Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 466 Obvious Advantage

Xu Zhou naturally didn't want to use the experimental instruments they brought with them. The reason why Xu Zhou chose to bring them with him was more as a backup option so as not to delay the progress of the experiment.

Under Ning Chen's guidance, everyone quickly understood how to use these experimental equipment and started to get started.

What no one expected was that these experimental equipment were indeed much easier to operate than they had imagined, and the results achieved by the experimental equipment were beyond their imagination.

"Teacher Ning, it seems that we really don't need to take out the experimental equipment we brought. We have just started, and we are already able to operate to this extent. The level of these experimental equipment is indeed far superior to our previous equipment."

Xu Zhou felt very incredible about such a result, but facing such advanced and easy-to-use experimental equipment, Xu Zhou was definitely happier. Even if the fact that he asked everyone to bring a lot of carry-on luggage to Science Fiction Island might become a permanent joke, it didn't matter.

In addition to Xu Zhou, several other teachers also expressed similar ideas to Xu Zhou, which made everyone very happy to reach a consensus on the choice of experimental instruments.

"Okay, in that case, then we have made this decision happily. Teacher Xu, please rest assured that we will not spread this matter randomly after we return. I believe everyone will keep this secret for you, right?"

After hearing Ning Chen's words, everyone turned their eyes to Sui Feng.

Sui Feng realized that everyone was looking at him at the same time, and said in a panic:

"Why are you all looking at me? Am I that careless?"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw this, because if they were to pick the most talkative person among these people, it would definitely be Sui Feng.

Of course, Sui Feng was not the kind of person who would leak important information to others at will, he was just quite interested in discussing some gossip.

"Okay, it's not a big deal. If you want to talk to others, go ahead." Xu Zhou said with a smile.

This little episode made everyone feel a lot more relaxed, but soon everyone became serious again and continued to discuss future research work.

"Teacher Ning, I'm still a little confused. Although you have only studied the theoretical enhancement plan of controlled nuclear fusion, have you really never done any experiments? At least some of the things still need to be verified through experiments."

In addition to Xu Zhou, similar questions also appeared in the minds of others. Facing their questions, Ning Chen calmly explained:

"Yes, we did not use any experiments. We conducted research purely from a theoretical perspective. This time I would like to promote this method to you. This method is to use mathematical models as the starting point and core, and then combine it with knowledge from other fields..."

After hearing Ning Chen's words, everyone present, except Song Xiyun, showed a very surprised expression.

Admittedly, they must have heard of similar ways of solving scientific research problems before, but this kind of pure mathematical thinking is more often reflected in problems that are very close to mathematics.

As for the research topic of controlled nuclear fusion, it is obvious that knowledge of physics accounts for a larger proportion. If pure mathematics is the core, it is obviously unlikely to solve this problem.

But since Ning Chen was able to express such remarks, it was enough to show that they had indeed completed the enhancement of controlled nuclear fusion technology through this method before, which made everyone feel even more curious about it.

"Teacher Ning, did you really create a more outstanding controlled nuclear fusion model just by using mathematical models? But we are not experts in mathematics, can we really master this method?"

Ning Chen had already prepared for everyone's questions. He nodded and answered:

"Of course, and I don't think you need to have any doubts about this issue. In fact, each of us does not need to be defined at the beginning. Just like Song Xiyun was just a pure mathematics researcher before, but now he can involve research in many different fields. I imagine that we all have the ability to do the same thing, and there is no need to deliberately limit our professional fields..."

Ning Chen's words made everyone silent, because the fact was just as Ning Chen said. After officially engaging in the work of materials science, they had never thought about the possibility of having other directions.

Such thinking may allow them to focus all their energy on the major of materials science, but at the same time, it also limits their development to a great extent.

Realizing that Ning Chen's proposal might indeed help them achieve greater advancement, Yuan Shuai spoke first:

"Teacher Ning, I am willing to give it a try according to what you said. Anyway, we have already made a room-temperature superconductor in the strict sense. Even if this research is not so easy to succeed, it is something we can all accept."

Seeing that Yuan Shuai was the first to express his approval of him, Ning Chen's eyes were filled with relief.

Ning Chen and Yuan Shuai have always maintained a relationship of both teacher and friend. When they later became colleagues in the same laboratory, Yuan Shuai still maintained a deep admiration for Ning Chen in his heart.

Yuan Shuai knew clearly that if it weren't for Ning Chen's help, he would never have achieved such great success now, and he might not even have the opportunity to stay in Shengzhou University.

In fact, in his previous life, Yuan Shuai's development was indeed relatively ordinary. After graduation, he just worked in a factory. Although the salary and benefits were good, it was a world of difference from the situation in this life.

It can be said that Ning Chen's rebirth also allowed Yuan Shuai to completely change his life. Although Yuan Shuai did not know the inside story, his trust in Ning Chen was something that Yuan Shuai would never waver.

Yuan Shuai's speech also inspired Xu Zhou and others, and everyone decided to implement Ning Chen's idea. "Teacher Ning, since we are all here on Science Fiction Island, we must focus on you. Mathematics was one of my strengths before, so it shouldn't be too difficult to learn now."

"Yes, Mr. Ning, you are the person in charge of this project, and we will definitely do it according to your requirements. As a scientific researcher, we should not always stay in our comfort zone, but constantly step out of our comfort zone, which will enable us to become better scientific researchers."

Ning Chen is very satisfied with the attitude shown by everyone. Of course, Ning Chen will not force anyone. He just hopes to take this opportunity to give everyone more possibilities.

"Don't worry, we will let everyone get used to this new research method slowly. As for whether everyone can adapt to this research method, it depends on everyone's specific performance."

Ning Chen and Song Xiyun hoped that their original intention of coming to Science Fiction Island was mainly to help them with experimental work, and the research method of mathematical models was the icing on the cake.

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After spending a day on the Science Fiction Island with Xu Zhou and others, everyone soon officially started their research work.

At the beginning, Ning Chen did not plan to let Xu Zhou and others join in immediately. After all, Ning Chen and Song Xiyun's special research method was not so easy to start. Ning Chen just asked them to try their best to understand his and Song Xiyun's research method to facilitate the subsequent experimental work.

When they first came across this special research method, Xu Zhou, Yuan Shuai, Sui Feng, Pierce and others were all a little confused. They had no idea what Ning Chen and Song Xiyun were doing. However, with Ning Chen and Song Xiyun's patient explanation, everyone gradually began to understand this idea.

"I see. This research method is to use mathematical thinking to replace all other subjects. Mathematics is really a very versatile tool. It can describe so many things."

After beginning to understand Ning Chen and Song Xiyun's research method, Xu Zhou suddenly realized that studying materials science through mathematical models is actually easier than studying controlled nuclear fusion.

Because materials science studies the microscopic results and macroscopic properties of matter, in these aspects, mathematics can relatively easily describe the structure of materials, and the conversion between the two will not lead to any errors.

In contrast, its research potential has been almost exhausted through normal materials science description methods, while more possibilities may be revealed through the research method of building mathematical models.

After a few days of adaptation, everyone praised Ning Chen and Song Xiyun's research method, realizing that it was indeed a great research method, and everyone gradually began to get started with this method.

After all, they are all university teachers majoring in engineering. Even if mathematics is not their main major, their mathematical foundation will at least not be too bad. Moreover, they have mathematicians of the level of Ning Chen and Song Xiyun to guide them, so everyone's mathematical level will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

Seeing that everyone was in very good condition, Ning Chen decided to end everyone's adaptation period and start the first important task of this research topic.

"The task we need to complete now is to construct the 290K room temperature superconducting material we made before through pure mathematical thinking. Although this is not our ultimate goal, if this task can be successfully completed, it will definitely be of great help to our subsequent research..."

Ning Chen had always felt that although they had successfully synthesized this 290K room-temperature superconducting material, they might not have a very thorough understanding of this room-temperature superconducting material.

The use of mathematical models can allow them to examine and analyze this room-temperature superconducting material from another perspective, which may provide them with different inspirations.

After listening to Ning Chen's ideas, everyone expressed their agreement and the work was quickly carried out.

It is not as easy as imagined to fully describe 290K room-temperature superconducting materials through mathematical models, because the structure of this material is not static, but presents dynamic forms in multiple dimensions, and we must also fully describe these different dynamics.

The workload alone is enormous, not to mention the many technical difficulties involved.

Fortunately, in addition to Ning Chen and Song Xiyun, Xu Zhou, Yuan Shuai, Sui Feng, Pierce and others have also undergone transformation of brain biological computer technology and are able to use this technology to work, which can greatly improve their work efficiency.

With everyone's joint efforts, we finally completed this massive research task bit by bit.

Although the amount of tasks completed by the other people combined was not as much as that completed by Ning Chen and Song Xiyun, Ning Chen was still very satisfied with everyone's performance. After all, they had just started this work and this speed was already very good. What's more, the quality of everyone's work was very guaranteed and even Ning Chen did not detect any errors.

As this phase of research came to an end, Ning Chen led everyone to summarize and analyze this mathematical research model.

"As you can see, the material represented by this mathematical model is completely consistent with our 290K room temperature superconducting material. But in many aspects, our mathematical model description method has more advantages. Through the seemingly abstract description, it reflects more details..."

Following Ning Chen's analysis, everyone gradually understood what Ning Chen was referring to and became more aware of the uniqueness of this research method.

"Teacher Ning, I understand! This mathematical model is a more detailed and specific description than the particle structure, and can describe a substance in essence. For example, when predicting the properties of a material under different temperatures, pressures, humidity and other conditions, our mathematical model can complete the prediction in an instant, but the physical model takes a certain amount of time to calculate..."

With the support of high-performance computers, the calculation time is short enough to be almost negligible, but after all, the essential logic between the two is not the same. If a more complex model is encountered, the difference in performance will be more obvious.

In addition to the difference in computing speed, this mathematical model is also more accurate in predicting material properties, which was something Xu Zhou and others had not anticipated before.

(End of this chapter)