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Chapter 207: Interdimensional Weapon Technology! Tong Zhiguo: Sacrifice for the Country?

"The proof is perfect, no problem."

"Now I am sure of it. What surprised me most was that he actually found a new method. Of course, bounded value argument is also important, but the new argument method is unexpected."

"From now on, the ns equation problem has been completely solved. This is a major breakthrough in mathematical research!"

"Another Millennium Mathematical Problem has been solved..."

Scholars in the front row of the conference hall who were able to understand the report exchanged their opinions with emotion.

Other scholars who did not understand the report or even just came to join in the fun and want to know the results also talked about the problem of the ns equation proof. "It seems that there is no problem."

"I came at the right time this time. I bought the plane ticket at my own expense just to witness this moment."

“This is a great moment!”

"Zhang Shuo is truly extraordinary. He has solved such a major problem at such a young age!"

"It's a miracle..."

This is a miracle of mathematics, a miracle of Zhang Shuo, and a miracle of the domestic mathematics community.

China's research on basic mathematics has always been ranked low in the world, mainly because support for basic research started relatively late and more emphasis was placed on applied technology rather than basic theory.

In major basic research in mathematics and physics, it is rare to hear the names of purely domestic scholars.

Now Zhang Shuo has completed the proof of the NS equation, solved one of the seven major mathematical problems of the millennium, and also won a victory for the domestic mathematics community.

Compared with this honor, the Fields Medal is nothing. On the contrary, it is an honor to award him the Fields Medal.

From today on, Zhang Shuo will become famous internationally, a large number of media will report on him, his name will frequently appear in international public opinion, and even appear in basic mathematics textbooks.

He truly left his name in history.

This is the case internationally, not to mention domestically. It won’t be long before there will be crazy reports in the country.

The demonstration of the Ns equation is one of the greatest studies.

Such achievements deserve any degree of praise and admiration, and will also help to further enhance Zhang Shuo's reputation.

The applause gradually died down.

It was already after twelve o'clock, Zhang Shuo thanked the scholars who came to listen to the report, and then walked off the stage.

He shook hands and hugged the scholars in the front row, and many of them congratulated him on completing his research.

When Rost-Brand and Zhang Shuo shook hands, Qiu Chengwen helped introduce them, "This is Professor Rost-Brand from the Clay Institute."

"Hello, Professor Brand." Zhang Shuo called out politely.

"Very good, your report is perfect, I am now sure, maybe we should have lunch together." Rost-Brand made a tactful invitation.

Zhang Shuo looked at the time and nodded in agreement.

Charles Fefferman was next. Fefferman's eyes were still full of excitement. He took the initiative to come over and shake hands with Zhang, and said with a sigh of gratitude, "Thank you."

"Thank me?" Zhang Shuo was a little confused.

Qiu Chengwen introduced, "This is Professor Fefferman from Princeton University. He has been hoping that the ns equation problem could be solved for more than 20 years."

Zhang Shuo was immediately in awe. Of course he had heard of this name. In the Millennium Mathematical Problems published by the Clay Institute, the ns equation problem was explained by Professor Fefferman.

The ns equation problem was Fefferman's pursuit for the rest of his life, but he certainly could not solve it himself.

"You're welcome."

Zhang Shuo replied with a smile, "The Ns equation is a problem in mathematics. I just did the research that needed to be done."

"Then I have to thank you, too." Feferman said with emotion, "I have been working in the hope of teaching more talented students to solve such important problems. It would be great if you were at Princeton University."

Zhang Shuo laughed, “You can’t expect everyone to be at Princeton.”

Fefferman smiled and shook his head. “You’re right.”

At noon, Zhang Shuo went to eat with Qiu Chengwen and others. Rost-Brand followed them all the time. He did have something he wanted to talk to Zhang Shuo about, and it was related to the reward for the Millennium Mathematical Problem.

The Clay Institute offered a $100 million prize for each problem, but only one has been solved since the problems were posed.

Poincaré conjecture, Gregory Perelman explicitly refused the prize.

The Clay Institute couldn't even contact Perelman himself, so it was impossible to give away the prize money.

Now that there is another ns equation problem, Rost-Brand made it clear that the Clay Institute will provide a bonus for solving the problem, but hopes there will be a targeted award ceremony.

"terribly sorry."

Zhang Shuo explicitly refused, saying, "The $100 million prize is very tempting, but I am too busy to attend the award ceremony. If you want to award the prize, you can transfer the money to my account."

He is indeed very busy.

The research on the Ns equation problem was done in his busy schedule, and it has been delayed for a long time. He doesn't want to spend time traveling to the other side of the ocean to attend an award ceremony.

In addition, there is a high probability that you will not be able to escape the bonus.

The Clay Institute offers a prize for the Millennium Mathematical Problem, but there is no requirement to attend the award ceremony in order to receive the money. If the scholars who solve the problem are not awarded the prize because they do not attend the award ceremony, their reputation will be ruined.

"Uh~~"

Zhang Shuo's clear refusal made Rost-Brand a little embarrassed.

Qiu Chengwen explained, "Zhang Shuo is indeed very busy. He has a theoretical physics research project on hand."

"Physical theory?
Rost-Brand was a little confused.

"Energy force field gauge theory, basic force relationship model, don't you know? The entire physics community knows it."

Rost-Brand was stunned for a moment before reacting, "That's really remarkable."

He is not sincere.

As a top mathematician, he didn't understand why a mathematical genius like Zhang Shuo would study the ethereal theoretical physics, even if there were some discoveries...

Ok!

Rost-Brand suddenly thought of the fragments of words he had heard. It seemed that Zhang Shuo helped discover a completely new physical phenomenon, which had a significant impact on the physics world.

Maybe he'll win a Nobel?

When he thought of this, Rost-Brand looked at Zhang Shuo with a strange look, "Maybe you will be the first person to win both the Fields and Nobel Prizes!"

"That would make history. Edward Witten didn't do it!"

"Thank you."

Zhang Shuo thanked him with a smile, ate a little more and then left.

Rost-Brand said to Qiu Chengwen, "This is the first time I've seen someone who doesn't care about the million-dollar prize from the Clay Institute."

"Not the first one, right? Perelman?" Qiu Chengwen retorted and said a name.

"I haven't seen him."

"Ok."

Qiu Chengwen thought for a moment and said, "This is normal. If he cared about the bonus or the honor, he might not be able to complete the research."

"You mean, to be able to complete such a research, one must have an extraordinary personality?"

"That's understandable."

"I'm not sure if what you said makes sense, and there's no way to refute it, because there are only two samples, Perelman and Zhang Shuo, and they are both like this."

Rost-Brand smiled and shook his head. "I hope to see the third one in my lifetime."

"You mean there's a third problem that's been solved?" "Yes."

"Maybe it's the same person?" Qiu Chengwen said, "For example, Zhang Shuo solved the Hodge conjecture, or the Riemann conjecture."

Rost-Brand stared at Qiu Chengwen for a long time, and finally laughed, "This joke is very dull, but it is indeed a good joke in the field of mathematics. It turns out that one person can solve two major problems at the same time."

"Is that how you understand it? Okay."

……

The defense time is in the afternoon.

The organizers set aside half a day for the defense, but it only took more than an hour.

Zhang Shuo was the main respondent. He talked about several difficulties in the proof process. The other responses were handled by Luo Yongjun and Li Weihua.

There were several top mathematicians on the scene who had already confirmed that the proof was complete, so they naturally had no questions. And those who didn't understand at all would not stand up to ask questions either.

Therefore, only scholars who are somewhere between understanding and not understanding will ask questions about difficult points.

In two hours, a lot of issues were explained.

After the defense, Zhang Shuo and the other two returned directly to the hotel. The lectures and defense in the morning and afternoon still made them feel very tired.

Luo Yongjun and Li Weihua were both in high spirits. Physical and mental fatigue could not stop their excitement and enthusiasm. The report on the NS equation problem was over, and this course was recognized by several top mathematicians.

This means the report has been finalized.

In other words, they solved the ns equation problem together. It is already amazing to have a name on such a problem, not to mention that their participation is very high and they can be the second author or third author on the paper, or even publish part of the content themselves as the first author.

The credit for solving the NS equation problem goes to Zhang Shuo, but they were also important participants.

Their names will also be mentioned in some rigorous introductions, and to a certain extent, you can also say that they have left their names in history.

"For the NS equation problem, the team led by Zhang Shuo completed the smoothness proof. The team also includes Professor Luo Yongjun and Professor Li Weihua from Soochow University..."

It’s exciting just to think about it!

Zhang Shuo's performance was much more mediocre, and he was also very happy to be able to solve the NS equation problem, but in fact, the biggest reward had already been obtained.

Research coins, 1400 points.

【Scientific research currency: 2909. 】

The number of scientific research coins in the system has reached nearly three thousand. Even an A-level task can be completed instantly through the "氪币" operation.

Zhang Shuo felt like he had a large sum of cash. From now on, it could be said that scientific research coins were just numbers.

After he opened the system, he set his sights on a new research task——

【Task 1】

[Research task name: Global solution of the electromagnetic force and gravity correlation model (difficulty assessment: B). ]

(The mission can be upgraded to A-level.)
[Progress: 29.87%]

(The task can be canceled. Currently, the number of scientific research coins required to cancel the task is 0.)
(The remaining progress requires 210 scientific research coins.)
This is a previously established task, which is to solve the electromagnetic-gravitational correlation model based on known experimental data.

Solving does not mean finding all the solutions, it just means finding a set of global solutions.

Even if you just want to find a set of global solutions, the difficulty is enough to require 300 scientific research coins.

This is probably due to the complexity of the mathematical model and the lack of experimental basic data.

However, research is very important.

Zhang Shuo hopes to design experiments to verify the theoretical model by obtaining the global solution, and the experiment uses a strong electromagnetic environment to create a chaotic force field of electromagnetic and gravitational forces.

If the control is precise, it may even be possible to directly create special gravitational areas.

This is to personally verify the basic force relationship model, that is, the source point theory.

at the same time.

The Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry has completed the theoretical demonstration of the splitting of atomic nuclei by nuclear force, and has determined to verify the theory and conduct corresponding experimental research.

They held several meetings to discuss issues such as experimental investment and risks.

Teacher Li said seriously, "We must do it at all costs!"

That's his attitude.

Many participants in the conference also held the same view that experimental verification is very important and risks must be taken.

If they can verify it, they may obtain new technology, and the new technological application will definitely be unique, and it can even be said to be "cross-dimensional" technology.

How important is this technology?

Domestic weapons technology has caught up with international standards, but no matter how advanced the technology is, the weapons technology we have mastered is not beyond our understanding.

It’s different across dimensions.

Historically speaking, the first weapon that comes to mind when it comes to "inter-dimensional" weapons is the atomic bomb.

Before the atomic bomb was used on the battlefield, most countries had never even heard of it. Even if they had heard of it, they simply did not believe that there could be such a powerful bomb.

Some countries have heard of it, but they only have a vague understanding of its principles, that's all.

There was nothing they could do about it.

Cross-dimensional weapon technology could have very surprising effects, and if the opponent didn't understand the principles, they would have no way to deal with it.

The experimental plan was finalized.

Teacher Li announced a series of appointments, the most important of which was Tong Zhiguo, who served as the chief engineer and direct person in charge of the experimental plan.

Tong Zhiguo once again shoulders the heavy responsibility.

After Tong Zhiguo was given the task, he first returned to the Institute of Nuclear Physics. He also hoped to attract more "own people" to conduct experiments, as his own people were more familiar with the work and would be more comfortable and convenient to use.

It was no secret at the Institute of Nuclear Physics that he was appointed head of a major project.

Tang Hua also knew the news.

Last time, Tang Hua was very angry about the damage to the tokamak magnetic confinement device. Later, when he learned that Tong Zhiguo had made a breakthrough in his research, he calmed down a little.

After all, the damage to the device is helpful for research, which means it is meaningful and valuable.

Hearing that Tong Zhiguo was being promoted again, Tang Hua ran over to congratulate him and said with some envy, "You are only seven years younger than me. You are really in a good era. There will always be opportunities."

Tong Zhiguo smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I don't really want to go. The opportunity can be left to others."

"Why?" Tang Hua was a little puzzled.

Tong Zhiguo shook his head helplessly. He was still feeling scared about the last explosion.

An explosion of that magnitude is terrifying.

While research is certainly important and it’s great to have the opportunity to lead important projects, who doesn’t want research to be safer?

This research is too dangerous. It feels more dangerous than research on nuclear bombs. A nuclear bomb also needs to be ignited to explode, and it is necessary to know when it will explode.

The experimental verification we are going to carry out now requires us to hide when conducting the experiment, and it is best to stay far away from it, otherwise we don’t know when it will explode.

This uncertainty makes it hard to feel at ease.

"If it's just the experience from last time, and some basic theories, it feels like we could... sacrifice our lives for our country at any time?"

Tong Zhiguo felt cold all over just thinking about it, and immediately decided, "Let's go find Zhang Shuo for advice!"

(End of this chapter)