The road to technology

Chapter 406 Another Unsolved Mystery

Due to the signal transmission delay, it took about half an hour for Purple Planet to see this live broadcast and dialogue.

At this time, the top scientists of the three powerful countries gathered together, and they had been waiting for this moment for ten years.

But no one expected this to be the case. In fact, they had imagined what this cuboid was ten years ago, because at that time a detector had already photographed it.

At that time, some thought it was a weapon of alien civilization, some thought it was something left by aliens to test them, and some thought it was a knowledge object containing alien civilization, some strange people I thought it was just a simple metal cuboid.

Now they understand that this is indeed a metal cuboid, but it is not an ordinary cuboid.

"Process an object with the most advanced processing technology of our Great North Country. After magnifying it ten thousand times, you can clearly see the texture in it. It is hard to imagine what kind of process this is. The surface is absolutely smooth!"

A Northland scientist said that he is obviously a person who even owns advanced technology in his country.

"Is there really something absolutely smooth?" the scientist next to him muttered in confusion.

"That's right, this cuboid!"

He muttered to himself, but someone answered, "According to the latest information, the edge formed by the angle between the two sides of the cuboid is extremely sharp, and its cross-section still has no bulge at all."

This is obvious. No matter how many purposes the general knives are sharpened, their sharp edges are still as serrated under a magnifying glass.

At this time, the door of the room where the scientists and researchers were located was pushed open, and a sulfur-based life with a tag on its head walked in. Just after entering, he asked, "Can we transport it here?"

The label above his head is a sign of rights and positions, and he is one of the main leaders of this project.

The other two persons in charge are female sulfur-based life, they are from two other countries, and they also walked into the room together at this time.

A scientific researcher immediately replied: "It is theoretically possible, although the surface of the cuboid is smooth, we can pack it in a container, but the actual operation is extremely difficult.

According to the latest data, the mass of this cuboid is about eight tons. We have the ability to launch an object of eight tons from this planet into space, but we do not have the ability to send such a heavy object back here from another planet!The reason is of course needless to say. "

The person in charge nodded. He actually understood that in order to transport it back, there must be a rocket construction base in Zhongxing, but how is this possible.

So he talked about another related matter: "According to the latest agreement reached by the three countries, we will establish an Alien Defense Council. The rotating chairman will be changed every three years. The council will be under the agreement drawn up by the three countries. Use the greatest power to facilitate the construction of a base in Zhongxing."

They have already decided on the location of the base, and it will be built in that cuboid.

Since it cannot be transported back, then go there to do long-term research.

However, it is not so easy to build a base on an alien planet. According to the current technology of the sulfur-based civilization, it will take at least 50 years.

And at this time, they got the latest news about the cuboid.

The three astronauts first measured the cuboid with an ordinary ruler, and the short side was 3, the long side was 4, and the length of the diagonal was 5.

"It's an error. Didn't they change to a more accurate measuring tool?"

A scientist looking at the screen said that because of the communication delay, the instructions here need to wait for about half an hour before the three astronauts can receive them.

The same is true of what they saw here, so he can only be anxious.

"The three astronauts are all elites of civilization and have received professional training. These measurement and detection items have already been trained, just wait and see!"

This was said by the person in charge. As soon as he finished speaking, the astronauts in the screen switched the measurement tools. However, as the astronauts' measurement tools became more and more sophisticated, the room full of scientists became quieter and quieter.

"This is incredible! Is this alien technology? It's a miracle!" A voice broke the silence.

Then others were also amazed.

The equipment brought by the astronauts is already the most advanced and accurate equipment of the sulfur-based civilization, and the measuring equipment is also the highest precision of the sulfur-based civilization, but no matter how they measure, no matter how many times they repeat, the accurate value obtained is still the short side 3, long side 4, diagonal 5, without any error.

"There is no error! There is no error! Could it be a problem with our measuring tools? How could there be no error! Errors must exist!"

"Old tooth, accept the reality, some things are inevitable for us, but for god-like aliens, it may not be inevitable."

"Hehe. Yes." The sulfur-based life scientist known as the old tooth sighed, and he continued after slowly exhaling a mouthful of hydrogen sulfide gas: "Absolutely smooth, without error! It's a miracle!"

Now, all the sulfur-based civilization scientists present understand that this alien civilization is arrogantly showing its strength in this way.

Those present are all the scientific elites of the sulfur-based civilization, and they understand what this power means to the entire sulfur-based civilization.

Like a god!

No wonder the detectors of the United Islands did not respond no matter how much they tried to communicate ten years ago.

Now they understand that it's not that the other party doesn't respond, but that the sulfur-based civilization is not qualified for the other party to respond.

At this time, a loud roar suddenly appeared in the huge room: "This is impossible!"

Because the yelling was too loud, most people in the room stopped whispering and turned their attention to the yeller, what made him so excited.

You must know that everyone here is a group of very high scientific literacy, even if you know that this is an alien civilization that looks like a god, you don't have to shout so loudly!

Oh, it turned out to be a mathematician!
At this time, everyone recognized the identity of the person who exclaimed. This is a very famous mathematician named Genli.

At this time, Genli continued to murmur: "How could the hypotenuse be 5? It's impossible! The aliens are wrong!"

He felt that the mathematics building collapsed at once, he said so, but there seemed to be another self whispering to him in his heart, the alien civilization is right, it is 5.

And when he said that, the others realized it too.

Yes, how could it be 5.

The short side of a right triangle is 3, and the long side is 4, so the exact value of the hypotenuse should be 5.048517015727 and continue in an infinite loop. How could it be exactly equal to 5.

"Quick, get the most accurate caliper!" Genli shouted at this time,
"No, don't take it, follow me!" The person in charge obviously realized the seriousness of the problem.

After he finished speaking, he took Genli, including some scientists, to another room, and said: "This is the base, and it is also one of the most advanced laboratories in the entire civilization. There are all measuring tools, you can use them as you like!"

Needless to say, a group of sulfur-based civilized scientists and mathematicians have already started their hands. They used the most stupid method to set up two vertical laser emitters, and then marked two vertical laser emitters on the mutually perpendicular lines formed by the intersection of laser marks. point, the two points are 3 meters and 4 meters away from the two right-angled crossing lasers, and then measure the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle formed by them.

They didn't just do one set of experiments.

But no matter how many groups they do, the hypotenuse they measure is equal to the theoretical value, which is 5.0485, that is, it is not equal to 5.

This result confuses Genli, including all scientists. Is it different from the measurement on this planet and Zhongxing?
With this doubt in mind, they asked the astronauts to make it on the spot or go back to the landing cabin to draw right-angled triangles and squares in a stupid way, and then measure the hypotenuse or diagonal.

However, after months of hard work, no matter how they draw or measure.If you measure the hypotenuse of your own triangle or the diagonal of a square, the result is slightly greater than 5, but as long as you measure the diagonal of the alien’s cube, it is exactly equal to 5.

What exactly is going on?

It is clearly written in the textbook that the approximate value is 5, but why is the exact value of the object of this alien civilization 5?

At this moment, the mathematicians of the sulfur-based civilization are all crazy, and science cannot explain this phenomenon.

Who is wrong? !
Suddenly, the entire sulfur-based civilization was involved in thinking about the Pythagorean Theorem.

Of course, most of them are used for bragging after dinner. Most of them think that this is deliberately hyped up by scientists in order to get more funding.

Some people promote this topic as an unsolved mystery. For example, the addition of one of the top ten unsolved mysteries of the purple planet is made by these people.

(End of this chapter)