Chapter 212: This project is not going very smoothly
But in fact, Xu You had completed the answers in less than an hour.
Of course, this is the effect achieved under deep learning conditions.
Converted into normal time, it would take at least two or three hours.
After all, they are college entrance examination questions. No matter how difficult they are, most of them are still easier to answer than university questions.
But Xu You felt that it would not be good if his cheating would hurt Lou Song's self-esteem.
Therefore, Xu You waited for Lou Song to finish answering before putting down his pen.
Next, the two of them started exchanging comments.
Although the four sets of papers had a large number of questions, both of them were able to mark them relatively quickly.
As expected, both of them got full marks on four sets of college entrance examination papers.
However, the two still found some flaws in some of the questions.
"The first paper of the new college entrance examination is still quite difficult, and it feels like the first test of the math competition. It is still difficult for most students to finish this paper within two hours."
"Yes, the conic section also tests the deformation of Lagrange's mean value theorem. If you don't know this secondary conclusion, it's really not easy to solve this problem in a short time."
"It seems that the average score of this class may be relatively low. Maybe some students' mentality collapsed during the exam."
"That's right. Each question is fine if it's taken out individually, but if it's put together in a set of papers, the amount of calculations is a bit too much."
After finishing the college entrance examination questions, both of them looked as if they were still unsatisfied.
This is like an appetizer before a meal, it is impossible to fill your stomach.
"Lou Song, now we can have a good talk about the topic of the Riemann hypothesis."
"Hmm, your old classmate doesn't seem to like math that much."
Recalling Lu Zhiyao's appearance at the dinner table, Lou Song felt a little disappointed.
He was a better student than Xu You in high school, so how could he not like math?
"Haha, she wants to be a philosopher. Math is not her strong point."
Next, Lou Song carefully told Xu You about some of his experiences over the past year and several future goals.
"So far, six of the seven most difficult problems in mathematics have not been solved. There is a prize of one million yuan for solving each problem. I hope we can solve them all in our lifetime. Let's each work on three problems." Lou Song said with a smile.
"That's really arrogant of you. But I like it very much."
Xu You and Lou Song are both still young. It would be too boring if they were as steady and cautious as those old scholars in everything.
Young people should have some passion and courage.
"Well, I think it's possible. During my one year in the United States, I did meet a lot of great mathematicians, but they may not be better than you and me. If we can't do it alone, we can solve it together and split the prize money and honor equally."
Lou Song would also be very happy if he could solve these problems with Xu You.
"Okay, then your name will be first."
"The order of names should be determined by contribution. If that doesn't work, just flip a coin to decide."
At this moment, the two of them became unusually proud.
The conjecture has not been solved yet, but the problem of name sorting has been taken into consideration.
"I have an idea that perhaps the Riemann hypothesis is not necessarily true. If we can disprove it, it will also be a success."
"Your idea... is really interesting." Xu You complained.
When searching for Planet X at the time, Lou Song also proposed the theory that Planet X did not exist at all.
However, this is indeed a possibility.
However, if the Riemann hypothesis is not true, then more than 1,000 mathematical propositions that are based on it will no longer be true.
"In fact, even if the Riemann hypothesis is really not true, the impact is not that serious. Maybe we can discover other more wonderful theorems because of it. Of course, it is also very difficult to find a counterexample to disprove the Riemann hypothesis."
The hundreds of millions of zero points calculated so far all conform to the Riemann hypothesis.
After Lou Song's detailed explanation, Xu You roughly understood some of the main difficult problems in the process of proving the Riemann hypothesis.
"Regarding the zeta function, the current conclusions are concentrated at the functional-equation level. But the Riemann hypothesis is a conclusion at a higher level. How to use the Euler product correctly is a key issue."
Although both of them were very excited at the moment, this thing definitely could not be proven in one night.
Even if you can complete the proof in a few years, it is something you can be proud of for a lifetime.
The two chatted all night long until they were too sleepy late at night and gradually fell asleep.
…
In the days that followed, Xu You continued to live a very fulfilling life.
Solving these unknown mathematical conjectures is not Xu You’s main task, nor is it a subject that can easily produce results.
However, through the process of studying these unknown conjectures, Xu You's mathematical level can also be improved to a certain extent.
Xu You believes that mathematics will be of great help to other fields.
A few more weeks passed, and Xing Shuping reorganized the project members for a meeting.
After everyone arrived, Xing Shuping walked in.
Looking at Xing Shuping, his expression seemed a little heavy.
Xu You listened to Xing Shuping's speech and realized that the project had not been going smoothly during this period.
"Since we discovered the superconductor with a critical temperature of 202.26K, our work has continued, including the search for high-temperature superconductors, the improvement of material preparation technology, and the material molding work."
"Unfortunately, we have not found any superconductors with higher critical temperatures since then, and progress in material preparation has also been slow."
After a pause, Xing Shuping continued:
"The most important thing is that there has been no progress in the molding technology of this material. If it cannot be molded and processed, its application value will be very small."
This makes the material difficult to use in the most important part of electrical current transmission.
It can only exist as a test material in the laboratory.
"Everyone, tell us what you think about the next plan."
Although the discovery of 202K superconducting materials is exciting enough.
But if it cannot be applied, this is not the original intention of establishing the project.
Simply breaking records is really meaningless.
"I think we can continue the research on other high-temperature superconducting materials. If 202K doesn't work, we can also study 180K, 170K, and 160K materials. Among these materials, there are always those that are easy to prepare and easy to shape and process."
