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 carefully studied the paper, hoping to find the errors it implicitly in the argumentation process. However, although they spent a lot of effort, they still did not find such a loophole.

"I don't know how this terrible paradox was caused. But his mistakes are beyond doubt. So, during the debate, I suggest that we can only seize the point that this paper does not match the reality and there is no realizable model to attack it." Finally, Laplace and others made such suggestions.

Although Napoleon felt that doing this would not be enough to completely defeat the opponent, he could only use such means now. With such means, he could at least remain undefeated.

The weather was good on the day of the hearing, and Napoleon and his allies arrived at the door of the small auditorium where the hearing was held on time. They happened to meet Joseph, Gauss, Fourier and others.

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

"Ah, Mr. Laplace, what's strange about this paper?" Fourier said. "I think this is the best, most groundbreaking, inspiring and discussion paper in the mathematics world in recent times. In fact, this is not only my opinion, but also the view of Mr. Gauss and Dean Bonaparte."

In fact, Laplace's conversation with Fourier at this time was largely a martial art, and he wanted to put some psychological pressure on Fourier. But Fourier dragged Gauss and Joseph out, which made Laplace feel very stressed. Although Gauss was young, his series of achievements in mathematics were indeed heartbreaking. Moreover, his talent and his ability to deal with difficult problems were admired by everyone. As for Dean Bonaparte, he had a reputation as "Joseph who never made mistakes". So when he heard that the two of them also thought that this paper was excellent, Laplace was still under pressure although he was very confident in his academic level. As for Napoleon, he already had a premonition of being tied to the guillotine.

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

So everyone entered the small auditorium and sat down in their respective positions. Joseph said:

"According to the general procedure, we should invite the author of this paper, Mr. Lucien Evans. But the address left by Mr. Lucien Evans does not exist. Therefore, this hearing can only be held in the absence of the party."

"He knew that his paper could not withstand cross-examination, so he hid and didn't dare to come, right?" Napoleon couldn't help but say.

"Academician Napoleon, have you not read the "Academic Conference Discipline Plan"? Please abide by the conference discipline. If you want to speak, please raise your hand first and speak after you get 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 opposition will ask questions and point out the mistakes. OK, Academician Napoleon, please come to the stage to state the reasons."

Napoleon looked around and walked towards the podium. At the same time, he thought to himself: "When he was giving a speech, he didn't have a fully armed guard beside him, and he was a little guilty."

However, if you feel guilty, you still have to talk about it. So Napoleon said, "As we all know, the reason why mathematics can become a science respected by people is that it can accurately describe our world. We can even say this: mathematics is the most basic rule of the world, and it is the language of God's creation of the world. Therefore, mathematics and reality are inseparable. The conclusions of mathematics cannot and should not exist without reality. And this paper has such a problem.

For example, if this paper is correct, there will be triangles with inner angles and smaller than 180 degrees. I would like to ask, can anyone draw a triangle like this?

Similarly, based on this paper, we see that the perpendicular lines and slashes of the same straight line do not necessarily intersect. So who can make such a graph? It is impossible, just like the inner angle and triangles less than 180 degrees, the perpendicular lines and slashes of the same straight line do not exist in reality. Obviously, the person who created this paper completely ignored the real world and ignored the basis for the existence of mathematics. He devalued mathematics into a logical game with no practical significance. This is why I judged that this paper was not qualified."

After saying this, Napoleon glanced at Fourier and said, "My words are finished."

The mathematicians of the Higher Teachers Department in Paris all applauded together. Napoleon bowed slightly to them and then walked off the podium.

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

Seeing Joseph walking onto the podium, Napoleon suddenly shivered and his hands and feet were chilling.

"Sir, in fact, Mr. Fourier discussed this paper with me before making that judgment. His evaluation of this paper is actually my evaluation. I think this is a subversive, pioneering, extremely important, epoch-making paper. I predict that the significance of this paper is no less than Euclid's "Geometric Origin". Now, I want to answer the questions of Academician Napoleon just now."

"First of all, Academician Napoleon mentioned just now that mathematics is not a meaningless game of logic, it must have realistic meaning. I agree with this very much. However, I would like to remind Academician Napoleon that is, what is reality is, it is not something he can subjectively determine." At this point, Joseph glanced at Napoleon with pride.

"We know that if the frequency of the sound is higher or lower, we will not hear at all. But this does not mean that the sound does not exist. Bats rely on sounds that we cannot hear to locate. Through photosensitive experiments, we can also find that in areas other than purple light and areas other than red light, where we seem to have no light, silver iodide can still have a photosensitive reaction. Therefore, what we hear in our ears is not necessarily a complete reality, and what we see in our eyes is not necessarily a complete reality. Therefore, don't think that you can define reality. Reality is not necessarily what you think."

Napoleon wanted to refute: "Then you should find a triangle with an inner corner and less than 180 degrees!" However, after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything.

"Well, let's look at this paper and first look at the first part of the paper." Joseph said, while projecting the first part on the curtain hanging on the wall using a slide projector.

"Academician Napoleon, please tell me, is there any error in this part?" Joseph asked.

This part is mainly the five axioms in Euclidian geometry and the first four assumptions, and the latter assumption: "At a point outside the line, there are two or more straight lines parallel to the line."

Napoleon was surprised. He looked at the projection content, then hesitated and returned: "The ones in front are naturally fine, but the last one is absurd and does not match the reality."

"Napoleon," Joseph said in a sarcastic tone, "I remember when you were ten years old, I had taught you what is the counter-proof law?"

Napoleon quickly said, "Then there is no problem here." He knew that he had said the wrong thing just now. If he continued to revolve around the "counter-proof method", he would really act like a fool who had not finished elementary school.

Since Napoleon stopped talking, Joseph continued to display the following content on the slide projector. Every time he showed a picture of content, Joseph would ask Napoleon: "Academician Napoleon, is there any problem with this paragraph's argument?"

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

The slide projection is projected one by one. This paper finally reaches the last paragraph in Napoleon's answer to "No, No Problem".

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

"Yes, there is no problem, but it doesn't match the reality..." Napoleon still wanted to save himself.

"Napoleon, what you said is not the real reality!" Joseph responded.

"Then you draw a triangle with an inner corner and a smaller than 180 degrees." Napoleon couldn't help but fight back. He also knew that if he didn't fight back, he would be defeated.

"Haha, Napoleon," Joseph smiled, "Look, the whole argumentation process is in line with the rules. If the premise is OK, the entire argumentation process is OK, but it is different from reality as you assume. Reality cannot be wrong, so where is it wrong? Is the entire mathematical method and the mathematical system wrong? Napoleon, your judgment is really brave, you are trying to overturn almost the entire mathematical system."

"I'm not, I don't. I'm just looking at the inner corner and the triangles smaller than 180 degrees." Napoleon could only bite the inner corner and the triangles smaller than 180 degrees to serve as a life-saving straw.

"No problem, I'll show you now." Joseph looked confident. Seeing Joseph's appearance, Napoleon's heart skipped a beat. He knew: If something is wrong, the most devastating blow will fall.
Chapter completed!