Ch.232227 – Final Arrangements

The professors of Korea University’s Department of Mathematical Sciences were wide-eyed with shock.

What had all that passionate display been about until now?

“People from around the world have sent many affectionate questions, but unfortunately, we won’t be able to cover them all in this session. I’ll display my streaming channel link on the screen. I’ll select the most thoughtful questions and focus on those.”

A giant QR code appeared on the screen.

It was a direct link to NoName’s Twissy streaming channel.

As the audience murmured in confusion, donation alerts could be faintly heard through her microphone.

[‘zmxncnvb’ donated 1,000 won!]

-Can we do question #69?

“Yes, we’ll start with question #69. But please use the paid voting channel next time.”

NoName flashed a grin at Dr. Robert Fuller.

He flinched, clearly flustered.

There were many ways to make money.

* * *

-W… what is this…

-LMAOOOOO

-This is hilarious hahaha

-Who came up with this idea?

[Vote for your question! Produce 365!]

<Current Rankings>

[1st Place]

185. p-adic valuations and application of Nagell-Lutz theorem ($852)

“Oxford University has asked another question about elliptic curves. Everyone seems very interested in Goldbach’s conjecture.”

NoName picked up the chalk again, dragged a small chair across the floor, hopped onto it, and began explaining the proof.

It was the same pattern again.

After finishing each proof, she would check the stream to answer the question that had raised the most money.

Only two hours had passed, and it already cost $850 to reach first place.

Industry professionals were understandably frustrated.

Even submitting a beautiful academic paper would earn less than $500 in royalties.

And after the publisher takes 80%, plus review fees, publication fees, and annual dues, you’d actually lose money.

But here she was, selling minor proofs needed for a single demonstration at such prices?

This was the result of viewers’ enthusiasm combined with fandom.

-Wow, she answers every question like an encyclopedia lol

-I don’t understand a word but she’s cute so upvote lol

-For real

-Anyway, NoName is cute, that’s what matters

-Wait, if this is a paid voting channel, can’t we create our own questions?

-???

-Are you a genius?

Questions that initially cost just 1,000 won to ask now cost 10,000, then 100,000, and now approached 1,000,000 won.

To make matters worse, trolls had appeared.

[Vote for your question! Produce 365!]

<Current Rankings>

[1st Place]

368. Prove that 1+1=2. ($1,348)

-Is this for real? LMAO

-Will NoName actually do it?

-Who spent $400 on this? You’re insane lol

-Mathematicians in tears

-Easy money, right?

-Prove 1+1 and pocket $1,300

-Math is actually a lucrative field lol

“Defining natural numbers themselves can be very helpful for understanding. I’ll prove that 1+1=2 using Peano axioms.”

“Miss NoName! This has nothing to do with the current proof!”

“Shh. How is it not related?”

She frowned.

Her expression clearly warned that one more disruption and she’d report him to Emily.

The mathematician who had stood up looked around awkwardly and sat back down.

Meanwhile, the audience found the whole situation amusing.

Questions intended to complete beautiful proofs now had to compete with the Pythagorean theorem or methods for deriving quadratic formula solutions.

“I’ll take just one more question before we finish.”

[Vote for your question! Produce 365!]

<Current Rankings>

[1st Place]

403. Construction of a regular 17-sided polygon. ($2,703)

[2nd Place]

319. Proving the equivalence of the Twin Prime Conjecture and the Devil Sequence Conjecture. ($2,698)

-The 17-sided polygon wins!

-How do you even draw a regular 17-sided polygon? lol

-Amazingly, Carl Friedrich Gauss accomplished this at age 17

-Why is this a thing?

-I was actually curious about the Devil Sequence because of its unique form. Too bad.

-Wouldn’t proving the Devil Sequence Conjecture naturally prove the Twin Prime Conjecture too?

-Ruler and compass time! lol

-Why is NoName so cute? lol

Ruler and compass were familiar tools to any Korean citizen who completed elementary school normally.

Everyone had memories of randomly drawing circles in elementary school, accidentally pricking themselves with the compass point, or pressing too hard and breaking the pencil lead.

That’s why constructing a regular 17-sided polygon was the highlight of the day.

It was far more exciting to demonstrate the ultimate construction using only ruler and compass than discussing elliptic curves or Morera’s theorem in complex analysis with other mathematicians.

Baek A-rin and Seo Yu-na, who had been in dreamland for the past hour, rubbed their eyes and got up when Professor Cheon woke them.

NoName drew a large circle with her compass as the foundation for the regular 17-sided polygon while continuing her explanation.

Her extensive broadcasting experience gave her an excellent ability to identify when viewers might get bored.

“Have you heard of Fermat’s Last Theorem? Pierre de Fermat, who came up with it, also first conceived ‘Fermat primes.’ Basically, F equals 2 raised to 2 to the power of n, plus 1.”

Numerous semicircles appeared and disappeared between circles.

NoName struggled to move her chair around, using a ruler almost as tall as herself to connect points.

“All Fermat primes can be constructed. That’s why we can construct regular polygons with 3, 5, 17, 257, and 65,537 sides.”

One straight line and two half-lines extended from the y-axis.

It was time for the eraser to work hard again.

When white chalk dust flew around, she coughed lightly.

Then she stretched her short arms upward again to position the compass center, rising slightly on her tiptoes.

“I think collective intelligence is really important in mathematics. Sometimes when you’re struggling alone, someone else can come along and solve it easily. I hope my construction of this 17-sided polygon inspires other children to pursue mathematics and solve proofs that I haven’t been able to complete. That’s just my personal thought.”

All other lines were erased.

Only a single line stood firmly on the x-axis within the large circle centered at the origin.

She had gone through all this trouble just to draw this one line segment.

‘This is why mathematics feels futile sometimes.’

Maria Euphrasia was someone who could dedicate her entire life to discovering something seemingly insignificant.

NoName preferred aura or magic that could directly help people.

“Would you like to count with me?”

Now it was time for the compass to shine one last time.

“One, two, three!”

She marked points on the circle, and with each turn of the compass, a petal-like shape emerged.

“Four, five, six!”

Having come this far, NoName drew the white lines with extreme care and precision.

It might seem futile.

But NoName also thought that if she found beauty in it, that was enough.

Since there’s no correct answer in life that ultimately leads to death, any chosen lifestyle could be considered correct.

“Fifteen! Sixteen! Seventeen!”

As she drew the final arc, miraculously, its end overlapped with the starting point.

Seventeen points had been created on the circle.

Normally, the final step would be to connect all these points with an unmarked ruler, but NoName had a different idea.

[Casting: 17-Direction Tracking]

A magical circle resembling the original circle formed in mid-air.

Seventeen lines emerged from the geometric magical circle.

A regular 17-sided polygon.

NoName slowly moved the magical circle like a soap bubble until it overlapped with the blackboard.

“Wow… they’re identical…!”

Yu-na exclaimed in amazement.

The 17 petals drawn with white chalk perfectly aligned with the glowing golden magical circle.

Ding!

The clock struck exactly 6 PM.

NoName checked her wristwatch before delivering her closing remarks.

“I’ve discovered a truly remarkable proof of this Devil Sequence theorem, but unfortunately, I don’t have enough time today to share it with you. Thank you all for your attention. This has been NoName.”

That day, some witnesses claimed they saw two horns protruding from NoName’s shadow cast on the curtain.

* * *

“We understand that proving the Devil Sequence theorem that Miss NoName proposed would completely prove the Twin Prime Conjecture! Is there a reason you’re delaying the announcement? Or have you completely abandoned the Twin Prime Conjecture in your mind?”

A reporter with a microphone spotted me trying to slip out through the back door.

I rolled my eyes, taking a moment to think.

Then I smiled slightly and gave a vague answer.

“Somehow I don’t feel like talking about it in Korea. Maybe because Korea abandoned me…?”