649 Premonition (1/2)
Inside the conference room of the Highest Council…
After Lucien stopped, Vicente said, ”Arcana has to be founded on the basis of comprehensible images. The things that are unimaginable and not understandable will only be complicated mathematics. So, Brook and Oliver, congratulations. This is the real foundation of the new alchemy and the best theory in the microscopic domain. Your work has let us return to the concrete ground again from the maze of matrix that wanders in midair without a foundation.”
”Nonsense. The real foundation of arcana is observability. The things that cannot be observed are pointless for us. Naturally, it is unnecessary to impose an image on them.” Fernando spoke of his new opinion with the dominance of a storm.
Lucien also added, ”Applying the images in the macroscopic world to the microscopic domain recklessly violates the fundamental logic. Something seriously wrong may happen.”
”But in any case, electrons do behave as waves.” Oliver joined the debate.
The unusual view of many arriving demiplanes was about to happen again, when Douglas knocked the table slightly. ”Let's discuss the wave equation when the meeting is over and have a five-minute silence for Klaus first. We are going to let the Lord of Hell pay.”
Lucien closed his eyes and began to mourn in silence, hoping that his speculation on the nature of soul was correct. In that case…
Later, the Highest Council discussed the issues about the Saint Truth, Thanos and Viken and agreed with Douglas, Fernando and Lucien's proposal to shake the foundation of faith and mislead Viken into thinking that the Congress of Magic hadn't found his secrets by broadcasting the half-real and half-false stories. In the meantime, the central intelligence would be kept a secret in order to persuade part of the Grand Cardinals, who might play a critical role at the right moment.
Because few issues could be submitted to the Highest Council, the meeting was over after less than one hour. Hellen, who had been studying all the time, suddenly raised her head. ”If the new alchemy system based on the Oliver-Brook Wave Equation matches all the experiments we have so far and can address the problems we had, what will it indicate?”
It was rare for her to ask questions during the meeting. When they discussed Viken, she had unusually spared part of her attention to listen to it.
”If different theories can explain the same thing, it means that they should be equivalent on a certain level.” Hathaway seemed to have considered it for a long time. ”Since waves and particles are both the features and qualities of electrons, matrix mechanics and wave mechanics may be equivalent.”
Douglas, Fernando, Chelsea and Erica all nodded. ”We can try to prove it.”
”I think mathematical approaches will be enough.” Brook thought for a moment and also nodded.
Although Oliver thought it was possible, he was not very enthusiastic about it. In his eyes, matrix mechanics should be a special case of the particle nature in wave mechanics.
After a while, the members of the Highest Council left one another. Lucien and Fernando were the last.
”I think that Oliver's explanation on the arcana significance of the wave function has certain issues. There will be self-contradictions when he tries to address the atom model. Let's see how Oliver is going to explain the details.” Said Fernando solemnly and thoughtfully.
Lucien nodded his head. ”The explanation on the arcana significance of the wave function has to be based on experiment phenomena.”
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At the beginning of the Month of Harvest (September), inside a classroom in the Holt Magic College…
Onore, Clark and their classmates waited for Mr. Ernesto to distribute the journals such as Arcana, Magic and Nature. On the podium stood Ms. Heidi, who taught 'Basics of the New Alchemy'. She did not look very well, and she looked down at her feet that were moving all the time, as if she were about to step on a bunch of ants.
”Ms. Heidi doesn't look very happy?” Clark said to Onore carefully. It was not because his eyes were keen but because Heidi was too obvious.
Onore shook his head. ”How do I know? Perhaps she was criticized by Mr. Evans in the Atom Institution, or perhaps she had a fight with a friend. It's hard to say. It's not like we are changing new textbooks again, right?”
”Hehe. How is it possible? We should all be careful not to piss of Ms. Heidi.” Clark reminded Onore.
Although Heidi had been trying to copy Lucien's teaching style, everybody had their unique characteristics. Gradually, she became known as the 'Smiling Devil'.
At this moment, Ernesto walked with a magic pouch of journals. Looking unusually weird, he said rigidly, ”Claim your journals in order.”
Having been familiarized with Ernesto after the electron diffraction experiment last time, Onore immediately guessed something after seeing his face. ”Is there another disruptive theory or experiment?”
After taking over the journals, Oliver began to browse through them before he returned to his seat, and the very first paper on 'Arcana' gave him the answer. It was 'The Wave Equation of Microscopic Particles and the Nature of Quantum Mechanics', written by Edwyn Brook and Oliver Constantine.
”The wave equation and the wave function…” Onore had no doubt that the wave function of electrons would appear after confirming the electron diffraction experiment, but he was still shocked when he really saw it. The concrete microscopic particles had a wave function! That was unbelievable!
No wonder Ms. Heidi doesn't look well! He suddenly understood the reason.
After he was seated again, Onore sensed that the atmosphere was filled with quietness and vague depression, exactly like what he felt himself. The development in the past months was truly full of twists and turns. Everybody had been stumbling and could barely keep up with the changes.
Reading the paper in silence, Onore was gradually fascinated by it. The familiar, classic wave equation, the readily understandable calculations and concepts… They were so much simpler than the stunning matrix mechanics!