were scholars of great fame in the City of Apo, and even her most respected Aunt Kahia could only stand in the corner.
Alice had never experienced such a scene, and her nervous palms were covered with sweat.
Calvin looked at her with a serious face and asked, "Miss Alice, you have been following Lord Blair just now, do you know what happened?"
Alice nodded and whispered, "Yes, it was Feige Howard who provoked Blair first...... , Lord Blair, and insulted him with very nasty words, and later Lord Blair made a bet with Feige, saying that if Feige could answer that question of his, he would lose the Medal of Honor to Feige......"
After Calvin listened to Alice's words, he glanced at the other old man with a wry smile on his face.
The Howard family, this time they got themselves into a big trouble!
First Douglas and the others embarrassed Miss Britney, and then Feige ignorantly provoked and insulted Blair, did they really think that the honorary scholars who could solve the riddle of Rauss and solve the question of the Nine Bridges were easy to bully?
From the time Blair stood up for his mentor just now, Calvin knew that in the face of such a bullying, he was not a person who would swallow his anger, but he didn't expect that he wouldn't make a move if he didn't make a move, and as soon as he made a move, he would give the Howard family and several factions a fatal blow.
The discovery of this mysterious number has completely destroyed the foundation of the doctrine of the number faction, and this blow is fatal for the number faction, long before the time of half a divine grace, Douglas and others left here, and the current Howard family may have been in chaos.
What made Calvin and the others angry and helpless was that the little guy named Blair dragged the Howard family and the entire mathematical community into a quagmire of panic, and he actually ran away secretly, leaving the biggest trouble to the Mathematics Association------ is this something that normal people can do?
If this matter is not resolved, there will be one more day of chaos in the mathematical community, Calvin took a deep breath, looked at the other two vice presidents, and said, "Tomorrow morning, let's go to St. Donas College......
This academic salon ended later than any before, and when all the scholars dragged their tired bodies back to their residences and lay on the beds, but still couldn't sleep, the Howard family was already in chaos.
Just now, Douglas, who had returned from the salon ahead of time, brought back news that shocked and frightened the Howard family.
Tonight's math salon has found a "devil's number" that is neither an integer nor a ratio of integers.
This is inconsistent with the school of numbers, which is that there is no way to have a length that cannot be expressed by numbers, and the only explanation is that the Howard family and the number school are wrong, and that in this world, there are other numbers besides integers and decimals that can be expressed by the ratio of integers.
If this is the case, then the several factions will face the greatest crisis since the establishment of the school, and if they do not solve this problem, it is very likely that they will suffer the consequences of the collapse and dissolution of the school.
It was late at night, but no one in the Howard family slept, and everyone was writing hard in the room, hoping to find this number under the guidance of the theory of the number faction and help the Howard family and the number faction survive this crisis.
In Douglas's room, Douglas sat at his desk, grabbed his hair, gritted his teeth, and said, "Father, give me a little more time, I will definitely be able to find this number......"
"No need to look for it. Viscount Howard shook his head and said, "The number of devils cannot be expressed by the ratio of whole numbers, and you cannot find it." ”
Douglas looked up at him and said in shock, "Father, you ......"
"I've known about this for a long time. Viscount Howard looked at him and said, "It was your brother Abel who first discovered this. ”
"Brother Ebel!" Douglas's face changed dramatically, and he was shocked, "Isn't he missing!"
The name of Ebel Howard is known to everyone in the entire mathematical community.
At the age of twenty, he won the Edwin Prize, became an honorary scholar of the Mathematical Society at the age of twenty-one, and was hailed as the youngest genius in mathematics.
But three years ago, Abel Howard suddenly and mysteriously disappeared during an outing, and there has been no news since then, and the Howard family and the Mathematical Society have sent people to look for him, but they have never found any trace of him.
Three years have passed, the family has acquiesced to what happened to him outside, and in three years, the light of genius has become dimmed, and Douglas has begun to emerge, the Howard family has a new genius, and he is gradually seen as the new generation of the Howard family at the helm......
No matter what kind of praise he has on the outside, Douglas himself knows very well in his heart how big the gap between him and genius is.
Viscount Howard did not answer his question directly, but shook his head and said: "Abel's discovery will bring disaster to the Howard family and several factions, I used to think that if I didn't let this news go, I could avoid this disaster, but I didn't expect that only three years later, the unreasonable ghost raised its terrifying head again......"
Douglas's throat moved, and he asked with difficulty, "Brother Abel, where is he now?"
The Howard family, the deepest part of the manor, has a place that is forbidden for members of the Howard family to enter, and no one is allowed to approach it without Viscount Howard's permission.
Several low buildings, hidden in the deepest part of the shadows of the trees, the innermost room was lit, and in the room, a young man sat at his desk, slowly flipping through a math report.
Squeak......
The door was pushed open from the outside, the young man did not look up, and asked lightly: "What other interesting discoveries have been made in the mathematical community in the past two days, yesterday's article about the riddle of Raus was good, I didn't expect that there was such a scholar in Apo City, I really want to get to know him......;
Douglas stood behind Viscount Howard, looked at the figure, and said in disbelief: "Brother Abel......"
Able Howard raised his head, looked at the door, and said with a smile on his face, "Brother Douglas, long time no see......"
Viscount Howard looked at him and whispered, "Tonight, someone has proven that the problem of the Nine Bridges is unsolvable. ”
With an interested expression on his face, Abel immediately said, "Who proved it, let me see his proof method......
Viscount Howard said, "It's the solver of the mystery of Raus." ”
Able smiled and said, "Young scholar, I really want to meet him......
Viscount Howard looked at him, a look of guilt on his face, and said, "From now on, you are free." ”
Able shook his body and looked at Viscount Howard slowly.
Viscount Howard lowered his head, not daring to make eye contact with him, and said in a low voice: "I once put the devil you released in a cage, and tonight, someone released it again......"
Able was silent for a long time before he slowly stood up, looked directly at Viscount Howard, and said, "Father, I told you a long time ago that the truth cannot be closed, and even if you put it in a cage, it will shine through the cracks in the window......
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St. Donas College, faculty residence hall.
Isabella had been sent back to the City Lord's Mansion by Chen Luo and Britney, and after returning to the dormitory, Britney sat at her desk and picked up a quill to calculate.
After half a divine grace, she rubbed her sour eyebrows, looked at Chen Luo beside her, and asked, "Blair, what the hell is going on?"
Chen Luo moved his legs, which were about to stand numb, and said innocently: "Teacher Britney, have you ever thought that perhaps, the ratio of integers to integers cannot represent all numbers?"
Britney asked, "Let's say this square is a number of two?"
Chen Luo nodded and said, "This is my accidental discovery. ”
Britney frowned and thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, you shouldn't bet on the Medal of Honor, it's important for your future." ”
Chen Luo lowered his head and said, "Not in the future." ”
Britney nodded, covered her mouth and yawned, and said, "Okay, it's not early, Blair, you go to bed first, I'll do the math again......"
"Teacher Britney, rest early, don't sleep too late. ”
Chen Luo told her a word, and went back to sleep in his room, practicing magic is a very laborious thing, he must ensure enough sleep, so that he can have enough energy the next day.
However, when he was just about to go back to the room, Britney suddenly looked at him and said: "Don't be so impulsive in the future, if today's incident is not in the salon, if it is not for the fact that there are many scholars present with different ideas from the several schools, you will be very dangerous, although Isabella is about the same age as you, she is your senior sister, you don't always disobey her......"
Isabella is indeed a little undercover agent of Teacher Britney by her side, but the purpose is to protect him, Chen Luo faced Teacher Britney's advice, and said obediently: "I know." ”
Britney was silent for a moment, and said softly, "Also, tonight, thank you......"
Chen Luo knew that she was talking about the Nine Bridges issue, so he just smiled and waved his hand again: "Good night Teacher Britney." ”
"Good Night ......"
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Chen Luo was lying on the bed, without the musty smell of the utility room, only a faint fragrance similar to the fragrance of Teacher Britney's body, and he soon fell asleep.
It was the first good sleep he had since he came into this world.
However, for many mathematicians in Arpo City, including Britney, tonight was a sleepless night.