From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 16 Dissertation Bonus 40

Xiangjiang, Central, in a commercial building!

Li Xiansheng sat down in his office seat with a cup of coffee early in the morning.

He is a master student of the Mathematics Department of Xiangjiang University. After graduation, he did not engage in mathematics work, but became the review editor of Springer's new developments in mathematics.

New advances in mathematics belong to Springer, whose Asian headquarters is in Xiangjiang.

All contributions from the Asian academic circle will enter the review department of Springer Hong Kong Asia Headquarters.

In this age of introversion, being a review editor is also a good, easy job.

Moreover, Springer is a world-renowned scientific journal and book publishing company.

Working here, the salary is very good.

Li Xiansheng opened his work mailbox and read more than a dozen papers.

For some papers that he can understand, or papers that are obviously nonsensical and logically illogical, they will not pass directly.

Of course, he is the first review editor, and the papers he fails will be reviewed by the second review editor, and if the second review editor still fails, it will be reviewed by the third review editor.

If all three fail, the paper fails.

As long as there is a paper that one of the review editors can't understand, and thinks the paper is very interesting, it will be reviewed by the company's internal professionals.

Professionals still have three people to review a paper for each paper.

If it is reviewed by professionals, the paper must be sent to mathematicians only if none of the three can understand it.

Professionals in the company classify papers into four levels of difficulty before sending them to mathematicians for review.

Level [-] is a heavyweight mathematical conjecture, or problem.

Level [-] is an intermediate math conjecture, or problem.

Level three is general mathematical conjectures, or questions.

Springer and Princeton University have a very good cooperative relationship.

Level [-] will be shown to internationally renowned mathematicians at Princeton University, such as some Fields Medal winners.

The second level will be shown to the professor of mathematics at Princeton University.

The third level will show to the associate professor.

"Huh?" Li Xiansheng frowned slightly: "Singular base? Ye Fei?"

"Is that Ye Fei from Arxiv?"

He usually also pays attention to Arxiv and Stack Exchange, and also saw Ye Fei.

But he usually pays attention to popular sections, such as number theory, algebra, geometry, topology...

Set theory belongs to mathematical logic, mathematical logic is a relatively unpopular classification, and set theory is even more unpopular.

Of course, unpopularity doesn't mean it's unimportant.

Set theory is the basis of the entire modern mathematics, and it is applied to all categories of mathematics.

Because of the unpopularity of set theory, when Li Xiansheng saw Ye Fei, he only glanced at him and knew the person's name.

As for Ye Fei's detailed information, he didn't know.

"He proved the singular base number?" Li Xiansheng was surprised: "This man is so bold that he even proved the singular base number."

As he spoke, he opened the paper to read.

Half an hour later, he shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

He is not discouraged either. In the past few years as a review editor, he has read too many papers that he cannot understand.

It is normal not to understand, but it is not normal to understand.

If he could understand it, he wouldn't be an editor, but a mathematician.

He sent the thesis to the professionals of the company. Half a month later, the professionals of the company rated the paper as a heavyweight conjecture and passed it on to Princeton professor and Fields Medal winner Andrei Okunkov.

After half a month, the review passed!

At this time, Ye Fei was sitting in the library, reading documents.

He is now a Ph.D student. Apart from attending classes, he usually reads the literature given to him by his tutor.

There is a big difference between doctoral students and undergraduate students, as well as master students, that is, there are very few courses, only three or four classes a week.

Therefore, if doctoral students want to study well, they must learn to study by themselves.

To learn something through self-study, so you have to read a lot of literature.

"Ding..." At this moment, an email reminder sounded on his phone.

He opened it to look, and said pleasantly, "The review has passed."

He packed his things, picked up his schoolbag, and walked quickly to the Academic Affairs Office.

"I don't know how much the school can give me. The new progress in mathematics is the top four journals in mathematics. It is only weaker than nature and science. At least 20 should be given!"

Nature and Science are more than 50.

Soon, he arrived at the Academic Affairs Office.

"Ye Fei!" The Dean's heart skipped a beat when he saw Ye Fei.

The God of Wealth came to ask for money again.

Now every time he sees Ye Fei, it's like seeing money.

But the school still has to pay out the money with a smile.

The dean stood up to meet him, and said with a smile, "Ye Fei, have you published your paper again? Show me the email, and I'll ask the accountant to send you the money tomorrow."

"Hey..." The dean said helplessly: "Don't come next time, just send me a text message. Isn't it only 2 yuan, and the school can afford you?"

"Director, I have to come this time, but this time it's not [-]."

Ye Fei took out his mobile phone and opened the email.

The dean took Ye Fei's cell phone and asked with a smile, "Isn't it [-]? How much more can it be?"

As he said that, he looked down, and then he asked suspiciously: "New advances in mathematics? Didn't you all submit to international mathematical analysis before? What journal is this new advances in mathematics?"

He is not from the mathematics circle, so he doesn't know the four top journals in mathematics.

Maybe heard it before, but forgot.

"Director, you are right, this is the top magazine." Ye Fei said.

"Top magazine?" The director trembled, almost threw the phone out, looked at Ye Fei in surprise and said, "You mean top journal?"

He knows what the top journal means, whether it's a top journal in mathematics, a top journal in physics, or a top journal in medicine.

As long as there are two words of top journal, they are the top journals in all fields of scientific research, only one level worse than nature and science.

"wait!"

After the director finished speaking, he called the dean of the School of Mathematics and Lu Yishan, Ye Fei's mentor, and called them over.

He is not from the mathematics circle, so it is not easy to determine how much the paper will pay for new progress in mathematics.

Also, this matter is of great significance, he must let the dean of the School of Mathematics and Professor Lu Yishan know about it.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived, listened to what the director said, and read the email on Ye Fei's phone.

The two looked at Ye Fei in surprise.

Lu Yishan said: "Your paper is the one that proves the singular cardinality?"

"Yes!" Ye Fei nodded.

"Oh my God!"

Lu Yishan's head was in a mess, feeling that everything was unreal, like a dream.

At that time, he thought that Ye Fei would not succeed, but he did not expect to succeed.

He went to comfort Ye Fei back then, and it was okay if he didn't succeed, but thinking about it now, he felt a little ashamed and flustered.

The dean said excitedly: "Haha... the new progress in mathematics has proved the singular cardinality."

"Hahaha……"

He was so excited, Ye Fei is now a doctoral student in mathematics at the school, the higher Ye Fei's achievements, the more benefits the college will get, and as the dean of the college, he will also get benefits.

The point is, now that Ye Fei is studying for a Ph.D., and he has received these benefits during his studies, the college has received more benefits, and he has received more benefits.

The dean excitedly grabbed Ye Fei's hand and said, "Ye Fei, you are a genius, a genius in mathematics. The college is very lucky to have you!"

"This matter must be well publicized, and the entire school must know about it, no, all 985 universities must know about it."

The Dean of Academic Affairs looked at the excitement of the two, and he understood very well.

A genius like Ye Fei from the School of Mathematics will benefit a lot.

Whether it is the school, the province, or the country, there is great support.

If a heavyweight mathematician is cultivated, the benefits will be very great. It is even possible that the School of Mathematics will soar, and the school will also benefit a lot.

Ye Fei said, "Well... how much money can I get for this thesis?"

The dean smiled and said: "You report the number yourself, as long as it is less than 50, you can give as much as you say."

Lu Yishan smiled and said: "Ye Fei, you can't underestimate the price. Your thesis school will give you at least 40 yuan."

He was afraid that Ye Fei would say the number was low, so he directly gave a number that seemed reasonable to him.

"40?" Ye Fei's eyes widened in surprise. He thought he could only give 20. It seemed that poverty limited his imagination.

"This old boy!" The director at the side said dumbfoundingly: "If the finance manager knows about this, I will scold you to death."

The price of 40 yuan is already very high. For general papers that enter the top journal, it is 30 yuan.

Lu Yishan said: "You have proved the singular base. It has been unsolved for 149 years. It is very meaningful for you to prove it. 40 is very reasonable."

The dean smiled and said: "Ye Fei, you can say it yourself, you can give as much as you want. I will talk to the principal in person, and I will definitely let him give it."

40 is not a small amount, the director of academic affairs cannot make the decision, the principal must make the decision.

"Then 40!" Ye Fei said.

Speaking of this number, he himself was very disturbed.

This is not 40, but [-]. In Shaqiu City, you can pay the down payment for a house in the urban area.

Things went smoothly afterwards, and the dean went to talk to the principal himself.

After the principal learned about this, he discussed with several mathematics professors from the School of Mathematics.

He didn't know the significance of entering into new advances in mathematics and proving singular cardinal numbers.

After half a day of discussion, he finally figured out the meaning, and then passed the 40 reward.

(End of this chapter)