At lunchtime, Chen Muwu and Hilbert said that they wanted to give a report at the history of mathematics section of the International Congress of Mathematicians, and it spread to the ears of all the mathematicians who came to the conference that afternoon.

Thanks to the influence of Hilbert himself, he only spoke to a few acquaintances, and the news spread from him, making it known to everyone.

So the organizer of the conference directly approached Chen Muwu, who had not yet had time to register, and asked him what day he wanted to give this speech, and asked him what the topic of the speech was.

Chen Muwu didn't expect the other party's efficiency to be so high, so he took out the pen he carried with him, wrote on the paper "The History of the Development of Ancient Mathematics in China" and handed it over.

Of course, what is more surprising than Chen Muwu's speech at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians is the news that he himself has come to Italy.

Although these mathematicians have all heard Chen Muwu's name to a greater or lesser extent, people like Hilbert who can recognize Chen Muwu at a glance based on the photos published in the newspaper are a minority after all.

Some people even sat next to and near Chen Muwu when the opening ceremony was held in the lecture hall of the University of Bologna.

But they never thought that this black-haired, yellow-skinned, black-eyed East Asian was a person from China, and they all thought that he was a genetically mutated person with an unusually tall figure.

Speaking of which, if Chen Muwu does not count the several papers on general relativity that Chen Muwu has published, Chen Muwu's only contribution to modern mathematical research may be the only thing that Chen Muwu's incompleteness theorem.

What really made Chen Muwu famous all over the world was his contributions to physics and astronomy.

Especially as Chen Muwu arrived in Bologna, Italy, from Stockholm, Sweden, to Bologna, Italy, the inaugural issue of the Journal he founded at the Prince's College, followed Chen Muwu's footsteps, crossed the sea, crossed the mountains and mountains, and came to the land of the Apennine Peninsula.

Although he himself once gave an inaugural issue to Hilbert, who was not very interested in what was printed on it.

However, there are still many physicists who study theories and also come to participate in this international congress of mathematicians.

Some of them came to listen to the presentation, and some of them wanted to present their recent academic research results in the mechanics session.

Many of these people can understand what Chen Muwu wrote in his article.

And Italy itself has its own physicists, who can also see what the articles printed in the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Prince's College mean to physics.

Cyclotrons aside, neutrons and positrons, the former is something that experimental physicists have been looking for for nearly a decade has not found, and the latter is a more inspirational thing.

The concept of positron is not something that Chen Muwu discovered through this experiment and suddenly came out of nowhere, as early as a few years ago, he had predicted the "existence of positron" in his theory.

At that time, he used the Chen equation named after him to find such a solution, and not only Pauli in Copenhagen ridiculed him, but physicists all over the world scoffed at Chen Muwu's conclusion.

Although quantum mechanics was initially based on experiments, many formulas and theorems emerged after Chen Muwu established it as a discipline.

People don't need to go into the laboratory, they just need to sit at their desks, a piece of paper, a pen, and use the equation to calculate the trajectory of microscopic particles in the microscopic world.

Therefore, this discipline, which starts from experiments, has become more and more theoretically biased after several years of development.

Many of the participants in the International Congress of Mathematicians have devoted their research perspectives to quantum mechanics calculations in addition to calculating general relativity.

After Chen Muwu calculated the conclusion of the existence of positrons, many people also drew scoops according to his calculation method, and also found the positron solution.

No one believes that there is a positron in this world that has the same mass and electron mass, but carries the opposite amount of charge.

Everyone thinks that Chen Muwu made a mistake in quantum mechanics, and this mistake may even be more serious than the assumption of the cosmological constant that Einstein made in cosmology.

But after all, he is a young man, understandable, and Chen Muwu has made so many achievements in all aspects, it doesn't hurt to make only one mistake.

Everyone took the result of this positron calculation as a kind of fun, and after laughing, no one talked about it anymore.

After a few years of no idea, everyone has forgotten about this matter, but Chen Muwu once again threw out the conclusion of positron.

And this time, he threw out not only the theoretical results, but also the discovery of the positron that was predicted by himself in the experiment and ridiculed countless times by countless people.

Most of the people who came to participate in this International Congress of Mathematicians were theoretical physicists, who were only good at "sitting and discussing", and were not good at doing experiments by themselves.

And the conference conditions offered by the University of Bologna did not allow them to do their experiments here.

So after the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Prince's College was delivered here, the local telegraph office in Bologna became one of the "attractions" that many participants must visit, and they passed the news to the experimental physicists in their universities who were familiar with them, asking them to verify whether Chen Muwu's experiment to discover the positron was correct or wrong.

Some of the telegrams were heard shortly after they were sent, because the experimental physicists had also seen the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Prince's College and had already reproduced the results of the experiments based on Chen Muwu's paper.

The rest of the experimental physicists, after receiving the telegram, began to search for this academic journal published in Stockholm all over the world, wanting to see what Chen Muwu had published.

After learning that the discovery of positron was not fabricated by Chen Muwu out of thin air for the sake of face, but after being reproduced by many laboratories.

Compared to the title that Chen Muwu wants to deliver at this mathematician conference

More people want to hear this lecture on "The History of the Development of Ancient Mathematics in China", and what Chen Muwu thinks about his own new discoveries in physics in these eras.

So on the day of Chen Muwu's speech, it was originally the least valued sub-venue, but among the sub-venues of the history of mathematics, the largest number of people and audiences were squeezed in.

Because the closing ceremony of the conference is approaching, even King Emmanuel III of Italy, who came to attend the meeting and will deliver a speech at the closing ceremony, also came to the meeting site where Chen Muwu gave a speech with great interest today.

In the venue, these people listened to Chen Muwu talk about the history of ancient Chinese mathematics for nearly two hours, from the knotted rope to the oracle bone inscription, from the rules and standards used in Dayu's water control, from the "Zhou Ji Sutra" to the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", from Liu Hui to Zu Chongzhi, from Qin Jiushao, Yang Hui to Zhu Zaiyu......

Chen Muwu has racked his brains in the intercourse of the International Congress of Mathematicians in the past few days, listing all the ancient Chinese mathematical classics and the names of mathematicians in his brain on his lecture outline.

He himself speaks in both English and German, and the conference organizers have provided him with an interpreter who can translate into Italian.

Throughout the afternoon, Chen Muwu talked about his history of the development of ancient mathematics in China.

Basically, all of these mathematicians who came to the venue to listen to his lecture knew that "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic is the "Geometric Original" of China", that Liu Hui's circumcision technique was more advanced than Archimedes', and that "Zu Rate 355/113" and "China's Remainder Theorem" were more than 1,000 years earlier than those of the West.

During Chen Muwu's speech, the audience reacted differently.

Mathematicians in Europe and the United States basically heard about these books, theories and characters proposed by Chen Muwu for the first time, and the more they listened, the more they felt that ancient China was far more unfathomable than the one they imagined.

The more mathematicians listen to it, the more they have an inexplicable sense of superiority, "We East Asians are no worse than you Omega ghosts in the study of mathematics."

After Chen Muwu's speech, the audience sitting at the bottom of the venue raised their hands and asked questions enthusiastically.

Someone asked Chen Muwu if there were corresponding English and German translations of the mathematical works mentioned in his speech, and if so, where they could be purchased.

However, the questions raised by more people have little to do with the theme of Chen Muwu's speech today.

They were more interested in the positron discovered by Chen Muwu in the experiment, and listened to a lecture on the history of Chinese mathematics for more than two hours, and they were waiting for this moment.

"Dr. Chen, let's talk about the positron you discovered in Stockholm not long ago!"

"Dr. Chen, tell me how you discovered the neutron?"

"Dr. Chen, why do chemists find two completely different new elements in a short period of time after searching for tens or hundreds of years without finding them? Have you figured out what you're going to name these two new elements? ”

"Dr. Chen, how can you see the change of regime in your country, the government in the south has completely defeated the old regime in the north and completed the de facto unification of the country. Do you think China will rise from this? ”

……

Hehe.

Of course, it's okay to ask math questions, because this is an international congress of mathematicians after all.

Chen Muwu also welcomed the question of physics, and he was able to use this platform to promote the journal "Journal of Prince College" that he founded in Stockholm.

But what do you mean by the last kind of question that has nothing to do with mathematics or physics?

Ask Chen Muwu if he has confidence in that, how do you answer this?

Chen Muwu only answered the academic questions, and as for the last kind of questions, he turned a blind eye.

After the lecture of the day, Chen Muwu wanted to leave the history of mathematics session and go back to his residence to pack his luggage.

Tomorrow is the closing ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians, and as soon as the conference is over, he will return to England to attend his wedding.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Muwu walked to the backstage of the venue, someone blocked his way again.

Dr. Chan ......"

Hearing the comer's intention to come, Chen Muwu knew that the person who was blocking in front of him was a staff member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Italy.

King Emmanuel III of Italy, who sat in the VIP seat and listened to Chen Muwu's speech today, wanted to invite Chen Muwu to dinner.

Chen Muwu is now a little skeptical that he has a special physique that attracts the attention of royal family members.

From England to Sweden, to the Vatican, to what is now Italy.

The first two countries are members of the royal family, the princes of the present, the kings of the future.

It's hard to say whether the third one counts as a country or not, and whether it counts as a king or not.

And now he was invited by the titular head of Italy.

It is estimated that the other party is not prepared for Chen Muwu not to accept the invitation at all, and of course Chen Muwu will not be stupid enough not to accept the invitation.

The King of Italy was only the nominal head of state in the country, with no real power at all.

He Lao Chen even had dinner with the most powerful bald head in the country, and it was not bad for this meal.

"Of course, of course, thank you for the invitation from His Majesty, I am very honored."

Chen Muwu followed the staff of the Italian royal family to a luxurious restaurant prepared by the royal family in Bologna.

He met the current King of Italy, the last of whom he was.

Emanuel III was in his sixties and in good spirits, and at this time he had not yet been crowned Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Albania.

Seeing Chen Muwu arrive with the staff, he even left the table and got up to greet him, to show his respect for Chen Muwu, a scientist who is becoming more and more famous in the academic world.

"Dr. Chen, I have benefited a lot from listening to your lecture in the venue today.

"In particular, what you said about the development of ancient Chinese mathematics was an eye-opener for me. ……”

After the greetings, Emmanuel III invited Chen Muwu to sit down.

As a result, this person is an out-and-out talker, and even if he is seated, his mouth is still chattering endlessly.

He talked about the Italian Marco Polo from the Chinese, and from Marco Polo to the opera "Turandot" written by Puccini.

also lamented that Chen Muwu came at the wrong time, and did not catch up with the performance of "Turandot" in Bologna, otherwise he would have invited him to watch the show performance together.

While Chen Muwu was eating, he chatted with the chatty king with a pair.

He regretted that he had come to the dinner of the King of Italy today for the sake of a gourmet meal.

At the end of the meal, the elated Emmanuel III almost regarded Chen Muwu as his confidant, and he asked Chen Muwu a question that could not be considered a problem: "Dr. Chen, how long have you been in Italy?" I would like to present you with a medal. ”

(End of chapter)