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Chapter 222 The Report Meeting Was Temporarily Terminated

It’s chaos, it’s all chaos!

Countless people have taken out their mobile phones and started to verify quickly.

All Mersenne primes have the same property: they are very difficult to calculate but, once they are determined, relatively simple to verify.

With the help of modern computers, there are a variety of fast and accurate qualitative testing methods to verify whether the results are accurate.

Of course, people care about this result not simply because of Qiao's metaphorical modal space, nor because of the emergence of two new Mersenne primes.

Instead, it combines all the statements that Qiao Yu just made.

He used a small computer room that cost only more than 20 million RMB and calculated the two latest Mersenne prime numbers in less than two days.

From this less than two days, we have to deduct the time for programming and optimizing the algorithm. The actual calculation time may only be one day or even one night, or maybe even shorter!

This is the most terrifying part of today's report for many people.

At this moment, even Yuan Zhengxin, who had been appearing very calm, could no longer completely control his expression and showed a look of horror.

Yes, Yuan Zhengxin actually didn't know what Qiao Yu had been doing these past two days. The reason why he always supported Qiao Yu was simply because of his absolute trust.

When Qiao Yu told him that today he would surprise the mathematics world, he believed it!

If he had known that Qiao Yu had been optimizing Shor's algorithm these past two days and even calculated two new Mersenne prime numbers, he would never have let him announce it at this conference.

Tian Yanzhen’s situation is similar.

Even before he went on stage, Qiao Yu didn't mention the new Mersenne primes to him, but just said that he had found evidence that Qiao Yu's modal space could perfectly replace Hilbert space. So he didn't have time to prepare the PPT for the report...

Time was really tight at the time. Seeing that the report was about to start, Tian Yanzhen had no time to ask questions in detail. She simply replaced the host and went on stage to buy time for the staff to move the whiteboard to the stage...

If Tian Yan really knew the news in advance, she would not allow Qiao Yu to directly speak about it at such a public briefing.

Even if they were to announce a new Mersenne prime, they had to consider how to explain it. It was definitely impossible for Qiao Yu to deliberately emphasize that the computer room built with 20 million yuan could calculate a new Mersenne prime in less than two days!
Because this matter is so huge!
The reason is simple: if computers have the ability to quickly calculate Mersenne primes, it will directly pose a serious challenge to Internet encryption technology around the world.

In particular, the current mainstream RSA encryption and its related public key encryption algorithms, their basic security principle is to rely on large prime numbers that are difficult to decompose using classical computers.

Although in principle, encryption algorithms such as RSA mainly rely on the difficulty of composite number decomposition rather than primality determination, so the ability to quickly calculate Mersenne primes may not pose a direct threat to such encryption technologies for the time being.

However, since the Qiao Yu modal space proposed by Qiao Yu can quickly calculate new Mersenne primes, it means that after a certain period of research, it will definitely be possible to find a method to exponentially improve the search for large prime numbers.

This will allow us to quickly traverse all large prime numbers, posing a threat to the entire encryption system. This is just the early stages, and as this theory guides technology to further develop, fast factorization is not impossible.

This verified new theory often represents that there will be completely new rules for exploring the boundaries of modern computer computing power.

At this moment, Tian Yanzhen even felt very lucky. Fortunately, Qiao Yu didn't have enough time to make a PPT, and everything he just explained was written on the whiteboard.

At the same time, because there was not enough space on the whiteboard, I wrote and erased at the same time. Regardless of whether anyone understood what Qiao Yu said before, the content recorded by the camera today cannot be spread for the time being...

This was the only thing he could do. Fortunately, although there were reporters attending this public report meeting, there was no live broadcast...

So Tian Yanzhen immediately stood up and made a phone call, announcing that the content of all the cameras on site today could not be taken out for the time being.

Anyone at the scene who was a little sensitive to the impact of technology was going crazy!

"So from today on, please forget about Hilbert space for a while. In the modular state space, quantum states are not vectors. When we separate ourselves from the observer system..."

Qiao Yu on the stage seemed to be dissatisfied with the lively atmosphere at the moment and continued to talk on and on, but soon he could no longer speak.

Because even with the help of advanced technology in the lecture hall, it is impossible to completely suppress the noise of the mathematicians below the stage!
"Damn it, the results have been verified, they are indeed prime numbers!"

When the first person gave a definite answer, the phones started ringing one after another.

The big guys sitting in the front could still maintain some basic respectability. But for these people, they definitely knew better than others what everything that was happening at this moment meant...

From any perspective, Qiao Yu has achieved great results.

Tao Xuanzhi turned his head in surprise and looked at Peter Schultz beside him, only to find that this genius scholar had not changed his shirt for several days and there were even some coffee stains on it.

"Peter, what you discussed before was the new algorithm?"

Peter Schultz turned his head and glanced at Tao Xuanzhi. His eyes were bloodshot, but his expression seemed unusually excited.

However, he did not directly answer Tao Xuanzhi's question. Instead, he took a deep breath and murmured, "See, I was right. Ordinary people like us are no longer suitable for studying mathematics."

Tao Xuanzhi opened his mouth, but for a moment he was too lazy to argue with Peter Schultz. For a moment, he felt even more bored and had no intention of discussing with others. He just cast his eyes on Qiao Yu on the stage again.

At this time, Qiao Yu on the stage finally realized that he could no longer speak.

Standing in his position, he could clearly see the people in the audience who were either excited, shocked or anxious, and he felt a little regretful.

After all, people in the mathematics field are too sensitive, and in his current state he is unable to finish explaining some of the things he is going to emphasize next.

In fact, he managed his time just right, with half an hour left. He would use ten minutes to briefly introduce the optimized Shor algorithm and the technical principles of using electronic computers to simulate quantum computing.

He could even think of the questions that the mathematicians in the audience would ask during the last 20 minutes of question time, and he could then use these questions to advertise Xiyu Technology and his new algorithm.

But it seems that it will take some time for these people to cool down.

"Ahem, everyone, everyone, the verification can wait a while. In fact, I brought out these two results at this time just to prove that Qiao Yu modal space can indeed perfectly replace Hilbert space. Next..." After saying this, the audience finally quieted down. After all, the next time is very important to everyone.

Especially today's public report will have a question-and-answer session. Regardless of whether they understood what Qiao Yu said before, many people now have a lot of questions.

But before the lecture hall had completely quieted down, Tian Yanzhen suddenly and hurriedly walked directly to the podium.

Seeing this extremely abnormal scene, many people in the audience suddenly felt their hearts skip a beat. No way? What was going on?

When Qiao Yu saw his mentor suddenly come on stage, he also didn't react, but he still stopped and continued speaking. After all, he still had to give his mentor face.

"Excuse me, everyone. Qiao Yu just gave two new Mersenne primes. After urgent consultation with the organizing committee of this report conference, I believe that the subsequent reports should wait until the new Mersenne primes are accurately verified before continuing.

Therefore, today's report meeting will be temporarily suspended. In the following time, we will make up for it before the end of this mathematics event. In addition, we have prepared a sumptuous lunch for the experts and scholars who have come from afar. Please follow the guidance of the staff..."

Tian Yanzhen couldn't finish what he was going to say next.

Because the noise from the audience was so loud, it completely drowned out his voice. Even if the loudspeakers were of good quality, it was useless. The noise from more than 2,000 people was still terrifying.

Even the big guys sitting in the front row are mostly proud of their status and won't deliberately make noise, but there are too many mathematicians in the back who don't care much about their status.

Tian Yanzhen could even hear the guy with the distinctive voice asking some questions loudly while standing on the podium. Of course, they were all directed to Qiao Yu, and it was not very clear.

Fortunately, he had already expressed his general meaning, so Tian Yanzhen turned his head and looked at Qiao Yu, signaling him to quickly retreat from behind the podium.

Qiao Yu exchanged glances with Tian Yanzhen, not understanding what was going on. Seeing his mentor's serious expression that left no room for doubt, he could only nod obediently, then bowed slightly to the audience and walked straight to the backstage.

He left his mentor and the noisy crowd behind.

The security staff on site also started to get busy. They had to guard the area around the rostrum and kept persuading the mathematicians who were anxious to ask questions that it was almost time for dinner and they should leave in an orderly manner...

As for the big guys in the front row, naturally there were staff members who came forward to invite them to go to the banquet hall to wait for lunch.

Tian Yanzhen saw that although there was a little confusion in the audience, everyone's emotions gradually calmed down with the comfort of the staff. He breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged glances with Mr. Yuan who was sitting in the audience, and then walked out of the podium directly.

……

Soon Tian Yanzhen saw Qiao Yu with an innocent look in the backstage.

"You guy..." Tian Yanzhen raised his hand and pointed at Qiao Yu. He didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long pause, he said sullenly, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you calculated a new Mersenne prime number?"

Really, it was only at this moment that Tian Yanzhen realized how considerate Qiao Yu was when he first came to Yanbei University.

At that time, when he attended a lecture, he would take the initiative to report his gains on WeChat without him asking.

She was so well-behaved that he couldn't find any faults in her as a student.

It's not like now, no matter what he is doing, he keeps it secret. He never tells his mentor, and he is often shocked one after another...

Yes, Tian Yanzhen couldn't tell whether he was surprised or frightened at the moment.

"It's like this, Director Tian, ​​I didn't know it would really work. I just said it at the presentation, I just had this idea at first.

Then I thought about giving it a try. To be honest, I didn't expect it to work, I just wanted to give it a try. Who knew I would actually figure it out this morning?

Then I simply did a verification and rushed over here. Didn't I miss it? If I had done it last night, I would have reported it to you first."

Qiao Yu said confidently.

This was indeed the truth. At nine o'clock in the morning he was still urging Qiao Yu on the phone.

But after Qiao Yu came, he did meet him, and he had time to talk to him at that time.

As a result, this guy said vaguely that he had empirical evidence to guarantee that everyone would accept the use of his metaphorical modal space to completely replace Hilbert space in quantum mechanics research.

For Tian Yanzhen, this news was shocking enough.

Evidence!
He didn't ask further questions at that time because it was too late. In Tian Yanzhen's opinion, this evidence was too troublesome to explain.

And Qiao Yu's next sentence attracted his full attention - this guy directly said that not only did he want to change the topic, but the PPT for the new topic was not yet prepared...

The report meeting will begin in two or three minutes, and Tian Yanzhen needs to react and make arrangements immediately. How can he possibly think so carefully?

But now thinking back, Tian Yan really suspected that Qiao Yu did it on purpose. But he didn't intend to waste time on this issue, and asked directly and seriously: "Don't explain, let me ask you, can this new algorithm you designed be applied to factorization?"

Qiao Yu immediately shook his head and said, "It is definitely possible in theory, but the current optimization is not enough. Simply finding Mersenne primes is very fast. But you know, give me some time and do some in-depth research, and it will definitely be possible.

And aren't we going to set up a project team? I understand that I can't do everything by myself. I plan to start related research after the project team is officially established. My Qiaoyu modal space is the tool that the research team needs to use. This is also the reason why I have to take an exam to join the team.

So I think your reaction is too extreme. In fact, I know what can and cannot be said at the report meeting. You should trust me!"

"You have a few thoughts..."

As if he felt that it was inappropriate to say something in front of the students, he immediately changed his words: "Can you figure it out? When have you ever figured it out? Don't say it anymore. Come to my office this afternoon... No, go to the administration building. I'll find you a room. Summarize your methods first, and I'll find time to listen to them."

"I won't attend the next report meeting?"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow!" Tian Yanzhen made the final decision.

(End of this chapter)