noveltune Chapter 163 The Ultimate Question
Chapter 163 The Ultimate Question
Professor Liu's vivid and hardcore analogy of online games made the previously tense director and backstage staff in the studio burst into laughter, covering their mouths.
The tense and serious atmosphere was instantly filled with a comedic contrast.
"I heard that top research institutions around the world have been working non-stop for the past two days, frantically verifying the authenticity of this paper?"
Using the word "verification" is too conservative; they're "jumping the gun"!
Harvard University, Oxford University, the University of Tokyo, and the Max Planck Institute in Germany, among other top institutions...
We had already sounded the alarm and launched a massive data reproduction experiment.
It is worth mentioning that MIT has shown absolute confidence in the results of this observation.
It's important to understand that unless you have an absolute trump card that guarantees victory, an academic institution of MIT's caliber...
It is absolutely impossible for them to risk becoming a global laughingstock by holding such a high-profile global press conference to publish their paper!
"So what happens next? Once all the institutions have successfully reproduced and verified the virus, what will happen to the world?"
Professor Liu grinned, and at that moment, the fervor of a pure scholar deep in her eyes could no longer be concealed in the slightest.
"From that moment on, the entire academic community will completely tear off its respectable facade and fall into a crazy involution and battle with no bottom line!"
No, let me correct you. This bloody war without gunpowder actually began the moment the paper was published!
The mere one million dollar prize set up by the Clay Mathematics Institute?
While tempting, that little bit of money is not even worthy of shining shoes compared to the historical depth and immortal symbolism behind the Riemann Hypothesis!
Whoever can follow the bloody path pioneered by Su Hao and completely slay this mathematical behemoth that has dominated for a century...
His name will surely be engraved directly in the highest hall of scientific history, alongside names like Euclid and Newton who have been deified!
For thousands of years to come, it will be praised by all mankind!
Tell me, what real scholar with a sound mind could resist the temptation of achieving lasting fame and becoming a god in the flesh?!
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The host gasped in perfect unison.
"Wow, this gave me goosebumps."
The person who accomplished this miraculous feat was actually a fourteen-year-old boy from our country!
This is just like reading a sci-fi fantasy novel with an exaggerated premise!
"Don't even mention you thinking it's science fiction, the entire academic community on Earth is trembling with shock right now."
I bet that right now, there isn’t a single top university in the world that wouldn’t want to forcibly recruit Su Hao into their ranks and treat him like royalty!
The admissions offices of top universities have probably already mobilized in full force, armed with blank checks, and are secretly engaged in a fierce battle of wits and tactics!
The host then changed the subject:
"My goodness... Professor Liu, I have one more question."
Is the Riemann Hypothesis the most important ultimate question for the fate of all humankind?
"While I would not presume to be an expert in every branch of mathematics, I can tell you with absolute certainty: absolutely not."
The proof of the Riemann Hypothesis is undoubtedly a towering monument in the field of pure mathematics;
However, in real-world applications, there are other mathematical propositions that have a far more profound impact on our quality of life.
Could you give me a specific example?
Professor Liu offered an answer without hesitation:
"The Navier-Stokes equations are also one of the Millennium Prize Problems."
"The name sounds like some kind of heavy machinery. Just what kind of astonishing weight does it actually possess?"
The Navier-Stokes equations are a set of partial differential equations used to describe the viscous, incompressible flow of fluids (such as gases or liquids).
It's okay if you don't understand; just know this:
From the roaring torrents of great rivers to the complex global atmospheric circulation, and then to the accumulation and eruption of tsunamis and the evolution of cyclonic clouds...
Everything in the world that is associated with the word "fluid" can be described using this set of core formulas.
In short, it is humanity's ultimate attempt to use the most rigorous mathematical language to analyze the essence of all "flow" in this world!
"Just hearing this concept makes me feel a tremendous force from nature coming at me, which is quite awe-inspiring."
Professor Liu smiled helplessly and waved his hand.
"But to be honest, people who do pure mathematical research are actually quite averse to this field, and can even avoid it at all costs."
Fluid! Just hearing this word probably gives you that feeling of slippery, elusive despair, right?
The nonlinear terms here are filled with too many uncontrollable variables that are catastrophic; it's like an indescribable chaotic monster.
But the key point is that this is an ultimate challenge concerning the fate of humanity, one that, no matter how difficult or hopeless, must be tackled by scientists worldwide.
"Is it because it's directly related to Earth's climate evolution?"
"Yes, because this blue planet suspended in the universe is our only home."
Aren't the various extreme weather anomalies caused by global warming today a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of every human being on Earth?
If one day, someone can, like Su Hao kicked down the door to the Riemann Hypothesis, completely unravel the mystery of the smoothness and existence of this equation...
We can then build climate prediction models with extremely high accuracy and predict the future of our planet Earth.
Therefore, this can be said to be directly related to the life and death of all mankind.
"These words sounded extremely tragic."
It feels like those cold, hard mathematical symbols printed in books, somehow, like deities, controlling the trajectory of human civilization.
"In fact, this has always been the case."
The brilliant civilization that humanity is so proud of was built brick by brick on the most indestructible and cold foundation of mathematics.
The calculation of calendars, the prediction of agricultural rainfall, the surveying of territories and land, the seafaring techniques of the Age of Exploration, and even the astronomy of exploring the stars and the sea today...
If we look beyond the dazzling appearances and examine the essence, the core of all of this is mathematics.
Mathematics is the original code left to us by the Creator!
Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere in the studio had become too solemn and somber, the host stuck out his tongue and deliberately made a rather exaggerated and funny expression.
"Okay, thank you very much, Professor Liu Zhiyun, for giving such a strong endorsement to the mathematics major in front of the national audience today."
Thanks to your brilliant explanation, we finally understand why the entire Western academic community is now in a frenzy of mutual attacks.
Okay, that's all for today's program. Thank you for watching, and see you next time!