Chapter 602

Night fell, and the entire campus was gently shrouded in soft lights, creating a dreamlike atmosphere. Inside the banquet hall, glasses clinked, and top scholars from all over the world chatted in low voices, exchanging experiences.

In stark contrast, in a corner, two people—a middle-aged man and a young man—had earnest expressions, frowning and thinking from time to time, possessing an aura that did not belong to the banquet.

Professor Maynard pondered and said: "If the phase parameters and potential well strength in the transition rules are not coupled properly, it will lead to a sharp drop in sieve method efficiency."

"Correct." Xu Qingzhou nodded, feeling some admiration; he was worthy of being a world-class mathematician, hitting the nail on the head.

He said: "I recently discovered this problem too; it's similar to the mismatch between energy level differences and incident photon frequency in hydrogen atom transitions. If the phase parameters are not dynamically adjusted according to the Cramér gap, it will trigger an accumulation of invalid transition paths."

Maynard's research focus is on using tools of analytic number theory, especially using sieve methods to study prime numbers. Furthermore, two years later, he would win the 2022 Fields Medal for his understanding of prime number structure and Diophantine approximation.

This is enough to demonstrate Professor Maynard's strength.

Xu Qingzhou continued: "My preliminary idea is to introduce energy conservation constraints and adopt a layered feedback mechanism, decomposing the phase parameters into low-frequency components—that is to say, global window adjustment—while high-frequency components are compensated using local gaps."

Professor Maynard nodded slightly and said helplessly: "Although I am good at analytic number theory, and I have also been helping Professor Jamieen Hailike with data analysis during this time, physics is indeed not my field of research, and I cannot give you more advice."

"But, perhaps we can discuss the second problem: the math-physics mapping distortion trap. If the zero distribution of the supersymmetric Z-function is only verified through mathematical self-consistency and lacks experimental observation, the theory will be reduced to a 'mathematical game'."

Xu Qingzhou felt a bit helpless; this might be the biggest problem encountered so far.

It's just like visual chaos caused by inconsistent styles in home design; the problem is even more serious than that—the zero offset of the supersymmetric Z-function in the sieve method cannot be verified by physical experiments...

To be precise, in the construction of the dynamic sieve method for the superconducting supersymmetric Z-function, it is necessary to use the three major means of experimental verification, symmetry constraints, and parameter inversion to ensure that every step of the mathematical model can be mapped into observable physical quantities.

However, no matter how you look at it, the computational complexity will explode; mathematical mapping without physical constraints may introduce a high-dimensional parameter space, leading to dynamic sieve method complexity far exceeding the capabilities of quantum computing hardware.

"Could we try cross-verification?"

Professor Maynard said in a deep voice: "Mathematically, use group theory to analyze the symmetry of the supersymmetric Z-function to ensure that the zero offset satisfies angular momentum conservation..."

Xu Qingzhou's eyes lit up. After thinking for two minutes, he said: "Besides mathematical and condensed matter verification, it seems we can also add a third layer of verification: quantum simulation. Simulate hydrogen atom transitions on the IBMQ platform and compare the KL divergence between prime number gap distribution and the classical sieve method..."

"A very interesting idea."

Professor Maynard nodded; quantum simulation was a very effective means he had come into contact with when participating in mathematical calculations at the Quantum Research Institute.

Also at this moment, a slightly chubby old man walked over, his gaze moving between Xu Qingzhou and Maynard, "Although I am very reluctant to disturb you two, but... if we don't have a drink, the banquet will be over."

The old man was Professor Jamieen Hailike, who had come to welcome Xu Qingzhou last time.

Xu Qingzhou and Maynard raised their glasses.

The two of them were not in such a hurry; if they stopped, they stopped, and they could chat again when there was time. Generally speaking, from the proposal of a new theory to its gradual perfection, it takes at least 10 or even 20 years.

"Sorry, I also came here to have some peace and quiet for a while. Professor Xu, you really should go over and take a look; that guy Harvey is debating with Howard from Princeton about whether solid-state batteries or lithium-sulfur batteries are the future."

"Who won?" Xu Qingzhou asked curiously.

"Now the debate has turned into a drinking contest..."

10:00 PM.

After taking a shower, the smell of alcohol dissipated, and Xu Qingzhou leaned comfortably on the sofa. The Christ Church suite was quite nice, with a dedicated desk and reception area, and one could see the scenery outside the window even while leaning on the sofa.

Sitting there resting, a little bit of drunkenness slowly crept up along with the fatigue of the day.

He fished his phone out from under him and dialed Song Yao's number.

It connected after two rings.

"Are you at the company?"