Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 958 - 364: The Intertwined Primacy Principle_2

Whether it's sensors or robots, chips are the most critical element.

According to the plan provided by the newly established Artificial Intelligence Charter Bureau, the foundational layout needed for a smart city requires billions of chip units, and all of them are to use domestically-produced chips. Various general-purpose chips, specialized chips...

Plus, the replacement cycle for certain specialized robot chips is already quite short, which is undeniably a major boon for the development of Huaxia's domestic semiconductor industry chain.

What does it mean to "weather the storm and see the moon"? Well, this is it.

Incidentally, the photolithography factory at the Xilin Institute of Photonics has gained immense popularity due to this news.

Many semiconductor companies were hesitating about whether to introduce the photolithography factory production line quickly, but now there's no need for hesitation.

At this point, if they don't immediately get started and continue to use lithography machines that are two generations behind, they will likely only manage to grab some scraps. If other companies react faster, they might not even get the scraps.

Currently, apart from the photolithography factory in Xilin, two other photolithography factories are under construction nationwide. They are expected to begin trial operations by early next year. This also means that by early next year, three companies in Huaxia with photolithography factories will be able to start contract manufacturing chip products with the most advanced global technology.

As these two photolithography factories are completed, Huaxin Precision, which has been tasked with building the factories, will gain more engineers and construction personnel familiar with photolithography factory construction, enabling them to begin building even more factories simultaneously.

According to current plans, Huaxia aims to construct at least twenty photolithography factories within five years, which will almost fulfill the demand for cutting-edge chips in the country.

If the Xilin City pilot project succeeds and is further promoted, in the next twenty years, Huaxia's semiconductor industry won't face a shortage in the domestic market at least. After completing sufficient domestic validation, mass exports in the future are unlikely to face market constraints either.

For a manufacturing powerhouse with almost all categories of production capabilities, it becomes a near-bug-like presence in the international market. Truly, when it comes to capturing the market, this nation fears no one. It's not just about labor costs; it also involves the entire industrial chain.

When all the components of a mature product no longer need to be imported from abroad and can be fully produced domestically, there's naturally a competitive advantage in pricing.

This good news quickly reflected in the stock market as well.

Even before the Artificial Intelligence Charter Management Bureau officially announced the plan, the industry had already caught wind of it, and concept stocks closely related to semiconductors began to soar. After the plan was officially announced, the semiconductor sector even directly drove the broader market to surge.

However, to what extent this surge can last is hard to say. As many jest, Huaxia's stock market has always been regarded as the nation's fortune regulator.

By December, when Su's belly was already slightly rounded, the various basic construction projects in Xilin officially began. With funds in place, the hum of machinery became the main theme in Xilin City.

Fortunately, the campus remained peaceful.

Especially the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute.

The vigorous external developments mainly impacted the assistant researchers newly joined to the institute.

As for the original researchers at the Mathematics Research Institute, they were already accustomed to it.

To be honest, when the material model took the world by storm back then, the commotion was even bigger. All those in Huaxia involved in materials science were stirred up. Anyone even remotely associated with the Mathematics Research Institute had their phones ringing non-stop. This is artificial intelligence city construction—nothing compared to that!

Human thresholds for excitement keep getting raised.

On the eighth floor, these trifling details were of even less concern to anyone.

The biggest feature of Su Mucheng's pregnancy reactions was her excellent appetite and frequent drowsiness. Especially after winter set in, waking up early became difficult for her. So she stopped bothering to follow Qiao Ze to the Mathematics Research Institute early in the morning.

But staying home meant she had adults to take care of her, sparing Qiao Ze from the worry. Additionally, it ensured she adhered to medical advice and maintained a daily exercise routine. For instance, she could take occasional strolls around the community.

According to Ms. Su, the work responsibilities of the two men in the house couldn't be delayed, and she, anyway, had no particular tasks, so she would take good care of Su.

And indeed, Su needed to be taken good care of. The prenatal ultrasound already confirmed it—Su was carrying twins this time, specifically a dragon-phoenix pair as directly indicated by the doctor. Imagine how her importance skyrocketed after this news!

Not only did Ms. Su ensure constant care, but even Lu Xiuxiu became less concerned about her job, shifting her entire focus to Su Mucheng's daily well-being.

For Ms. Su and Lu Xiuxiu, whether Xilin develops smart cities is secondary; the twins in Su Mucheng's belly are of utmost importance.

Naturally, Su Lixing was affected as well.

No matter how busy he was, he made sure to return home for dinner every evening and take time to check on Su Mucheng.

The university also took the utmost precautions. They invited a retired obstetrician to visit Su Mucheng every week and perform checkups.

With all the adults arranging things meticulously, Qiao Ze was effectively liberated.

Qiao Ze didn't let anyone down either. In three short months, he achieved significant progress in his research on mathematical intertwining.

The concrete manifestation of this was the completion of his first paper focused on mathematical intertwining titled "Revealing Intertwining in Number Theory: A Study on Model Construction and Reasoning Techniques Based on First Principles."

The first principle of mathematical intertwining constructed by Qiao Ze naturally involved weaving together different mathematical concepts, theories, or methods, and explaining their relationships and interactions based on their fundamental principles.

The core of the method proposed by Qiao Ze lay in deeply understanding basic concepts within mathematics, exploring how they interact and intertwine starting from those fundamentals.

For instance, in his paper, Qiao Ze used prime numbers, divisors, and congruence relations as examples, investigating the connection between the distribution of prime numbers and congruence relations to delve into the first principles of intertwining.

He then explored the application of modular arithmetic in number theory and its relationship to algebraic structures, thereby deducing the problem of unifying algebra and geometry.

Similarly, this became the longest paper Qiao Ze had ever written.

The Chinese version of the paper spanned 199 pages, while the English version totaled 257 pages. The difference wasn't merely due to the efficiency of language; mainly, it was because the English version included annotations for many new concepts.

These annotations had previously been available only in the Chinese language.

Edward Witten was naturally the first mathematician to see the manuscript of the paper. freёweɓnovel.com

He was also the second author of the paper, given his substantial contributions in the latter sections discussing algebraic structures. His supplemental work made the entire proof process more convincing.

In fact, it was precisely because of his involvement that an English version of the paper existed. Otherwise, knowing Qiao Ze's nature, he wouldn't have bothered to create an English version after completing the Chinese one.

Previously, Li Jiangao had been the one to complete supplementary work on Qiao's papers, but now Li Jiangao truly couldn't contribute much to Qiao Ze anymore.

Of course, this isn't to blame Li Jiangao for lacking diligence; it's mainly because Qiao Ze moves at such a blistering pace—he doesn't wait for anyone.

While others were still working to refine Qiao's Algebraic Geometry theory, he had already used those tools and his previous insights into number theory to develop entirely new tools.

If Qiao's Algebraic Geometry still contained traces of past concepts, the descriptions of intertwining had become entirely new mathematics.

With the paper finalized and after spending a week devoting over ten hours a day to thoroughly reviewing it, Edward Witten sat in Qiao Ze's office.

"Professor Qiao, congratulations! You've completed yet another research that will drive mathematicians worldwide into a frenzy. Although the First Principles aren't sufficient to achieve grand unification, the direction is undoubtedly correct. Wow, three months!"

Edward Witten stared at the hefty manuscript on the desk, his voice filled with admiration and almost operatic emotion.

It was indeed a marvel. Only someone who had personally participated in the project could understand how remarkable this was. Even more terrifying, Qiao Ze completed the paper within just three months from proposing the principles of interaction and intertwining to finalizing the research. And from the time Edward Witten arrived there until the paper's completion, it had been barely two months.

"Hmm, three months to write this paper—I suppose it took a bit longer than expected. Mainly because Chengzi was in her pregnancy period. But don't worry; my efficiency will improve from now on," Qiao Ze nodded, explaining calmly without any emotion.

Edward Witten furrowed his brows.

Heavens, here he was marveling at the paper being completed in just three months, truly thinking the efficiency was astounding. And Qiao Ze... he remarks it was slow? Unbelievable.