Chapter 446: Chapter 147: The Base Under the Big Pie_3
After assigning all the verification tasks, Qiao Yu didn’t have much to do these two months.
In these days, Qiao Yu has already developed some definitions of the base theorems. For instance, he has defined modal distance and established the geometric structure in modal space.
This includes the Euclidean modal distance needed for analyzing the absolute geometric positional relationships of points:
When different modal parameters have varying levels of importance, the weighted modal distance:
When the modal parameters are periodic, the periodic modal distance used:
And many other forms…
As for the correctness of these definitions, that was Senior Brother Chen’s task; he would verify these elements.
Because these definitions of modal distances are deformations based on an axiomatized system.
For example, non-negativity, symmetry, and the triangle inequality.
This is the downside of such a massive project. Qiao Yu’s proof is built step-by-step on logical chains, which includes many specific idealized models.
A series of verifications must be done to extend the applicability of the framework and align real-world problems with data. This is also the most crucial step in turning theory into a practical tool.
Indeed, no matter how complete a theoretical proof is, if it is not supported by experiments and validation, it’s hard for the mathematical community to accept or believe in its wide applicability.
So this step’s work involves having number theory researchers study how numbers behave in modal space; having geometry and topology researchers work on the modal space’s topological structure; having analysts verify the modal convolution properties…
In the meantime, everyone needs to use their own resources to design and implement numerical simulations. This is also the purpose of establishing a project team.
Most of the tasks had been delegated, and Qiao Yu only kept the research on the modal space distribution of prime numbers and tasks involving bringing rational points on curves.
The most tasks were allocated to Professor Xue. After all, Professor Xue had several doctoral students under him, and for Qiao Yu, they were all free labor.
Even if a stipend was needed, that was Professor Xue’s concern. There’s no way to assign work to other professors already in the project team without having secured natural science funding, so Qiao Yu felt a bit embarrassed.
No money means that, for now, all you can do is draw a big pie. The kind of folks who can fill their bellies with a pie are generally familiar faces…
Luckily, there wasn’t much work at this stage. Group theory, graph theory, ring theory, and other branches haven’t been introduced into the framework yet, so familiar faces were enough.
And after delegating all the work, for Qiao Yu, the next two months equaled being completely pressure-free.
This made Qiao Yu feel the joy of being a professor. No wonder everyone likes to take on projects and recruit students.
As the project leader, you just need to get the ball rolling; the bulk of the detailed work can be farmed out, and you just need to oversee the progress.
With the extra time, you can do a lot of things that interest you. For example, being invited to give talks outside is absolutely more rewarding than lecturing at school…
After finishing his last sentence to Old Xue on the computer, Qiao Yu stood up from the desk and stretched lazily.
Just as he was about to head out for dinner, a knock on the door was heard.
He didn’t need to guess who would come at this hour; he could already hear Yu Yongjun’s loud voice.
“Boss, we know you’re in there, open up, the brothers have come to bring you warmth.”
Qiao Yu opened the door and saw that his three friends from the chat group were surprisingly all here. They must have come straight over after training today; they were still wearing their military training uniforms.
What exaggerated him the most was that each of these guys was carrying a bag, and they had towels inside.
“What are you guys doing here?” Qiao Yu asked, surprised. He hadn’t even bought some ice-cold colas to watch their military training this afternoon, yet these three had come to him voluntarily…
“Borrow your bathroom to take a shower, then we’ll go grab dinner together. We haven’t gotten together in a while. Boss, you must be really touched now!”
Saying this, Yu Yongjun had already dashed into the room.
“I recall there’s a public bathroom in the dorm building, right? And it has hot water 24 hours; why come to shower here?”
“Yu Wei isn’t too fond of public bathrooms, so I suggested using your place for a shower. Brother Qiao, surely you’re not that stingy, are you?”
Qiao Yu tilted his head; he felt it necessary to start getting into shape.
At least be able to take on three of someone like Yu Yongjun at once. Of course, he could also talk to Director Tian about the need for guards at the research center’s entrance.
Can’t have these guys with nothing to do barging in so casually.
“Even after I moved, you all managed to find me?” After letting his pals into his small suite, Qiao Yu asked.
“You just moved from the first floor to the third floor. You mentioned it in the WeChat group.”
Yu Wei replied naturally and also walked into Qiao Yu’s room.
Qiao Yu remembered.
During the first special training, he had brought Yu Wei and Yu Yongjun to his little dorm on the first floor. After moving, he bragged about it once in the WeChat group.
“Brother Qiao, we’re not going to be polite today.” Gong Jiatao was the last one to come in.
“Click-click-click, nice, a suite, a decent-sized wardrobe, and a 1.5-meter-wide bed, Brother Qiao, you’re really living well, aren’t you?”
“Yeah… well, if you two can publish two papers in international top journals, you could live like this too. Really, the little dog isn’t lying.”
Qiao Yu closed the door and walked into his study, speaking naturally.
The bedroom instantly fell silent. Now you could clearly hear the sound of water from the bathroom, followed by Yu Yongjun humming a tune with his rather out-of-tune voice.