A nineteen-year-old young man who has published one or two papers in the first district may be called very talented, even Mike, the editor of the Annals of Mathematics, should be amazed.

But when a nineteen-year-old young man publishes more than a dozen papers in the first district, it is not a matter of admiration.

Mike's heart was filled with incredulity.

Don't...... Discovered a super genius by accident?

He took a closer look at the dozen or so papers in the first district, although they were basically journals in applied mathematics, and they seemed to be mathematical physics, but he would not despise them in his heart, after all, their "Annals of Mathematics" also accepted papers on mathematical physics, as long as the content was excellent enough, they would not refuse.

Because those who study mathematics will study some applied mathematics to a greater or lesser extent.

It can't be helped, because pure math is really hard.

For some scholars who are unable to make achievements in pure mathematics, they often move on to applied mathematics, and there are quite a few of them.

Looking back at the dozen or so applied mathematics papers published in the journal of the first district, Mike already recognized this contributor named Li Mu in his heart.

Then, he shouted in the office: "Everyone come and see, I have found a genius!" ”

As a result, the other editors thought he was joking, and they couldn't help laughing: "Is it another genius who proves Goldbach's conjecture?" ”

"No, this time it's probably really genius! At the age of nineteen, he published more than a dozen papers in the first district! ”

"Huh?"

There was an exclamation in the office, and then a group of editors dropped their submissions and rushed in.

Even if they were professors at Princeton University and editors of the Annals of Mathematics, they had never seen such a thing!

Even if they are reading a paper by a well-known bull, they have to put it there first.

So it didn't take long for another amazement.

"Oh, buy it! What kind of genius is this? Is Gauss alive? ”

"Generous Crab! I have never published so many papers in the first section. ”

"Don't talk about you, how many of us here have published so many articles?"

As soon as this sentence was uttered, the editors fell silent.

They study mathematics, and it is always difficult to publish a paper because there is no place for their paper to be filled with.

Mathematics is not strictly a natural science, but a formal science, and papers in disciplines such as natural sciences and social sciences can be filled with all kinds of data.

Therefore, the output of mathematical papers has always been relatively low, especially in pure mathematics, and therefore, the total number of articles published in the Annals of Mathematics each year has remained at twenty or thirty.

And editors like them, naturally, no one can publish so many papers in the first district.

At the same time, they can also see from the titles of Li Mu's papers that there is no place for these papers to irrigate.

"Okay, don't mention this kind of sad thing, Mike, let's take a look at the paper first."

Someone spoke.

Mike came back to his senses and nodded, and his heart, which was still hopeful, also had hope again at this time, maybe, this paper really works?

He immediately clicked on the PDF attachment of the paper and began to read it.

All the editors gathered around the table and looked at the heavyweight paper together.

And after reading the first two parts, they were silent again.

"Do you understand?"

"I don't understand, I'm not studying this."

"Mike, you should understand, right?"

Mike pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Judging from these two parts alone, this paper must have a certain strength. ”

"Then keep watching!"

The others immediately said.

However, at this moment, a voice came from the door of the office: "Hey, hey, what are you all doing?" ”

The editors looked back, and then saw their editor-in-chief, Pete Sanak, walking in with his eyes glaring, clearly unhappy with their poor performance.

They have quite a few editors-in-chief, but this Pete Sanak can be said to be the most qualified.

Because Pete Sanak, winner of the 2014 Wolf Prize in Mathematics.

The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is one of the most important awards in the field of mathematics, although the Fields Medal has always been unbeatable in terms of status, but being able to win the Wolf Prize in Mathematics also represents the recognition of this mathematician by the mathematical community.

So even though the editors were professors at Princeton University, they all immediately shouted respectfully, "Professor Sanak." ”

Sanak waved his hand and said, "You haven't said yet, what are you looking at?" ”

"That's right, Professor Sanak, we've found a genius." Mike replied truthfully.

"Genius?"

Then another voice came from the doorway.

When they looked at it again, they were all shocked again.

"Professor Deligne! You're here too! ”

This one is even more heavyweight.

A disciple of the Grothendieck Emperor of Mathematics, and winner of the Fields Medal, the Crawford Medal, the Wolf Prize, and the Abel Prize, it can be said that he has won a grand slam in the mathematical world, and he is also the only four-medal grand slam.

And this Princeton University math icon, is here today?

"I'm here to talk to Professor Sanak." Deligne smiled and waved his hand, and then asked curiously, "But what kind of genius can make you all gather around to watch?" ”

Immediately someone replied, "This genius is only nineteen years old!" Probably proves the Adama conjecture! ”

Hearing this, Sanak and Deligne were stunned for a moment.

Adama conjecture?

Deligne's memories began to retrace into the past.

He knew Jacques Adama and even saw him.

At that time, he had just entered university and showed an amazing talent, so many math teachers were willing to guide him.

Among them was the famous Andre Wey, who was a student of Adama.

Under Wey's connections, he met Adama twice, first in 1962 and twice in 1963, at Adama's funeral.

So he only had one communication with Adama.

That time, Adama gave him a problem, and then he solved it, and Adama praised him for his strong mathematical talent, and even directly asserted that he would definitely achieve great achievements in the mathematical world in the future.

It's a pity that he has indeed achieved a lot now, but this old man who only met him once but left a deep impression on him has passed away.

The old man would involuntarily reminisce about the past, and when he came back to his senses, he said, "Let me see." ”