Seeing this topic, Eric sighed deeply: "It's useless, Levsky, it's useless. You are just trying to make a fool of yourself. No committee will accept such a whimsical thing. It has nothing to do with what we see." The real world is completely different. It is completely contrary to the foundation of geometry and is undoubtedly wrong. We have been old friends for so many years, so I advise you not to waste time on this anymore."
Due to the need for magic to construct graphics and substantively recognize the world, the study of mathematics has been throughout the history of magic exploration. Among them, the currently recognized basis of geometry is what Mentes, the legendary magician of the ancient magic empire, proposed in "Geometry" The five axioms and five postulates are called Mendelius geometry. Since he was the founder of the Tower Organization, this is also called Tower Geometry.
Among them, the fifth postulate (its equivalent proposition is "through a point outside the straight line, there is and is only one straight line parallel to the known straight line.") is too complicated, not like a postulate, but like a theorem that needs to be proved, which leads to The interest of many magicians, especially after the establishment of the Magic Council, has made remarkable achievements in mathematics. More and more magicians have joined the ranks and constantly tried various methods to prove this postulate, but they have all failed and cannot provide convincing results. logical derivation.
In Eric's eyes, Levsky was one of them. He first assumed that "through a point outside the straight line, at least two straight lines can be drawn parallel to the known straight line", and then went to prove the error of this assumption to disprove the tower. The fifth postulate of geometry is correct, but the result is unexpected. Combining this assumption with the five axioms and four postulates of portal geometry, we come up with a logically sound but inexplicable, absurd and contrary to "reality" The geometric system has been treated with indifference by the arcane masters of the tower.
After Levsky submitted his paper without any obstruction, he received fierce criticism and bitter ridicule, and it undoubtedly failed the review.
"Eric, have you read my paper carefully? Have you read the argument process carefully? Are there any errors in its premise postulates and logical derivation? Why do you refuse to understand it?" Levsky was trembling with excitement. Years of blows over the years did not make him succumb. In the past ten years, no matter how much ridicule and ridicule he received, how poor his life was, the cessation of magic research, and the stagnation of his strength, it did not make him succumb. He gave up his theory.
Eric raised his hand and pressed down: "Yes, there is nothing wrong with the application of proof by contradiction and logical derivation. But, Levsky, open your eyes, look at our world, look at this table, this room , these magic structure graphics, they are different from the geometric shapes you imagined! They are real, you say, which one should we believe? Didn't you spend money to print many copies and spread them to other arcanists? Did you get their approval?”
"No." Levsky lowered his head dejectedly. He used to think that the members of the review committee and the tower arcanists were too rigid and conservative and "killed" his thesis, so he planned to ask those who had not yet accepted it. Young magicians with many inherent theories and authorities in the field of mathematics and physics, Speaker Douglas, Lord Hathaway, Lord Paris and others spread their own geometric systems, but they were still ridiculed and attacked mercilessly by the young arcanists. What are you talking about? What a joke. Those propositions of yours simply go against conventional wisdom. Try drawing two parallel lines from a point outside the straight line!
Several authorities in the field of mathematics and physics also remained silent.
"But I've already perfected it." Levsky emphasized again, his tone a little weaker than the firmness just now, but it quickly disappeared. "I should be able to pass this time, Eric, please.
Already."
Eric sighed sympathetically and with a headache: "But, Levsky, you have submitted it several times in the past ten years, and every time you failed to pass the review, and the committee has regulations that the paper cannot be submitted repeatedly to avoid
It’s a waste of committee members’ time. Look at you, you are already over forty years old and you are still a low-level magician. Have you spent any time studying arcane arts and improving your magic strength? It won’t work if you continue like this..."
"This is the most complete argument and explanation. Eric, please submit the paper to Commissioner Evans. I will concentrate on studying magic in the next few years." Levsky pleaded with his eyes, full of hope.
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Eric's unsmiling face twitched: "Levsky, Commissioner Evans only reviews subversive papers, the kind that will shake a magician's understanding of the world and make his head explode, and yours is just pure mathematics.
Papers on this topic, even if they go against common sense, have nothing to do with the cognitive world and will not have serious consequences, so logically speaking, they cannot be submitted to Commissioner Evans."
The cognitive world is based on the magician's in-depth understanding of the real world and the results of exploration. Mathematics is just a tool and does not affect the stability of the cognitive world.
Before Levsky continued to insist, Eric sighed again: "Well, I will mark the words subversive and mathematics on the surface of your paper. In this way, in addition to sending it to two authoritative committee members in mathematics and physics for review, I will also
Will send a copy to Commissioner Evans."
He understood that the review committee members had not changed much in the past few years. They had long hated Levsky's papers. If he hadn't known that the newly joined Evans Committee reviewed subversive papers, Levsky might not have been able to do so.
Firmly demand submissions.
A glimmer of hope is at least hope!
"Thank you, Eric..." Levsky didn't know what to say.
Eric waved his hand: "You go back and wait for the review results. I hope your life can get back on track as soon as possible."
Levsky nodded solemnly, feeling uneasy and full of expectations. Can Commissioner Evans view his paper fairly?
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On the fifteenth floor of the Magic Tower, in a spacious and bright room.
The magic circle, which shone with milky white light from time to time, stretched out its arms on both sides and distributed the papers one by one.
"Mathematics? Subversive? Turn to Mr. Nesica, Ms. Milina, and Mr. Evans." The metallic voice paused for a moment before making a choice.
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In the cognitive world, stars hang down, elements move, and electrons surround. Lucien spreads his mental power out, integrating with starlight, elements, ice and snow from the standpoint of wave theory. Then he vibrates carefully, gradually adding in the instantaneity of time.
The nature of "spiritual particles".
Lucien was very cautious about making such a change, and it was extremely small, fearing that his mental power would be out of control and lead to the shock and destruction of the entire cognitive world.
I don't know how long it took before Lucien ended his morning meditation, left the bedroom, had breakfast, and then took a walk to the magic tower of the parliament headquarters.
"Hey, Lazar, why are you smiling from ear to ear today?" As soon as Lucien entered the Atomic Research Institute, he saw Lazar, who usually never arrived early, pacing back and forth in the office alone, grinning.
.With a bright but silly smile.
"Ah? Lucien, you came so early." Lazar was startled, and then said triumphantly: "I can fly!"
As he spoke, he flew up and almost hit the light blue ceiling.
"Tsk, you've been promoted to the intermediate level, you have to invite us as guests to celebrate." Lucien finally understood why Lazar was so excited, so he joked with a smile.
Lazar staggered down and said happily: "There will definitely be a celebration banquet!"
Then he said with a hint of gratitude: "Thank you, Lucien, for following you in the most cutting-edge research in the field of elements in the past few months has given me a deeper understanding of elemental magic. In particular, the discovery of electrons has made my understanding of the world more profound.
Only by being stable can you be promoted in advance before your math and science abilities have improved too much."
"Otherwise, what are we going to do to explore the nature of the world?" Lucien joked, and then said in a slightly more serious tone. "But you can't ignore the improvement in mathematics. The further we go, the more we rely on mathematics as a tool."
Lazar nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, I know exactly where my problem is. Speaking of which, after joining the Atomic Research Institute, everyone's arcane level and magic strength have increased rapidly. Annick, Splinter, and Katrina
They also told me that I already have the ability to be promoted to a formal magician. I just need a period of mental power accumulation and the assistance of pharmaceuticals."
During the time Lucien left, Lazar and the others continued experiments related to cathode rays and low-temperature material properties as planned, but the content was no longer so compact, and they could free up time to do some research of their own.
"I'm very happy to see them grow up." Lucien said with satisfaction.
After chatting for a while, Lazar suddenly said: "Lucien, what do you think of the Speaker's recent experiments?"
As expected, it is a hot topic recently, related to the eternal wave-particle debate. Lucien slandered and simply said: "If the Speaker's other theories are true, then the 'etheric medium theory' can be abandoned." Although it is still.
There will be many people coming up with various theories to make up for this doctrine.
"He is indeed a sharp and subversive Lucien Evans who likes to blow other people's heads off." Lazar made a joke and expressed many arcanists' views on Lucien.
"Maybe I will have relevant titles in the future... Well, Lazar, I will go to the committee member's office first, then go to the teacher to study, and I will come back later to help you celebrate your promotion to the intermediate level." Lucien saw that it was late, Luo Xiang
Ke, Heidi and others have already arrived. With conscience aware of it, they decided to go to the arcane review office. Although if there are papers, the steel golem will be delivered to their home in the evening, but since they are at the headquarters, they still stop by to take a look in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.
The office is always empty.
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As soon as he stepped into his luxurious office on the fifteenth floor, Lucien saw the steel golem greeting him and said in a metallic voice: "Master, a paper has just been delivered."
"Is there a paper?" Lucien asked curiously. In fact, he never thought that there would be a paper, because the content that needs to be reviewed is all subversive. There are not so many in the arcane world. "Come and take a look.
"
Taking the paper from the steel golem, Lucien saw the words subversive and mathematics, and he vaguely had a direction in his mind. There were not many research results that could be called subversive in mathematics and physics and were in line with the current level of knowledge.
""Strict Proof of the Principles of Geometry and the Parallel Line Theorem"..."
After casually flipping through it, he found that it was mentioned in the abstract as a perfect version. Lucien frowned slightly and ordered the steel golem: "Go to the Arcane Library to exchange for similar papers that have been submitted before, uh, together with the evaluation opinions of the review committee.