I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 625 Mathematics level is not high enough to be ashamed to call myself a physicist

New York University, USA, Supercomputing Center.

Professor Sigifredo Reeves from the School of Physics and Professor Olis Karen from the School of Mathematics are drinking coffee with Professor Sreenivasan while waiting for the results of the experiment.

Professor Reeves and Professor Karen are both academicians of the Academy of Sciences, and they also have the identity of the dean of the School of Physics and the Dean of the School of Mathematics.

This time, Professor Sreenivasan mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as supercomputing resources to carry out experimental verification of a certain paper. Such a big move immediately alarmed these two big men. There will be results, and the two will go hand in hand.

Generally speaking, reviewers will not verify the experimental results, but will only conduct forward and reverse reviews on the theoretical basis, experimental plan, and experimental data of the paper to judge whether the thinking is correct and the logic is self-consistent. Whether there are obvious loopholes depends on the academic level and experience of the reviewers themselves.

The reason for not verifying the experimental plan and experimental conclusions is also very simple. First, reviewers may not have the experimental conditions and experimental equipment mentioned in the paper. Second, it will involve resource consumption such as time, manpower and material resources. The editorial department of the journal There will be no reimbursement for the experimental expenses, so naturally not many people are willing to pay for additional experimental verification.

However, Professor Sreenivasan has a lot of research funds that he can use freely. The verification work this time is not to repeat the experiment, but to use the observation data that already exists in the real world to analyze to see if it is consistent with the conclusion of the paper. , Professor Sreenivasan took it as an interesting experiment.

At this time, the staff in the supercomputing office started the data analysis software, added the functional analysis algorithms and mathematical models of mathematics professors, and imported huge observation data, and the supercomputing began to operate.

The supercomputing resource that Professor Sreenivasan applied for this time is New York University's latest supercomputer "Greene", which has the ability to perform four square (4x10^15) calculations per second, compared with New York University The supercomputer originally built ten years ago with a peak speed of more than 4.5 teraflops is nearly 10 times faster, and can widely support cross-disciplinary research ranging from biomolecular genetics to social media behavior to political influence to artificial intelligence. .

The observation data obtained from the National Meteorological Administration is close to 25 terabytes. If you don’t use supercomputers and use an ordinary cloud computing group consisting of 200 servers, it will take at least a week to complete such analysis and calculation work.And "Green" only takes about half an hour.

This is the power of the new supercomputer.

It is not surprising that the world's major powers are constantly developing supercomputing and regard supercomputing as one of the symbols of a country's hard power in science and technology.

Professor Srenivasan and the other three bosses naturally don't need to operate it themselves, and they don't know how to operate it. Looking at the researchers in the office inside the glass window, they are busy and looking at the countless cabinets that are shining with dazzling lights in the distance. Dean Reeves of the academy said, "Is this physics paper jointly written by those two young Fields Medalists really so valuable?"

It is true that Professor Sreenivasan is an academician of the two academies and has the right to apply for supercomputing resources, but the electricity and operation and maintenance fees of the supercomputer "Green" are astonishing. This data verification alone will cost 12 US dollars , the salaries of the rest of the doctoral students participating in the verification can be ignored, but the two mathematics professors sent to assist will be paid. In addition to the five days of time and energy spent by the research team, the entire verification process is estimated to cost more than 15 US dollars.

Burning $15 just to review a paper, even for a Fields Medalist-winning paper, seems extravagant.

Professor Sreenivasan nodded without hesitation: "Yes! If the conclusion of this paper can be verified by real data, it will open a new chapter in the study of turbulent kinetic energy! The accuracy of high-resolution climate model simulations has always been low, because the internal causes of kinetic energy, dissipation, and mutual driving contained in large-scale, mesoscale, and small-scale circulations have not been studied clearly, and this paper solves this mystery!"

"Using the conclusions in this paper, we can at least increase the accuracy of coarse-resolution climate model simulations by 30%! For large-scale marine climate disasters, such as tsunamis, the prediction accuracy will also be greatly improved. This The conclusions of the paper can also be applied to the El Niño phenomenon to deepen our understanding and research on the El Niño phenomenon."

He looked at the surprised Dean Reeves and Dean Karen, and said solemnly: "Moreover, this is a deduction result based on the NS equation and using pure mathematical operations. It is of great significance and will bring new ideas to countless mathematicians and physicists who study the application of NS equations."

"Although this paper is only five pages long, its positive impact on human science and technology is immeasurable!"

"Of course, everything I say must be based on the fact that this paper is correct and that the conclusions are fully verified by real data!"

Dean Reeves of the Academy of Sciences and Dean Karen of the School of Numerology exchanged glances. They were old friends with Professor Srenivasan, and this was the first time they saw Professor Srenivasan discussing an article. The paper has such a high rating.

Dean Karen flipped through the paper manuscript that was printed out in his hand. To be honest, the mathematical calculation process on the first two pages was too complicated, and he dared not say that he understood it 100%. No obvious problems were found.

Thinking about it, the two Filipino bigwigs teamed up to attack, and if they can still find obvious problems, it must not be a problem with the thesis, but a problem with Karen's old age and blindness.

Thinking of the great significance of this paper, he couldn't help asking: "Do you think this verification can be successful?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he laughed dumbfounded, and patted his forehead: "Look, I'm confused. If I think the probability of success is low, I won't use so many resources to verify it."

Professor Sreenivasan nodded and said, "I think the success rate is over [-]%. Let us wait and see."

Through the glass window, one can see the dense data continuously refreshed on the large screen in the operation office, which is dazzling, but the analysis progress bar at the top clearly shows that the verification conclusion is about to be reached.

The three academic leaders from the Academy of Physics and the Academy of Mathematical Sciences subconsciously stopped talking and stared intently at the big screen.

Not only them, but a dozen researchers who participated in this verification work, two mathematics professors, and the staff of the supercomputing center all held their breath, waiting for the results that would appear soon.

In the nearly frozen air, the operating power of the "Green" supercomputer obviously began to decrease rapidly, and the analysis progress bar on the big screen also reached the end.

In the next second, all the process calculation data on the big screen were refreshed, leaving only one line of English in the center.

"match: 99.1%"

The matching degree is 99.1%!

The error is only 0.9%!

This is an astonishing degree of matching. Considering that the original monitoring data of the National Meteorological Administration has a certain error with the reality, the error rate of less than 1% is completely negligible!

"The verification is successful." Professor Sreenivasan took a deep breath and looked around the crowd: "The conclusion of the paper is valid. Cheers, guys!"

The audience burst into warm applause and cheers!

Although it is not the result of their research, it is also the result of their participation in the verification!
The cheers and applause of the audience are dedicated not only to the Supercomputing Center, but also to the partners who participated in this verification work, and to this article entitled "Research on Large-scale Circulation Form and Kinetic Energy Change Characteristics Using NS Equation" The paper is dedicated to the authors of the paper, the two youngest Fields Medal winners from Xia Guo!
"It's amazing. The matching rate of 99.1%, I'm afraid it will frighten a lot of people. This is a conclusion derived purely from a mathematical point of view." Dean Karen of the Academy of Mathematics sighed.

"Yeah, the role of mathematics in physics is brought into full play in this paper. It seems that those who are not advanced in mathematics in the future will be ashamed to call themselves physicists." Dean Reeves of the Institute of Physics is also full of enthusiasm. emotion.

Professor Sreenivasan picked up a pen and wrote a paragraph in the space above the title of the paper:

"After careful and realistic data verification, the conclusion of this paper is fully established. This is also a paper of great historical significance. The two young Fields Medal winners have demonstrated their unfathomable mathematical skills, and also Demonstrating their keen intuition for physics, the research on turbulence, especially turbulence in climatology and oceanography, will enter a new starting point from the date of publication of this paper!"

After writing, he then ordered his assistant: "Send this comment, along with our supercomputing verification results, back to PRL."

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The results of Professor Srenivasan's review were quickly sent to the editorial office of "Physical Review Letters" (PRL). Editor-in-Chief Pius Poulsen saw the comments of Professor Tao and Professor Srenivasan, and finally Some can't sit still.

I have been the editor-in-chief for more than ten years, and I have seen countless comments from reviewers, but it is the first time that a paper has been so highly evaluated by experts in mathematics and physics at the same time.

After being stunned for a while, he picked up the phone and dialed the number of the editor-in-chief's office.

"...The above are the review opinions of the two reviewers. I suggest that this paper be published next Friday, and it will be recommended as an 'Editor's Recommendation' and a 'Highlight Paper'."

The editor-in-chief pondered for a while, and said: "I agree with the point of emphasizing the promotion, but the publication time should be changed to this Friday. It will be printed before the end of get off work today. There are still five hours of typesetting time, so there is time."

He gave a hearty laugh to the editor-in-chief Pius Poulsen on the other end of the phone:

"I heard that it is the Spring Festival in Xiaguo now. Let this be the Spring Festival gift from our PRL to two new physics experts. By the way, when replying to their emails, don't forget to attach our invitation to submit papers, and ask them to submit their papers next time." , we must give priority to our PRL."

……

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, who are far away in Xiaguo, still don't know that the paper will be published on PRL three days later. They have just attended the class reunion of junior high school and are having the annual reunion with classmates of Yingyuan Private High School.

The meeting place is a KTV with a buffet, which is very suitable for the consumption level of college students.

Homeroom teacher Wei Wenping and math teacher Lao Zheng also came, and the atmosphere was lively.

However, except for some very familiar good friends, the rest of the old classmates showed a little more respect and deliberately flattered Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun when they saw Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. Both of Qin Ke were a little emotional.

As people grow up, relationships between people inevitably become more snobbish, and friendships inevitably deteriorate.

Just as a classmate asked about the recruitment requirements of Lime Technology, he wanted to find a position there.

What pleased Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun was that Ge Zhixing, Li Xiong, Wu Zhu, Wang Lixin, Xiang Qi, Wang Liangchao, Li Lin and other high school friends still maintained their original attitudes, especially the few boys who were involved in sports. They hung shoulders and backs with Qin Ke, laughed and cursed, and coaxed and asked when they would drink their wedding wine.

This is the deep friendship between teammates and roommates formed by playing basketball every day in high school for two years. It is also the purest and strongest buddy relationship. It didn't even mention the rumor among classmates that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are the major shareholders of Qingning Technology and are worth more than one billion.

For example, Li Xiong asked: "Brother Ke, you and your sister-in-law are already successful and famous, and you are only short of getting married and having a baby before you become a winner in life. When will you complete these last two steps?"

Qin Ke scolded with a smile: "Old Li, do you have any legal knowledge? I am only 21 years old this year, and I want to get married at the age of 22."

Ge Zhixing winked mischievously: "calculate the time in advance, it's not bad to get the certificate and give birth once."

"Fuck off, your thinking is not decent, Qingyun and I haven't graduated yet, at least we won't think about our children until after we graduate."

Xiang Qi asked curiously: "Brother Lai Ke, your current identity is very interesting. You are a professor of mathematics and a PhD student in the Department of Physics. What do your classmates call you? Professor Qin? Brother Ke?"

Wang Liangchao rolled his eyes contemptuously at Qi: "Xiang Qi, have you forgotten? Brother Ke's teacher is Academician Jiang Weixian, and the only postgraduate student with him in the same class as his supervisor is his sister-in-law. Of course, sister-in-law is called Brother Ke's husband" .”

Qin Ke rubbed his chin, remembering that Ning Qingyun rarely called him "husband". After all, this girl's shyness had already been deeply rooted in her bones.

Wang Liangchao rubbed his hands and flattered him: "By the way, Brother Ke, when it comes to what I admire most about you, it's not your academic performance or your winning the Fields Medal, but you were able to win your sister-in-law back then, and now The relationship is still so good, can you pass on some secrets?"

Having said this, the eyes of Ge Zhixing, Li Xiong and others also lit up, and they gathered around and pricked up their ears to "learn from the scriptures".

Only Xiang Qi, who had been secretly in love with Li Lin, looked slightly gloomy, and subconsciously glanced at Li Lin who was talking affectionately with Ning Qingyun not far away.

Naturally, Qin Ke would not show others how he chased Ning Qingyun, so he just smiled and said: "Chasing girls is just seven words, 'bold, careful and thick-skinned', understand it well, and you will be able to catch up if you understand it." The girl I like."

Wang Liangchao asked again: "Brother Ke, the person I like is about to celebrate his birthday, what gift should I give? Oh, by the way, is sister-in-law's birthday next week? Brother Ke, tell me what gift you plan to give me for reference." ?”

Qin Ke thought for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "I plan to take her to Japan."

Everyone's eyes widened: "Japan? Cross-border travel?"

"Travel can enhance relationships, but it's not suitable for Liangchao. Wait until you catch up with the girl you like." Qin Ke smiled and didn't say much. Instead, he asked about the interests and hobbies of the girl Wang Liangchao liked, and then gave some useful suggestions.

The rest of Ge Zhixing, Li Xiong and others also hurriedly asked for advice.

A few boys sneaked around together, but Li Lin and other girls surrounded Ning Qingjun for advice on maintenance tips. In their eyes, Ning Qingyun was almost 21 years old, but his temperament, body and appearance were still almost exactly the same as when he was 18 years old. It is nothing short of a miracle in terms of maintenance and beauty.

Suddenly there was a quarrel outside, and then there was a crash, the door of the box was pushed open forcefully, and a group of people rushed in.

(End of this chapter)