From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

That afternoon, Wang Hao did not go to the lecture hall again.

He made a report for more than three hours in a row, and wrote the proof on the whiteboard continuously. His wrist felt a little sore, and he was very tired all over his body.

Later, I had to deal with a large number of scholars who came here. After the excitement of completing the proof passed, I returned to the big bed in the hotel. As soon as I closed my eyes, it was eight o'clock in the evening, and I was still woken up by Zhang Zhiqiang.

The two went to dinner together, then went back to the room and continued to rest.

At this time, the spirit is much better, and Wang Hao also has time to count the harvest.

[Complete the research and development of S-level difficulty, and get 3000 points of teaching currency. 】

A simple reminder is the biggest gain. After completing the research and development of S-level difficulty, you can earn 3,000 points of teaching coins. The number of teaching coins jumped to '4501' points. Just seeing this number, he couldn't help but grin out. smile.

The accumulating speed of teaching coins before was too slow, so slow that if there is no task settlement, you will lose money. If you get 3,000 points all at once, you will feel like you have suddenly become an upstart.

"It's still a difficult task with high returns!" Wang Hao thought with some anticipation, "The research on the distribution of prime numbers is a general direction of number theory. It doesn't have to be just one research and development, and it can continue to be regarded as a long-term task. , slowly accumulate inspiration points, and there will definitely be results!"

He began to look forward to it.

The next morning, Wang Hao regained his energy and continued to go to the venue to attend the report meeting.

There were still a lot of people saying hello on the road, and some people came over to greet him, but he was used to it. He just said a few words to people, and then entered the No. 2 hall.

This time Wang Hao did not sit in the front row, but found a corner position in the third row, a little 'secret' would save a lot of trouble.

He hoped to accumulate some inspiration points by listening to the report, and he didn't need to participate in the review work, and it would be more comfortable to sit in the back.

"Is there anyone here?" A nasally English question came from the side.

Wang Hao turned his head and saw a strangely dressed man with a red scarf on his forehead and long curly hair with a strange smell. He was wearing a denim short jacket with his chest exposed and a red cartoon-patterned vest.

"rock singer?"

Wang Hao complained in his heart, but still nodded and said, "No one."

"Thanks."

The weird man was very polite. After sitting down, he shrunk his shoulders and kept pursing his lips, as if he was a little nervous because he didn't adapt to the environment.

After the report on the stage started, the weird man didn't seem to be listening carefully, but looked at Wang Hao frequently. When Wang Hao turned his head, he immediately put his eyes on the stage, pretending that he didn't care. The way he turned his head.

"Are you okay?" Wang Hao couldn't hold back and asked directly.

The weird man seemed to be taken aback, turned his head to look over again, was silent for a while and finally said, "Are you Wang Hao? The Wang Hao who gave the report at noon yesterday?"

"I am."

"oh."

The weird man seemed to have confirmed the information, then turned his head and continued to look at the stage.

The other party just asked, but did not continue talking, and Wang Hao simply listened to the report seriously.

After a while, the weird man seemed to have thought of something, and said again, "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Patrick Rosh, you can call me Patrick." He also emphasized, "We each other After the introduction, you should be able to call me by my name."

"Hello, Patrick."

"Hello."

Patrick Roche seemed to be interested in talking, and suddenly asked a weird question, "Are you married?"

"……No."

"I think so, I read your profile, you are only twenty-five years old. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"...No?" Wang Hao hugged his chest and squeezed back, looked to the side to see if there was still a vacant seat, and wondered if he should move another seat?

Patrick Roche seemed to be happy when he heard Wang Hao say that he didn't have a girlfriend, and his words obviously increased, "I don't have a girlfriend either. I've always wanted to find a girlfriend, but you should understand, like Few women would like our otaku."

"A while ago, a cousin of mine introduced her colleague Emil to me. She is Hispanic and looks good, but she is very fat. She said she weighs 200 pounds (180 catties+)."

"And then?" Wang Hao was curious about the ending of this story.

"She doesn't want to be my girlfriend."

"puff!"

Patrick Rosh didn't care about Wang Hao's gaffe, "I knew you would react like this, but it's okay, even though she said she wouldn't be with me, she didn't refuse to go to my house, and once let me go to her Home, it's really warm..."

He continued, "I told you this story to comfort you. It doesn't matter if you can't find a girlfriend, there will always be surprises for you."

"Why do you think I'm like you?"

Patrick Roche took it for granted, "You are already twenty-five years old, and you are a mathematician, of course."

"Okay, I won't hit you anymore."

He opened his mouth and changed the subject, "I listened to your report yesterday. I didn't understand the proof of Artin's constant, but I'm not interested. However, your new algorithm is very interesting. Have you ever thought about its application? What's the problem?"

"Rubik's cube? Or for data analysis?"

"That's certainly not the best application." Patrick Rosh said, "You should have heard my name, right? I'm still a bit famous."

"Forehead……"

Wang Hao struggled for a while on "have you heard it or not?", in order not to hit the weird person in front of him, he nodded and said, "I have heard it."

"Of course, many people know me, because I found the fifty-first Mersenne prime number. You have researched prime numbers, and you should have used GIMPS to find Mersenne prime numbers, right?"

Wang Hao suddenly knew who Patrick Roche was. Patrick Roche's name could be seen in many news about Mersenne prime numbers.

Patrick Roche, discoverer of the 51st Mersenne prime.

It's amazing.

A Mersenne prime number refers to a prime number that conforms to the expression '2 to the nth power minus one', where n is a prime number, and the expression can be understood as '2 to the prime number minus one'.

Obviously, the larger the Mersenne prime number, the harder it is to find, and it is very difficult to calculate if the number is too large.

So far, the scientific community has only found 51 Mersenne prime numbers, and the latest 51st Mersenne prime number was found by Patrick Rosh through "GIMPS, a shared network search activity for finding Mersenne prime numbers".

This latest Mersenne prime number is 2 to the 82,589,933 power minus one, and the number of digits of the specific value is as high as 24,862,048.

Patrick Rosh didn't want to show off his achievements, he just mentioned it to show that he knows Mersenne prime numbers and GIMPS mechanism very well, and then said, "I think your algorithm can be used to verify prime numbers. Feeling, I'm not sure either. You are the creator of the algorithm, you must know more about it, maybe you can design a new method of finding prime numbers, simplify the existing calculation procedures."

"I always thought that the program was very inefficient, and it was designed 20 years ago. It hasn't improved in 20 years."

Patrick Rosh said seriously, "If you can simplify the algorithm, you must tell me first, I need to get more familiar with it, so that I can find the next Mersenne prime first."

His tone was very serious.

Wang Hao asked with some doubts, "Why are you so obsessed with finding Mersenne primes?"

"One hundred thousand dollars!" Patrick Rosh replied as a matter of course, "If you can take another one hundred thousand dollars, take out part of it in your hand, and walk on the street, there will definitely be women who will take the initiative to throw themselves into your arms, right? "

"Will you not be robbed?" Wang Hao's eyes were full of confusion.

Patrick Rosh suddenly asked in surprise, "How do you know I have this experience?"

"Ah~~"

...

Wang Hao stayed in the lecture hall for a whole morning. He only gained a little inspiration, but he participated in the whole meeting completely.

At noon, I went back to the hotel to pack my luggage, and then I could wait for the afternoon and leave directly.

The academic conference also has a closing ceremony, but it is not mandatory for the scholars who come to attend. Most of the scholars have left early. They don't want to go through any official procedures. Wang Hao and Zhang Zhiqiang booked the air tickets for the afternoon, so they simply waited in the In the hotel, I went directly to the airport at about the same time. The closing ceremony and the like are really not important.

In fact, the closing ceremony still has some significance. For example, the specific time for the publication of several paper awards will be announced, but Wang Hao is a special guest reviewer, and the "work report" will not participate in the award selection, even if it is replaced by a result report. , unless it is submitted to the conference in advance, the paper is eligible to participate in the award selection.

Of course, that doesn't matter.

Even if he didn't participate in the award selection, he wouldn't judge the "best" or something like that, but everyone knows that his "Effective and Unrelated Carry Algorithm" is the best in the conference, has received the most attention and influence, and will be the future The application coverage is extensive.

"The Boundedness of the Existence of Artin's Constant" is a result of number theory and has no direct application value. However, in the academic field, it will be more valued than "Effective and Carrying Algorithms", and it will be considered a greater achievement.

This time Wang Hao can be said to be full of gains. After getting on the plane, he was thinking about the weird guy Patrick Roche.

He chatted with Patrick for a few words, and he felt something was wrong.

That guy has a weird personality, probably like he said he was an 'otaku', but it's understandable when you think about it carefully. Who would use the GIMPS distributed computing network for a long time to calculate and find Mersenne primes?

When some people are interested, they will also study GIMPS and use the computing power in the system to find them, but the guy who can really find the Mersenne prime number cannot be lucky in a short time, it must have taken a long time And focus on it, because the chance of being lucky is too small, much smaller than winning five million.

This does not sound normal!

Wang Hao thought about Padrik's weirdness, and also thought about the other party's suggestion, but felt that Padrik's idea was very good. Using the effective and irrelevant carry algorithm to verify prime numbers may indeed improve efficiency.

This still needs to be studied carefully, especially when it comes to finding Mersenne prime numbers, many calculations can be simplified.

Otherwise, create a task?

Think and do it!

【Task 2】

【Research Project Name: New Mersenne Prime Number Test Algorithm (Difficulty: A). 】

[Inspiration value: 0. 】

[Complete the A-level difficulty research, and get an additional teaching currency: 1000. 】

[Task settlement, get teaching currency rewards. 】

...

When Wang Hao was on the plane to Xihai City, many people were busy with his math results.

The day before, when he completed the proof in the lecture hall, it did not cause much discussion, because only a few small media released the news, and even the TV media that did the live interview covered up the news and did not release it.

The reason is simple, the certification process has not been verified by an authority.

Of course, the big media would worry about making an 'Oolong'. Wang Hao did a very smooth proof, but only Pete Schulz was able to confirm that the proof was complete.

The result of a mathematical proof must be certified by a sufficiently authoritative organization before it can be considered valid. The big media also waits for the authoritative organization to speak.

The first to speak was the Applied Mathematics Society of Capital University.

They are one of the organizers of the Zhucheng Computer Conference. They organized experts to do research on Wang Hao's proof that day. They also invited a mathematics academician from the Academy of Sciences.

After completing all the research and confirming that the proof process is perfect, the Applied Mathematics Society of Capital University announced, "We are very sure that Wang Hao's proof of the existence and boundedness of Artin's constant is correct."

The next one was the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences. They also quickly obtained all the proofs and released the news that the proofs were confirmed to be complete, only half an hour later than the Institute of Applied Mathematics of Capital University.

The third organization that released the news was a little surprised. It was the internationally renowned Clay Institute of Mathematics. It was probably influenced by Peter Schulz's participation in the conference. They attached great importance to Wang Hao's proof. After getting the proof process, they also Verified right away.

Later, a message was released saying, "The Clay Institute of Mathematics recognizes Wang Hao's proof of the existence and boundedness of Artin's constant."

There is also a short comment in the message, "This is a pioneering research. The progress in the field of prime number distribution may represent the significance of studying the distribution of prime numbers, which may be higher than the research on prime numbers of the characteristic category."

The distribution of prime numbers and the characteristic category of prime numbers are two different contents.

The most representative of the former is the Riemann conjecture, while the latter includes the twin prime conjecture, Zhou's conjecture and so on.

Two domestic institutions and one foreign institution have released news confirming Wang Hao's proof.

For a while, the media released relevant reports one after another.

Other media noticed the news and began to rack their brains to write reports.

This job is very difficult for ordinary journalists.

Artin's conjecture is far less difficult to understand than Riemann's conjecture, but it is not as easy to understand as Goldbach's conjecture, Kadoya conjecture, and Fermat's conjecture. It mainly involves a concept of "primary root".

If you want to understand the concept of original roots, it is not a big deal for people from the professional mathematics department, but for most journalists from the journalism department, you can only scratch your head.

However, if they can't write it, they have to write it hard, because they know that this news will definitely be very popular.

In the past few decades, the achievements in the field of analytical number theory belonged to foreign countries, even if the research was done by Chinese people, they were all "Chinese mathematicians", not "domestic mathematicians".

Wang Hao is an out-and-out domestic mathematician. He was born in Donggang University and worked in Xihai University. He doesn't even have a history of studying abroad, and he is only 25 years old.

At the age of twenty-five, he was able to complete important achievements in the field of analytic number theory with world influence, and he can undoubtedly be classified as a "super mathematical genius".

Many people seem to have seen a mathematical genius rising. He will definitely be qualified to challenge Fields in the future, and he may be able to win the pinnacle of mathematics in a few years.

This is enough to make the domestic media boil!