The discussion about Ding Zhiqiang is just an episode.
When Wang Hao explained the function in depth, everyone focused on the complex functions on the blackboard.
"Related to the distribution of prime numbers?"
"Deduced from the Riemann function and the fourth degree equation..."
"There must be something special about it?"
Everyone present had an in-depth study of mathematics, and from the perspective of a mathematician, the functions on the blackboard were indeed very ugly.
Mathematicians all like to appreciate the beauty of mathematics, and they also believe that the mathematical laws contained in everything in the universe are beautiful.
The beauty of mathematics is actually very simple to understand.
You can understand by giving an example.
For example: .
The beauty of this corresponding figure also reflects that the equation itself is of great research value.
Mathematicians can constantly change the equations to get other shapes, or other things.
Let’s analyze another equation: 5X (square) + 9y (cubic) + 4.39 = 9.47.
This equation is still a cubic equation in two variables, but obviously. It is difficult to say that it has the characteristics of 'beauty'.
It is also a binary cubic equation, and the geometric figure it corresponds to is much less beautiful than the former. It also brings another problem. It is difficult to make other transformations to the equation.
In other words, not only is the beauty of mathematics missing, but the difficulty of research has also increased exponentially.
That's the problem.
After Wang Hao got the conclusion, he felt that the function did not have the beauty of mathematics. Later, after seeing Ding Zhiqiang, he thought about the problem of prime number distribution.
Do prime numbers have a "beautiful" rule?
Hard to say.
At least within the known range, even if the law of prime numbers can be found, the law itself is far from the beauty of mathematics.
He has been able to determine that the function must contain some mystery, and it must be related to the distribution of prime numbers, at least to the level of the Riemann Hypothesis.
Even if it doesn’t have the beauty of mathematics, so what?
Connotation is also very important!
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If someone else said that such a function that does not meet the beauty of mathematics contains very important significance and is even related to the distribution of prime numbers, they would definitely be refuted by a large group of people.
This is true for everyone here.
The more in-depth you study mathematics, the more you will become obsessed with the beauty of mathematics.
However, Wang Hao is very authoritative.
In today's international mathematics community, Wang Hao is the first person in the fields of analytic number theory and partial differential equations. He also made significant contributions in the field of theoretical physics. He single-handedly created annihilation physics and became the first theory among physicists.
Such a figure who is destined to be recorded in the history of science will naturally be believed by others if he says that a function he has studied contains extraordinary significance.
Some people are interested in the function itself, which means they have found a good topic for themselves.
Some people are interested in research results, because Wang Hao clearly said that any result of function research may be a big result.
Who wouldn’t want to accomplish big things?
Scholars will also pursue fame and fortune and academic achievements.
They couldn't wait to start researching.
But they still had doubts about the matter itself. Zhang He from the computing group asked directly, "Academician Wang, can this function be passed out?"
Everyone else also looked at Wang Hao.
Wang Hao said indifferently, "There is nothing to keep secret. I hope more people can study together, so I asked you to come together."
Of course he doesn't care.
Wang Hao's research is based on quality point construction, and the function derived is only an intermediate result.
In addition, the functions have been researched and the derivation process is still on draft paper. Even if the function is passed out, it is impossible for others to perform reverse derivation, so naturally there is no need to worry about making it public.
What Wang Hao wants to know now is the mystery contained in the function itself.
If someone else can study the meaning of the function implication, it will be very helpful to his own research, and the meaning of the function implication will actually increase the value of his results.
For example, Yang Zhenning and Mills worked together to develop the Yang-Mills equation.
This in itself is a huge achievement.
They could not hide their results from others and then study the Yang-Mills equation in depth together.
That doesn't make any sense.
The more in-depth the research on the Yang-Mills equation is, the more related results will be obtained, which will naturally boost the value of the results of the creator of the Yang-Mills equation.
The two are in a mutually reinforcing relationship.
Others don't think so. On the contrary, they think Wang Hao is very remarkable. He knows that a certain function contains great significance, but he directly lets others study it openly.
What an open-minded state this is!
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After Wang Hao introduced the function, a group of people walked out of the conference room.
They couldn't wait to start research.
The same goes for several people in the Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory. Luo Dayong took the transcribed function back to his office, grabbed a pen and began to think hard.
When Zhang Zhiqiang passed by the door, he glanced inside, then walked over and asked, "What did you say when I saw a group of you go to the conference room just now?"
Luo Dayong raised his head and said, "Wang Hao gave a new function, let us study it separately."
"function?"
Zhang Zhiqiang's tone suddenly turned sour, and he said, "My math skills aren't bad either. You should let me follow along and take a look!"
Luo Dayong raised his head slightly, glanced at Zhang Zhiqiang expressionlessly, and then continued to lower his head, his chin shook slightly.
This action was so mocking that it made Zhang Zhiqiang furious. "Don't look down on people! Let me take a look! It's not a secret, right?"
Luo Dayong took his hand away carelessly.
Zhang Zhiqiang lowered his head in anger, stared at the line of things above carefully, and picked up a pen to do some calculations.
Then his movements stopped.
Brows, furrowed.
Keep wrinkling...
Wrinkle again...
Time seemed to have stopped on that face, and his expression did not change for a long time.
Two minutes later.
Zhang Zhiqiang seemed to have been holding his breath for a long time. He opened his mouth and let it out. He nodded slightly and said, "Since Wang Hao didn't ask me to come in, he must not want me to participate in this research."
"forget about it!"
"There is no way, he is the leader, I am just a junior director, alas..."
He sighed again, turned around and walked out quickly.
Luo Dayong pursed his lips hard.
Shake his head slightly.
…
What happened in Luo Dayong's office was similar to what happened elsewhere.
Since Wang Hao did not prohibit the spread of the function, people attending the meeting would also share it with other colleagues and friends. Many people who knew the news made a copy.
They were all thinking, since Wang Hao said that functions are very meaningful, what if they can study it?
This includes teachers and students from the Mathematics Center, people from the computing group, and the entire School of Science...
Soon, everyone outside the university knew.
Many people's reactions were very similar to Zhang Zhiqiang's. They were very interested at first, looked at the function for a long time, and then immediately lost interest.
Not to mention doing research on this complex function, even a small transformation is very complicated.
Some scholars use computers to conduct research, but soon find that it is almost impossible to write a program for substitution, because after inserting numerical values, the resulting equation is still very complicated.
Solving an equation of this difficulty can be said to be a good study in itself.
Some things will only be circulated within the industry, but some things will soon get out of the circle. This is the case with things related to Wang Hao's research.
Wang Hao is a famous person!
Even on the Internet, his reputation is no worse than that of A-list celebrities.
Soon someone posted the function on the Internet and marked it as Wang Hao's latest research, which immediately triggered a series of discussions. "This function is very meaningful. The great master Wang Hao said it himself!"
"This is his latest research result, related to the distribution of prime numbers!"
"It's related to the Riemann Hypothesis!"
"Could it be that if we crack this function, we can crack the Riemann Hypothesis?"
"Cracked? Are you kidding me? From the perspective of a 985 Ph.D. in mathematics, this is more complicated than the Riemann function, and it is not easy to calculate it by substitution..."
Many people participated in the discussion.
Although it has not reached the level of becoming a hot search on the Internet, many people still leave messages for Wang Hao and want to know more about functions.
Wang Hao was also scratching his head and doing research. He knew more than others, but he still couldn't find the key points. When he had a headache, he just read the news, and then noticed the news on the Internet.
After discovering that many people knew about the function, he was actually a little happy, and suddenly he sent a message with a flash of inspiration, "This is indeed my latest research, the function is related to the distribution of prime numbers.
If anyone can find out its special features, I will personally provide a bonus ranging from one hundred thousand to one million depending on the results. "
After this news was sent out, it immediately aroused huge heated discussion on the Internet.
A function with a maximum reward of one million types of flower coins.
So tempting!
Many media also joined in the fun, forwarding the news and commenting at the same time, "This will be a mathematical feast!"
"Millions of flower coins are used to reward mathematical research. This is not unprecedented, but it is very attractive for a newly completed research..."
"From Wang Hao's own attitude, this function must contain huge significance."
The impact of this incident is indeed great.
The main reason is that it was Wang Hao who initiated the research, which means that it was Wang Hao who gave the reward. His personal influence was enough to drive public opinion and the enthusiasm of scholars.
At the same time, there are also institutions joining in the fun, such as the Mathematical Physics Department of the Science Foundation, which is even considering starting a research project related to functions.
The news quickly spread abroad.
Many foreign scholars also discussed it, "Have you seen the public opinion of flower growers? Wang Hao has recently completed a function, and he personally funds and rewards scholars who can decipher the meaning of the function."
"This function is too complicated and does not conform to the beauty of mathematics at all."
“We call it Wang’s function, but what exactly does it entail?”
"It is said to be related to the distribution of prime numbers..."
"That makes sense!"
Many foreign scholars have also become interested, and they have begun research, and even foreign institutions have participated.
For example, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton decided to form a temporary group to study the 'Wang's function', hoping to discover the key as soon as possible.
Of course, there is also some negative public opinion.
Some scholars believe that the functions mentioned in the public opinion are a scam, because functions are completely inconsistent with the beauty of mathematics. "This research has no meaning at all."
"Maybe it's just a little joke Wang Hao made, and there's no need to take it seriously."
"Even in the research he conducted, he himself didn't know what it contained. Maybe the research was wrong?"
"I am also inclined to this judgment!"
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Soon, a week passed.
The popularity of functions on the Internet has disappeared. After all, the public is not interested in mathematics, especially if it is a function that is completely incomprehensible, no one will care.
However, in the mathematical community, many scholars are still studying Wang's function.
This is out of trust in Wang Hao.
At the same time, more scholars have become suspicious because long-term research has not made any progress.
That's not just one scholar doing research, it's dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of mathematicians doing research together, but the result is no progress.
This situation will naturally make people suspicious.
Not to mention the international mathematics community, even some domestic scholars have begun to doubt, "Maybe this function has no meaning."
"It's unlikely that Academician Wang would make such a joke, but maybe his research is wrong?"
"No one can guarantee that he is 100% correct. In my opinion, there is no 'beauty' in this function. I believe that it is related to the Riemann Hypothesis, and it does have the shadow of the Riemann Hypothesis, but it is related to prime numbers. Distribution related..."
"impossible!"
"I did a complicated verification and brought in several numbers, and the solution I found was an irrational number..."
"..."
While many people doubted it, there were also many who insisted on continuing research.
One is because of Wang Hao's authority, or out of personal trust in Wang Hao.
The second thing is money.
Wang Hao was more eager to find out the key than others, so he simply used money tactics-raising the minimum bonus to 500,000.
"As long as there is a valuable discovery, we will give you a bonus of 500,000 yuan."
This is what Wang Hao said very clearly.
Everyone believed what he said, because Wang Hao was not only an ordinary scientist, but also a famous rich man.
Just the shares of Superconducting Materials Industrial Company make his personal assets measured in tens of billions.
Five hundred thousand, what does it mean?
Facts have proved that the charm of money is very great, and more scholars participating in research will naturally bring more possibilities.
Wang Hao didn't even want to think about it that day. He opened his mailbox that was open to the public, glanced at it and found that there were dozens of emails in it.
Chen Mengmeng helps organize emails and deletes some meaningless ones.
Even so, there are still a lot of emails left.
Wang Hao patiently checked them one by one. Most of the contents made no sense, but there was a brief email that made his eyes freeze.
"Hello, Academician Wang.
I am Zhu Kuiyang from Donggang University of Technology, a PhD candidate in mathematics.
When studying Wang's function, I substituted three numbers, 5, 7, and 17, and differentiated, transformed, and evaluated the resulting equation. I got the number 991, which happens to be a prime number.
I don't know if this discovery is meaningful, but I decided to send it to you anyway, hoping it can be helpful to you.
The transformation method of the equation is as follows--
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(End of chapter)
