A corner of the curtain in chapter 595
In the study of the Tower of Babel.
Lucian closed his eyes and leaned on the back of his chair as if he were sleeping, with a glass of undiminished plain water in front of him, but in fact, he was looking at the information on quantum mechanics in the soul library, hungrily absorbing and learning this knowledge, especially the part about matrix mechanics, and calculating something in his soul from time to time.
Even for Lucian now, the content of matrix mechanics seems difficult and profound, and it takes a lot of effort to learn, it is like a huge but cold monster, full of unfriendly and even vicious aura for any beginner.
Originally, Lucian could have followed the route of De Broglie and put forward the Schrödinger wave equation, which is better at using electromagnetism and light and darkness, and it is also a form that all arcanists are more familiar with and more accustomed to opening the content of wave mechanics.
But this is from the perspective that electrons are wave-like, an extension of the wave theory, and he is regarded as one of the main representatives of particle theory.
Therefore, Lucian would rather learn matrix mechanics based on particles and discontinuities, and use it to solve the problems of the new alchemy model, and after the proponents of particle theory will no longer easily shake their belief in new alchemy and particles, he slowly throws out the monsters of De Broglie waves and electron diffraction experiments, and truly establishes the duality of waves and particles.
"Matrix mechanics, wave mechanics...... This seems to be another battlefield between particle theory and wave theory, although they are actually mathematically equivalent, different expressions of a theory......" Lucian muttered to himself silently in his heart, "Matrix is really a fashionable word......"
He was reminded of the Matrix.
After closing the quantum mechanics book in the Soul Library, Lucian took a soft breath and perfected the new mathematical concept of the matrix on the scratch paper.
Although nearly half a year was enough for Lucian to initially master the primitive matrix mechanics, he did not try to derive conclusions and conduct experiments, and planned to wait for the soul of the new legend to stabilize before doing so, so he did not get feedback from the real world, and during this time, half of his energy was focused on building legendary spell models.
Among them, the "Scepter of Time and Space" is relatively simple, and it was completed in less than two weeks after Lucian's soul was restored, while the "Vengeful Gaze" was analyzed and simplified by Lucian's knowledge about lasers in the soul library, and it was almost in the final stage.
The faint refreshing fragrance reached the tip of Lucian's nose, indicating that Natasha had left, and because the wedding had not yet been officially held and the planning of Ctonia and others, the two did not live together, but Natasha often came to Alinge for a few days, and Lucian occasionally went to Nexer Palace to visit Archduke Vaorith and stay overnight.
The two of them jumped through Hathaway's half-plane, making a gesture of not giving Ketonia and the others any chance, but from time to time they went on vacation to the "Land of a Thousand Lakes", as if they didn't care about the danger at all, and there was indeed no danger in these few vacations.
Taking a deep breath, Lucian was full of caution about the wedding in a few months, if Ketonia and the others did not seize this "opportunity" to attack, there was no need for him to spend it with them, directly showing the legendary strength to deter and strangle the danger in the cradle, and not live an extremely careful life for a long time just because he had to set a trap to surround them, so it would be better to move into half a plane, the safety factor would be greatly improved, and then two of the space-time nodes of the "Atomic Universe" would be located in Nexer Palace and Alinge Magic Tower respectively.
Thinking back, Lucian put down his quill and prepared to continue the analysis work of "Vengeful Gaze", striving to complete it as soon as possible.
Without mental force field induction, Lucian knew it was Leo through his control of the Magic Tower, and he stood outside the room with a letter in his hand: "Come in."
"Sir, it's a letter from Mr. Ravendi." Leo said in a concise language, understanding that the master was most taboo about others when studying arcane and magic.
"Well, put it on the table." Lucian, who had been communicating with the high-ranking officials of the Elemental Will and was familiar with the letters of the Arcanists, had no surprises, and in the past six months, Mr. Lavindi has often written to him to discuss the issue of new alchemy.
When Leo closed the door of the study, Lucian picked up the letter, and the projection of the main star of fate gave him a faint bad premonition.
Shaking the letter paper away, Lucian's gaze froze on it as soon as he caught the beginning, a bold hypothesis very similar to De Broglie's.
"No one will release this terrifying monster in advance, right?" Lucian smiled self-deprecatingly, this is not a game, it is impossible for everyone to follow the progress they expected.
Now that the monster had poked its head out, Lucian no longer struggled with the question of why it appeared in advance, but read it carefully, thinking about how to minimize the impact.
「…… From the perspective of electron fluctuations, it can be regarded as a standing wave in orbit, so that the fixed orbit can only be an integer multiple of the wavelength, so that quantization can be naturally derived......" Lucian rubbed his brows as he thought.
After a long time, Lucian put the letter back on the table and sighed softly: "There are also bold and whimsical arcanists in this world, fortunately he has not yet completed the electron diffraction experiment, otherwise he can only use the privilege of the great arcanist to postpone the submission of his paper, step by step, so as not to blow too many heads."
If such a thing was suddenly thrown out, Lucian of other factions would not dare to judge anything, but in the realm of elements and alchemy, at least one-third of the high-level arcanists would not be able to withstand such an impact, either blowing out their heads, or the cognitive world would shatter and solidify, and most of the remaining people would also be confused for a long time, after all, all previous phenomena and experimental results were undoubtedly confirming that electrons were particles, and no one doubted this since they discovered it.
"There is no need to postpone the submission of this paper now, anyway, there is no experimental evidence yet, first give full play to my authority, let the arcanists face up to this problem, and when they have comprehensive attention and in-depth thinking, and are prepared in their hearts, then throw out the electron diffraction experiment." Lucian quickly made a decision, writing his opinion on the letter sent by Ravendi:
"Whimsical Hypothetical ......"
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The winter sunset was setting early below the horizon, and before dinner time, it was dark everywhere, and Dieppe paced anxiously back and forth in the guest room of the Ravendi Magic Tower, his thoughts churning in his mind, all kinds of strange thoughts coming up one after another, and they were even completely opposite:
"If Lord Evans affirms my thesis, does that mean that electrons are really waves? It's simply unbelievable, and there are no phenomena or experiments to confirm it."
If Lucian gave a definite approval, he would hesitate and dare not accept that electrons are waves, which is a ridiculous thing in anyone's mind, even if he himself makes this hypothesis.
"If Lord Evans also gives a negative opinion as tactfully as Lord Morris and the others, then maybe my thesis is really wrong."
In this way, the world returned to normal, and Dieppe also felt relieved, but there was a faint unwillingness in his heart, this bold idea that broke out when the new alchemy was at a bottleneck, which solved some problems to some extent, was the crystallization of his own hard work, and it was the spark of his own wisdom shining in an instant.
"No matter what, even if Your Excellency Evans objects, as long as he does not point out obvious mistakes, I will use the experimental results to verify it, and I cannot give up easily."
In this extremely contradictory inner struggle, Diep became more and more impatient, and the idea of hoping to be approved by Lucian gradually gained the upper hand, and the self-encouragement that did not give up easily became even more turbulent.
"Why haven't you replied yet?" Dieppe looked out the window again, he had done this hundreds of times since the afternoon.
Although he understood that His Excellency Evans was very busy and had magic studies and arcane research to do, and he might not read the letter in time, he couldn't help but look forward and hope.
Suddenly, his eyes caught a familiar bird figure, so he jumped suddenly, rushed to the door, and ran towards the teacher's study.
Within a few seconds, Dieppe sat down in front of Ravendi, waiting for the return of the "messenger".
"Are you looking forward to it?" Lavendi looked at Dieppe seriously.
Diep nodded, speechless.
At this time, the cute "messenger" fell on the desk, and Ravendi took the reply letter from it and slowly opened it.
Dieppe's eyes focused on the letterhead, looking at the teacher's expression, if it weren't for Lavindi's deep power, he would have wanted to use magic to snoop.
Lavindi turned directly to the last page of the paper, first scanning it roughly, but his expression suddenly froze, indescribably solemn and confused.
"Teacher, what is Your Excellency Evans's opinion?" After waiting for a while, seeing that the teacher did not respond, Dieppe boldly asked under the urging of the anxiety in his heart.
Lavendi said "yes" and read it word by word, with an unattainable tremor hidden in his voice:
"Lucian's opinion is, 'Whimsical hypotheses give us a glimpse into the other side of what electrons may have. The reality of the world has always been obscured by a thick black curtain, making it impossible for us to see its true appearance, and this paper may have lifted a corner of the curtain and shown part of the true ......'"
Before he finished listening to the teacher's words, Dieppe's head was buzzing with dizziness, he thought that His Excellency Evans would affirm it, but he never thought it would be such a high evaluation:
"A corner of the curtain that shrouds the truth that shrouds the world......"
The feeling of ecstasy hit Dieppe's mind, and the feeling of being affirmed and recognized by an authority figure would make everyone who had put in the effort feel the same way, but after a short time, the calmness of the mage profession brought him back to his senses, and he subconsciously said: "We still need experiments to prove it."
Lavindi nodded in satisfaction and continued to read: "...... I would like to believe that wave-particle duality can be generalized to all microscopic particles, which is the way to solve the long war between wave theory and particle theory, but no matter how amazing the astonishing hypothesis and rigorous derivation based on it are, they must be confirmed by phenomena and experimental results, after all, this is not a simple mathematical model. I suggest that the paper be published immediately and submitted to the electromagnetic arcanist for review, so that everyone can pay attention to your extraordinary work and devote themselves to the relevant experiments."
"Your Excellency Evans' opinion is very good, I have no objection!" The anxiety on Diep's face had long since disappeared, his back was straight, and his voice trembled slightly with excitement.
Ravendi looked at Lucian's opinion in his hand, and said with some confusion and doubt:
"Is an electron a wave?"
(End of this chapter)