Free Web NovelChapter 1529: Chapter 723: You Call This Complicated!?_3
He himself didn’t notice anything, but everyone else was completely astounded.
After listening for a couple of sentences, Zhang Rongkun immediately started taking notes with pen and paper, and Zhou Li followed along in thought, but eventually just listened.
Because, he couldn’t keep up with the train of thought. freewebnσvel.cøm
As for Qian Zhijin and the recently arrived Liu Guangzuo, they weren’t listening at all; they knew that even if they wanted to, they wouldn’t understand—the content was too complex.
Zhao Yi carefully explained once, then said, "Make the changes I’ve suggested in these few parts, and the entire proof process should be completed in about fifty pages or so, and it will be clearer, without making people’s heads hurt."
"Otherwise, after submission, the review process will take a very long time, maybe even before you’re asked to give a presentation, the paper could get approved for publication."
This was like Wiles’s proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, a paper of over a hundred pages of immensely complex content, needing several top mathematicians to review separately; he even gave three lengthy presentations in succession at the Newton Institute.
Now it was the same.
If the proof process was too complicated, getting it published would not be an easy task.
However, it was precisely because Zhao Yi spoke of the complexity of the proof process that it made others feel even more helpless. Zhang Rongkun had just roughly explained it, and Zhao Yi immediately understood the process and even pointed out the problems in the proof.
"You call this ’complex’?"
"Then what do you consider ’not complex’? Something that can be understood in a single sentence?"
"Alright, can’t compare with Zhao Yi!"
The few people in the office exchanged glances, finding the scene before them somewhat comical and laughable; compared to Zhao Yi’s intellect, they felt like patients suffering from cerebral palsy, reacting super, super slowly. Take Zhou Li, for example, who was involved in the research throughout but didn’t fully understand some of the proofs he himself worked on.
In short, everyone was feeling quite conflicted.
Zhao Yi had spent a long time at the Mathematical Center, and by the time he got to the medical center, it was a bit late; he decided to change his course and have lunch, coincidentally running into acquaintances—
Wei Shiqing and Bai Jianwu.
The two were also on their way to the staff dining hall to eat, chatting as they walked.
When they saw Zhao Yi, Wei Shiqing stopped in his tracks, thinking his eyes were deceiving him, and quickly came over with delight, "Zhao Yi! Zhao Yi!"
"Professor Wei! I was just about to grab lunch."
"Together! Let’s go together!"
Wei Shiqing said enthusiastically, grabbing Zhao Yi’s arm, "I’ll treat you, order whatever you like!"
"Uh... sure."
Zhao Yi was a bit confused about the situation.
It wasn’t until they had found a seat in the staff dining hall and sat down that he understood why Wei Shiqing was being so enthusiastic, "Zhao Yi, didn’t you just come back from the moon? I watched the live broadcast, Renzhe that lad did quite well, but I think he can’t handle it alone. Look, I’m nominating myself, hoping to work on the moon too, not for personal reasons, but to contribute to scientific research."
Blah blah blah—
Wei Shiqing spoke earnestly, thumping his chest.
Zhao Yi was a bit bewildered by the litany, then replied, "No, I mean, Professor Wei, there are regulations for working on the moon, you can’t be over fifty years old."
"Isn’t my age just perfect?"
"You’re not fifty yet?"
"I’m just fifty."
"That’s not right!"
"Ahem, Zhao Yi, let me tell you, my age doesn’t qualify, I’m just a bit over, but rules are rigid, people are flexible, being one or two years over shouldn’t matter, right?"
"But, aren’t you way over? One or two years?"
"Ahem, three or four years."
"What?"
"Five years, it’s only five years!"
Zhao Yi looked at Bai Jianwu questioningly, and Bai Jianwu promptly balled his hand, "Seven years!"
