Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 424: Mathematics and Physics Advancing in Parallel
After Chen Zhou completely destroyed his only sense of self-satisfaction.
He then concentrated his attention on the theoretical calculation of the mass of the colloid ball using the QCD summation rule.
Chen Zhou's plan was to devote the daytime to physics and the evening to mathematics, focusing on the theoretical knowledge of rubber balls.
After the glueball theory of these conventional quantum numbers and the glueball theory of those strange quantum numbers are all clarified.
Then adjust the plan to a rotation mode.
Rotation mode, that is, half day physics and half day mathematics.
The evening is also considered half a day, and they take turns.
Of course, this rotational mode of study and research is not necessary.
If an idea is not open, always immerse yourself in it.
Then, time will automatically move backwards.
The reason for this arrangement is that Chen Zhou does not want the possible, fleeting inspiration to be interrupted by a rigid plan that is not entirely necessary.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Zhou put down the pen in his hand and stretched.
Although the relevant contents of QCD summation rules have not been fully resolved.
But Chen Zhou didn't plan to be like he was at noon, where he was so immersed in the conversation that he didn't even notice Yang Yiyi coming in.
Chen Zhou thought, he should go to dinner quickly and also take a stroll around the campus.
Then, I came back and focused on mathematics.
"Yiyi?" Chen Zhou turned his head and looked beside him. Yang Yiyi was sitting at another desk, concentrating on writing something.
Hearing Chen Zhou's voice, Yang Yiyi turned her head and looked at him in confusion.
Chen Zhou smiled gently and said, "Let's go eat?"
Yang Yiyi glanced at the time, then nodded belatedly: "Oh, okay..."
After dinner, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi walked hand in hand on the MIT campus.
Just like when I was studying at Yan University.
There was almost no change in the two of them.
Chen Zhou looked at Massachusetts Avenue in front of him and felt a little emotional.
The entire MIT campus is basically divided into two parts by Massachusetts Avenue from north to south.
The west side is mainly student dormitories and living areas.
The east side is the teaching and research experimental area.
Walking on this avenue, Chen Zhou felt that this was the essence of life.
One hand is life, the other hand is learning.
As if she had noticed Chen Zhou's subtle emotions, Yang Yiyi tilted her head and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"
Looking at his lovely girlfriend beside him, Chen Zhou immediately calmed down and said with a smile: "Yiyi, let's go see the place that is both the Harvard Bridge and the MIT Bridge, shall we?"
Yang Yiyi nodded gently, her eyes smiling slightly: "Okay, let's go."
This is the closest bridge to the MIT campus.
It is an iron bridge that spans the Charles River.
Therefore, it connects Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Therefore, it is called Harvard Bridge and MIT Bridge.
Standing on the bridge, Chen Zhou looked out over the Charles River.
If this happened in China, there would definitely be countless students coming to this river for "pilgrimage".
I hope to get a little bit of the "aura of a top student".
Suddenly, Chen Zhou thought of an interesting story about this bridge.
Then, Chen Zhou deliberately walked to one end of the bridge, raised his arms and stretched them out.
Then, based on the length of his arms span, he began to measure the length of the iron bridge.
Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou's funny movements and said with a smile: "What are you going to do? Do you want to create a new unit of length too?"
Chen Zhou stopped what he was doing and asked with a hint of surprise, "You also know this interesting story?"
Yang Yiyi winked at Chen Zhou and said proudly, "Of course, sister knows everything~"
Chen Zhou reached out and rubbed Yang Yiyi's head: "I haven't even praised you yet, so why are you so proud?"
Yang Yiyi snorted: "Why don't you praise me quickly?"
Chen Zhou looked at the girl's cute and innocent appearance, pretending to be serious. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then tell me?"
"Then you listen carefully, huh?"
"Okay, please let Teacher Yang start the class!"
"Well... classmate Chen, please listen carefully..." Yang Yiyi deliberately cleared her throat and said slowly, "The length of this iron bridge is the famous 364.4'smooth' a little more and a little less."
"As for the meaning of this length, it comes from Oliver R. Smoot, a student at MIT in 1958."
"At that time, Smoot wanted to create a unit of length called 'smoot'. So he whimsically used his body to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge."
"One 'smoot' here is equal to 170.180 centimeters, which is Smoot's height at the time. His final measurement result is the famous 364.4 'smooth'."
When Yang Yiyi finished speaking, Chen Zhou smiled and praised: "That's great! Teacher Yang, you're awesome!"
Yang Yiyi was naturally very pleased with Chen Zhou's praise.
After a while, Chen Zhou suddenly asked, "Is Smoot really a fantasy?"
Yang Yiyi was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer this question.
Is Smoot really a fantasy?
I'm afraid you'd have to ask Smoot himself to find out.
But at least, this time his fantasy allowed him to do something that no one else had done.
Therefore, it left a little trace in history.
Chen Zhou turned around and looked at Yang Yiyi, who didn't know how to answer, and smiled softly, "Let's go back."
After saying that, he pulled Yang Yiyi and walked towards the apartment building.
Chen Zhou didn't think that Yang Yiyi could give an answer to this question.
Chen Zhou didn't just ask Yang Yiyi this question .
At the same time, he was also asking himself.
Throughout history, whether it is mathematics, physics, or other subjects.
There is no shortage of people with wild ideas .
And those brilliant and great theories are also inseparable from a moment of whimsical thinking.
Of course, to be honest, this kind of fantasy is not entirely fantasy.
Take mathematical conjectures for example. Every mathematical conjecture is based on a certain rationality.
In terms of this rationality, we can be "fantastic".
For example, after returning to the dormitory, Chen Zhou began to study the Goldbach conjecture.
The project was reported to the science and technology department before I came to MIT.
However, Chen Zhou has been thinking about the Goldbach conjecture for quite some time.
The Goldbach conjecture originated from a letter written by Goldbach to Euler in 1742.
The content of the letter is the famous Goldbach conjecture.
Originally, Goldbach thought that he could not prove it.
The famous mathematical god Euler should be able to solve it.
But I didn't expect it until Euler's death.
He also failed to prove the Goldbach conjecture.
Until today, nearly 300 years have passed.
No one has given a final proof of the Goldbach conjecture.
This problem has also become one of the three major mathematical problems in the modern world.
And now, Chen Zhou has set his sights on solving this difficult problem.
After spending the day studying physics.
In the evening, Chen Zhou planned to start with Ge Guess.
Enjoy your own math time.
