Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 550: Chapter 323: Further Simplification of Fermat’s Last Theorem_2

Her voice became quieter and quieter, until it was barely audible.

When Zhao Yi didn’t know what to say, Qian Hong suddenly tip-toed and softly tapped his cheek, then quickly turned and ran away, loudly saying, "Thank you!"

Zhao Yi couldn’t help but laugh, responding loudly, "It’s me who should be thanking you. Your research has been a great help to me. I’ve been working on a related research without much progress. Your theories and explanations have shown me the path forward."

Upon hearing this, Qian Hong stopped at the stairway, turned around with a blushing face and said, "That’s great. Keep going!"

"Keep going!"

...

Zhao Yi wasn’t just comforting Qian Hong. He truly found inspiration in her research.

Qian Hong did make some minor progress in her research on intercepting routing information. The progress was so minor that it was hard to notice. It probably wouldn’t get much attention if published, but one should never underestimate ’minor progress’.

Doctoral students have fundamental knowledge in their field that is at the limit of their field.

There is a classic analogy that says, if human knowledge were placed in a circle, doctoral students’ touch the boundary of this circle, and their research is about creating a tiny bulge at the boundary. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Even if it’s a very small, negligible bulge, it is still a breakthrough in existing knowledge.

So, the minor progress Qian Hong made in her research was also quite innovative, and her methods can be used in information exchange between computers.

Of course, achieving resource sharing is still quite challenging. Zhao Yi’s approach is to complete the theoretical part. For the experimental part, he could try to use a local area network, that is, to connect his own computer to test the extent of interaction it can achieve.

Resource sharing certainly cannot be achieved with existing rules. The first step is to set ’rules’. For computer networks, those ’rules’ are ’protocols’.

’Protocol’ is the most basic.

Every computer that wants to connect to the internet must obey certain protocols. These protocols are embedded in the device framework. Modifying the protocols might disrupt information transmission.

Zhao Yi was considering testing on a local area network. As long as he didn’t connect to the internet, he could modify the protocols on his own computer.

So he needed to develop a protocol that supported resource sharing.

This was very foundational research.

The more foundational things are, the more complicated they are. Setting rules is very difficult, and involves compiled languages, which also needs to be researched.

Zhao Yi didn’t mind writing new things, this wouldn’t be a big task for him now, just a matter of time.

He decided to put it aside for the time being.

Just having completed the research simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem, he wouldn’t be able to quickly shift to computer-related research. He certainly needed some rest. What he planned to work on next was still Fermat’s Last Theorem. The computer research would be put aside for awhile.

The next day, Zhao Yi didn’t go out. Instead, he used the morning to complete the paper on simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem, and then submitted it to "Mathematical Progress".

After that, he planned to rest for a few days before returning back to the student dorms.

When evening came.

Zhao Yi found nobody in the dormitory. Feeling strange, he gave Fan Lei a call.

"We are all jogging on the sports field!"

"Come and join!"

"Let’s exercise together!"

He hung up the phone and leisurely walked to the sports field. He saw Fan Lei, who was panting heavily, and Li Renzhe, who was strolling leisurely in the distance. Beside him was a plump figure. Without a doubt, it had to be Huang Wenqian.

"How did you come up with the idea of going for a run?" Zhao Yi asked curiously.

"Did you not hear? You weren’t around." said Fan Lei sulkily, "Old Li here suggested that we go exercise together. We were originally planning on playing basketball but ended up running instead."

Fan Lei pointed to the distance and continued sullenly.

Zhao Yi understood Fan Lei’s meaning. He meant that they had run into Huang Wenqian on the way.

Li Renzhe had always wanted to help Huang Wenqian lose weight, and it seemed like Huang Wenqian also hoped to lose weight. They happened to come across each other while going to exercise, so they simply decided to jog together.

Fan Lei was also dragged along for the jog. He probably didn’t want to hang around the basketball court alone.

Zhao Yi turned his head and saw that Li Renzhe and Huang Wenqian were chatting and walking. They speed up their pace to catch up when they spotted him.

Li Renzhe and Huang Wenqian came over, greeted Zhao Yi and continued to walk around the sports ground.

Zhao Yi decided to join Fan Lei in his run, gossiping about Li Renzhe’s situation as they jogged.

"Old Li is not shy anymore, he just openly hangs out with Huang Wenqian." Fan Lei said gloomily, "I wanted to make a few jokes, but now it’s no fun."

"Indeed, they’ve really gone public!" Zhao Yi nodded in agreement.

"Now Old Li has gotten thick-skinned, probably because he’s used to it? I think he’s really fallen for Huang Wenqian. Don’t they say familiarity breeds affection?"

"...you have a point."

"Haha~~"

Fan Lei laughed but there was a hint of annoyance. He said, "Now, Meng Zheng has had a girlfriend for a while, Li Renzhe has one too, and you... I won’t mention. It seems like I’m the only one in the dorm who’s single. Honestly, when we were freshmen, I thought I’d be the first one to get a girlfriend because I’m the most handsome."

"Pfft~~"

Zhao Yi scoffed, but he thought Fan Lei had a point, not about the handsome part, but because Fan Lei was much more articulate than Li Renzhe. Fan Lei was decent looking too and his fashion sense stood out among students.

Nonetheless, he disagreed, "If you find a ’Huang Wenqian’, wouldn’t it be not that hard?"

"...let’s forget it. Being single is great!"

"Yeah, being single is great!"

"No, I need to work hard." Fan Lei suddenly said, "Zhao Yi, could you find me a job? I want to work part-time to experience what it’s like to work and to prepare in advance for graduation. The jobs I can find myself are only things like distributing leaflets, queueing or volunteering at events."

He shook his head as he spoke. freёweɓnovel.com

When college students look for jobs themselves, most of them are similar part-time jobs. They may help with speaking skills but are unlikely to assist with graduation.

Zhao Yi thought for a while and said, "How about this, wait a bit and let me think about it. " He spoke seriously, "There’s a job suitable for you, but I’m afraid you might not be able to handle it. I have to ask in advance though."

"That’s fine, thanks in advance."

...

A week passed.

School of Sciences.

Zhou Li was still pondering over a few sheets of A4 paper. He just couldn’t figure out the logic behind the derivation.

He understood every symbol on the A4 paper, but when put together, he couldn’t comprehend it at all.

He secretly asked Hu Zhibin.

Hu Zhibin thought for a while and made a small suggestion, "How about this, Professor Zhou, why don’t you ask Zhao Yi? Or should I take it to him?"

"No, no! I still have my dignity!" Zhou Li quickly refused as he took back the draft papers.

Hu Zhibin turned around and grimaced. He didn’t see asking Zhao Yi about a maths problem as a loss of face. After all, he was no match for him in research. It wouldn’t hurt to ask.

Zhou Li continued his solitary contemplation until he felt like giving up, thinking of using a different approach to solve the problem and put away the draft papers.

The office door was suddenly pushed open.

Hu Zhibin entered excitedly, holding a copy of the latest magazine, "Professor Zhou, have you seen it? Zhao Yi’s new research, Fermat’s Last Theorem!"

"Zhao Yi has solved Fermat’s Last Theorem!"

"Not quite, he has simplified Fermat’s Last Theorem. It’s quite impressive, especially his mathematical method, the Column Ratio Elimination. Look at the reviewer’s comments, ’Column Ratio Elimination simplifies many complex mathematical problems, making it even more significant than simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem’. I’ve read it, and it’s really interesting."

"Give it to me, let me take a look!"

Zhou Li hastily took the magazine "Mathematical Progress" from Hu Zhibin and started reading Zhao Yi’s research paper – "A Further Simplification to Fermat’s Last Theorem."

The title of the paper was about simplifying Fermat’s Last Theorem, but half of it was about the ’Column Ratio Elimination’. Only a third of the latter part briefly described the simplification process of Fermat’s Last Theorem, so the focus of the paper was really ’Column Ratio Elimination’.

Having skimmed through the paper, Zhou Li finally understood why he couldn’t comprehend the drafts.

Zhao Yi used a new method to complete the simplification, so it wasn’t that his level was too low, but that Zhao Yi used a new method.

Zhou Li let out a long breath, feeling somewhat relieved.