Free Web NovelChapter 466: Chapter 281: Won the Nobel Prize in Physics?_2
Is this what a top mathematician looks like?
Is this what Mr. Witten meant when he said the knowledge in the top fields is interconnected?
Saierberg found it incredibly unbelievable, he was too embarrassed to interrupt, saying that he already couldn’t understand some of it.
They are both students, but the gap is quite substantial!
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The exchange on the second day didn’t entirely convince Saierberg, but it made him realize ’how high the mathematical level of a mathematician capable of cracking the Goldbach Conjecture is’.
The obscure and difficult formulas, proofs, the other party completely understood after just listening once, some even were able to provide corrections, which made Edward fall into deep thought.
That is why Edward said, "Even if he doesn’t understand string theory, it’s important to have a dialogue with him." Saierberg now completely understood.
At the very least, it seemed like there was a gap between the teacher and the other person when it came to mathematics.
For the next few days, Saierberg simply sat on the side, as a silent spectator.
The content had become too profound for him to understand.
He understood the specifics of what was being discussed—Edward was talking about the multi-dimensional space problem that originated from string theory. He tried to construct a formula to explain multi-dimensional space, but the things he listed, Saierberg could completely not understand—everything appeared abstract.
What it was, entirely depended on imagination.
The other reason was that Zhao Yi seemed to have absorbed enough knowledge and there was no need for explanations. He continuously discussed with Edward.
This was now the correct model for dialogue.
Edward, being a part of it, did not feel it in the same way, but Saierberg standing aside, knew better as ’a spectator always sees more of the game’, and what amazed him was that "this guy actually understood everything the professor explained in just two or three days? And he remembered it all?"
"Even if he spends ten hours every day, now should be only about thirty hours at most, right?"
"I’ve been following the teacher for many years and have been doing string theory research for quite a while..."
Saierberg felt as if he’d been struck. Initially, he thought that, Zhao Yi just had a strong mathematical ability, perhaps it was his long term research, coupled with a bit of luck... ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Now, he realized that he was simply too naïve.
If one were to compare intelligence, the other man’s IQ was probably reaching Einstein’s level, and he was just an ordinary person. Ordinary people should just honestly be spectators.
What Saierberg did not know was that Zhao Yi did not spend ten hours each day. As soon as Edward left, he put aside string theory, but to understand so much in such a short time was not solely due to his IQ and comprehension abilities.
It had to do with mathematics.
Many of the things that Edward explained involved mathematical calculations and formulas. Remembering those key things was enough.
Besides, his memory and comprehension abilities had indeed improved a lot.
Although he hadn’t reached the level of never forgetting what he glanced at once or understanding upon seeing, Edward’s explanations were very detailed. As long as he understood, he could remember it, hence the considerable progress.
Now Zhao Yi was actually interested in string theory. He felt like he was almost convinced by Edward’s theory.
Although string theory doesn’t fully explain everything, it seemed as if there were no issues using string theory to explain physical laws.
Of course.
A significant part still remains unprovable and exists merely in imagination.
For instance, the formula on the paper.
Edward had written a formula on the paper, claiming that it was related to the multi-dimensional space limit of string theory and hoped that Zhao Yi could use the waveform graph to perfect, correct, evolve, or something else with it. His intention was to use the waveform graph to perfect the high-dimensional space limit problem.
This was the direct reason Edward sought out Zhao Yi.
Now Zhao Yi understood.
Edward had been giving him lessons for several days. According to Confucius, he could be considered half a teacher, even though he didn’t particularly want to listen....
In any case.
He discussed with Edward for a long time, even tried to use the waveform graph to calculate, but because even the basic logic was only in imagination, "Even if the formula is perfected, it cannot be proven, can it?"
Zhao Yi asked directly.
Edward said very seriously, "Although it cannot be verified with current means, perhaps in the next ten years, fifty years, or even longer, it can be proven?"
"In mathematics and physics, many have taken hundreds of years to solve. If no one even poses the questions, how can there be progress in science?"
"..."
It seems to make sense!
However, because of this, theoretical physicists find it hard to win the Nobel Prize!
Zhao Yi mocked in his heart.
In the scorn chain of the academia, theoretical physicists are at the top. Engaging in theoretical physics research is acknowledged as ’high IQ’, many who succeed are ’grown prodigies’.
However, the awkward part is that most of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics are experimental physicists and astronomers.
Stephen Hawking was a classic example of this. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
The entire world knew about Stephen Hawking. He was considered one of the greatest physicists of the modern era. His main research areas were cosmology and black holes. He proved the singularity theorem of the General Theory of Relativity and the black hole area theorem and proposed the black hole evaporation theory and the boundless Hawking cosmological model. In unifying the two fundamental theories of 20th-century physics—the Relativity Theory founded by Einstein and Quantum Mechanics founded by Planck—he advanced a significant step.
Such a top physicist never won the Nobel Prize. The reason was that Hawking’s main research theories have not been proven to this date, and the Nobel Prize is very pragmatic, it does not award prizes to theories that only exist on paper.
The work outcomes of Stephen Hawking’s theories that have been accurately verified by experiments did not reach the standard of the Nobel Prize.
This was the awkward part.
The content that Edward was researching now was more ’illusory’ than what Hawking researched. Hawking’s theory might be verifiable in a few decades, but Edward’s multi-dimensional space...
Zhao Yi estimated that it would take a hundred years?
Five hundred years?
A thousand years?
"So, what am I doing exactly? What’s the point of studying this? Even if a formula of the limit of multi-dimensional space is constructed, or even the multi-dimensional space model of string theory..."
"It can’t be verified anyway!"
"Otherwise, I could vie for a Nobel Prize in Physics with this, which is quite tempting..."
At this moment, a system prompt suddenly sounded.
[Life Goal Task, Stage Four: Win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Task Reward: Study Coin+2000, Brain Development+1%.
(Prompt: The life goal task is a mainline task, only after completing a stage task it can be activated.)]
"..."
"..."
Zhao Yi suddenly felt even less inclined to invest energy into research.
