At 2:50, Professor Tao slowly walked onto the podium.
There were simply too many applicants.
"I'm very glad that everyone has taken an interest in higher-dimensional space."
Professor Tao looked over the students filling the room and paused slightly. Their gazes were tangled in every direction, but not a single one was looking at the podium.
"Ahem."
Professor Tao coughed.
Only then did the students turn their eyes toward him. After all, they had to keep up appearances before they could perfectly conceal their lovestruck behavior.
Professor Tao nodded in satisfaction.
"Higher-dimensional space has always been a sensational and deeply mysterious concept."
"Those interested in it all hope to find, within it, a world that breaks through the limits of imagination."
The students had no choice but to follow Professor Tao's words and think.
A world that broke through the limits of imagination.
There were plenty of such things in science fiction movies—like the Infinity Stones, or Thanos snapping his fingers and destroying the world.
After watching too many movies, there was nothing they could not imagine.
The students instead felt that Professor Tao was being sensationalist, trying to attract attention.
Yet Professor Tao, standing at the podium, seemed able to read their expressions. He smiled faintly. "Indeed, the concept of a higher-dimensional world is nothing new. But after all the discussion people have had, very few know where the word 'higher-dimensional' came from."
The students thought about it.
That was true. Very few people had ever explained the original meaning of "higher-dimensional."
Professor Tao said evenly, "The concept of dimensions comes from mathematics. Also known as dimensionality, it refers to the number of independent parameters in mathematics."
"In other words, it is a kind of background reference—the foundation of humanity's mathematical edifice."
"Newton's classical physics, Maxwell's equations, and even