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Chapter 347 Calculating Wei Teng (for Subscription)

Edward Witten is definitely the leader of string theory and superstring theory, and the most authoritative expert in this field. He has become a figure that researchers of string theory and superstring theory cannot avoid, and is regarded by many researchers as a master Worship.

It can be said that it was Edward Witten who made superstring theory a popular frontier of theoretical physics and made it an important branch of theoretical physics.

Among the three major research achievements that set off the first superstring theory revolution, Witten participated in and led two of them, laying a solid foundation for the development of superstring theory.

At the time of the first superstring theory revolution, Witten believed that if the 9-dimensional superstring theory was reduced to the extra six dimensions, it would become a theory of three-dimensional space.At that time, many people questioned or even opposed Witten's theory, but Witten did not back down, but fought back one by one, thus establishing his academic status as the No. 1 superstring theory.

Moreover, Witten also directly led the second superstring theory revolution, proposing five different versions of superstring theory.

These five superstring theories exist simultaneously and are compatible with each other, and Witten named it 'M theory'. In the 1990s, Witten proposed an M-theory with an 11-degree space. He and other scholars found strong evidence that many different versions of superstring theory at that time were actually the result of different limit setting conditions of M-theory. These The discovery led to the second revolution in superstring theory.

The academic community was shocked by this, and IUM was particularly excited and decided to award the Fields Medal to Witten.

Witten, who wanted to win the Nobel Prize in Physics with the achievements of superstring theory, accidentally won the Fields Medal, the highest award in mathematics, and directly became the world's top mathematician and also the world's top physicist. Home.

Then, the third superstring theory revolution came, and British scientists proposed the concept of ten-dimensional supergravity theory.

But the problem is that no matter which school of thought it is, no scientist, including Witten himself, can give convincing evidence to explain the basic degrees of freedom of the theory.

The key question is that the theory contains five compatible superstring theories, which version of the superstring theory describes the universe?What is the ultimate meaning of cosmic mathematics?
Hawking's intervention led to a chaotic state of research in this field, and the situation became more and more complicated.

Because of the theoretical status of the Yang-Mie equation in high-dimensional space, Mr. Yang and Mills also mentioned some remarks.

Superstring theory is not only a theory that unifies gravity and quantum mechanics, but also a theory of elementary particles.

There are electromagnetic force, strong force, weak force, and gravitation among elementary particles, so what kind of convincing theoretical system should be used to integrate the common principles hidden behind these four forces?

Even Einstein has been dug out, and almost all the most famous physicists of the [-]th century have been directly or indirectly involved in the century-old debates of the superstring dispute, the rule of force, and the mysteries of the universe.

Although Witten sits on the throne of superstring theory No.1, there are many scientists who disagree with him, and scholars who question his theory will always question it.

So far, superstring theory is at a stagnant stage of development. In the past 30 years, superstring theory has not actually achieved a substantial breakthrough, and it is still standing still.

And it is very interesting that superstring theory, an important branch of theoretical physics, is in a mess internally, with various forces everywhere, and no one can convince anyone.And there are two most important superstring theory forces in the world.

One is the American school headed by Princeton University, which dominated the first and third superstring theory revolutions, and Witten is the leader who carries the flag.

A British school with Paul Thompson as the core started the third superstring theory revolution, which actually negated most of the research results in the first and second revolutions.For example, this school discovered that the self-consistent ten-dimensional supergravity theory is not a one-dimensional string, but a two-dimensional membrane.

Because of this, Witten and Thompson have also become representatives of the physics world who love and kill each other. When they met, they didn't talk about each other, which was simply big news in the physics world.

Superstring theory itself is a chaotic situation in which heroes compete for hegemony, and the outside world has never stopped doubting this subject.

Because, many people have questioned why the first superstring theory revolution chose the 'Kabila-Yau space' with an absolute value of Euler's number of 6!
And this is the biggest thorn in Wei Teng's heart. He couldn't explain this very critical issue in his theory, and even put down his face to ask Qiu Chengtong for advice. As a result, Qiu Chengtong looked innocent. It's none of my business. When I proved the 'Kabila-Yau Space', I never heard of Edward Witten and dimensionality reduction theory.

Witten has no way to explain why the "Kabila-Yau space" with an absolute value of Euler's number of 6 is chosen, which naturally means that the first superstring theory revolution is flawed.Naturally, the second superstring theory revolution, built on the basis again, is flawed.

Therefore, many theoretical physicists do not recognize superstring theory at all, and do not recognize string theory.

Therefore, it is not that the Nobel Prize jury has any intentional prejudice against string theory and superstring theory, nor does it have any opinions on Witten, but because of the current string theory and superstring theory, there is no way to award the Nobel Prize in Physics .

Unless someone can completely solve the contradictions in the superstring theory that are difficult to justify at the theoretical level, making the superstring theory perfect and impeccable, or it is confirmed by instruments and equipment.

And such a profound pure theory is difficult to be proved by the existing equipment, otherwise, with the strength of CERN and the influence of Weiteng, how could it be impossible to prove it for so many years.

So there is only one way left, which is to perfect the superstring theory and the difficult self-consistent part of M theory.

But for decades, Wei Teng has been doing this work, but has always been nothing.Now that he is 65 years old, he can basically declare that he cannot solve it by himself.

Looking at the whole world, only Qin Yuanqing can resolve these contradictions theoretically.

Maybe there are the world's top physicists who can understand superstring theory and M theory, but they can't solve it because they don't have the mathematical ability.And the world's top mathematicians don't understand superstring theory and M theory. After all, this is a physical theory.

The only one who can solve it is the world's top physicist and the world's top mathematician, and at present, only Qin Yuanqing is alone.

So Qin Yuanqing wrote an invitation letter and sent it to Wei Teng. As an old friend, Qin Yuanqing naturally has Wei Teng's mailbox.

"I don't know whether Weiteng loves Princeton more, or loves his life's career more!" Qin Yuanqing muttered to himself after sending the email.

In fact, he has no certainty of winning. In fact, he is also betting that Wei Teng will choose to come to China for his lifelong dream.

America, Princeton, and Witten get up early in the morning as always. As they get older, their sleep becomes lighter, and they get up at 6 o'clock. As usual, Witten takes a walk around and chats with old friends when they see them. In the beginning, Wei Teng was not used to this kind of life of the elderly, but after a few years, Wei Teng had to accept it, and he was already a little old man.

"Deligne, you're back from Paris. How are you, Mr. Grothendieck?" Witten met Deligne and greeted him with a smile.

As the most accomplished disciple of Grothendieck, Deligne will go to Paris every three to four months to visit Grothendieck.

"Fortunately, the teacher said that I still want to ask God for a year or two of leave, and watch Qin solve Hodge's conjecture before going to see God." Deligne said.

Grothendieck’s health was not very good before, not because life was not good and medical care was not guaranteed, but because Grothendieck believed that he had no expectations for this world, and it was not a bad thing to see God earlier.

As a result, Qin Yuanqing was born out of nowhere and rose strongly, arousing Grothendieck's interest.Although Qin Yuanqing's current achievements cannot be said to surpass Grothendieck.But Qin Yuanqing is already well-deserved the greatest mathematician of this era in the world today. If nothing else, Qin Yuanqing will be the greatest mathematician of the 21st century.Even if some mathematician makes great achievements in the future and can be evenly divided with Qin Yuanqing, then Qin Yuanqing is at least the greatest mathematician in the first half of the 21st century, dominating for half a century.

So Grothendieck wanted to see if Qin Yuanqing could solve Hodge's conjecture, so that he could also solve his past regrets, and he could really go to see God with a smile on his face.

"I didn't expect Mr. Grothendieck to have such confidence in Qin." Witten sighed.

When he was first born, Grothendieck was already a world-renowned scholar. He was just sensible, and Grothendieck had already established himself as the No.1 position in mathematics in the world, shining like a bright pearl. The entire mathematics community.

By the time Witten began to emerge, Grothendieck had already been in a semi-retired state, and he had not invested much in academics. Instead, he devoted a lot of energy to environmental protection and pacifism.By the time Witten became a world-renowned physicist, Grothendieck had already retired, and no one wanted to see him, even if he was a Fields Medal winner, it was very difficult to see Grothendieck.

The only people who could see Grothendieck were his disciples.And Deligne is one of them.

"I have to admit that this era belongs to Qin. In just a few years, he has achieved amazing results. What's even more frightening is that he is only 27 years old and has just ushered in his golden age." Deligne He said with a smile, his words were full of admiration and gloating.

As a senior, he is happy to see a brilliant genius, but he must know that such a genius is not necessarily a blessing for mathematicians of the same era, on the contrary, it may be a sad thing.

(End of this chapter)