Chapter 447

March 28, 2019.

This is destined to go down in the annals of mathematics one day.

8:34 a.m. New York time on the 28th.

Princeton Institute for Advanced Mathematics.

A research assistant was napping his head in front of the computer, and a string of beeping sounds came from the computer.

This is the prompt sound of the paper submission.

The research assistant is responsible for assigning the paper to different reviewers in the institute for joint review according to the research direction of the submitted paper.

"Hey, Ayton, stop napping, Professor Colin will be coming over in a moment, and seeing you like this, I'm going to scold you!" a young man about Ayton's age patted Ayton on the shoulder with a coffee cup.

As soon as Ayton heard Professor Colin's words, he suddenly raised his head, and his confused consciousness was much clearer, "Professor Colin is here?"

"It's not here yet, but it should be there soon. The young man shrugged, "So, don't doze off here, and hurry up and deal with those submissions." ”

"Somehow, during this time, the number of submissions our journal has skyrocketed, almost doubling the number of submissions we received. I thought it was just our Annals of Mathematics, but I asked my friends who work in several other top math journals, not just us, but also them. ”

"Ayton, you say, do you really want to be as ordinary as the rumors, is our mathematical community about to usher in a golden age again?" the young man asked Ayton.

Ayton wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and shook his head, "Who can say this." And this is all the business of the big guys, and our group of little assistants can only go with the flow. ”

"And, I think, our most urgent task now is to assign these submitted papers to that group of reviewers, otherwise we will have to work overtime tonight. ”

Ayton let out a long yawn.

The number of submissions received to the Annals of Mathematics skyrocketed, and as a result, Ayton worked overtime so much that Ayton had to sneak in for a short time every day before his immediate supervisor, Professor Colin, arrived.

Ayton manipulated the mouse and opened the paper database in the background of the Annals of Mathematics.

It shows that there are more than 100 papers with no reviewers assigned.

"It's been another busy day!"

Ayton grumbled inwardly, and then his gaze fell on the paper displayed at the top of the paper database.

The next second.

Ayton's pupils shrank sharply, and his gaze was fixed on the title of the paper.

Proof of the Special Hodge Conjecture Based on Harmonic Differential Forms in Nonsingular Projective Algebraic Clusters!

The title is long.

But it can be summed up simply as - the proof of the narrow Hodge conjecture!

In the narrow sense of Hodge's conjecture, Ayton is no stranger to this term.

Some time ago, Gu Lu and Constantine, two groups of five genius mathematicians, chose a battle map that was the narrow Hodge conjecture.

This has given the special Hodge conjecture a notoriety in the mathematical community.

Now it's almost to the point where everyone knows about it.

But now Ayton sees what!

Someone claimed to have proved the special Hodge conjecture and submitted the paper to their Annals of Mathematics.

At first, Ayton thought it was a mathematician who was sensationalizing.

However, when he saw the names of the two authors attached to the back of the paper, Ayton's previous conjectures were all gone, and his mind went blank, leaving only an incomparably shocking shock.

Gu Lu, Simon Dix!

These two names are the names of the two protagonists who caused a stir in the declaration of war half a year ago!

Ayton's brain was no longer able to think normally, and a roar sounded in his head.

How could it be, how could it be, it's only been half a year!!

At first, Ayton thought that he might not have woken up and read it wrong, but after rubbing his eyes vigorously, the author's column still wrote the names of Gu Lu and Simon.

What happened in front of him had a great impact on Ayton's worldview.

Because Ayton couldn't imagine how Gu Lu and Simon could successfully prove the narrow Hodge conjecture in just half a year when there were only two of them!

This completely subverts the common sense of a mathematician.

Behind Ayton, the young man with a cup of coffee didn't notice his friend's strangeness, but continued with the topic just now.

"I hope that rumored golden event will be true, even if we can't participate in it ourselves, but even if we are witnesses, it is something to be proud of!"

"Hey, Ayton, why don't you speak, Ayton!"

Seeing that Ayton was a little strange, the young man walked directly to Ayton and shook Ayton's shoulder.

"Ayton, are you alright?" the young man asked with concern.

Ayton stared at the computer screen with wide eyes and swallowed hard, "Enske, I think, the golden age of mathematics you mentioned has come!"

…………

Knock knock~~!

There was a quick knock on the door.

"Please come in!" an old voice sounded in the dean's office.

A mathematician with a mustache and a leather jacket walked in hurriedly.

"Colin, what's the matter with me?"

"Dean Leitz, there's a paper that I think you need to look at. ”

Professor Colin handed a printed paper to Dean Letz from his bosom.

The thickness of the paper is very thick, almost two or three hundred pages.

Dean Letts took the paper handed over by Professor Colin, put on his reading glasses, and his eyes swept over the expression of the paper, and Furui Wubo's face showed a rare look of surprise, "The proof of the narrow Hodge conjecture?"

"Yes, Dean. Professor Colin bowed slightly, "This is a submission received in the Annals of Mathematics half an hour ago, and the authors of this article are none other than Gu Lu and Simon Dicks!"

"It's those two little guys!" Dean Retz raised his eyebrows, "The speed of the two of them is very fast, it's only been half a year!"

"Yes, Dean, it's just been half a year. ”

"I thought it would be Konstantin who won, but I didn't expect that these two little guys would be so fast. Once this news is known to the outside world, it will definitely turn the world upside down!" Dean Retz said with a smile.

"Has the correctness of the paper been verified?" asked Dean Retts.

Professor Colin shook his head, "Not yet. ”

"You also know that given the difficulty and length of this paper, it takes a lot of people and time to verify it. That's why I'm coming to you. ”

"Leave it to me. Dean Letz stood up with the arm of the chair and said with a smile, "However, it is not enough to rely on the people of our research institute alone, I think it's time to bring some old friends over to catch up!"