I'm a scientist, why can't I have faith?

Su Tiangong was completely baffled, but he quickly figured out the reason.

He has only ever been the moderator of one online forum. It seems that this netizen found him through the forum "Please let the gods descend to my side".

Then it's not surprising that someone would make such a request.

"Please let the gods descend upon me" was created by Su Tiangong and a few friends just for fun.

By treating various great scientists as deities, we can explore the characteristics of their followers.

It's like playing with the settings.

It was originally a very niche forum, but somehow it attracted a bunch of weirdos and strange folk elements.

Later, during the internet cleanup campaign, a large number of posts were deleted, and he and his friends also faced life pressures, so they gradually forgot about the forum.

Unexpectedly, someone has contacted me through this forum and asked me to teach him how to summon gods.

Su Tiangong found it amusing and replied to the netizen as a way to relieve the boredom of his life.

[Suzhou Engineers, Don't Slack Off: What God Are You Inviting?]

Don't underestimate this seemingly simple question; it was actually a test by Su Tiangong.

If the other person is a fellow enthusiast who likes their forum, then chatting with them is naturally not a problem.

But Su Tiangong didn't want to waste his time on those kinds of monsters and demons.

On the other end of the network, Wang Dong had just finished showering and was looking at his phone when he received Su Tiangong's message immediately.

The moderator has replied!

Wang Dong responded immediately.

Who knows what will happen next when these Qing Dynasty veterans are on the other side? We need to seize this opportunity.

[Wang Dongge: I want to become a follower of Gauss, please tell me how.]

Su Tiangong hadn't expected that it was really a fellow enthusiast; he had already prepared to shut down his computer and go to sleep.

The appearance of such like-minded people is tantamount to affirming his established position.

No one dislikes the approval of others.

In high spirits, he sat up straight and thought it over carefully before replying.

[Don't slack off, Suzhou engineers: Gauss's mathematical career is closely related to his proof that a regular heptadecagon can be constructed using only a compass and straightedge.]

[Su Gong: Don't slack off! So, by constructing a regular heptadecagon with a ruler and compass and reciting his motto while performing a prayer, you can gain approval.]

Wang Dong had long heard of the story of Gauss and the regular heptadecagon. It was said that Gauss's tutor accidentally put this century-old problem into Gauss's homework, and the young genius gave the answer in one night.

Whether the story is true remains to be verified, but it is an indisputable fact that the 18-year-old Gauss proved, using algebra rather than geometry, that a regular n-gon can be constructed with a ruler and compass: n is a power of 2 multiplied by a product of different Fermat primes.

This research brought him early fame and became the key to his choice of mathematics over linguistics.

[Wang Donggejimao: Thanks to the moderator for requesting this.]

Although he didn't know if it would be successful, Wang Dong still thanked Su Tiangong for his reply.

Su Tiangong only regarded this experience as a coincidence, and he never expected that he would experience so many wonderful things later.

Wang Dong got up very early the next day. He had actually wanted to try the method provided by the forum moderator the night before.

However, since Ms. Fang Meili was at home, Wang Dong didn't want to be seen as mentally ill by his family.

So he endured it all night.

As soon as Ms. Fang Meili went to work, Wang Dong immediately opened Bilibili and began searching for tutorials on constructing a regular heptadecagon using a ruler and compass.

The so-called compass and straightedge construction is to complete the construction using only a compass and a straightedge without markings.

As it turns out, Gauss was indeed a genius. Even though the tutorial was less than three minutes long, it took Wang Dong half an hour to barely finish copying it step by step.

However, the presence of error caused it to become a hexagon.

He practiced three times before finally creating a passable seventeen-sided polygon.

Wang Dong solemnly placed the manuscript on the table and offered a prayer to John Gauss.

"Pauca sed matura, oh, the prince of mathematics!"

[The mathematical genius Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss endorsed your beliefs]

[Gain Passive: Mathematical Intuition]

Becoming a follower of the Prince of Mathematics

Pauca sed matura, few but exquisite.

It is a Latin phrase, and it was also Gauss's lifelong pursuit.

In an instant, Wang Dong felt that something was different about him.

The cumbersome mathematical concepts he remembered became simple and clear, and the process of referring to the answer key seemed somewhat cumbersome and foolish to him.

A concise yet elegant idea naturally formed in his mind.

Wang Dong now possesses an almost obsessive intuition for mathematics.

This is the effect of mathematical intuition.

The subtle insights that were previously hidden in his notes are now clearly visible to him. Problem-solving approaches that he could only come up with by sheer luck before are now as easy as breathing.

Is this the power of the "Prince of Mathematics"...?

Although it's a different form of reward than Sir Isaac Newton's trial card, its effects seem even more outrageous.

If becoming Sir Isaac Newton and studying physics for an hour is only a temporary solution, then possessing the mathematical intuition of a mathematical prince is the fundamental cure.

No matter what problems he encounters in the future, Wang Dong will possess the same abnormal sense of smell as John Gauss, and even those genius ideas that shock the world may be part of his passive effect.

Overjoyed by this achievement, Wang Dong rewarded himself with a set of mock college entrance examination math papers on the spot.

However, ideals are often grand, while reality is often harsh.

Wang Dong's mathematical intuition is indeed world-class, but his mathematical knowledge is only at a kindergarten level.

A genius's ideas are ahead of the world, but the prerequisite is that you must first be at the forefront of the world.

Wang Dong's mathematical knowledge is still at the most basic level, so he can't be considered a leader.

He can now solve those problems faster and more accurately than he could before.

And those problems that he had no idea how to solve before, he still doesn't have much of an idea about now.

Because he lacks the necessary knowledge.

That's how the college entrance exam is; 80% of the questions are very basic, and as long as you put in the effort, most people will eventually be able to get them.

The remaining 20% ​​consists of half slightly more challenging questions, which can be solved with systematic training provided one has a solid foundation.

The remaining half is an arena for top students and competition masters from all walks of life, a place where they truly compete in terms of ideas.

Wang Dong has now mastered about 80% of the basic knowledge, but he is confident that with his mathematical intuition, he can compete with all the top experts in the final arena.

The premise is that you have the same knowledge base as them.

So in the end, you still have to rely on yourself to study the books.

Although it wasn't a complete waste of time after all that work, it's impossible not to feel a sense of disappointment.

Wang Dong thought that, just like when he first became a "follower of the jazz," he could improve his mathematics to a very high level in a very short time.

It now seems that even with the system in hand, one still needs to put in their own effort and hard work.

The system merely makes the impossible possible, but whether it can ultimately be achieved depends on oneself.

After figuring all this out, Wang Dong regrouped and resolutely began to devour books.

Sir Isaac Newton admires your character.

[Gain 0.1 units of thought]