Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft were building a particle accelerator in the room outside the Cavendish Laboratory;
Shi Ruwei was sent to Kapitsa's team by Chen Muwu and worked with him as an assistant;
Only Oppenheimer, the great idler, spends his days doing nothing in Cambridge University.
During the day, he hung out in the room that belonged to Chen Muwu in the Cavendish Laboratory. When he finished work at six o'clock in the evening, he would either go to the Eagle Bar next to the laboratory to drink, or go to a dance hall near Cambridge University to dance A few dances to vent the depression of staying in the small room all day.
But even as he danced, Oppenheimer remained dissatisfied.
Although everything around him has almost remained the same as before, he has just accepted new things in the United States for a month or two, and is still a little uncomfortable returning to the somewhat conservative and stereotyped UK.
While in New York, Oppenheimer also went to dance clubs several times with friends.
Several well-known dance halls in New York City have replaced their bands with black bands playing the same instruments, and the music type has also changed to more trendy jazz.
However, in the dance hall near Cambridge University, the band is still mainly composed of piano and violin, and it still plays traditional European dance music such as polka and waltz.
This made Oppenheimer, who had a taste for marrow and taste, find it very boring. He just felt a little pity for these Europeans, who were like local leopards and had not seen much of the world. They still danced with such gusto to the accompaniment of these old music.
The culprit who made Oppenheimer so depressed every day was Chen Muwu who went to study mathematics without doing his job.
The key is that in order to write a mathematical paper, he simply did not stay in the Cavendish Laboratory, but spent the whole day in the library of Trinity College.
On the one hand, he hopes to absorb some inspiration from the sages and scholars who have used the same library with him throughout the ages.
On the other hand, it is also to make it more convenient to ask Russell for advice when you encounter something you don’t understand or are unsure about.
The point is, Russell himself wondered about this.
He had previously invited Chen Muwu to join the Cambridge Apostolic Society, and he had met the Chinese young man several times at regular activities every Saturday.
But apart from occasionally sharing some ancient Chinese philosophy, Chen Muwu always plays the role of listener at gatherings.
When others shared other topics related to politics, sports, society, people's livelihood, etc., he basically smiled and said nothing.
As for those talkative members, they often started discussing mathematics, logic and philosophy after drinking some wine and getting tipsy, but at this time, Chen Muwu was never seen.
Mathematicians all have a heartfelt sense of superiority and do not look down upon other subjects. Hilbert is the same, and Russell is the same.
He always thought that Chen Muwu was not interested in any of this, like a man who only had eyes for physical experiments.
He has achieved many achievements in various aspects such as physics, astronomy, popular literature and sports. He may be very good, but he is not good enough because he does not like mathematics.
Only recently, Russell's perception of Chen Muwu has changed somewhat.
It may not be that he doesn't like mathematics, but he just started to understand it a little late.
Let’s just say, no one can resist the charm of mathematics!
Therefore, Russell worked very hard when answering Chen Muwu's questions and explained every detail to the latter clearly.
Of course, Chen Muwu also listened seriously. He was not pretending this time, but was really asking for advice humbly.
The opportunity to be taught by a big boss in person is very precious, and Chen Muwu also wants to write a paper that is better, more beautiful, and more error-free.
This paper is a powerful punch that he, as a physicist, dealt to those mathematicians who think highly of themselves, and it is a sneak attack that hits and runs without any delay.
Therefore, the only punch must be a beautiful one. It must not be an ugly bastard boxing. At the very least, it must be Hunyuan Xingyi Tai Chi, which sounds very handsome and elegant at first glance.
After several rounds of Russell's patient and meticulous training, combined with his own brain memory, Chen Muwu finally wrote a paper that he seemed satisfied with and proved the incompleteness theorem.
What he originally thought was to take this paper and ask Russell to review it and help him check it. At the same time, he would write a letter of recommendation to internationally renowned mathematics journals and publish the paper there so that more mathematicians could publish it. See it for the first time.
Ask Russell to check it, but there is no problem.
Chen Muwu frequently asked him about mathematical problems these days, and he once secretly gave Russell some of the more obvious points in his paper.
Russell, at least, would not have been surprised when he suddenly produced a complete paper proving the incompleteness theorem.
Russell may have had some ideas from these viewpoints.
But after all, he still had his own work to do. Giving Chen Muwu extra lessons was unplanned and took up extra time, so it was unlikely that Russell would have time to continue to study in depth.
But asking Russell to recommend mathematical journals was unnecessary.
Chen Muwu is not a practitioner in the mathematics profession, and he does not know what the publishing process is in those professional journals.
Moreover, he could think of the expressions and thoughts of the professional editors of those journals when they saw their names written in the author column of a paper recommended by Russell, as well as what they were thinking in their hearts.
It is true that this person is a physicist who is in the limelight recently, but a physicist has written a mathematical paper that is not about calculus, and he also wants to deny the uncrowned king of today's mathematics community, the great mathematician Hill. The Hilbert Plan proposed by Mr. Burt?
That's somewhat overestimating one's capabilities!
Chen Muwu estimated that even with Russell's recommendation, the editors would definitely question the correctness of the paper.
They will definitely find multiple peer reviewers for Chen Muwu's paper. As long as they can find any small errors in it, they will not let the paper be published as soon as possible.
After going back and forth like this, it is estimated that it will take several months before the paper is finally published.
Except for one situation, that is, some editors will be confused and want to publish the paper as soon as possible in a malicious way, setting up a target for mathematicians for everyone to laugh at: "Look, the so-called physicists, their mathematics is like this Such level!"
Chen Muwu decided not to waste time in mathematics journals, and simply submitted the paper to the Royal Society's "Transactions of the Natural Sciences".
Anyway, everyone is on their own, and Chen Muwu is a major contributor to the journal, so it is more convenient to publish papers there.
As for not publishing the paper in a professional mathematics journal, it may not be seen by mathematicians around the world for the first time...
Please, not being able to read the paper as early as possible can only be their loss, not his own.
With this in mind, Chen Muwu put the typed and transcribed manuscript into an envelope, wrote the address of the editorial office of the Royal Society's "Proceedings of the Natural Sciences", and threw it into the mailbox of the University of Cambridge.
In the past, papers published in the Cavendish Laboratory on physics were regularly sent to the editorial office by dedicated personnel.
This is because the Cavendish Laboratory has a large number of experimenters and a good output of papers.
But this time Chen Muwu was writing a mathematics paper, and he was embarrassed to take this approach again.
Just as the Royal Mail delivery system was transporting the letter from Cambridge to London, Chen Muwu's reputation in Russell's mind deteriorated again.
After people achieve high enough academic achievements, they always want to establish a sect and spread their branches. Bohr was like this, and Russell was certainly no exception.
The former is the founder of the Copenhagen School, and the latter is the master of the logicist school.
Russell believed that with his own level and Chen Muwu's intelligence, not only could he be trained into a leader among young philosophers like Wittgenstein, but there should be no problem in training a second Ramsey.
But I don’t know why, since the last time we said goodbye, Chen Muwu hasn’t come to him for advice on mathematics and logic for a long time.
This made Russell feel a little chilled.
Is it because he doesn't realize the beauty of logic and thinks this subject is too boring, so he can't persevere?
A Persian proverb once said that whoever has no patience has no wisdom.
A guy like Chen Muwu, who starts but fails and gives up halfway, will never be able to study mathematics, so he can only study physics!
But Russell then thought again, Chen Muwu was much better than his compatriot named Xu Zhimo.
That person started writing letters to me many years ago, and he also visited me at Cambridge University last year. Even after he returned to China, they never stopped communicating with each other.
However, in the letters he wrote, apart from expressing his admiration for himself and saying that he helped promote his doctrine in China, there was no other content.
Even if you chat with him about math and logic problems, you will be automatically ignored in the reply.
However, since he doesn't even understand mathematics and logic, how can he help promote his doctrine in the country?
In Russell's mind, Xu Zhimo's behavior was no match for Chen Muwu, who had humbly asked for advice and tried to embrace mathematics. Even the people he met who were eager for knowledge when he gave lectures at Beida University a few years ago. None of the Chinese students can compare!
I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I am afraid of comparing goods. From this look, Chen Muwu is not bad at all!
The editor on duty in the editorial department of "Journal of Natural Sciences" did not pay attention at first after receiving Chen Muwu's letter.
Every paper submitted by Dr. Chen of Cambridge University in the past few years has been successfully published in this newspaper.
Not only can it be published smoothly, but it can also generally generate considerable repercussions in the scientific community.
This has made "Transactions of the Natural Sciences", a comprehensive journal for publishing results in multiple disciplines, attracting more and more attention.
Everyone seems to have developed a habit. When each issue of "Proceedings of the Society" arrives, first open it to see if there are papers published by well-known people in the subject, and then check to see if there are any paper titles that interest you.
Now, many people will add another step between these two steps, which is to see if Chen Muwu is in the author column. If so, it is necessary to further determine whether the paper he wrote is in the direction of this discipline.
First there were physicists, then astronomers, and last year chemists.
According to past experience, if the paper sent by Chen Muwu is related to physics, astronomy or even chemistry, then there is absolutely no need to review it and it can be published directly.
After all, there are three famous teachers such as Rutherford of the Cavendish Laboratory, Eddington of the Cambridge University Observatory, and Old Bragg of the Davy Faraday Laboratory. Basically, there will be no mistakes.
Only this time, what Dr. Chen sent was actually a mathematics paper?
He has opened up a new battlefield!
This does not mean opening up a new battlefield. Chen Muwu had previously combined microphysics and mathematical matrices to create a kind of matrix mechanics. From matrix mechanics, he developed a new theoretical physics discipline called quantum mechanics.
He has good mathematical skills.
However, Chen Muwu’s latest paper is pure mathematics without any physics.
He himself probably knew this, so he did not choose to use Cavendish Laboratory in his mailing address, but Trinity College, Cambridge University.
Is it necessary to do business and ask someone to review the draft?
The editors on duty discussed it and finally decided to go through the review process.
Although Chen Muwu is one of the favorite students of Rutherford, the current president of the Royal Society, the authority of "Transactions of the Natural Sciences" must be maintained.
So the editor who specializes in reviewing mathematics papers was the first to read Chen Muwu's paper, and then took a breath of cold air.
If the conclusion of this paper is accurate, then Hilbert's plan proposed four years ago will be completely overturned, which will cause a major earthquake in the mathematics world.
However, if this paper is wrong and is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it will not only make Chen Muwu ridiculed by mathematicians, but also worsen the reputation of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The editor cannot judge whether the paper is right or wrong, and regardless of whether it is right or wrong, he cannot take this risk.
So there is only one way left, and that is to ask God.
Although the center of mathematics in the world today is still on the European continent, there are also many first-class mathematicians in the UK.
The editorial department of Huibao made several copies of the paper and sent them to the mailing addresses of these people, asking for their help in reviewing.
How the original paper was sent from Cambridge to London through the Royal Mail system, and a copy of it is how it returned from London to Cambridge.
I received a letter from London. After opening it, I found that it was a review request from the editorial office of "Proceedings of the Natural Science".
Russell didn't take it seriously at first, and even complained in his mind that the Royal Society didn't find more reliable editors. Every time there was such an uncertain paper, he would trouble himself.
"On Formal Undecidable Propositions in Principles of Mathematics and Related Systems."
The title is quite satisfactory.
Author, Chen Muwu.
It turns out that he didn't give up on mathematics, but he was secretly writing a thesis, so he didn't come to see him?
It seemed that I had wrongly blamed him at first!
Sure enough, the charm of mathematics is very powerful, and Chen Muwu cannot refuse it at all.
Russell, who was a little happy after the misunderstanding was cleared, looked at the specific content of this paper with a relaxed attitude of correcting students' homework.
(End of chapter)
