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Chapter 223: If you lose, you have to admit it!
Qiao Yu didn't really care whether he could attend the mathematician luncheon, but he would not be so happy if he was deprived of the right to attend the luncheon.

He has been very busy these two days.

Plus, he also heard that Peter Schultz became depressed after talking to him. He originally planned to have another good talk with the German mathematics professor to encourage him.

But he couldn't lose confidence so easily. After all, he was very interested in Peter Schultz's current research results. Even if he wanted to retire, he should wait until he understood everything clearly.

Qiao Yu also knew what Tian Yanzhen was worried about. But he had said that using electronic computers to simulate quantum computing and speed up the discovery of Mersenne primes was a different track from achieving fast factorization.

Although the premise for achieving both is the same, that is, using electronic computers to perfectly simulate quantum computing.

But what he said today is not enough to shake the status of the world's mainstream encryption algorithm. It is nothing more than a warning in advance.

If you really want to threaten the encryption algorithm, it will take at least a few months, but it may be shorter or longer.

It takes time to apply theoretical breakthroughs to practice. The algorithm for finding Mersenne primes is relatively simple to optimize, but it is still difficult to program quickly to complete factorization.

Although there are ready-made quantum algorithms, they are only simulated rather than actually developed quantum hardware. To adapt to the concepts in Qiao Yu's modal space, the algorithm must be greatly modified.

But his mentor was firm in his attitude and there was nothing he could do.

Moreover, even Elder Yuan did not speak up for him, which showed that the two people above him had similar ideas.

So he could only follow the professor arranged by Director Tian, ​​leave through the back door, and then come to the administrative building of the School of Mathematics.

He stayed alone quietly in the room that temporarily belonged to him.

Director Tian was quite nice and the room he arranged for him had a long sofa.

He went to bed at around 3 a.m. last night and got up at 8 a.m. When he saw the sofa, he felt sleepy.

I was too lazy to eat, so I just took off my shoes and lay down on the sofa. In less than a minute, I started snoring softly.

Yes, Qiao Yu’s sleep has always been so good. He doesn’t need to build up any emotions. As long as he feels sleepy, he will fall asleep as soon as he lies down.

……

While Qiao Yu was already sleeping soundly, the mathematicians' lunch at Yanbei University today was also extremely lively.

In fact, the organizing committee took it very seriously.

For this luncheon, Huaqing borrowed several chefs.

In addition to the foods commonly seen at Western buffets, there are also delicacies from various Chinese cuisines.

Even before entering the banquet hall, you can smell the tempting aroma, which makes you salivate. This alone can beat the luncheon meal at the International Mathematical Congress.

But it was clear that there was no such cheerful atmosphere at today's lunch.

When a group of mathematicians walked into the banquet hall, many of them walked hurriedly with serious expressions.

There were some who were relaxed, but most of them were Chinese professors and young people. Not only professors came to Qiao Yu's public lecture this time, but many students were also brought by their tutors to see the world.

From any perspective, Qiao Yu is the best role model for the young generation who aspire to enter the field of mathematics.

For mentors in universities and research institutes around the world, who wouldn’t want to have a student like Qiao Yu?
It can even be said that more people in this world envy Tian Yanzhen than Qiao Yu.

Many people feel indignant at the thought that an old man might become famous in the future because of his students.

How could this old man have such virtue?
Today, there may be more people who think this way.

Even those who purely study mathematics and are not sensitive to technology have already figured out the meaning of this after all the discussions have fermented.

What everyone cares about is not the addition of two new Mersenne primes, but the fact that two new Mersenne primes were calculated in a very short time using not very powerful computing power.

Everyone knows that calculating Mersenne primes does not mean that the relevant algorithms can be directly used to quickly decompose large prime numbers.

But everyone knows that when classical electronic computers are able to quickly calculate Mersenne primes, it means that it is only a matter of time before classical electronic computers can be used to quickly complete factorization.

It can even be said that we have entered the countdown stage.

And the way it is implemented is so weird.

While Google is still desperately developing a new generation of quantum hardware computers and wants to lead the world in this field, China has actually completed its layout ahead of time in a way that no one could have imagined.

It’s not like no one had thought of this before.

For example, Nelson and his team.

He also met Qiao Yu during the International Congress of Mathematicians, where he led his team to talk to Qiao Yu about using the generalized modal axiom system to integrate into the theoretical model of quantum computing.

At that time, Qiao Yu did not explicitly express his lack of interest, but simply pushed the matter to a professor named Xue Song from Yanbei University.

In fact, he is still in contact with Xue Song. In the past month, Professor Xue has indeed provided them with a lot of help and explored the analysis of quantum motion in the generalized modal kilometer system from multiple perspectives.

This made all the team members feel very excited, because they could feel that this direction was right and it was only a matter of time before they had a breakthrough.

But who would have thought that attending Qiao Yu's lecture this time would lead to a direct blow!
He was even embarrassed to blame Qiao Yu. Because they just wanted to do some theoretical work at that time, Qiao Yu obviously did more! More than their most optimistic estimates.

Really, Nelson was dazed when he walked into the banquet hall, just like he was sleepwalking.

If we say that Peter Schultz was devastated by Qiao Yu's unreasonable pace of mathematical research, it was indirect damage.

Then Nelson suffered a direct injury similar to that experienced by Professor Frank.

The career he had worked hard for for several years suddenly became meaningless. Whether it was his mathematical ideas or mathematical techniques, they were already far behind before they were even published. What was even more infuriating was that even now, his topic was still a cutting-edge scientific proposition...

Just when Nelson was feeling distraught, someone came forward and said hello.

"Hello, Professor Nelson."

"Oh, Professor Xue? Hello."

Seeing Xue Song, Nelson finally regained his consciousness. No matter how bad his mood was, he couldn't lose his reputation as a Nobel Prize winner!
Especially at this time.

"I'm sorry, I just want to explain to you that I don't know what Qiao Yu has been researching recently. In fact, although I am very familiar with Qiao Yu, I have been doing research on other topics... I hope you can understand!"

Xue Song apologized a little awkwardly.

Although he knew that Qiao Yu had applied for a new project and had been approved, he had never really learned what the specific project was. The key point was that Qiao Yu hadn't told him!
But it was a bit far-fetched to tell Nelson this now. After all, Qiao Yu had thanked him specifically at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Even in the paper that won Qiao Yu the Fields Medal, the only chapter of thanks was given to him.

So Xue Song was not sure whether Nelson would believe what he said, even if what he said was true.

"No, no, no, Professor Xue, you don't need to explain. When I invited Dr. Qiao to attend the salon, I didn't know that Dr. Qiao was already studying this issue.

In fact, I should also thank Dr. Joe. Even though he was already doing relevant research, he still asked you to help us. Well, obviously this is a very strong confidence! "

Nelson said with a wry smile.

Hearing this answer, Xue Song was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized that Professor Nelson had misunderstood and thought that Qiao Yu had already started the study of Qiao Yu modal space before attending the International Congress of Mathematicians.

However, Xue Song can fully understand this misunderstanding.

In the past, he would never have believed that someone could come up with a new, nearly complete inner product space from scratch in just one and a half months, and even replace Hilbert space in the mathematics world.

He would rather believe that Qiao Yu had already started researching this, rather than starting to think about this after returning from the International Congress of Mathematicians.

But Xue Song did not intend to clarify this misunderstanding. After all, this kind of misunderstanding is not that hurtful, so Xue Song just smiled apologetically at Nelson and said, "Although this project is indeed a bit regrettable, I hope we can have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future."

"There will definitely be one! I believe that future research around the world will be inseparable from the generalized modal axiom system. Whether it is mathematics or physics."

After Nelson gave a high evaluation, the two said goodbye amicably.

Watching Xue Song walk away, Nelson thought carefully for a moment and then took out his cell phone.

Although considering the time difference, it was already late at night in his home country. But after coming to his senses, Nelson felt that he still needed to inform his investors of the news and his judgment on the new theory and algorithm in a timely manner.

This is the only thing he can do for investors now. Even if the project is not successful, it still has to earn a good reputation!
Thinking of this, Nelson was even somewhat glad that he had come to attend the report meeting. If he hadn't come, he would have heard the news from someone else, maybe even his investor who called him, which would have put him in a passive position!

……

Silicon Valley.

If someone pays close attention, they will find that both Fullerton and Los Altos Hills, communities favored by investors and Silicon Valley tycoons, are a little abnormal late at night.

It was already early in the morning, but lights suddenly came on in many houses.

This is one of the downsides of information spreading too quickly.

It only takes a few seconds to get from one end of the earth to the other, which means that the time difference can no longer isolate people's information channels, resulting in breaking news on the other side of the earth that may prevent these bigwigs from getting a good night's sleep.

But for the wealthy people who can live here, this is extremely necessary.

After all, they are able to accumulate so much wealth, in a sense, because they can obtain a lot of accurate and effective information earlier than others, even information that ordinary people cannot obtain.

Yes, most of the time, the wealth gap in human society is often due to the ubiquitous information gap.

Some people always think that in the era of mobile Internet, the information available to everyone is similar. But in fact, there are huge differences.

Because most people are unable to find truly useful information from among countless disorganized information, or they passively accept countless false information, which interferes with the brain's correct cognition of reality.

However, today's information is obviously not good news for these technological aristocrats who have emerged in the new century.

For example, Sundar Pichai.

The Alphabet CEO has been at the helm of the massive Alphabet for seven years since he took over Larry's position in 2019.

Many people may not be familiar with Alphabet, but if we mention Google, the troublemaker in the technology industry, everyone must know it.

Yes, Alphabet is Google's parent company.

At this time, Sundar Pichai had just been woken up by Google Senior Vice President Thomas Kurian.

Because John Martinis, the head of the Google Quantum AI team led by Thomas, had just reported a piece of news that was beyond everyone's expectations - Huaxia Qiaoyu's team may have developed a technology that could replace quantum computing, and it seemed very mature...

Obviously this is not good news for Google.

After all, Google has invested a lot in quantum computers, having invested five to six billion US dollars in total!

Of course, the huge investment seems to be extremely valuable before today. Once quantum computers are successfully developed, they will be far superior to current classical electronic computers in many complex computing fields.

Once Google takes the lead in developing universal quantum computer technology, it will, in a sense, become a true Internet technology overlord.

Microsoft, IBM, Apple...or other so-called high-tech companies in other countries all have to pay protection fees to Google.

Even Wall Street giants have to bow their heads in front of Google.

After all, modern finance cannot do without the Internet, and confidence in Internet finance is built on a sufficiently secure foundation.

At least once they master mature quantum computing technology, it means they will be able to control the security of mainstream Internet encryption methods. When they have the sharpest spear in the world, it also means they will have the sharpest shield in the world.

In a sense, Google thinks the same as Qiao Yu.

The only difference is that although they are far ahead in quantum hardware technology and can kick Microsoft and punch IBM, suddenly someone has surpassed them using a method they cannot understand.

"What did you say? Huaxia Qiaoyu's team used only the computing power of a small computer room to simulate quantum computing? And the efficiency is very high? Far beyond our technology?"

"Yes, Mr. Pichai, that's the information we have so far. He calculated two new Mersenne primes in a short time and announced them to the public at a public report meeting that just ended."

"Is it possible that this is fake news? For example, they used a supercomputer and spent a long time calculating it, and then chose to announce it at this time?"

"I asked this question as well. But John was not there. He was still talking to mathematicians who were attending the seminar in China. I hope to confirm this. But to be honest, based on the information I got from other channels, this is most likely true!"

"But we have never received any relevant intelligence. As far as I know, even in simulated quantum computing, we still maintain a leading edge!"

Sundar Pichai's words made Thomas Kurian silent for a long time...

Just when Sundar was about to wonder if there was something wrong with the signal, the voice of the company's senior vice president came faintly.

"You're right. But often the lack of news is also a kind of news. Theoretical breakthroughs sometimes don't make sense. Especially when we are still using the old generation of theories!"

(End of this chapter)