The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Chapter 176: Interview with Time Magazine

效果 The statements made by these heavyweight mathematicians have obvious effects.

The next day, the media reported about Pang Xuelin and the wind direction changed significantly.

The New York Times: "Ponzi's geometric theory has made its debut, and Chinese genius has begun a new era of mathematics. Fermat's conjecture may be just the beginning."

Associated Press: "Pang Xuelin proved himself through the report that Ponzi's geometric theory is highly recognized by the international mathematical community."

The Times: "The prover of Fermat's conjecture, Xue Lin Pang is expected to be the youngest Fields Prize winner in history."

Le Figaro: "A historic day in the history of mathematics, Xue Pang, a young Chinese mathematician, published Ponzi geometry theory at Princeton University and is expected to become Grothendieck in the 21st century."

Uh ...

In the western media, all kinds of praise came.

As for the previous articles of Hei Pang Xuelin, they disappeared and disappeared as if nothing had happened.

"Mr. Pang, Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, etc. have sent you invitations to the conference. In addition, the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington The Post, Times, Times, and other media also hope to have an interview with you. Also, how do you respond to these invitations when you see the Oprah talk show ... "

Geng Huan said aside.

After coming to the United States, Geng Huan almost became a full-time secretary of Pang Xuelin.

Especially the repercussions caused by the report in Western society yesterday, once again set off a wave in the country. The domestic media almost covered the performance of Pang Xuelin's report, almost to the point that Pang Xuelin would become the world's first mathematician.

At the same time, Geng Huan also received domestic instructions to fully assist Pang Xuelin in handling various affairs in the United States.

Pang Xuelin thought about it and said, "If you want to go to school, choose Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and UCLA. The media choose Oprah talk shows, the New York Times, and the Times ..."

The Oprah talk show is a TV media. The New York Times is almost no.1 in the American paper media. As for Time Magazine, it has an unparalleled influence in the magazine industry.

行 "OK, then I will arrange for you as soon as possible ..."

Geng Huan clearly understood Pang Xuelin's idea and nodded.

Geng Huan moved quickly. On the afternoon of the same day, Pang Xuelin stayed at the hotel's cafe on the first floor and met a visiting reporter from Time Magazine.

"Mr. Pang, hello, my name is Catherine Murphy, and I am honored to meet you ..."

Katherine Murphy is a beautiful white woman looking twenty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, giving a sense of intellectual beauty.

"Murphy? Murphy's Law ?!"

Xi Pang Xuelin laughed.

"Murphy's Law?" Katherine Murphy gave a slight smirk, and smiled, "Ms. Pang, is there a law named after me in mathematics?"

Pang Xuelin shook his head and said, "No, Murphy's Law is a concept in management, which means that if things get worse, no matter how small they are, it will always happen. I remember this is your country. An Air Force captain named Edward Murphy. Of course, this law is also expressed in mathematical statistics: assuming that the probability of an accident occurring in an experiment is p ( 0), then n times The probability of at least one occurrence in the experiment is p = 1- (1-p) ^ n. It can be seen that no matter how small the probability p is (ie, a small probability event), as n gets larger and larger, p gets closer and closer. 1."

Katherine Murphy pursed her lips and laughed: "It's interesting, Teacher Pang, do you use mathematical perspectives in your daily life?"

Pang Xuelin said: "No, most of the time I am not different from ordinary people. Only when I study mathematical problems, my way of thinking will change."

Katherine Murphy: "We all know that you are a math genius from a science class. When did you show your math talent? Did any special people affect you in your childhood?"

Pang Xuelin said: "My adoptive father was a math teacher when he was young. He discussed numbers with me when I was a kid. This did help me. But most of the time, I was basically self-taught. I went to junior high school. At that time, I accidentally found a calculus tutorial in the school library. It took me a whole month to understand the book. At that moment, I started to have a greater interest in mathematics. "

Katherine Murphy said with interest: "What do you think of your success in mathematics? What kind of person do you think you are in your life?"

Pang Xuelin said: "I should be a relatively simple person. In my opinion, those who have clear ideas, independent personality and outstanding achievements are the simplest people. Turn mystery into common sense, complexity into simple Mathematics is a wonderfully powerful and indispensable scientific tool. Life is the same. The more you are a simple person, the easier it is to succeed ~ www.readwn.com ~ When Newton was twenty-three years old, he was one six six In the summer of five years, because of a large-scale plague outbreak in the UK, he had to leave Cambridge to live in the countryside and live in the country for a year and a half. It was during this time in the countryside to avoid disasters that he became the most creative Newton. Period. Almost all of his major mathematical and physical thoughts were born during this period. In addition, when Einstein did his great discoveries in his youth, he was only a third-class employee of the Bern Patent Office in Switzerland. And the conditions of the research are not too good ... "

"For me, the period in Lingziding Village Elementary School was the simplest and purest period of time. Studying mathematics was just one of my hobbies, and maybe this is why I was inspired."

Katherine Murphy: "You are well known for two extremely important tasks, one is Fermat's conjecture, and the other is the Ponzi geometry theory you just proposed yesterday. How do you think of these two tasks?"

"Some mathematical problems have no tools to solve. This has nothing to do with whether you are smart, smart or agile. This is the same as climbing a mountain. If it is a 10-meter-high cliff, without suitable tools and equipment, it is difficult to climb. .But with the right tools and equipment, even on very steep cliffs, even if it is only 1 mile high, we have enough ways to climb up. "

"The Fermat conjecture is similar to this situation. The reason why this conjecture has troubled us for so many years is because we have not found a suitable tool. Ponzi geometry is such a tool. It bridges the number theory and algebraic geometry. ... "

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