As it turned out, supercomputers weren't omnipotent. When the calculations were complicated to a certain extent, even a supercomputer would have a "headache".
Even though all of the laws of motion involved in microfluidic elements were within the framework of classical mechanics, when the number of microfluidic elements reached a certain scale, it would no longer be classical. Instead, it would enter the realm of chaos.
Just like Professor Green said, this wasn't what traditional supercomputers were good at. Controllable nuclear fusion required quantum computers, or rather, sophisticated quantum computer technology was needed to accurately simulate all fluids.
Fortunately, with the cooperation of the Fields Medal winner, Lu Zhou, the research team led by Professor Green finally completed the numerical simulation of the model after many days of hard work.
The moment the entire calculation was completed, the supercomputer control room cheered. People high-fived each other and celebrated this hard-won victory.
Just half a minute ago, they used John Norman to conquer a chaotic system that was considered by plasma physicists. Whether it was from the perspective of large-scale parallel computing or from the perspective of physics, this was undoubtedly a great achievement.
Only they knew in their hearts how difficult it was for them to achieve this.
Of course, the greatest achievement was the person who used mathematical methods to "describe" this chaotic system …
Lu Zhou stood next to Professor Green and asked in an uncertain tone, "Did it work?"
"It looks like it, but I don't know if this is the result you were looking for." Professor Green handed the USB to Lu Zhou and said, "To be honest, I didn't have any hope of success at first."
"Thank you."
Lu Zhou looked at the USB in his hand and smiled.
"You're welcome." Green patted Lu Zhou's arm and said, "Remember to add the name of the John Norman Supercomputer Center in the column. We haven't produced such a big result in a long time."
Lu Zhou put away the USB and smiled. He then said, "Of course."
…
After receiving the experimental data, Lu Zhou began to write the thesis.
Actually, as early as half a month ago, before John Norman even started his calculations, he had already started writing the main part of the thesis. Now, he was just adding the data from the supercomputer and the images based on the data into the thesis.
Lu Zhou stretched his back and leaned back in his chair. He looked at the thesis on his computer screen and felt a sense of accomplishment.
However, at this moment, he suddenly frowned.
Besides feeling delighted, a trace of worry couldn't help but arise in his heart.
He felt that if he were to delve deeper into the research, wouldn't it be a little … dangerous?
There is no doubt that nuclear fusion is a terrifying technology.
Especially when everything became 'controllable'.
Lu Zhou stared at the screen for a while and thought for a moment.
"Is it about time to consider our retreat?"
However, this technology was still far away from being able to be realized. It was so far away that the various countries were kicking each other's balls in terms of research funding. ITER had been exceeding its budget year after year while complaining to the governments of the various countries that it was poor …
But what if it could be realized one day?
What if, with the cooperation of researchers from all over the world, all of the prerequisites for controllable nuclear fusion were met, and ITER successfully fulfilled its original promise and presented a commercial reactor to the governments of the various countries that wouldn't "lose money" …
He didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Suddenly, Lu Zhou felt like he was holding a key in his hand.
It could lead to a beautiful future, or it could open Pandora's box and completely shatter the idyllic ideal in people's minds …
He frowned and closed his laptop. He then stood up from his chair.
Vera noticed Lu Zhou's strange expression and tilted her head.
"What's wrong, professor?"
"Nothing." Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I'm going out for a walk."
It was almost dusk outside of the research institute.
Lu Zhou jogged around Lake Carnegie twice and felt a lot better.
As a scholar, he didn't have to think about the impact of technology.
When civilization was advancing, no matter how tortuous the process was, history would eventually move in the right direction, and the future would always be beautiful.
Regardless of what was in the box.
He would open it.
Because this was his mission as a scholar.
When Lu Zhou returned home, he went straight upstairs and went into his study room. He then turned on his computer.
He looked at the thesis on his computer and tapped his finger on the table. He fell into deep thought.
Where should I send it?
[Nature]?
[Science]?
These two journals didn't seem to be suitable for theses that were too academic and had too much data. After all, this thesis was about the application of the L Manifold and various complex differential geometry methods. This greatly increased the reading threshold.
Lu Zhou looked at the thesis for a second and his eyes suddenly lit up. He thought of a suitable journal.
PRX！
You're the one!
…
PRL and PRX were both journals under the American Physical Society (APS). The former had a "3-page, 4-diagram, 100-word abstract" space limit (after all, PRL's full name was "Physical Review Letters"), while the latter had no space limit. There was no hard and fast rule on how many theses could be published in a single issue.
The only thing that wasn't nice was that the basic layout fee for a thesis was 1500 USD, and it was calculated based on the number of pages. For most theoretical physicists, this was a "huge amount of money".
However, for famous scholars, this amount of money was negligible.
Because of this, when PRX was launched in 2011, there were only 38 theses published in the first year, and all of them were long theses.
In 2013, the editor-in-chief of PLX stated at the March meeting of the American Physical Society that they would strictly control the number of theses published. They would only publish 6-8 theses per month. They also required that each thesis had to be able to solve a certain type of problem. This completely eliminated the possibility of being a fake journal.
After all, there were too many places for in-progress results to be exaggerated …
It could be said that the theses that could be published in PRX were all fine works that had gone through layers of screening.
Even though PRX wasn't as famous as PRL in China, in fact, PRX had gradually surpassed PRL in terms of influence in the international academic community …
After the thesis was submitted, it passed through layers of screening and was finally sent to the PRX academic editor's office.
As usual, the PRX editor, Frank, opened his work email and saw the thesis.
"Plasma turbulence?" Frank raised his eyebrows and read the abstract of the thesis. He then continued to read the main body of the thesis.
However, soon after, he frowned.
It wasn't because the thesis wasn't well written, it was because he couldn't understand the mathematical formulas at all …
Frank confirmed the author and research institute of the thesis. He couldn't help but smirk and speak in a joking tone.
"The author is a mathematics professor from Princeton … Interesting, do you think he sent the wrong thesis to a mathematics journal?"
Generally speaking, other than the editor-in-chief of a nutty journal, most journal editors didn't have the ability to review manuscripts. They usually only had scientific research experience in the relevant field, and some only had average academic literacy.
Therefore, it was normal that they couldn't understand the thesis.
Lanson was standing next to Frank with a cup of coffee in his hand. He took a sip of his coffee and looked at the author's name on the screen. He suddenly had a surprised look on his face.
"Lu Zhou? I know this person, he's the winner of this year's Fields Prize. "
Frank looked at his colleague and said, "You still pay attention to the mathematics world?"
Lanson smiled and said, "Why wouldn't I? Mathematics and physics have never been separated. Not to mention, he solved the Navier – Stokes equation problem at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians. "
Frank had heard about the Navier – Stokes equation. He even saw the New York Times report. Apparently, the lucky guy even rejected the million-dollar prize … Regardless, a well-known scholar's thesis had to be treated with caution.
Frank looked back at the thesis and thought for a long time. In the end, he decided to let the reviewer decide whether or not the thesis was good enough.
"Who do you think should be the reviewer?"
Ransom said as he stroked the stubble on his chin.
"An expert in the field of plasma physics. Let me think … I got it! Professor Keriber from Germany should be a good choice. I remember he's the head of the Wendelstein 7-X laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. "
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