Free Web NovelChapter 383: Chapter 250: Is There Anything He Can’t Do! -2
Bob stopped.
He stood on the stage, pursing his lips, and stared at Zhao Yi with a murderous gaze, so fierce that his eyes were bloodshot.
If looks could kill, Zhao Yi probably would have been slain already.
However, he remained calm, not paying attention to other people’s eyes, and said in a calm tone, "The result of your summation equation is not correct. If you plug the result into the equation, you can easily find the error."
"Whoosh~~"
The venue was suddenly filled with whispers.
Validating complex calculations takes time.
The equation Bob had just presented was also very complex, and solving it was very difficult. It required thinking about what specific method to use. However, verifying the result by plugging it back into the equation was much simpler.
Many people quickly picked up their pens to verify it. freewebnσvel.cøm
The venue became quiet.
Suddenly!
A gasp sounded, "The two sides are not equal! It’s really not correct! The result is wrong!"
Soon, others also finished verifying, and the venue became noisy, with boiling discussions everywhere, "The two sides of the equation are not equal!"
"The difference is 0.03!"
"This is impossible! If it were a normal solution, the final difference would be more than ten times higher. I can’t think of any reason for it being only 0.03."
"There really is a problem!"
"No way..."
There was a commotion in the venue, and many people stared incredulously at Bob on the stage. Some even glanced at Beileifen.
Bob stood on stage with an obviously wrong expression, his head lowered without saying a word.
Beileifen also verified the equation’s result and looked incredulously at Bob, his face filled with surprise, anger, and disappointment. Then he shouted loudly, "Bob, what the hell is going on! Say something!"
Bob didn’t respond to Beileifen, but instead raised his head to look at Zhao Yi, his red eyes filled with disbelief.
What he found unbelievable was that Zhao Yi had indeed quickly discovered the problem.
How could that be?
Even if the result was plugged back into the equation, the calculation would require more than a dozen steps due to the equation’s complexity. And his explanation had been very fast-paced, meaning Zhao Yi had used an extremely short amount of time to complete the substitution and find the problem.
He also felt desperate.
Bob seemed drained of all his energy, unable to stand up straight, and didn’t dare look at Beileifen.
The venue continued to buzz with discussion, and everyone knew what the situation before them meant --
Bob’s calculations were fraudulent!
The verification report of the California Institute of Technology team was fake, and they had deceived the review team and everyone in the venue.
This is the disgrace and scandal of the physics community!
If all goes as expected, the news could be seen tomorrow, and the reputations of the California Institute of Technology team, Professor Beileifen himself, and even the California Institute of Technology, will be greatly affected.
As for Bob...
His future was gone.
...
Beileifen stared at Bob on the stage, unable to say a word, his eyes filled with deep disappointment.
Under everyone’s gaze, he suddenly stood up, looked at Bob with deep disappointment, and walked out.
Continuing to stay would only bring more embarrassment, and he no longer wanted to deal with Bob. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Bob left as well.
His footsteps were shaky as he left, and it was unclear where he was going. Everyone knew he was truly ruined.
Academic fraud on the international stage is a very serious matter, especially since he represents the California Institute of Technology, which affects the entire university’s reputation. It goes beyond issues of integrity and personal reputation. He will likely face lawsuits and criminal responsibility upon returning home.
The place waiting for him might be jail.
But no one in the venue had any sympathy for him because what he had done had too much impact.
If the California Institute of Technology team’s verification report were accepted, the physics community might make an erroneous judgment about the particle model, as many future researchers would use it as a basic premise for their work.
Imagine it.
A group of scientists jointly verified something, and the result, due to a student’s fraudulent calculations, passed the scrutiny.
But in reality, it was wrong.
How terrifying is that?
All the subsequent results using this verification would become meaningless.
How many scholars would be affected?
How many funds would be wasted? How much research work would be a waste of time?
Could the scientific community’s understanding of the world even regress as a result?
Although this may seem to overstate the impact, it is a possibility.
This shows how serious Bob’s fraudulent calculation is. The California Institute of Technology team is a participant in the Large Hadron Collider experiment and will continue to participate in many data verification and analysis projects.
If the issue had not been discovered, Bob might have continued to commit fraud in data calculation, leading to many fraudulent results. Many teams would rely on their data for calculations and analyses, and subsequent work would also become meaningless.
Therefore, no one would sympathize with Bob. He deserved any punishment he received. Many people would instead be grateful to Zhao Yi for discovering the issue with Bob’s fraudulent calculations.
