Wang Hao put down the phone and suddenly became a little depressed, originally thinking of finding a few more Mason primes and making a million dollars in one go, but the result was ......

Is GIMPS a poor household?

What else is this looking for in a Mersenne prime? What's the point?

Zhang Zhiqiang couldn't help asking, "There is no bonus...... Shall we continue? ”

"Of course we continue!"

I don't know when, Chen Qinghua walked over, he pointed to the handwritten sign at the door, and said seriously, "Look at it, what is this laboratory called?" Mason Mathematics Science Laboratory? ”

"Are we looking for Mason Numbers to get a prize? No, we are for scientific research, for mathematical research! ”

"As long as the server is still working and the computer is still persistent, we must continue to test!"

“……”

“……”

Wang Hao and Zhang Zhiqiang glanced at each other, and suddenly found that it was reasonable for Luan Haiping to hate Chen Qinghua.

This old man really has no bottom line.

The so-called 'Mason Mathematics Science Laboratory' is simply made up, and he can actually say it with a cheeky face and seriously express his admiration for mathematical research?

Actually, isn't it just for show, preparing to fund the expansion of the laboratory?

All right.

After all, it is also for the development of the laboratory, and it is not a complete deception, at least the purpose is very good.

Detect, continue.

Wang Hao didn't care much about the test results, GIMPS couldn't pay enough bonuses, and it didn't matter if it could detect the Merson prime.

Even if I knew in my heart that GIMPS had no money, I still felt that I had lost a million dollars.

In this study, without the attraction of bonuses, it really makes no sense to continue to verify other mason numbers.

Now there's just one number that makes a lot of sense, and it's a number that is calculated by simple verification --

7XXXXXXXX。

It's a nine-digit number.

The two functions he shaped are the existence of junction lines, and the numbers on the junction lines, as long as they are prime, the corresponding Mersenne numbers must be Mersenne primes.

This makes it easy to calculate a few numbers using the program.

Wang Hao calculates a total of seven numbers, and then the calculation becomes very complicated due to the complexity of the index.

Of the Mersenne primes corresponding to the seven exponents, the first six have been verified, leaving only the largest one unverified.

The exponential digit of this number is a nine-digit number starting with 'seven', and the Mason number calculation of GIMPS has not yet reached the level of nine digits.

With the hardware capacity of the computer laboratory, it takes more than 500 hours to open the firepower, and there may even be problems such as insufficient storage space, and there will be a little error in the calculation, and all efforts will be in vain.

The reason why this number is valuable is that the Mersenne prime number it is correct for must be a 100 million digits.

EFF once offered a reward of $50,000 for the first person to discover more than a million primes, and $100,000 for those who found more than 10 million primes.

At the same time, a hundred thousand dollars were set up to reward those who found more than 100 million primes.

Of course.

The calculation itself will have a huge cost to detect and verify the primeness of 100 billion digits, but at the same time, the first person or institution to discover the primeness of 100 billion digits will also win the honor of going down in the history of mathematics.

$150,000 is just a prize, and the real attraction is the honor of discovering the largest prime number.

"This number may be worth more than a lottery ticket that won 5 million." Wang Hao has a bottom line for valuation.

With some expectations, he left the computer laboratory with Chen Qinghua and went to the large classroom of the teaching building, ready to be interviewed by reporters.

Journalists can't wait for a long time.

Among the dozens of reporters who came, some even waited for two days just to be able to interview Wang Hao, and they waited for all the prime numbers to be verified, and public opinion did not seem to have stopped the momentum, so they had to continue to wait for the interview.

Some reporters are also very dissatisfied, they think that Wang Hao is playing a big name, but there is no good way to do this, when they come, the computer laboratory made it clear to the outside that Wang Hao will not be interviewed publicly until the results of the Mason number test come out.

Because of this, reporters are even more looking forward to it, and they all know that Wang Hao will definitely talk about the 'results' that the public is most concerned about.

The number of reporters who came was relatively large, and the interviews were arranged in a large classroom.

Wang Hao sat in the center of the podium, looking at the reporters sitting in the seats, he had a sense of déjà vu like giving a lecture to students, and the various sound equipment hanging on the podium, as well as the cameras set up on both sides, had a feeling of celebrities participating in the press conference.

Zhang Zhiqiang sat next to him like an assistant, he acted as a strategy for Wang Hao, and by the way, he showed his face on behalf of the computer laboratory.

The press interview officially began.

A reporter on the right side first asked, "Professor Wang Hao, the Mason Number Science Laboratory has found five Mersenne primes in a row, and many people are concerned about whether you have found the law of Mersenne primes?" Is it possible to find all the Mersenne primes? ”

Wang Hao shook his head and said, "I did find some laws of Mersenne primes, but my research did not cover all Mersenne primes, so from a mathematical point of view, it is imperfect." ”

The next reporter asked directly, "Professor Wang Hao, can you tell us about your achievements?" ”

"Absolutely."

Wang Haoren explained seriously, "Based on the study of Mersenne primes, I have shaped two functions to cover a part of Mersenne primes, and the proportion is about two-thirds. ”

"Here's what the two functions look like."

Wang Hao found a little bit of the feeling of lecturing, he picked up the chalk, turned to the blackboard to draw a three-dimensional coordinates, and drew a function image, but because the drawing level is limited, the function image is a little complicated, and he is still not satisfied with the continuous modification of many times, and finally he can only shake his head and draw another simpler function diagram.

"These are the two functions that I have shaped, one is a computational function and the other is a decision function."

"We can see that there are a lot of areas inside the decision function."

"And the closer the coordinate points of these regions are to the edges, I think the corresponding Mersenne number will be more prime, and there is a possibility that it is itself a Mersenne prime."

"The coordinate point at the very edge of the judgment must be a Mersenne prime as long as it corresponds to the Merson number."

Wang Hao turned around as he spoke, and said seriously, "I mentioned the word prime, in numbers, a prime number is a prime number, and a non-prime number is a non-prime number, but in my research, the definition of primeness is that the fewer factors that can be decomposed, the higher the prime......"

"You can understand it this way, for example, the primitiveness of 9 is stronger than that of 12, because the factor of 9 is only 3, and the factor of 12 has 3 and 2."

"Balabala~~~"

Wang Hao entered the state of teaching and began to talk about his research seriously, he was not explaining the details of the research, but just giving an introduction to everyone.

The professors standing in the row next to them listened with relish, and felt that they had all understood.

The reporters in the middle were stunned, even if they were more educated, they only went to college, and they all graduated from the media and journalism, or they must be liberal arts majors, even if a few are engineering graduates, they can only raise their hands and surrender when it comes to complex mathematics.

When Wang Hao started talking, they couldn't listen to it anymore, and they just wanted to record it with a camera and a voice recorder, and slowly sort out and study it after they went back, or they could send it all directly to the report.

Some people are also bitter in their hearts, "I'm obviously here for an interview, why did I listen to the math class?" And everyone next to me listened so seriously......"

"If I am seen to be completely incomprehensible, will I be despised for having a low level of education?"

"Be sure to pretend to understand!"

That's what a lot of journalists think.

There was a very strange situation in the classroom, it was obviously a news gathering activity, as if it had become a math class, and everyone in the audience listened very carefully and nodded frequently.

This atmosphere also makes Wang Hao, as a teacher, feel a sense of accomplishment.

Look!

Who can make a journalist understand the math they are saying?

He spoke more energetically.

This 'class' lasted for about 20 minutes, and it wasn't until a reporter couldn't help it and took advantage of a gap to interrupt the question, and Wang Hao finally ended his 'teaching'.

It's a pity, it's not over yet!

Many reporters who listened carefully felt that they were out of energy, but the professional work of the interview still let them know how to do it.

When the interview continued as normal, the reporters were a little 'scared', and when they found that Wang Hao had a tendency to explain mathematics, they hurriedly shouted, "I'm fine." ”

Next.

Next ......

Media reporters are not all friendly, and there is a reporter from Newsweek, named Hou Lijun, who is best at relying on 'digging traps' and 'finding problems' to create hot spots of public opinion.

It was the first time for Hou Lijun to interview scholars and interview scientific research results, but he also thought of how to ask questions, and immediately said when he got the opportunity to speak, "Professor Wang Hao, may I ask if the purpose of your research is just to find Mason primes?" ”

The word 'only' makes the question sound a little weird.

Wang Hao frowned slightly, but still said, "To be precise, the initial research was just an application of the effective and irrelevant carry algorithm, and it was one of my algorithm researches. ”

"I had a friend named Patrick Roche, and he suggested that he could apply the algorithm to finding Mersenne primes, and I thought he had a good idea, so I looked into it."

Hou Lijun continued to ask, "If the purpose of your research is only to find Mersenne primes, then what is the point?" We are not mathematicians, but we also know that Mersenne primes are super-large numbers, millions, tens of millions, completely detached from reality. ”

Many reporters recognized Hou Lijun, and privately said that the other party was good at creating traps and guiding public opinion, and at the same time wanted to see how Wang Hao would answer.

"What's the point?"

Wang Hao laughed instead, "This journalist friend, your question is really funny. I don't think I'm qualified to answer this question, because you're not just questioning my research, you're questioning GIMPS, questioning the work of many mathematicians around the world, and even questioning the existence of mathematics as a discipline. ”

Wang Hao said, "When my generation was in primary school, there was a story about Mr. Chen Jingrun in the textbook, and his most important achievement was to advance the proof of Goldbach's conjecture, that is, to prove '1+2'. ”

"Your question applies as well. Even if Goldbach's conjecture is proved, what is the practical significance of proving '1+1'? ”

"You're not just questioning my research, you're standing on the opposite side of the development of mathematics and technology!"

"Bang Bang~~"

The group of reporters suddenly erupted in shouts and applause.

Wang Hao's answers were very concise, and he did not respond directly to the question, but the examples he gave were very convincing.

What is the practical significance of the study of finding Mersenne primes?

What is the practical significance of proving Goldbach's conjecture?

What is the practical significance of proving various mathematical conjectures?

Most of the research of advanced mathematics is meaningless in connection with reality, but many of the world's top high-IQ geniuses are engaged in the research of basic mathematics, because the development of mathematical foundation is the foundation of scientific development.

Science, technology.

Science is the support of technological development, and mathematical theory is the support of scientific development, science is more difficult than technical research, and mathematical theory research is the most difficult.

Because of this, scholars who are engaged in the study of mathematical theory stand at the top of the academic pyramid.

……

End of press conference.

Reporters went back to writing, and the campus finally quieted down.

Hou Lijun is also one of the contributors, and when he went back, he looked at the interview record, and he was very unwilling to think about it, because he lost face during the interview.

When he asked a question, he just wanted the other party to answer and dig a 'small hole' to make a small entertainment report, but the other party directly said that he was on the opposite side of science, and won the support and applause of many fellow journalists.

The more Hou Lijun thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and it was just a scholar who had achieved fame, but the other party was just a young man, and he felt great if he had a little achievement?

In the study of mathematics, the other party is indeed blameless, but aside from the factors of research, other aspects are not necessarily.

Hou Lijun immediately checked Wang Hao's information, and as long as he checked it a little, he could know a news - the Donggang Materials Laboratory incident.

This incident has only caused some discussion in public opinion, and it has not reached the level of popularity, but as long as you find fault and analyze it carefully, you can find the blame in it.

As a reporter who is good at grasping public opinion hotspots and writing news content, Hou Lijun has a very high 'professional standard', and immediately thought of which direction to go to write.

At that time, the laboratory in Donggang lost more than 10 million!

If you put it in the work of ordinary people, because of personal mistakes to the company to bring tens of millions of losses, just be dismissed and pass?

Of course not, the parties may also be held legally responsible!

However, Donggang University only dismissed Wang Hao, and there was no other punishment, and Wang Hao only 'jumped into a groove', leaving Donggang University and going to Xihai University, where he continued to engage in teaching and scientific research, which had no impact on him at all.

Of course.

Hou Lijun also knows that there will definitely be an impact, from a teaching position in the system to a temporary contract, it can be said that there is an essential difference, but ordinary people will not think so deeply.

Think about it.

What is the difference between being dismissed as a lecturer at Donggang University and going to Seohai University as a lecturer?

It's just job hopping.

On the other hand, if it is an ordinary person who brings significant losses to the company, even if it is only fired, it will definitely be difficult to find a job in the same industry.

This is the key point of the report, taking advantage of Wang Hao's continuous finding of the hot spot of the Merson prime, using his personal past to create controversy and heated discussions.

As for the news network, what the public will think and evaluate about this matter has nothing to do with him Hou Lijun, he just said it from a 'neutral' perspective.

Do normal news reporting, explain what happened clearly, and don't make personal subjective judgments.

Isn't that how the news media should be?

……

At the same time.

Many faculty members of Donggang University are talking about Wang Hao, one is because Wang Hao is a hot spot recently, it is very rare for academic achievements to be on the hot search, Wang Hao can be discussed across borders, and the results are indeed very significant.

Second, Wang Hao is labeled as 'Donggang University'.

Although he is a professor at Seohai University, his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees are all studying at Donggang University, and he can be regarded as a pure 'Donggang person', and the faculty and staff of Donggang have a natural affinity for him.

Of course, there are also people who are very tired of the name Wang Hao.

Laboratory of Alloy Materials.

Ma Wenjun came to Zhou Xiaolong's office, "Professor Zhou, the data of the experiment in the first two days has been summarized, right?" ”

"The students under my command did it, and I submitted it, and I will look for it." Zhou Xiaolong replied, rummaged through the documents for a long time, found a copy, and handed it to Ma Wenjun.

He then said, "What's the use of analyzing and analyzing, you can't do it anyway." ”

Ma Wenjun frowned slightly and said, "Professor Zhou, pay attention to your words, we are doing projects normally, even if we can't make results, but the data in the research process is also very important." ”

"Yes, yes."

Zhou Xiaolong said two 'yes' in a row without care, and then shook his head and said, "Old Ma, I feel that you are becoming more and more similar to Teacher Chen, but it's a pity that you are doing data, not materials." ”

As he spoke, he closed the file page, and paid attention to the news page of the browser, there was a clause on it, "Wang Hao's research covers two-thirds of the Merson prime", he immediately frowned, "In the past few days, the news has been surnamed Wang, obviously a little doctor who has just graduated......"

Ma Wenjun also sank his face worriedly, after the Zhucheng computer conference, he knew that he couldn't suppress Wang Hao at all, and he didn't have the qualifications to suppress it.

If it is in the field of material research and development, he can overwhelm the other party, and he can't get the approval of funds if he wants to apply for a small project.

However, what can the other party do if he is engaged in mathematical research and does not even need funding at all?

Ma Wenjun and Zhou Xiaolong watched the news together, and they became more and more worried, and they didn't know whether they were comforting themselves or Zhou Xiaolong, "Don't worry, that matter has been closed, and nothing can be found out at all." ”

"The past has passed, and he has become famous and an academician, what can he do?"

"Now that the media has not reported it, after his achievements are more and more famous, there will be no media to dig into the past, and national scientific research must have a positive image, right?"

"Don't worry, don't worry......"

Ma Wenjun walked out with a chatter, and then looked back at the door, with a touch of disdain in his eyes, Zhou Xiaolong?

Stupid - one of them!

If Zhou Xiaolong was not Chen Jianlin's student, how could the alloy materials laboratory have a foothold for him?

Now Ma Wenjun doesn't want to continue, he just wants to complete the work in hand, hurry up and complete the project in hand, and find a reason to leave Donggang University and China.

The premise is that enough money is made.

If you have money, you can go abroad to be chic!

(Ask for a commuter pass)