The 10,000th Rebirth

At the same time, in a room in Donghai International Apartment, which is less than one kilometer away from No. 1 Pengcheng Bay.

There were more than a dozen staff members in the room, listening to the words coming from the monitoring equipment.

From the moment Chen Luo appeared and entered Su Shilin's room until he revealed the P versus NP solution, more than a dozen people in the entire room fell silent.

"Contact the people from Pengchengwan Property Management immediately to find out who this person is!"

"Yes, King!"

After a man saluted, he immediately left the room in a hurry.

"Xiao Wen, what exactly is this P versus NP problem? I listened to you talking about it for a long time last time, but it was still unclear."

Wang Chunian is about in his early thirties, with bright eyes and looks extraordinary.

After he finished instructing the man, his eyes turned to a young man in his twenties.

Upon hearing this, Xiaowen immediately said respectfully, "Wang Chu, this question was first raised by the Clay Mathematics Institute on Rhode Island in Gotham. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading mathematics.

They are best known for their Millennium Technology Prize, which offers a $1 million prize to anyone who can solve one of the seven most difficult problems in the world, the P versus NP problem being one of them.

In the simplest terms, P versus NP means whether every problem whose solution can be verified on a computer can also be solved quickly with the help of a computer.

It sounds simple, but in fact it is not. It is a difficult mystery that some experts in mathematics, physics and computers have not been able to solve so far.

It has been eight years since then, and almost all experts who have studied this problem have declared failure. This has led to the fact that no mathematician, physicist or computer scientist today believes that P is really equal to NP. "

Wang Chu still had a headache expression on his face, "What you said is too complicated. Unlike you, we are not majoring in computer science. Please explain it in a simple way."

Not only Wang Chu felt this way, but everyone else in the room also looked confused, obviously not understanding what Xiao Wen said.

Xiaowen thought for a while, and then he spoke again, "Let me put it more simply. What P is actually saying about the NP problem is that generating a solution to the problem usually takes more time than verifying a given solution. many.

For example, if someone tells you that 13717421 can be written as the product of two smaller numbers, you may not know whether to believe him or not.

But if he tells you that it breaks down to 3607 times 3803, then you can easily verify that this is true with a calculator.

In this process, the process of verifying the answer is much faster than generating the solution to the problem.

So some mathematicians have wondered whether there is a deterministic algorithm for this kind of problem that can directly calculate or search for the correct answer in polynomial time. This is the famous question of whether P is equal to NP. "

After hearing this, Wang Chu and others still felt a little confused. He sighed helplessly, "You'd better tell us directly what are the benefits of solving this problem."

A look of great longing appeared on Xiaowen's face, and he slowly said, "If P=NP, it will be a world where the time required to think of the answer is equal to the time required to verify the answer.

All passwords will be easily cracked, and many mathematical problems that bother people will be solved.

Most importantly, it disables all modern encryption methods. With the appropriate software, you can hack into any system in the world, and no one can stop you.

As long as that person is proficient in computer science, he will become the most powerful hacker in the world, and no one can stop him.

He can easily hack into the hard drive that stores and records surveillance video, and can modify the time difference on it at will to create evidence of alibi.

He could also easily hack into the banking system and steal their money bit by bit without them noticing. "

Everyone in the room was stunned at this moment, obviously no one expected this.

"This is just an equation, how can it be so powerful?"

Wang Chu looked at Xiao Wen in astonishment, obviously still not able to believe what he said.

Xiao Wen shook his head, "Wang Chu, I am not alarmist, this is really the case.

The so-called encryption is to set some difficult problems so that the computer cannot solve them. If you solve the P versus NP problem, you can quickly screen all the results and crack the password.

In this way, you can enter and exit any server in the world at will. It is a master key and the key to create a master key.

When you have this solution, you only need to write the corresponding code to use it, and the virtual world is under your control.

If that person really proves this problem, it will revolutionize the digital security industry! "

Wang Chu's expression suddenly changed, "Does this mean that he can even invade our system if he wants?"

Xiao Wen nodded solemnly, "Yes, not only our system, but the system of any country's security department in the world is like his own back door, he can come and go as he pleases!"

"How credible do you think he is in solving this problem?"

Xiaowen looked a little hesitant, "Wang Chu, I still can't believe that anyone can really solve this problem, because many of the world's top experts have studied this problem, but they can't prove that P=NP.

But for this kind of thing, it is better to believe it than not to believe it. "

Director Wang's eyes flashed, and he immediately ordered, "Tell Professor Wu to remember the man's appearance and make sure he really has the solution to the problem!"

"Yes, Director Wang!"

A staff member immediately picked up the equipment on the table and began to convey instructions to the middle-aged man in Su Shilin's apartment.

After a while, the person who had just received the order to leave the room hurried back to the house and quickly reported, "Director Wang, the man is called Chen Luo. He just moved into Mansion No. 7 today. The Zhang family just transferred the villa to him."

"Just a name?"

Director Wang frowned, obviously feeling a little dissatisfied.

The man hurriedly said, "Because he just moved in today, his information has not been registered yet, and the property people dare not take the initiative to ask for it. I have arranged for someone to contact the Zhang family, and I should be able to get his information soon. "

Director Wang nodded, as if he thought this was right.

"In addition, I just received news that people suspected to be from CIA, MI6, FSB and Mossad have appeared in Pengcheng."

Director Wang sneered when he heard this, "The four major intelligence agencies in the world are here. It seems that Su Shilin's list is very tempting.

Humph, since they are here, we must naturally do our best to be a good host and entertain them well. We can't let them go back empty-handed.

Give Leng Hao an order. If those foreign spies appear around Su Shilin, I will kick his head like a ball. "

"Yes!"