Chapter 231 Wang Hao: What you are doing is low-level research work!
In the string theory research circle at Amrican University, Paul Phil-Jones is a well-known genius. He still has a certain appeal, and many scholars have responded to the call.
Or maybe it's because theories that conflict with string theory are unacceptable to them.
Many scholars have been studying string theory for several years, more than ten years, or even longer, and they simply cannot accept theories that directly conflict with string theory.
It would be fine if the conflict theory had no impact, but now it seems that some of the content has been confirmed by experiments. If it continues to develop and its influence becomes greater and greater, string theory is likely to be falsified, so all their efforts have been
, it will become without the slightest righteousness.
This is of course unacceptable.
So they collectively resisted Wang Hao's annihilation theory.
Of course, boycott is not just a matter of words.
Many people have begun to study the annihilation theory seriously, hoping to find out the problems with the annihilation theory. As long as the problems can be found, the annihilation theory is naturally wrong.
In fact, it is not just the string theory circle at Amerikan University. There are also many mathematicians from other countries who specialize in theoretical research. They are also very resistant to the annihilation theory.
After decades of development, string theory has become a large theoretical physics faction, and many mathematicians are engaged in related research.
Many people also believe that the research on string theory is very high-end. They stand at the pinnacle of physical research and are also the pinnacle of mathematics.
The mathematics involved in string theory can be described as obscure and difficult to understand.
An example can illustrate this directly.
The representative figure of string theory, Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, won the top Fields Medal just for the mathematical research content incidental to the construction of string theory.
As long as one can achieve certain results in string theory research, one can be said to be an extremely outstanding genius, and even one who fully understands the content of string theory is very remarkable.
Every string theory scholar can be said to be a top mathematical genius.
There are many geniuses in this field, and at the same time, there is also a lot of worship, because only the top geniuses can achieve results in string theory research, and they are the objects of worship in the circle.
Edward Witten is the figure who stands at the top of the worship pyramid.
When many string theory scholars are discussing the annihilation theory, Edward Witten cannot be alone. He is over 70 years old, but he is still doing research, hoping that he can continue to carry out research on the theory during his lifetime.
Complete.
A reporter interviewed Edward Witten and hoped that he could express his views on the annihilation theory.
Edward Witten said solemnly, "This theory is only a prototype so far, and no more detailed content has been officially published."
"What I can find are some definitions. Some definitions may be correct, but some definitions may be wrong."
"I think there is little relationship between this theory and experiment. Many people are discussing the latest experimental results of the Nuclear Organization, saying that they confirm Wang Hao's research."
"But I don't think the research is necessarily directly related to the annihilation theory."
"Until anything is determined, no one can give a definite answer, and I can't deny other people's research, especially Wang Hao..."
"you know."
Edward Witten's meaning was obvious. He respected Wang Hao's status in the mathematics community, and then continued, "We must think and understand from a practical perspective."
"Experimental conclusions cannot prove a theory, because even if it is a premise, there will be other explanations, not a single explanation."
"I will not directly deny the annihilation theory, but I think that when a new theory comes out, there will definitely be some mistakes, and some of it will definitely be correct."
Edward Witten kept saying ‘not denying’, but his words clearly meant that part of the annihilation theory was wrong simply because there was no direct evidence.
One is because Wang Hao did not publish all the theoretical content and did not publish the basic mathematical structure of the new theory.
The second reason is that Wang Hao has not yet published a paper related to the experiment, nor has he made a results report.
In the absence of anything, even Edward Witten could not conclude that the new theory was wrong.
In addition, the opponent is the youngest Fields winner and a mathematician who is considered the world's most talented person. His heavyweight is not worse than him at all, and may even be better.
Even if he directly denies it, it is not convincing at all.
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The beginning of the month.
The Chinese Mathematicians Conference will be held in Lingcheng soon.
Wang Hao arrived at Lingcheng two days in advance, and he also brought his student Qiu Hui'an with him.
The reason why I brought Qiu Hui'an was that he wanted his students to see the world, and because Qiu Hui'an was studying Legendre's conjecture and was stuck at the last step. He came to attend a mathematics conference and listen to some related topics.
The report may provide inspiration.
Although he arrived at Lingcheng two days in advance, Wang Hao came not too early. Many scholars came in advance, especially those foreign scholars who regard attending the Mathematicians Conference as a publicly funded trip. Some of them even came in advance.
I stayed there for a week, and after I came, I walked around and looked around.
Lingcheng is a city with rich historical heritage, and it is indeed worth walking around.
After Wang Hao arrived in Lingcheng, he also went to some famous scenic spots. After shopping for an afternoon, he went to the main venue the next morning.
He met many acquaintances.
For example, Academician Hu Yourong and Academician Zhang Yifang of the Institute of High Energy, Academy of Sciences.
Didier Maillol, Gessner-Renier and other experimental team leaders of the European particle organization.
Of course, scholars from universities are also indispensable, including Pan Weiguo, who came here specially. There are more than a dozen people from Donggang University, including an old academician of mathematics, which can be regarded as expressing the importance of the Chinese Mathematicians Conference.
Wang Hao became the central figure as soon as he entered the venue.
Many people gathered around him enthusiastically and talked about his latest research. Most scholars in the physics community came to the meeting just for Wang Hao's report.
This report is the core content.
However, when everyone talks, they don’t always talk about the contents of the report, but also talk about academic research.
Academician Zhang Yifang asked Wang Hao about his recent research, "What are you mainly doing now? Are you specializing in the Yang-Mills equation, or are you working on that topology project?"
Wang Hao shook his head and said, "I still mainly do research on semi-topology." He explained to other people who didn't understand, "This is research between me and Kaucher, hoping to create a new topological system.
Define and explain the internal microscopic morphology model of complex materials in the conductive state."
Zhang Yifang nodded as he listened, "This research of yours has attracted much attention."
Many people know that Wang Hao is doing this research because he applied for a key project and the project funding was directly 20 million.
Mathematics projects with tens of millions of dollars in funding are extremely rare.
At the same time, research has also attracted much attention, because everyone knows that research is directly related to superconductivity.
Previously, media around the world were reporting on research related to AC gravity. Ordinary people would imagine anti-gravity technology, but scholars in related fields know that superconductivity is much more important than AC gravity.
Superconductivity is a technology close to reality and has already been applied in some fields.
The improvement of superconducting technology can promote large-scale application, thus bringing about earth-shaking changes in science and technology.
Communicating gravity is, to put it bluntly, anti-gravity.
This technology represents the future, but it definitely does not represent the present.
How long is the future?
Maybe it's decades, maybe it's a hundred years, maybe it's hundreds of years. Anyway, it's definitely not visible in a short time.
Zhang Yifang continued to ask, "The study of this topology is complicated enough. Why do you suddenly think of studying the Yang-Mills equation?"
Wang Haodao, "I just feel that I am very suitable to study this equation, and I can also understand the topological changes in the microscopic morphology inside superconductors from another angle."
He explained, "I think the main reason for topological changes in microscopic morphology is the effect of annihilation force."
After he finished speaking, he added, "Professor Qiu reminded me."
Many people immediately took a liking to Qiu Chengwen.
Academician Hu Yourong is also one of them. When he and Wang Hao were communicating via video, he heard Wang Hao say similar words and felt very depressed at the time.
It still hurts to hear it now.
The other party just listened to the suggestions and studied it carefully, and they were able to achieve such great results.
There is really no comparison between people!
Qiu Chengwen came over and heard Wang Hao's words. He couldn't help but twitched his lips. He just suggested that Wang Hao study the Yang-Mills equation, but he didn't expect that after such a short time, the other party would have such a
Big results.
Is this reasonable?
While several people were talking, a young white man with short hair came over, it was Paul Phil Jones. Next to him was Ridley Parsons, a professor at the University of Florida who was also engaged in research on string theory.
They agreed to attend the Chinese Mathematicians Conference together, along with several other people.
Paul Phil-Jones's expression was very cold. When he saw Wang Hao, he obviously didn't have a good face. He walked over and raised his head arrogantly, and said directly, "Wang Hao, your annihilation theory is a scam, right?!"
This unfriendly tone made Wang Hao unable to react for a while.
How could someone say such a thing directly?
Ledley Parsons pulled Paul Phil Jones. He smiled apologetically at Wang Hao and explained, "Sorry, Paul Phil cannot accept your theory."
Jones looked at Parsons and asked, "Ledley, why did you apologize to him? You can't accept it, right?"
Parsons smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Of course??"
Under the confused gazes of others, he didn't know what to say, and he regretted going with Paul Phil Jones.
He had always known that Paul Phil Jones had no emotional intelligence and was very enthusiastic about string theory, but he still didn't expect that he would come directly to question him.
If the subject were anyone else, he would of course support Paul Phil Jones, because Jones is a super genius, and there are very few people who can beat him mathematically, including most of the Fields winners.
Sometimes, winning awards does not directly represent ability. It may just mean that the research is in the right direction, or that some research results are internationally recognized.
Paul Phil-Jones is one of those top geniuses, but he studies string theory. Obviously, it is very difficult to win awards in the research direction of string theory.
Now Paul Phil-Jones faces Wang Hao.
In terms of mathematical ability, Wang Hao happened to be the one who crushed Paul Phil-Jones, and his achievements speak for themselves.
The whole world recognizes him as the number one mathematician, and there is no need to question his mathematical ability.
But on academic issues, he will definitely side with Paul Phil Jones, because they are both studying string theory.
Wang Hao looked at Paul Phil Jones with doubts and asked three words tentatively, "String theory?"
Jones continued to stare at Wang Hao without blinking.
Parsons nodded slightly.
Wang Hao suddenly understood that he had never conducted research on string theory, but some definitions of annihilation theory seemed to be very unfriendly to string theory?
"I'm pretty sure the annihilation theory is correct."
After he finished speaking with certainty, he suddenly smiled and continued, "In addition, there are actually differences in the basic definitions between annihilation theory and string theory."
Paul Phil-Jones replied forcefully, "I don't know what you mean!"
Wang Hao smiled and said, "You will understand with an example. For example, how does decay occur? I believe that you, an expert in string theory, can explain it in the form of string theory, right?"
"certainly!"
Paul Phil-Jones showed a look that said, "Don't look down on people." He immediately said, "The decay process is a decaying into β plus γ. When a decays into β and γ, it is a single string vibrating and broken into two strings.
Vibrate in different ways."
"Because strings are so small, it is difficult to directly observe the properties of particles similar to strings..."
Jones explains a lot in succession.
Wang Hao listened patiently and then said, "You just explained the explanation of the decay process by string theory. If this is a question that can be scored, I will give you zero points."
Jones was suddenly angry.
Wang Hao explained, "My question is, how does decay occur, instead of asking you to explain the decay process? Let me ask another question, why does decay occur? Mr. Jones, can you explain it using string theory?"
Paul Phil-Jones was stunned.
Regarding the question of why decay occurs, he can certainly find a lot of physical explanations, such as energy loss, just like the vibration of a string, which cannot continue forever. The microscopic reaction is the decay of particles.
For another example, decay is a complex result of the combination of many forces within an atom.
etc.
However, the above explanation has nothing to do with string theory.
If he uses these physical explanations to explain, he has not answered the question at all.
Jones immediately looked at Wang Hao, wanting to hear what Wang Hao would say.
Wang Haodao, "If we use the annihilation theory, it can be easily explained. Why does decay occur? It is because of the interaction between space and mass. Mass will cause space oscillations, and conversely, space also interacts with mass."
"This is the force of annihilation. It's like squeezing an object continuously with force, or it can be understood as the weathering reaction of a stone. Under the action of continuous force, decay naturally occurs."
After Wang Hao finished speaking, he ignored Paul Phil-Jones and walked out of the venue with others, preparing to go to the restaurant for lunch.
Paul Phil-Jones stood there blankly, for a long time he suddenly raised his head and looked at Parsons, and asked with uncertainty, "Ledley, I was humiliated just now, string theory was humiliated, right?"
?”
He finally reacted.
Wang Hao asked a question about decay. He used string theory to explain the occurrence process, while the other party said that annihilation theory can directly explain the cause of occurrence.
The straightforward understanding is that "annihilation theory is one level higher than string theory", and to put it more straightforwardly, "what you are doing is inferior research work".
The connotation can be understood as the "academic contempt chain".
Mathematics is obviously superior to applied mathematics, and the research of pure mathematics can "despise" the research of applied mathematics.
Now annihilation theory can explain the reason why decay occurs, while string theory can only explain the process of occurrence. The "academic level" of natural annihilation theory is one level higher than string theory.
After hearing Jones' question, Parsons twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a "you just realized it" look in his eyes, and then nodded gently.
"damn it!"
Paul Phil-Jones was immediately angry. He could accept being humiliated, but string theory was humiliated——