"My acceptance speech is more of a question than an acceptance speech." Li Mo calmed down his excitement, motioned for the professors to take their seats, and then began to deliver his acceptance speech.

"Everyone knows that mathematics is the foundation of all natural sciences and the most powerful tool for exploring science.

"The ultimate goal of physics is to use various scientific methods to study the most basic forms and laws of motion of all matter, from the universe to elementary particles."

"The ultimate goal of chemistry is to understand the molecular and atomic levels, study the composition, properties, structure and change rules of substances, and create new substances."

“So what is the ultimate purpose of mathematics?”

"Do you know?"

A young man stood under the spotlight of the rostrum and asked a question to thousands of mathematicians in the audience. He was also raising a question to mathematicians all over the world.

"Yes, what is the ultimate goal of mathematics?"

"Study various number combinations, equations and formulas, and then use them to solve various difficult problems?"

“Or provide tool support for physical chemistry?”

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"Nonsense, mathematics is mathematics. It is not born for any discipline. On the day mathematics was born, physics did not exist yet!"

"Mathematics is the most concise language of the universe. It uses unparalleled logic to describe a real universe."

The mathematicians in the audience were talking a lot. They spent their whole lives studying mathematics, and mathematics was everything to them.

But now this young man's words were like a slap in the face to them. When studying economic phenomena, economists said: "Hey, those who study mathematics, go and build a mathematical game model."

Biologists who study plants will say: "Mathematics guy, help me build a diverse statistical model."

....

Writers who are writing science fiction novels will say: "Mathematics guy, help me calculate the three-body problem..."

....

Mathematics is no longer an independent subject and has become the "nanny" of other natural subjects.

So what is the ultimate goal of mathematics?

These deafening words echoed in their hearts.

They raised their heads and stared at the young man in the spotlight.

They know that no one in the world is closer to the pinnacle of mathematics than this young man.

Amid thousands of pairs of expectant eyes, Li Mo said slowly and seriously: "Everything is countable!"

"You can use mathematics to describe the clarity of the gurgling stream, use mathematics to describe the violence of the stormy waves, use mathematics to describe the incomparable coldness of the black hole, and use mathematics to describe the male flames of the star!"

"Everything in the universe can be expressed using mathematics and numbers. This is the ultimate goal of mathematics!"

Is everything countable?

The audience exclaimed, this idea is too bold. Although mathematics has developed over the years from the original four arithmetic operations of Arabic numerals, it has become a huge subject with 26 branches, but it is still far from what Li Mo said.

The goal of “everything can be counted” is still far from being achieved.

Even the process of dripping a drop of water into a bottle is difficult to describe even with the most cutting-edge mathematical knowledge.

"I know that everyone has doubts about this ultimate goal, and I also know that it will take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to realize this goal."

"But isn't a world where everything is countable the ideal world in our minds as mathematicians?"

Li Mo's words triggered a burst of agreement. If you ask a real mathematician what they hate most, their answer will definitely be the uncertain unknown.

Under the influence of the warm atmosphere of the conference, Li Mo on the podium suddenly felt that a meteor passed through his mind, illuminating an area he had never discovered before.

"I need a blackboard." He said to a volunteer wearing a red hat next to him.

The girl with the ponytail was startled for a moment, and then she realized that the boss was talking to her.

She blushed and ran backstage.

After a while

Two volunteer classmates pushed a huge blackboard onto the podium.

Li Mo picked up a piece of chalk, closed his eyes and thought deeply. He tried his best to recall the inspiration just now.

"What is this big guy going to do?" The professors in the audience watched his every move closely.

Finally, Li Mo took the chalk and started writing on the blackboard.

"Set A=0, B=1... According to LIMO conversion, we can get..."

"Convert again,...it can be clearly seen that the values ​​​​of A and B are determined, so..."

The blackboard was instantly filled with mathematical conversion formulas. This time, without waiting for his instructions, the volunteer classmates standing by immediately pushed out a new blackboard from the background.

Li Mo continued to write: "Set the mass of an apple to 200g...according to the LIMO constant obtained above..."

At this time, he stopped writing and closed his eyes again in deep thought.

A bearded man in unruly clothes suddenly stood up and exclaimed: "This is an apple!"

"Professor Li Mo is using pure mathematics to describe an apple!"

"...Ugh...!"

The two colleagues beside him stood up and covered his mouth.

In the front row, an old professor tapped the ground with his cane and lowered his voice and said: "Everyone, be quiet and don't interrupt Professor Li's train of thought."

Thousands of mathematicians in the audience held their breath, and the venue fell into silence for an instant.

"Can he do it?"

"He can do it!"

"God bless you!"

At this time, Li Mo was in front of the blackboard, trying his best to activate every brain cell in his body, trying to catch the afterglow of the meteor.

"Not even close!"

It's just a little closer to the secrets of mathematics.

Big drops of sweat fell from his forehead to the ground, breaking the silence of the venue.

The extinguishing meteor in his mind magically flickered at the last moment. With the faint light, Li Mo finally saw it clearly.

"This is it!"

He ignored the sweat on his forehead and picked up the chalk and continued to write on the blackboard: "According to the three-dimensional LIMO conversion formula... it can be clearly seen... From this, a multi-dimensional matrix group F can be obtained!"

"This multidimensional matrix group is the pure mathematical expression of this apple!"

After writing the last exclamation point, Li Mo felt that his mind went blank. He gently put down the chalk, turned around, and said loudly: "It can be seen that according to the LIMO constant, it is completely possible to use pure mathematical methods to describe a natural phenomenon.

things that exist.”

"Pah, pah, pah!"

"Pah, pah, pah!"

A burst of thunderous applause sounded, and the mathematics professors in the audience stood up from their seats in unison.

"Genius! Terrible genius!"

"Pure mathematics - the hidden secrets of the universe were unexpectedly proved by Professor Li Mo!"

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Li Mo pressed his palm down slightly, and the conference site fell silent for a moment. His gaze looked far away, as if through the dome, looking into the mysterious space.
Chapter completed!