Point out the non-existence of the fifth dimension!

Princeton University, a three-story, semi-public building.

Edward Witten was sitting in his office, frowning slightly as he looked at the computer screen. On it was a message from a scholar——

"Edward, you may not know that Broderick has applied to participate in the annihilation theory conference held in China."

"I already knew this guy would be a traitor!"

"At Christmas last year, I found out that he had begun to study the annihilation theory. I didn't expect that he would apply to participate in the conference now."

"The school approved the application, but I have no choice but to do so. Now Berkeley also supports the research on annihilation theory..."

Edward Witten looked at it carefully and pinched his forehead hard, feeling very depressed.

Since the news of the annihilation theory conference came out, many string theory scholars have applied to attend the conference.

This time is different from last time.

The last time string theorists headed by Paul Phil-Jones went to China to attend a theoretical conference on superconductivity, it was not for the purpose of learning and exchange. It was entirely because of the conflict between annihilation theory and string theory.

The purpose of their attendance at the conference is to defend string theory.

String theory scholars now attend conferences in the hope of communicating more with other scholars and finding research and development directions related to annihilation theory.

to be honest.

These people just want to abandon string theory and study annihilation theory instead.

Edward Witten knows many string theory scholars. He is also a leader in international string theory research, so he naturally knows a lot of news.

He now knows more than five string theorists who are determined to attend the annihilation theory conference. Each of them can be said to be a backbone of string theory. At worst, they are researchers and lecturers in top universities, and some are simply full professors.

Never underestimate researchers and lecturers from top universities. Those who can serve as researchers and lecturers in top universities are basically extremely outstanding PhD students from top universities.

Full professors in top universities can also be called tenured professors. If their personal research has no international results, there is no need to think about it.

They are all middle- and upper-level figures in string theory research.

Many backbone scholars of string theory attended the annihilation theory conference, which can even be said to mean that the academic building of string theory is on the verge of collapse.

The reality is this.

Because of the rise of annihilation theory, string theory has been questioned by public opinion and even academic doubts around the world.

Princeton University was very affected, and many students no longer believed in string theory.

Princeton University can be said to be the cradle of string theory and the core of string theory research in the world, not to mention other universities.

For example, Harvard University.

Originally, there were a large number of scholars at Harvard University who did not believe in string theory at all. When Harvard University decided to introduce string theory, some famous scholars resigned and left.

Now Harvard University has simply made a decision not to hire scholars in the field of string theory. String theory scholars who are already working at Harvard University have naturally been greatly affected.

For a moment, string theory seemed to collapse.

As the leader of string theory research, Edward Witten naturally has a different understanding of the theory. He believes that string theory has not completely collapsed.

Even if some research is proven wrong, there are many results in the field of string theory, but not all of them are completely wrong.

Even the latest research on annihilation theory, some of its mathematical arguments, use the mathematical content of string theory.

The basic conflict between the two theories is also a difficult issue to judge.

The annihilation theory believes that the most basic component of matter and ability is the unit of mass (energy). Under the reaction of the annihilation force, the mass that makes up all things is formed.

String theory believes that the most basic component of everything is string.

So the question arises - can the unit of mass be considered a string?

Some string theory scholars specialize in demonstrations. In fact, in Edward Witten's view, this work is meaningless.

Even in a certain form, it is demonstrated that the unit of mass is a 'string', because of the existence of the annihilation force, the subsequent structure is very different from string theory.

"The existence of the annihilation force is the key." Edward Witten knew this very well, but the sad part was this. Even after reading a lot of research, he believed that the annihilation force existed.

Edward Witten was still unwilling to do so. He frowned and thought, "Maybe some of the contents of string theory are wrong, but it is definitely not possible that they are all wrong."

"Most of the research content of string theory has merit..."

"String theory cannot be completely rejected!"

The last thing is the key.

Edward Witten knew that he had to do something, so he decided to attend the annihilation theory conference. He could not just watch the decades of results of string theory go to waste.

If string theory is completely denied, it means that his whole life has been completely denied.

Edward Witten is not unprepared. He is over seventy years old, but he can still have some ideas for a new research and conduct research with very professional mathematics.

When he carefully studied the photon construction paper, Edward Witten discovered that the mathematical expressions of some of the dimensional issues were inaccurate and had no direct relationship with the subsequent framework research.

After patiently doing research, he completed a theoretical study--

"Demonstration of two-point five-dimensional structure and non-existence in three-dimensional system".

…

Sudong City, Office Building of School of Mathematics and Physics, Sudong University.

Zhou Yun was visiting Sudong University to talk about the annihilation theory conference. While talking with several professors along the way, he couldn't let go of the scholar application questions received at the conference.

He talked about the matter with others, "Now this conference has encountered a problem. Some international scholars are coming to participate. I don't know what to do..."

“Isn’t it a good thing for international scholars to participate?”

Zhou Yun said directly, "Witten from Princeton University."

"Edward Witten?"

"right."

The others stopped talking. They naturally understood what Zhou Yun meant.

There are few factions in the international academic circle, but physical theory is a special field and there are various academic factions.

In the past, string theory was the largest faction, but now that annihilation theory has emerged, its direct opponent is string theory.

There are still conflicts in the underlying foundations of the two theories.

A conference on annihilation theory is about to be held now. As a leader in string theory, Edward Witten naturally does not come to the conference to send blessings or communicate.

To put it harshly, the other party is probably just here to cause trouble!

But, can you refuse?

cannot.

Academics are an open field.

If the Annihilation Theory Conference refuses the participation of Edward Witten, it will definitely have a considerable impact on public opinion, and may even become a stain on the Annihilation Theory Conference.

In an open academic field, how can we refuse famous scholars to communicate?

How can one refuse to disagree?

"Otherwise, Professor Zhou, go ask Academician Wang Hao and see what he says?" Someone made a suggestion.

Zhou Yun thought about it carefully and couldn't help but nodded.

He actually thought of asking Wang Hao, but he said at the beginning that he would not bother Wang Hao, and the review of participants was an internal matter, so it seemed a bit awkward to ask Wang Hao.

In the end, Zhou Yun went to ask Wang Hao. In order not to delay the review work, he even called directly to inquire.

Wang Hao didn't care at all after hearing this. Academic research is an open field, and it is naturally impossible to refuse different opinions. "Mr. Witten is coming? Then let him come. It doesn't matter."

Zhou Yun is relieved now.

Of course Wang Hao knew that Edward Witten was not here for academic exchange, and he also knew that there was a direct academic conflict between the two parties.

But, so what?

He is sure that the annihilation force exists. Based on this, what else is there to worry about?

Wang Hao continued his research.

They have found a research direction, which is to start from the non-trivial points corresponding to the Riemann ζ (Zeta) function to construct the boundary between 2.5D and 3D.

The content of this kind of dimensional research is very profound, and the relevant mathematical expressions are not understandable to ordinary people.

Therefore, the personnel of the research team have also changed.

Qiu Hui'an was the first to quit.

Zhang Zhiqiang also consciously quit. He hoped to contribute to research, but he couldn't even understand the basics. He persisted for a few days and simply said he wanted to leave.

Then he heard Luo Dayong's second sentence, "You don't understand, do you?"

"..."

Last time it was 'Do you understand?', this time it became 'Don't you understand?', two different modal particles, representing different meanings.

Zhang Zhiqiang stood there for a long time, not knowing how to refute, until he saw Zhu Ping walking over with her wavy hair, and he immediately shouted with all his strength, "Zhu Ping, please take care of your Dayong, he talks so much."
To be continued...