From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 171 Discovery of new Mersenne primes
It must be said that staying at Harvard to teach is a very tempting thing for everyone.

However, facing the very tempting olive branch extended by Harvard, Zhao Bo did not hesitate and directly chose to refuse.

Because Zhao Bo knew in his heart that he was able to graduate only because of Lin Mo's help. Without Lin Mo, he would have continued to be exploited by Albert and worked illegally for many years.

Since he has agreed to join Dongshan University Mathematics Center, he will naturally not break his promise.

What's more, although the Mathematics Research Center of Dongshan University is only a provincial laboratory now, it has a bright future in the future and will definitely become the most famous laboratory in the country and even the world.

Just because there is Lin Mo there.

After listening to Zhao Bo's story, Lin Mo roughly understood Zhao Bo's hardships, and he patted Zhao Bo on the shoulder.

“You’ll feel right about the choice you make.”

Zhao Bo nodded heavily.

"By the way, now that you're back, I just have a job for you."

When Zhao Bo heard about the job, he immediately became excited.

"Are we in trouble again? What is it this time? Hodge's conjecture, or Riemann hypothesis? Or is it Yang Mills' theory?"

"Uh……"

Lin Mo choked.

"No, this time it's a P=NP problem."

Zhao Bo's eyes widened. He just guessed that those people were just joking. As a result, Lin Mo really solved one of the seven major problems of the millennium.

but……

This issue is not very relevant to him. P=NP is a problem in the field of computational mathematics. He is engaged in mathematical statistics and probability theory, so he doesn't know much about it.

Zhao Bo scratched his head.

"This one……"

"Okay, this question is not for your research. The work I'm talking about for you is about turbulence."

"Wait a minute, Lin Mo, didn't you leave this topic to me? You can't..."

Shan Gang hurriedly stopped, and looked at Lin Mo with resentment on his face.

"I'm not letting Zhao Bo steal your project."

Lin Mo waved his hand.

"The research project on turbulence is huge and cannot be completed by you alone. This time I went to Beiyang and saw their wind tunnel laboratory. They have a lot of experimental data. I want Zhao Bo to go there."

"Firstly, at their request, I helped them analyze the experimental data. Secondly, I just hope that Zhao Bo can analyze the flaws in the data during the analysis process. I have a hunch that we can solve the problem of turbulence The crux of the problem is right here.”

"So, Gangzi, you do the theoretical research, Zhao Bo does the data verification, and you two cooperate. I believe that soon, you will be able to achieve results in this area that will surprise the academic world."

Shan Gang and Zhao Bo looked at each other, the excitement in their eyes could not be concealed at all, they were eager to try and could not wait to start working now.

"Then I'll book a ticket now, and I'll fly to Beiyang in the evening."

Zhao Bo made a decision immediately, and he was about to start working in a hurry.

"I'm just starting to research."

Shan Gang also took action immediately, holding a few pages of Lin Mo's notes and lying down in front of his desk.

Lin Mo shook his head and prepared to start his own research.

At this moment, a loud and excited voice came over.

"Come out! Come out!"

"Lin Mo, come out!"

Jiang Fanjun rushed in excitedly.The Mathematics Research Center was originally an open office, and everyone worked together. However, in order to facilitate Jiang Fanjun's work and realize Lin Mo's idea of ​​establishing an algorithm center, the office next door was divided separately for Jiang Fanjun's use.

On this basis, Jiang Fanjun obtained funds from Tian Fangyi through hard work. Based on the original server-level computer, he purchased another server-level computer as the basis of the algorithm center.

Of course, the actual reason is that Jiang Fanjun often codes in the middle of the night, sleeps in the office during the day, and goes out at night, snoring loudly in the office, which seriously affects Shan Gang's research, so at Shan Gang's strong request, Jiang Fanjun moved to next door.

Therefore, Jiang Fanjun rushed in from the outside at this time.

Lin Mo, Shan Gang, and Zhao Bo all looked at Jiang Fanjun with confusion on their faces.

What came out?
"Lin Mo, you are such a genius!"

"You are amazing!"

Jiang Fanjun jumped up and down while holding Lin Mo in his arms.

"Teacher Jiang, Teacher Jiang, calm down, calm down. We all know that Lin Mo is a genius, and we also know that he is very powerful. So, can you first tell us what is going on?"

Shan Gang said on the side.

"Yeah, that's it. Didn't Lin Mo come up with an algorithm before and asked me to write a program based on the algorithm to calculate Mersenne prime numbers?"

"Teacher Jiang, you mean you have calculated a new Mersenne prime number?"

Shan Gang covered his mouth in surprise.

"Ok!"

Jiang Fanjun nodded desperately.

"How is this possible? How long has it been?"

Shan Gang's face was full of disbelief.

"It only takes more than a week, right? Does this count?"

The last time Mersenne primes were discovered was four years ago. In the past four years, countless mathematicians have been digging for Mersenne primes using the Prime95 applet, but there has been no progress.

But Jiang Fanjun found a new Mersenne prime in just over a week. How is this possible?

If this lets those mathematicians who have been hanging on the Prime95 applet for four years and want to dig out new Mersenne primes know, how big is the shadow area in their hearts?
"That's great, Teacher Jiang, congratulations! By the way, I remember there should be a bonus for uploading this result to GIMPS, right?"

"Well, I found a reward of $10!"

When it comes to money, Jiang Fanjun is even more excited. His dream of paying off the Imperial Capital loan and buying a large flat in Dongshan is one step closer.

"However, this is all Lin Mo's credit. I just wrote a code."

Jiang Fanjun said and looked at Lin Mo, his eyes full of reverence.

Zhao Bo on the side is still confused, who am I and where am I?What happened these days when I was away?What did I miss?How come in the blink of an eye, the center has achieved significant results again?

"Teacher Jiang, there is no need to be modest. I am only providing methods. Teacher Jiang does the actual work."

Lin Mo waved his hand.

"By the way, Teacher Jiang, is the new Mersenne prime number discovered this time a larger Mersenne prime number, or is it between existing prime numbers?"

Lin Mo was not too excited. He still looked calm, as if he had expected such a situation. He looked at Jiang Fanjun and asked.

"Ah, this..."

Jiang Fanjun scratched his head with an embarrassed look on his face. He was so excited that he didn't even have time to check the specific numerical value.

"Let's go, let's go and see together."

Lin Mo walked out first.

(End of this chapter)