Chapter 126 I hope Wang Hao won’t be too hard hit!
Bruce Pulitzer can no longer relax.
He sat upright at his desk, looking at the transcript of the conversation with Wang Hao on the computer, one after another, one word after another. Looking carefully, he wanted to know if Wang Hao was joking, but he found that it didn't look like it.
joke.
"Is it true? No, ask again!"
Bruce Pulitzer quickly typed a few lines and sent it, "Dr. Wang Hao, is it true? Have you completed the proof of the hail conjecture?"
"Are you still there? Please, don't make such a joke, okay?"
"Is it true or false..."
He sent several messages in succession, but unfortunately there was no reply.
At this time, Bruce Pulitzer was 90% sure that Wang Hao was not joking, and he began to think carefully.
He was joking just now.
When Wang Hao asked whether the proof of the hail conjecture could be published next month, he directly said that it could be printed and the website would publish it simultaneously, but in fact it was not possible.
Whether it is published on the website or temporarily printed, it is not a big problem. The problem lies in the review.
"New Advances in Mathematics" is one of the four top journals in international mathematics. They must ensure the accuracy of published papers to the greatest extent.
Even if you publish a small paper with little impact, the accuracy of the paper is far more important than the impact of the content.
If an incorrect proof of Kakutani's conjecture is published, it can be said to be a major blow to the weight and influence of the journal.
Even though the contributor is Wang Hao, who has published top-level mathematical results internationally, there are many better mathematicians. Bruce Pulitzer knows several Fields and Wolf winners.
Wang Hao is still worse in comparison.
In addition, the hail conjecture is a conjecture known to elementary school students. It is very well-known and has great influence. As long as the proof is published, the influence will spread beyond the mathematics community, and many media will report it.
"New Advances in Mathematics" has published a paper, which means it has approved the proof. If the subsequent report proves to be wrong, regardless of the impact on "New Advances in Mathematics", Bruce Pulitzer feels that he can write a resignation report.
It is not easy to find another job in the same industry with a lower salary. He will be directly rejected by the editorial boards of other mathematics magazines.
So review is definitely crucial.
What should we do now?
"I have just agreed, and Wang Hao must take it seriously. If the submission is postponed until next month, Wang Hao is likely to withdraw the manuscript, and may even stop cooperating with "New Advances in Mathematics" in the future."
“A paper of this level must not be missed!”
“Absolutely not to be missed!”
Bruce Pulitzer was well aware of the importance of major mathematical results.
"New Advances in Mathematics" is one of the four top journals in international mathematics. However, even the top journals are still mathematics journals and must face competition from the same industry. They must attract more and better paper submissions in order to maintain their reputation in the industry.
Competitive advantage is the only way to stabilize the scholars who subscribe to the magazine.
Once the proof of the Hail Conjecture is released, it will definitely be known all over the world. Some of the top mathematical institutions will visit "New Advances in Mathematics". The magazine's subscription volume will definitely increase, and its influence will also be greatly improved...
So the problem is back, what to do now?
Bruce Pulitzer gritted his teeth and started calling and sending emails constantly. He contacted almost all the top mathematicians he knew, including several Fields and Wolf winners, including the Clay Mathematics Institute and Princeton University.
Mathematics professors at the graduate school.
"If you have time, can you help me with the review and proof of the hail conjecture, just part of it... I'm not sure yet..."
"It's urgent. You may receive the manuscript in two days. Thank you in advance!"
"Contributors must keep it confidential, but there will definitely be..."
Every mathematician contacted was very interested because the content of the review was a proof of the hail conjecture.
Even if the proof is wrong, it is interesting to find the error.
"New Advances in Mathematics" is still very authoritative, and the people in the editorial department are also very high-level. No mistakes can be seen in the first trial, so it must be of a certain level, and many people are looking forward to it.
Among them is Qiu Chengwen from the Mathematical Sciences Center of Shuimu University.
Qiu Chengwen also knew Bruce Pulitzer, and papers from the Center for Mathematical Sciences were also prioritized for publication in New Advances in Mathematics.
When he heard Bruce Pulitzer say that he hoped he could help review the content of the manuscript, which was proof of Hail's conjecture, Qiu Chengwen immediately became interested. Even though he was over 70 years old and most of his energy was focused on education,
I still have a strong interest in mathematics, especially the latest mathematical research.
Qiu Chengwen, like many mathematicians, asked, "Can you tell me the author of the paper?"
"Sorry, contributors are confidential."
Bruce Pulitzer gave a standard answer.
…
It's time for the next day.
Wang Hao went to the office very early, sorted out the calculations of the proof process from beginning to end, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
He checked the time, continued to sort it out, and wrote a little introduction in front.
Then I submitted it.
If it were someone else, they would have carefully revised the format and added a lot of introduction before submitting.
Wang Hao doesn't have to do this at all. This is the privilege of a top mathematician. After completing a major achievement, there is no need to correct the format. The journal editorial department will be responsible for similar work. They will send special personnel to correct every corner of the work.
Do.
Of course, ordinary papers do not enjoy this kind of treatment.
Wang Hao's submission was very plain. He just submitted the manuscript directly on the website as usual.
Then he was about to send a message to Bruce Pulitzer, only to find that the other party sent a lot of messages. He read them carefully and decided to ignore them.
"I have already submitted the article." He sent a message and added, "If it cannot be published early next month, be sure to tell me in advance."
All done!
Wang Hao felt calm.
He glanced at the time and realized that it was already half past nine. He quickly opened the textbook of "Algebraic Geometry" and took a look. Because he had been busy with the proof of Kakutani's conjecture, he had not prepared for the course.
Fortunately, the first lesson is all about the basics, and half of it is even an introduction to the subject of 'algebraic geometry'.
"It shouldn't matter if you follow this kind of content in class, right? But you can also use it freely. It just introduces the development history of the characters. The purpose is that students like this course..."...
Wang Hao thought.
Zhang Zhiqiang finished the class and returned to the office. When he saw Wang Hao, he immediately came over and asked in a low voice like a thief, "How was it? Have you finished writing the proof?"
"Already submitted."
"So fast?" Zhang Zhiqiang was surprised, and he was even a little excited, "Where did you vote?"
"New Advances in Mathematics."
Zhang Zhiqiang nodded obediently, and then continued to ask, "Then it won't be published until next month, right? This is quite fast, normally it will take three months."
"That won't happen." Wang Hao shook his head and said, "Looking at the time, it should be published next week. Their editor-in-chief told me so."
"Chief editor of "New Advances in Mathematics"?"
"right."
Zhang Zhiqiang didn't know what to say for a moment. He has been disgusted with privileged treatment since he was a child.
Now the privilege appears in front of me. I am also submitting a manuscript to an academic journal, and other people have to wait in line slowly for review and approval. However, after submitting the manuscript, the guy in front of me actually said that it will be published in a week.
Are you still being unreasonable?
Why can he jump in and publish?
What? His thesis is to solve the Kakutani conjecture? Forget it, it’s fine!
Thinking that if you can complete such a major research, you will definitely be able to join the queue of the four top mathematics journals, right?
What a wonderful privilege!
Zhang Zhiqiang looked forward to it for a while, and then asked, "Are you sure you can publish it? What if you can't?"
Wang Haodao, "Then I will withdraw the submission and publish it on the Internet. This is what Perelman (the prover of the Poincaré conjecture) did. I think this idea is very good and can be used by more people at the first time."
See."
Zhang Zhiqiang gave him a thumbs up. He somewhat hoped that Wang Hao's paper would not be published at the beginning of next month.
The proof of Kakutani's conjecture, such a significant mathematical result, is published directly on the Internet, which sounds really interesting.
Wang Hao's main reason is that he doesn't want to wait too long. Such a big result can be published anywhere, and there is no need for an influential mathematics journal to increase its weight.
If it is published in the four major mathematics journals, the advantage is that it can be seen internationally more quickly and recognized by top institutions more quickly.
I don’t want to admit it, but I have to accept that the authority of domestic mathematics institutions is still relatively small.
…
Wang Hao and Zhang Zhiqiang chatted for a few words and then went to class.
"Algebraic Geometry".
He has been looking forward to this course.
In the past, whether it was "Partial Differential Equations", "Functional Analysis", or other courses, the mathematics taught in it can be said to be mathematics from a hundred years ago.
Those knowledge contents existed hundreds of years ago, or even hundreds of years ago.
Undergraduate mathematics courses in colleges and universities may sound very advanced. To put it bluntly, the contents were all studied by mathematicians a hundred years ago. Even mathematicians a few hundred years ago studied much more advanced mathematics.
For example, Bornhard-Riemann studied Riemannian geometry 170 years ago, but the knowledge areas covered in undergraduate courses are far from the level of Riemannian geometry.
"Algebraic Geometry" is the real modern mathematics.
"Algebraic Geometry" studies the geometric properties of the set composed of several common zero points of algebraic equations in dimensional space.…
This explanation sounds complicated, but it is easy to understand with an example.
X2 Y2=1 (square), a standard plane equation, and the corresponding geometric figure is a circle.
This is a high school mathematics level understanding, which studies the real solutions of equations.
If placed in the content of "Algebraic Geometry", what is studied is not the real number solution, but the complex number solution. In the real number solution, it is a standard circle, but if it is a complex number solution, it becomes a ball.
Expanding further, what about X3 Y3=1 (cubic)?
The graph of this equation becomes a ring. When the power n is greater than 3, the corresponding graph becomes very complicated and difficult to understand by relying on imagination.
This is "Algebraic Geometry", which studies the graphics formed by the corresponding solutions of equations, and studies algebraic problems in a geometric way.
"Algebraic Geometry" is related to many fields of mathematics, such as number theory, analytic geometry, commutative algebra, differential geometry, topology, etc. Some of the methods it contains are great references and references for other disciplines.
Value.
The reason why Wang Hao is looking forward to this course is mainly because he wants to expand his knowledge field.
His main research directions are partial differential equations and number theory, and many mathematical disciplines are related. Expanding the field of knowledge is very helpful for studying mathematical theories.
At ten o'clock, the students all arrived in the classroom.
Wang Hao's courses are very popular, and students are looking forward to them.
After entering the new semester, Wang Hao's mentality became much calmer. Because it is a postgraduate course, there is no need to ask students to do anything, and most students will listen carefully.
In addition, many of the students were not new faces, and most of them were even familiar faces. He did not teach anything about classroom discipline and went directly into the course.
Wang Hao stood on the podium, walked down and said, "This course is called "Algebraic Geometry". Some students know the content, and some don't, but you must first understand one question. "Algebraic Geometry" is the real
of modern mathematics.”
"And a lot of the mathematical content you have learned before cannot be said to be ancient mathematics. The content is also the knowledge gained by mathematicians hundreds of years ago, or even hundreds of years ago."
"To study "Algebraic Geometry", first we must understand a mathematician. Most people have never heard of this person. His name is Grothendieck. He is a stateless Jew and a very legendary mathematician."
"His research has made the Institute of Advanced Studies in Paris recognized as the world's research center for algebraic geometry. At the same time, many of the algebraic geometry content we can learn now are the results of Grothendieck."
Grothendieck was a very thoughtful super genius and one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century. He is even considered by some to be one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.
He has been studying algebraic geometry for a total of about 12 years. In these 12 years, he has written tens of thousands of laws of algebraic geometry. One person has almost built the entire system of algebraic geometry.
Grothendieck's ideas are also important.
At that time, mathematics was considered a method of solving problems. If there was a problem, then a mathematical method should be used to solve it. Grothendieck believed that mathematical research should not just solve mathematical problems, but should study a whole set of mathematical theories.
If the problem is found directly in theory, everything can be solved.…
His thinking has played a very important role in promoting the research and development of current mathematical theory.
Unfortunately, geniuses often have radical personalities.
Because of the war he experienced when he was young, Grothendieck was a radical pacifist, and he was willing to give up his mathematical research for the sake of the war.
Grothendieck, who was only 42 years old, gave up his favorite mathematics research because of the YUE war, and simply went to Hanoi to give lectures on mathematics.
Later Grothendieck simply went to the Pyrenees in southwestern Europe and became a reclusive Buddhist. He even refused the Crawford Prize and the US$250,000 bonus on the grounds that he believed the money should be spent on
On the young and promising mathematician.
After that, Grothendieck remained in seclusion until his death quietly a few years ago, with few media even reporting on it.
Wang Hao explained the development history of "Algebraic Geometry", which also made the students immersed in it, and they felt the greatness and radicalness of Grothendieck. At the same time, they also realized that "Algebraic Geometry" is indeed modern mathematics.
The emergence and development of this discipline are very recent, and it can only be traced back for only fifty years.
…
While Wang Hao was taking his own course, Xia Guobin was in the office of the Navitas laboratory, carefully reading every word of the message he received.
The news above made him feel refreshed.
That was news from the Aeronautical Materials Institute. They had formed a team of experts and were preparing to visit the NanoVis laboratory.
This seems a bit uninvited. Even the Institute of Aeronautical Materials and the Nano Laboratory are on the same level. They are just scientific research institutions, and there is no superior-subordinate relationship.
But Xia Guobin doesn't care about coming uninvited. What's important is that the other party is the Institute of Aeronautical Materials. What are the experts from the Institute of Aeronautical Materials doing in the NanoLab?
This is probably to check the laboratory conditions, and there may be a big project!
For NanoVis Laboratory, the aviation group only allocates a small amount of R&D funds, which is enough to make them full.
Project is one aspect.
On the other hand, Xia Guobin also felt that his efforts to develop the laboratory had yielded results, which had been noticed by the aviation group, and a team of experts was specially sent to inspect.
This is so exciting!
Xia Guobin couldn't control his emotions. If he were ten years younger, he might have jumped up and cheered in celebration.
He immediately went out and seriously asked everyone to cheer up.
"The expert team from the Institute of Aeronautical Materials will be here in a few days. We must let them see the capability level of the Nanolab, let them see our mental outlook, our focus, devotion and seriousness in treating research projects...
"
Xia Guobin made a series of remarks, which meant that he must leave a good impression on the expert team of the Institute of Aeronautical Materials.
…
The next day, the complex office.
Wang Hao was sitting in the office, drinking coffee leisurely and chatting with other people. He was not talking about the Kakutani conjecture, but he also paid great attention to the submission status.
When you open the submitted manuscript and check the status, you will find that the manuscript has quickly entered the second review stage.
This progress still makes him satisfied...
"Second review? What experts will be the reviewers?"
"Princeton? The Clay Institute? Or the Swedish Academy?"
These are all possible.
For a top mathematics journal such as "New Advances in Mathematics", the review expert team is not limited to one country.
at the same time.
Qiu Chengwen was sitting in his office, checking newly received email messages. He found that the editorial department of "New Advances in Mathematics" had sent a mathematical proof.
Below is a message from Bruce Pulitzer, "Professor Qiu, this is part of the proof of the hail conjecture.
Thanks again!"
Qiu Chengwen downloaded the content with interest. Looking at the two pages of proof content above, he found that it contained a very subtle conversion method. After a quick glance, he knew that there should be no problem.
He couldn't help but wonder again, "Is the Kakutani conjecture going to be proven?"
"Maybe……"
"That's just part of it."
Qiu Chengwen couldn't help but think of Wang Hao. He remembered that when Wang Hao came to the Mathematical Science Center, he said that he was studying a new mathematical method that could be used to prove the Kakutani conjecture.
Now the Kakutani conjecture is about to be proven.
"This is interesting."
"It seems that Wang Hao's research is too slow! If he knew this proof, he might give up his research."
Qiu Chengwen thought and sighed.
Scientific research is sometimes like this. Someone spends several years studying a problem, but before the research is completed, it turns out that it has been proven by others.