46. Hanon Ninety Nine
A week ago.
Professor Park Soo-Soo’s lab, Korea University.
After Jeong-ho’s explanation was over, Professor Park Bo-soo did not open his mouth for a while.
After a long silence he said.
“Thank you.”
Jung-ho did not ask what he was thankful for at Professor Park’s serious expression, and after a while Professor Park opened his mouth again.
“While I was studying the Riemann hypothesis… Do you know what was the most difficult?”
“Isn’t it difficult to know where to start the proof?”
Professor Park shook his head slowly.
“The most difficult thing for me was the suspicion that the Riemann hypothesis itself was nonsense. My suspicion is that I am wasting my life on a false hypothesis.”
Jeongho nodded and said.
“I think I know what you mean.”
“By the way, looking at the results you brought today… In particular, seeing that the pattern repeats in the ten factorial, I think that the Riemann hypothesis is not false.”
“… .”
Professor Park said with a smile on her face.
“I feel like all the doubts that haunted me for over 20 years are now gone. Thank you very much. Thank you so much.”
“I think I was able to come this far because of the professor’s help.”
“a! Even if your mouth is crooked, you should speak right away. what have i done haha–!”
Professor Park asked Jung-ho with an expression that he suddenly remembered something.
“By the way… Did you know in advance?”
“yes? What?”
“If that pattern goes by a factor of 10… It will be repeated again.”
“I wasn’t quite sure, but I was vaguely anticipating it.”
Professor Park nodded and said.
“Yeah, it was.”
“… .”
“But do you still have no intention of writing this as a thesis?”
“I try to think about it slowly. 10 I would like to find out what the factorial pattern means and the link with the M-theory… I think this will take longer than expected.”
“Yeah, I think the same. There is no need to rush.”
After a while, when the meeting was over and Jung-ho got up from his chair, Professor Park also got up from his seat and said:
“Let’s go out together. I’m going to need some wind.”
So, Professor Park and Jeong-ho left the College of Science building together, and Professor Park took a deep breath of the outside air and said:
“The air is fresh today. The sky is also very blue. ha ha ha! After the 20-year-old congestion is gone, the world looks different. ha ha ha—!”
Professor Park lightly tapped Jeong-ho on the shoulder and continued.
“Thank you very much. Jung Ho. I wonder if I’ve ever been this happy lately. ha ha ha—!”
* * *
Yoon Seok-yi and I ate a pizza in no time.
After finishing the meal, Yoon Seok-yi hyung took out a thin file folder from his bag and handed it to me.
“what is this?”
“Open it.”
It was a patent application specification.
＜Corrected random number generation algorithm using Riemann zero value>
A random number generator or random number generator is an algorithm that is essentially used in cryptographic programs.
In other words, this patent will be used as a core technology in the computer security business that Seok-Yun Yoon is preparing.
huh? what?
In the inventor column of the application specification… .
Yoon Seok-yi hyung and my names were written side by side.
“Brother, I haven’t done anything enough to be listed as an inventor, have I?”
Yoon Seok-yi hyung said with a smirk.
“Am I offended when I say that? Why didn’t you do anything? Without the zero value of the visa name you sent me, I would not have even started making this algorithm.”
Algorithm is a logical operation process contained in program code.
So, since this patent is a patent for an algorithm, it had nothing to do with the non-anonymous zero value I sent to my brother.
Yoon-seok-hyung, who recognized my expression, said with a smirk.
“Read the patent specification documents to the end. Then you will understand why you should be a co-inventor.”
As Yoon Seok-yi hyung said, I started reading the specification again.
It was a relatively simple algorithm, with one interesting feature.
When a certain amount of random numbers were generated, a random number matrix was created with the random numbers, and the eigenvalue of the created matrix was obtained.
There was a process of comparing this eigenvalue with statistical analysis data, and this statistical analysis data was created using the 3 million spleen-name zero values that I sent to Yun Seok-hyung.
In this way, it was confirmed that there is a specific pattern in the random numbers generated so far, and the random number generation algorithm is modified according to the result of the check.
In other words, it was an algorithm that generated near-perfect random numbers without using an expensive mechanical random number generator.
I said to Yunseok hyung.
“Oh oh! Great! But if you have prepared a patent like this… Are you starting a business soon?”
“I want to, too, but not yet.”
“why?”
“At first, I was thinking about encryption, but I think the market is still very small in this area, so I plan to secure a patent for now and do it slowly.”
Encryption sounds grandiose, but to put it simply, when sending data over the Internet, it is an operation that makes the sent data unreadable.
Simple examples are the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
When you log in to a specific website, you enter a password through the HTTP protocol, and the entered password is transmitted through the Internet as it is.
On the other hand, when using the HTTPS protocol, the password is encrypted and delivered to the website.
Yoon Seok-yi hyung continued.
“I would rather start with personal computer security first.”
“When it comes to personal computer security… Are you talking about antivirus?”
Yoon Seok-yi hyung nodded and said.
“Even if encryption becomes our main business in the future, we have to keep studying new viruses and malicious codes. So we are seriously considering the vaccine.”
I’m not an antivirus expert, but there are two things I discovered while studying antivirus algorithms with Incheol.
First, a commercial vaccine program must be able to respond quickly when a new virus is released, and for this, a huge information network that can detect a new virus is essential.
This is the reason why the current situation where W3 and Norton Antivirus are bisecting the computer vaccine market is unbreakable.
In other words, thousands of computers around the world with W3 and Norton Antivirus installed are on the cutting edge of searching for new viruses.
Once a new virus is found, it is not difficult to create an algorithm that analyzes and neutralizes the virus code.
Yoon Seok-yi hyung smiled broadly at my explanation.
“haha! you don’t know anything Actually, there is a junior in the computer team at Korea University that I know. So, using the computer at Korea University, we are receiving new virus information almost in real time.”
A long time ago, I remembered Yoon Seok-yi’s presentation at an academic conference.
At that time, Yoon Seok-yi used hundreds of computers in the computer lab at Korea University to find 250,000 non-name zero values of the Riemann zeta function in just two months.
“Then, how many computers are there in Korea University?”
In response to my question, Yoon Seok-yi hyung said with a confident expression.
“There are probably 8,000 or so.”
“Wow–! Really? Are there so many computer labs at Hankuk University?”
Yoon Seok-yi hyung smiled at my surprised expression and said.
“There are about 1500 computers in the computer lab, and the rest are computers used by professors, graduate students, and staff working on campus.”
With 8000 computers, it won’t be enough, but there will be no shortage.
“Then how is the database of existing viruses ready?”
A second requirement for commercial antivirus programs is a sufficient database of viruses and malware.
Thousands of computer viruses have been created so far, and if the information on these viruses is poor, the performance of the antivirus program will inevitably decrease.
At my question, Yoon Seok-yi hyung said with a bitter expression.
“actually… Now it’s slowing the business. I thought that once I started, I would be able to finish it quickly, but it took a lot longer than I thought.”
There is one person I know who was crazy about computer viruses, and that is Incheol.
Incheol Lee has been collecting information about computer viruses and malicious codes since middle school.
For reference, if virus data is saved on the hard disk, the virus file may be deleted as the computer’s antivirus program is activated.
So Incheol saved all the virus data he had collected on a floppy disk.
A month ago, after Team Leader Kim Jung-soo went to Namseo-dong, I moved all of In-cheol’s floppy disks to my house and deleted the virus data on the floppy disks one by one.
I said to Yunseok hyung.
“then… If we have enough virus databases, can we start a business right away?”
“right. But that would be impossible in a short time. I’m thinking about two years from now.”
“Brother, I think I can help.”
My brother asked me with a suspicious look.
“really? Are you kidding me?”
“I’m not kidding. I’m 100 percent serious.”
Only then did his face brighten.
“okay? Then can I see some virus data?”
“You have to get permission from the data owner first, and if I ask you, they will definitely allow it. And there is one condition.”
“What condition… ?”
“The business that hyung starts, please join me too.”
“… ?”
“My name is also in the patent, so I have a small stake, right?”
“Yeah, but… .”
“And I want to invest in the company that hyung is preparing.”
A considerable amount of money has been deposited from Wolfram over the past two years, and my mother put the deposited money in my bank account.
If there is something I want to do later, write it.
At my words, Yoon Seok-yi hyung said with a puzzled expression.
“you… You’re joking, aren’t you?”
I said with strength in my voice.
“I’m not kidding. Because I am serious.”
“haha–! yes yes So, what should you think about first? Hmm… right! database! So, do you have the virus data, the owner you spoke of?”
“no. I have them all.”
“ah… ! I see So, if I get permission from the owner, when will I be able to see the data?”
“That will take some time. To get all the data out, maybe… About a week?”
“ah… ! so? Isn’t it on your computer’s hard disk?”
“no.”
“So, on a floppy disk?”
I shook my head again, and Yoon Seok-yi said with a questionable expression.
“then… Where the hell are you? I wonder.”
“Anyway, there is something like that.”
When I left Pizza Hot after eating… .
Despite my strong backlash, Yoon Seok-yi hyung got on a bus in the southwest direction to take me to the apartment.
It was Friday afternoon, so the bus was quiet.
Yoon-seok hyung and I sat next to each other, and Yoon-seok hyung asked.
“By the way, these days, high school students must be mid-term exams, right?”
“Right. Tomorrow is the last day of the midterm exam.”
“ah… ! okay? It’s Saturday tomorrow, so it’s a weekend after the exam, isn’t it?”
“yes that’s right. You don’t know how long I’ve waited.”
I really don’t know how long I waited.
Youngmi is coming tomorrow afternoon.
It seems that studying science high school is difficult.
For the past month, Youngmi has been studying in the dormitory even on weekends, and it is said that she will not return home until tomorrow when the midterm exam is over.