Free Web NovelChapter 542: Chapter 320: The Unlucky Ghost’s Mathematical Legacy_3
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After teaching his first lecture, Zhao Yi felt pretty good. He couldn’t say he loved teaching, but standing in front of a class now and then, sharing some knowledge, felt like a relaxation of sorts, especially when such relaxation led to new gains.
System Message--
[Imparted knowledge, Study Coin +3!]
[Imparted knowledge, Study Coin +3!]
"Teaching a class actually earns me Study Coins!"
This is a novel discovery!
Zhao Yi had felt he understood the daily methods of earning Study Coins, but he hadn’t expected this new twist: being a lecturing teacher also came with Study Coin rewards. Given some thought, it was actually quite nice.
The Study Coins earned by teaching were, much like Rest Coins or Sports Coins, something that he could gain every day. But Zhao Yi didn’t want to teach daily classes because of this.
Teaching as a form of relaxation was good for once a week, anything more than that felt like work.
When not lecturing for electives, Zhao Yi was an ordinary student, albeit one for whom sophomore work held no challenge. In many lessons, he spent his time thinking about his research, which included the Performance Share System, Fermat’s Last Theorem, the study of multidimensional boundary and the growth of particle boundary theory, amongst others.
Zhao Yi realised, somewhat unwittingly, that he had accumulated a large set of incredibly complex and difficult research problems. And this didn’t even include the less thoughtful AIDS research project. He felt like he himself was turning into a research tool.
"Being a genius is tough!"
As he mused over this, he opened his laptop and found there was a new email. It was from Edward Witten and moreover, it had an attachment.
The email read, "Dear Zhao Yi: I found a set of draft notes that belong to my colleague, Simmons. That poor fellow unfortunately fell off a cliff while in an extreme biking competition."
"Simmons really was unlucky, but his research into the spatial symmetry of string theory is quite interesting. You may wish to look it over, it may be of some help to you."
"-- Your friend, Edward Witten."
Looking at the email, Zhao Yi wanted to laugh but held it back to respect the deceased, he quickly straightened his face, made the sign of the cross, and murmured, "Amen!"
As for what exactly ’Amen’ does, what it’s for, and in what situations it’s appropriate, he left those questions unanswered. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Next, he downloaded the attached document, which revealed a series of pictures of drafts. The content was pretty clear, but he found it hard to understand by just looking at the photos, so he decided to transcribe them onto paper.
Simmons’ research on spatial symmetry was heavily based on mathematical models and calculations. The contents were mostly descriptive and confusing to those without an understanding of string theory.
However, Zhao Yi understood it immediately upon reading through it once.
As Edward Witten had mentioned, Simmons’ research was exceptionally brilliant. The mathematical analysis of the spatial symmetry model was detailed and meticulous, some of the steps were especially impressive.
A particular mathematical logic transformation was attention-grabbing. Amid a series of complex expressions, Simmons utilized a method called ’transformative elimination’ to simplify the complex expressions.
Even though the research was unfinished, the ’transformative elimination’ method left a deep impression on him and triggered an unexpected association with Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Zhao Yi had been thinking about simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem by setting x and y as prime numbers, but without any clear lead due to the immense complexity of the expanded equations.
"Transformative elimination could offer a fresh approach. Although it’s hard to apply directly to simplify Fermat’s Last Theorem, it could at least serve as a reference."
His attention was drawn back to Fermat’s Last Theorem again.
The biggest issue in simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem lied in the analysis of equations. To carry out such an analysis, certain elements in the equation needed to be eliminated.
The idea of transformative elimination was indeed great, whereas it was a pity it couldn’t be applied directly to the equations.
Zhao Yi decided to stop thinking about simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem, and instead focused entirely on the transformative elimination method, investing both Study Coins and Research Coins to this end.
[Focused Mode!]
[Causal Thinking Mode!]
Activated!
