Free Web NovelChapter 723: Chapter 398: Einstein’s Field Equations
New semester, new atmosphere.
There are two major events relating to its development at Yanhua University, one is the establishment of the Medical Science Center by the School of Life Sciences, and the other is the establishment of the Particle Mathematics Research Center by the School of Sciences.
The entire university is discussing the construction of the two research institutions and what future impacts they might have.
This is relevant to each student.
The research institutions in the university will all lean towards the direction of education, and students will have more choices upon graduation. For instance, striving to be with a mentor working at the research center, is equivalent to studying a master’s degree at the research center. After completing the master’s degree, they can pursue a doctorate degree or simply stay to work at the research center.
And so forth.
The Medical Science Center is being prepared for construction; the blueprints for the building are all set, and they’re just waiting for the start of spring to officially get to work. Equipment for the large laboratory is being ordered, among other internal affairs.
The hiring of talents, for instance, is also underway.
The establishment of the Particle Mathematics Research Center is still in the planning stage, primarily because the school lacks autonomy and everything relies on the support of the Technology Department.
Many people hope that Zhao Yi will take an interest in this matter, because the funding from the Technology Department is for him. However, Zhao Yi doesn’t want to get involved in this. He simply made a promise that once the Particle Mathematics Research Center is built, his office will be moved there directly.
He agreed to this reluctantly, mainly because his other office wouldn’t conflict with the office in the School of Sciences.
Zhao Yi didn’t want to get involved in the Particle Mathematics Research Center, firstly because he didn’t want to increase his workload. The issue of the office also involved ’location’. The Particle Mathematics Research Center could only be built on the west side of the university, the only place where there was space. The west side is closer to the College of Business, but it’s a bit far from the staff dormitories, general teaching buildings, and the Biomedical Research Institute.
Although there’s only a few hundred meters’ difference, it’s still a bit annoying to have to run back and forth a couple of times.
First week of the semester.
Zhao Yi’s life is relatively busy. He attended the National Science and Technology Awards Conference and received a ’First-class Award of Natural Science’. Zhang Wei, as a representative of his laboratory, received the ’Second Prize in Scientific and Technological Progress’. Compared to last year, the laboratory received a prize of one grade lower, but receiving awards for two consecutive years is also an achievement.
Zhao Yi felt indifferent about it, while the people in the lab were ecstatic. The others at the institute were simply envious of Zhao Yi’s lab; they couldn’t even win an award if they wanted to.
Media coverage was light.
Most media outlets just mentioned, "Zhao Yi received the Natural Science Award based on his proof of the Goldbach Conjecture."
Then, no more.
Perhaps it’s because everyone’s gotten used to it. It’s not surprising when Zhao Yi wins awards year after year.
That’s also good news.
When there aren’t many journalists bothering him, Zhao Yi’s life becomes a lot easier. He could enjoy a few days in a normal university atmosphere.
The weekend.
Zhao Yi is still busy, planning to visit the Mathematic Science Center at Shuimu University, and discuss ’cosmology’ and ’the positive energy of Einstein’s equation solutions’ with Qiu Chengwen.
Qiu Chengwen is an excellent mathematician, whose achievements in theoretical physics research are also very high. He proved that any solution to Einstein’s equations must have positive energy.
Qiu Chengwen’s understanding of this area should be very profound.
Zhao Yi feels that if he discusses this with Qiu Chengwen, it might help his particle mathematics research.
When he called, he encountered a problem. Qiu Chengwen invited him to give a lecture at Shuimu University, "We are having a series of lectures on Chen Jingrun this weekend. The main topic is complex sieving problems, and no one is more suitable than you, the master of number theory."
He added in a distressed tone, "If you don’t come, I’ll have to do it."
Zhao Yi knew that Qiu Chengwen was ’making a difficult case’. But considering that he has been a reviewer of his papers, and has been helpful when he could be, and they have a good personal relationship, it would not be good to decline any more. He simply said, "All right. After the lecture ends, let’s discuss particle mathematics issues together, I’m interested in cosmology and Einstein’s equations."
"Great that you’re coming. Absolutely, academia is all about exchanging ideas." Qiu Chengwen readily agreed.
Qiu Chengwen’s final point, "academia is all about exchanging ideas", left a profound impression on Zhao Yi. His academic achievements are indeed remarkable and can be said to be at the top level worldwide. But the more he does research, the more he realizes there are gaps in his knowledge.
When academic research reaches a highly sophisticated level, any small branch will employ vast amounts of knowledge. Normal people may not be able to fully learn even a small branch, despite devoting all their lives to studying it.
Zhao Yi finds that his particle mathematics research is limited by this ’amount of knowledge’. All his thinking is done based on the knowledge he has in his mind.
And this is the restriction.
It’s actually the same with understanding multidimensional space.
Even for top mathematicians, their understanding of space beyond four dimensions relies on mathematical techniques, and they can’t really construct a real image of it like they can of three dimensions.
This is the limitation of human’s current pool of knowledge.
As humans are limited to a three-dimensional universe, all knowledge obtained is under the framework of the three-dimensional universe. Without knowledge and experience that transcends the three-dimensional universe, how can we know what multi-dimensional space looks like?
So it’s often said that, "Humans can never imagine what space beyond four dimensions looks like."
Zhao Yi realized that what he needed to do was to acquire more knowledge. Continuing his research in particle mathematics, the knowledge he needed was no longer solely found in books, he must engage in more academic exchanges, understanding the cognition and research of other top mathematicians and physicists, which may enlighten his thinking.
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Weekend.
Shuimu University hosted the "Chen Jingrun Lecture Series", and Zhao Yi arrived as promised at the Department of Mathematics at Shuimu University.
The Department of Mathematics at Shuimu University showed full sincerity to Zhao Yi. He was not only there to give lectures, but he also received an ’Honorary Doctorate’ and the title of ’Honorary Professor’.
Zhao Yi didn’t care about doctorates or professorships, but it was nice to be awarded a title.
In his previous life, getting into Shuimu University was just a dream, now he became a doctor and a professor with just one visit, he felt pretty good about it, so he prepared for the lecture.
Qiu Chengwen said the content was ’Complex Sieve Method problems’, so Zhao Yi prepared accordingly.
He was very good at this.
Chen Jingrun used the most basic sieve method to prove Goldbach’s Conjecture of ’1+1=2’, he brought the sieve method to its limit, and the proof of Goldbach’s Conjecture also to its limit.
The initial sieve method was very simple, just listing all the numbers, ’sieving’ multiples of previous numbers, and the remaining were naturally prime numbers, but it became more complex later on, and the key was the expression of the problem.
Zhao Yi’s lecture’s main content was about the expression of the sieve method.
In a conference of more than four hundred people, he patiently explained step by step, "We can see that the initial expression is very simple, but later it has to use some means."
"The first is to add limit..."
Zhao Yi did not need to think during his lecture, just a step by step detailed demonstration, many steps did not need calculation, and could directly get results, and the demonstration on the whiteboard was very clear, giving people a refreshing feeling.
Indeed, for him, this was not a challenge.
What Zhao Yi was best at was the ’accumulative’ mathematical method, the method was very simple, but it seemed difficult when accumulating, but because the basic method was simple, neither "Law of Cause and Effect" or "Connection Law" needed to consume energy, they were almost produced as soon as they passed through the mind, and clearly listing out the process naturally made it seem very clear.
Underneath the stage.
The first two rows were filled with the big names from Shuimu University, with Qiu Chengwen sitting in the middle. Taking advantage of a break, he turned his head and sighed, "If it was me, I couldn’t have done a better job, truly worthy of being Zhao Yi!"
"Yeah, his lecture is superb!"
"It’s unimaginable, he’s only just past twenty, probably the youngest person here, even younger than the students."
Second row.
Yan Zhixing, the only Chinese recipient of the Turing Award and the founder of ’Shuimu Yan Class’, looked at Zhao Yi on stage and felt quite emotional. He remembered that three years ago, the admissions office of Shuimu University had asked him if he wanted Zhao Yi to join his ’Yan Class’. Considering Zhao Yi was ’too much of a genius’, and feeling he might not be able to handle it, he did not express an opinion. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
Later, when he learned that Zhao Yi had proved the Collatz Conjecture, he somewhat fearfully thought, "I’m lucky he didn’t join my class!"
He had some regrets at the time.
Anyone engaged in education hopes for an extraordinary student. Geniuses are indeed hard to manage, but missing out on them also brings regret.
Now, Yan Zhixing didn’t feel regretful at all, he only felt extremely fortunate, otherwise how would he deal with the current situation?
The student on stage and the teacher off stage?
"I really wonder what it feels like to be one of the teachers at Yanhua University, who taught Zhao Yi..." Yan Zhixing found himself admiring the teachers at Yanhua University, they dared to teach Zhao Yi.
How could they do such a thing?
Now that Zhao Yi was standing on stage, speaking better than him. If it got out that he was Zhao Yi’s teacher, people would probably watch him with confused eyes, then ask, "What did you teach Zhao Yi?"
"Really can’t even think of it!"
With the sighs of many people, Zhao Yi effortlessly completed the lecture, and received thunderous applause at the end.
Everyone thought Zhao Yi did very well.
Even the students who couldn’t keep up with his thought process felt they had learned a lot, and couldn’t help but applaud Zhao Yi.
Under the warm applause, Zhao Yi stepped off the stage and was arranged to rest in the back. Later, people from Shuimu University arrived and exchanged pleasantries. He then went to the Mathematics Science Center with Qiu Chengwen.
The Mathematics Science Center at Shuimu University was well established, with continuous development in research and teaching. Qiu Chengwen had a large office where several mathematics professors gathered.
Zhao Yi started asking questions on the way there. He was hoping to learn about cosmology and the content of Einstein’s equations.
Einstein’s field equations, which are used to describe ’gravity is caused by the curvature of space-time resulting from matter and energy’, is directly related to the boundary theory of particles and the incorporation of gravitational elements in Zhao Yi’s research.
Zhao Yi hoped to find some inspiration.
