Joseph didn't pay much attention to winning or losing the bet with Napoleon. He remembered that in the films he had seen about Napoleon in his previous life, Napoleon had submitted his manuscript to the French Academy of Sciences. It is as if Napoleon wrote an article on the analysis of social problems at that time, and after throwing it into it, it was lost. Therefore, Joseph felt that he was at least unlikely to lose this bet.

However, this paper still needs to be prepared carefully. If it is a normal study, the first thing that needs to be done is naturally experimentation. But for Joseph, who crossed over, this matter can be relieved for a while. The first thing he needs to prepare is to prepare some mathematical tools for the subsequent arguments and calculations.

In this way, the problem is complicated, because the twenty or thirty years from the seventies of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century were the era of a great leap forward in mathematics, especially in France. During this time, France produced a series of mathematicians who made Joseph even think about it until now, and he was terrified for a long time. Even as soon as he became a traverser, Joseph immediately remembered the fear of being dominated by Fourier, Laplace, and Lagrange, and a cool breath rose from his tail vertebrae to the back of his neck. And Fresnel's ability to perfectly explain double-slit diffraction is also inseparable from the achievements of these great and terrible guys. If Fresnel's argument were to be replicated directly, it would almost first be necessary to make several key mathematical breakthroughs.

"It's really 'To solve the Korean problem, we are going to solve Manchuria; In order to solve the problem of Manchuria, we need to solve China; In order to solve the China problem, we need to solve the United States'. When did my approach become like one of those brainless people who have a habit of solving a small problem by creating a bigger problem? Joseph couldn't help but taunt himself. But given the historical impact of this experiment, and under the influence of vanity, Joseph intended to write about it. Of course, whenever possible, he still has to use the mathematical means he already has to solve the problem as much as possible. Theoretically, this is not impossible, but the whole argument process will be very cumbersome and cumbersome. It's like a problem that you could have multiplied and you have to do with addition.

As a result, after trying to do it for a few days, Joseph found that if he really wanted to completely bypass these mathematical tools that had not yet appeared, he would probably need more space.

"Some necessary mathematical tools must be developed, otherwise, we can't really use addition to calculate multiplication." Joseph thought so.

After nearly a month of this, bypassing some of the more advanced tools with relatively unwieldy means, and inventing some "low" tools by the way, Joseph finally finished his thesis. Looking at the paper, which was as thick as a book, Joseph nodded with satisfaction and said, "I finally succeeded in reducing the length by half." A paper has not only a breakthrough in physics, but also a breakthrough in mathematics, which is really a great experience. The only pity is that I didn't get real-world feedback. ”

Joseph transcribed another copy of the paper and sent one copy of it. The other was shown to Armand.

As soon as he saw the large number of mathematical symbols in the paper, Armand frowned: "Joseph, I said what have you been busy with all this time, it turns out that you are doing this." Well, I can barely understand this, and you think that light should be a wave, not a particle—that's not quite the way Sir Newton saw it. That experiment of yours is also very interesting, I recognize all the symbols in the back of these things, but what it means to put them together, to be honest, I don't understand at all. Of course...... You shouldn't have shown this thing to me, it should have been for my uncle, right? ”

"Yes," said Joseph, "I would like to hear what Monsieur Lavoisier has to say about it. ”

"Well, well, tomorrow is Sunday, I'll bring this paper to him."

……

"Good morning, Monsieur Lavoisier, do you need anything?" A waiter hurriedly opened the door and said to Lavoisier, a member of the French Academy of Sciences and a famous chemist.

"Ah, Mabaif, is Mr. Laplace here today?" Lavoisier asked, handing his staff to the waiter.

"Yes, Monsieur Lavoisier, Monsieur Laplace in his office." The waiter replied.

"Very well, please bring me a pot of black tea to his office in a moment." Lavoisier said as he strode down the corridor towards Laplace's office on the left.

"Yes sir, I'll send it to you right away."

Lavoisier walked to the door of Laplace's office, reached out and knocked softly, but there was no sound inside. Lavoisier smiled slightly, and knocked softly on the door, but there was still no sound inside.

Lavoisier pushed the door lightly, and it opened. He walked in and saw Laplace sitting at his desk, head down, shaking a quill, calculating something. His desk was littered with used manuscript paper.

Lavoisier didn't speak, but walked over, pulled a chair, sat down across from Laplace's desk, and waited quietly.

At this time, Ma Baifu walked in with a pot of black tea.

"Ah, Ma Baifu, put it right here, pour me a glass." Lavoisier said.

Mabauff placed the teapot on the table next to him, poured another cup of tea, and brought it to Lavoisier.

"Well, it's okay here. You can leave. Lavoisier took the tea and smiled.

Ma Baifu bowed slightly, and walked out gently, and gently closed the door with his hand.

Lavoisier watched Laplace calculate, sipping his tea; Laplace never looked up, and he didn't even notice a person sitting across from his desk.

After a few more moments, Laplace put the quill in his hand into the inkwell again, and then failed to write the numbers on the manuscript paper as he wished—the inkwell ran out of ink.

"Hell yes! I should have switched to a bigger inkwell. Laplace said, looking up at the same time to find Lavoisier sitting across the table.

"Monsieur Lavoisier, why are you here? How long have you been here? Laplace asked.

For quite some time, Laplace worked as an assistant to Lavoisier, and together they determined the specific heat of many substances. In 1780, the two of them proved that the amount of heat required to break down a compound into its constituent elements is equal to the amount of heat that those elements emit when they form the compound. This can be seen as the beginning of thermochemistry, and it is also another milestone in the development of the law of conservation of energy after Brack's work on latent heat. So the relationship between the two is quite good.

"Ah, I've been here for a while. Why, I see you seem to be checking that 'Bonaparte spot'? ”

"Yes, Monsieur Lavoisier." Laplace stood up and said, "You've already read that paper?" It's counterintuitive. But, hell, it can really be observed in experiments...... That is to say, if there is no problem with his whole derivation, then light must really be a wave. Well, Hook would be rolling in the grave with joy. ”

Lavoisier said: "Yes, I have read the paper, I read it yesterday morning. This paper was written by my art-loving nephew, well, you have met him, by one of his classmates named Joseph Bonaparte. He gave me the paper through Armand. I have to say that although the conclusions of this paper are a bit contrary to common sense, those two experiments are really impressive. Especially that 'Bonaparte spot'. Well, I think this young man also submitted this paper to the Academy of Sciences, wanting to get a prize. Well, if nothing else, for just two experiments, I think it's worth six hundred francs, or even more. ”

"The few mathematical tools he built up in this paper alone are worth it." Laplace said, "However, the light of the waves, this conclusion, many people are afraid that it will be difficult to accept." ”

"Unacceptable? Just because Sir Newton said that light is particles? Lavoisier disagreed, "Aristotle made a lot of mistakes." Could it be that Sir Newton was a Pope who would never make mistakes? But you know, I've always had a lot going on. And there are too many mathematical calculations in this paper, although he has come up with some tricks, but the amount of calculation is still too large. I also have my own research, so yesterday I just verified his experiments and looked at his arguments in general, and as for the specific mathematical details, I haven't had time to go into details. You know, in mathematics, I'm not as good as you, and when it comes to the speed of calculations, I don't think there's anyone better than you in this world. So I'm going to ask you to verify it carefully. I didn't expect you to be doing this. ”