Free Web NovelChapter 589: Chapter 343: Affirmation of the World
Liu Hemin’s message was full of grievance, making people feel bitter when they heard it, as if he could have been elected as an academician, but had to regretfully withdraw due to Zhao Yi’s participation in the election.
Zhao Yi laughed when he saw it.
If you didn’t know Liu Hemin, it would be difficult to detect the joking tone in his words, but Zhao Yi knew him very well and was aware that Liu Hemin couldn’t possibly be elected as an academician in the Department of Mathematical Physics.
Liu Hemin did indeed participate in the academician selection process for the Department of Mathematical Physics, but he was only one of those who participated for the sake of participating. From the start, those who were familiar with him knew that he was only there to make up the numbers.
Of course.
Liu Hemin might genuinely want to become an academician, but ’wanting’ and ’being able to become’ are two completely different things, and even he himself knew that he couldn’t make it.
Because of the research direction and results.
Liu Hemin is a researcher at the Software Institute of the Science Academy, mainly focusing on evolutionary algorithms in the field of computer science. His mathematical research is directly related to the evolutionary algorithm and mostly lies in the realm of information sciences, including software and algorithm design, like the mathematical theory Zhao Yi designed for the domestic satellite navigation project, the ’Digital Compression Technology.’
His mathematical research serves computer arithmetic and software.
Therefore, Liu Hemin should have tried for the Information Division’s academician.
The Science Academy has an Information Division called the Information Technology Science Division, and the Engineering Academy also has an Information Division called the Information and Electronic Engineering Division.
Liu Hemin’s mathematical achievements lean towards the theoretical side, but his influential international achievements focus on artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on ’technology’ rather than theoretical science. He should have tried for the Information and Electronic Engineering Division’s academician, or simply the ’Engineering Academician.’
So Liu Hemin’s recommendation as a candidate for the academician must have been because the Department of Mathematical Physics needed someone to fill the gap in participation numbers.
This year is quite special.
Some well-informed people knew that Zhao Yi would be recommended and decided to wait for two more years in advance.
Now that Liu Hemin is complaining about giving up halfway, it’s just a joke on Zhao Yi. However, it’s mainly about showing him the ’inside scoop’ that he’s already been booked as a division academician.
Looking at Liu Hemin’s message, Zhao Yi didn’t feel anything special.
Being elected as a Math Academician?
Zhao Yi had never even been concerned about it, let alone knowing the names of two or three nominating academicians from other people’s mouths.
After solving Fermat’s Last Theorem, he would be considered the world’s number one mathematician. What difference would it make, whether he had the title of ’Math Academician’ or not?
So Zhao Yi simply replied with a laughing emoji and added a few words, "Congratulations, and thanks!"
"Congratulations...?"
Liu Hemin quickly replied.
Zhao Yi calmly typed more than a dozen words, "It’s better to quit on your own than to be eliminated."
"...Let’s pretend I didn’t ask."
On the other side of the internet, Liu Hemin coughed several times in a row, as if he had been hit by an arrow that pierced his heart at the speed of light.
Meanwhile.
The academic world’s attention was still focused on Zhao Yi’s proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Zhao Yi’s proof was much simpler than Wiles’, but in reality, the series of proofs, including his previously published ’Simplified Fermat’s Last Theorem,’ would easily exceed sixty pages if published as a normal paper.
It would be very difficult for ordinary mathematicians to understand, but for some top mathematicians, especially those who have studied topology, it was easier to get.
Just two days after the Shuimu University report, other top mathematicians came forward to praise Zhao Yi’s proof process as ’very delicate.’
That was Thomson from the University of Florida.
Thomson had met Zhao Yi twice and occasionally exchanged ideas on mathematical research. Having some understanding of topology and after carefully listening to Zhao Yi’s report and obtaining a copy of the proof paper, he spent several hours understanding its content.
He then went on to verify the detailed results of the proof.
This was not done during the presentation.
In Zhao Yi’s report on Fermat’s Last Theorem, he briefly mentioned some simple logical reasoning, calculations, and transformation steps that were directly skimmed over. Those who could understand it would do so instantly, while those who couldn’t would find explanations pointless. As for calculations, they were too complex, and even explaining the steps would take a long time, so he simply gave the conclusion directly.
If the conclusion was wrong, it would naturally mean that there was a problem with Zhao Yi’s proof, so a detailed verification was still necessary.
The process was time-consuming. ƒrēewebnovel.com
It took Thomson a day and a half just to complete half of the calculations. For some formula transformations and function substitutions, since there were no detailed explanation steps, he had to infer and think on his own and simply chose to temporarily give up.
However, having reached this point in the verification, he found that all the easily calculable parts were completely correct, so he could tentatively draw a conclusion.
"The proof is rigorous and delicate," Thomson said in an interview. "I use the term ’delicate’ because the logic of the proof process is clear, with no unnecessary steps, and the purpose of each part is clearly defined."
