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Chapter 236: Yet Another History Leader (5.8K)

Speaking of the question of how much 1+1 is equal to.

Many people are thinking of answer 2 at the same time.

Another word may come to mind:

Goldbach Conjecture.

In many people's cognition, 1+1=2 and Goldbach's conjecture are the same thing.

But actually.

This statement is also a widely spread misunderstanding.

1+1=2 is an axiom that does not need to be proved.

Goldbach's conjecture is not as simple as proving that 1+1 is equal to a number 2.

The real meaning of Goldbach's conjecture is:

Any even number greater than 2 (represented by 2) can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers (represented by 1).

For example, 12=7+5.

At that time, it was said that Chen Jingrun proved 1+2, which meant that he proved a sufficiently large even number that could be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

Or a prime number (denoted by 1) plus the product of two prime numbers (denoted by 2).

For example, 100=23+7X11.

Xu Yun knew a friend who majored in mathematics in his previous life, and he had complained to Xu Yun about this matter more than once.

Every time he heard that Goldbach's conjecture was simply to prove that 1+1=2, his blood pressure soared.

He often can't help but explain to others the truth of the theorem that 1 + 1 = 2 is the truth of the theorem. Many times the other party still can't understand it, which is really a headache-the head above.

The earliest reference to 1+1=2 is about Chen Jingrun's documentary literature "Goldbach's Conjecture", which was published around the time of reform and opening up.

This work is very famous in the field of documentary literature, as famous as "Who Is the Cutest Person".

At that time, Mr. Chen Jingrun wanted to be more popular when communicating with the public during the interview, so he used an analogy.

The result was unexpected.

The reporter didn't know much about mathematics, so he only heard 1+1=2.

As a result, this may be the most widely spread misunderstanding since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Of course.

This kind of misunderstanding is not the same as those public knowledge brainwashing. It belongs to the barriers of the industry, and there is not much malice.

The line of sight returns to the original place.

Therefore, after seeing the test paper given by William Whewell, Xu Yun didn't even think about asking him to prove his brother's guess.

Instead, the number 2 was written down immediately.

Fifteen minutes later.

Xu Yun handed in the test paper.

A few more minutes passed.

William Whewell wrote down a number on the test paper in full swing:

100.

See this situation.

Xu Yun's expression didn't fluctuate, and he even wanted to flip the table (╯｀□′)╯~╧╧.

joke.

The most difficult question in the whole test paper is what is 44X12 equal to. This test paper allows few students to do it and get full marks?

It can only be said that people who engage in philosophy like William Whewell are too dirty.

Obviously not willing to let go of Maverick's handwritten letter, but also pretended to have a bottom line, and bluffed him abruptly.

Then William Whewell put down the pen in his hand, stood up actively, and stretched out his hand like Xu Yun:

"Student Luo Feng, I welcome you on behalf of Trinity College."

Xu Yun also quickly adjusted his mentality, and shook hands with him lightly:

"Please take care of me from now on, Mr. Whewell."

William Whewell nodded to him, took out a box to temporarily seal the letter, and then fell into deep thought.

He was thinking about how to arrange Xu Yun.

First of all, the school manager's problem is not that big.

Maverick is not only the saint of Trinity College, but also the most famous sage in Cambridge University. Even Prince Albert would not be too harsh on his actions.

But the next professor candidate was a bit of a headache for him.

Because Xu Yun applied for a graduate student.

Graduate students are different from undergraduate students. In addition to teaching in public classrooms, they must also choose an academic supervisor.

However, this year belongs to the period of perfecting and accelerating the modern theoretical system, and the relationship between graduate students and professors and supervisors is more special than that of later generations.

One is that college students are scarce nowadays, and the number of graduate students led by a professor is even smaller.

The second reason is that most of the professors in top universities these days are in their own school, and graduate students are basically equivalent to the word 'facade'.

After the postgraduates of later generations graduate from the tutor's name, as long as they don't commit crimes, even if they go back to the countryside to farm, deliver food, sell insurance or even beg for food, it will not affect the reputation of the tutor.

The center of everyone's discussion will only be the graduate student himself, at most the tutor may feel a little embarrassed about his face.

But the mentors of 1850 were different.

Nowadays, the work and achievements of students after graduation will be directly linked to their fame and reputation.

For example, the original Mavericks and Barrow.

The relationship between Maverick and Barrow is second only to him and William Escue's family, and even closer than the relationship with his mother.

Barrow selflessly presented the results of his calculations related to "accumulation" to Mavericks, and Mavericks rushed back to London on the night of Barrow's death.

to some extent.

Today's graduate students and tutors are somewhat similar to the disciples of ancient China.

Therefore, tutors attach great importance to the ability and style of their students, especially tutors from top universities such as Cambridge and Oxford.

If you want to get into the name of a good mentor, you obviously can't do without some ability.

And Xu Yun is obviously a bastard, and there is a high probability that he will use his name to guarantee his interests after graduation.

Who do you think would be willing to carry such a burden?

Yes, that's right, Xu Yun brought Maverick's personal letter to Cambridge University.

But what does it have to do with the as-yet-unidentified mentor?

How many professors are willing to do this in this day and age to wipe the school's ass with their own reputation?

Sardar Brandi?

Or Dasha Harry?

Or was it Alfresco Hartung?

None of these people are obviously suitable.

Think here.

William Whewell couldn't help rubbing his temples with some annoyance.

"It's difficult"

And at this moment.

Werner's voice suddenly came from outside the house:

"Mr. Dean, the school's new Professor Lucas wants to see you."

"The new Professor Lucas?"

William Whewell was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.

yes.

How could I forget this professor?

Then he motioned for Thomson to sit down with Xu Yun and others, and at the same time said to Werner outside the house:

"Bring him in, Werner."

"Okay, Mr. Dean."

After a while.

The door was pushed open again.

A bearded man in his thirties who looked a bit like Wolverine hurried in:

"Mr. Whewell, can I have a course schedule for next semester? Are you receiving guests?"

William Whewell hummed calmly, got up and led him to Xu Yun and the others, and said to him:

"Well, let me introduce you. This is William Thomson, a graduate student at Trinity School. You should know him, right?"

The bearded man nodded and shook hands with Thomson:

"Student Thomson was the first in mathematics in the school last year and this year, of course I know him."

William Whewell pointed to Xu Yun and the two of them again and said:

"As for these two, they are Maxwell and Luo Feng."

"Maxwell?"

The bearded man raised his eyebrows, ignored Xu Yun, and confirmed to Whewell:

"Is that the fee-reduction student from Scotland?"

Whewell nodded slightly again:

"That's right, that's the one"

As a result, the words were not finished.

The bearded man rushed to Mai Mai's side with a stride, and put his hands on Mai Mai's shoulders, shaking and shaking:

"So you are Maxwell? Welcome to Trinity College. Are you interested in being my student? I will definitely train you to be an excellent student. Then we can become famous as mentors and apprentices together."

Looking at the man who spoke so fast that he even omitted punctuation marks, a question mark appeared on Mai Mai's face visible to the naked eye:

"?"

See this situation.

William Whewell's mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly interrupted the bearded man's movements, helping him to introduce:

"Cough, classmate Maxwell, let me introduce you."

"This is our new Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, Sir George Gabriel Stokes."

"Mr. Stokes likes excellent students very much, so sometimes he may be more enthusiastic, just get used to it, just get used to it"

While William Whewell was looking for an excuse to cover up Stokes' actions.

Xu Yun, who was pretending to be a little transparent, had the following expression on his face:

0v0!

Mom!

Live Stokes!

Another boss!

Stokes is a very famous mathematician and mechanics in the history of modern science. He was born in Ireland, but spent most of his time in England.

The most famous "Stoss formula" theorem in curve integrals was derived by him.

In addition, he also shared the naming rights of the Navier-Stokes equation with the Gallic scientist C·L·M·H·Navier, which is the well-known N-S equation.

Students who study fluid mechanics should also have a deep influence on it.

The central problem of the turbulence theory known as "the last mystery of classical physics" is to find the statistical solution of this equation system.

At the same time, the smooth solution and existence of this problem has also been set as one of the seven Millennium Prize problems by the Clay Mathematics Institute.

By the way.

Wei Shen Wei Dongyi, who was popular on the Internet before, is also researching the N-S equation.

Stokes' father died of illness in his early years. Stokes went to the UK to study at the age of 16. During his time at Pembroke College, his tuition was sponsored by the University of Cambridge.

Stokes was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in 1849, and was soon promoted to become the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics - the position held by Maverick and Barrow.

Stokes served as Lucas Professor for 50 years and later served as Secretary of the Royal Society and President of the Royal Society.

He is the second person to hold all three positions at the same time after the Mavericks.

Follow the normal historical trajectory.

Stokes will meet Wheat a year and a half later, the two hit it off, and Wheat later applied for Stokes' lecturer.

It's just that with the appearance of Xu Yun, history has undergone a slight change again.

But this is also normal.

The current point of time coincides with the spewing of talents in the modern scientific community, and a large number of them are studying or working at Cambridge University.

Therefore, it is not unusual for Xu Yun to meet a future boss like Stokes.

As time goes by in the future, he is destined to meet more historical celebrities.

even if you want to

At this time, in London, which is 60 kilometers away from him, there is another Mr. Ma and his wife Yanni who are preparing to move to No. 28 Dean Street.

But what Xu Yun didn't understand was.

Things are not easy for Stokes these days.

For the convenience of understanding, here is a brief introduction to the various colleges of Cambridge University:

When many people see the word academy, they may subconsciously adopt the template of the academy for later generations.

That is, a university is divided into the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Computer Science, the School of Humanities, and so on.

The majors of each college are very strong, and there is little overlap in core subjects.

But this template doesn't work for many of Cambridge's colleges.

Take for example these 18 colleges in Cambridge in 1850.

These colleges have a high degree of self-control in administration, and each college can actually be regarded as a miniature university:

They all offer a series of majors such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, history, etc. There is no so-called division of labor.

It's just that some colleges are stronger in a certain major, and some colleges are weaker in a certain major.

At most, the seminary will add a theology course, so I won’t go into details on this matter.

At present, Cambridge University has 16 colleges with mathematics departments, and the teachers are all determined by the leaders of the colleges.

Now that Stokes has just been at Cambridge University for less than a year, he has not yet firmly established his foothold and is still in the adaptation period.

Although he won the position of Professor Lucas, he was still not able to convince the public.

Therefore, in order to seek stability, many colleges have chosen more experienced old professors.

Of course.

There are only so many mathematics professors at the University of Cambridge, and there will definitely be resource allocation in the end.

It is impossible for a professor to fail to teach a class.

but don't forget

Stokes is Professor Lucas, representing the highest honor of Cambridge University's mathematics major!

If the dignified Professor Lucas has to rely on resource allocation to attend classes

This is equivalent to the great god who has written 100,000 orders on the Internet in later generations. With the friendly support of old book friends, the first order of his new book is less than 2,000.

Tsk tsk, I lost my face.

So Stokes came to visit William Whewell today with a very clear purpose:

I just hope to be able to win the mathematics course scheduling of Trinity College.

After all, Trinity College is different from other colleges. It has the famous and largest mathematics department of Cambridge University.

Even if only one of the 18 colleges took down Trinity College, Stokes was enough to meet his colleagues with a straight chest.

The result was unexpected.

Before he had time to talk about class scheduling, he actually met the super genius Mai Mai?

To know.

In the previous fee-reduction student test, Wheat got all A's in the high school course test paper, B+ in the university test paper and C in the graduate test paper!

Therefore, Trinity College made an arrangement long before Xiaomai arrived at the school, planning to find a professional tutor for him as a graduate student to give him intensive academic guidance.

If I can get the lecture schedule of Wheat and Cambridge University's Department of Mathematics in my pocket at the same time

bark.

Stokes subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth.

It smells so good!

Seeing the emotional expression on Stokes' face, William Whewell had a general idea in his mind.

He coughed lightly and said to Stokes:

"Professor Stokes, to tell you the truth, I was planning to send for you."

As he spoke, he brought Stokes to the table, pointed to the Maverick letter on the table, and introduced the whole thing:

"At first. During later"

"...that's the whole thing, so..."

Stokes glanced at Xu Yun, then said:

"So you want me to take this student?"

William Whewell nodded, poured him a cup of tea, and said in a low voice:

"Anyway, you're just a graduate student. You're still young. Even if he doesn't achieve much in the end, public opinion won't be too harsh on you."

"At the same time, as a compensation, I can decide to give you the mathematics courses of Maxwell and Trinity College."

"Professor Stokes, you don't want to miss classes in the future, do you?"