A widower's entertainment

Chapter 58 [Mathematical Proofs in Literary Magazines]

Decheng, Chunfeng Primary School.

Yan Wei stared blankly at the answer on the manuscript paper in front of him. This answer he once thought was difficult to calculate was now calculated by him. In fact, it was not difficult to calculate. His former colleagues were right, he was just too lazy to calculate it. An answer he subconsciously thought was written casually.

"Teacher Yan, what's wrong with you?"

When Yan Wei heard this voice, he came back to his senses, looked at Zhang Fengxia who asked this question, and said: "The answer to the Euler conjecture written by Lin Youcheng in "The Devotion of Suspect X" is correct."

"Correct?"

Zhang Fengxia didn't have any special feelings, she just said: "Isn't that great?"

Yan Wei wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhang Fengxia's calm expression, he couldn't help but explain: "Lin Youcheng solved a world-wide mathematical problem in his novel."

"Really? It's so awesome!"

Zhang Fengxia did not understand the equation of Euler's conjecture, nor did she know how difficult this mathematical problem was. She was just surprised and said: "Shi Hong is really worthy of being a once-in-a-century mathematical genius. No, let's put it this way, Lin You Cheng is truly a once-in-a-century mathematical genius."

Yan Wei didn't know what to say when he heard Zhang Fengxia's words.

He also learned the news from a friend. At first, he didn't believe it and was very skeptical. But after he personally verified the result, he understood that Lin Youcheng was really in the novel "The Devotion of Suspect X" In it, Shi Hong's hand was used to solve this world-wide mathematical problem.

It was hard for him to imagine that Lin Youcheng actually solved a math problem in the novel in order to write a story.

This discovery was even more shocking than when he saw the final truth of "The Devotion of Suspect X".

Overnight, literally overnight.

Many domestic mathematicians know that the equation X^n+ Y^n+ Z^n= W^n when n≥4 is Euler's conjecture, which has no solution. Someone in China has given a counterexample.

Pretty amazing news.

What is even more astonishing is that this worldwide mathematical problem did not appear in a mathematics journal, but was proved by a character in a literary work in a literary magazine.

This proof really confused all those mathematicians.

Although Euler's conjecture that the equation X^n+ Y^n+ Z^n= W^n when n≥4 has no solution is not the most difficult mathematical problem in the world, no one has questioned this equation for hundreds of years error, and given a counterexample to prove it, you can know that this conjecture is not that simple.

But now such a global problem has been answered by a writer using characters in his novel.

This is really incredible.

To be honest, proving the theorem requires a rigorous derivation process, but to prove otherwise, you can simply give a counterexample.

Now for this mathematical answer in the novel, as long as you master the basic four arithmetic rules, you can verify whether the answer is correct.

Ordinary people who know this string of numbers can also check the calculations, and then single-handedly knock down the high wall built by the equation Euler conjectured.

Nowadays, more mathematicians want to know whether Lin Youcheng wrote such a string of numbers. Is this answer an unexpected derivation or a billionaire's luck?

Because the news spread in the mathematics circle, there will naturally be more mathematics teachers. Mathematics enthusiasts gradually began to know about this interesting rumor, and then everyone began to look for that issue of "Novel Monthly".

In this way, more people will naturally read the article "The Devotion of Suspect X" written by Lin Youcheng.

Gradually, more and more people know that the mathematical answer written by Shi Hong in the novel "The Devotion of Suspect It shocked everyone.

Yes, I was really shocked.

Never before has a proof of one of the world's mathematical problems been published in a literary magazine.

And it was the protagonist of the novel who gave the realistic answer.

It’s really unprecedented!     This is really interesting and interesting.

"Mr. Lu, Xiao Lin went to Decheng to ask Lin Youcheng."

Professor Zhou Lie, Mr. Lu's friend, looked at Mr. Lu and asked.

Mr. Lu nodded.

Zhou Lie smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, this is really interesting."

In Zhou Lie's opinion, it was really interesting. After being surprised, he found it more interesting.

Regarding this mathematical conjecture, mathematicians actually understood after seeing the answer that a counterexample like this does not require any proof process at all. Just such a counterexample is the best proof.

Mr. Lu said with a smile: "Yeah, it's very interesting. Although such a proof is not enough to win any prizes, nor is it enough to solve Fermat's last theorem, it is quite difficult to be able to give these numbers."

Professor Zhou Lie nodded and said, "Yes."

For mathematicians like them, after knowing the answer, they are not particularly envious or jealous, because sometimes such counterexamples may be luck, or they may just happen to hit that one through constant trial and error. Give the key to the door.

Then, the door opened.

Of course, they now also want to know how the writer Lin Youcheng came up with this correct answer through trial and error.

After all, no one now thinks that Lin Youcheng wrote that string of numbers casually.

"I heard that the writer Lin Youcheng went to the mountains and countryside for high school, and after returning to the city, he swept the streets?"

Zhou Lie asked this question.

Mr. Lu nodded.

If Zhou Lie and Mr. Lu hadn't read the story of the sweeping monk in the Sutra Pavilion, they would probably think that Lin Youcheng was the divine monk sweeping the floors.

You must know that in the novel "The Devotion of Suspect X", Shi Hong is called Bodhidharma.

Zhou Lie said: "But having said that, I read the novel he wrote and it was quite interesting."

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "I read it too, but I don't like the choice that Shi Hong made. But now I find it interesting to see Shi Hong solve the problem."

"Yes, it's just a pity, if not..."

Professor Zhou Lie stopped talking about the two sensitive words that he didn't want to be mentioned, and said instead: "Maybe he will become a mathematician like Xiao Lin now."

When Mr. Lu heard what Professor Zhou Lie said, he shook his head and said, "If you want to continue now, it's not too late."

"How is that possible? I heard that he is a widower now and has six children to support..."

During those years, because of those things, there were too many things that were lost to everyone...

Zhou Lie knew this kind of thing very well.

As for Mr. Lu, who has lived in Liupeng, he knows better.

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "The wrong guess has been discovered. It won't be too late to change it."

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