Chapter 114: Dark Clouds in the Mathematical Sky
This time, Chen Luo really didn't think about collecting money.
But he couldn't live up to Calvin's heart.
So he reluctantly took the job.
In the next few days, after the Gaya scholars organized a group to suppress the Loren mathematical community, they were stumped by the devil Blair's three-way ruler drawing problem, and because the terrifying turtle fell into the wilderness and fled, another major event happened in the Loren mathematical community.
The god of mathematics that has been silent for a long time has a new move.
A copy of "Geometry" that drove the mathematicians of the Kingdom of Loland into a collective madness.
In this book, they can find all the geometric problems they have studied, as well as theorems that they have not studied.
While the mathematicians of Loran were still exploring and swimming in the ocean of geometric knowledge, Chen Luo drained the water in the ocean and displayed the treasures under the water in front of them.
The geometric level of the Luolan Kingdom was instantly raised to a height that scholars from other countries could not reach.
Of course, the significance of this book to the kingdom of Luolan is definitely not the perfection of geometry, but also the improvement of the status of mathematics, but also the contribution to the entire mathematical community, Luolan is already a well-deserved uncrowned king of the continent.
Although Gaya is still known as the World Mathematics Center, it does not have the reality of a World Mathematics Center.
For this "Geometry", the scholars of Loren were ecstatic if they had found a treasure, and those who had plenty of money in their hands would definitely spend money to buy a copy, and those who were shy in their pockets would borrow money to buy a copy.
It only costs ten gold coins to buy this knowledge that cannot be measured by gold coins, which is simply the best deal in the world.
The first edition of Geometry published by the Mathematical Society sold out on the first day.
For this reason, the Mathematical Association reprinted it overnight, but the second batch was sold out in less time than the first.
Mathematics is a basic subject, and it is not only mathematicians who need to learn mathematics, in fact, mathematicians do not need to learn science, astronomy, but science scholars and astronomers need to learn mathematics, without mathematics, their research is just a castle in the air.
Therefore, when the reputation of Geometry spread, it immediately triggered a large number of purchases by other scholars.
Under the influence of Geometry, the price of paper in the city of Arpo and its surrounding cities also suddenly rose.
Because of a two-hundred-page book, the academic world has inspired unprecedented pomp.
However, the good times did not last long, and just a few days later, the mathematicians who were obsessed with "Geometry" suddenly discovered a problem that confused them.
What they have studied, there is in Geometry, what they have not studied, there is also in Geometry, so what should they study in the future?
Geometry occupies half of mathematics, and it is also the subject that most scholars spend their lives studying, and now that the mystery of geometry has been unveiled by God, what should they study next?
This problem did not bother mathematicians for long, and it was solved by one person.
Following the three major ruler drawing problems, Blair the devil asked dozens of questions one after another, which were posted on the bounty wall by the Mathematical Association.
These topics are varied, from algebra to geometry, to all kinds of strange problems.
For example......
It is proved that when the integer n > 2, x^n + y^n = z^n has no positive integer solution.
Try to prove that any map can use only four colors to color countries with common borders.
Proof: Any integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of three prime numbers.
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There are many more questions like this, and the reward wall of the Mathematical Association is empty and full of reward questions at once, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.
These problems are the dawn of hope for mathematicians who are trapped in emptiness and confusion.
For a time, a large number of scholars poured into the mathematical association to try to solve these bounty questions.
Even if they can't solve these problems, they still have problems to study and something to do, not to mention, the rewards for these topics are very rich, and if they can solve them, the lives of some poor scholars can be greatly improved immediately......
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After Calvin left for the last time, Chen Luo's treasure chest had a few thousand more gold coins.
This was probably the last thing he did for the mathematical community.
Those problems, at the level of mathematics in the 21st century, also have many unsolved, which should be enough for scholars here to study for thousands of years......
The charm of mathematics lies in the process, not in the result.
The mathematical theorems directly given by him are soulless, and it is better to let them enjoy the joy of mathematics in the process of discovering and solving problems.
Those dozens of questions, Chen Luo didn't write them casually.
The Seven Bridges problem, for example, seems simple and meaningless, but it is the germ of topology.
The four-color problem, an upgraded version of the Seven Bridges problem, originated in 1852, and it was not until June 1976 that a mathematician finally completed the proof of this theorem in 1,200 hours on two different electronic computers with 10 billion judgments.
However, in the eyes of mathematicians, theorems proven by computers are soulless.
Many mathematicians were not satisfied with the achievements of computers, they believed that there should be a simple and clear written method of proof, and until Chen Luo came here, there were still a large number of mathematicians and mathematics enthusiasts looking for a more concise proof method.
Scholars who are trying to prove the four-color theorem, Chen Luo can only wish them good luck.
As for Fermat's theorem, Goldbach's conjecture, and the four-color theorem, what these three problems have in common is that the questions are simple and easy to understand, but the connotations are extremely profound, and anyone who tries to prove them will fall into this bottomless abyss.
Of course, Chen Luo is not a devil, and his purpose is not to embarrass these poor scholars.
In the process of studying those problems, new branches of mathematics will definitely appear, and Chen Luo has planted seeds in them for later mathematicians to discover.
At that time, they will find that all the mathematics they have studied for thousands of years has already appeared on this wall.
At this moment, standing under the reward wall of the Mathematical Association, looking at the scholars who are looking at those problems, I can't help but start to doubt life.
As soon as "Geometry" came out, Chen Luoshen's identity has been confirmed.
And when these are all sorted, they don't even have the slightest idea of the topic posted on the bounty wall, and finally justified the name of the devil Blair.
However, even if they don't have any ideas in mind, they still try to solve them.
After all, apart from these, they don't have much left to study.
At this time, no one knew that these topics hanging on the wall at the moment would still be hanging here a thousand years later.
During this period, countless mathematical geniuses were born, and their light illuminated large swaths of the night sky of mathematics.
However, even in that "heroic age" when mathematical geniuses were frequent and stars were shining, there was always a part of the mathematical sky that was shrouded in the darkness of the devil.
No matter what the prince of mathematics, the king of mathematics, has trembled on his knees under this darkness......
Of course, people at that time already knew that under the darkness of the devil, under the dark clouds of the mathematical sky, there was the fire that God gave them.
For hundreds of years, in the process of studying those problems, more new branches of mathematics have been pioneered by scholars......
It was only at that time that people knew that Chen Luo, the god of mathematics, or Blair, the devil of mathematics, had guided them to a supreme road to truth thousands of years ago......
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While countless mathematicians were tormented to death by those bounty questions, Chen Luo was on the way to buy groceries with Isabella.
Seeing that Chen Luo had been bargaining with the vendor for a long time because of the increase in the price of meat by two silver coins, Isabella couldn't help but say: "Blair, you are even more greedy than a dragon, you obviously have so many gold coins, and you are so stingy......"
Diligence and thrift are the virtues of the traditional Chinese nation, and having money does not mean waste and extravagance.
In the place where Chen Luo came, those who wore famous brands were not necessarily rich, and those who wore cheap vests and slippers might have more than a dozen buildings behind them to collect rent.
Bargaining is not stingy, it is an attitude to life.
If you don't know the price of firewood and rice, Isabella is a noble lady who has not experienced a poor life and does not understand the hardships of the people at the bottom.
Chen Luo glanced at Isabella and said, "It's not because of the city lord, the meat seller said that they have collected an extra tax this year, and they can only increase the price of meat......
Isabella looked at him angrily and said angrily: "Blair, the matter of taxation is decided by the Minister of Finance, not the city lord!"
Isabella seemed to be very concerned about this matter, and Chen Luo hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, it's just that no matter how much money I have, I can't spend it indiscriminately, and I still have to save that money to marry a beautiful wife......"
Isabella looked at him with disdain and said, "Blair, do you only choose a wife based on beauty?"
"Of course not. Chen Luo thought for a while and said, "In addition to being beautiful, you must also have a good figure, strong but gentle, and smart ......."
Isabella thought for a moment and said, "Her profession is better to be a teacher?"
Chen Luo nodded and said, "Hello teacher, teacher still has winter and summer vacations......
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