Chapter 150 The Affirmation of the Mathematics Bosses
Chapter 150 The affirmation of mathematics masters
Li Yu saw many newspapers placed on Liang Qichao's desk, with manuscript paper and pen and ink spread out in the middle. Liang Qichao still preferred to write with a brush. Although he was in Japan, Japanese people also liked to use brushes, so Liang Qichao
I'm not in a hurry to learn to use a pen.
Of course, even if he wanted to use it, the feudal Master Kang might not be used to it.
The manuscript paper on the table is half written, and it is Liang Qichao's own handwriting.
I don’t know if it was influenced by Kang Youwei, but Liang Qichao’s writing also looks very similar to Wei Bei.
Wei Bei, a calligraphy style that is highly respected in modern times, also began to rise in the Qing Dynasty. After all, ancient scholars were tired of writing calligraphy every day. Every day they were used to seeing regular script, running script or the official style used for examinations.
As a result, the majestic and simple Wei stele began to be discovered by calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty.
The Wei stele is really a very calligraphic calligraphy. Ordinary people may not think it is as good-looking as Wang Xizhi's calligraphy at first glance, but it is art, it is colorful.
Looking at Liang Qichao's calligraphy alone, if it were put into modern times, he would definitely surpass many so-called great calligraphers. After all, he had been practicing calligraphy since he was a child. However, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, he was indeed not ranked at all.
Li Yu read the manuscript and wrote on the paper: "The future survival of China will depend on Japanese students. If you get one more person, you will reap the benefits of one more person... Those who prevent the sending of students are the public enemies of our civilization!"
"It would be a disgrace to the country to entrust foreigners to mediate internal strife. If internal strife cannot be overcome, it would be a disgrace to interfere with the power of outsiders..."
Liang Qichao really did not shy away from taboos. Every line of his words pointed at Cai Jun, the Qing minister in Japan.
You know, the official rank of the minister in Japan is not low.
Li Yu said: "Sir, do you think the minister will agree to enroll?"
Liang Qichao said: "It should be so. Things have reached this point. If many newspapers work together to put pressure again, I don't believe Cai Jun can withstand it!"
Li Yu said: "The decision-making power lies in the hands of the minister stationed in Japan, and I think the situation is like this. Minister Cai may continue to fight against the students for his own sake. Even if he cannot hold on in the end, it will waste too much time."
, not worth it.”
Liang Qichao sighed: "This Minister Cai is indeed in a difficult position. There are so many international students in Japan today, and he doesn't know how to mediate among them, nor does he realize how powerful this force will be in the future."
"It would be nice if he could be replaced," Li Yu said.
"Replace it?" Liang Qichao asked in surprise.
"Yes, once and for all!" Li Yu said, "As you said, there are indeed too many students studying in Japan, and they are all rare talents. There should be an enlightened person who knows how to deal with similar incidents."
Today's ministers in Japan really don't have much else to do. After all, the largest Chinese force in Japan, apart from Kangliang and the revolutionaries, are students.
Students are obviously the focus of all parties' efforts.
Liang Qichao said: "Having said that, the minister is appointed by the imperial court. Is it possible that we have to write a memorial to the imperial court?"
"That's definitely not possible," Li Yu said, "but don't forget, isn't there an 'imperial envoy' in the imperial court now in Japan?"
Liang Qichao said: "You mean Zai Zhen Beizi?"
Li Yu nodded: "I have had some contact with him, and Zai Zhenbeizi is thinking of doing something to accumulate capital so that he can serve in the government in the future. I think he will be interested."
Liang Qichao asked: "Are you sure?"
Li Yu said with a smile: "I'm not very sure, but from the perspective of mathematical expectations, there is hope. And if there is hope, it is worth a try. The result will definitely not be worse, right?"
"Mathematical expectation?" Liang Qichao was confused.
"It's probability." Li Yu explained.
"Okay," Liang Qichao has never studied mathematics, "Mr. is a great scholar in Western learning. Just give it a try."
Li Yu asked: "Sir, do you know where Beizi is now?"
In any case, Liang Qichao is currently the leader of the Japanese royalists and has many spies. "According to what I said in the morning, Beizi should visit Mount Fuji."
Well, you really know how to choose a place.
Li Yu said: "Okay, when Beizi comes back, I will have a chat with him."
Liang Qichao cupped his fists and said, "Just wait for the good news."
After bidding farewell to Liang Qichao, Li Yu felt that there was no chance of sending a letter to the embassy, so he had no choice but to go to the post office to send a telegram. Fortunately, Li Yu had some savings now, otherwise sending hundreds of taels of telegrams would really be heartbreaking.
Because the content was very long, it took a lot of time for the telegraph operator to send the telegram. However, there happened to be an eight-hour time difference between the East 9th Ward where Tokyo is located and the East 1st Ward in Germany, so it would not delay much official working time.
When the telegraph room in Göttingen received this distant telegram, it immediately showed it to Professor Hilbert.
When Hilbert saw that it was Li Yu, he was surprised and said, "Why so fast?"
Then I looked at the content again, and I saw that this guy actually gave 20 solutions to the Riemann zeta function in one breath, which can be used as a graduate thesis in the Department of Mathematics.
——In this era, computing power is still highly respected.
It's just that they don't know that Li Yu's computing power comes from integrated circuits...
Of course, having said that, even in the 21st century, the computing power of supercomputers is still valued, and it is even a symbol of national power.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door, and Hilbert said: "Please come in. Oh, it turns out to be Professor Minkowski."
Minkovsky came in and said, "I just saw a pile of papers in the telegraph room asking for help. Are they good things?"
Minkowski had just come to the University of Göttingen from ETH Zurich last year, and it was Hilbert who invited him.
Hilbert handed the manuscript over: "It's from Li Yu."
"Li Yu who wrote "Fractals and Chaos"?" Minkowski asked.
Hilbert nodded: "Yes, that's him. I sent him a telegram a few days ago, hoping that he would write a small mathematical manuscript. Unexpectedly, he directly sent me twenty Riemann zeta functions in one go.
untie."
"Twenty?" Minkowski said in surprise, "What an amazing computing power this is!"
Hilbert said: "I didn't expect there to be so many. So far, I haven't seen a solution."
Minkowski immediately flipped through the manuscript: "There is no problem with the calculation process mentioned above. As for the results, we can just verify it with the students."
Hilbert agreed: "Verification is much simpler than calculation, but it takes time to think about it."
Hilbert was a professor in the Department of Mathematics, and he had many students. The homework assigned that day was to verify these solutions. In order to ensure that they were foolproof, he also asked the students to cross-verify, and each student was assigned two to three solutions.
This is very efficient, and the results are quickly handed over: all solutions are completely correct!
Hilbert felt even more incredible and called Minkowski again: "What do you think the verification results of those solutions are?"
Minkowski said: "All right?"
"How do you know?" Hilbert asked doubtfully.
Minkowski said: "Because I randomly selected two and verified them personally, the results were correct. But just the calculation of the verification made me quite painful. I really don't know how he calculated it."
Hilbert took a puff of his pipe: "Although we are still far away from proving the Riemann Hypothesis, being able to see the real solution so quickly is a step forward."
Minkowski said: "Not many people understand Riemannian mathematics today, and I think one of my less outstanding students might also be interested."
Hilbert asked: "Not so good students?"
Minkowski said: "Yes, I once mentioned to you that Einstein who is really not easy to worry about."
Hilbert said: "I have an impression. I heard you said that he is now in Switzerland and has become a Swiss citizen."
Minkowski nodded: "That's him! It feels embarrassing to say it. It took more than a year to find a job. He just became a probationary employee of the Bern Patent Office half a year ago."
Hilbert frowned: "It sounds like he is indeed a troublesome student. A student from ETH Zurich is actually having trouble finding a job." Then he asked: "Why, could it be that he is very good at mathematics?
, just a partial subject?"
Minkowski said: "He is indeed a partial student, but on the contrary, he is not good at mathematics. When he was at ETH Zurich, he spent a lot of time thinking about physics and often skipped my mathematics classes.
, I have to borrow other students’ notes for a surprise review every time I take an exam, I’m like a ‘lazy donkey’!”
Hilbert said: "In that case, how could he be interested in Riemann's mathematical content?"
Minkowski said: "It's a coincidence that he has written several letters to me recently. He wanted to study Mr. Riemann's works carefully, so he asked me for advice. After all, he is his own student, so he cannot ignore it."
It turns out to be love and hate...
It seems that "poor students" have always attracted the attention of teachers since ancient times?
Hilbert asked again: "Does working in the patent office also require the study of advanced mathematics?"
"It's definitely not needed," Minkowski said, "but precisely because of this, I feel that he has not given up on studying knowledge, which makes me feel comforted."
Hilbert nodded: "It seems that this anxious student of yours will continue to be careless."
Minkovsky smiled and said: "After all, he is a young man. If he has the desire to learn, he should be encouraged. And this Li Yu seems to be about the same age as Einstein. I think it would be better for young people to communicate with each other."
Hilbert said: "It is true. I once met Li Yu, who was very young. And based on the papers he published before, he has a very deep understanding of mathematics and physics."
Minkowski said: "I am also looking forward to this Li Yu. If he comes to Europe next time, I must meet him."
Hilbert said: "It's worth meeting. He once promised me that he would come to the University of Göttingen."
"You must tell me when the time comes!" Minkowski said, "And this paper, remember to give me a copy immediately after it is published. I will send it to the student Einstein in Switzerland."
Li Yu's article did not cause a particular sensation. After all, not many people would understand the Riemann zeta function a hundred years later, let alone now. It was just an academic article and only attracted attention in the mathematics circle.
However, some people outside the mathematics circle have also seen it, including Mr. Boltzmann and Einstein.
Switzerland, Bern.
Einstein came home on a bicycle with a freshly minted mathematics magazine in his hand.
"Mileva, come and see what good things I bought!"
Mileva came out wearing an apron: "Bicycle? From the patent office?"
Einstein said: "Of course not, I just bought this to commemorate the fact that we just registered our marriage."
Yes, Einstein only registered his marriage to Mileva in January this year, but they already had a daughter.
Mileva said: "You have only been a patent clerk for half a year. There are so many places to spend money. Why are you so anxious to buy a bicycle? I think walking to work can also be a good exercise!"
Einstein laughed and said: "Although I have always wanted to be a professor, I found that the salary offered by the Patent Office is not low. It is 3,500 francs a year, which is enough for us to live on."
Mileva dissatisfied: "That's because you don't know how much other expenses a family has. Three meals a day and everything in daily life cost money."
Einstein said: "My beautiful Mileva, your excellent mind should not always think about these trivial things. You are an excellent scientific worker."
Mileva also studied mathematics and physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, where she and Einstein met.
Mileva said: "You can ignore life, but we are already married, and I have to worry about these things. Although you are no longer a tutor traveling around various families, you are only a third-level technical expert from the Patent Office.
The salary is not enough for us to live the life we want.”
After Einstein graduated, he had a bad relationship with the professors at the school and no one wrote him letters of recommendation. He couldn't find a job and had to work as a tutor for a year.
I wonder how the family that hired Einstein as a tutor would feel when they found out ten years later that Einstein had become famous all over the world.
My family once hired the great Mr. Einstein as a tutor!
When I say it, I feel like I am an awesome guy.
Of course, these are all bad memories for Einstein. He said dissatisfied: "Mileva, I will eventually prove that I am more than what I am now. Sooner or later, I will become a real professor."
Mileva said: "I hope, I also hope that day will come soon. Fortunately, the business of the college student hotel I opened in my spare time is not bad, but every weekend these students are really unscrupulous and their voices are unpleasant.
That’s all, you don’t even know how to take any measures, let alone take care of the sheets and quilts.”
Einstein laughed and said: "We were like this back then, so what's so strange about it?"
Mileva pursed her lips: "If it weren't for you, I would already have a formal university degree."
Einstein smiled again: "It doesn't matter. With my beautiful Mileva's smart mind, she will become a doctor sooner or later!"
Mileva's eyes were a little sad, but Einstein did not notice it. Instead, he held the mathematics magazine in his hand and said: "In addition to this bicycle, today I found that Li Yu from the East wrote another interesting thing.
"
Mileva knew that Einstein was most interested in mathematical sciences, so she asked: "What else did he write?"
As expected, Einstein became interested and immediately started talking: "It's about the solution of the Riemann zeta function. In the paper, he also gave the calculation steps, which are very sophisticated and have extremely strong calculation capabilities. The most amazing thing is that I learned from the newspaper
I learned that he was the same age as me, so I couldn't help but want to write him a letter to communicate! You know how difficult it is to find a theoretical scholar who understands both physics and mathematics.
It’s a brain that knows how to think!”
Mileva whispered: "Yes, how difficult it is."
Mileva was actually in a bad mood. Their lives had changed a lot since registering their marriage.
Doing housework became her obligation, and she had less and less time to discuss mathematics and physics with Einstein, which made her feel depressed. And because there was not enough time to continue studying, Mileva sometimes couldn't keep up with Einstein.
As a result, Einstein rarely discussed science with her. Even when they discussed together, Mileva gradually became a bystander.
Einstein has not yet become famous, nor has he been involved in one romantic story after another, but this marriage seemed destined to end in tragedy from the moment it was registered.