landbeastnovel Chapter 165 Mathematics, an important tool for analyzing the principles of heaven and earth! (5/10)
Chapter 165 Mathematics, an important tool for analyzing the principles of heaven and earth! (5/10)
After a simple sip of porridge, Su Yu went back upstairs to work again.
During the whole day, apart from going downstairs and having someone help him prepare a few things, he basically wrote and drew.
The next morning, Su Yu's house welcomed a visitor.
Lees.
"Su Yu, about the school, Your Majesty has already ordered it."
"As soon as our things are ready, we can start recruiting the first batch of students in Xianyang City."
In the living room, the two were chatting while drinking honey grapefruit tea.
Hearing Li Si's words, Su Yu nodded and handed over a bundle of hemp paper in his hand.
"This is what I sorted out yesterday, and it can be applied to the first school."
Li Si was surprised by the result of the hemp paper and opened it to look at it.
However, after just a few pages, he frowned.
"Huh? This is..."
There are a lot of inexplicable symbols, strokes, and fonts that are completely different from Xiaozhuan, which makes Li Si a little confused.
17 What is this all about?
Why do you study this in school?
"This is what we have derived from thousands of years of culture. 35
Su Yu explained: "These are Arabic numerals, from one to nine, with the last being zero, representing nothing. 35
"Every number can be combined, such as one and three together, it is thirteen.
"The three numbers, eighty-five-seven, put together, it's jumping... it's eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Li Si's eyes lit up.
"Oh? According to this, if two threes are put together, it is thirty-three?"
"Smart!" Su Yu clapped his hands.
Yes, as expected of the Prime Minister of Great Qin, he learned quite fast.
Li Si smiled smugly.
"These Ah Hebo numbers are indeed very convenient to use. It is much more convenient than writing them directly in Xiao Zhuan. It is indeed the cultural crystallization of the immortal world for thousands of years."5
Su Yu rolled his eyes.
He was tired of listening to the fairy world all day long.
"What about this?" Li Si asked again, pointing to the symbol under the number.
Su Yu glanced at it and explained, "These are the symbols for addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and equality, respectively.
"On the one hand, it is used in combination with Arabic numerals.
"eg 3+2=5"
Li Si nodded slightly.
Su Yu continued: "Although these symbols do not have much practical significance for Daqin at present, they can enhance Daqin's potential."
"Oh? How to say?" Li Si asked curiously.
"The appearance of these symbols will greatly promote the development of arithmetic.
"Arithmetic is also mathematics, and this thing will be the driving force behind the development of the world in the future.
"To describe it in terms that you can understand, this mathematics is one of the important tools for analyzing the truth of heaven and earth." Su Yu said.
Li Si's eyes widened, looking at the hemp paper in his hand.
With just a few strokes and symbols, how could he be able to parse Heaven and Earth?
This is also incredible!
In fact, about the importance of mathematics, Su Yu really did not fool Li Si.
Modern times two thousand years later.
But all physics, chemistry, and even biology are inseparable from mathematics.
Especially in the field of physics, the importance of mathematics is like the importance of weapons to soldiers.
It is an exaggeration to say that without mathematics, physics will become a castle in the air.
Take a very simple example.
At present, many key theories in the field of physics are pre-existing theories and conjectures, and then they are demonstrated.
And these theories and conjectures are calculated by mathematical laws on the basis of known formulas and theories.
One of the most famous is the theory that matter cannot exceed the speed of light.
This shows that the development of mathematics is of great importance to the progress of this world.
Carefully fold the hemp paper with Arabic numerals and operation symbols, and put it close to your body.
Li Si continued to ask: "Then what are these characters different from Xiaozhuan?"
"This is a simplified script based on Xiaozhuan, which is easier to write and easier to distinguish," Su Yu explained.
"It's not in a hurry, it can be done slowly from generation to generation."
Li Si frowned and nodded.
After pondering for a while, he said: "The change of writing is of great importance, and I need to inform Your Majesty when I go back.
"No problem." Su Yu readily agreed.
If it weren't for this seal character, it would be too complicated and difficult to write, and there are very few character libraries.
There is no need to learn simplified Chinese characters.
"The remaining piece of paper is a punctuation mark, which was born mainly for the convenience of sentence segmentation.
Su Yu took the paper and pointed to a comma on it.
"This is a comma, added in the middle of the text, to indicate a general pause in the middle of a sentence"
577 "This is a period, used at the end of a declarative sentence, indicating that the sentence has ended."
"This is a question mark..."
"It's an exclamation mark..."
"These symbols are not just for the children who are just entering the school, but all Daqin people should actually master them.
Su Yu took a mouthful of honey citron tea, moistened the mulberries, and continued:
"Punctuation is as important to the development of literature as numbers are to the development of arithmetic."5
Li Si nodded solemnly.
He is also very good at poetry and writing.
It is natural to know what impact the appearance of this punctuation mark will have on future articles.
At least it won't make the article so difficult to understand.
Putting away the hemp paper solemnly, Li Si got up and prepared to leave.
"These things, I will tell the truth, and then Su Yu, you just need to prepare the money.
Li Si smiled.
"According to my guess, as soon as this school opens, there will be no shortage of children who come to sign up."
ps: Regarding the theory and formula that matter cannot exceed the speed of light, I will free up time today and put it in the related works. Interested readers can take a look.