Chapter 27 The Devil's Book (Happy New Year's Eve)
With the help of the tower spirit, the magicians who arrived first opened the closed door! The scene in the room was clearly displayed in the eyes of Samantha and Rachel.
This is a refreshing and clean study room. Every book is neatly arranged without any confusion. The papers on the table are divided into several piles in a very orderly manner. Even the draft paper is also stacked meticulously. Every other place is neatly arranged.
Every detail in every corner fully reflects the strict and serious to pathologically obsessive character of the owner Ha Wen.
On the chair behind the desk, Ha Wen sat there quietly, with a layer of clear ice crystals condensed on his body. Even in the fiery temperature of July, they did not melt much, but instead turned the surrounding air into a silky white.
Frost.
Haven sat very straight in the ice, wearing a gray pointed hat and a wide robe in the standard tower magician attire. Coupled with the arcane badges on his chest, he looked ceremoniously as if he was going to participate in the "Evans Arcane Award" or
The award ceremony of the "Arcane Wand Award".
His face was pale, with a hint of confusion, despair and relief in his stiff expression. He held a glass of red wine in his hand, as if he would stand up at any time to welcome everyone, but his eyes were empty and lifeless.
"This is really the way Haven would choose to die, clean and refreshing, full of elegance..." Rachel whispered to Samantha.
They all know Havin. After all, they were both arcanists in the tower who hoped to advance to the sixth ring. They competed with each other and encouraged each other, and the relationship was quite harmonious. Therefore, they also understood Havin's character relatively well. But now
, the two of them were already high-level arcanists and magicians, but Havin ended his life using ice and snow magic. This has to be said to be two microcosms of the times.
Samantha thought about her wandering, confusion and frustration during this period, and said with deep feeling: "In fact, in ten years, Havin will be able to advance to a high level... In fact, no matter how desperate, you should not give up easily. If
It’s me, I will live, live well, let’s see how this arcane world will develop, and see if our loss is worth it...”
"Haven himself has severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. I have been trying to think of ways to construct corresponding hormone magic to help him, but unfortunately..." Rachel said to herself, and the teacher and Lucien Evans made suggestions respectively.
some concepts.
In the past, although there was magic to deal with this kind of psychological problem, it was only effective in a short period of time, such as using spells such as mechanized mind. Unless a magician was willing to abandon normal feelings and maintain a long-lasting magic similar to
It can be regarded as a "complete solution" to the problem, so there are not a few ancient magicians with extreme or crazy personalities!
As a good friend, Samantha is no stranger to the development of psychological arcana. She nodded slightly and said: "In addition to the help of magic, daily enlightenment is also needed. However, there is always a lack of basic theory in psychotherapy, and it is impossible to apply the researched methods.
Bits and pieces come together to form a complete system.”
While talking, the two walked into Havin's room - as Havin's friends and high-level magicians, the other arcanists all acquiesced to their authority to handle this matter.
Thanks to Haven's "good habits", Rachel and Samantha easily found an unsealed letter in the corresponding position on the desk without spending any time searching.
The patterned paper inside the letter has a faint scent of books and is folded into a square shape.
Rachel was not careless. After checking carefully, she opened the letter and read the contents above softly:
"... The arguments over the past period of time have exhausted me. I can't imagine that the foundation of the entire star system will be overturned. No, it is the loss of certainty in the entire material world... I keep arguing with people and arguing with others.
People debate, but things develop in the opposite direction..."
“…···Looking back at the rapid development of arcana in the past few years, I feel deeply confused. The things we are afraid of, afraid of, and desperately resisting now are exactly the products of the theories we were happy with and satisfied with before.
, how ridiculous this is..."
"...···My brain is constantly thinking about various difficult and even contradictory problems. I can't get a second of peace, but my thinking cannot solve any dilemma. I am very tired, very exhausted. I want to end it.
Such a life..."
"... I cowardly made a decision. I think I can't keep up with the development of arcana, and I can't accept such development. I hope that in my dream, I can return to the golden age of determinism..."
After reading this letter, which was full of exhaustion, despair and confusion, Rachel suddenly felt a little bit the same way. Except for those few, most arcanists probably had similar feelings, but the degree was different.
"Haven...Oh..." She wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh.
All the magicians who came fell into silence, as if they were mourning for Haven and feeling sad for themselves.
Samantha withdrew her gaze from Haven's body and looked out the window. The sunshine at noon in July was so bright and brilliant, yet so dazzling.
Time passed by, and Rachel cleared her throat and prepared to arrange the next thing. At this time, a tower magician came from the elevator, holding a thick book in his hand: "Nature"
"Published a special issue "Fundamentals of Mathematics"!"
His voice was filled with obvious joy, and just a brief browse through it seemed to allow him to see a rigorously structured palace of mathematics and physics.
""Fundamentals of Mathematics"?" Samantha asked subconsciously.
The tower magician replied loudly with joy: "Yes, Mr. Evans has provided answers to many current mathematical problems. Through these answers, he has built a mathematical system with dense branches and solid foundation!"
He could only answer like this, because before he had time to read carefully, he suddenly noticed the situation in the study: "Ha, what's wrong with Haven?"
The other magician briefly told him what happened and Havin's last words. He said with annoyance and regret: "I should have come up earlier. If Havin saw the book "Fundamentals of Mathematics", it would definitely rekindle his interest in studying mathematics.
Enthusiasm. Some time ago, I had similar confusion and frustration, but now, these emotions can't extinguish my enthusiasm for mathematics. It turns out that we still have so many things worth doing!"
Samantha, Rachel heard that what he said was a bit exaggerated, and couldn't help but take the books he bought for others in his storage bag, and started reading them directly in Haven's study room.
Although they didn't have time to look at the specific derivation process, just Lucien's proposing or redefining some concepts in mathematical fields such as number theory, sets, groups, fields, topology, etc., made them feel refreshed, as if they had done scattered and random research in the past.
Forming an indivisible whole, connected by flesh and blood.
Many contents of this book do not exceed their knowledge scope, because it is based on various current research in the field of mathematics and physics, and has been integrated and further elucidated. The new concepts proposed in it are not very difficult to understand. Not only are there
A rigorous logical deduction process, and it just hits the current difficulties encountered by tower arcanists.
Looking through this book, Samantha, Rachel and others seemed to see new directions taking shape in the field of mathematics and physics, and saw an unusually broad world!
"Mr. Evans often said in the past that mathematics cannot rely on arcana and magic, and cannot only serve to solve their problems. It should be an independent theory based on rigorous derivation and deduction. It has its own problems and cannot be used because of its own problems.
Don't pay attention to them if you don't need them." Rachel suddenly sighed, "I remember these words very clearly and think they make sense. However, in actual research, many problems are still ignored. Now, I completely understand.
The meaning of it.”
She swept away the previous sadness, confusion and confusion, and looked quite energetic, as if her passion had been rekindled.
Samantha also said with great emotion: “In the past, when we used scattered mathematical knowledge to solve problems, although we finally achieved our goal, it always felt very obscure and difficult, as if there were invisible walls around us blocking our efforts.
Now, those walls are gone..."
"Well, Mr. Evans also conducted an in-depth analysis of axioms and gave a complete axiom system for tower geometry." An arcanist said the latter part, although Lucien proposed the axioms very early.
Arcanists have also done some research and application on the concept of transformation in practice, but after seeing this high-tower geometric axiom system, he still vaguely felt that the basic views of mathematics seemed to have quietly changed.
In the heated discussion atmosphere, Samantha suddenly stood up, made a rubbing of the book in her hand, put it in front of Haven, and then lit it with a flame.
"With the company of "Fundamentals of Mathematics", the world after your death will be full of color." She whispered.
The other arcanists also became quiet and sighed in their hearts. Fortunately, "Fundamentals of Mathematics" was released at this time.
After taking care of Haven's funeral affairs, Rachel, Samantha and others left his room one after another. In the process, one by one the arcanists took the time to continue reading: "'Current difficult problems in mathematical research,?
"
"... Can any even number greater than 2 be written as the sum of two prime numbers?" He fell into dull thinking after reading the question.
"The four-color problem?" The other arcanist turned to the next page.
After hearing what they said, Samantha and Rachel looked at each other and quickly turned to the next content.
Suddenly, the corridor was filled with statue-like arcanists. They kept mumbling something, their expressions were confused and crazy.
After an unknown amount of time, the sound of footsteps woke up Samantha and Rachel, and then they saw circles of "dizziness" in each other's eyes.
Then, Rachel laughed and said: "These questions are really scary. They seem simple at first glance, but if you think deeply, you will find that they are extremely difficult..."
"So, even Mr. Evans was stumped." Samantha gave a rare smile.
"The last question, the barber's paradox?" Rachel read the last few pages, "...a barber in a small town made a promise after something happened, 'I will only cut hair for everyone in the town who doesn't do it themselves.
Haircut, please tell me, should he get a haircut for himself? What is the problem?"
"This..." After Samantha thought deeply, the book in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.
Boom, boom, boom, the other arcanists who heard Rachel's words also let the books fall to the ground in shock.
This is a famous paradox about set theory. Under the current level of research, this means that the set theory is shaken, and set theory is the basis of the field of mathematics. Therefore, it can be said that this paradox makes people doubt
The effectiveness of the basic structure of the entire mathematical field!
"I was overjoyed just now for the perfection of set theory, and now I have to face the horror and despair that comes from it..." An arcanist said something similar to what Havin just said.
Elestine and Nodaniel were wandering around the city of Arlinge and saw many arcanists studying leisurely and hard under the shade of the trees.
"You work so hard, no wonder the Magic Council can develop so quickly." Ellestine sighed, and then looked at one of the young magicians curiously, "What book is he reading?"
"Basics of Mathematics..." Nodaniel relied on his strong eyesight to identify each word one by one.
"Mathematics..." Elestine nodded, and was about to turn around and leave when she heard Nodaniel add in confusion: "Someone has drawn a red cross on these words, and there are other words below.
handwritten words…”
Elestine became more and more curious: "What word?"
Nuo Daniel carefully identified it again: "Devil...book·｀····"
"The Devil's Book?" Ellestine repeated in confusion.