Chapter 202 Disagreements among Mathematical Geniuses
Ning Chen originally wanted to ask Tao Zhexuan to sit in the back seat of the car, but Tao Zhexuan insisted on sitting in the passenger seat.
"Ning Chen, I can't regard you as a driver. You are a mathematician that I respect very much!"
This is the first time for Ning Chen to hear someone call himself a "mathematician" In Ning Chen's understanding, those who can be called mathematicians are usually very old or have been dead for many years.
"Thank you, Professor Tao. I am just a person who studies mathematics, and I cannot be called a mathematician."
After the vehicle started, Tao Zhexuan said:
"Ning Chen, if I discuss some mathematical problems with you now, will it affect your driving?"
Tao Zhexuan has endured it. He couldn't help but exchange math problems with Ning Chen, but Tao Zhexuan saw that Ning Chen was so young and might not have much driving experience, so he was a little worried that Ning Chen would be distracted.
"It's okay, Professor Tao, I drive pretty well, so you can just talk about it without worry."
Hearing what Ning Chen said, Tao Zhexuan no longer worried and said I came up with a mathematical problem I wanted to talk about.
In fact, before Tao Zhexuan decided to come to Shengzhou to find Ning Chen, Ning Chen had not published the paper on the Navier-Stokes equation. Tao Zhexuan just wanted to chat with Ning Chen about Qiu Chengtong's conjecture. .
Tao Zhexuan himself tried to prove Qiu Chengtong's conjecture before, but because there was no good entry point, Tao Zhexuan had no choice but to give up the idea.
When Tao Zhexuan saw Ning Chen's three papers on Qiu Chengtong's conjecture, he was very shocked by Ning Chen's proof ideas.
If Tao Zhexuan were to be the judge of the Fields Medal, Tao Zhexuan would be willing to award Ning Chen the Fields Medal simply based on this achievement.
Until recently, Tao Zhexuan saw one of Ning Chen's latest papers, and couldn't help but be immersed in Ning Chen's unrestrained thoughts.
Tao Zhexuan had to admit that even for himself, it was not easy to understand all Ning Chen's theories. This really took Tao Zhexuan many nights.
"Ning Chen, you drive really well. You can talk to me about these mathematical problems while driving so steadily."
"Academician Tao, I am A veteran driver," Ning Chen said with a smile.
In the previous life, due to some work reasons, Ning Chen often had to drive and talk on the phone at the same time, and he had already developed this ability to multitask.
After the mental index has been greatly improved, Ning Chen can easily distract himself from two tasks, and can easily handle two completely different things at the same time.
"Ning Chen, it seems I have more to learn from you in this regard."
Arrived at the door of the hotel reserved for Tao Zhexuan, Ning Chen parked the car and led Tao Zhexuan to the hotel.
Actually, this hotel was not booked by Ning Chen, but by Shengzhou University. Shengzhou University also hopes that Tao Zhexuan can come to Shengzhou University to do a simple mathematics test this time. Report.
Of course, this matter cannot be forced. It still depends on whether Tao Zhexuan is willing. After all, Tao Zhexuan's original intention of coming to Shengzhou was just to meet Ning Chen.
After checking in, the two went to the hotel room and continued to chat about the math problems they had just finished talking about.
"Ning Chen, I'm a little curious about how you came up with these wild ideas. To be honest, I had never thought of similar ideas before I saw your proof methods."
Hearing Tao Zhexuan's question, Ning Chen also felt a little unable to answer. "Professor Tao, it's hard to say. Sometimes inspiration appears naturally. I'm also very curious about how you won the IMO gold medal at the age of 13."
“Haha, it’s really hard to say. In fact, when I participated in IMO, I also experienced some setbacks. The first time I participated in IMO, I only got a bronze medal. This time I felt very Lost. "
Ning Chen also knows something about this matter. Normally speaking, only winning a bronze medal in his first IMO is not an ideal result.
However, when Tao Zhexuan participated in IMO for the first time, he was only ten years old!
Many of the other students participating in IMO are already 17 or 18 years old, almost considered adults.
Ning Chen remembers that when he was ten years old, he had just learned multiplication and division in mathematics.
Ning Chen had to lament that the gap between people is sometimes much wider than the gap between people and dogs.
The two of them chatted like this for several hours, almost forgetting how fast time passed.
While exchanging mathematical problems with Tao Zhexuan, Ning Chen's mathematical experience was accumulating at a speed visible to the naked eye. This speed was even faster than when Ning Chen and Qiu Cheng were exchanging mathematics.
Perhaps Tao Zhexuan's current achievements in mathematics are not as good as Qiu Chengtong's, but Tao Zhexuan is still very young and his thinking speed is definitely faster than Qiu Chengtong's.
“Ning Chen, do you have any thoughts about the research after the Navier-Stokes equation?”
“I haven’t thought of a good starting point yet. This The research topic is still more complicated than Qiu Chengtong’s conjecture.”
“Yes, I think so too. Of course, these two topics are unsolvable for me, and I only have some ideas. That’s all.”
Ning Chen heard some hidden meanings from Tao Zhexuan's words, and quickly asked:
"Then I would also like to ask Professor Tao, what is the best way to continue solving the Navier-Stokes equations?" Thoughts?”
“I can’t ask for advice, so let’s talk about my personal opinion.”
Ning Chen listened carefully to Tao Zhexuan’s story, and his brain was moving quickly. think.
Tao Zhexuan first told a story about a cat breaking a plate. The general meaning is that after a cat broke the plate, it did not clean up the pieces of the plate itself, but kept replicating itself. , let the copied kitten clean up the debris.
But at the end of the copy, a very small cat released an extremely huge amount of energy. While thoroughly cleaning up the mess, the entire cat team also disappeared.
This story sounds very abstract, but Ning Chen quickly understood what Tao Zhexuan wanted to express.
“Professor Tao, what you mean is that if we give an initial condition, the flowing energy will become smaller and smaller over time, until the energy reaches a certain point in space or time, Will energy tend to be infinite? "
"Yes, that is roughly what it means. In fact, I am rather pessimistic about completely solving the Navier-Stokes equation. At least I think so. It is possible that the Vi-Stokes equation does not have such a smooth solution.”
Although Ning Chen and Tao Zhexuan do not agree on this point, Ning Chen also agrees. Understand that Tao Zhexuan's opinions have their own theoretical basis.
Moreover, this disagreement is not a complete opposition of opinions. The more disagreement lies in the accuracy of the Navier-Stokes equation.
“Ning Chen, I don’t think that there must be no solution to the Navier-Stokes equation. To be more precise, I think that if we just look for such large-scale variables, it will be difficult to find it. To find the solution to the Navier-Stokes equation. To find the solution to the Navier-Stokes equation, my idea is that we also need to pay attention to the small-scale characteristics of the equation. ”
(End of this chapter)