With the successful conclusion of the second supplementary report, the first International Conference on High Energy Physics also came to a successful conclusion.

Two different methods for solving the Young-Mills equation, even top journals such as Nature and Science, which pay little attention to the field of mathematics, have taken some pictures of the presentation on the solution of the Young-Mills equation on their official websites and journals.

Speaking of which, there is actually a rather strange phenomenon in academic journals.

That is, the journals of mathematics are basically a separate system in many cases.

It's not like other subject areas, which are often mixed together.

Just like Nature, a well-known comprehensive journal in the academic world, it has various sub-journals such as physics, chemistry, biology, geography, energy, medicine, etc., but it does not have a mathematics sub-journal.

That's right, Nature doesn't have a mathematics sub-journal classification, it doesn't include mathematics.

As for the reason, some people believe that mathematics is the foundation of all sciences, including the natural sciences, so mathematics should come before Nature, not after.

There are also some people who think that "Nature" is more just bragging, promoting popular science, and commercial operations, and is not really a professional magazine.

There is a lot of talk, but for a magazine aimed at the majority of scholars and even ordinary people, there is a sentence that is actually very good.

"For every more mathematical formula, there are half fewer readers."

After all, for the vast majority of ordinary people, mathematics is too boring.

At the end of the conference, some media reporters who kept an eye on the conference also found some mathematicians or physicists who had returned for interviews.

Just like William Timothy Gowers, the aristocratic mathematician who never sets the sun, was caught by a reporter in the airport lobby just after getting off the plane.

Reporter: "Professor Gowers, I heard that you went to China to participate in the High Energy Physics Conference held in China, why did a mathematician like you choose to attend a physics conference?" ”

Gowers smiled and said, "Because this report will be worth my trip, the solution of the Young-Mills equation is not only a major achievement in physics, but also an outstanding achievement in the field of mathematics." ”

Reporter: "Then how do you evaluate this conference on high-energy physics?" ”

Gowers smiled and said, "From the perspective of a mathematician, it probably doesn't make much sense to evaluate a physics conference, and you should ask a physicist this question." ”

"However, from my personal point of view, this is undoubtedly a very wonderful conference, whether it is from the perspective of academic exchange reports, or from the perspective of Huaguo's warm hospitality and emphasis on exchange meetings, it can be described as top-notch."

Reporter: "I heard that at this report meeting, the representative of the University of Oxford personally apologized to Professor Xu, and it is rumored that Professor Xu used his academic influence to force the University of Oxford to apologize, how did you see this?" ”

"That Professor Xu, is he a little too concerned about these academic reputations, and can't tolerate any statements that go against him?"

Hearing this question, the smile on Gowers' face suddenly disappeared, he looked at the reporter with a serious face, and said: "First of all, the apology of Oxford University seems to me to be appropriate and necessary. ”

"Of course, this is also a voluntary apology from the University of Oxford, and Professor Xu has never used his academic influence to force the University of Oxford to apologize, and even has such thoughts."

"Secondly, maintaining a good reputation is what any scholar should do, because a good academic reputation regulates a scholar's research behavior and prompts a scholar to walk on the right path."

"If a scholar can't even maintain his academic reputation and allows others with bad character to slander him, it will be the greatest sorrow for the academic community and the whole world."

After a pause, he continued: "Moreover, if even the world-famous problem of solving the Yang-Mills equation is not valuable, I don't think there is anything else in the world that can be called valuable." ”

The International Conference on High Energy Physics came to a successful conclusion, and Xu Chuan also submitted the second paper for solving the Yang-Mills equation to the Annals of Mathematics.

There was no surprise, and the paper quickly passed the technical editor's review and went straight to the peer review stage.

Camilo de Rilis, the editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics, sent him an email in person, saying that he would find mathematicians for peer review as soon as possible, and that the paper would be published in the Annals of Mathematics with the first solution after the paper was approved.

Regarding Camilo De Rilis's editor-in-chief reply, Xu Chuan didn't pay much attention to it.

To be honest, some people have talked to him about the submission of papers in the past two years, especially the leaders of NTU, who advocate that he can set up an academic journal.

Xu Chuan also seriously considered the establishment of his own journal for a while, but finally gave up.

The main thing is that he doesn't have the time or energy to do this kind of thing now.

The time and effort required to set up an academic journal is no less than that of scientific research, or even more.

Because there are things about the review of submitted papers, whether it is self-review or peer review, it requires extremely large connections, academic ability, and so on.

Although NTU said that they could help deal with some of it, to be honest, it was better for him to leave this kind of thing to others, and it was absolutely intolerable for him to have problems with journal review.

As for submitting the paper to those domestic mathematics journals, Xu Chuan just wants to say that in terms of the negative effects of water and black materials in domestic journals, etc., give them a top-level paper like the proof of the solution of the Yang-Mills equation, in all fairness, they also forget it, it is too hurtful to say it.

Although there are many people in China who are working hard for this and hope to make the academic environment better, including himself, he is also working hard for it.

However, it is undeniable that there are still many problems in the domestic academic community.

Not only is it only the theory of papers, the theory of seniority, the poor conversion rate of academic scientific research results, the poor rate of scientific research results transformed by funding, but also many other problems.

Perhaps, with his current status, if he gets involved in this kind of thing, he may be able to slowly reverse these things, of course, it is also possible that he may not be able to do it.

But in any case, in his opinion, it can't be said that the golden time spent on academic research is wasted, but it can only be said that it is a pity to spend on this.

At least, before the age of forty, he hopes that he can have more academic breakthroughs.

Of course, he didn't do anything about these things.

It's like the Xinghai Research Institute, which was transformed from Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project, where, under his control, it is no longer simply evaluated by the number of papers, there is no bureaucracy, and there are almost no unspoken rules in the academic world, etc., and now it has become a research institution that domestic scholars dream of entering.

However, relatively speaking, the pressure and intensity of working and researching in the Xinghai Research Institute are much greater than those of ordinary research institutes.

When I'm busy, it's common to stay up until eleven or twelve o'clock in the morning every day, and it's normal to even have to lay on the floor in the laboratory when I'm busy.

But for researchers at the middle and lower levels, it's all worth it.

Not only because of the results they have made, all the parts they can get belong to them, but also because they can see the hope that their dreams will be realized here.

For Xu Chuan, these are also some of the changes he is making for the development of the academic environment in China.

It's not big, but it's at least a limited amount of change.

Hopefully, this is a spark that can be ignited over time.

PS: There is still a chapter later, but you are not sure of the time, you can get up in the morning to watch it and ask for a monthly pass!