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Chapter 996 - 383: You Need to Think It Through

It's only natural for a new theory to hatch new projects, according to Qiao Ze. But obviously, for others, this is hard to grasp.

When Edward Witten took Qiao Ze's manuscript and returned to his office, he excitedly interrupted Peter Schultz's train of thought.

"Peter, let me show you something good."

Peter Schultz, who was engrossed in algorithm design, looked up at Edward Witten with some displeasure and suddenly thought he should get a more private office. After all, it's indeed annoying for a mathematician to be interrupted while thinking.

"Professor Witten..."

"Don't rush, look at these first." Edward Witten handed two pages of manuscripts filled with various formulas directly to Peter Schultz.

Peter Schultz glanced at Edward Witten, annoyed but still took the manuscripts and began to look through them carefully.

"It's a bit chaotic. It's best to look at the one below first."

"Hmm..."

Soon, Peter Schultz frowned and, without bothering to acknowledge Edward Witten who was sitting beside him, took up a pen and began to verify the calculations in his notebook. Fortunately, based on his thorough understanding of the principles of intertwined computations, the derivation process of the equations did not pose much of a challenge for this highly gifted mathematician.

About ten minutes later, Peter Schultz put down his pen, looked at Edward Witten, and asked, "Did Qiao Ze give this to you?"

"Yes, Peter, I bet you can't imagine under what circumstances these manuscripts were completed. I was pondering an algorithm and suddenly thought that intertwining could be used in the interaction between quantum tunneling effects and electromagnetic fields. Analyzing it based on first principles through wave function evolution might simplify the tunneling effect formula.

After thinking of this, I just went to find Qiao Ze. Honestly, it was just a flash in my mind at the time, and then after I mentioned it to him, Qiao Ze produced the first sheet you just saw in less than five minutes. Then, at my request, he supplemented it with the second sheet."

Edward Witten spoke with great vigor, clearly still excited.

Peter Schultz frowned, glanced again at the manuscript in front of him, and confirmed with suspicion, "Five minutes?"

"It was less than five minutes, I'm sure," Edward Witten corrected solemnly.

Peter Schultz shook his head, put down his pen, and said, "This probably means he had thought of it beforehand and just used this opportunity to tell you. So, Professor Witten, I'm sorry, but this is not your idea.

Under such complex boundary conditions, no one can clear their thoughts and come up with a complete solution in just a few minutes. Just constructing the solutions needed involves complex mental derivation processes, let alone the interaction between electromagnetic fields and particle waves, which involves extensive calculation for the coupling coefficients of plasma oscillations and quantum tunneling effects.

So it's normal to spend a few weeks deriving these formulas. Five minutes? From what I know of mathematicians, not even Newton could do that!"

Edward Witten shrugged, saying, "Yeah, so I really want to know the truth of this problem too. Unfortunately, Qiao Ze doesn't want to discuss this issue with me."

"Hmm?" Peter Schultz looked at Edward Witten questioningly.

"He thinks discussing this is a waste of time. The most pressing issue before us now is to quickly verify whether the derived theory is correct and whether we can design a persuasive enough mathematical model. You know, if we succeed, it means we will have a theory for creating new types of particle accelerators."

Edward Witten explained helplessly.

"There's no need for verification, I'm sure these derivations are correct. You can go ahead and start designing the mathematical model," Peter Schultz said confidently.

"Can I take your attitude as mathematicians' unfounded confidence?" Edward Witten asked Peter Schultz, slightly dissatisfied.

"Suit yourself. Although I don't believe anyone can, in five minutes and inspired by one sentence, use interweaving to combine quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory, control theory, and nonlinear dynamics into a comprehensive mathematical model and derive almost all the necessary precursor formulas. But my intuition has never been wrong about whether the derivation process is correct."

Peter Schultz shrugged and answered casually.

"Phew... okay, then I'll need to ask a few friends... Hmm, can you help me out?" Edward Witten invited.

Peter Schultz did not directly respond to this request but looked at the excited Edward Witten with an odd expression and asked seriously, "Professor Witten, have you considered a question?"

"Hmm? What question?" Edward Witten asked, surprised.

"If the new theory is correct, it means allowing high-energy accelerators to be miniaturized, even to the point of being microscopic. Costs and construction difficulty would be significantly reduced. This, indeed, is good news for science. But this technology isn't just for research. For instance, the miniaturization of nuclear reaction devices, or particle beam weapons... do you want to become the new Oppenheimer?"

Peter Schultz asked seriously.

The office fell silent, and the two looked at each other for a long time before Edward Witten slowly spoke, "Firstly, we both know that just because a theory is correct doesn't mean it can necessarily create reality. Secondly, I think from an overall human perspective, advancing technology is necessary.

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