Chapter 108: Running Away from the Desert [10/14]

When Calvin left St. Donas, he fell three times in a short distance.

Chen Luo, who was about to go out to buy vegetables, saw it in his eyes, but he was not surprised at all.

Not to mention Calvin, even in modern times, a student who has been educated in modern mathematics since childhood can't help but doubt life when he first hears Zeno's paradox.

In the history of the development of physics, there were once four divine beasts.

These four mythical beasts are Zeno's tortoise, Laplacemon, Maxwell's demon, and Schrödinger's cat.

The four mythical beasts correspond to calculus, classical mechanics, the second law of thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics.

Among them, Zeno's tortoise can shrink the ground into inches, Laplace Beast can deduce all things, Maxwell Demon manipulates all things to reverse yin and yang, and Schrödinger's cat creates a universe beyond life and death.

These four divine beasts are both good and evil, which not only brings confusion and trouble to scientists, but also points out the path and direction of science for mankind.

What Chen Luo released today was Zeno's tortoise.

One can say that it is a mathematical problem, or that it is a physical problem, and that it is a philosophical problem.

Philosophically, some explain it in terms of the nature of motion, and in physics, some explain it in terms of quantum mechanics.

And if you want to completely solve Zeno's turtle mathematically, you must first solve the limit problem.

But for 2,000 years, no mathematician like Eulagus could explain the mystery of the limit. Therefore, this unreasonable Zeno turtle settled in the physical empire as a divine beast for 2000 years.

Two thousand years later, it wasn't until Leibniz and Newton invented calculus that the limit problem was solved, but even so, the mathematical, philosophical, and physical worlds were still quarreling over the tortoise.

Later, countless explanations have been given to Zeno's paradox, and no one can convince anyone of their own opinions.

Of course, regardless of the outcome, Zeno's paradox, whether it is mathematics, philosophy, or physics, has played a great role in the development of mathematics, philosophy, and physics.

This is not something Chen Luo cares about, what he cares about is that after the turtle is released, those Gaya scholars should buy station tickets overnight and return to China, right?

When they are gone, his five thousand gold coins, nay, seven thousand gold coins, will be in place immediately......

Although two thousand gold coins is a little less, considering that this should be Calvin's limit, for the sake of his old friend's face, Chen Luo will be fine......

It's still this way to get money quickly, Chen Luo even looks forward to it, Luo Lan will come to the scholar groups of several countries, and after finishing mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, he can also do it again......

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In the past two days, the three major problems that have stumped the Gaya scholars have temporarily faded out of people's sight.

Scholars in the city of Apor are studying Blair's tortoise.

Even ordinary civilians are curious about this question.

The great archmage, why can't he catch up with a turtle, how fast can a tortoise that can't even catch up with the great mage of the wind system?

Of course, the civilians don't understand, but the scholars of Apo City know very well that the root of this problem is not the question of whether the Grand Magister can catch up with the turtle, but how to catch up.

Everyone knows that the great archmagister, Lord Achilles, will definitely be able to catch up with the turtle, but how exactly did he catch up?

If time and distance can be divided infinitely, how did he accomplish this infinite process?

This seems beyond their comprehension.

Some people have begun to suspect that the earliest school of thought from Gaya asserts that time and space cannot be divided infinitely, but this is even more incomprehensible.

If time and space cannot be divided infinitely, is there a minimum unit of time and space?

The scope of discussion on this issue far exceeded the irrational numbers of the time, and in the city of Arpo, it was almost to the point of national discussion.

Even every day, many civilians gathered around the door of the Mathematical Association, curiously asking scholars about the Grand Magus and the tortoise.

Scholars passing by, if there is no urgency, will generally explain to them.

An obese pet shop owner stopped a scholar and asked curiously, "The Great Magister of the Wind System can't catch up, how fast does that turtle run?"

The scholar shook his head and patiently explained, "It's not a question of whether the turtle can run fast or not, it's a question of whether time and space can be divided infinitely......

The owner of the pet shop waved his hand and said, "I don't care if the time can be divided, I just want to know, how did that turtle run so fast, what did it eat and grow up?"

The scholar said helplessly: "That's not the point, do you think Lord Blair doesn't know if the Grand Magister can catch up with the turtle?"

The owner of the pet shop frowned and said, "I don't care about this, just tell me why the turtle crawls so fast, can it fly?"

The scholar was a little impatient, and said, "It's all said, the archmage will definitely be able to catch up with the turtle!"

"Then what have you been studying these two days?" the owner of the pet shop gave him a blank look and asked, "Why don't you tell me where that Blair is, and I'll ask him what his turtle grew up eating and how he climbs so fast......

The scholar couldn't help but kick him and said angrily, "Get out!"

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The Mathematical Society, Calvin stood at a table with a slow-crawling turtle in front of him.

Two days later, he still couldn't figure out the problem of the turtle.

Math can answer the time it took Achilles to catch up with the tortoise, but math cannot explain how he caught up with the tortoise.

This is simply a problem that cannot be explained mathematically.

Calvin wondered about the tortoise's question, but he was even more curious, what strange ideas were in the young head of Lord Blair?

Every problem can cause a big earthquake, is he really a devil sent by the gods to upset the mathematical world?

Gal hurriedly ran in from the outside, forgetting to even knock on the door, and while leaning against the wall, he gasped and said, "Yes, Elder, Gaya's group of scholars, they, they ......"

Calvin looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with them?"

Gal shouted, "They ran away!"

Gaya's group of visiting scholars quietly left the city of Arpo last night without even saying hello.

Calvin wasn't surprised by this, and he expected it.

Since Lord Blair released the terrifying turtle, there is no way back for the Gaya scholars, and if they stay here, they will face the doubts of many scholars, and they will not be able to solve this problem at all.

Calvin felt that the only people who could explain this problem were Lord Blair and that Lord Chen Luo.

At this moment, not only the Gaya scholars, but even Calvin himself was a little panicked.

He found that the power of this turtle was much greater than he expected, and now not only mathematicians, but people from all walks of life are asking him for the answer to this question.

When this problem spreads, Wang Du's side will inevitably ask him to give an explanation.

But how did he explain it?

Anxious, Calvin stood up abruptly and said, "Take the gold coins and go to St. Donas Academy!"

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The credibility of the Mathematical Society and Calvin was trustworthy, and the day after the Gaya scholar left, Chen Luo saw a box full of glittering gold coins.

With the lesson of the last time, this time Chen Luo learned to be obedient.

The addition of one more variant magic is just the icing on the cake, he can't smash all these gold coins into the Magic Association, at least he should leave some of them to stay alive.

Teacher Britney's salary is not high, and she can support her by herself.

Isabella was limited in her pocket money because she was spending too much money, and her father, the lord of the city.

The grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates, for the sake of Isabella who once took care of him, Chen Luo can also support her for a while.

These gold coins are enough for the three of them to live the most luxurious life.

Of course, Teacher Britney usually lives frugally, and Chen Luo is not a big spender, in this case, this money can support them for a lifetime.

Calvin hesitated for a long time before looking at Chen Luo and asked carefully, "Lord Blair, what is going on with that turtle?"

Chen Luo couldn't give Calvin an explanation for this question.

Strictly speaking, Zeno's paradox is not a mathematical problem.

Or rather, it's not exactly a math problem.

From a mathematical point of view, it is possible to give an answer to this question, but it cannot explain its essence.

The level of mathematics in the Divine Grace Continent is too low, and it is too early to give them the concept of the limit.

Chen Luo also does not intend to explain it physically, although quantum mechanics can explain Zeno's paradox, but even quantum mechanics itself, some people doubt its authenticity.

What's more, classical mechanics has not even been established here, and most people are going crazy to put forward the concept of quantum mechanics now.

Historically, there have been many scientists who committed suicide because of this incident.

He didn't give Calvin an answer, firstly because he couldn't give it, and secondly, because it was for their good.

So, Chen Luo looked at Calvin, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and said, "I don't know ...... either."

Calvin looked at him in a daze, and froze in place for a moment.

What is it to give a question but not an answer, is the devil digging a hole and not filling it?

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