What was the reason for the rejection of the manuscript in Science? Lu Qiujian frowned, if he just wanted to publish this paper, relying on the prestige of the previous papers, the Annals of Mathematics would definitely not reject his manuscript.

However, if he wants to return to China for development in the future, then Science will be able to increase his capital even more, after all, the three CNS journals are completely different from other journals in China, and publishing articles here is also easy for scientists in other fields to brush up on their presence, which is very beneficial for future actions.

Of course, when deciding to submit, he did not fail to consider that there would be problems, because Science is a comprehensive journal for interdisciplinary readers, with limited pages, and those that are too long, too specialized, difficult to be read by interdisciplinary people, and have no large-scale contribution to the development of science and technology will be rejected, but those articles on common biology or experimental physics are easy to be published, because these articles have a low cross-professional reading threshold.

Lu Qiujian's paper on the Poincaré conjecture happened to occupy all four rejection criteria: too long, too specialized, difficult to be read by interdisciplinary people, and no large-scale contribution to the development of science and technology for the time being. It's not that his results aren't great, it's just that they don't fit.

But even if it can't be published in full, at least it can be reported in a news column, right? Lu Qiujian shook his head depressedly and pulled the mouse to start browsing the full text of the email, only to see that the email said that the reviewer thought that there were still some obvious loopholes in the two papers, so they would not pass the review, and suggested that they be revised again before publication.

Ah! Sure enough, it's pretty much what I thought! The paper that was completed according to Professor Thurston's opinion does have such a problem, but now it is dozens of pages without writing out the details, and I am afraid that it will take hundreds of pages if the details are written! In this case, it is even more impossible for Science to publish it!

Hehe, this is all because his reputation is not enough, if he can reach the status of Einstein back then, it is no problem to turn "Science" into his own special issue, right?

If you can't get your own submission, go find someone else to help! If there are scholars with great reputations and high academic status such as Thurston, Gowers, and Wiles, I guess Science will reconsider the review results, right?

Lu Qiujian changed his clothes and went out to the office building of the Department of Mathematics, his first stop was to go to Professor Thurston, after all, he had read his own article, and had in-depth research on the Poincaré conjecture, and he also had a relationship within Science, so he could at least find out the real reason for the rejection of his paper.

"Rejected manuscript?", Professor Thurston was slightly stunned when he heard the news, and then said with a nonchalant smile, "That's their loss, not yours! Since you have withdrawn, you can forward it to the Annals of Mathematics, and I believe that they will publish your article in the shortest time and with the best layout!"

The papers in Science and Nature are generally novel, eye-catching, and popular, but they are not very deep and rigorous, and the mathematical papers proved by the presentation of technical details are incompatible with their overall style, so the mathematics community does not value these journals very much, but trusts the four major journals in their own circle.

Thurston's words were correct, but Lu Qiujian was unwilling to admit it, he pleaded, "Mr. Professor, can you help me find out who rejected my manuscript? What is the real reason for the rejection?", if it is because he did not understand the reason for his thesis, he may be able to explain it through the relationship between several professors.

"Okay, I'll make a few calls and ask!", Thurston picked up the phone, after all, she figured out the general situation after a few phone calls," I asked, and the editorial board preliminarily passed the review, and then sent your paper to Professor Forsman of Harvard University and Professor Felig of Yale; Professor Forsman said that the paper was not found to have fatal flaws in a short period of time, but the specific process needs to be studied, and it can be published or waited; Professor Ferig did not pass the review because the derivation process of many details was not listed!"

"Hell, what kind of reason is this!", before Lu Qiujian could speak, Professor Thurston scolded angrily, "All the groundbreaking work is already in the paper, and the rest is some stupid work! Any research institute can pull up a team and spend a year or two to complete it! Is Felig's brain broken?"

"You don't have a good relationship with him?", Lu Qiujian heard something else from his tone, maybe his plan to contact the reviewer through him will be in vain!

"This is a hypocrite who only knows how to fool the layman with some unfathomable terms!", Thurston really doesn't think highly of him, "but he still has something to do with Science, and if he rejects your paper, no one else will stand up for you." ”

I understand, you are not as good as everyone in society! Lu Qiujian heard the implicit meaning of his words, did he have only one way to continue to publish in the "Annals of Mathematics"?

Seeing Lu Qiujian's depressed expression, Thurston was also a little embarrassed, he scratched his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry to submit articles to other journals first, I'll help you think of a way!"

Lu Qiujian still rejected Professor Thurston's kindness after thinking about it, and the guy opposite looked like a person who didn't like to deal with those people, so why should he force others! Hey, just vote for the "Annals of Mathematics", and it is not that he will not be able to make other papers that are qualified to be published in "Science" in the future.

Explaining the situation, Thurston also expressed support for his decision, "Yes, it should have been this way a long time ago, if you want me to say that we can share the things in the mathematical world ourselves, why force their approval." This has the meaning of playing our own and not taking them to play.

"Well, I'll go back and prepare, and since I've decided to publish the Annals of Mathematics, my paper can be a little longer. After speaking, Lu Qiujian said goodbye and left.

Although the authority of the "Annals of Mathematics" is higher than that of "Science" in the mathematical circles, Lu Qiujian does not want his reputation to spread only among the small circles of the mathematical circles; anyway, after the paper is published, at least he can make a news story in "Science"! It is better than nothing.

Professor Thurston has not taken this matter to heart since Lu Qiujian left, and no longer asks about the matter with Science, but concentrates on continuing to carry out his own research.

A week later, just as he returned to his computer after two lessons, he received a new email.

The matter is based on real historical events. This is the addition of 8,000 harvests, and I remember 9,000.