Chapter 140: Chapter 132: The power of this thing is really too great!

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Thomson and Old Dengen are both smiling, staring at the beginning of the proof, and making a comment together, "The introduction is very detailed; he at least knows what the Hail (Collatz) Conjecture is."

"That’s right, the description is very clear."

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"The method of using binary conversion is quite novel, but the process of the description is a bit messy."

"Are all these conversion numbers correct?" Old Dengen asked.

"There’s no problem here."

Thomson said somewhat proudly, "Don’t you remember? When I was in college, I was a famous computing genius!"

"You’re right." Old Dengen nodded approvingly.

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"This step is quite interesting, constructing a numerical graph of 0s and 1s after binary computation."

"Indeed, it’s just a bit messy!"

"It’s too messy!"

Difficulty increased.

This time, the two became much more serious. In the large digital graph made up of 0s and 1s on the screen, a small mistake might affect the result.

Find the mistake!

Keep looking!

Not on this page, nor on the next.

Thomson and Old Dengen were both a bit surprised. They had originally thought it would be an easy "elementary school mistake-finding" task, but after a long search, they still couldn’t find any errors.

"It seems that this high school student does have some skills!" Thomson became slightly serious.

Old Dengen also nodded, "Up to this point, the proof process is quite rigorous, but his proof pages are a bit too many."

pages to be precise.

They flipped through it for a long time, and only got through about ten pages.

"It’s not working like this; we can’t just stare at the digital graphs. It’s a waste of time. Let’s start by browsing through the proof steps." Old Dengen made a suggestion.

Thomson nodded in agreement.

The speed was much faster this time.

Zhao Yi’s "Binary Calculation Proof Method" did not have very complicated steps. It did not use any advanced theorems, and most of them were basic formulas and theorem. The proof steps were very clear, but the process was a bit brain-burning. The reason for the many pages was mostly due to the ’01 Digital Graphs’.

Thomson and Old Dengen became more and more surprised as they read.

The smiles on their faces disappeared, replaced by seriousness and surprise.

They did not continue flipping past the 40th page of the proof in the paper.

The rest was meaningless.

After reading this far, they had a clear understanding of the key to the proof. The subsequent summaries, calculations, and proofs could be easily grasped with a little thought.

The two looked at each other.

"Impossible!"

"There must be an error somewhere!"

Thomson, with a disbelieving look on his face, went back to the first page. Later, he simply flipped to the tenth page and carefully studied the ’01 Digital Graphs’.

This would take some time.

Even Old Dengen, who was not very energetic, had no intention of leaving. They seemed to have found a fun game and continued to study it with great interest.

"We must find the mistake!"

"There must be something wrong somewhere!"

Over four hours passed.

The time crossed over to two o’clock in the morning, and Thomson couldn’t help but let out a long yawn. His eyes, however, remained fixed on the screen.

No mistakes!

Both of them carefully went through the proof process together, but they could not find even a single numerical typo.

"So you’re saying..."

Thomson stood up, full of excitement, and said to Old Dengen, "The Hail Conjecture has been proven?"

"This is the proof process!"

Old Dengen’s expression was also a bit strange, and neither of the master and apprentice dared to face the result.

Both of them were top-class mathematics professors who had devoted their lives to mathematical research. And now, the Hailstone theorem, which had been making no progress, was proven by a high school student from the Far East?

Thomson took a deep breath, and his expression became very complex. He did not know whether to be happy about the Hail Conjecture being proven or to feel sad about his work not yielding any results.

Old Dengen, however, was quick to accept it.

Old Dengen was almost sixty years old. Academic research had always been a young genius’s arena, with the golden age for producing results being between thirty and forty. He had passed that age by twenty years and had seen too many younger people achieve higher accomplishments than him, including his student Thomson.

So, it wasn’t a big deal.

Old Dengen was now a lecturer at the university and the editor of "Mathematics Society Magazine" while waiting for the day he could retire.

"In that case!"

Old Dengen drank a sip of hot tea, rubbed his eyes vigorously and said, "Print another copy, and we’ll calculate each step separately. If it’s nighttime work, I’ll need about three days."

"I’ll have it done in a little over a day."

"Fine."

Old Dengen said, "Don’t tell anyone yet, let’s wait until next Tuesday to confirm the results together."

Thomson nodded vigorously.

Three days is not a big deal.

Any influential academic journal would not publish a paper hastily. Their failure to find errors in a short period of time does not mean that the proof process must be correct.

They must go through repeated verification to finally determine the result.

This is about solving a world-class mathematical problem!

Even for one of the four major journals, like "Mathematics Society Magazine," it is of great significance, as they have to compete with the other three major journals too. A world-class mathematical problem proof paper published in their journal can also be considered an enhancement of the magazine’s influence.

This matter must be handled with great caution!

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The Monthly Test is over.

Zhao Yi has discovered the ease of taking exams.

Math and English are his advantageous subjects, which he can finish almost at one go. English error correction and essay writing took up some time, but he also felt like he did well.

Most of the comprehensive science exam questions have been done, but there are still a few small questions about chemistry and biology that are left blank.

There’s no other way.

Recently, most of his time has been spent on research, so he has spent less time on biology and chemistry. As for Chinese, he has only been memorizing ancient poems continuously, and it’s much harder to improve his Chinese performance based on accumulation than chemistry and biology.

Nevertheless, Zhao Yi is still confident.

Although there are still blank questions on the paper, due to the Law of Cause and Effect, as long as he can do the questions, he won’t make mistakes unless it’s English or Chinese composition, where how many points he gets depends on the teacher’s evaluation.

On Sunday afternoon,

After finishing the last comprehensive science exam, Zhao Yi rushed home and immediately met Professor Liu Hemin who was waiting there.

As Professor Liu Hemin is older, he doesn’t travel alone. He is accompanied by an assistant and a student who essentially takes care of his daily life.

There are also people in uniforms patrolling the area, seemingly worried that something might happen to Professor Liu Hemin.

This treatment...

He is indeed a national-level scientific research expert.

"Professor Liu!"

Meeting with Professor Liu Hemin, Zhao Yi felt a bit of warmth and quickly welcomed the three of them into his home.

He was the only one at home, and to avoid trouble, he didn’t tell anyone else. As soon as Liu Hemin arrived and sat down for a while, he started talking about Zhao Yi’s screening method.

Although he had watched Zhao Yi’s lecture video, some parts were still difficult to fully understand without careful scrutiny.

Zhao Yi simply addressed their questions directly.

Professor Liu Hemin’s help is invaluable, and patiently answering questions is the least he could do.

Soon,

The two started calculating on paper.

Professor Liu Hemin’s student and assistant also listened in. After about an hour, Professor Liu Hemin understood the key points, feeling greatly inspired.

Besides Zhao Yi himself, he is the person who understands the ’screening method’ the most. Thorough understanding of the ’screening method’ allows for its smooth application in relevant areas.

Now, Liu Hemin began to think about how to use the logic of the ’screening method’ to enable intelligent ’automatic evolution.’

Zhao Yi also had something to consult about.

It was not just a visit from Professor Liu Hemin, but it was also the day Zhou Ming had arranged for the Red Heart Alliance to launch their ’counterattack.’

Zhao Yi remained cautious about this.

As cool as hacking may sound, many practices can involve legal issues. Small fights might not matter, but if things get out of hand, it could cause problems.

He mentioned the Red Heart Alliance’s activities.

After listening, Professor Liu Hemin frowned and then nodded, "I know Zhou Ming from the group. He’s from the security department."

"The national cybersecurity department?"

"Yes."

"So the Red Heart Alliance’s counterattack is organized by the security department?" Zhao Yi asked curiously.

"Many domestic and foreign hackers’ actions are directly related to the security department. It’s almost like the logic of warfare. If they attack us from outside, we’ll definitely fight back. But we can’t fight head-on, so the security department won’t admit it."

Professor Liu Hemin has some understanding of this aspect and clarified the boundary for Zhao Yi, "As long as it doesn’t escalate too much, just deter them a bit, then there won’t be any problems."

He looked at Zhao Yi, "I heard that you also know hacking techniques, but it’s not easy to create trouble for overseas networks, right?"

Professor Liu Hemin was referring to the technical level.

In fact, both domestic and foreign mutual attacks are indicative of their intent to show off their technical skills, essentially telling the other party, ’we have the ability to cause you big trouble.’

Only with deterrence can there be security.

After listening, Zhao Yi pondered for a long time, and finally said bluntly, "That’s what I’m worried about. I’ve researched some hacking stuff, but they’re all too destructive, and I don’t know if I can use them."

"Really?"

Professor Liu smiled somewhat indifferently, "Can I have a look?"

"Sure."

Zhao Yi simply opened his computer and showed Professor Liu some of the little things he had created. To prepare for the Red Heart Alliance’s counterattack, he had taken some time to study code issues further, enhancing the ’bomb Trojan’ and ’local area network invasion technology.’

When the two are combined,

the power of this thing is just too great, and as long as a small loophole is found, it can directly infiltrate using a simulated IP.

Zhao Yi realized that he could easily cause havoc, but he didn’t know to what extent he should do so.

Zhou Ming said he could let go and do it?

Really?

Zhao Yi still trusted Professor Liu more and believed that he must be cautious, and even more cautious!