Chapter 114 Professor Frank, are you willing to be a reviewer?
Mathematics and physics have combined forces to divide the earth into twenty-four time zones. When teenagers in the Eastern Hemisphere seek spiritual comfort from their loved ones on this night, the sun has just risen in Princeton.
Lot Dugan walked into his office at eight o'clock in the morning on time.
Although he could have waited until nine o'clock, but at his age, not only could he not sleep for that long, but he was also unwilling to listen to women's nagging at home. Might as well start his day in the office early.
At least sitting in front of his messy desk can bring an unparalleled sense of accomplishment. But at home, wherever there was a little chaos, he could only listen to his wife's endless complaints.
However, Lot Dugan has always had a quirk. No one can move his desk, and he must maintain the messy aesthetic. Because only in this way can he easily find what he needs.
Once the things on the table become tidy, he needs to spend more time looking for what he needs exactly.
Ever since the previous new secretary was scolded away for cleaning up his desk, no one has touched his desk in the college except himself. But it was different at home. The desk in the study room was always neat and tidy, and it was useless no matter what he said.
The older wife is different from when she was young. She seems to be suddenly infected with mysophobia, and there can be no irregularity in her sight. This also made sixty-three-year-old Lot Dugan feel depressed.
Lot Dugan always felt that his messy desk was like the N-body problem that he had been studying all his life. Humans are not yet able to accurately map the motion trajectories of the planets in the solar system, but there are always ways to predict the approximate positions of these planets at a certain time and find them quickly.
The desktop arranged according to his wishes may seem messy, but it is like an almost perfect coordinate system. Everything will be fixed at a certain coordinate according to his needs. Not only is it convenient, it can also give Lot Dugan a sense of accomplishment.
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Satisfied as he sat at his desk, Lot Dugan turned on his computer and logged into his personal mailbox first.
I don’t know since when, putting private before public has become a principle that every ordinary person in the Federation follows silently.
This is the same even for people of Lot Dugan's age.
In fact, for people who lived through the 1970s and 1980s, most of them don't like the current federation.
Although the size of the Federation is still so huge and the body still looks strong, it can be clearly felt that something inside is decaying, and as time goes by, the area of decay is getting bigger and bigger. expand.
Lotte Dugan can sense this even from the soap opera screen.
When he was young, the most popular TV series were "Growing Pains", "Little Britain", "The Rescuers", "Family Matters", "Friends"... and so on, which conveyed that life should be positive story.
In this era, the TV series that everyone usually talks about have become "Shameless", "Breaking Bad", "House of Cards"...
Of course, he couldn't change these things, so he chose to go with the flow.
After checking several emails, he saw an email from Huaxia Yanbei University Tian.
Lot Dugan was not very fond of China in the past, including when he went to the capital of China to attend a mathematician conference in 2002, and he did not have a good impression of this country. But this impression began to change the year before last.
In 2022, he was invited to attend the Global Mathematics Forum in a place called Xiaozhou in China and gave a 60-minute report at the meeting. This mathematics conference was initiated by the Number Theory Conference, one of the satellite conferences of the International Congress of Mathematicians, and mainly discussed issues in number theory and arithmetic geometry.
And that trip to Xiaozhou also opened Lot Dugan’s eyes.
Before this, Lot Dugan only knew that there were three cities in China: Jingcheng, Linhai, and Zhenguan, and had no impression of other cities at all. However, it was this city that he had never heard of before going there that overturned all his understanding of the country of China.
The hotel where the conference is located has an unmanned bar, unmanned robots that deliver food, a developed bus system, and even a large screen next to the bus station that broadcasts vehicle information at any time, and there are wireless charging devices on the resting seats next to it.
The streets in the city center are clean and orderly, and some people even asked him to go out for a walk at night.
There are also those high-rise buildings that can be seen everywhere, and the underground transportation system that looks like a future world.
Even that time he did not return directly to Princeton after the meeting, but stayed in China for another week. Accompanied by a doctoral student, I went to three surrounding cities, enjoyed the convenience of high-speed rail, browsed the scenery of the water town, and even took a look at the countryside below.
While waiting at the airport near the sea, Lot Dugan only felt that his mind was filled with questions - how many truths did those damn media tell and could this still be considered a developing country?
After returning, he naturally paid more attention to China, and everything about China was constantly refreshing Lot Dugan's original deep-rooted knowledge.
By the way, the doctoral student accompanying him during the week he stayed in China was arranged by Tian Yanzhen.
So after seeing Tian Yanzhen’s email, he clicked on it immediately.
The email was received the morning before yesterday.
However, he had been doing academic exchanges at Columbia University, about a hundred kilometers away, and did not log in to his email address yesterday, so he only saw this email today.
"Dear Professor Dugan, hello. Let's meet in person..."
Lot Dugan probably read this letter once. This is a letter of recommendation, no matter what Based on his status as the dean of the Princeton School of Mathematics and the editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics, he often receives such letters of recommendation.
Professor friends who are familiar with him often write him such letters of recommendation. The former mainly recommends students to come to Princeton School of Mathematics for exchange or study, while the latter hopes that the submitted papers will receive certain attention.
Many people outside mathematics may not be aware of the importance of "Annals of Mathematics" in the international mathematics community. After all, not as many people really pay attention to the development of cutting-edge mathematics as imagined. People are more concerned with visible scientific developments.
Such as brain computers, such as artificial intelligence, such as autonomous driving...
So for the public, journals such as "Nature" and "Science" are more likely to arouse people's interest.
But if you look at the number of articles published in these journals, you can know how difficult it is to publish in the four top journals.
Last year, there were only 34 papers included in the "Annals of Mathematics", while there were 1,017 papers published in "Nature" and 815 papers included in "Science". Moreover, last year was the year when Ann.Math included more papers. When it was less, it only included less than ten papers in a year.
It is well-known and has few accepted papers, so the screening work is naturally very troublesome.
As the editor-in-chief, Lot Dugan knows very well that it is fast for submitted papers to be submitted for review within half a year. If some unexpected factors are added, such as the editor being on vacation, the original reviewer suddenly getting upset or running away, as well as layout design issues, etc., the review time will be further prolonged.
Sometimes, for various reasons, mathematicians hope that their papers can be published as soon as possible, so they often send him an email when submitting the paper, hoping to receive special care.
Especially when the year of the Mathematicians Conference is approaching, he often receives similar emails. Because the Fields Medal, Nevinlin Medal, Gauss Medal, Chen Shengshen Medal are awarded every four years at the World Congress of Mathematicians...
Whether the paper can be published in an authoritative magazine in time, sometimes it is indeed It will affect the attribution of awards.
Although some mathematicians are very confident in their papers and will publish them on pre-publication websites such as ArXiver in advance and accept peer review in advance, the problem is that everyone knows that ArXiv is not authoritative. There’s no way the big guys on the awards committee are looking at the results on the pre-publication website.
This year happens to be 2025, and next year is the year when the World Congress of Mathematicians will be held. So Tian Yanzhen is really not the first person to send him a similar email. Everyone hopes that their paper will be published in a journal in advance and noticed by the big guys on the review committee.
So Lot Dugan is used to it.
But what interested him was that the author of the paper Tian Yanzhen recommended to him this time had just celebrated his sixteenth birthday. Moreover, the content of the paper still combines Schultz's theory with curves, deduces upper bound rational points, gives a general formula, and then passes supercomputing verification.
This made Lot Dugan decide to take a look at the paper for himself.
If this paper is as creative as Tian Yanzhen said, he would not mind serving as the editor of this paper himself and looking for suitable reviewers for this paper.
Not only because the content of the paper is very innovative, but also because of the age of the first author Qiao Yu.
Most mathematicians who have achieved a certain status are more interested in young geniuses because they all know the importance of mathematical talent.
In natural subjects such as physics and chemistry, when people are older, they can still rely on their rich experience to continue to shine by guiding students to conduct experiments and find bright spots from complex data, so studying life is generally very easy. long.
But once mathematicians pass a certain age, they lose their creativity. It just so happens that mathematics is a subject that requires creative thinking. It does not stick to the laws set by predecessors, but must be logically self-consistent within a perfect framework in order to promote the development of the entire subject.
Let's put it this way, a whimsical idea in mathematics may create a completely different world. But such whimsical ideas are often the preserve of young people. Therefore, the Fields Medal is awarded once every four years, and only to scholars under the age of 40.
It would be so imaginative if a sixteen-year-old could really complete such research independently.
So Lot Dugan did not continue browsing his personal emails, but directly logged into the backend of the "Annals of Mathematics" submission system, and searched through keywords, and soon he found Tian Yanzhen's recommendation. of this paper.
"Application of Schulz'sCompleteSpaceTheoryandP-AlgebraMethodsinDerivingUpperBoundsforRationalPointsonCurves"
The formula directly given in the introduction was enough to attract him, but how could it be so simple?
Well, this is indeed a very interesting paper, and Lot Dugan soon became immersed in it.
He read the previous part about the analysis of curves using Schulz's complete space very quickly, which was not his area of expertise. Although this part of the work also appears to be very creative, based on his understanding of nearly complete spaces, he does not think this part is the most eye-catching content of the paper.
Because the complexity of Schultz's theory is very high, it is not enough to support the author's ability to derive the formula for the upper bound of the curved rational number point to such a simple level.
Soon Lot Dugan saw the important part—the derivation of the invariant parameters of geometric constraints.
What a genius idea!
The genus, homology relationship, modular form, and P-geometry quantization are cleverly combined through the BSD conjecture, from local complexity, radiation to overall complexity, and the constraints of all variables are unified into one geometry Constrain constant parameters!
Beautiful, simply too beautiful!
Based on the final supercomputer analysis results of the paper, Lot Dugan also became excited. He picked up his mobile phone and wanted to call Tian Yanzhen to confirm that the main work of this paper was indeed that of a sixteen-year-old Completed by a year old math genius.
But I looked at the time and realized that it was already past 11 noon.
This prevented him from dialing the number immediately. Considering the time difference between the two countries, it was already late at night in China, and it should be Tian Yanzhen's private time.
I was going to put down my phone and reply to an email directly to Tian Yanzhen, but I still felt itchy...
No, it was this guy who wrote him an email recommending the paper first. Even if this phone call was not polite, I think the other party would understand it.
After thinking about this, Lot Dugan still dialed it.
However, Lot Dugan also thought about it. If the other party didn't answer the phone for thirty seconds, he would stop harassing her today. Thinking of this, it wouldn't be considered rude.
Fortunately, the call was answered in less than ten seconds.
"Hello, Professor Dugan, I guess you saw my email, right?"
Lot Dugan could hear the excitement in the other person's tone, which reassured him. The other person was not asleep yet, and he didn't feel that his call had disturbed his life. Maybe Professor Tian was also looking forward to his response.
"Yes, Professor Tian. I'm sorry, I was busy all day at Columbia University yesterday, so I just saw your email this morning. Then I just read this paper and I have to say, In particular, the geometric constraint invariants proposed in the paper are simply a stroke of genius.
So after reviewing the results given in the paper through the Supercomputing Center, I decided. I personally served as the editor of this paper, but there is one thing, Professor Tian, you know, I hope to confirm again that the main work of this paper was really completed independently by the first author of the paper, Joe Yu? "
Lotte Dugan, who has taken the initiative to learn about Chinese culture, has become accustomed to respecting Chinese cultural habits and putting his surname in front of his first name when addressing Chinese people. In fact, in recent years, in more and more contexts, everyone has begun to respect this habit subconsciously.
For example, when commenting on international sports events involving Chinese people, some international journals began to publish the names of Chinese scientists using the last name plus a space plus the first name. Such as Qiao Yu.
However, this situation is not common yet, because when most international academic journals publish names, they still put the first name before the surname. But it is undeniable that this is already a developing trend.
And this method is still used, mainly for the sake of continuity during entry and retrieval. Because it used to be laid out this way, everyone is used to searching for papers in this way when doing paper retrieval. Changing it rashly will be very troublesome.
"You know? Professor Dugan, I know you will have this question, because when my student proposed to do this proposition, I couldn't believe that he could do it to this extent. But There is no doubt that he did this independently
I believe you can tell from the letter I sent you that I am willing to vouch for him academically because we have sufficient evidence to prove this. . By the way, maybe you. You can ask Professor Zhang Shuwen who is currently working at Princeton and Professor Robert Greene from New York University.
When my students proposed this proposition, they were both in China and were invited to attend a seminar on this topic. The seminar on propositions was given by Qiao Yu. Even the proposal of geometric constraint invariants was a request made by Professor Zhang Shuwen to Qiao Yu personally at that seminar.”
After hearing these words, Lot Dugan probably made his own judgment in his mind.
Well, a student can let a world-renowned mathematician tutor use all his years of business as an academic guarantee. If this student is not the mathematician’s biological son or grandson, it is enough to explain a lot. question.
Lot Dugan didn't even think about appropriating other people's achievements.
After all, no matter what benefits are promised, the original author cannot give up such a result.
“Well, I am very happy to hear this answer. I will personally serve as the editor of this paper and find suitable reviewers for this paper. If there is a chance, I would like to meet You, the student. Congratulations, Professor Tian, for finding such a student.
To be honest, before this, I really didn’t believe that someone could understand Schulz’s paper at the age of sixteen and apply his mathematical methods to his own research. This sounds like a science fiction story. "
"Thank you, Professor Dugan. In fact, he is indeed extraordinary and has given me many surprises. Thank you also for taking it upon yourself to find suitable reviewers for him. By the way, I also believe you can understand my concerns, so the paper has been published on ArXiv. Of course we are not conducting any publicity for the time being. ”
“Okay, I understand. But... forget it, then it can only be a single-blind review. But it doesn’t matter, because I believe your student is not a well-known figure. No one has heard of his name yet. It is just the first paper he completed independently, right? "
"You are wrong again, Professor Dugan. In fact, this is the second paper he has completed independently. His first paper was published in the Journal of Number Theory. At the age of fifteen, he summarized a method for solving a cubic Diophantine equation. "
"This...well, I am more interested in your students. If there is a chance, maybe he can come to Princeton for exchange. ”
"Of course, but he is still too young. Maybe in two or three years?"
"It's settled, okay, I won't delay your rest, Professor Tian, I'm glad to have such a chat with you." "Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
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After hanging up the phone, Lot Dugan thought for a moment, then took out his cell phone and called Zhang Shuwen. Telephone.
It had to be said that Tian Yanzhen's introduction made him even more curious about Qiao Yu. He wanted to talk to Zhang Shuwen, who had met Qiao Yu, about this young genius he had never met in person.
The call was answered quickly.
"Hey, Professor Zhang, are you free now?"
"Not yet, it is my office Q&A time, and it will end in twenty-five minutes."
< br>This is indeed no time, office Q&A is OfficeHour. This is a task that professors who teach at Princeton University must complete every week.
During this period, professors need to stay in the office all the time, waiting for students to come to them to discuss and communicate with professors about academic issues, course content, research methods, and even life direction...etc., anything.
It is common for professors to be overwhelmed and ask teaching assistants to take their place in classes. The school also allows teaching assistants to take on part of the teaching tasks, especially discussion classes and tutorials.
But Professor OfficeHour must stay in the office in person, otherwise he will definitely be complained by students.
After all, Princeton is a private university and tuition is expensive. If students feel that professors do not provide them with the help they deserve in accordance with regulations, they will definitely be dissatisfied.
“Okay, then why not have lunch together?”
"Well, okay, but what's the matter?"
"I want to discuss a person with you, it should be said that he is an extremely talented Chinese mathematics star."
"You are "Speaking of Qiao Yu? How do you know him?"
"Haha, it seems we have reached a consensus, let's talk about it at lunch. How about just Laurea? I haven't had Italian food in a long time." "Okay, Dean Dugan."
After hanging up the phone, Lot Dugan immediately and enthusiastically began to arrange for Princeton's Supercomputing Center to verify the formula given in Qiao Yu's paper.
Although there is a report issued by the Supercomputing Center of Yanbei University at the end of the paper, the unit of the paper was also written by Yanbei University, right?
Having this report can save a lot of time for secondary verification. For example, the program does not need to be written again. You only need to check it once and there is no problem, and then use it directly.
After the work arrangement was settled, he sent another email to Robert Green.
Then I logged into Princeton’s literature system and found Qiao Yu’s paper published in Journal of Number Theory, downloaded it and printed it out.
This series of actions can probably be understood as the basic review of a new author as the editor in charge of the paper. Everything is based on the rigor of academic papers.
As for the second author of the paper, he was directly ignored by Lot Dugan.
The paper clearly states the extent of the contribution of the two authors to the paper. To be honest, as an independent researcher and only providing some inspiration to the author of the paper, it is a bit reluctant to be listed as the second author...
But people are always somewhat tolerant of unknown geniuses. .
After doing this, Lot Dugan looked at the time, it was almost half past eleven, then picked up the printed paper and prepared to go to the appointment.
Although we don’t really have the habit of having a full meal at noon, the Laurea restaurant right in front of the school is still very good, and it is very suitable for occasional toothpaste festivals. But the most important thing is that although this is an Italian restaurant, it has the style of a French restaurant - the food is served very slowly.
Although this is hardly an advantage in many cases, it is different when it comes to talking about things.
And there are few people at noon, so no reservation is needed.
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When Lot Dugan came to the restaurant, Zhang Shuwen had already arrived first.
After saying hello, the two of them sat at the dining table. Lott Dugan didn't say any more nonsense and directly handed the paper to Zhang Shuwen: "After reading this paper, you will understand why I want to talk to you about Qiao Yu. For me, this is a rare surprise in recent years. Hi.
To be honest, even if Professor Tian is willing to vouch for this child’s academic performance, it is still hard for me to believe that this is a thesis completed by a sixteen-year-old child independently.”
Continued by Zhang Shuwen. Passed by Lot Dugan After glancing at the paper that came to me, he said in surprise: "He actually worked out this proposition? How long has it been since then?"
"Yes, not only did it work out, but the conclusion can be called Perfect. It seems that you have indeed participated in his seminar. I suddenly want to know when he determined the proposition, but I still recommend that you read the introduction first. I am willing to keep this expectation for a while. "
Lot Dugan said expectantly.
Zhang Shuwen glanced at Lot Dugan, and then continued to read.
Obviously, after seeing the general formula, Zhang Shuwen showed a surprised expression again, and then just like Dugen thought, the professor quickly started to browse according to the catalog, skipping most of the previous ones. For the proof content, turn directly to the proof process about geometric constraint invariants, and start reading more carefully.
Until the waiter had delivered the Italian barbecue ordered by the two of them, Professor Zhang remained indifferent to the delicious food.
Lot Dugan did not disturb the other party, but he picked up the knife and fork and ate with relish.
Fortunately, Zhang Shuwen still remembered that this was in the restaurant, so he did not read it in depth, but just browsed it quickly, and carefully read the verification report given by the Supercomputing Center of Yanbei University at the end of the paper, and then copied the paper Put it aside.
Yes, he didn't give it back to Lot Dugan.
"There is no need for this. Professor Tian has already published the paper on ArXiv first." Lott Dugan looked at the paper and said.
Zhang Shuwen replied directly: "I can't believe that Qiao Yu can achieve this level in such a short time, so I hope to be one of the reviewers. Please rest assured that I will do my best to Review this article with a strict attitude and prudence.”
Lot Dugan was stunned. Apparently he only wanted to talk to Zhang Shuwen today about Qiao Yu and did not invite the professor to be the reviewer. He looks like a contributor, but for this kind of proactive request...
"Well, you know, Professor Zhang, I do plan to invite some Chinese scholars to review this paper. If you insist If so, why not? I have asked someone to verify the results with TIGER. If the final results are consistent with the paper report, then you will be one of the reviewers
So now is the time for you to satisfy the strong curiosity of a paper editor. Professor Tian said, not only did you participate in that seminar, but even such a concise result of this paper was your request? Is this really the case? When was that seminar held? "
Lot Dugan shrugged, gave his own answer, and asked his own question.
"Yes. I was invited to attend that seminar, which was when I went to Huaqing this year..."
As soon as Zhang Shuwen started to elaborate, he was interrupted by Lot Dugan: "Wait, this year? I remember you just went to China and it hasn’t been a few days since you came back. "
"Yes, if I remember correctly, the seminar was on February 7th, which is of course Chinese time, which is the early morning of February 6th here. "Zhang Shuwen said with certainty.
No way, the memory of that day is too profound.
“Wait, February 7th? Today is February 23rd. If I remember correctly, when I talked to Professor Tian today, what you discussed on February 7th was about this proposition. Feasibility report? That means it only took half a month from the time it was decided to do this to the completion?"
Lotte Dugan asked in surprise.
Zhang Shuwen nodded, looking at the dean of the college across from him holding a knife and fork, raising his head in surprise, and felt a little happy in his heart. After all, Qiao Yu is Chinese, and he is still a young Chinese man who has not received systematic Western education.
“Yes, Professor Dugan. This is also the reason why I hope to be a reviewer of this paper. To be honest, I was surprised to see his results because his ideas were very immature at that time. , I gave him a suggestion.
That is to leave all the complicated things in the proof process, and the result must be concise to be a truly useful mathematical theorem. If the results of the paper are correct, it means that he not only listened, but also did it. "
Zhang Shuwen replied calmly.
"Well, I'm more interested in this story. Your barbecue is almost cold. You can talk while you eat it. I'm very interested in knowing. What happened that day. ”
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This lunch, which was too rich for Westerners’ habits, took about two hours to eat.
Leaving aside the time that Zhang Shuwen focused on his thesis, he spent about half of the time talking about Qiao Yu. But this was enough to make Qiao Yu's image become three-dimensional and full in Lot Dugan's mind.
Add some filters...
This is a humble, well-behaved talent.
He has not received a relatively complete mathematics education. Most of the mathematical knowledge comes from self-study. Even before he had the idea, he didn't know the basic tool of the Riemann-Roch theorem.
You can even read Schulz’s paper without any guidance.
Of course, the latter is only the news Zhang Shuwen heard and cannot be proven for the time being. But even with guidance, this is astonishing enough.
After lunch, Zhang Shuwen asked: "Professor Dugen, I would like to ask, if the supercomputer review proves the correctness of the formula, which experts do you plan to invite to be the reviewers of this paper? ?”
Lot Dugan smiled and replied: “Obviously, Schultz is a good candidate. I think if he knew that there was a child with the same talent as him who extended his theory, he would be very interested."
Zhang Shuwen asked: "What else?"< br>
Lot Dugan said in a consulting tone: "What do you think of Dennis from Harvard University?"
"Didn't he and Professor Ruskin form a team that just released the geometric Langlands conjecture? He shouldn't be free during this time, right?" Zhang Shuwen said with a frown.
“I remember that there were two professors of Chinese origin in his team. Even if Dennis didn’t have time, I think he would hand over a paper of this magnitude to a qualified professor for review instead of just looking for one. A student." Lot Dugan smiled and said confidently.
Of course, this confidence comes not only from the confidence in this paper, but also from his own status in the mathematics community.
Zhang Shuwen nodded. Including him, there were three reviewers, which was enough for an ordinary paper, not to mention that Lot Dugan was looking for reviewers of sufficient weight.
Although high-level and high-importance papers often mean that journal editorial offices will look for more reviewers out of prudent considerations.
But if this kind of result can be verified by supercomputing and passes the verification, there is no need for this.
Unless the editor does not trust the author of the paper.
"In addition, I have also contacted Professor Robert Greene of New York University. If he agrees, I plan to let him also be a reviewer. What do you think?" Lott Dugan asked again sentence.
Zhang Shuwen thought for a while, then nodded.
He knew Robert Green's opinion of Qiao Yu. If it were another reviewer, it could be interpreted as distrust, but if it were this professor, it could only mean that he valued it. Of course, it may also be because he was not the reviewer selected by Lot Dugan.
But it doesn't matter, Zhang Shuwen doesn't care about this.
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Not surprisingly, two days later the Princeton supercomputer also came to the same conclusion as the Yanbei supercomputer.
In fact, this is expected.
Unless it is a technical problem, no one will fake something that can be easily verified.
Lot Dugan also started contacting the selected professors step by step.
This step went very smoothly. The big-name professors he selected showed great interest in this paper, especially Schultz.
When he heard that the author of the paper was only sixteen years old, he just asked: "Really?"
After receiving a definite answer, he readily accepted the invitation and became one of the reviewers. one.
But some things are just as expected by Zhang Shuwen. After Professor Dennis of Harvard University agreed to become a reviewer, he did not intend to review the manuscript himself. Instead, he found a professor in the team who served as a professor at Berkeley. A professor of Chinese origin.
"Professor Frank, Professor Dugan, the editor-in-chief of the Annual Journal of Mathematics, invited me to review a paper. It is said to be the work of a young genius from China. It is about the derivation of the upper bound of rational points on curves, and it uses many new methods. I think you are sure Interested in seeing it?"
"Young genius? Isn't it double-blind?"
"No, The author has published the paper on ArXiv, so Lot Dugan feels that there is no need to use a double-blind method."
"What do you think of the level?"
"I guess. After reading the introductory part and the final supercomputing verification data, it makes sense to dare to submit it to the Annual Journal of Mathematics. It is a very important result.”
"Young geniuses in China? Well, I think I do have some interest, but there are some situations. You may not know that China is very keen on hyping up all kinds of young geniuses. I don't doubt the quality of the paper itself, but I do doubt this paper. The author behind it. "
"Haha, Frank, you have to believe in Professor Dugan's ability. At least he is optimistic about it and as a reviewer. , we only need to be responsible for the paper itself. Since you agree, I will send the paper to you right away.”
“Okay, Dennis”
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Since he became a naturalized American, he has given himself an English name.
Feng Yu felt that he could not be a person who forgot his roots, so he adopted Frank as his surname. The pronunciation of this word in English is actually very similar to Feng. As for the name Uniworth, it was taken from his name. The word Yu.
The universe in English is the Universe.
This is how he introduced the origin of his name to the international students from China every time. Even though it had been so many years since he came to study in this country, he had never returned to China.
Of course, as a young and promising professor studying basic mathematics, there is nothing to criticize.
Soon, there was movement in the mailbox.
Feng Yu downloaded the paper and then looked at the corresponding author of the paper.
Yan-zhenTian (Yanbei University), and then smiled, he was indeed a student of the big Chinese academician.
But when his eyes moved from the first author Yu Qiao (Yanbei University) to the second author, he suddenly froze and subconsciously frowned.
XiQiao (independentresearcher)?
Without warning, a long-dead memory suddenly came to mind.
Didn't rush to read the paper, Feng Yu took a deep breath, logged into the browser on the computer by mistake, and then entered the website of Baidu, the favorite search engine of Chinese people, somewhat awkwardly.
He was used to using Google, but looking at Baidu's interface made him a little uncomfortable.
Then he entered Qiao Xi's name in the search bar, and there were results, but one star was not the person in his mind, and the others were some messy results. So he started searching for Qiao Xi, an independent researcher in mathematics, but still found no useful results.
Feng Yu thought for a while, then looked at the first author.
Damn Chinese, there are too many words represented by yu.
However, he was the first to enter Qiao Yu. If it was what he guessed, this name was most likely...
This name was very popular, but most of it did not match his guess. It also doesn’t fit with the introduction of Dennis the Young Genius.
For a moment, he had the urge to find out Tian Yanzhen's contact information and make a call to ask about the author of this paper, but he still held back.
Regardless of whether he is a reviewer or not, it is unreasonable to contact the corresponding author of a paper to inquire about the author's situation before the paper has been reviewed.
Just thinking about it still makes me feel unwilling.
So Feng Yu simply used the input method to try the yu characters one by one.
Finally when he used the metaphor, he saw the result he wanted.
“Good news! Qiao Yu, a student from Xingtie No. 1 Middle School in our city, won the first place in CMO!”
Feng Yu immediately clicked in and looked at the website where the news was posted— - Xingcheng Morning News Network, there was a sudden "buzzing" sound in my head, as if I was hit by a precise lightning strike!
Below the article is a huge photo. The photo was taken at the gate of Xingtie No. 1 Middle School. Congratulatory messages are hung on the arched balloons at the back. The young boy standing between the two adults below has an eyebrow that looks like... So familiar...
Just like - what he looked like when he was young.
Qiao Yu? Qiao Xi?
PS: The 29th day of the 10,000-word update has been completed!
(End of this chapter)