Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The three old professors had a hunch that Zhuang Li might not apply to Q University. After all, there were many good universities abroad. But they never expected that this student would actually refuse to receive higher education.
“Why won’t you go to college? Are you under pressure from your family? We can help you!” After learning about Zhuang Li’s growing environment from Teacher Zhou, Professor Liu immediately expressed his opinion.
Elder Wen and Elder Ao also nodded quickly.
They had already looked at Zhuang Li’s test paper and found many incredible highlights. They thus had a strong desire to cultivate this child well.
Teacher Zhou brought a cup of hot water and waved, “Sit down and talk slowly. Don’t be nervous. We will help you with any difficulties. Don’t give up your future for some people.”
Zhuang Li sat opposite the three old professors, spread out his three test papers one by one, and said firmly: “I don’t have time to go to college. I need to set up my own laboratory immediately, make a lot of money in a short period of time, and then invest all the money in the research of gene rewriting engineering.”
If his wife wasn’t also studying, he would have wanted to drop out of school and start a laboratory immediately.
“You can’t be so utilitarian! Research has to be done slowly.” Professor Liu was the first to express his opposition.
The principal also advised worriedly: “You don’t have to envy Teng Xuan. What he has now, you will have in the future too. Only by taking it step by step can you walk steadily.”
Zhuang Li shook his head and said, “What I lack most now is time. Professor Liu, are you here for this formula?”
He pointed to the last big question on the math test and said, “I can write out the complete formula for you to see. You guessed it right, it was indeed deduced by me, and it is mainly used to calculate the coordinates of four-dimensional space.”
These light words sounded like thunder in everyone’s ears.
Professor Liu was stunned. He had already sensed the specialness of this formula. If he used it to replace the original geometry formula to calculate the geometry problem on the test paper, the difficulty would drop from hellish to 1+1 bubble level.
But he could never have imagined that such a meaningful formula was just one of a series of formulas. This showed that the young man had constructed a complete, brand-new, and rare four-dimensional geometry theory in his mind.
The theory of four-dimensional geometry had been studied a long time ago, but the boy said that his formula was used to determine the coordinates of four-dimensional space.
In other words, once the coordinates were calculated, one day, humans would be able to cross from three dimensions to four dimensions. Because once the goal was visible, everyone just needed to move in that direction.
This was simply a great discovery that transcended the times!
Professor Liu looked at the tip of Zhuang Li’s pen almost holding his breath.
The other two old professors quickly took out their reading glasses and put them on.
A few minutes later, Zhuang Li pushed the test paper filled with formulas over to him and said calmly, “I call this set of formulas the theory of increasing dimensions.”
The three old professors’ pupils trembled, and then they looked over with burning eyes.
Zhuang Li nodded and said, “Yes, it is the dimension upgrade you are thinking of. With it, humans will leap from three dimensions to four dimensions. How is this process achieved? I can explain it to you.”
Zhuang Li took a stack of draft papers on the table, drew a bare tree trunk, and added branches and leaves starting from the bottom.
“First, it can be used to develop software similar to MATLAB[1].”
When they heard the word Matlab, the three old professors who had been devoting all their attention to this series of formulas suddenly looked up with expressions of disbelief.
Even Teacher Zhou and the principal let out a small exclamation.
It was no wonder they reacted so strongly, because the United States had recently launched a high-tech blockade and suppression against China. They banned some Chinese universities from continuing to use the software called MATLAB, and China’s major industries such as industry, finance, education, and construction had been greatly affected. It was not an exaggeration to say that China’s development had been strangled by the United States again.
It was just a piece of software, why did it have such huge destructive power?
Because Matlab was widely used in major high-tech fields such as data analysis, wireless communication, deep learning, image processing and computer vision, signal processing, quantitative finance and risk management, robotics, control systems, etc., it was the most advanced and popular tool for it all.
After the United States banned China from using this software, China’s research in these areas would inevitably be severely hindered.
It was similar to if a group of lumberjacks went out to chop down trees. Everyone else had sharp axes, but one of them had a hatchet with a bent blade. You could imagine what he would gain after a busy day.
When others would have cut down ten trees, he may not even finish cutting down one tree. When others made a lot of money, he would only become poorer and poorer.
China was now like this lumberjack. Without the right scientific research tools, it would be left further and further behind by other countries.
When the US ban was reported back to China, all the scientific researchers who couldn’t do without Matlab were heartbroken and in tears. Why was it so difficult for their motherland to develop? Such a big country like China can’t even develop a software that can replace it! This is really a shame!
Therefore, when Zhuang Li mentioned Matlab, the three old professors reacted so strongly. They had also been really heartbroken!
Seeing that everyone’s attention was drawn to him, Zhuang Li pointed at the technology tree with the tip of his pen and continued to explain: “MATLAB is a software developed based on matrix algorithms, and my formula is a hyperdimensional space lattice coordinate system algorithm, which is several levels more accurate than the matrix algorithm.”
“Indeed, as most Chinese software engineers believe, it will take at least ten to twenty years of effort to develop a software that can replace MATLAB, because the difficulty of developing MATLAB lies not only in the software itself, but also in the construction of the Simulik ecosystem. This requires the joint efforts of scientists from different fields. It cannot be done by one person or one company alone. It requires the collaboration and accumulation of the entire industry.
“MATLAB has created an ecological blockade in the existing software field. It seems impossible to replace it.” Having said this, Zhuang Li deliberately paused.
The three old professors sighed and shook their heads.
Teacher Zhou and the principal also looked frustrated.
Zhuang Li then took out a new piece of draft paper and drew a simple ecological chain. And he said slowly, “But have you ever thought about it? It is indeed difficult to break the ecological chain from the bottom. However, for strong species, as long as they are randomly thrown into a link of the ecological chain, all the balances will be destroyed by them.”
“Asian carp, snakehead fish, Burmese pythons, these invasive species can destroy the ecological balance of a region in a short period of time. What is the reason?”
Professor Liu immediately replied, “Because they have no natural enemies.”
“Yes, because they have no natural enemies. Similarly,” Zhuang Li pointed to his test paper and said proudly, “the software built based on my hyperdimensional space lattice coordinate system algorithm also exists in the high-tech field. It has no natural enemies.
“MATLAB can simulate the real world 100%, but the software I will develop can create a four-dimensional universe in the digital field. Just input relevant data, and the universe can evolve, develop, decay and die on its own. The computing power of the two is not in the same dimension at all.
“MATLAB is not irreplaceable, it’s just that our R&D thinking is wrong. It will naturally take more than ten or twenty years to catch up from the bottom. After all, the ecological chain cannot be established overnight.
“But if we start from the top of the pyramid, all problems will be solved. Just like smartphones replaced traditional phones overnight, this process is extremely fast. Dominant species do not need to establish an ecological chain, because the surrounding environment will actively adapt to its existence. It does not take ten or twenty years-“
Zhuang Li held up three fingers and said, “Give me three months and I will develop this software.”
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[1] MATLAB is a proprietary multi-paradigm programming language and numeric computing environment developed by MathWorks. MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages.