I Kidnapped An Alien Civilization

2021-07-07

Chapter 297 Good Projects

A strange phenomenon in mathematics is that the simpler the problem, the more difficult it is to solve. In the final analysis, it is because mathematics is not a natural science, and its research objects are not real objects, but abstract concepts.

Mathematics is a science, a formal science in science, and its underlying logic is constructed according to the arithmetic axiom system of Peano’s axioms.

This leads to the problem that mathematics is especially weak when it comes to the most basic proofs of number theory.

For example, some people think that 1+1=2 is easy for a three-year-old to know, but it took mathematician Russell’s masterpiece Principia Mathematica more than 300 pages to prove that 1+1=2!

Looking at the famous mathematicians in the history of mathematics, they can be divided into two categories,

One is good at asking questions, and in the process of solving problems, put forward new ideas. Mathematician in mathematical theory.

The other type is only responsible for creating problems, killing them or burying them.

The German mathematician Christian Goldbach was obviously in the latter category. In 1742, he proposed two Goldbach conjectures.

Yes, the Goldbach conjecture was originally composed of two conjectures, called the odd Goldbach conjecture and the even Goldbach conjecture.

The odd Goldbach conjecture states that any odd number not less than 7 can be expressed as the sum of three prime numbers; the even Goldbach conjecture states that any even number not less than 4 can be expressed as two prime numbers The sum (this is actually the source of the 1+1 name).

Fortunately, mathematician Vinogradov partially proved Goldbach’s conjecture for odd numbers, actually proving that for sufficiently large odd numbers, they can be expressed as the sum of three prime numbers.

That is to say, after this, once the even-numbered Goldbach conjecture is proved, then the odd-numbered Goldbach conjecture can be deduced perfectly.

So under the habit of mathematicians to “save paper”, Goldbach’s conjecture is reduced to any even number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.

Seeing the data collected by the artificial intelligence Xiaohua on the screen, Li Mo showed a bitter smile.

He had already tried the Hardy and Littlewood circles to try to solve the Goldbach conjecture, and it was obvious that he wasted 3 days. Because there are two variables in Goldbach’s conjecture, after one is proposed, the remaining one is difficult to estimate trivially.

After the past few days of “hard study and constant frustration”, Li Mo has a deep respect for Chen Sheng, a mathematics senior in Hua. Chen Shengneng proposed a screening method in which almost prime numbers replace even numbers under difficult circumstances, and proved “1+2”. This is already hard to come by, although in Li Mo’s view, this result is still a long way from solving the even-numbered Goldbach conjecture.

As for the latter, there are also many mathematicians who claim to the outside world that they have achieved breakthrough results in proving the Brother Ming Debach conjecture, but they have not submitted proof papers for a long time, and some have not even given their ideas. It has no reference value at all.

Li Mo has gradually realized that Goldbach’s conjecture is different from the world problem he has proved before. This is a completely high mountain. When an experienced climber faces a high mountain, the best thing to do is to Get ready at the foot of the mountain.

So he was not in a hurry to “retreat”, but “exploded” all kinds of number theory literature, absorbing the wisdom essence of predecessors.

“Tuk Tuk.” There was a knock on the door.

Li Mo knew it was Zhang Xiaoli without looking up, because only she was so weak when she knocked on the door, for fear of breaking the door.

“Boss, this is the project application of the experimenters.” Zhang Xiaoli handed over of materials, “Also, Bi Mingyu’s assessment results have come out, and Zhou Academician gave an A+ rating.”

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“A+? So tall?” Li Mo raised his head, he didn’t expect the seemingly dull plaid shirt to be full of talent.

Character: 9, Major: A+

A grade like this is enough to qualify for the lab.

“Then recruit him, temporarily place him under Zhou Academician, and enjoy the benefits of regular employees.” Li Mo explained.

“The welfare room in Xiushan, is it also for him?” Zhang Xiaoli then asked.

Li Mo frowned.

Considering the high housing prices in Yanjing, in order to solve the worries of employees. During the construction of the new experiment, he deliberately planned more than a dozen family buildings on the periphery of the laboratory, near Xiushan Park. Every official employee of the laboratory will be able to obtain the long-term right to use a house. If the employee has worked for more than ten years or made a significant contribution, the ownership of the house will be fully owned by the employee.

“Give him a two-bedroom apartment, he doesn’t seem to be married yet.” After thinking for a moment, Li Mo made a decision.

“Okay, I’ll arrange it.”

Li Mo flipped through the project application in his hand. Since the project is currently in the vacancy period, he authorized experimenters to be able to According to your own hobby, you can freely choose new projects.

The other mountain’s stone can polish jade, and sometimes an accidental discovery in a laboratory may lead to a great invention.

Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming noticed that a fast-growing mold was preventing bacterial growth in a discarded petri dish, so he isolated the mold and cultivated it separately, which saved countless people. of penicillin.

Electrical engineer John Hopp, who experimented with radiofrequency heating to raise body temperature in the middle of the last century, found that electrical pulses did not do much to heat the body, but stimulated the heart and turned it back into rhythm, Therefore, the pacemaker was invented.

Let’s see what good project proposals the excellent scientists in the laboratory have. Li Mo is full of expectations for the “wisdom of the people”.

“Using “helium to change voice” to study the role of resonance in elephant vocalization, applicants: Zhou Mingrui, Liu Xuanchen, Liu Hao.”

“Study on tree bags How and why bears excrete square feces, applicants: Wang Xiaochuan and Liu Lei.”

“Detection of red wine contamination by flies – Pheromones that transmit information between flies can be smelled by human noses, guests I can’t smell the pheromones until I’m a little drunk, the applicant: Quietly.”

“In the case of 1+1=3, what will happen to mathematics, the applicant : Zhou Dafang.”

Fuck, what kind of weird topic is this? Li Mo felt that his eyes were hot. Could it be that these seemingly old and hard-working experimenters are so bored in their hearts Sao?

Who provokes the elephant and the koala?

There is also a quiet “fly experiment”, which is the rhythm of preparing to open a small wine workshop?

As for Zhou Dafang’s 1+1=3, Li Mo is even more speechless, this guy has enough orthodox mathematics, is he ready to develop into the field of civil science? Doesn’t he understand that for mathematics, numbers are not important, but the logical relationship in them.

(End of this chapter)