Chapter 552: Ten Years Ago, I Didn’t Know You
"Teacher Xu, Lou Song contacted me through WeChat and asked if you have time recently. He wanted to discuss some issues with you."
Hearing that it was Lou Song who wanted to find him, Xu You naturally had no reason to refuse.
"Got it. I'll reply to him personally later."
"Okay, Mr. Xu."
Speaking of Lou Song, Xu You had n't met him for some time.
This was not what Xu You wanted, but he had been busy with matters related to the moon landing project and he really couldn't spare the time.
Because of his profession, Lou Song did not directly participate in the moon landing project. He only occasionally talked with Xu You about some academic issues.
This time, Lou Song took the initiative to contact me. He must have some important new discovery that he wanted to share with me.
After finishing the work at hand, Xu You contacted Lou Song.
Judging from Lou Song's tone on the phone, this matter seemed very important, so Xu You agreed to meet with Lou Song in the afternoon.
"Normally, Lou Song wouldn't be so anxious. Otherwise, Lou Song wouldn't have contacted me through Cui Ying."
Thinking of this , Xu You felt more and more that Lou Song’s discovery this time should not be simple.
At the agreed time, Lou Song appeared in front of Xu You's office on time.
"Teacher Lou, please come in."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Cui."
Lou Song walked into Xu You's office, and when they saw each other, they smiled at each other.
Nearly ten years have passed since the two first met in a competition.
During this period, both of them achieved numerous results in their respective fields and their identities also changed greatly.
What has remained unchanged is their awe of knowledge and their desire to explore.
"I have good news for you. I have completed half of the proof of the Riemann hypothesis."
Xu You was also very excited when he heard Lou Song's words.
"No wonder you're so anxious this time. Can you show me the idea of the proof?"
"certainly."
Since Lou Song came to see Xu You in person, he naturally would not be shy about being with Xu You.
Lou Song turned on his computer and explained his ideas to Xu You.
"In fact, the key to proving the Riemann hypothesis does not necessarily lie in deducing from the Riemann function, but can also start from the domain of Re(s). Here, I used two theorems, namely the negative real number square root theorem and the imaginary number generation theorem."
"The theorem of the generation of imaginary numbers?" Xu You asked in surprise.
As we all know, when all negative real numbers are squared, they produce an imaginary number.
For example, the imaginary unit i is the result obtained by calculating the arithmetic square root of -1.
"Yes. Through the proof of the negative real number square root theorem and the imaginary number generation theorem, we can obtain the following series of formulas."
Lou Song explained his ideas quickly, omitting many processes in the middle. Even professors in the mathematics department might not be able to keep up with Lou Song's ideas.
However, this speed is just right for Xu You.
"I see. This is a really wonderful idea."
After listening to Lou Song's explanation of his entire idea, Xu You couldn't help but nodded vigorously .
Lou Song’s idea is very special, and it can be said that it provides a brand new idea for proving the Riemann hypothesis.
Even though the proof of the Riemann hypothesis has not been completely solved, at least nearly half of the work has been completed.
"Lou Song, can you tell me how you came up with this method?"
Xu You already understood Lou Song's idea, but he had not yet figured out how Lou Song got such inspiration.
This feeling is like after reading the analysis of the question, you understand that the question can be solved in this way, but you don’t know why you can find this direction.
"Actually, this cannot be said to be entirely my credit. The Fulong mini quantum machine helped me a lot."
"What? You've figured out how to get quantum computers to solve complex math problems?"
“I can’t say that yet, but at least I have begun to learn how to use quantum computers as a tool to assist in solving mathematical problems.”
Next, Lou Song described in detail how he used quantum computers to help him solve various complex mathematical problems.
Xu You listened to Lou Song's ideas on using quantum computers and nodded in admiration.
"I see. You want quantum computers to learn mathematics like humans do, and become a 'mathematician' with a certain foundation. In this way, it will be much easier to solve mathematical problems."
"Yes, this is actually roughly the same idea as how AI learns Go. However, unlike Go, mathematics does not have a clear winner or loser. It is more difficult to let AI learn mathematics."
What Lou Song can do now is not to let quantum computers solve all problems like the previous mathematical artificial intelligence.
Instead of just letting artificial intelligence solve some small problems, the big picture still needs to be controlled by humans themselves.
Even so, this is a very big breakthrough in the history of mathematics.
"Now my thoughts on artificial intelligence have completely changed. I don't think it is impossible for artificial intelligence to surpass humans in mathematics, nor do I think there is anything to be regretful about it. Since the invention of computers, humans have relied on them to solve mathematical problems," said Lou Song.
"That's right. In fact, humans have always been making various tools to help themselves solve complex problems. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors invented the abacus, which can be regarded as a 'calculator' used by early humans. Since they are tools invented by ourselves, it is only natural for us to use them."
After listening to this, Lou Song nodded repeatedly, indicating that this was indeed the truth.
After finishing talking about the Riemann hypothesis, Lou Song did not leave immediately, but continued:
"This is the first thing I came to see you about today. Next, there is another more important matter."
Xu You was stunned when he heard this, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Xu You also felt that it was indeed important that Lou Song discovered the direction of proof of the Riemann hypothesis, but it was not so important that he needed to meet Xu You immediately.
Even if I tell Xu You about this a few days later, it won't have any impact.
Sure enough, Lou Song came this time for something more important.
"What is it? Tell me now ."
“Remember when the Sam Federal Reserve suddenly announced an interest rate hike a while ago?”
Xu You didn't expect that what Lou Song wanted to discuss with him was actually related to Sam's interest rate hike.
