Free Web NovelChapter 313: Chapter 213: What to Do with a Mathematics Master Sitting Downstairs?
Twin primes refers to pairs of prime numbers that differ by 2, such as 3 and 5, 5 and 7, 11 and 13, and so on.
The Twin Prime Conjecture, proposed by Hilbert in his report at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians, can be described as follows--
There are infinitely many prime numbers p, such that p + 2 is also a prime number.
The prime pairs (p, p + 2) are referred to as twin primes.
Since this conjecture was raised, it has become one of the world’s mathematical puzzles and one of the classic number theory conjectures.
Over the past century, countless mathematicians have conducted research on the Twin Prime Conjecture, providing many proof strategies, one of which is a weaker version of the Twin Prime Conjecture, "find a positive number so that there are infinitely many pairs of primes the difference of which is less than this given positive number." In the Twin Prime Conjecture, this positive number is 2.
A few years ago, mathematicians represented by Daniel Goldston proposed a conjecture stating, "there are infinitely many prime pairs with a gap smaller than 16."
This is known as the Daniel Goldston Conjecture.
Over the past three days, Zhao Yi has been in his dormitory researching the relationship between the twin prime pairs and the solutions of the two sets of prime numbers in the three-dimensional tremor waveform graphs. He identified the reason why the waveform graphs have more solution sets of twin primes, thereby concluding that ’the waveform graphs have an infinite number of twin prime solutions.’
In the process of arriving at this conclusion, he also proved the existence of "infinitely many prime pairs with a gap less than 246," while the Daniel Goldston Conjecture is about "infinitely many prime pairs with a gap less than 16."
Therefore, Zhao Yi simply stated that he "proved part of the Daniel Goldston Conjecture." He doesn’t think it’s very significant, as proving the Daniel Goldston Conjecture doesn’t earn much fame in the field of number theory research. It’s just a part of it, and there’s still a long way to go to prove the Twin Prime Conjecture.
For Zhao Yi, the most important thing is to have figured out the relationship between the solutions of the two sets of prime numbers in the three-dimensional tremor waveform graphs and twin primes.
That’s the key.
Regardless, the research has been completed, and he feels relief all over his body, except that his paper is not yet finished.
Zhao Yi could have finished writing the paper all at once, but he thinks attending the first day of class is also very important.
Skipping class on the first official day of university feels a bit strange.
In the morning, there is advanced math.
Zhao Yi doesn’t have advanced math on his schedule, but he still feels he should attend the class, as it would be odd to not have any math classes in university.
After breakfast, he looked at the class schedule recorded on his phone and found Room 302 in the School of Sciences.
He arrived at a good time.
Class had been in session for less than five minutes. Zhao Yi, bothered by the breakfast that had delayed him, observed the situation at the door. After some thought, he quietly entered through the back door when the teacher turned his head.
He moved noiselessly, unnoticed by a few classmates.
He entered the classroom, took a seat.
In the last row.
Biology Classes 1 and 2 have math class together. The two classes total one hundred students, which doesn’t look crowded in the large classroom. Many students are sitting in the front rows, but some sit at the back.
Zhao Yi was seated next to Fan Lei, and beside Fan Lei was Li Renzhe. The three dorm mates sat together in the last row, with no one else there.
"Zhao Yi, you’re here!"
"You have come to attend the advanced math class!" freewёbnoνel.com
Fan Lei and Li Renzhe greeted Zhao Yi with a wave.
Fan Lei looked around and then said, "We’re the only good students sitting at the back."
"Oh, haven’t I joined you?" Zhao Yi laughed, "It’s only the first class. As more classes are held, the back will quickly fill up."
"Hahaha, you talk as though you’re very experienced."
"Of course!"
They joked for a while before they started to listen attentively.
Even though they were sitting at the very last, it didn’t mean they were not being attentive. Everyone in the classroom was very serious, as it was the first class after entering university.
Hu Zhibin was standing at the podium. He didn’t notice Zhao Yi’s late entrance and continued his lecture when he turned his head.
The first class wouldn’t directly go into content, he was currently emphasizing the importance of mathematics.
"Mathematics is a very rigorous discipline, and it is the foundation of all subjects."
"Regardless of whether it’s the sciences or engineering, mathematics is a must and must be studied profoundly."
"The mathematics requirement for biology is lower. For example, in the School of Information, there are four or five subjects related to mathematics alone, let alone in the mathematics department."
"But that doesn’t mean you should think that mathematics is useless for biology. Mathematics is the foundation for all subjects. As long as you learn math well, at least in calculation analysis, you won’t encounter difficulties."
"Conversely, if your math is poor, you’ll find that even in biology or chemistry, once you reach the stage of computational analysis, you’ll be completely stumped, because your biology and chemistry teachers won’t teach you how to solve calculus or functional equations..."
Hu Zhibin began a lengthy speech. He moved from the importance of mathematics to advanced mathematics, then to the sciences at Yanhua University, and gave a real-life example, "A few days ago I noticed Professor Zhou Li of the School of Science observed together with Zhao Yi from your biology department. Zhao Yi, you all know him, right? He’s in your first class. His achievements in mathematics amaze even me."
