The uproar over the Grand Unified Theory of algebra and geometry had yet to completely subside. The completion ceremony for the Lunar Hadron Collider was about to begin.
Before the first wave had subsided, another wave rose one after another, washing people's eyes and shocking people's brains, causing people to be overwhelmed.
Outside of the academic circle, whether it was the Grand Unified Theory or the collider, nothing could compare to a press conference about the Phantom system or even a blog post by a beta tester.
However, if one was in the academic circle, they could clearly feel that they were being pushed forward by an irresistible force.
It was as if the things they were discussing yesterday were no longer a problem today, and they had to face and adapt to new topics.
Countless PhD students were delayed. Some were forced, and some applied. After all, after the completion of the Grand Unified Theory, especially in the area of algebraic geometry, there were too many things that had to be re-learned.
Many people even suffered from anxiety and had to rely on medication to relieve fatigue and fragile nerves.
At the same time, as the birthplace of the Grand Unified Theory and the first university to offer this course, the opportunity to visit Jin Ling University was hard to come by.
In the beginning, one could just apply, but in the end, there was a long line of applicants. Even those who had already applied had to "pay extra". It only took less than half a month.
The situation was roughly the same in the physics field.
The completion of the Lunar Hadron Collider might not have a big impact on the physics department of Jin Ling University, but it had a huge impact on the ILHCRC.
Just a year ago, or even half a year ago, it was quite difficult to get an opportunity to go to CERN for an exchange or even volunteer work.
But now, this scene seemed to be replicated at the pearl in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Every day, the ILHCRC received tens of thousands of applications from all over the world. Some of them wanted to apply for positions, visit, give lectures, etc. Some of them wanted to use the powerful function of the Lunar Hadron Collider to verify some of their ideas about the quantum world.
Even Luo Wenxuan, who had seen a lot of the world with Professor Witten, was surprised when he received these applications.
If it weren't for his work, he wouldn't have known that there were so many people studying physics in the world.
Does this subject really need so many people?
He had never doubted this before, but now he began to doubt it.
The conference was scheduled to be held on December 18th.
Although it was only a week away from the Western New Year, Christmas, and a little carelessness could cause them to miss their family reunion, no one had the slightest complaint.
It wasn't easy to obtain the qualification to participate in this grand event.
As early as two months ago, when the ILHCRC first applied to the Shanghai International Convention and Exhibition Center for the right to use the venue, this top-level event that was destined to completely change the future of the particle physics community attracted the attention of the world.
In addition to the scholars who were invited, most of the people who applied to participate in this society had been lining up since then …
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Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
In a plainly decorated office, Professor Deligné was sitting in front of his desk. He stared at a piece of draft paper with half a line of calculations written on it. He frowned and thought hard.
It had been almost a week since the end of the report.
He had been thinking about the problem on the paper for the past few days, but he still didn't have any clues.
I guess I have to give up.
Professor Deligné sighed in his heart and shook his head.
Although his knowledge had not declined along with his eyesight to the level of an ordinary person, he could clearly feel that in terms of accepting new things, Beijing was gradually beginning to feel powerless.
He was about to put this problem aside and make himself a cup of coffee when he suddenly heard a knock on the office door.
Professor Deligné put down the pen in his hand and sighed. He took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, raised his head, and spoke in a clear voice.
"The door isn't locked, please come in."
The door was pushed open, and a tall and thin old man with sparse hair walked in with an easy-going smile on his face.
"My old friend, I heard you're back from China?"
"I came back a few days ago." Seeing that it was Witten, Professor Deligné thought that Witten probably didn't have anything important to discuss with him. He put on his glasses again and picked up the draft paper with only half a line of calculations written on it.
Witten noticed his movements and asked with an expression of interest on his face.
He asked, "What are you researching?"
Deligné: "That paper on the unified theory of algebra and geometry … The one that caused a sensation in the academic community. I recommend you read it. Even though I don't know if you're still researching mathematics, I'm sure it will definitely help your research."
Witten: "Didn't you just come back from China? You still don't understand it? "
"The value of this paper isn't just about understanding it."
Professor Deligne smiled faintly. With a hint of approval in his eyes, he sighed and said, "This forty-page paper not only demonstrated the unified theory of algebraic geometry, but also proposed a series of related generalizations. Most of these propositions are unproven, which are the so-called conjectures … I didn't expect him to not only solve the problems that have puzzled us for thousands of years, but he also pointed out the path for the next hundred or even a thousand years."
Witten asked with interest, "So you're researching Lu's conjecture?"
"I just thought these problems were interesting, so I took them out and read through them." Professor Deligné didn't seem to want to admit that he was stumped by these questions. He frowned and looked at Witten as he asked, "Why are you asking this?"
Witten smiled and said, "Nothing, I just came to see my old friend before the trip, and … I wanted to remind him about the bet."
Professor Deligné's mouth twitched when he saw the smile on Witten's face. He opened the drawer and took out a notebook with a hard cover.
"Here you go."
Witten was ecstatic as he took the research notes on Goldbach's conjecture. He began to read through it with interest.
Even though he hadn't studied the ancient, esoteric, and pure art of number theory, he knew the value of this notebook better than anyone else.
"It's so clean … It's not a fake, right?"
Professor Deligne said with a straight face, "Next time you go to China, you can go to Jinling and ask him this question."
"Haha, I'm just kidding." Witten smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I'm going to China soon."
Deligné: "Is the collider finished?"
Witten nodded and smiled.
"Yes."
"I can't believe it." Deligné said, "They actually built the collider on the Moon."
Witten smiled and said, "The magic of technology is so fascinating … If only I was born a few decades later. Maybe in another 50 years, the problems we are worried about now would no longer be problems."
Professor Deligné smiled and said, "The magic of technology is so fascinating … If only I was born a few decades later. Maybe in another 50 years, the problems we are worried about now would no longer be problems."
Professor Deligné spoke nonchalantly.
"Don't worry, as long as you choose this line of work, there will inevitably be new problems waiting for you."
Professor Witten paused for a second and spoke with a smile.
"That's true."
Mathematics was ushering in a drastic change.
As the old problems were solved, there would inevitably be more new problems.
This was the same for physics.
Ever since the Yang-Mills equations problem was solved and the "electrostrong interaction theory" was born, he had foreseen this day.
As long as that person didn't stop.
This day was bound to come sooner or later.
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