Chapter 96 Tens of millions of people, thirteen hours of waiting!
"These three are Mersenne primes?" Zhu Jianrong was stunned, obviously in a state of confusion.
Chen Qinghua asked more accurately, "You mean, the Mersenne numbers corresponding to these three black prime numbers are all Mersenne primes?"
The two asked each question, and then looked at each other, both feeling a little confused in their thinking.
It takes several years on average to verify a Mersenne prime number. The first time a Chinese scholar discovered a Mersenne prime number was already big news in China.
This Chinese scholar quickly found the second Mersenne prime number, which can be said to be incredible. It is a major achievement that has attracted international attention.
They discussed for more than an hour, just chewing on the announcement issued by the school, because they all knew that the announcement would definitely attract a lot of attention, and many media reporters had already come to the door, just wanting to know the news about the Mersenne prime numbers.
The results of it?
You tell us how many Mersenne primes are "queuing" waiting for verification?
Is this looking for Mersenne primes?
This is……
"Then verify it quickly!" Chen Qinghua reacted immediately, remembered the research content Wang Hao told him, and immediately rushed out of the laboratory to find Zhang Zhiqiang.
Zhang Zhiqiang was sleeping soundly while lying on the single bed, when he was pulled up by Chen Qinghua, and he was dragged to the central laboratory without knowing what was going on.
"Hurry, set and verify!"
Chen Qinghua simply said six words, which made Zhang Zhiqiang understand. He immediately cheered up, opened the software customization function, and verified several numbers.
at the same time.
Zhu Jianrong pulled Wang Hao aside and asked carefully, "Wang Hao, are you sure? Those are really Mersenne primes? This is no joke."
Wang Hao thought for a while and said, "I'm not 100% sure, so I have to verify it."
"How sure are you?"
"More than 90%." Wang Hao pursed his lips vigorously, but did not finish his words.
Zhu Jianrong swallowed his saliva when he heard the numbers. He nodded hard and said, "Nine percent is enough!"
"I believe you!"
He left a few words and quickly walked out of the laboratory building.
Zhu Jianrong returned to the science and technology office of the school. He was holding the handwritten announcement in his hand. As soon as he sat back down, he heard Li Ming ask, "Do you want to issue an announcement? I have already written it and am waiting to submit it."
"What kind of announcement is this? Delete it immediately!"
Zhu Jianrong said anxiously, then crumpled the handwritten notice into a ball, "I won't send it anymore, just write it again."
"ah?"
Li Ming was very confused.
Zhu Jianrong ignored Li Ming and typed on the computer——
[Congratulations to Professor Wang Hao of our school for achieving a major breakthrough in the study of Mersenne prime numbers, and with the help of the Mersenne Number Science Laboratory of the School of Computer Science of our school, he discovered two Mersenne prime numbers in succession. 】
Li Ming looked on and couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "This passage is very well written."
"but……"
"Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory, is it from our school?"
Zhu Jianrong glanced at him, shook his head and said with a smile, "You don't understand this. It didn't happen before, but it will happen in the future."
"ah?"
Zhu Jianrong did not explain much and continued to write the next sentence--
[At the same time, the Mersenne Number Science Laboratory is continuing to verify other numbers, among which new Mersenne prime numbers are expected to emerge. 】
【Thanks for the attention from all walks of life!】
[If there are new discoveries, the Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory will announce the relevant results as soon as possible. 】
Li Ming still felt a little confused after watching it from beginning to end. He asked repeatedly, "What exactly is this Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory?"
Zhu Jianrong shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this. Now we will prepare a major achievement report related to Mersenne prime numbers, and then apply for funding from our superiors!"
"Hasn't the school always planned to develop a computer school? It also plans to develop a computer laboratory."
"Now is your chance!"
"Last year, we allocated funds to buy two servers, which are the most basic configurations of key laboratories. With this result, there is no problem at all not to mention building a supercomputing center and expanding the computer laboratory. The province will happily allocate funds when the time comes.
."
"but……"
"We still have to talk to Wang Hao and let him serve as the chief researcher of the Mason Mathematical Sciences Laboratory!"
Li Ming nodded as he listened, and couldn't help but glance at Zhu Jianrong.
He is already the deputy director of the Science and Technology Department, but it seems that he still has a lot to learn in terms of finding opportunities to benefit the development of the school.
…
After Xihai University’s announcement was released, it immediately aroused a huge response.
The discovery of two Mersenne primes in a row within a week is definitely news that shocked the academic world. The fact that the discoverer of Mersenne primes is the same Chinese scholar is enough for the news to arouse huge public discussion across borders.
The relevant domestic public opinion has continued all morning and has not ended. Many people are waiting for confirmed news from Xihai University.
As a result, Sokai University issued an announcement, and it was indeed as they thought, the second Mersenne prime number within a week had been found.
At the same time, another piece of news came with an explanation that was even more shocking.
"There are still numbers being verified, and they are probably also Mersenne primes. Is this what Xihai University's announcement means?"
"Real or false? It's terrible, isn't it? Has Professor Wang Hao cracked the mystery of Mersenne prime numbers?"
"It's impossible. In the morning, there was a mathematics professor from the Mathematical Science Center of Shuimu University. He said that it is impossible for Mersenne prime numbers to have regular patterns, otherwise they would have been discovered long ago."
"If the rules of Mersenne prime numbers can be cracked, it means that the prime numbers also have rules. It is not a simple matter of finding Mersenne prime numbers."
"But what does Xihai University mean? They can't be deceiving people, right?"
"Didn't the announcement say that Professor Wang Hao has achieved significant results in the study of Mersenne prime numbers? What exactly is this result? I'm really looking forward to it."
Many people are looking forward to it very much.
When the first Mersenne prime number was found, many people thought Wang Hao was lucky. When the second Mersenne prime number was found, some people already had doubts that human luck could not be this good.
Now Xihai University has publicly said that Wang Hao has made a major breakthrough in the research of Mersenne prime numbers, and there are other numbers in the process of verification, which immediately aroused heated discussion in the public opinion.
What are the results of the research on Mersenne prime numbers? What exactly are they? Is it true that there are several more numbers that are being verified as mentioned in the university announcement?
Public opinion is boiling.
Xihai University's announcement attracted a lot of attention and discussion in a short period of time, and the hot search rankings on several online platforms also rushed to the top three.
At the same time, a large number of media reporters rushed to the so-called Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory.
They searched and asked again and again, but could not find out where the so-called 'Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory' was located, and finally came to the computer laboratory building.
Because of the large number of people, the reporters were prevented from entering by the security guards and had to wait together at the door of the building.
After waiting for about half an hour, a professor from the laboratory building came out and took them to the sixth floor. Dozens of reporters and equipment blocked the corridor.
Then they met what was called the Mason Mathematical Science Laboratory.
It was just a larger room. Looking inside through the glass window, you could see that it looked a bit messy, and there was the buzzing sound of a computer host.
There was a piece of white paper pasted in front of the door of the house, with a few large characters written on it -
Mason Mathematical Sciences Laboratory.
"Isn't this laboratory too miserable? There's not even a sign? There's just one room and a few computers? It doesn't look as good as a computer room where students take classes."
A reporter who responded quickly recorded it immediately, "It was in such a difficult environment that Professor Wang Hao completed the research on Mersenne prime numbers, and used a worn-out computer to do detection and analysis, and found the Mersenne prime numbers."
Entry is not allowed into the Mason Mathematical Sciences Laboratory on the grounds that major research is ongoing.
The reporters could only take a look outside and take a few photos, and then they were arranged to go to the small conference room downstairs, where they crowded in for interviews and questions.
Those interviewed included Chen Qinghua, Zhang Zhiqiang, Qi Xiao, Zhu Jianrong and several others. Two doctoral students were also called and introduced as participants in the project.
They talked about how Wang Hao completed the research on Mersenne prime numbers in a difficult environment and used the laboratory computer to detect the Mersenne prime numbers.
After hearing this, the reporters quickly took notes and then asked to interview Wang Hao.
it is a pity……
It's not that the school didn't allow Wang Hao to be interviewed, but that Wang Hao had already left long ago because he had to wait for a long time for verification, so he went back to rest.
A group of reporters could only wait for the experiment downstairs. Later, some people simply went outside to find a hotel and stayed there to interview Wang Hao.
There are reporters standing guard in the school.
There are more people on the Internet waiting for news. They saw the timely interview information released by the reporter and learned that the Mersenne Number Science Laboratory of Xihai University found the Mersenne prime number based on Wang Hao's research.
At the same time, it is also determined that there are other Mersenne numbers being tested.
The reporter also obtained specific testing information.
"The first number takes about 13 hours." For the detection of a number, thirteen hours is an amazing time, but after some people do some popular science, they feel that the time is already very short.
How can it be so easy to detect the primality of numbers with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of digits?
At this time, public opinion not only appeared in China, but also abroad had already heard the news.
The information interviewed by the reporter is that Xihai University normally uses PRIME software as a detection tool, and PRIME software has the function of timely reporting and updating on the GIMPS website.
As a result, many people began to visit the GIMPS website, hoping to get first-hand news.
It was not one person, it was a large group of people.
The GIMPS main website and forum were immediately hit hard. The server was stagnant for more than four hours before it resumed operation. The good news is that more people know about GIMPS, the number of newly registered users to participate in GIMPS has increased significantly, and new CUPs have been added.
The number has increased several times.
This may be the biggest wave of publicity since the establishment of GIMPS.
Many people are waiting.
At thirteen hours, will there be any updates on the new discovery of Mersenne prime numbers?
Ten hours, 2.5 million people online.
Twelve hours, 3.2 million people were online.
In thirteen hours, the number of people online exceeded five million...
Suddenly.
A message in red font was refreshed on the homepage of the website, "The new Mersenne prime number has been verified, the user WangHao from China, the number is M8XXXXXXX."
The next moment, the website crashed again...
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