Chapter 715: Aging is a topic of eternal sorrow

Chapter 715: Aging is a topic of eternal sorrow

Listening to some noisy discussions around him, Xu Chuan realized that he didn't know when he was surrounded by people.

Noticing Xu Chuan's gaze, in the crowd, a scholar who was a little bold suddenly popped up and asked excitedly and nervously.

"Professor Xu, is it really possible that prime numbers have something to do with Einstein's Rosen Bridge? Can you tell us about the progress of your research in this area? ”

Xu Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "Theoretically, time and space can be described through mathematics. In formulas that are based on prime numbers, there should be an additional parameter that can be used together to calculate Einstein Rosen's position and information. ”

Breathing a sigh of relief, he shook his head lightly and continued: "It's just that these are just my speculations, and there is little progress in related theoretical and mathematical research so far. Perhaps."

"Maybe what's wrong?"

Taking a deep breath, Xu Chuan said his speculation: "Maybe after the Riemann conjecture is completely resolved, the secret hidden behind it may open a clue to us." ”

"Of course, this is just my personal speculation."

Hearing this, the originally noisy voice suddenly fell silent.

It's hard, it's so hard!

Even aside from Einstein Rosen himself, solving the Riemann conjecture alone is already so difficult that ordinary people and even most mathematicians can't imagine.

Don't look at today's report as proof of the weak Riemann conjecture, it sounds like you have climbed to the mountainside of the majestic peak of the Riemann conjecture.

But no one knows how far they are from the real summit.

As Professor Faltings said, today's presentation, even if Xu Chuan solves the weak Riemann conjecture, compresses the non-trivial zero point infinitely to 1/2 by means of the offset of the Jensen polynomial. But in essence, it is not much different from the traditional critical zone thinking.

For the Riemann hypothesis, which has an infinite number of non-trivial zeros, it cannot be determined completely, which means that even if you push it to more than 99.99% of the non-trivial zero-point real parts are 1/2, it will not play a decisive role.

For infinity, even if it is only one in ten thousand, one in a billion, it is still infinite.

After being silent for a long time, Edward Witten suddenly looked up at Xu Chuan and asked, "How far are we from the Riemann conjecture?" ”

Xu Chuan thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"The Riemann conjecture is not a problem that can be solved by current mathematical tools, and in the face of the straight line Re(s)=1/2 on the complex plane, we may need new tools to see the hope of solving it."

Hearing this, Witten was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed with a little regret: "Then I'm afraid I won't see that day coming." ”

Even the student, who had already solved the weak Riemann conjecture, said that he did not know how far away he was from the Riemann conjecture, let alone the Einstein Rosen Bridge behind him.

For someone like him, who doesn't have many years to live, this is probably the most regrettable thing.

As soon as this sentence came out, for a while, the atmosphere suddenly became a little low.

In the banquet hall, almost all the people who can be invited to the dinner are the big names in the field of mathematics.

After all, there is a limit to the number of people that can fit in a hall, and even if all the seats and chairs are removed, it is unlikely that all the scholars attending the lecture will be invited.

Although there are young people, on the whole, young people in their early twenties and thirties like Xu Chuan are still quite rare, and it can be said that there are only a handful.

The vast majority of scholars in the crowd are in their forties and fifties, or even older.

Mathematicians of the older generation, such as Witten, Deligne, Faltins, and Wiles, are generally in their seventies and eighties.

Aging is a sad topic, especially for those of them who are committed to trying to take a small step forward on their academic path.

Time treats all things equally and fairly, everyone has the same second, whether it is the emperor or the cloth, no one can make time stay for him.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Witten raised his head, looked at Xu Chuan, pulled out a far-fetched smile and said, "If there is anyone else in this world who can solve the Riemann conjecture, I'm afraid it is you except for the arrogant old man of Faltins." ”

"Still."

Smiling, he laughed and teased: "Compared to the old Germanic man who is about the same age as me, I am more optimistic about you." ”

"After all, you're my student!"

"If one day, you solve the Riemann conjecture and find your way to the space-time tunnel, be sure to send me a copy. If I'm gone, be sure to put one in front of my tombstone. ”

Listening to Witten's self-ridicule, Xu Chuan's heart was a little uncomfortable, this is his mentor for two lifetimes.

At this moment, Tao Zhexuan on the side suddenly snorted and interjected with a smile: "Witten, you are also thinking too far." You know, based on the degree of his metamorphosis and the previous record of solving a millennial puzzle in an average of two years, Riemann's conjecture is probably just next year. ”

"Maybe he'll kill the Riemann conjecture next year, and in two years, he'll even solve the space-time hole together? When the time comes, we won't be able to travel to the stars in a spaceship. ”

As soon as these words came out, the gloomy atmosphere in the hall disappeared in an instant, and everyone's eyes fell on Xu Chuan's body.

The corners of Xu Chuan's mouth moved, and he glared at Tao Zhexuan without saying anything.

What about the cheat father, how did he not know that he had such a strong ability?

Solve the Riemann conjecture next year? Who gave him the courage to boast of such a large sea mouth?

Liang Jingru?

He didn't have it himself.

It's also thanks to Professor Faltins that he wouldn't be here, otherwise cynicism would probably come up.

The dinner at the NTU Xianlin Campus ended, but the excitement did not end.

With the departure of many scholars who attended the dinner, the craze in the field of mathematics and computer science was first intertwined, and gradually spread to the field of physics and the Internet.

Have you heard? Professor Xu's presentation on the weak Riemann conjecture will openly claim that he is studying Einstein's Rosen Bridge! And it is said that it is possible to calculate its location by mathematics! 】

【？？？ WTF？ Are you serious? 】

[Einstein Rosen Bridge? What's that? 】

[Einstein Rosen Bridge: A bridge connecting two different points in time and space, in simple terms, you can see it as a wormhole in a science fiction movie, through which you can quickly travel to the other side of the universe! 】

[This is impossible, the current physics community has not observed any evidence of the existence of wormholes at all.] 】

[But this is what Professor Xu personally admitted.] 】

[But he also said that this is just speculation, and Professor Xu also said that he cannot guarantee whether this speculation is correct or not.] And he also said that only by solving the Riemann conjecture may be able to find the truth behind it. 】

[My God, this is terrible! Is the earth no longer able to satisfy him? 】

[I suddenly remembered that Professor Xu seemed to have published a paper on the use of mathematical tools to find exoplanets suitable for life to live in, as if it was called the Weil theory. 】

[Hey~, if I'm not mistaken, the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem was the result of his work in 2015, that is, at that time, he began to work on this aspect? 】

Compared with the Riemann conjecture, which is almost completely out of the public of the century, it is clear that the concept of Einstein-Rosen's bridge, or 'wormhole', is more interesting to the general public.

After the relevant news broke out, the discussion on the Internet quickly became hot.

Even in the mathematical community, the relevant discussions have attracted the attention of many people, and the popularity of the weak Riemann conjecture proof has even been divided by half.

Even the one who was far away in the capital looked at Yuan Zhouli who reported the news to him with some surprise and curiosity when he heard the news.

Under normal circumstances, it is generally impossible for this kind of information, which can be said to have almost no observational evidence, to be transmitted to it or to attract attention.

However, Xu Chuan's research has always been the focus of attention of the country and even the world.

What's more, this is the Einstein Rosen Bridge, a legendary tunnel that can travel through time and space!

In the face of such fabled theories and technologies, I am afraid that no country can resist not keeping an eye on them.

Therefore, even if there is no evidence at present, and even Xu Chuan himself has not publicly published relevant papers, but only mentioned some exchanges at the dinner, the relevant situation still attracted the attention of various countries.

Of course, for Yuan Zhouli, he didn't come to see this person today, but just mentioned it in passing after reporting his own work.

"A tunnel through time? Is that really what Academician Xu said? ”

Yuan Zhouli nodded and replied: "At the banquet, Academician Xu did publicly say that he was conducting research. However, he also said that there is almost no progress at the moment, and it is just a speculation. ”

"Is there anything we can do to help?" The man thought for a moment and asked.

After all, this is the legendary space-time hole, and if it can really be done, the impact on China may be greater than that of controlled nuclear fusion.

Yuan Zhouli: "According to Academician Xu, it may be that only by solving the Riemann conjecture can the secret hidden behind it open a clue to us, which is his original words." ”

"The Riemann conjecture"

The old man pondered for a while, shook his head, and said, "If this is the condition, I'm afraid we really won't be able to help." ”

Although he didn't know math, he had heard of the millennial conundrum and knew it was a top-notch mathematical conjecture.

To solve this kind of problem, it is necessary to have a top mathematician like Xu Chuan, and I am afraid that no matter how many others there are, it will be useless.

Yuan Zhouli: "I'll ask Wen Yuanhang to find out about this matter again, ask Academician Xu about the situation, and see if there is anything else that needs help." ”

"Okay, then let's do it first."

Regarding the hot discussion on the Internet, Xu Chuan did not stand up and respond to anything.

Einstein Rosen's research on the bridge is only a speculative theory at present, and it doesn't make much sense to write a paper about this kind of uncertain thing.

At most, it becomes some after-dinner conversation, just like some UFO or alien rumors that appear every now and then.

In the office, he was calling Academician Zhang Weiping from Fudan University.

On the other end, on the phone, Zhang Weiping scolded with a smile: "You kid will call me and ask someone to leave?" This is a student I have worked so hard for more than a year! ”

Xu Chuan smiled and snorted, "Next time, next time I go to the magic capital, I will definitely invite you to dinner!" ”

Zhang Weiping shook his head with a smile and teased: "It's not enough to just eat."

After a slight pause, he continued: "How about coming to Fudan University to give a speech to Fudan students this year?" I didn't listen to the report of the weak Riemann conjecture. ”

Because he was participating in a project in the direction of national defense, he was at Harbin Institute of Technology, and he was too busy to go to Jinling to participate in the report meeting of the weak Riemann conjecture.

Xu Chuan nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, don't talk about one, it's no problem to have two." ”

On the other side, Zhang Weiping's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "This is what you said personally, I can write it down, two games!" If you kid don't come, when my work is done, I'll go to Nanda every day to annoy you! ”

The corners of Xu Chuan's mouth twitched, good guy, this style of pushing the boat down the river is really powerful, and if you are not careful, one will become two.

After chatting for a while, Xu Chuan hung up the phone with a smile.

For this academician Zhang Weiping, he still has great respect.

More than other mathematicians, or at least many of the mathematicians he knew, many of the areas he worked in were related to national defense.

He still remembers the decipherment work in the field of information security vividly.

If it weren't for the fact that NTU was his alma mater and had deep feelings, after graduating from the college entrance examination that year, he might have been dragged to Fudan by him.

Reminiscing about the past, Xu Chuan turned on the computer with a smile and wrote down the matter of going to Fudan University to give a speech in the planning document.

Although he has a good memory, if he doesn't write down this kind of 'everyday nature' things, he may forget them completely.

After slashing out the document, he pondered for a moment, took out the notebook from the backpack next to him, clicked on the document, and found a folder in the 'Physics' category.

There is only one file in the folder, which is a paper that has not been fully completed.

"The interference of 'gravitons' on space-time, and the assumption of calculating the physical properties of 'space-time holes'! 》

This is what has been discussed and exchanged on the Internet for the past two days, and it is also the theory that he has been refining since the end of the International Congress of Mathematicians last year.

That's right, just a hypothetical theory.

Because all of its foundations are built on that graviton, which has not yet been discovered.

Clicking on the paper, Xu Chuan read it again and again, wanting to start writing and revising something, but he still didn't know where to start after a long time, and finally shook his head and closed the paper.

Now is not the time to make it public, wait until the construction of the domestic large strong particle collider is completed.

At this moment, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and the assistant Tang Ran walked in and reported:

"Professor, there's a letter from NASA and I want to talk to you about cooperation."

(End of chapter)