From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 4 The Kratz Conjecture with a Million Bounty
"Ding, today's task is to read in the library for more than 12 hours. Task reward: 100 science points."

As soon as he got up in the morning, Lin Mo took in today's daily routine. Apart from being a little nervous, this task didn't seem to be difficult.

only……

Lin Mo rubbed his sleepy eyes and got up from the bed.

He really didn't sleep well last night. It wasn't that he took the bed, but that the cold and damp basement woke him up several times in one night. He didn't know how his predecessor lived in such an environment for more than two years.

This made Lin Mo determined to make money and move as soon as possible.

After a simple wash, Lin Mo went straight to the library. Today's daily routine would take 12 hours, so what if he didn't hurry up?

Because today's task only required him to read in the library for more than twelve hours, and there was no restriction on what books he could read, Lin Mo went directly to the mathematics journal section, picked up a few foreign mathematics journals, and walked to where he sat yesterday The old location, flip through it.

He plans to look for opportunities in journals to see if there are any ways to make money, such as submitting papers and earning manuscript fees. This is one of the few ways he thinks he can make money through his major.

The reason why I look for foreign language journals is because, given the poor nature of domestic journals, if you publish a paper without paying for it, you can already burn a lot of money. How about the publication fee?Go dreaming.

After just flipping through two pages, Lin Mo was a little dumbfounded.

With my CET-[-] proficiency, I can’t understand this journal?

Lin Mo thought for a moment and directly spent the 100 science points he earned yesterday on linguistics.

A large amount of knowledge poured into Lin Mo's mind. Lin Mo closed his eyes and worked hard to digest and absorb the knowledge in his mind. The knowledge seemed to have already existed in Lin Mo's mind, but Lin Mo opened the seal and unlocked it.

Half an hour later, Lin Mo opened his eyes and felt that his language skills had improved a lot.

Linguistics (Entry Level) – English: Entry Level (70/1000)

Huh?Why is there an extra branch?

secondary discipline?

Then my mathematics is also an entry-level subject, why is there no second-level subject?
Lin Mo took another look at his panel.

Mathematics: Entry Level (15/1000)

The subject value is 5 points more than yesterday. It should be increased by studying "Tutorial on Ordinary Differential Equations" yesterday.

Therefore, in addition to relying on krypton science points, studying by oneself can also improve the subject value. Lin Mo felt a little more enlightened.

Lin Mo looked at the journal in his hand again. This time, the words and obscure grammar that he thought were a bit unfamiliar before became much easier to understand. Although he was still a little stumbling in reading, at least he could understand it. Although The professional vocabulary related to papers in journals may be more difficult, but there is no problem with advertisements, calls for papers, etc.

Lin Mo was keenly aware that the moment he started reading, 12:00:00 in today's task interface jumped to 11:59:59, and the countdown began.

This saves trouble. He doesn't have to calculate the time himself to judge whether his behavior will be judged as reading by the system.

Lin Mo stopped paying attention to anything else and concentrated on reading the journal.

Huh?
Lin Mo's eyes stopped on an advertisement.

It's not accurate to say it's an advertisement, it's actually a reward.

"The Holt Laboratory is now offering a reward of US$100 million to anyone who can prove the entire process of the 'Kratz Conjecture'. No matter who you are, as long as you provide the proof, the US$100 million is yours!"

$100?

If this is proven, will we not have to worry about changing residence and living expenses?Lin Mo suddenly became interested.

Lin Mo got up and went to the bookshelf to find a book about Kratz's conjecture.

Kratz Conjecture: Take any positive integer, if it is an even number, divide it by 2.If it's an odd number, multiply it by 3 and add 1, and repeat the process until the result is always 1.

Does this still need proof?Could this be proven within minutes?Don't you just have hands?

This was Lin Mo's first reaction when he saw Kratz's conjecture.

But he immediately realized that if things were really that simple, wouldn't Kratz's conjecture have been proven long ago?How could someone still offer a reward of $100 million?

Lin Mo knew that Kratz's conjecture was by no means as simple as it seemed on the surface.

He patiently flipped through the book introducing Kratz's conjecture.

After a while, Lin Mo closed the book and realized how shallow he had been before.

Kratz's conjecture is known as the simplest unsolved problem in the history of mathematics and has no threshold for understanding. Even elementary school students can understand it.

But such a simple expression is one of the top ten unsolved problems in the history of mathematics.

It is precisely because of this that many people have stepped forward to solve this problem.

Many senior mathematicians have warned that the Kratz conjecture is poisonous and can be called a charming "song of the siren". If you go in, you will never get out, and you will never be able to make any other meaningful results.

To put it simply, the Kratz Conjecture is the simplest unsolved mystery in mathematics. Anyone who studies mathematics has heard of it. However, it has been more than 90 years since it was proposed, and it is about to reach a century. It has gone, but in the past hundred years, countless mathematicians have worked hard for it, but no one can prove it!

Hiss, Lin Mo took a breath, this is really deadly poison.

However, if you combine your talent of concentration, is it possible to solve this problem?

Lin Mo resisted his urge to set up a flag. Before he understood the relationship between the time invested in focusing on talent and the success rate, rashly setting up a flag was the same as committing suicide. The living example of his predecessor was there.

Lin Mo took a deep breath and controlled his flying thoughts. He knew that Kratz's guess was not something he could touch at the moment, so he should be more down-to-earth.

Of course, there is no chance now, but it does not mean that there will be no chance in the future. Anyway, a hundred years have passed, no one can prove it, and there is no worry about someone taking the lead.

Just as Lin Mo was about to close the book introducing Kratz's conjecture, he saw a golden bubble floating on the page.

Huh?what is this?
Lin Mo touched the bubbles with his fingers curiously.

"Ding, subject bubble +3."

Subject bubble: 3/100
Subject bubbles?What is this for?
Discipline Bubbles: The host can be randomly obtained through study and research. When the bubbles are full, they can be randomly exchanged or upgraded.

So that’s it, is this a subject bubble?Can a bubble increase 3 points?In other words, if you collect 33 more bubbles, you can fill it up and exchange it for a talent?
This is not bad. Needless to say the benefits of this talent. Just a focus talent can be called a magical skill.

Naturally, the more talents like this, the better!

It seems that these bubbles will pop up from the books I have read. I just don’t know the pattern and frequency of this popping up. I don’t know when new bubbles will pop up next time. Also, why did I read it yesterday? After a day of tutorials on ordinary differential equations, why don’t bubbles appear?
It seems that there are still many issues that need to be explored!

This didn't bother Lin Mo, but instead aroused Lin Mo's interest.

(End of this chapter)