Chapter 1376

Go to Beijing.

Institute of mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In a small conference room, a group of people were crowded in the dark.

Most of them are leaders of major public mathematical research institutions in China, as well as the most prestigious scholars of all schools.

As for why they sit here

In fact, they don't know it.

"I don't even have a meeting agenda."

Wang Shicheng frowned as he watched the mineral water bottle standing alone on the conference table.

Just as he was about to ask a staff member, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.

"Wang Shicheng? Ha ha, you old guy was invited here, too? "

Hearing the voice, Wang Shicheng looked at it with an unhappy expression. He saw that he was coming to the academician with a smile on his face and sat down in the position beside him.

"Our Institute of mathematics at Yanda university is also the top mathematical research institution in China. Why can't I come here?"

"Hi, I don't mean that. I'm just a little surprised," he said quietly, looking around, lowering his voice to the academician. "I've observed. It seems that not only the leaders of major research institutions, but also the top bulls in the direction of domestic number theory have been invited here I don't know what the conference is going to discuss. "

"No."

"No?" Slightly Leng next, to South China some do not understand to see him.

Did not go to see to academician, Wang Shicheng just raised eyelid to see conference room, light said.

"When it comes to experts in the field of number theory, there is still one person who hasn't come."

"You mean academician Lu?"

"Yes," Wang Shicheng said frankly, nodding his head, "if he is the second in number theory, no one dares to be the first. Since he is a scholar who convenes the direction of number theory, and he is not here so coincidentally, I can only guess that most of the meetings are related to him. "

Although he didn't particularly like the young man, he still admired his achievements in mathematics.

In the middle of the conversation, a middle-aged man in formal dress came to the platform in front of the meeting room.

With the man's slight cough, the sound in the meeting room gradually quieted down.

Although he is not an academic, as the second leader of the Ministry of science and technology, most scholars sitting here are familiar with him.

"It seems that this meeting is not simple."

Hearing a whisper to South China, Wang Shicheng didn't speak, just nodded his head in silence.

"Industry wide conference" hosted by the Ministry of science and technology

Is it easy?

"Long story short." After a slight cough, the man standing in front of the podium quickly entered the topic with a serious expression, "what you are about to contact is the state's top secret. The level of confidentiality is tentatively top secret. If there is no other change, the confidentiality period is 30 years. After the meeting is over, it is forbidden to discuss the meeting related issues in private and disclose any information about the meeting. "

"Of course, the specific top secret content has nothing to do with you and me. In order to facilitate the work, I will try to pick out the main points here. "

After a pause, the man nodded his head to the staff next to him and signaled him to turn on the projector.

Soon, with the projector turned on, a PPT with black characters on a white background appeared on the screen.

When I saw the problem, there was a whisper in the meeting room.

Almost everyone's face was full of unexpected expressions.

"ABC guess!"

"I can't understand what I'm going to do."

"It seems that we are going to call on people to solve mathematical problems."

"It's bullshit. Is it something that can be done with concentration?"

Listening to the voice of discussion in my ear, I opened my mouth to academician of South China, and looked at Academician Wang Shicheng sitting next to me for a long time, with an odd expression.

"Lao Wang, what do you think?"

Wang Shicheng's face was also written with two words of silly force. It took a long time for Wang Shicheng to squeeze a sentence out of his mouth.

“…… I don't know. Don't ask me. "

ABC conjecture

Although I don't know what the inevitable connection between this thing and state secrets is, reason tells him that this thing can't solve the problem by bringing together the top domestic experts for a meeting.

"It's a mathematical problem. I believe that at your level, I don't need to explain it more. Here I just talk about the key points." looking at the conference room full of discussion, the man's face didn't change at all. He continued, "the Ministry of science and technology established a special scientific research fund with an annual budget of 100 million yuan."

"Whoever can solve this problem, the money will go to him."

Who can solve it?!

At the moment of hearing this sentence, all the people who were still talking about the previous second took a breath of cool air.Even Wang Shicheng, who has retired for many years, can't help hissing.

100 million scientific research funds?!

And it's one billion a year

Is this crazy?

For some professional engineering academicians, a hundred million yuan may not be much, but it will add two sets of equipment. Especially for those who make rockets and grow suns, not to mention a billion yuan, doubling may not be enough.

However, for a poor subject like mathematics, a billion yuan is already an astronomical figure.

If there is so much money, I'm afraid I have to worry about how to spend it every year.

"What happened? It's worth the cost of the Ministry of science and Technology..." Frowning, sitting next to academician Xiang Huanan, whispered in an unbelievable voice.

"I don't know..." Academician Wang Shicheng shook his head solemnly, "but I'm sure the relationship behind this is not small."

……

In fact, many scholars in the conference room, including Academician Wang Shicheng, had the right premonition.

A report from Mars not only transformed the whole 128 project into a class a secret, but also made the high-level of the manned fire landing office face the enemy.

Extraterrestrial civilization

A day ago, it sounded like a distant concept.

Now, however, it has become a problem that everyone has to face.

When almost all the leaders of the public mathematics research institutes in the whole country were called to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for a meeting, a closed ministerial meeting was also going on in Chang'an Street, which was not far away.

“…… Simply open it directly to the international community, and no matter whether there are benefits or not, the risk is too great! If all goes well, it will be all right. If we don't handle it well, we may even lose decades of efforts and achievements, and bear the stigma of sinners of all mankind. "

"I agree that, just like global climate action, this is not a problem facing our country, but a problem facing all mankind. Even if it's top secret, it can be kept secret for up to 30 years. Instead of taking the risk of our own against the public's will, it's better to have a limited degree of publicity. "

"I'm against that, at least before we confirm security, we should make sure that all the options are in our hands!"

"Seconded! If it's useful, forget it. If it's useless, what if it's public? Who else can you expect to help but quarrel? Are those Yankees? "

"I'm not for openness, but I'm not for this. We can fully open some information with reservation, and set up an international organization to discuss countermeasures under the premise of relatively controlling the channels of dialogue. This will not only help us improve our international influence, but also avoid the risk of trust crisis. Otherwise, once a little bit of information is leaked, or other countries have evidence of our contact with extraterrestrial civilization alone, it is likely to put our relationship with the international community into a very awkward situation. "

"Indeed It's so hard to keep it completely secret for ten or twenty years, and still keep it quiet! "

No matter at any time, contact with extraterrestrial civilization is full of risks.

This kind of risk not only comes from the distant light-years, but also comes from the earth's nearby neighbors.

If a country contacts with extraterrestrial civilization alone, it means that it has the power of diplomacy with extraterrestrial civilization, including declaration of war and peace talks, while other countries can only become passive recipients of all the results of dialogue.

All the benefits are taken by others, but they have to take risks together, and even be kept in the dark. No one will be willing to change. It would be nice to keep it secret all the time, but obviously it's impossible.

Looking at the debating conference room, the people sitting at the conference table were silent for a while, looking at the boat and asking.

"Can't you work out that ABC conjecture?"

Although this question seems to have nothing to do with the agenda of the meeting, it actually asks the most critical points.

Being able to solve this mathematical problem seems to be the premise of dialogue with that extraterrestrial civilization.

Gradually, I began to realize this, the voice of discussion gradually subsided, and everyone in the conference room was quiet and waiting for his answer.

"I don't know," Lu Zhou shook his head in the face of a pair of eyes and said in a precise way, "this kind of thing can only be known after trying And intuition tells me that even if it can be solved, it will take a long time. "

The old man thought for a moment and nodded.

"For the time being, I don't think there is no answer. Now suppose you have solved the problem. Who do you think is better to go?"

"From the perspective of sincerity, it is natural that the person who solves the problem is better." After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "if it's me in the end Instead of other people solving this problem, I would like to go to Mars. "He frowned.

"Can't I talk remotely?"

"It's very difficult," said the ship, shaking its head. "Let alone Mars. Even on earth, radio signals can't reach that deep underground. Unless a communication base station is built on the ground, the optical cable will be laid down. However, under the current conditions of Mars research base, it is almost impossible to achieve this. "

Pausing for a moment, looking at the rest of the room, the boat continued.

"Besides, I'd like to see what that so-called alien looks like."

"I think it's still too risky," said director Li, though moved by the selfless dedication of the ship. "It's Mars tens of millions of kilometers away If there's something wrong with any part of it, it's not for fun. "

"Science itself is adventure. When did I say I was playing?" Looking at the old friend with concern on his face, Lu Zhou said calmly, "if all goes well, the impact of this meeting may be greater than controllable fusion."

"Whether it's from a national or a human standpoint."

"I have to go there myself!"

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