From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 173 Use science to solve metaphysical problems

Lin Mo and the others had a good meal, and Jiang Fanjun happily had two drinks.

After they had had enough food and drinks, Shan Gang and Zhao Bo returned to their residences, while Lin Mo and Jiang Fanjun returned to the Mathematics Research Center.

It's not that the two of them don't have a place to live. The Mathematics Research Center has made so many achievements now, so the school can't treat them badly. It has already allocated housing to several people in the school's newly built professor building. Even Zhao Bo, who just joined, has been allocated a set. Not to mention a few other people.

Lin Mo was alone, and his residence was just a place to sleep. In order to complete the system's tasks, he simply made the Mathematics Research Center his home and slept in the center. This would also be convenient for him to do research and complete 1000 hours as soon as possible. research tasks.

Jiang Fanjun's wife and children are all in the imperial capital. He is alone in Dongshan and has no worries. He simply spends time in the research center like Lin Mo. At least he has Lin Mo here with him, so he has someone to talk to.

Moreover, seeing Lin Mo sleeping in the research center for a long time, Zhang Qihua and Tian Fangyi simply improved the conditions of the research center when persuading him to no avail, and replaced the camp bed with a more comfortable big bed for Lin Mo, so that Lin Mo could Sleep more comfortably and ensure a good rest.

Naturally, one cannot favor one over the other, and Jiang Fanjun also enjoys equal treatment.

In this way, Lin Mo and Jiang Fanjun truly call the Mathematics Research Center their home.

When Zhao Bo settles down completely, he will probably join them.

Back at the research center, Lin Mo looked at the time. It was only after 9 o'clock. It was still early and he planned to do some research.

However, before he could get in, he heard an exclamation from the next door, and then saw Jiang Fanjun rushing in in a hurry.

"Lin Mo! Lin Mo! Found it again! Found it again!"

"Ok?"

"The Mersenne prime number is the new Mersenne prime number, and we have discovered a new Mersenne prime number!"

With that said, Jiang Fanjun pulled Lin Mo and rushed back to his algorithm center office next door.

"M6*******"

Lin Mo saw the newly discovered Mersenne prime displayed on the screen. It was another Mersenne prime starting with 6. It was larger than the one discovered in the afternoon, but it was not 49 Mersenne primes lower than the original 50th one that had been discovered. Small.

So this is the 50th Mersenne prime, and the previous 49th should now be regarded as the 50th Mersenne prime.

"Lin Mo, pinch me, am I not dreaming?"

"Ow!"

There was a howl in the silent night sky. Faced with Jiang Fanjun's reasonable request, Lin Mo would naturally not refuse. He must respond to Jiang Fanjun's request and satisfy Jiang Fanjun.

"How long has it been? In just a few hours, we have discovered a new Mersenne prime. This is incredible!"

Jiang Fanjun was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

Lin Mo looked through the calculation records and shook his head.

He understood that the reason why he was able to discover a new Mersenne prime number in such a short time this time was purely due to good luck. The two Mersenne prime numbers were relatively close, so they could be calculated so quickly.

Lin Mo thought for a while, took out a piece of paper next to him, and started writing on it.

Jiang Fanjun, who had recovered from his excitement, leaned over and took a look at what Lin Mo had written.

It seemed to be about the algorithm, Jiang Fanjun couldn't help holding his breath, and didn't dare to take a breath, for fear of disturbing Lin Mo.

More than half an hour later, Lin Mo finally stopped writing. He examined it for a long time before handing the paper to Jiang Fanjun.

"Teacher Jiang, I just thought about it. It is entirely luck that we were able to discover a new Mersenne prime number so quickly this time. But we can't pin our hopes on luck every time. We have to make this luck controllable." Quantitative Normality.”

"So, I just optimized the existing algorithm, hoping to solidify this luck. Come and take a look."

Jiang Fanjun was a little dumbfounded.Can you still solidify your luck?Are you kidding me?
Can luck be caught and retained?

Jiang Fanjun felt that this was impossible, and he even felt ridiculous.

It was as if what he was doing was not scientific research at all, but metaphysical research.

Lin Mo didn't pay attention to Jiang Fanjun's expression and didn't know what he was thinking. Instead, he pointed at the content on the paper and explained it to Jiang Fanjun seriously.

"Teacher Jiang, let me tell you my thinking. My thinking is this..."

Jiang Fanjun hurriedly calmed down, brought his thoughts back to the present, and listened carefully to Lin Mo's explanation.

The more Jiang Fanjun listened, the more incredible he felt.

Because Lin Mo seemed to have really found a faster way.

"We treat every calculation as a complex polynomial operation and every verification as a polynomial verification. Every time we calculate a number, we need two steps of operation and verification."

"If we can unify this complex polynomial operation and verification into one calculation, then we can reduce the time by half."

"So, here I am, designing such an algorithm to try to unify them..."

Lin Mo's explanation was very detailed, and Jiang Fanjun easily understood Lin Mo's thinking.

But I understand, but it is not easy to solve this problem.

"Then how to solve this problem..."

Jiang Fanjun's brain was running at high speed, absorbing and understanding Lin Mo's explanation with all his strength, and asking his own questions from time to time.

More than an hour passed, and Lin Mo finally stopped explaining.

"Teacher Jiang, do you understand what I said?"

"understood."

Jiang Fanjun nodded, feeling a little incredible that Lin Mo really used scientific methods to solve metaphysical problems.

"No, Lin Mo, you...have you solved the P=NP problem?"

He just reacted.

Just now Lin Mo said that the calculation and verification of polynomials should be unified into one algorithm. Doesn't the premise of doing this mean that P=NP?

Jiang Fanjun's eyes widened. Has Lin Mo solved one of the Seven Millennium Problems?

How long has it been since he solved the NS problem?
Is this too fast?
Jiang Fanjun was in a trance, feeling that the whole world was a little unreal.

"No, Teacher Jiang, you misunderstood."

Lin Mo shook his head.

"Actually, I didn't prove P=NP here. I just made an assumption that P=NP is true, and then based on this, I made such an algorithm optimization, even if this algorithm optimization can be proven to be correct. , can save time and improve efficiency, and it cannot be deduced that my hypothesis P=NP is true."

“I just exploited the concept.”

"That too..."

Jiang Fanjun understood what Lin Mo meant, but at the same time he also understood the meaning of this matter. If this algorithm can achieve practical results, although it cannot directly prove the P=NP problem, it can also prove P=NP from a certain aspect It is possible to establish, which is definitely an important progress in P=NP research.

(End of this chapter)