Two thousand physics problems were more difficult to solve than he had imagined.
Even with Lu Zhou's physics level 10, it would take a lot of time to go through all of these problems and have a general grasp of the problems described.
Of course, compared to Luo Wenxuan, his speed was still relatively fast.
For two days, Lu Zhou stayed in the hotel suite and didn't go out. Even his meals were brought up by the hotel waiter.
However, in these 40 hours or so, he had read the equivalent of 2,000 theses and 2,000 physics problems from beginning to end.
Lu Zhou was quite satisfied with his own efficiency.
It was a bit of a piece of cake.
It was about average.
While Lu Zhou had gone through these two thousand physics problems, most of the top physics researchers in the world had received invitations from the ILHCRC.
Almost everyone made it clear that they would participate in this conference that would focus on the entire physics community. The entire physics community also fell into a heated discussion about this physics conference called "Century of Physics".
The physics stackexchange forum was the most popular forum.
As one of the most well-known platforms for physicists in the world, the PSE forum had attracted many well-known big names in the physics community in recent years, as well as Ivy League physics doctors.
Even several famous Nobel Prize laureates had their own accounts on the forum, and they updated their posts from time to time. As an informal channel for publishing physics opinions, they could discuss the latest physics research results in a more tolerant atmosphere.
However, during this period of time, people's enthusiasm for physics itself was obviously occupied by the upcoming "Century of Physics" academic conference.
Related topics had almost occupied the entire layout of the communication channel.
Especially for the one hundred physics problems that would be announced at the closed-door meeting, these physicists were extremely excited. Everyone hoped that their research direction could stand out at this conference and receive the attention of the entire physics community.
[Which problems do you think are the most promising?]
[This problem is too difficult, there are a total of two thousand problems! To choose the most important one and the most promising problem in the world, this means that you must have an understanding of at least two thousand physics research branches. Even Academician Lu may not have the ability to do this!]
[You don't have to worry about that. I heard that eight major physics research institutions around the world have sent delegations to participate in the voting for the 100 problems at the Century of Physics conference. From peer review to the final vote, there would be at least one round of primaries, two rounds of meetings, and the final vote! It's quite authoritative!]
[Hyperspace theory and void theory will definitely have a place. The recent disappearance of supernova relics and the exploration of outer galaxies are also relatively popular. There are also the quantum states of cold atoms in optical superlattices, the non-Abelian statistics of Majorana fermions, and so on. There are too many fields that may be favored …]
[This is simply a large-scale talent show. The selected topics will become the most popular research topics for the next century, and the lucky ones who engage in these topics will receive the most abundant research resources!]
This was what most physicists were thinking.
Aside from the funds raised by the ILHCRC for these 100 problems, as well as the prizes and honors to be awarded at the conference, major physics research institutions around the world were bound to refer to the conclusions drawn at the "Century of Physics" conference and invest more resources in scientific research directions that were more valuable and worthy of research.
Everyone wanted to be the lucky one who stood out in the direction they chose.
Because this not only meant that their own academic achievements would be recognized by the highest academic temple in physics, but it also meant that the road of scientific research would be smooth sailing from now on!
Interestingly, not only were physicists paying attention to this upcoming event, but mathematicians also joined in the fun and joined in the discussion with great interest.
On the Mathoverflow forum.
Although related topics did not flood the forums, they were still quite popular.
However, compared to the physicists on the PSE forum, physics was not the specialty of these mathematicians. Therefore, most of the topics were focused on gossip that had nothing to do with academia.
[Nutty! The ILHCRC is planning to learn from Hilbert's 23 questions and the Millennium Prize Problems!]
[Which problems do you think Professor Lu will choose as the 100 problems of the Century of Physics?]
[It's hard to say, but if I were him, I would definitely focus the awards on the two directions of void theory and hyperspace theory! This way, for at least a hundred years, the status of the two research directions of void theory and hyperspace theory will be unshakable in the physics community! And because of this, his school of thought will dominate the physics community for the next hundred years.]
[It's a matter of vision. You're thinking too shallow. Besides, even if he had this plan, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. Even without this Century of Physics conference, do you think hyperspace theory can't dominate the physics community for the next hundred years?]
[Ah, who wouldn't want more? People are selfish! Just wait and see.]
Whether it was scholars in the physics community or scholars outside of the physics community, almost no one doubted the impact of Lu Zhou's opinion on this Century of Physics conference.
Although the ILHCRC invited a total of eight major physics research institutions and more than twelve physics research teams to participate in the selection of the 100 physics problems, judging from the performance of previous physics experiments, their opinions may not be worth Lu Zhou's words.
Regardless of whether Lu Zhou realized this or not, his authority in physics had indeed reached a height that no one could match.
Since most people were curious about what choice he would make, the physics stackexchange forum even opened a poll for these two thousand physics problems.
Everyone could choose up to one hundred problems as the most important physics problem in their mind. From this, they could choose the one hundred physics problems that were most anticipated by the academic community.
When Lu Zhou saw the long list of rankings and the top ten propositions on the list, his face was full of surprise.
No matter which of these ten physics problems, they were directly or indirectly related to at least one of the three elements of "hyperspace theory", "void theory", and the z particle.
Although Lu Zhou was very happy that his peers were so optimistic about his research, his own views were a little different from these people.
Although hyperspace theory was not suitable as the focus of this century's research, the broad prospects behind it were still worthy of contemporary physicists' research.
However, void theory …
Even though it was important, Lu Zhou didn't think that research in this direction could produce more outstanding research results in this century.
Compared to the theory of relativity, which had practical significance, it was more like string theory.
When human civilization's understanding of physics went deep into the extra-dimensional world, the problems associated with it would no longer be a problem.
Before that, no matter how much research was done, it would be difficult to make more substantial progress.
"… In any case, this matter is finally settled."
Lu Zhou closed the browser and leaned back in his chair. He stretched comfortably.
Because of the time constraint, he hadn't had a good rest in the past two days. Now, he could finally rest for a while.
Lu Zhou marked the problems he was interested in on his notebook. He closed the notebook and stood up from his chair. He took out his phone and called Luo Wenxuan.
"Call the other delegations and have a meeting at two o 'clock in the afternoon."
When Luo Wenxuan heard this, he was shocked.
"Those two thousand problems … You've read them all?"
"Kind of." Lu Zhou continued, "It's useless for me to think about this kind of thing alone. Let's have a meeting first."
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