EDGE Evening!

As is customary, after every awards ceremony, there will be an evening party.

At this moment, Ye Fei was holding red wine and chatting with a group of scholars.

Most of the people present are people in the blockchain field, and Ye Fei also studies blockchain.

So, they have a lot in common.

The presence was divided into many small circles, Shinichi Mochizuki was the founder of the blockchain, and his circle had the largest number of people, and Ye Fei was also among them.

The second is V God, who is a genius in the blockchain field and the founder of Ethereum.

Around Mochizuki's new circle, there are more than 30 people around, each of whom is a big bull in the blockchain field, and everyone who is not a big bull is embarrassed to fit in.

Someone asked, "Mr. Mochizuki, when do you think we will be able to fully decentralize the blockchain with the current technology?" ”

Shinichi Mochizuki: "Unless we can make all the nodes of the blockchain reach tens of millions, it will be difficult to make the blockchain completely decentralized. ”

So far, among all the products of blockchain research in the world, only Bitcoin can reach tens of millions of nodes.

Moreover, only a very small number of Bitcoin nodes have reached the level of 10 million, and the rest of the nodes are in the level of millions.

The rest of the blockchain products, let alone reaching tens of millions, all their nodes hovered between millions, and none of them entered tens of millions.

Of course, if the blockchain is completely decentralized, then it can enter the Web 3.0 era.

Someone said: "Mr. Mochizuki, it is very difficult to get all the nodes to reach the level of 10 million, and so far it seems that only a small number of nodes have reached the Bitcoin you created. ”

"Yes!" Mochizuki Shinichi shook his head, his face full of helplessness: "It's too difficult, I created Bitcoin back then, and I wanted all the nodes to reach tens of millions, but Bitcoin has been running for so many years, and only a very small part of them have reached tens of millions, and the rest are hovering between millions." ”

"Mr. Mochizuki, do you know what the reason is?"

"Yes!" Mochizuki nodded: "The algorithm is too bad, if there is a powerful algorithm, it can push all the nodes to tens of millions." ”

"But I have been working on such an algorithm, and I have not yet created it."

"Hey......"

"Didn't Professor Ye develop a new asymmetric encryption algorithm?" Someone said: "I don't know if your algorithm can push blockchain nodes to tens of millions." ”

Everyone looked at Ye Fei.

Ye Fei smiled bitterly: "I just came out of the theory, and the application part hasn't come out yet." ”

"And even if it comes out, I can't guarantee that it will definitely be able to push the blockchain nodes to tens of millions."

Everyone nodded, if the blockchain nodes were pushed to tens of millions so easily, it would not bother all blockchain researchers around the world.

Ye Fei said: "Mochizuki Shinichi, it seems that only the algorithm can't make the blockchain node reach tens of millions!" ”

"Yes!" Mochizuki nodded: "To make the node reach 10 million, the four core technologies of the blockchain are indispensable. ”

"Distributed ledgers, asymmetric cryptography, consensus mechanisms, and smart contracts."

"It is necessary to take asymmetric encryption algorithms as the core, assisted by distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms and smart contracts."

"Only with a reasonable combination of the four can it be possible to make the node reach 10 million."

"Therefore, the asymmetric encryption algorithm technology needs to be very strong, and the technical level of the other three should not be bad."

"In terms of current technology, only the distributed ledger technology of Xia Guoshutu Blockchain Research Institute, the consensus mechanism of Bitcoin and the smart contract of V God Ethereum meet the standards."

"There is a lack of asymmetric encryption algorithm technology."

"If there is a strong asymmetric encryption algorithm technology, combined with the technology of the tree graph, Bitcoin and Ethereum, then the nodes can reach tens of millions."

"In other words, the blockchain is completely decentralized, and the era of Web 3.0 will come."

Everyone was tired of listening, it was really too difficult.

In particular, asymmetric encryption algorithms are the most core technology and the most difficult technology.

Of course, they thought of the asymmetric encryption algorithm developed by Ye Fei.

But because Ye Fei's asymmetric encryption algorithm has not been fully developed, everyone does not know how effective it is.

Besides, how can it be so coincidental that the asymmetric encryption algorithm developed by Ye Fei just meets the requirements and can push the node to tens of millions.

If it were that easy, such an asymmetric encryption algorithm would have been developed a long time ago.

After that, they talked about a lot of other things about blockchain.

After a long time, Mochizuki Shinyi looked at Zhang Yitang not far away, and saw Zhang Yitang chatting with a group of mathematicians.

Mochizuki Shinichi: "Everyone, I'll take a look elsewhere." ”

Everyone nodded and said, "Feel free to do so!" ”

Shinichi Mochizuki gestured to Ye Fei with his eyes.

He had to pull Ye Fei up, because Shinichi Mochizuki had no contact with Zhang Yitang in the past.

And, in terms of the status of the mathematical community, Zhang Yitang is much higher than him.

Therefore, pull Ye Feihao to talk to Zhang Yitang about things.

After all, both of them are from the Xia Kingdom.

In foreign countries, when the villagers see their fellow countrymen, their eyes are full of tears, and they are born with a sense of intimacy.

Ye Fei nodded, and then the two walked towards Zhang Yitang together.

After walking to Zhang Yitang's side, Ye Fei greeted him with a smile and said, "Mr. Zhang, hello, I am Ye Fei from Xia Guo." ”

As he spoke, he held out his hand.

Zhang Yitang turned his head to look at Ye Fei, shook hands with him with a smile and said, "I've heard of you a long time ago, last time I went to Kyoto University, the mathematics professor at Kyoto University also talked about you!" ”

Ye Fei smiled: "That's really my honor." ”

"Mr. Zhang, this is Shinichi Mochizuki."

"Hello, Mr. Mochizuki." Zhang Yitang smiled and stretched out his hand.

Shinichi Mochizuki hurriedly shook hands and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, you are a famous name in the mathematics world!" ”

"Why!" Zhang Yitang smiled and waved his hand: "It's all a false name, it's just that others praise me, you can't believe their words, they exaggerate my evaluation." ”

Ye Fei and Mochizuki smiled with a smile.

What Zhang Yitang's achievements are, they couldn't be clearer in their hearts.

Zhang Yitang mainly studied number theory, and he once proved that there are infinite pairs of prime number gaps, all of which are less than 70 million.

As a result, an important breakthrough has been made in the conjecture of twin primes, which is a major problem in number theory.

This is much more difficult than the ABC conjecture.

The difficulty of the twin prime conjecture is generally not comparable to that of the ABC conjecture.

Because in front of the twin prime conjecture, the ABC conjecture is a younger brother.

It is only compared to the Goldbach conjecture.

Of course, the twin prime conjecture is certainly not as difficult as Goldbach's conjecture.

And Zhang Yitang's real foothold at the top of the mathematical world is his research on the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture.

The difficulty of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is comparable to that of the Riemann conjecture, and the difficulty is not inferior to the seven major problems of mathematics.

Zhang Yitang has always had a title in the mathematics world, a sweeping monk in the mathematics world.

He is very low-key, but he is very powerful.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, I once read your paper on the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture, and I have always wondered whether the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture exists. ”

Zhang Yitang shook his head and said, "You shouldn't ask me this question." ”

Ye Fei was surprised, why shouldn't he ask you?

Zhang Yitang said: "If you ask me, I will definitely say that the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture exists. ”

"Because I'm working on the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture, if it doesn't exist, then my years of research will not be in vain."

Ye Fei smiled when he heard this, it was true.

If even the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture researchers say it doesn't exist, they won't study it.

Zhang Yitang continued: "As for whether the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture exists, this can only be proven by time. ”

"Perhaps, one day I prove the existence of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture, and then you will have the answer in your mind."

Ye Fei nodded in his heart, indeed, this problem can only be proved by time.

If Zhang Yitang can prove the existence of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture, it will cause a major earthquake in the global mathematical community.

The Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is the opposite of one of the seven puzzles of mathematics, the Riemann conjecture.

If the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is proven to exist, then the Riemann hypothesis will never prove successful.

If the Riemann conjecture proves to be successful, then the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is absolutely non-existent.

This is because the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is a special and probably much weaker form of the generalized Riemann conjecture.

The existence of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture will overturn the proof of the generalized Riemann conjecture.

If the generalized Riemann hypothesis is overturned, naturally the Riemann hypothesis cannot prove successful.

The Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture and the Riemann conjecture can only exist in one of the two, either you die or I die.

Mochizuki Shinichi: "Mr. Zhang, where have you reached the research of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture?" ”

"Three years ago, you should have read the paper on the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture that I hung on Arxiv!"

"Hmm!" Ye Fei and Mochizuki nodded.

Zhang Yitang said: "The Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture is to prove L(1,x)≥(logD)^-1. ”

"And my paper three years ago was L(1,x)≥c1(logD)^2022."

"I'm shrinking the power now."

"It has been studied to 2000."

Ye Feidao: "Mr. Zhang, do you still use the counter-evidence method to prove the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture?" ”

The method of counterproof, also known as the method of proof of contradiction, is a very classic method of proof in mathematics.

Zhang Yitang looked at Ye Fei in surprise and said with a smile: "It seems that you have carefully read my paper." ”

"Yes!" Ye Fei nodded: "When you published your paper back then, I read it immediately. ”

"But I didn't understand it at the time, and a year later I started studying number theory, and I read your paper no less than 20 times, and I didn't fully understand it until last year."

"In the paper, you first hypothesized that the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture existed in a weak form, and then deduced that this led to ......"

Ye Fei talked about his understanding of Zhang Yitang's Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture paper.

Zhang Yitang nodded again and again when he listened, and sighed in his heart: "It's not easy to fully understand my paper at such a young age!" ”

"From this, we can see Ye Fei's ability."

Zhang Yitang's Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture paper is a very difficult paper in the mathematical community.

There are not many people who can understand it, and those who can understand it are well-known professors from the world's top universities.

At the very least, someone who proves the world's mathematical problems.

The rest of the people stood aside and listened with relish.

Of course, most people couldn't understand what Ye Fei said, and these people listened to it like chewing wax, and they felt very uncomfortable.

After listening for a while, they found that they really didn't understand, so they could only leave with a depressed face.

People who study mathematics are perverts, but we are computer students, and we can't understand what you're talking about.

"But......" Ye Fei said.

"Huh?" Everyone was amazed, but what?

Ye Fei said: "But, don't you think that this needle can't be found, so there's no need to find it?" ”

In Zhang Yitang's paper, the method of counter-evidence is used to the extreme.

Although the counter-evidence method is a basic method that everyone can understand, Zhang Yitang has simplified it into a complex one, and the proof process of the counter-evidence method has reached an unimaginably difficult level.

And Zhang Yitang likened it to looking for a needle in a haystack.

The needle here is looking for a certain series of numbers.

"You could think differently."

"I know that you have been looking for a needle, and you can achieve the same weaker effect in many sequences, and you can use this fact to construct a contradiction, so that there is no need to look for a needle."

As for why, only those who have studied the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture will know.

When Zhang Yitang heard this, his mind seemed to burst out, and all his thoughts were opened.

His gaze was first thoughtful, and gradually the light in his eyes became more and more bright.

In the end, he said excitedly: "You're right, I don't have to look for a needle!" ”

"I couldn't have imagined it before, I just thought about looking for a needle, but I never found it."

"Since I can't find it, I can completely bypass the needle!"

Zhang Yitang held Ye Fei's hand and said excitedly: "Mr. Ye, thank you so much, thank you, thank you!" ”

At this moment, Zhang Yitang was like a child getting a new toy, and he almost jumped up excitedly.

The people around who didn't understand looked at Zhang Yitang suspiciously, wondering why Zhang Yitang was like this.

And those who understand are all looking at Zhang Yitang with a smile.

They understand Zhang Yitang, and it is very common for scholars to go crazy for academics.

Everyone's hobbies are different, some people are crazy about money, some people are crazy about the opposite sex, some people are crazy about power, and some people are crazy about academics.

After a long time, Zhang Yitang's mood calmed down.

He was eager to grow wings and fly out at the moment, and when he returned to his residence, he immediately began his academic research.

He believed that this time he could push the research of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture to the power of the thousandth.

If it weren't for Ye Fei's ideas, perhaps it would have been ten years before he could push the research of the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture to the power of a thousand.

And now with Ye Fei's idea, he can complete the research ten years ahead of schedule and carry out the next step of research.

Zhang Yitang said with a smile: "Mr. Ye, if you help me this time, I will repay you." ”

Ye Fei shook his head and smiled: "No, I just give you an idea, and the rest of the proof is still up to you." ”

Zhang Yitang shook his head and smiled: "But your line of thought has been of great help to me in my research on the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture. ”

Ye Fei said: "If you really want to help me, I hope you can talk to Mr. Shinichi Mochizuki about the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture, he has been working on the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture recently. ”

The reason why Ye Fei gave this favor to Shinichi Mochizuki was naturally because he had his plans.

Academia does need connections, and the cultivation of connections is that you help me, and I help you.

Whether it is Zhang Yitang or Shinichi Mochizuki, they are all very high-quality connections.

In the future, they will definitely help Ye Fei.

And Ye Fei gave Zhang Yitang's favor to Mochizuki Shinichi, who is the founder of the blockchain.

Ye Fei is also researching blockchain, so Ye Fei will definitely use Mochizuki Shinichi in the future.

When the time comes, Mochizuki Shinichi can return the favor that Ye Fei gave out at that time.

Mochizuki Shinichi glanced at Ye Fei in surprise and didn't speak.

This is exactly what Mochizuki Shinichi needs, didn't he bring Ye Fei to talk to Zhang Yitang about Landau-Siegel zero point conjecture!

And now Ye Fei is one step ahead, allowing Zhang Yitang to talk to him more deeply about the Landau-Siegel zero point conjecture.

As for Ye Fei's favor, he will return it in the future.

Zhang Yitang looked at Shinichi Mochizuki and said with a smile: "Mr. Mochizuki is also studying the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture?" ”

"Yes!" Mochizuki nodded.

"Then let's leave a contact information, and we'll keep in touch with each other in the future."

"Yes!"

After speaking, the two left each other's contact information.

After that, they continued to talk about the Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture.

Ye Feiye and Zhang Yitang, as well as many other people, left contact information for each other.

It was not until a long time that the party was over, and everyone dispersed and returned to their respective quarters.

(End of chapter)