This Lucien Evans is actually Gauss's vest. Of course, the name was chosen with the help of his mentor Joseph Bonaparte, for the sake of some unknown memorial.

"Hehe, do you really think this matter is over like this?" When deciding on such a name for Gauss's waistcoat, Joseph couldn't help but think so.

Of course, no one except Joseph knew what kind of horror the ordinary-looking name "Lucien Evans" represented. In another plane, such a famous name as "Primordial Devil, Fallen Morning Star, Skull Crusher, Brain Eater, Headshot Maniac, and Three-View Destroyer" is enough to make babies cry.

Naturally, Napoleon did not know what kind of horror he would face.

"A rigorous proof of the principles of geometry and the theorem of parallel lines?" Napoleon read the subject first, "The parallel line theorem, ah, is this also a man who wants to remove parallel lines from the axioms?" ”

The fifth hypothesis of Euclidean geometry, the parallel hypothesis, seems far less intuitive than the previous ones. It lacks the concise and clear beauty of the hypothesis, so since ancient Greece, countless mathematicians have tried to prove it by the other four axioms and five axioms, so as to remove it from the ranks of the public hypothesis and make it a theorem.

Napoleon opened the paper and read it.

"It's not bad, at least from the beginning, it's still very regular, unlike those stupid people in front of me, who can't even figure out the most basic things." Napoleon nodded, took a sip of the coffee on the table, and lowered his head to continue reading.

Looking at it, Napoleon was no longer calm.

"Hell, what the hell is this! Is...... I thought I could see something that wasn't civil, a little bit normal, but it turned out to be ...... How can this guy talk such serious nonsense! Is this really, that this guy doesn't want to look out there? It's infuriating! ”

Napoleon couldn't stand it anymore, so he couldn't help but turn the paper directly to the end, and then directly began to comment:

"A ridiculous reasoning. The result was absurd, it was a paper with a lot of errors, worthless, and could not pass the review. I guess the author should look up out the window. Take a look at the real world...... In my opinion, the paper could not pass the review. I think the best thing to do with this whimsical, incomprehensible dream is to throw it in the fireplace, which will do its only thing. ”

When he had finished writing this, Napoleon threw the paper aside, muttering, "I can see why no one wants to do the task of reviewing papers." It's just forcibly feeding people. All morning, all morning, I watched a whole bunch of ridiculous stuff! That's really ...... Joseph was right that there is no lower limit to human intelligence. ”

Generally speaking, in order to ensure that the paper can be evaluated fairly during the review, a paper will be sent to several people for review. This, of course, added to the workload, so in the afternoon Napoleon was again assigned to a pile of papers.

Napoleon's enthusiasm had long since been exhausted by those civil papers. So he made an excuse that he wanted to go on a date with Miss Lola, and then he left all his work to Mr. Lagrange, and walked away. Of course, Mr. Lagrange was not willing to do such a thing—he had not done it for many years. So naturally, he gave these things to a few of his students so that they could get some exercise......

Early the next morning, however, Napoleon received an unexpected notice from the Academy of Sciences, that his judgment of the paper "The Rigorous Proof of the Principles of Geometry and the Theorem of Parallel Lines" was very different from that of another cadet, Jean-Baptis Joseph Fourier, and that the Academy of Sciences had re-sent it to him, as was customary, so that he could re-examine it. If, after a week, no one is willing to change their minds, then a hearing will be held to resolve the disagreement.

"Huh? Fourier let this damn paper pass? Napoleon was taken aback.

If Fourier had been judged by his academic level and contributions, he would have been a member of the Academy of Sciences a long time ago. However, he was also an important member of the Bonaparte laboratory, and his most important research results were considered by Joseph to be very strategic, especially in the field of radio communications. As long as he could cover his things for the time being, the British would hardly be able to imitate anything useful, even if they stole the radio station secretly equipped by the French. So these results were kept secret for the time being.

Of course, Joseph did not treat Fourier badly, and Fourier also received a lot of shares in Bonaparte General Electric, and by virtue of the annual dividends, he had become the richest man in the French Academy of Sciences after Joseph and Lavoisier.

Of course, because of this, until now, Mr. Fourier was only a trainee academician. (Actually, it's not bad, in the original history, Fourier was not even a trainee academician at this time)

Although Fourier was only a trainee academician. But Napoleon still admired Fourier's academic level. Moreover, Fourier was a member of Joseph's lineage, which made Napoleon even more alarmed.

"Am I really wrong? Also, I didn't even finish that damn paper. If the first thing I did when I became an academician was that I made a mistake, it would be a real shame. Damn, that paper didn't Joseph deliberately prepare it to trap me, right? No, I'll have to look again, look again......"

Half a day later, Napoleon looked up painfully from the stack of papers. He forced himself to read through the paper from cover to cover, which was nothing more than nonsense—it felt like he had forced himself to eat a lot of.

"Shit, what shit! While this damn paper, well-structured, and a lot like a normal one, it's still shit in nature! Even if you make it look like chocolate, it's still shit! Napoleon scolded angrily.

But in terms of mathematics, Napoleon did not have the confidence that his own mathematical level could surpass that of Fourier. So, although he still thinks that this paper is shit, it is just made of shit in the shape of chocolate. But she still decided to quickly find a few reliable people to have a look with, so as not to be cheated by Joseph and them in the end.

So Napoleon called his adjutant:

"Have you make copies of this paper and give them to Monsieur Laplace, Monsieur Lagrange, and Monge. Then let them all come to me the day after tomorrow. ”

The adjutant saluted and left, and Napoleon lowered his head again, looked at the paper "Lucien Evans", and could not help muttering, "What the hell are you doing?" ”

Soon, Laplace, Lagrange, and Monge all got their hands on the paper and learned the story.

"Our Majesty is really, if you encounter something that is not good to judge, you will press it first and ask us. Admitting your mistake now, it's not too big or too small, it's also a shameful thing. After getting the paper, although he didn't have time to read it, considering Napoleon's level of mathematics and Fourier's level of mathematics, Laplace didn't even look at it, so he exclaimed.

With that, Laplace sat down behind his desk, put on his glasses, and began to study the paper.

"Ah, is anyone going to challenge the Fifth Public Premise again? This is one of the most famous puzzles since the creation of Geometry. Can anyone really fix this? Laplace was also interested, and continued to look down. But soon after, he also changed his complexion, like Napoleon.

"What is this? How is this possible? This is complete nonsense, how can there be such a conclusion? It's completely out of line with the real world. How dare this Lucien Evans write such a strange thing, no wonder Napoleon decided that the paper could not be passed. How can this kind of thing get through? If it had been written by one of my students, I would have hung him up and beaten him. His Majesty Napoleon said in his comments that the only use of this treatise was to throw it into the fireplace to make a fire, and that is exactly right. But...... But Fourier wouldn't mess around with his reputation, and, moreover, ...... Maybe there's a dean behind Fourier, I'll take a look, I'll take a look......"

So Mr. Laplace forced himself to read the paper again. Or rather, he forced himself to eat the chocolate-like shit again. However, Laplace, unlike Napoleon, still found a little problem.

Although the conclusions of this paper are absurd, there is not a single obvious flaw in the derivation process. What's going on? But how can this be without loopholes? If this is correct, then the world is not right! You can't say, I'm not wrong, it's the world that's wrong, right? Laplace muttered to herself.

In several other places, Lagrange, as well as Monsieur Monge, came to a similar conclusion to Monsieur Laplace. That is: this paper must be wrong, and therefore it really shouldn't have been allowed to pass. But this paper is so wrong that I really can't find any problems in the whole derivation process for the time being. But in any case, this paper must be wrong, otherwise, could it be that the world is wrong?

On the third day, they went to the consul government together and discussed the paper with Napoleon, but they still failed to find any problems with the paper's derivation.

"Could it be, we're really wrong?" Napoleon was a little weak-hearted.

"Your Majesty, this may be a trap." Laplace said, "If you change your opinion now, and then Mr. Fourier changes his opinion with him, how are you going to defend this paper?" ”

Napoleon paused for a moment, and then said, "Damn Joseph, maybe that's how he arranged it, damn it, I'm not fooled!" ”