Bruce Pulitzer was completely laid back.

He sat at his desk, looking at the transcript of the conversation with Wang Hao on the computer, one after another, word after word, and looked carefully, he wanted to know if Wang Hao was joking, but found that it didn't look like a joke.

"Is it true? No, ask again! ”

Bruce Pulitzer hurriedly typed a few lines and sent it over, "Dr. Wang Hao, is it true?" Have you completed the proof of the hail conjecture? ”

"Still there? Please, don't make jokes like that, okay? ”

"Is it true or false......"

He sent several messages in a row, but unfortunately there was no reply.

At this time, Bruce Pulitzer was ninety percent sure that Wang Hao was not joking, and he began to think carefully.

He was joking.

When he heard Wang Hao say that the proof of completing the hail conjecture could be published next month, he directly said that it could be printed and the website would be published simultaneously, but in fact it was not.

Whether it is published on the website or temporarily reprinted, it is not a big problem, the problem is the review.

Advances in Mathematics is one of the four top international mathematics journals, and they must ensure the correctness of their published papers to the greatest extent.

Even if it is a small paper that has no impact, the correctness of the paper is much more important than whether the content is impactful.

If a false 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 mathematical results internationally, more excellent mathematicians abound, and 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, and it is very well-known and influential, and as long as the proof is published, the influence will spread beyond the mathematical world, and many media will report on it.

If the subsequent report is wrong, what impact will it have on "New Advances in Mathematics", Bruce Pulitzer feels that he can write a resignation report, and even find a job in the same industry with a lower salary, he will be directly rejected by the editorial offices of other mathematics journals.

So reviewing is definitely crucial.

Now what?

"I have promised just now, Wang Hao must be serious, if the submission is received and postponed to next month, Wang Hao is likely to retract the manuscript, and will not even cooperate with "New Advances in Mathematics" in the future."

"This level of paper is also a must-see!"

"Definitely not to be missed!"

Bruce Pulitzer was well aware of the importance of major mathematical achievements.

"New Advances in Mathematics" is one of the four top international mathematics journals, but even if it is still a mathematics journal, it must face competition in the same industry, and they must attract more and better paper submissions in order to maintain their competitive advantage in the industry and stabilize those scholars who have subscribed to the journal.

As long as the proof of the hail conjecture is published, it will definitely be followed by the whole world, and some of the top mathematical institutions will pay attention to "New Advances in Mathematics", and the number of orders for the magazine will definitely increase, and the influence will also be greatly improved.

So the question is back, what now?

Bruce Pulitzer gritted his teeth and began calling and emailing constantly, contacting almost every top mathematician he knew, including several Fields and Wolf winners, including mathematics professors at the Clay Institute for Mathematics and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

"Do you have time, help do a review, proof of hail conjecture, part of it...... Still not sure ......"

"I'm in a hurry, maybe I'll receive the manuscript in two days, thank you in advance!"

"Contributors are confidential, but there will certainly be ......"

Every mathematician contacted was interested, because the content of the review was a proof of the hail conjecture.

Even if it's a false proof, it's interesting to find the error.

"New Advances in Mathematics" is still very authoritative, and the people in the editorial department are also very level, and there is no proof of error in the first instance, there must be a certain level, and many people are looking forward to it.

Among them is Qiu Chengwen from the Center for Mathematical Sciences at Mizuki University.

Qiu Chengwen also knows Bruce Pulitzer, the center of mathematical sciences whose papers are also published in New Advances in Mathematics.

When he heard Bruce Pulitzer say that he hoped he could help review the content, or the proof of the hail conjecture, Qiu Chengwen immediately became interested, even though he is over 70 years old and most of his energy is focused on education, but he still has a strong interest in mathematics, especially the latest mathematical research.

Qiu Chengwen, like most scholars, asked, "Can you say the author of the paper?" ”

"Sorry, the contributor is confidential."

Bruce Pulitzer gave a standard answer.

……

It's the next day.

Wang Hao went to the office very early, calculated and sorted out the proof process from beginning to end, and then exhaled lightly.

He looked at the time, continued to sort it out, and wrote a little introduction in front of it.

Then I submitted it.

If it's someone else, be sure to carefully correct the format before submitting it, and add a lot of introductions.

Wang Hao doesn't have to do this at all, this is the privilege of top mathematicians, after completing the big results, there is no need to correct the format at all, the editorial department of similar work journals will be responsible, and they will send special people to do the correction work.

Of course, this treatment is not available for ordinary papers.

Wang Hao's submission was very bland, just as usual, the manuscript was directly submitted on the website.

Then he was about to send a message to Bruce Pulitzer, only to find that there were a lot of messages from the other party, and he read them carefully and decided to ignore them.

"I've already submitted." He sent a message adding, "If you can't publish it early next month, be sure to let me know in advance." ”

You're all set!

Wang Hao's heart was unwavering.

He glanced at the time, only to find that it was already half past nine, and quickly opened the textbook of "Algebraic Geometry" to take a look, because he had been busy with the proof of Kakutani's conjecture, and he had not yet prepared for the course.

Fortunately, the first lesson is all about the basics, and even half of it is an introduction to the subject of 'Algebraic Geometry'.

"It shouldn't matter if this kind of content is in class, right? However, it can also be used freely, just to introduce the development history of the characters, and the purpose is that students will like this course......"

Wang Hao pondered.

Zhang Zhiqiang finished class, returned to the office, and when he saw Wang Hao, he immediately came over and asked in a low voice like a thief, "How is it?" Is the proof finished? ”

"It's already been submitted."

"So fast?" Zhang Zhiqiang felt very 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 after three months. ”

"That won't be." Wang Hao shook his head and said, "Count the time, it should be published next week, their editor-in-chief said so." ”

"Editor-in-Chief of New Advances in Mathematics?"

"Yes."

Zhang Zhiqiang didn't know what to say for a while, he was most disgusted with privileged treatment since he was a child.

Now the privilege appears in front of me, the same is to submit to academic journals, and others have to slowly queue up after approval, and this guy in front of him actually said that it would be published in a week after submission.

Still unreasonable?

Why can he cut the queue to publicize?

What? His dissertation was to solve the Kadotani conjecture? Forget it, it's all right!

Think about the fact that if you can complete such a major research, you will definitely be able to join the queue in the top four mathematics journals, right?

Privilege, what a wonder!

Zhang Zhiqiang looked forward to it beautifully, and then asked, "Are you sure you can publish it?" What if you can't? ”

Wang Hao said, "Then I will withdraw the submission and post it on the Internet, Perelman (Poincaré conjecture prover) did just that, I think this idea is very good, and it can be seen by more people for the first time." ”

Mr. Zhang gave him a thumbs up, hoping that Mr. Wang's paper would not be published early next month.

The proof of the Kakutani conjecture, such a significant mathematical achievement, directly posted on the Internet, sounds really interesting.

Wang Hao mainly didn't want to wait too long, such a large result could be released anywhere, and there was no need for influential mathematics journals to increase the weight.

If it is published in the four major journals of mathematics, the advantage is that it can be seen internationally faster and recognized by top institutions faster.

I don't want to admit it, and I have to accept it, is that the authority of domestic mathematical institutions is still relatively small.

……

Wang Hao chatted with Zhang Zhiqiang for a few words and went to class.

Algebraic Geometry.

He was already looking forward to the course.

Whether it was "Partial Differential Equations", "Functional Analysis", or any other course, the mathematics described in it could be said to be the mathematics of a hundred years ago.

That knowledge existed hundreds of years ago, even centuries ago.

The undergraduate mathematics courses in colleges and universities may sound very profound, but to put it bluntly, the content is all researched by mathematicians a hundred years ago, and even mathematicians hundreds of years ago have studied much more profoundly.

For example, Bonhard-Riemann, who developed Riemannian geometry 170 years ago, but the areas of knowledge involved in the undergraduate courses are far from the level of Riemannian geometry.

Algebraic Geometry is the real modern mathematics.

Algebraic Geometry is the study of the geometric properties of a set of several algebraic equations in dimensional space with common zero points.

This explanation sounds complicated, but it's easy to understand with an example.

X2+Y2=1 (square), a standard plane equation, and the corresponding geometry is a circle.

This is a high school math-level understanding that studies the real solution of an equation.

If you put it in the content of Algebraic Geometry, it is not the solution of real numbers, but the solution of complex numbers, in which it is a standard circle, but if it is a complex solution, it becomes a sphere.

Expanding, what about X3+Y3=1 (cubic power)?

The graph of this equation becomes a ring, and when the power n is greater than 3, the corresponding graph becomes very complex and difficult to understand by imagination.

This is "Algebraic Geometry", which studies the graphs 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., and some of the methodological studies it contains have great reference and application value for other disciplines.

The main reason why Wang Hao is looking forward to this course is that he wants to expand his knowledge.

His main research interests are partial differential equations and number theory, and many mathematics disciplines are related, and expanding the field of knowledge is very helpful for the study of mathematical theory.

At ten o'clock, the students arrived at the classroom.

Wang Hao's course is very popular, and the students are looking forward to it.

When entering the new semester, Wang Hao's mentality has also calmed down a lot, because it is a graduate course, there is no need to deliberately ask students how to do it, most students will listen very carefully.

In addition, many of the students are not new faces, and even say that most of them are familiar faces, and he did not talk about classroom discipline or anything like that, and went straight into the course.

Wang Hao stood on the podium, paced down and said, "This course is called "Algebraic Geometry", some students have an understanding of the content, and some students do not understand, but you must first be clear about a problem, "Algebraic Geometry" is real modern mathematics. ”

"And a lot of the mathematics you learned before cannot be said to be ancient mathematics, but also the knowledge achievements of mathematicians a hundred years ago, or even hundreds of years ago."

"To learn Algebraic Geometry, we must first understand a mathematician, a man whose name is Grothendieck, a stateless Jew and a very legendary mathematician."

"His work led to the Institut Hautes Etudes in Paris being recognized as the world's leading centre for algebraic geometry, and much of what we can learn about algebraic geometry today is the result of Grothendieck's work."

Grothendieck was a very thoughtful supergenius and one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century, and is even considered by some to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th century.

He studied algebraic geometry for about 12 years, and in 12 years, he wrote tens of thousands of laws of algebraic geometry, and almost the entire system of algebraic geometry was built by himself.

Grothendieck's ideas are also important.

At that time, mathematics was considered to be a way to solve a problem, and if there was a problem, then a mathematical method was used to solve it, and Grothendieck believed that mathematical research could not only solve mathematical problems, but also study a whole set of mathematical theories, and if there was any problem, find a solution directly in the theory, and everything could be solved.

His thinking has played a very important role in promoting the research and development of mathematical theories.

It's a pity that geniuses often have very aggressive personalities.

Because of the wars he experienced in his youth, Grothendieck was a radical pacifist who could give up his mathematical studies for the sake of the war.

Grothendieck, who was only 42 years old, gave up his favorite mathematical studies because of the YUE war, and simply went to Hanoi to explain mathematics.

Later, Grothendieck simply went to the Pyrenees in the southwest of O to become a reclusive Buddhist, and even turned down the Cafford Prize and a $250,000 prize on the grounds that he thought it should be spent on young and promising mathematicians.

After that, Grothendieck remained in seclusion until his silent death a few years ago, and not even a few media outlets reported it.

Wang Hao explained the history of the development of "Algebraic Geometry", which also made the students unconsciously immerse themselves in it, and then felt the greatness and radicalism of Grothendieck, and also realized that "Algebraic Geometry" is indeed modern mathematics.

The emergence and development of this discipline is very close to now, and it is only a short 50 years to trace it back.

……

While Wang Hao was taking his own course, Xia Guobin was in his office at Navitas Labs, carefully reading every word of the message he received.

The above news made him feel refreshed.

It was news from the Institute of Aeronautical Materials, and they had set up a team of experts to visit the Navitas laboratory.

This seems to be a bit uninvited, even the Institute of Aeronautical Materials and Navitas Laboratory are at the same level, they are just scientific research institutions, not the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

But Xia Guobin doesn't care about what is uninvited, the important thing is that the other party is the Institute of Aeronautical Materials, what are the experts of the Institute of Aeronautics doing in the Navitas laboratory?

This is likely to be an investigation of laboratory conditions, and it is likely that there will be a big project!

For Navitas Labs, the aviation group only allocated a small amount of R&D funds, which is enough for them to eat.

The project is one thing.

On the other hand, Xia Guobin also felt that his efforts to develop the laboratory had achieved results, which had been noticed by the aviation group, and a special team of experts was sent to investigate.

It's so exciting!

Xia Guobin couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, if he was ten years younger, he might jump up and cheer directly.

He immediately went out and solemnly cheered everyone up.

"In a few days, the expert team of the Institute of Aeronautical Materials will come, and we must let them see the level of competence of Navitas Laboratory, and let them see our mental outlook, dedication, dedication, and serious ...... to research projects."

Xia Guobin said a lot in a row, which means that he must leave a good impression on the expert team of the Institute of Aeronautical Materials.

……

The next day, the office of the complex building.

Wang Hao sat in the office, leisurely drinking coffee and chatting with others, he didn't talk about the Kakutani conjecture, but he also attached great importance to the submission.

When you open the submitted manuscript to check the status, you will find that the manuscript has quickly entered the second review stage.

He was still satisfied with the progress.

"Second trial? What kind of experts will do the judging? ”

"Princeton? The Clay Institute? Or the Swedish Academy of Sciences? ”

These are all possible.

For a top-notch mathematics journal like New Advances in Mathematics, the team of review experts is not limited to one country.

At the same time.

Qiu Chengwen was sitting in his office, checking the newly received email message, and he found that the editorial office 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, looked at the above two pages of proof content, and found that it contained a very subtle conversion method.

He couldn't help but wonder again, "Could it be that Kakutani's conjecture wants to be proven?" ”

"Maybe......"

"That's just part of the story."

Qiu Chengwen couldn't help but think of Wang Hao, he remembered that when Wang Hao came to the Mathematical Sciences Center, he said that he was researching a new mathematical method that could be used to prove the Kakutani conjecture.

Now Kakutani's conjecture is about to be proven.

"That's interesting."

"It seems that Wang Hao's research is slow! If he had known about this proof, he might have given up his research. ”

Qiu Chengwen thought and sighed.

Sometimes that's how scientific research works, where someone spends years working on a problem, only to find out that it has been proven by someone else before it comes out.

Years of hard work have been in vain......

"I hope Wang Hao won't be hit too hard......"

He shook his head and looked at it carefully.