I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 924 is a somewhat boring, but extremely precious and meaningful scene.
It seems that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun have a lot of things to do. Since they stopped by to visit their teacher, Academician Wang Heng, with their two children before returning to the capital after the Spring Festival, they have no time to visit him anymore. They only visit him during the holidays. Called to greet him and asked his assistant Fang Yongtang to send some gifts and supplements.

At this time, the two of them saw the old academician Wang Heng in the camera, and their noses couldn't help but feel a little sore.

The age spots on the face of old academician Wang Heng have become more and more obvious. After all, time is not forgiving. Even if you practice the Eastern Method of cultivating energy, it will only continue the rate of aging and extend the situation for ten or eight years. It cannot change the situation. The laws of nature.

I saw the old academician on the TV showing a gratified smile: "Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are the pride of my life. To be honest, I have played a minimal role in their success. It is mainly their own talent and hard work. When I first saw them, I knew their future would be extraordinary..."

The old academician briefly mentioned the scene when he first met Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, with a peaceful and proud look on his face.

Nearly six years have passed since I first met these two young people.

Six years is neither a long nor a short time, but it is enough for his two proud disciples to shine in the world of mathematics with a dazzling light that no one has ever matched before.

How could he not be proud of it?
Now in Xia Kingdom and even in the whole world, who doesn’t know the names of these two disciples?Even his name, an old guy who is about to die, is often mentioned by people. During the New Year and festivals, big shots from all over the world come to visit and greet him in an endless stream, and they also get a lot of credit from his two disciples.

After briefly talking about the past, the old academician Wang Heng said sincerely: "I, Wang Heng, have no regrets in my life. I am getting old, and this should be the last time I interact with friends from the media. Here, I would like to express my final wishes to you all Friends from the media would like to make a request. I hope everyone will be careful not to disturb Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. These two children..."

Speaking of "two children", it seems that the couple already has a baby, so it seems that they should not use such a title anymore, but the old academician just paused and did not change his words:

"These two children don't like publicity, but they have to wake up and deal with it every time they are interviewed. Even when they have a meal outside, they will be photographed and watched. The higher they stand, the less free they are to speak and act, because under the spotlight, anyone can Subtle inappropriateness will be magnified infinitely. In the current Internet age, the trend of 'entertainment' in academia has become very serious, and I sincerely hope that they will not be affected by these trends."

He looked at the camera, as if he were looking at Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun who were far away in the capital, making the young couple sitting in front of the TV couldn't help but feel their eyes heat up.

"These two children really like to do scientific research. They have mountains and rivers in their hearts and a universe in their chests. The research they do is more related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Friends from the media, let them concentrate on scientific research, create more valuable knowledge wealth for mankind, and crack the More mathematical mysteries. They are the future of our Xia Mathematics community and even the international mathematics community."

"Finally, I would like to say a few words to all young people who like mathematics. I hope that young mathematicians from Xia Guo can follow their examples, follow their footsteps, and jointly create a different and glorious future in the field of mathematics... Xia Guo The future of mathematics is officially entrusted to your generation."

As the old academician spoke, he slowly stood up in his wheelchair. His son next to him wanted to help him, but the old academician waved his hand and refused.

The old academician slowly stood up, and then bowed deeply towards the camera. The cameraman was so frightened that the camera was shaking. Then he heard applause before the end of the video. It seemed that it was the reporter and the staff nearby. of applause.

The interview ends here.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun stood in front of the TV and were speechless for a long time. They finally understood why Academician Wang Heng, who had not appeared in front of the media for a long time, wanted to accept this interview. He was doing it for the last time. His two disciples escorted him in order to pass on his infinite love for mathematics, his enthusiasm and innocent heart for Xia Guo's mathematics career!
Qin Ke and his wife came to the courtyard and bowed deeply in the direction of Jizhou.

The two held each other's hands.Qin Ke said softly: "After we finish the task of detoxifying radioactive elements this time, let's go and stay with Teacher Wang for a while with a smile and a clank, okay?"

"Yes." Ning Qingyun nodded vigorously, her eyes showing extremely firmness.

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This interview video of Academician Wang Heng has attracted considerable attention. More and more netizens have begun to express their resistance to the "entertainment" of the academic circle. In addition, during this period, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's " Influenced by "Mathematical Achievement", more and more high school students with excellent science scores plan to give up popular majors such as finance and computer science, and choose mathematics as their major.

Mathematics, an unpopular subject that has always been ignored and neglected, has finally regained its vitality in the land of Xia Kingdom, blooming with a new light of hope.

However, Qin Ke and his wife ignored the calls and invitations from home and abroad to "convene academic seminars", and together with Edward Witten and Lao Tao, they immersed themselves in using "new geometry" to improve M theory from a mathematical perspective and study how to Apply string theory to control the "random events of decay" of radioactive elements.

In the past, almost 99% of string theories were not supported by experimental data. Until last year, Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun, and Edward Witten published "Unifying the Strong Interaction, Weak Interaction and Electromagnetism with a New Quantum Gauge Field Theory". "String Theory Framework of Forces" paper, based on mathematical analysis and modeling of more than 130 billion experimental data provided by CERN, found for the first time quarks that can prove the existence of "strings" and affect protons, neutrons and even finer dimensions. and evidence for gluons.

M theory is a type of string theory. It was proposed by Edward Witten and is an upgraded version of string theory based on string theory and superstring theory. It aims to become the "ultimate theory of physics."At that time, Edward Witten continued to invent new mathematical tools in order to study and improve M-theory from a mathematical perspective, and won the Fields Medal for these mathematical achievements.

However, with the development of M theory now, it is no longer just Edward's theory, but has become a situation where a hundred schools of thought are contending.

The result is that M theory not only does not become more and more "clear", but it becomes more and more complex because it combines five superstring theories, eleven-dimensional space, supergravity theory, membrane theory and many other "mysterious" abstract theories. The more complex it is.Originally, string theory was based on the fantasy of "reasoning" and "abstraction." Mathematics' explanation of it is not perfect, let alone the M-theory mixed with more fantasy theories. Many physicists directly believe that M-theory It has become a castle in the air, a product of pure fantasy. It has been criticized as having no use except "as a brain game and a standard for measuring intelligence."

However, many of the most famous physicists in the past 30 years, including Hawking and Professor Townsend of Jiange University, have invested in research and disputes with superstring theory and M theory, making M theory enter a chaotic world where many heroes are competing. situation.

To this day, there is still no leader from any party who can provide a mature system of "M theory" that convinces everyone.

Now, Edward Witten, the leader of M theory, together with the strongest team composed of Qin Ke, Ning Qingjun, Lao Tao, and Mr. Qiu, a non-staff member, are working towards "improving the demonstration of M theory with mathematics" The target launched an attack, trying to end this chaotic situation and establish a logical and self-consistent perfect M theory.

The first goal is to solve the "Calabi-Qiu space".

The full name of this "Calabi-Qiu space" is "Calabi-Qiu co-manifold", also known as "Calabi-Qiu co-manifold".

It refers to a curled-up high-dimensional space. This is a theory guessed by scientists. It has six dimensions. Its mathematical basis is the Calabi conjecture proposed by the Italian mathematician Calabi, and then by Qiu, who is sitting with everyone now. When the old man was 27 years old, he proved that it was the product of pure mathematical calculations and could not be observed with instruments.

According to mathematical calculations, the radius of the "Calabi-Qiu space" is less than one billionth of a billionth of a meter, only one billionth of the radius of protons and neutrons. Its internal space has six cells huddled in a special geometric structure. The dimensions, circuitous and twisted, simply cannot be described using traditional Euclidean geometry, and scientists believe it follows a more abstract geometry without straight lines.

Although it is also a "fantasy" product that relies on mathematical derivation and cannot be observed by physical experiments, the "compacting performance" of "Calabi-Qiu space" is very important to superstring theory. Currently, 25 types of "Calabi-Qiu space" have been tested. "Qiu space" can construct a superstring theory consistent with it.

When superstring theory was proposed, it was believed that all elementary particles are composed of constantly vibrating strings, and that space and time have supersymmetry and are ten-dimensional. For example, physicists Candelas, Horowitz and others co-authored a paper In "The Vacuum Structure of Superstrings", he insists that there is a ten-dimensional space, and the extra six dimensions are hidden in the "Calabi-Qiu space". These six dimensions are independent of every point in the four-dimensional space-time.

When it comes to M theory, it is believed that there is an 11-dimensional space, but the speculation that the extra six dimensions are hidden in the "Calabi-Qiu space" still exists. Many physicists tend to believe that this "Calabi-Qiu space" "Space" may be one of the most basic units in the universe, so humans can only see up to five dimensions of space and time.Whoever can accurately decipher the geometric properties of "Calabi-Qiu space" may open the door to discovering the mysteries of the universe.

——Because some constants in nature, what kind of particles can exist, what their mass is, how they interact, and even the nature and physical laws of the universe all depend on the "Calabi-Qiu space".

But why are there exactly six dimensions in "Calabi-Qiu space"?
Regarding this question, Mr. Qiu, who was drinking green tea, simply waved his hands: "Candelas and Horowitz also asked me similar questions. I asked them to ask Calabi more appropriately. I just put his The conjecture was proven, but I don’t know whether he relied on intuition or how he ‘guessed’ it.”

It is a pity that Karabi probably did not answer Candelas and Horowitz at that time. Now, Master Karabi has passed away a few days ago at the age of 100 years and 4 months, and no one can answer this question.

"However, I did study the 'mirror symmetry conjecture' that was somewhat related to this issue."

The "mirror symmetry conjecture" mentioned by Mr. Qiu refers to a special relationship between the "Calabi-Qiu spaces". That is, although the two "Calabi-Qiu spaces" are very different in geometry, they are as string theory are equivalent when having extra dimensions. Such a pair of "Calabi-Qiu spaces" is called mirror symmetry.

This conjecture was originally discovered by physicist Philippe Candelas and others, and proved from a physical perspective that mirror symmetry can be used to calculate the number of rational curves on the "Calabi-Qiu space". Later, Mr. Qiu and two other mathematicians, Completely prove the mirror conjecture about rational curve counting on "Calabi-Qiu space" using localization techniques.

According to this conjecture, the six-dimensional "Calabi-Qiu space" can essentially be divided into two three-dimensional spaces, one of which is a three-dimensional torus. If you imitate the operation of changing the radius r to 1/r, these three-dimensional torus " "Flip" and combine it with another three-dimensional space, you will get the mirror companion of the original "Calabi-Qiu space".

But this only proves part of the characteristics of the "mirror symmetry conjecture" and does not fully prove it.

The difficulty of deciphering the six internal dimensions of "Calabi-Qiu space" can be seen, but now that we have "new geometry", it is equivalent to having a killer weapon for studying "Calabi-Qiu space".

It was the afternoon of Saturday, June 6, and five mathematicians were sitting in the hall, discussing how to use "new geometry" to solve the problem of exactly six dimensions in the "Calabi-Qiu space", and We plan to use this as a breakthrough to complete M theory and achieve a more perfect "logical self-consistency" from a theoretical level.

As the core proposer of "new geometry", Qin Ke stood in front of a large whiteboard with an erasable pen, writing calculations while communicating with four partners.Basically, the results of everyone's discussion were written by Qin Ke. Any sparks of thinking would be transformed into countless mathematical formulas and a series of nonlinear partial differential equations in Qin Ke's writing.

The close combination of "new geometry" and nonlinear partial differential equations is one of the keys to its ability to describe very complex non-Euclidean space geometry.

"The Ricci curvature is closely connected to the material field. Without considering the cosmological constant, the Ricci flat space is a vacuum, without any matter or energy in it. We can regard it as a vacuum solution to Einstein's equation, which can It can be mediocre or non-trivial. From the following formula, we can easily prove that when Ricci curvature is 0, Riemann curvature is not necessarily 0..."

As always, Qin Xiaoke acted as an assistant serving tea and water, and also used a paintbrush to record the bits and pieces of research in front of him, which were somewhat boring, but extremely precious, of great significance, and had a huge role in promoting human civilization.

(End of this chapter)