Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 315 - 69: The Choice of Thesis [Recommended Additional Update 2]
Meat, or rather, high-calorie and high-protein food, could be considered a source of happiness for humans from both a physiological and psychological perspective. Having enjoyed a hearty meal, Wang Qi returned to his room and let out a satisfied belch.
Zhen Chan simply couldn't stand this young man's behavior, "Look at how you've become, and this ring of mine, such a fine Immortal Artifact, and you've smeared it all greasy."
Wang Qi casually picked up a piece of scrap paper and wiped the "Mathematics" Jade Ring on it, "I did indeed come across some good news today, feeling pretty happy."
"Without other people's invitation, you never think about being happy," Zhen Chan sighed, "Suddenly so lively!"
After cleaning the ring, Wang Qi lay down, intending to sleep. However, after lying down for a long time, he couldn't fall asleep.
Still too excited.
Wang Qi got up from the bed. Considering that Cultivators didn't really need sleep anyway, he decided it would be better to find something to do.
With this in mind, Wang Qi looked toward the source of his insomnia—the Storage Bag he had obtained from the Divine Capital Warehouse.
"Anyway, there are still a lot of things in the Storage Bag, might as well start by trying them out."
The first thing Wang Qi pulled out of the Storage Bag was a bottle of reagent. This bottle of reagent was held in a transparent glass container, only a few tens of milliliters in volume. Unlike reagents on Earth, this glass bottle boasted a double layer with a vacuum between the two layers of glass. Moreover, the mouth of the bottle was engraved with a special Magic Seal to prevent the influx of Spiritual Energy. This was a standard Primordial Spirit Qi reagent designed to minimize the interference of Spiritual Energy in experiments.
After playing with the reagent bottle for a while, Wang Qi put it back into the Storage Bag. Such a bottle of reagent was worth five units of Stone Spirit Qi, and given the recent dry state of his spirit pool, Wang Qi thought it better not to waste it.
More importantly, his past life was spent in theoretical physics; that line of work consisted mostly of the hand-clumsy and experimentally challenged.
Moreover, bioreagents like harmless substances such as glucose weren't that common; many were toxic, and a few highly so. Wang Qi had a strong recuperative ability and wasn't very afraid of poisons, but it wasn't impossible to mix a few unknown solutions and concoct something potent enough to knock out a Cultivator. Lab reagent management standards existed for a reason and ought to be followed. freёwebnoѵel.com
Having put away the bottle, Wang Qi then took out a piece of Jade and a piece of Yao Iron, "Tonight, let's try to refine a calculator and test my skills."
Refining a calculator was not like DIY computer assembly; it was akin to buying electronic components and soldering a motherboard, starting from scratch. This was comparable to the challenge faced by China's future IT leaders in the 1980s and 1990s, who built computers from parts salvaged from scrapped electronics.
"Let me think, theoretically speaking, the most important part of refining a calculator is the refining of the Yin Yang Yao, which to the calculator is like the logic operation unit to a computer... And then, the mechanism of the Yin Yang Yao is from 'Yao Ding Calculating Scripture.' The calculator, in fact, shares the same origin but manifests differently from the 'Yao Ding Calculating Scripture'... To refine the Yin Yang Yao, one needs materials with both positive and negative attributes..."
Wang Qi murmured to himself as he sat on the floor, seemingly brainstorming. Zhen Chan sighed, "I never thought I'd see the day when you'd refine by yourself, and your first attempt is already something I can't understand..."
Then, a quarter of an hour passed.
Then, half an hour passed.
Wang Qi was still deep in thought.
Zhen Chan called out, "Hey kid, are you going to ponder that long just to practice?"
Wang Qi raised his head, his expression serious, "Hey, old man, I've come across a serious problem."
"What?"
"What's the first step?"
Zhen Chan roared, "After all that thinking, are you saying you have no idea where to start?"
Wang Qi felt quite innocent, "I didn't choose to study Artifact Refining, so it's not part of the required content for the exams."
"Hold on, what about the basic theory class for Artifact Refining? Isn't that compulsory?"
Wang Qi scratched the back of his head, "Basic theory of Artifact Refining... Oh, that, although it's compulsory, it's not part of the exam material. At that time, I remember, I was, I was... Oh, resolving the conflict of mental methods within my body and couldn't pay attention to the class."
"It's not tested because it's not essential for Seeking Dao, but for Cultivation, it's a necessary skill, you idiot!" Zhen Chan cursed, "Taking a bath isn't necessary for traveling thousands of miles, but what happens if you really don't bathe along the way?"
Wang Qi corrected, "Bathing is considered from a health perspective, not bathing can easily lead to illness, so according to external theory, bathing seems to be necessary indeed..."
Well, I'll have to make up for my lack of knowledge in Artifact Refining when I'm free...
Wang Qi sighed, put away the materials, and then sat down at the desk.
Artifact Refining won't do, then I might as well write a paper.
Wang Qi took out a piece of draft paper, thought for a moment, and wrote down the title of the paper—"A Discussion on Bao's Law of Large Numbers".
Bao's Law of Large Numbers, known on Earth as Bernoulli's Law of Large Numbers, is the first limit law of Probability Theory in history. Its core idea is very simple. The more times a randomly determined experiment is repeated, the closer the frequency of a certain result will become to its probability. When the number of trials is sufficiently large, the frequency of an event occurring can replace the probability of that event.
"Bernoulli's Law of Large Numbers is a special case of Chebyshev's Law of Large Numbers, and Poisson's Law of Large Numbers is a generalization of Bernoulli's Law... This time I'll choose to focus on Poisson's Law of Large Numbers..."
Poisson's Law of Large Numbers also carries a certain weight in the history of mathematics, but it does not dominate like Chebyshev's or Markov's. Besides, it just goes one step further than Bernoulli's Law of Large Numbers. Bernoulli's Law of Large Numbers proves the stability of frequencies in random experiments repeated under identical conditions, whereas Poisson's Theorem shows that frequencies still have stability when the conditions of independent random experiments vary.
Looking at Wang Qi writing down a bunch of things on the paper that he could read but not understand, Zhen Chan sighed, "Sometimes, I really don't understand how you Arithmeticians think. You insist on being fixated when you could simply guess using plain intuition..."
"Intuition can't lead to seeking Dao," Wang Qi said as he continued to write. "Moreover, the Big Number Law is proof that we are on the correct path."
Humans only grasp the statistical average of random events that occur, but with this statistical number, by calculating the mathematical expectation, variance, and the shape and parameters of random distributions, people can understand the "frequency" of random events. As humans observe more events, the "frequency" becomes closer to the "ideal probability".
That is the "Dao".
After writing half a page, Wang Qi suddenly stopped, then set aside the finished part.
"What happened?"
"I'm planning to discuss the latter part with others before proceeding," Wang Qi replied. As a newcomer, it was quite normal for his papers to be overlooked. Not being paid attention meant no one would read them, and therefore, he would not gain any Merit, nor would he be able to build his reputation. At this time, it was a smart choice to tie in Bao Xiaoya, who came from a prominent family, with himself. Having just graduated from the Immortal Institute, making even a "small step forward for myself, a giant leap for the Immortal Alliance" in the field of Probability Theory was a bit abnormal. But it's different for Bao Xiaoya. She was proficient in the Big Number Sword and had a deep understanding of Bao's Law of Large Numbers, so it seemed more normal to publish jointly under their two names.
"So, what should I research next?"
