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Ning Wei also reacted quickly and walked calmly with Yu Xingwei without thinking too much. After all, the last time he attended the conference was the first one in the afternoon, and what he was going to do today was the opening report. It was understandable that reporters were waiting to arrive.

After all, this is the world's top computer algorithm conference. It would be strange if there were no reporters before the opening report.

Fortunately, there were conference staff at the scene to control order, and the reporters covering the technology conference were obviously not as fanatical as those star-chasing reporters, so Ning Wei followed Yu Xingwei into the venue smoothly.

But Ning Wei finally felt the influence of a certain royal princess, because from the corner of his eye, he saw that the reason why he could walk into the venue so easily was not only because the staff were helping to maintain order, but also because Princess Isabel attracted this person. Give reporters almost all of their attention.

The equally excellent Lucy Rowan was also completely overwhelmed by Isabel's style at this moment.

Well, this is probably the influence of bloodline.

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At nine o'clock in the morning, Ning Wei once again sat on the rostrum of the world's top conference, feeling a little different from last time.

For example, I know more people in the audience. In the past half hour, John Wilson has been introducing the other guests invited this time. There are even doctors from Yanbei University and students from the opposite school. professors.

More importantly, this report did not have so many messy things in his mind, and of course he was not timid. I just inexplicably thought of the scene when I said goodbye to classmate Jiang the night before.

"Then...then you must bring glory to the country..."

Thinking of this sentence, he also thought of classmate Jiang calling out when he turned around: "Wait..."

He doesn't know what this girl wants to say to him...

Thinking of this, Ning Wei couldn't help but smile.

Just at this time, the host of the conference team had finished introducing him and gestured at him to start.

The flash came on at just the right time, recording the smile on Ning Wei's face, a very classic photo. Because in the years that followed, many people called it the "Devil's Smile."

"I believe you have read my paper and have a certain understanding of some of the mathematical ideas in it. In fact, the guiding significance of this paper in mathematics should be an in-depth analysis of the application of irrational numbers. For example Establish one or several irrational number groups and arrays with constants such as π and e, as well as numbers with endless square roots, and use the most concise operations to completely express these disordered irrational number segments through certain conversions The information we need."

"Before discussing the overall idea, we must first determine an assumption in mathematics, that is, irrational numbers can contain almost all information. Taking π as an example, each of us can find our birth date in π. If we With infinite computing power, we can use the constant π to find a paragraph that contains all the content of Hamlet. Or we can intercept a certain paragraph that contains all the content of the 206-page paper I submitted to the conference."

"So in theory, we only need to locate a two-dimensional start coordinate and a two-dimensional end coordinate to directly define a literary masterpiece, or a paper that made me appear on this stage. Of course, with today's Judging from the computing power, even if all the computing power on the earth is combined for 100 million years, it may not be possible to express the content of Hamlet with a single π. But we can extend it to high dimensions and define more through matrices coordinates to complete this impossible task.”

“But after studying this paper, everyone should have understood that with the existing limited computing power, it is feasible if we just use the characteristics of irrational numbers to build an irrational number matrix to perform lossless high-speed compression of very large data. Importantly, it is theoretically possible to compress data almost infinitely through recursion, thus fundamentally solving the problem of large-scale data migration. This is probably why I am sitting here today.”

"As I said at the conference last time, I studied mathematics as an undergraduate, so I am not good at explaining these concepts in other ways. So next, I will use pure mathematical ideas and tools to try to make everyone understand. How to realize this idea, first of all, we should build a real number field..."

…

As soon as this sentence was uttered, there were inevitably some boos in the audience.

This was not the first time. Ning Wei said the same thing on stage last time, and then there were those twenty minutes that made countless people feel that life was worse than death. Sure enough, it happened again this time.

Fortunately, most of the young people who can attend the conference have spent nearly a month on Ning Wei's paper. To paraphrase the professors, the first 192 pages of this paper are purely mathematical papers. If you can understand, you understand. If you don’t understand, you can ask. But if you still don’t understand after the explanation, then you probably don’t understand. After all, when mathematics reaches a certain stage, all you need is talent.

Most of the people who can participate in this conference have no problem with the use of mathematical tools. For example, proving that e is an irrational number is nothing more than using the Taylor expansion of e^x to write e as a series, and then using simple number theory knowledge to disprove it. , and finally proved that e is a sequence limit. The mathematical tools used are nothing more than calculus, series theory, and Taylor expansion, which everyone has already learned.

But the reason why Ning Wei's paper can be called the foundation is that the various mathematical tools used in it were originally created by him. The step-by-step lemma proof was just to prove that the mathematical tools he proposed were correct, and then Using extremely complex mathematical tools to prove more complex problems is like a Russian matryoshka doll.

If one of the links is not understood, it will be impossible to follow Ning Wei's thinking and understand how the next link is concluded. After all, he simply said, "It can be seen from this..." God knows how many steps were actually omitted in the middle.

In particular, the report meeting is only 60 minutes long. There is not enough time to explain the most difficult part in detail. At most, I can only briefly explain a few of the most difficult parts of the proof ideas.

So even after a month of preparation, I still probably don’t understand it. The difference from last time is that I can keep thinking “I don’t quite understand it yet, but it sounds very reasonable.” , "Maybe it can be understood this way?", "Maybe this is also feasible?", "Can it really be transformed like this? Why does it feel a bit weird?".

If I had to describe it, it would probably be that he finally evolved from an idiot who couldn't think at all to an idiot who can perform limited thinking. This raises another question: is it worthwhile to waste more than a month of vacation and spend time on a paper just to complete such a low-level evolution?

So all the thinking will probably be transformed into the same sentence in the end: "This is bullshit mathematics!"

But this time everyone had to look thoughtful and take notes from time to time. After all, I prepared a month in advance. If I still behave the same as last time, like I didn’t understand anything and took random pictures with my phone, I will expose the fact that I am not very smart. This is what everyone in the communication group has to say. None of the young heroes could stand it.

So soon, when Ning Wei's report ended and it was time for questions, the group suddenly became lively, and the style of painting began to become a little weird.

"I feel that I will gain a lot from this report. There were some things that I didn't quite understand when I read the paper before, but suddenly it became clear. As expected, it is important to listen to the original author's explanation of the paper's ideas."

"Well, I have a similar feeling. For example, the previously unfamiliar space transformation principle can be understood by imagining these irrational arrays as different digital maps stacked together, and then called as needed."

"I deeply understand the boss's good intentions. This month's time has indeed been in vain. I can finally understand this report meeting, and I am so excited that I burst into tears."

"Awesome! I feel like I am about to forgive this undergraduate. His speech just now opened a door to a new world for me. I feel that I have found the direction of my doctoral thesis."

"Yes, I was just about to tell you my experience! I didn't expect that everyone feels the same way. There is indeed great potential in this direction! Think about it, if I can recurse a piece of data without redundancy ten times and compress it a thousand times, I will I can't help but tremble! If I make achievements through these theories in the future, will I be called the father of super compression?"

Until a certain overly honest guy showed up.

"Can you please stop pretending? Did you really understand what he just said? And he still produced results? The proof process of the eighteen lemmas and thirteen theorems is like a heavenly book, that guy Just talking for an hour can make you understand everything? Why don’t I understand anything?"

"For those of you who understand, let me ask you a question. Take the question Ning Wei just explained as an example, Tp{N, Z, R, S, L, B, H, P}, where Tp is a complete set of Data that cannot be decomposed without losing logical or semantic attributes... What are the steps required for the spatial transformation principles of the basic classes and domains of all these data objects? How do they correspond to their spatial coordinate points? Who can follow me now? Please explain it? If you can explain it clearly, I admit that I am a primary school student."

There was a moment of silence in the group, and then it immediately started to get lively again.

"Group leader, please kick the guy upstairs who has obviously lowered the IQ of this group! Don't you understand this? This theory alone can guide us to deal with data without any redundancy under limited computing power. It can carry out several iterations of compression, not to mention this theory’s understanding of data transmission, which at least surpasses all current compression algorithms.”

"It's just that I simply can't imagine that I have seriously discussed the functional issues involved in this paper with an idiot. Think about it, a 206-page paper can be written in just a few dozen bytes or even less. Express!"

"I have always believed that all brothers and sisters in this group have basic mathematical literacy. Obviously Luke does not have the same abilities as most of us."

"This question is so simple that I don't want to waste time elaborating on it. I can't believe that there are still people who don't understand such a basic question."

"Second, let's kick him. He made me realize that the gap in IQ cannot be made up through hard work."

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So this time, a group of young people’s comments on Twitter also changed their tone.

"Although this year's STOC has just completed its first report meeting, I can basically confirm that this must be the most rewarding report meeting for me. I am grateful to Ning Wei for allowing me to see a new direction."

"It turns out that mathematical ideas can be so profound. It's a pity that I didn't choose to continue in the field of mathematics, but I rather thought that this report would allow me to see the infinite possibilities for the future. What wonderful mathematical ideas that are!"

"It was an enlightening experience. Really, it will be a regret for countless people not to attend this 60-minute lecture of STOC. The brilliant mathematical ideas are so fascinating. Fortunately, I chose to give up my vacation to study this in advance. paper, otherwise I will probably waste this precious opportunity again. As expected, if you put in the effort, you will reap the rewards!"

"No matter what the conference selection panel thinks in the end, after listening to the report, I have already determined in my heart that the best paper at this year's conference must be Ning Wei's paper. I am grateful to Ning Wei for making me appreciate the beauty of mathematics again."

"I didn't understand last time just because I was completely unprepared. But after you are prepared, you can find that it is actually an extremely happy thing to compete with the masters mentally. It is no exaggeration to say that the Asian man has used his The depth of my thoughts conquered me!”

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Ning Wei didn't know that he had become the savior of a group of young algorithm geniuses.

After briefly answering the questions from the professors in the front row, his time in this conference was over. Of course, from another perspective, it could also be said that it had just begun. After all, Ning’s participation in this conference was not just for the purpose of publishing papers.

Next came a twenty-minute break. After Ning Wei accepted congratulations from several industry leaders in the front row, Yu Xingwei patted Ning Wei on the shoulder, pointed behind him, and whispered: "The one who asked you Check WeChat on your phone.”

Ning Wei turned around and glanced, Lucy Ron raised her phone at him with an indescribable smile on her face.

Well, Ning Wei took out his phone from his pocket and took a look, and then saw a bunch of screenshots of Twitter.

To be honest, this made Ning Wei a little surprised.

Did what I said just a few minutes ago really have such a big impact on these guys? He couldn't help but glance at Yu Xingwei. The two of them had been discussing together. Why didn't he feel that this guy could be so smart? Is IQ really a flaw?

This made him couldn't help but share these screenshots with Yu Xingwei.

Yu Xingwei glanced at Ning Wei in surprise, then took the phone and started flipping through it one by one, his face a little ugly.

"So you didn't feel like you suddenly understood what I just said after listening to it?" Ning Wei asked.

"No, Mr. Ning, do you really think what you just talked about is useful? How could you suddenly understand it when you were not even one-tenth as detailed as you were during the lecture?" Yu Xingwei said with a grimace.

"No, no, no, I think you should go talk to these people at noon. Maybe they really understand? By the way, you can also introduce the environment of Yanbei University to them, you know." Ning Wei said.

Yu Xingwei nodded understandingly. In fact, it doesn't matter if he is not a genius. It doesn't matter if he can lead a genius. He can still do things like pretending to be powerful.