Reborn Tech Scholar

Chapter 262 The excitement in the world of mathematics and physics (plus 9)

Chapter 263 The excitement in the world of mathematics and physics

MathOverflow, an internationally renowned mathematics forum, has been very lively since yesterday.

Yesterday was basically skeptical and negative, only a few of Qin Yuanqing's extremely brainless fans supported it.

But after the paper came out today, the situation began to reverse.

"Oh my god, my brain hurts! I actually said that I didn't understand the first paper, and I had to dig out Qin's other papers, and then I went to make up for differential geometry... Sure enough, the paper submitted by such a big guy Even if there are faults, it is not something that ordinary people can pick out. As for the final result, we can only wait for the report to begin!"

"The Chronicle of Mathematics has taken a big risk this time. If there are logical problems in the first paper, the Chronicle of Mathematics will be finished! Unfortunately, the first paper, I read in a cloud, as a Those who study number theory say that they are not familiar with differential geometry, so I have to make up for it... Poorly, my hair is already more than half bald, and this time it is estimated that I will be completely bald! I hope that I will be strong even if I am bald! ( Cry! Come on!)”

"Ahhhhh~~~ I'm going crazy, the master of number theory is so powerful in differential geometry, I can't even read it~~~ And let people live!!!!"

"Woooo~~~ I have never studied the Yang-Mills equation, my brain cells are going to die hundreds of millions!!"

"Although I don't understand it, my intuition tells me that Qin really solved the Yang-Mills equation!"

Because many mathematicians of the new generation, including Tao Zhexuan and Schultz, have registered their own accounts on this website, the popularity of topics on MathOverflow can basically reflect an event that has been triggered in the mathematics circle. What a sensation the response was.

"I think there is no problem with the two papers of Yang Mills' solution, the proof of existence and the general solution. Now I am working on the third paper! But here, I think the Fields Medal Committee can prepare for Qin The second Fields Medal!" Tao Zhexuan also participated.

As a mathematician, Tao Zhexuan is not comparable to ordinary mathematicians. His words immediately aroused greater discussion.

Affected by this, many people are more inclined to Qin Yuanqing's two papers on the existence proof and general solution of Yang Mills' solution, and then start discussing whether Qin Yuanqing can win his second Fields Medal, It has become the only one who has won the Fields Medal consecutively since the establishment of the Fields Medal.

Hot discussions don't just happen in professional academic forums.

Even though most people don't even know how to write the Yang-Mills equation, they are not unfamiliar with the Millennium Problem.

Almost immediately after the thesis came out, a reporter with supernatural powers first appeared on the cover of the thesis, and then related news appeared on the top push pages of various news networks, and attracted countless crowds to watch.

Compared with the rational discussion on MathOverflo, the reactions of netizens on Twitter and Facebook were more emotional.

"There is no end to it. He produced five papers at once, which is unreliable no matter how you look at it. This should not be the attitude that academics should have."

"Huaxia people are so incredible. I remember that he just proved Goldbach's conjecture last year, and he made such a big achievement this year, which is really admirable."

"Today is April Fool's Day, you can't fool me!"

"These scholars are really too far, so far away from our lives, do these have anything to do with us?"

"This is a big net made by Bill Gates and others to keep us away from God. Just kidding. After we die away from God, we have to meet Satan!"

"Cheaters are all liers, they can't lie to me!"

"Our scholars are really disappointing. They can't solve such an easy problem."

"You ghosts and beasts, entertain until you die! I, Great China, are the kings of all nations!"

All kinds of voices are flooding Twitter and Facebook. In China, America is thought to be the land of science, where everyone respects and believes in science.But in fact it's not like that, it's too silly.

And the physics forum is also very lively.

"Damn, five papers, my math ability is average, I can't read them! Those guys who boast that they are great mathematicians, when will they be able to give a positive answer, whether it is true from a mathematical point of view! "

"These mathematicians are really good at tossing. The experiments have already confirmed it, but they just refuse to admit it, and this is what happened."

"This is revenge from the mathematics community. They are retaliating against our Professor Witten for taking away their Fields Medal! Now the people in their mathematics circle will also take away a Nobel Prize in Physics!"

"How should I say this, once it is confirmed to be correct, it will be a common monument of mathematics and physics! I heard that this Qin, his position in the mathematics world has already begun to be called the Pope, and the old Pope has put his power The rod has been passed on to him!"

"Everyone wait, those mathematical research structures should announce the verification results soon! But I read, that paper on the unified theory of strong electricity is really wonderful, it's hard to imagine that it was written by a mathematician, I Dare to swear, based on this paper on the unified theory of strong electricity, he is a great physicist!"

"No no no~~~ You know, 10 years ago there was a guy named Grigory Perelman, a Russian mathematician, he wrote three papers proving Poincaré, one of the Millennium Problems Guess, but it took those guys in the mathematics world three years to confirm it!"

"Three years, my God, the guys in the mathematics world are really inefficient. In three years, we can discover particles that have never been discovered!"

"In fact, these guys don't know it, they still think how great they are, and they look down on our theoretical physics!"

For a long time, mathematicians have been condescending, looking down on other disciplines, thinking that they are nothing without mathematics.And theoretical physics looks down on subjects other than mathematics, and holds a high attitude. After all, in the golden age of physics in the 20th century, the construction of the physics building was basically completed, and the achievements in physics were really brilliant.

Because the impact of this matter is too great, even "Nature", which pays little attention to the research progress in the field of mathematics, also excerpts the abstract part of the paper and introduces it in a new issue of the journal.

At the same time, a reporter from the "Science" magazine contacted Professor Witten of Princeton University and interviewed him. Professor Witten gave a very high evaluation of the paper.

"Qin's mathematical talent is very amazing. His use of mathematical tools is very ingenious, which is very admirable. In the field of mathematics, he can stand shoulder to shoulder with those great scientists in history. This time, the first paper alone, he will The three completely different directions of partial differential equations, differential geometry, and topology are fused together, and a new mathematical method is derived on this basis."

"In fact, I spent 3 days working on the first paper and found nothing wrong! Personally, he did prove the existence of solutions to the Yang-Mills equation, and he shared my view at Princeton There are still many people! Now I am working on the second paper, which is also amazing, but I have to be cautious!"

Professor Witten gave a very high evaluation and was full of admiration.

"Then, as the world's top physicist and mathematician, do you think Qin succeeded!?" The reporter asked.

"I have a strong hunch that he may have succeeded!" Professor Witten said.

The reporter said: "But now some people say that the new mathematical tools he used to prove the existence of the solution of the Yang-Mills equation are not sure to be correct, and they may not necessarily make sense!"

The value of a mathematical proposition is not reflected in the proposition itself, but in the mathematical method that can be created when solving this proposition.

If this paper only uses the language of mathematics to tell people that the general solution of the Yang-Mills equation exists, but cannot pave the way for finding this general solution, then even if it is also an excellent result, it will be difficult to achieve Outstanding standard.

Wei Teng smiled lightly: "The person who said this obviously has a mediocre professional level, and even has no professional level scientific research!"

"What embodies the value of a mathematical conjecture does not necessarily have to create a brand new mathematical tool, it can also be the improvement of existing mathematical tools, or even just an abstract mathematical idea." Witten said: "Qin is proving The existence of the solution of the Yang-Mills equation creates a brand new mathematical tool. You cannot deny it just because you don’t understand it! At least I’m very pleasantly surprised. I have some opinions on this new mathematical tool that I want to share with Qin. Communication, it might shine in string theory!"

"Professor Tao Zhexuan said on Twitter that he believes that the first paper and the second paper are correct. What do you think of this?" the reporter asked.

The corner of Professor Weiteng's mouth twitched, his face was a little ugly!
I read the first paper several times, and kept deliberating to make sure there was no problem. I just read the second paper, and Tao Zhexuan had already verified the second paper.

Young people don't talk about Wude!

Professor Weiteng, who was upset in his heart, ended the interview after a few casual copings.

what happened?Did I say something wrong?

The reporter was a little puzzled. After thinking about it carefully, he found that he was not wrong. Could this be the old man's syndrome! ?

At this time, Qin Yuanqing had returned to normal working hours. His mathematics students were struggling with their papers. While reading the papers, they rummaged through the corresponding papers and supplemented partial differential equations, differential geometry, and topology. , learn from each other to speed up understanding.

Everyone who looked at Qin Yuanqing's eyes was like looking at a god. They would feel that Qin Yuanqing was the incarnation of God walking in the world, full of the light of wisdom.

Sometimes they saw Qin Yuanqing, as if Qin Yuanqing had a golden light on his head, and that golden light seemed to be the light of wisdom.

Since the thesis was published, the number of students and scholars who came to Shuimu has increased a lot. Many people stayed outside the research institute, just wanting to see Qin Yuanqing's true face. Many reporters even interviewed Qin Yuanqing's former university teachers and professors of the School of Science, including researchers and students of the two research institutes, and even Qin Yuanqing's students.

(End of this chapter)