There are four journals recognized as the most influential in the world of mathematics, namely Annals of Mathematics, New Advances in Mathematics, Acta Mathematica Sinica, and Journal of the Mathematical Society, which together are known as the 'four top authoritative journals in mathematics'.

The impact factor of these mathematics journals is not very high, and the half-life of the articles cited is also very long, and the average article will be more than ten years.

But everyone in the mathematical community thinks that it is a matter of pride to publish articles in these top journals.

One is influence.

The four top journals have a strong influence, and the papers published on them will go through layers of review, and each published paper is the latest breakthrough or research in the field of mathematics.

The second is the number of papers published.

The number of papers published by the four top journals each year is strictly controlled, and all of them together are only about 200 papers, of which Acta Mathematica Sinica is the least, with only a dozen papers in two issues per year.

The Journal of the Mathematical Society, followed by the quarterly journal, has only four issues a year, each of which publishes eight articles, for a total of 32 articles.

The number of papers published in the Annals of Mathematics and New Advances in Mathematics is relatively large, but it is only relatively speaking, and the number of dozens of papers is still very pitiful compared to the volume of the world's mathematical community.

Since the beginning of the new century, the number of papers published by domestic scholars and research institutions in the four top authoritative journals has averaged about three papers per year, and with the passage of time, the follow-up has shown an increasing trend.

Last year, domestic mathematicians and research institutions published six papers in four top journals, including one contributed by Zhao Yi.

Of course.

This amount is still quite pitiful.

From this data, we can know how difficult it is to publish papers in the four top authoritative journals of mathematics, and countless mathematicians and research institutions want to publish an article even if they break their heads, because just publishing it is already quite a great achievement.

It's a bit like regular people on TV.

Even if it's just showing your face on the CCTV camera, or taking a photo with a star, it's worth showing off in the circle of friends.

From this, we can imagine how the domestic media reported after discovering that "New Advances in Mathematics" published a paper signed by Zhao Yi.

A search on the Internet for all kinds of headlines are--

"Genius High School Student Zhao Yi's Paper Published in Top Mathematics Journals!"

"New Breakthrough: Zhao Yi's Paper Published in an Authoritative Journal!"

"The top journal 'New Advances in Mathematics' published Zhao Yi's mathematical papers!"

"Zhao Yi's paper is once again listed in the top international journal!"

When someone notices the news and clicks in to check it, the news content is really a special point, which just explains Zhao Yi's mathematics papers, published in top journals of new progress in mathematics.

The next is the introduction of the world's authoritative journals in mathematics, or the introduction of "New Advances in Mathematics", some of which are detailed, and the number of papers published in the four top journals in China.

But......

What are the published papers?

People about the content of the heart essay? Looking at the report are very anxious? In fact, the news writer who published the report can't help it.

The new issue of "New Advances in Mathematics" has just come out, and it is all in English? The only thing they can understand is Zhao Yi's name? and the mark of 'Kakutani Conjecture Prover', knowing that it must be that 'Zhao Yi'.

What should I do if the title is in English?

If it's a normal title? Those who know English can translate it directly, but there are too many technical terms in the 'irregular 3D tremor waveform'? Translated word by word? If you're not a math professional, there's no way to really translate it.

The vast majority of people can't even understand the headline, and if there is a reported news, they all use the English version of the headline? Copy and paste it directly.

This kind of fully complex English content? Ordinary people must be not interested, they know that 'Zhao Yi has published a new paper' is enough, as for what the content of the paper is, it doesn't matter at all.

After the news was published in the media, public opinion about Zhao Yi on the Internet suddenly became interesting.

Many people have openly discussed Zhao Yi before? It's like defining his genius.

There is also a reason why Zhao Yi can cause a big discussion, mainly because he is too young? The achievements are simply too high.

'Studying new computer algorithms' and 'proving the Kakutani conjecture' are both enough to be hired as a full professor by a university? What about academic qualifications is no longer important, because of the world-recognized achievements of academia? Far more important than a piece of paper.

This kind of genius is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Now the public opinion about Zhao Yi's discussion continues to ferment? But the controversy about his own 'genius characterization' is completely gone? Within one year, two mathematical papers were published in the four top mathematics journals, one of which proved the world's mathematical conjecture.

Isn't this a math genius?

After the new issue of "New Advances in Mathematics" came out, some media directly posted, "Zhao Yi is not a mathematical genius, what is a mathematical genius?"

"According to this evaluation standard, there are no mathematical geniuses in China and even in the world!"

Those who said that Zhao Yi was 'not a mathematical genius' all silently shut their mouths, and they didn't even have the idea of refuting it.

But what has been said cannot be taken back.

Some media will do online reports about turning over old accounts, because the title of 'turning over old accounts' is very attractive, and netizens who have seen it are very likely to click on it.

So there was a report coming out.

For example, "Professor Feng of Jinning University: Zhao Yi is just a high school student!"

The content of the article is that Professor Feng of Jinning University said in an interview that Zhao Yi is just a high school student and does not have professional advanced mathematical knowledge, and he may be expected to achieve achievements in the future, but now what he needs is systematic learning of mathematics.

The following is followed by a sentence, "Zhao Yi has published the latest mathematical research papers in the four top authoritative journals "New Advances in Mathematics". ”

And also--

"Professor Li Yilai: Zhao Yi can no longer achieve achievements in mathematics"

is similar to the above content, all of which are to help you recall what Li Yilai said in an interview, and finally followed Zhao Yi to publish a paper in a top journal.

The report also mentions in passing: "So far, Li Yilai has not published a single paper in the four top journals, or even the world's top ten mathematics journals, while Zhao Yi has published two." ”

Similar reports of slaps in the face are indeed fascinating.

Many online media have found that after similar reports will get a large number of clicks and comments, good multimedia will immediately follow the trend to make reports, and even the "Big Bang" program guest 'not a genius' Li Lin, who once made comments were found out by the media.

In fact, Li Lin is really a little wronged.

Since he commented on Zhao Yi last time, he has an additional 'Internet nickname' of 'not a genius', but the weight of the words on the show is small, because netizens who know about it don't buy it, they think Li Lin has no vision, and even said that Zhao Yi is not a mathematical genius.

Now the real people in the mathematical community on the Internet, including Li Yilai, who has contradictions with Zhao Yi, do not affirm that Zhao Yi is not a mathematical genius, at most it is like Li Yi saying that it is difficult to achieve achievements in mathematics, and Li Lin is even more unlikely to say so.

Li Lin is a public figure, and he was also interviewed by reporters, what he said was, "Everyone is talking about him, but I don't want to talk about him", and randomly quipped with a wry smile, "I am no longer a genius." ”

The media doesn't care what Li Lin says now, they only care about what he said before.

So Li Lin was also added to the criticism, and the headline of the report was directly - "Dr. Li Lin: Zhao Yi is not a mathematical genius".

Li Lin's popularity is relatively high, and the news clicks he has attracted are even more, and the reports of Professor Feng and Li Yilai of Jinning University together are not as good as one-tenth of Li Lin's.

Lots of coverage.

Lots of praise.

Lots of criticism......

The reversal of online public opinion became more interesting, and the heat lasted for a whole day, and it was only at this time that everyone remembered one thing.

"What papers did Zhao Yi publish?"

"What are you for?"

"Why was it published in the authoritative Advances in Mathematics?"

Then, the heat went down, because ordinary people didn't care anymore, and the reason was very straightforward--

I don't understand.

......

Thirteen.

Elite Class A classrooms.

The students also talked about Zhao Yi on the Internet in private, and the popularity of Zhao Yi's papers on the Internet was about to go down, but Zhao Yi, the protagonist of the matter, was by their side, so they were naturally very curious.

Zhao Linlin asked with interest, "Zhao Yi, what kind of waveform diagram did you write, and what did you say?"

"It's complicated to listen to fame......"

Hu Tianyan's eyes on the other side also glanced over, as if interpreting how to be a quiet listener.

Lin Xiaoqing pricked up her ears.

Behind him, Wang Jian pushed Zhao Yi, "Yes, let's talk about it, I went home yesterday and watched the news, and the suffix seems to be related to some mathematical conjecture?

"Really?"

"Isn't it?"

"I don't seem to say it on the Internet, Zhao Yi, what's going on, tell us. ”

Several classmates gathered around.

Zhao Yi glanced left and right, pressed his head hard, hesitated and said, "Okay, I'll explain that the irregular three-dimensional tremor waveform diagram is actually a kind of graph, as if the plane analysis of y=x is a straight line." ”

"Oh~~"

A group of people came to the spirit, and they all understood.

Zhao Yi continued, "I have created a function, and the analytical image of the function is called a three-dimensional tremor waveform diagram, and this image is irregular, mainly because of prime numbers. ”

"To understand my functions, you must first understand the Riemann conjecture, Riemann, everyone knows it, right?"

A crowd nodded and shook their heads.

Zhao Yi ignored everyone's reactions and continued directly, "In one of Riemann's papers, a conjecture is mentioned, and he takes the variable S in it according to the Euler identity and takes the value ......"

"This is the Riemann function, and in a given case, all ......"

"The three-dimensional tremor waveform is an extension of the Riemann conjecture, a function inferred from a value, which I call a function shaping ......"

"So ......"

Zhao Yi is really explaining carefully, and he is trying to simplify the explanation, but after only about five minutes, the people around him are gone.

Look left and right.

Zhao Linlin rested on the table.

Hu Tianyan put her long legs under the table again, and she was turning her pen and didn't know what she was thinking.

Wang Jian, who was in the back, began to throw coins.

Lin Xiaoqing's movements in front of him did not change at all, but he no longer leaned on the edge of his table.

Everyone else walked away.

Zhao Yi looked up and found that there was only one person still looking at him, it was Niu Lianhua who was preparing for math class.

Niu Lianhua seemed to listen very seriously, and her movements did not change, and she found that Zhao Yi looked at him and nodded at him, "That's good, Zhao Yi, it's about shaping the image and shaping the function, right." ”

Zhao Yi immediately felt very relieved, and took the draft paper to continue to explain.

Niu Lianhua trembled, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi! It's time for us to go to class, finish class...... Wait for the end of school...... Let's talk about it when I have time later", she said without giving Zhao Yi a chance, and walked directly to the podium.

When there are research results, the people around me can't understand it, and it's really a little depressed.

This is not the same as Kadotani's conjecture.

Kakutani's conjecture is that everyone knows it, and there is no need to explain it at all, and even if they don't know it, they know it, and no one cares about the detailed proof process.

The current three-dimensional tremor waveform is an extension of the Riemann conjecture, not to mention a studied function, and most people can't even understand the Riemann conjecture, let alone extend the function of the prime solution on this basis.

Of course.

There are still people who affirm Zhao Yi's research.

Xu Chao.

Zhao Yi was asked by Xu Chao when he got home, but Xu Chao didn't care about the content of the function, because he had known it for a long time, and what he asked was how much influence the paper had.

If the Riemann conjecture is cracked, there is no doubt about the influence, and it can be said that Zhao Yi will be considered the top mathematician in the world in one leap.

Zhao Yi's research is based on the Riemann conjecture to expand the solution of functional primes, and he and Xu Chao understand the significance a little.

For example, a function contains a larger range of prime solutions, and after introducing a new variable, it is easier to understand, and it is certainly more meaningful to apply it in cryptography and other aspects than the Riemann function.

In addition, the function relies on the Riemann conjecture, which is naturally equivalent to a conjecture, and it is difficult to say whether it will be recognized by the world.

Zhao Yi is also unsure about this.

In fact.

The Riemann conjecture is the most important mathematical problem in the mathematical community today, and there are more than 1,000 mathematical propositions in the mathematical literature based on the premise of the establishment of the Riemann conjecture (or its generalized form).

Will a 'three-dimensional tremor waveform' be one of them, or will it be more valuable than an ordinary mathematical proposition? Is this value compared to the range of prime solutions contained in the function and the simplification relative to the Riemann conjecture?

These are all questions.

Of course.

There is a problem that must be solved first, that is, whether the 'three-dimensional tremor waveform' premised on the establishment of the Riemann conjecture is determined to be an extension of the Riemann conjecture, and whether the peaks and troughs of the waveform are primes based on the plane with the value of 'x=1, y=1'.

Because it is based on the premise that the Riemann conjecture is true, it is of course impossible to prove that the peaks and troughs of the waveform are all prime, but the computer can be used to detect whether the previous numbers are correct.

This is of interest to many research institutes.

Soon.

On the third day of the publication of the new journal "New Advances in Mathematics", a research team announced that they would use computer methods to verify the value of the 'three-dimensional tremor waveform', and also applied for the use of a supercomputer for this purpose.

The research team from Stanford University has been working on computer mathematics.

Sanak, a tenured professor at Stanford University and a member of the research team, came forward and said, "I saw a very interesting paper about building a new function that claims to be an extension of the prime solution of the Riemann conjecture, and my colleagues and I think it makes perfect sense to verify it." ”

"If this is true, we can choose to forget about the Riemann conjecture, because the new function makes more sense than the Riemann conjecture. It's also relatively easy to study. ”

"I hope to succeed. That means we're one step closer to cracking the law of prime numbers. ”

On the evening of Sanak's interview, a domestic team stood up and said that it would verify the 'three-dimensional tremor waveform'.

That's a voice from Yanhua University.

Liu Guangzuo and Luo Zhijin stood up together and said that the intelligent and automated laboratory will use the mainframe computer inside the laboratory to verify the 'three-dimensional tremor waveform diagram'.

Luo Zhijin explained the significance of the verification, "The three-dimensional tremor waveform is an extension of the Riemann conjecture, which is widely used in cryptography. ”

"If the verification gets the right results, we can make a more inclusive and secure password, which is very important for cybersecurity. ”

In fact, not only network security, but also military, satellite, national defense and other fields, also need to use complex passwords, the 'three-dimensional tremor waveform' is proved to be correct, you can build a new kind of password, greatly improve the security performance.

This cannot be said publicly.

In the eyes of many professionals, what Luo Zhijin said is the most basic common sense, but it is different from the perspective of ordinary people.

At this time, many people realized that the 'incomprehensible things' researched by Zhao Yi were of such great significance!