Since Napoleon did not change his position, Fourier naturally did not change his position. So a few days later, at the French Academy of Sciences, a hearing officially began.

Before the hearing, Napoleon and his think tank studied the paper carefully, hoping to discover its implicit errors in the process of argumentation. But despite their efforts, they still did not find such a loophole.

"I don't know exactly how this terrible paradox was caused. But his mistake is beyond doubt. Therefore, during the debate, I suggest that we can only firmly grasp that this paper does not conform to reality. The achievable model attacked it.” In the end, Laplace and others made such a proposal.

Although Napoleon felt that this was not enough to completely defeat his opponent, but now he can only use this method. With this method, you can at least remain undefeated.

The weather was good on the hearing day, and Napoleon and his allies came to the door of the small auditorium where the hearing was held on time. It happened to meet Joseph taking Gauss, Fourier and a group of people.

"Mr. Fourier, how could you support such a strange paper?" Laplace asked, approaching Fourier.

"Ah, Mr. Laplace, why is this paper weird?" Fourier said, "I think this is the best, most ground-breaking, enlightening, and discussion-oriented one in mathematics in recent times. A paper. In fact, this is not only my opinion, but also the opinion of Mr. Goss and Dean Bonaparte."

In fact, Laplace's conversation with Fourier at this time was largely a strategy of war, in order to put a certain amount of psychological pressure on Fourier. But Fourier dragged Gauss and Joseph out, which made Laplace feel a lot of pressure. Because although Gauss is young, his series of achievements in mathematics are truly heartbreaking. And his talent, his ability to deal with difficult problems is even more admired by everyone. As for Dean Bonaparte, he is even more famous as "Joseph who never makes mistakes." So when I heard that the two of them also thought the paper was excellent, although Laplace was very confident in his academic level, he still felt quite pressured. As for Napoleon, there was already a feeling of being tied to the guillotine.

At this time Joseph spoke: "Since everyone has arrived, we will go in and get ready to start."

So everyone entered the small auditorium and sat down in their respective seats. Joseph began to speak:

"According to the general procedure, we should invite the author of this paper, which is also Mr. Lucian Evans. But the address left by Mr. Lucian Evans does not exist. So this hearing can only It was carried out without the parties involved."

"He knew that his essay could not withstand cross-examination, so he avoided coming?" Napoleon couldn't help.

"Academician Napoleon, haven't you read the "Outline of Conference Discipline of the Academy of Sciences"? Please abide by the discipline of the conference. If you want to speak, please raise your hand first and speak after getting the permission of the conference host." Joseph said.

Napoleon stopped talking.

"Since the author is absent, we will skip this step and go directly to the next step. First, the opposing party will raise the question and point out the error. Okay, Academician Napoleon, please come on stage to state the reason.

Napoleon looked around and then walked to the podium. At the same time, I thought to myself: "When I gave a speech, I didn't have a fully armed guard with me. It was really a little frustrating."

But a guilty conscience returns to a guilty conscience, but I still have to talk about it. So Napoleon said: "As we all know, the reason why mathematics can become a respected science is that it can accurately describe our world. We can even say that mathematics is the most basic rule of the world. God created the language of the world. Therefore, mathematics and reality are inseparable. The conclusions of mathematics cannot and should not exist in isolation from reality. And this paper has such a problem.

For example, if the paper is correct, there will be interior angles and triangles less than one hundred and eighty degrees. I want to ask, can any of you draw a triangle like this?

Similarly, based on this paper, we see the conclusion that the vertical and diagonal lines of the same straight line do not necessarily intersect. So who can make such a picture? Impossible, just like interior angles and triangles less than 180 degrees, the situation where the vertical and diagonal lines of the same straight line do not intersect does not exist in reality. Obviously, the author of this paper completely ignored the real world and the basis for the existence of mathematics. He devalued mathematics into a logical game with no real meaning. This is why I judged this paper to be unqualified. "

After saying this, Napoleon glanced at Fourier, and then said: "I'm finished."

The mathematicians of the Paris Normal University applauded together. Napoleon bowed slightly to them, then walked off the stage.

At this time, according to the rules, the person who should come on stage to speak should be Fourier. But at this time, it was Joseph who stepped onto the podium.

Seeing Joseph step onto the podium, Napoleon trembles all over, and his hands and feet feel cold.

"Gentlemen, in fact, before making that judgment, Mr. Fourier discussed this paper with me. His evaluation of this paper is actually my evaluation. I think this is a piece of paper. A subversive, groundbreaking, extremely important, and epoch-making paper. I predict that the significance of this paper is no less than that of Euclid’s "Elements of Geometry." Now, I want to address the questions raised by Academician Napoleon just now. Answer."

"First of all, Academician Napoleon just mentioned that mathematics is not a meaningless logic game. It must have practical meaning. I agree with this point. However, I also want to remind Academician Napoleon that reality is How is it, not something he can determine subjectively." At this point, Joseph gave Napoleon a triumphant glance.

"We know that if the frequency of the sound is a little higher or lower, we can't hear it at all. But that doesn't mean that the sound doesn't exist. Bats rely on higher frequency sounds that we can't hear. Yes. We can also find through photosensitivity experiments that in areas other than violet light and areas other than red light, where we seem to have no light, silver iodide can still be sensitive to light. Therefore, what our ears hear is not necessarily complete. The reality that we see with our eyes is also not necessarily the complete reality. Therefore, don’t think that you can define reality. Reality is not necessarily what you think."

Napoleon wanted to refute: "Then you are looking for a triangle with an inner angle and less than 180 degrees!" However, after thinking about it, he still didn't say a word.

"Well, let's look at this paper. Let's take a look at the first part of the paper." Joseph said, using a slide projector to project the first part on the curtain hanging on the wall.

"Academician Napoleon, please tell me, is there anything wrong with this part?" Joseph asked.

This part is mainly about the five axioms and the first four axioms in Euclidean geometry, as well as the latter hypothesis: "Passing a point outside the straight line, there are two or more straight lines parallel to the straight line."

Napoleon was taken aback. He looked at the content of the projection, and then hesitated to return: "The previous ones are naturally okay, but the last one is absurd and inconsistent with reality."

"Napoleon," Joseph said in a sarcastic tone, "I remember that when you were ten years old, I taught you what is contradiction, right?"

Napoleon hurriedly said: "Then there is no problem here." He knew that he had said something wrong just now. If he continued to talk about the "contradictory method", he would really behave like a fool who has not finished primary school. .

Now that Napoleon was silent, Joseph continued to show the following content on the slide projector, and every time a piece of content was displayed, Joseph would ask Napoleon: "Academician Napoleon, is there any problem with this argument?"

Of course there is no problem. If there is a problem, Napoleon and those guys from the Paris Normal University have been working together for so long these days, how can they not find it? Therefore, every time Napoleon could only answer in frustration: "No, no."

The slide projector projected this paper one by one, and finally reached the last paragraph in Napoleon's "No, no questions" answer.

"Napoleon, is there no problem here?" Joseph asked.

"Yes~lightnovelpub.net~ no problem, but it doesn't match reality..." Napoleon also wanted to rescue himself.

"Napoleon, the reality you are talking about is not the real reality!" Joseph responded.

"Then you draw a triangle with an inner angle and less than one hundred and eighty degrees." Napoleon couldn't help but counterattack. He also knew that if he didn't fight back, he would be defeated.

"Haha, Napoleon," Joseph smiled. "You see, the whole argumentation process is in compliance with the rules. If the premise is okay, the whole argumentation process is okay, but it is different from reality as you suppose. Reality. It’s impossible to go wrong, so what’s wrong? Is the whole mathematical method and the mathematical system wrong? Napoleon, your judgment is really brave. You are trying to overthrow almost the entire mathematical system."

"I am not, I don't. I just look at the inner angles and triangles less than one hundred and eighty degrees." Napoleon can only bite the inner angles and triangles less than one hundred and eighty degrees as a life-saving straw.

"No problem, I'll show it to you now." Joseph looked like he was ready. Seeing Joseph's appearance, Napoleon's heart trembled. He knew: The most devastating blow is about to fall if a major event is not good.