Chapter 379 The Wind Rises (7.2K)
"Atong, let's go eat sukiyaki tonight. I got a 50% off coupon on Dianping.com."
I heard what my girlfriend said.
Wang Tong, who had his feet leaning on the other side of the long sofa and was watching a video, couldn't help but press the pause button and stretched out with his bones cracking:
"Sukiyaki? OK, when will we leave?"
As an associate researcher at the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Center of Wudaokou Vocational and Technical School, Wang Tong has a wonderful life that is unimaginable for most mathematicians:
He became single during college and remains single to this day.
Now he and his girlfriend Zhang Ying both have good jobs, are temporarily living in the Yanjing Talent Apartment, and are preparing to get married.
Of course.
No matter how careful you are about budgeting, there is still nothing wrong with eating sukiyaki once in a while.
"That store is over there at the Olympic Village, a bit far from us."
Zhang Ying looked at the map on the review software and calculated the distance in her mind:
"Maybe in an hour, just in time for me to finish matching this wave of lines."
"Online?"
Wang Tong stood up, walked to his girlfriend, and gently put his arm around her waist:
"To what line?"
Zhang Ying shook her phone at him generously, and a Weibo post was displayed on it:
"You're a scumbag from the University of Science and Technology of China. He's a prostitute and a PUA, and he even asked his girlfriend to have abortions twice - Atong, let me tell you, if I get pregnant in the future, I won't have an abortion. I don't think so. I’m going to have a baby.”
Wang Tong heard this and rubbed his girlfriend's waist with his big hands:
"Okay, okay, I'm not willing to let you suffer. Besides, we have safety measures."
After chirping for a few times, Wang Tong and Zhang Ying separated and began to prepare their outfits to go out.
After all, young people are pursuing a sense of ritual.
More than half an hour later.
After finishing their preparation, the two people came to the entrance of the apartment and were about to put on their shoes and go out.
Suddenly.
The cell phone in Wang Tong's pocket rang.
"Whenyourdreamscomealiveyouareunstoppable,takeashot,chasethesun,findthebeautiful"
Wang Tong took out his cell phone and found that the visitor's note clearly said 'Director Zhao'.
See this situation.
A bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, but he quickly answered the phone:
"Hello, Director Zhao?"
After a while.
A somewhat urgent voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Xiao Wang, where are you?"
"Um, today is the weekend, I was just going to go out for dinner with my girlfriend"
"Don't go, go back to school quickly!"
Although he had guessed this possibility in his heart, Wang Tong was still slightly stunned, took Zhang Ying's hand and asked:
"Director, what happened?"
"The University of Science and Technology of China sent an email, saying that they have deduced the infinity of Mersenne primes. They hope we can help recheck it. Come back quickly!"
Dududu——
Listening to the blind tone coming from the mobile phone.
Wang Tong couldn't help but look at Zhang Ying, with a wry smile on his face:
"Wife, look at this"
Zhang Ying was silent for a moment and sighed:
"Hey, go ahead, go ahead, career is important, I can just deal with it myself."
A smile suddenly appeared on Wang Tong's face. His girlfriend was not a great beauty, but she had always been very virtuous.
But when he glanced at Zhang Ying's mobile phone, his smile suddenly froze on his face:
"Wait. University of Science and Technology of China?!"
An hour later.
The taxi Wang Tong took stopped outside the Yau Shing-tung Mathematical Science Center in Wudaokou.
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center.
This is an institution previously established by PBC Vocational College independently of the Department of Mathematics. It was founded by Yau Shing-tung, the first Chinese winner of the Fields Medal.
It is different from the Wudaokou Mathematics Department which prefers teaching and educating people.
The Shing-Tung Yau Mathematical Sciences Center is mainly focused on young people, and most of its institutional functions are focused on academic research.
Although there is still a gap in mathematics level with Yenching University, the progress over the years cannot be underestimated, and it is considered a first-tier institution.
When Wang Tong arrived at the hall.
A middle-aged man with a round Mediterranean face was frowning at his watch, looking a little anxious.
Wang Tong walked up quickly:
"Director Zhang, I'm here."
The full name of the middle-aged Mediterranean man is Zhang Fei, a name that looks like he should have a thick beard and a thick figure.
He currently serves as the executive deputy director of the Yau Shing-Tung Mathematical Sciences Center and is also a professor in the Department of Mathematics.
See Wang Tong arriving.
Zhang Fei patted him on the shoulder as a greeting, pointed to a room numbered 202 and said:
"Xiao Wang, we are divided into four groups this time to verify the steps at the same time. You go to 202 to help Professor Guo's group calculate. Professor Guo will tell you the specific situation."
Wang Tong nodded:
"Understood."
After saying that, he turned around and walked quickly to Room 202.
Room 202 is a computing room in the computing center. At first glance, it looks like a common study room—that is, a simple style, with several baffles in each position.
In addition to a large amount of calculation paper, there is no supercomputing or main control configuration that many people imagine.
This is actually the normal state of using mathematics.
When numerical analysis, linear optimization algorithms, optimization, and programming are not required, mathematics practitioners basically rely on handwriting.
There were seven or eight people sitting in room 202 at this time, including men and women.
Except for a little old man, everyone's age, at least in appearance, doesn't differ much.
"Hello, Professor Guo."
Wang Tong greeted the little old man politely, then chose a seat and sat down.
A few more minutes passed.
After a girl with short hair arrived, Professor Guo coughed lightly, looked around and said:
"Dear students, today is Sunday. I shouldn't have asked you to come over and work overtime - after all, our industry doesn't have that much work for everyone."
A chuckle suddenly sounded from below.
But soon.
Professor Guo's face straightened and he said:
"Just this morning, we received a letter of assistance from the University of Science and Technology of China, which claimed that they had proved the infinity of Mersenne primes."
"After receiving the letter, I did a simple calculation with Professor Bu Shangquan from the Institute of Basic Mathematics and Professors Chen Jinwen and He Lingbing from Applied Mathematics."
"According to our calculation results, there are no obvious errors or omissions in the derivation process, and the same is true for the key inspections of random inspections."
"So we asked Director Zhang to temporarily gather all the students here to prepare for detailed accounting."
"We are all top talents in the mathematics industry, and we should know the status of Mersenne prime numbers in the mathematics world - if there are no problems with the verification process, this is big news."
Professor Guo just finished speaking.
There was some discussion next time.
As Professor Guo said, they know the status of Mersenne primes very well.
soon.
A tall and thin boy raised his hand. This person was a doctoral student taught by Professor Guo himself:
"Teacher, which big shot at HKUST deduced this result?"
"Mr. Zhang Rui? Or Professor Chen Falai?"
Hearing this, the rest of the people at the scene couldn't help but have curiosity in their eyes.
As a science and engineering school, the University of Science and Technology of China naturally cannot have a shortcoming in mathematics.
But if compared with other top engineering universities, the Department of Mathematics of HKUST does not have much advantage.
The advantage of the School of Mathematics at HKUST is that it has a high rate of going abroad. If you enter the Department of Mathematics at HKUST, you are basically on the fast track to the Ivy League, which is considered a high-quality channel.
Of course.
This is also related to the low overall mathematics level in the country.
If we do not count overseas Chinese, our domestic mathematics level is considered to be second-rate internationally, but in fact it is only about third-rate.
Contrary to us, our old neighbor Neon has done well in this area and has achieved a lot.
"Verifier."
Looking at the curious faces, Professor Guo shook his head gently, with a trace of emotion in his eyes:
"It's not Lao Zhang, nor Lao Chen - in fact, the person who wrote down the verification process was not any professor at HKUST, but a Ph.D. candidate."
Hearing Professor Guo's words, a boy in the audience subconsciously cursed:
"What the hell? Doctor?"
Professor Guo nodded and did not criticize the boys for their foul language:
"Well, that doctor's name is Xu Yun. His majors are physics and biology. He has a bright future."
"Eh? Xu Yun?"
Professor Guo just finished speaking.
Wang Tong suddenly heard a whisper in his ear, and saw the short-haired girl who came in last raised her hand:
"Professor Guo, does that doctor named Xu Yun from the University of Science and Technology also run a cockroach medicine company?"
Professor Guo was slightly startled:
"I don't know about that. Why, Xiao Wang, do you know him?"
The short-haired girl was silent for a moment, took out her phone and shook it:
"Professor Guo, you may not be able to see clearly. In recent days, a doctor named Xu Yun from HKUST has been on the hot search."
“But the reason is because of abortion, PUA girlfriends, and being in multiple boats, and the product is also toxic to pets”
Professor Guo frowned. Due to his older age, he was not very interested in these topics:
"This issue is not within the scope of our verification. If you really want to know, you can check it privately."
"Okay, let's get ready and start the re-inspection as soon as possible."
"The students whose names I called below, please come up and collect your re-examination materials."
"Zhao Rui. Huang Haibing. Yang Yu and Wang Tong."
soon.
Wang Tong was assigned a copy of the 16-page manuscript.
The font of this manuscript has been scanned into a standard font size in advance, so it is not difficult to check it.
The part that Wang Tong is responsible for belongs to the count variable link, which has always been an approximate term.
However, Xu Yun's manuscript deduced another way of righteousness.
So soon.
Wang Tong picked up his pen and started counting.
"Examine the prime factor p of Fermat number 2^(2^n)+1, assuming that the order of 2 modulo p is d, then because 2^(2^n)≡-1(modp)"
"Knowing that d does not divide 2^n, square both sides of equation 1^(2^(n+1))≡1(modp), so d|2^(n+1), so d=2^(n+ 1)”
"According to the existing theorem, harmonic series are divergent, so they will lead to contradictions, so."
"F0F1Fk1=Fk2 is true for k≤t, then when k=t+1."
Students who have studied in the Wudaokou Mathematics Department should all know this.
Although domestic mathematics institutions are criticized every day, they are not all doing nothing.
For example, the Shing-Tung Yau Mathematical Sciences Center often undertakes the task of verifying various derivation results at home and abroad.
For example, everyone knows that there is a problem with the process of Wiles's first version of Fermat's proof, but they don't know that the first person to discover this problem and issue a correction letter was actually the Department of Mathematics at NTU.
But under normal circumstances, these results will mostly be solved by finding bugs.
Therefore, for Wang Tong et al.
Although the retest is tiring, it is not overwhelming.
Shashasha——
The sound of fingertips rubbing against the calculation paper continued to sound in the room, and each derivation process was gradually verified.
Three hours later.
Wang Tong wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a long breath:
"Good guy, I finally got it done."
He did not lower his voice, because everyone in the verification team was wearing soundproof earmuffs, and the Double Eleven special price only required a cough
Then he stood up and handed the calculation results to Professor Guo who was waiting here:
"Professor Guo, I have completed this part of the verification. The logic is reasonable and there are no problems."
Professor Guo took the original document and verification draft and nodded to Wang Tong:
"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Wang. There are lunch boxes over there in the hall. If you are hungry, you can go there to satisfy your hunger."
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I forgot to mention. Today is an assistance project, and there is an additional subsidy of 300 yuan - provided by the University of Science and Technology."
Wang Tong suddenly became happy.
Three hundred yuan is not too low.
Then he looked at Professor Guo again and asked tentatively:
“Professor Guo, I don’t know the retest results”
Professor Guo touched the manuscript that had been returned with a complicated expression:
"The progress of our team is a little slow, and no specific results have been released yet."
“But based on the feedback from other groups, including Nanjing University, Yanda University, and Ludong University”
"The infinity of Mersenne primes should have been successfully verified."
Really successful?
Even though Wang Tong was already prepared, his pupils still shrank when he heard this.
Judging from Professor Guo’s previous statement.
Since the doctor named Xu Yun can be labeled as 'currently studying', he is unlikely to be over 35 years old, right?
Not to mention that HKUST also has wall-mounted classes like Chinese and French classes for teenagers. Maybe they will only be 27 or 8 years old when they graduate?
What a monster
Judging from the current domestic mathematics environment, this achievement alone is enough for him to last a lifetime.
Wang Tong then left Room 202 with a sigh, walked to the hall, picked up a lunch box, and chose a seat to fill his stomach.
But keep eating.
He suddenly thought of what his girlfriend and the short-haired girl just said:
They both mentioned HKUST and the abortion PUA. If nothing else, they must be talking about the same thing?
Think of this.
Wang Tong simply took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo, which he had downloaded but didn't use much.
As soon as it entered the hot search list, he saw three huge topics:
#雪云#
#中科大学announces the proof of the infinity of Mersenne primes#
#中科大学#.
The three topics occupy the top three hot searches in turn. At the same time, there is a big red character behind the topic #雪云#:
burst.
This means that the popularity of this topic has exceeded the conventional limit, and the attention is far beyond the circle.
Then Wang Tong thought about it.
Clicked on the topic #中科大学announces the proof of the infinity of Mersenne primes#.
Displayed at the top of the topic is the official WeChat account of HKUST, the content is very simple:
[The infinity of Mersenne primes enters the final stage! The calculation results derived by Xu Yun, an alumnus of our school, have passed the preliminary verification of the well-known international mathematics journal "Annals of Mathematics". Maybe you and I will witness history? 】
Tell the truth.
From Wang Tong’s perspective, there is nothing wrong with the content of HKUST, and it can even be a bit conservative.
After all, the domestic mathematical theory level may still lag behind the international level, but the retest is still quite authoritative.
Yanda, Wudaokou, Nanjing University, Ludong University and USTC's own re-inspection showed no problem. Basically, it can be said that they are dead.
But when he clicked on the relevant comments, he was dumbfounded.
The number of comments on this Weibo has reached 33,000, of which the first comment has more than 72,000 likes.
The content is just two words:
【Where is the face? 】
The second comment is longer:
[I threw up, I didn’t say anything to the scumbag, and now I’m making fun of him. How can this kind of garbage have any academic achievements? Do you think others are fools? 】
The third article contains a lot of ‘insider information’:
[Ugh, this man is the illegitimate son of the president of the University of Science and Technology, right? To come out and protect him like this at this time is really embarrassing to my grandma’s house. Do you think others will believe you if you make an announcement? 】
Wang Tonghua sat there for a long time, and the comments that caught his eye were all attacking HKUST and Xu Yun.
There is no doubt about it.
Even though he didn’t know the specific details, Wang Tong roughly guessed the answer:
The 'Xu Yun' who Professor Guo said proved the infinity of Mersenne primes was the scumbag that his girlfriend criticized at home.
Think of this.
Wang Tong simply put down his chopsticks and began to understand what happened seriously.
First, a passerby’s pet cat was poisoned.
Then the internet celebrity pet cat ‘Tiao Tiao’ died suddenly.
Then the blogger exposed it, triggering the dark history of Xu Yun’s involvement in multiple boats, abortion, and PUA
Since some "good Samaritans" had already come forward, the whole thing was organized into a memo format for the convenience of passers-by.
So Wang Tong knew the ins and outs of the whole matter without much effort.
In addition, among the large number of criticisms, Wang Tong also noticed a few accounts that asked everyone to calm down or expressed Xu Yun's innocence.
These accounts include both men and women, and most of their IP addresses are in southern Anhui.
Looks like an alumnus of HKUST.
Of course.
It was no accident that Wang Tong was able to notice these accounts, but these comments that "whitewashed" Xu Yun had been pushed to the square's home page.
Just like when Fanfan and Fengfeng entered the situation, there were also some idiot fans who shouted that they would never leave, attracting a lot of people to watch.
Although the situation then and now are completely different, the platform algorithm is the same.
So it's normal for Wang Tong to see these contents.
Some of these accounts directly believed that Xu Yun was innocent, while others presented some evidence.
For example, the paper that imidacloprid is ineffective against mammals, etc.
It's just that no matter which of the above contents, there is a lot of cynicism below.
Perhaps because he had a favorable impression of Xu Yun based on his ability during the calculation process, Wang Tong did not follow suit, but vaguely felt that these comments seemed to make sense.
At least
It should be true that Xu Yun deduced the infinity of Mersenne prime numbers.
So he thought for a moment.
A piece of content was posted under the topic #中科大学announces the proof of the infinity of Mersenne primes#:
[I rarely follow Weibo. I just learned about this. I’m not sure about anything else, but Xu Yun did write down the verification process for the infinity of Mersenne primes, and based on the current situation, the verification is very likely to be successful. , so you should talk less about AOE. All kinds of academic fraud have come out - who would fabricate conjectures of this level? 】
Finished writing.
send.
Then Wang Tong thought for a while and sent another WeChat message to his girlfriend:
[Honey, don’t rush to the line now. That Xu Yun may be slandered. Let the bullets fly for a while. He is really a scumbag. Then I will hammer him with you! 】
at the same time.
All over China.
There are also some people, like Wang Tong, who have written various Weibo posts with related entries.
They did not choose to explicitly support Xu Yun or think that Xu Yun was innocent. Instead, based on their own expertise, they believed that HKUST's announcement was not a fraud.
But even so, these remarks are still somewhat contrary to the current "mainstream" rhythm of Internet explosions.
that's all. A wind invisible to the naked eye slowly blew away from the mathematical circle.
(End of chapter)