From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 208 Affirmation from the Big Brother

This silent torture made Edward Witten, the father of string theory, very uncomfortable. He wanted to prove it to those people all the time, but was unable to refute it.

But things are different now. Lin Mo’s demonstration of the AdS/CFT conjecture provided a footnote for Edward Witten’s string theory, making string theory no longer a rootless theory, but with a solid and down-to-earth theoretical foundation. .

This is a huge progress for string theory, allowing string theory to finally and confidently join the ranks of mainstream theoretical physics research.

Moreover, there is a correspondence between the points on the five-dimensional sphere mentioned in Lin Mo's report just now and the four-dimensional sphere itself. This coincides with his M-theory and provides an important basis for his M-theory. in accordance with.

Therefore, Edward Witten praised Lin Mo without hesitation and even gave Lin Mo the title of founder.

He wants to tie Lin Mo to the chariot of string theory, develop Lin Mo into the pioneer general of string theory, and let Lin Mo open up new territories for string theory.

Before attending the meeting, Edward Witten asked someone to investigate Lin Mo, and the results of the investigation made him excited.

He didn't expect that Lin Mo, at such a young age, had already achieved so many research results, and these research results were all very important and world-class. This made Edward Witten extremely happy and determined to pull Lin Mo in. Come to the string theory camp and let Lin Mo fight for string theory.

The reason why Edward Witten had this idea was, on the one hand, because of Lin Mo's talent, and on the other hand, because the string theory camp has been unable to succeed in recent years, theoretical research has fallen into a bottleneck, and there are no successors in personnel, so Lin Mo The appearance of Mo made Edward Witten see the hope of the development of string theory, so Edward Witten praised Lin Mo so much and wanted to take Lin Mo under his wing immediately.

Lin Mo was not dazzled by Edward Witten's praise. He looked at Edward Witten calmly.

"Thank you Mr. Witten for the compliment. I only did a very trivial job. I wonder if you have any questions about the report I just made?"

"Well, if you want to talk about problems, it's not that there are no problems, but it's not that there are any problems with your report, but extending from your report, you proved the corresponding relationship between five-dimensional and four-dimensional, then, can it be extended to more High dimensions? Such as eleven and ten dimensions?”

Edward Witten originally didn't plan to ask a question. If he asked Lin Mo, he would be unable to step down, and it would be bad for the string theory pioneer general to lose face. Wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?Do you want to dismantle your own platform?

But it was not good not to ask, so Edward Witten thought about it and asked a question that did not involve the report itself. Even if Lin Mo couldn't answer it, it didn't matter and there would be no loss.

"Theoretically, there is no problem. You can look here. I have left a window here. When it comes to high-dimensional space, you can still apply this calculation, and then..."

Lin Mo explained his thoughts in an orderly manner, making the participating scholars nod secretly.

"Lin Mo, your theory has demonstrated the duality of AdS/CFT very well. Do you think this duality can be extended to other aspects, such as proving the duality of bosons and fermions?"

Edward Witten put down the microphone, and Michael Green, another founder of string theory, asked a question.

Lin Mo couldn't help frowning and thinking. To be honest, Michael Green's question was a bit out of scope. He had not studied string theory to such an in-depth level, so it was really difficult for him to answer this question.

There was a moment of silence in the arena.

Edward Witten secretly scolded Michael Green for asking such a bullshit question.

Michael Green didn't take it seriously, but stared at Lin Mo seriously, waiting for Lin Mo's answer.Unlike Edward Witten who was more interested in drawing Lin Mo into string theory, Michael Green was more academically focused. At this time, he was completely aroused by Lin Mo's report and wanted to start a project with Lin Mo. Academic discussion.

In fact, even he himself does not have an answer to the question he raised. If there is one, it is almost equivalent to proving string theory.

Bosons and fermions are two types of particles created by scientists in pursuit of a unified theory.

The proof of the duality of bosons and fermions is the ultimate result of the pursuit of a grand unified theory. This is string theory in a narrow sense, a type of string theory, superstring theory.

This is also the direction that Michael Green has been studying.

In fact, there would be no problem if Lin Mo couldn't answer, and no one would question him.

But as a person with a golden finger on the system, how can he be stumped by a mere problem?
Lin Mo quickly searched for this relevant information in his mind, thinking about Michael Green's question. At the same time, his keen talent was activated, and Lin Mo's mind was racing.

Time passed by every minute and every second, but no one in the meeting room was impatient. The scholars all held their breath and waited for Lin Mo's answer.

Just when everyone thought Lin Mo couldn't answer and Michael Green was about to speak to help Lin Mo, Lin Mo spoke.

"As for your question, Professor Green, I haven't done in-depth research yet and can't give an accurate answer, but I do have some thoughts on it."

“I think that whether bosons or fermions, they are artificially constructed particles to unify the four forces. Therefore, the starting point for discussing whether they are dual is the transformation of the four forces, rather than the transformation of the four forces. The dimensions prove that this is putting the cart before the horse.”

Lin Mo's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Michael Green's heart. Michael Green's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that his past research had directional problems. No wonder he has been having difficulty in research over the years. Make some progress.

Michael Green asked quickly.

"Then what do you think..."

"I think maybe it's the other way around. The existing string theory is complete enough. It's like we've built a beautiful palace. What we need now is the key to open this palace. It's to climb the steps of this palace and try Enter this palace, instead of continuing to add bricks and tiles to this palace, painting beams and pillars, making it look majestic on the outside but unable to enter through the door.”

Lin Mo's words struck like a bolt of lightning, illuminating Michael Green's mind and making him realize instantly.

At the same time, his words also hit many string theory researchers present, making them thoughtful and suddenly enlightened.

"Then where do you think we should start..."

Lin Mo shook his head.

"Sorry, Professor Green, my current research is still in mathematics. In terms of physics, especially string theory, I am still a student who has not yet started. I don't have an answer to your question yet."

(End of this chapter)