From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 31 Innovation
"Classmate Xia, thank you for your hard work these days! I hope I will have the opportunity to ask you for advice in the future."

Lin Mo expressed his gratitude to Xia Jingjing from the bottom of his heart.

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Xia Jingjing was quite pleased, but after hearing the second half, Xia Jingjing waved her hands quickly.

"Don't, don't! Don't ask me for advice anymore. I can't teach you. Such inhuman teaching. You can ask whoever you want for advice. I will never come again!"

Xia Jingjing looked frightened.

"Besides, I can't teach you anything..."

Speaking of this, Xia Jingjing paused and looked at Lin Mo as if she were looking at a monster.

"Speaking of which, you are learning too fast. I feel that in these short seven days, you have made rapid progress every day. I feel that your current English level is no longer inferior to mine."

"How did your head grow? Is it true that the brain structure of a top student is different from that of ordinary people?"

"Forget it, with your study attitude and hard work, what can't you learn? Compared to you, I feel like a scumbag."

Xia Jingjing shook her head, feeling that compared to Lin Mo, she was nothing.

To be honest, this hit Xia Jingjing very hard. If she hadn't been quite strong-willed, she would have become autistic.

[Anchor, aren’t you just a scumbag?Funny dog ​​head.jpg】

In the live broadcast that was not closed at this time, bullet screens were flying all over the sky.

[Laughing at the anchor’s scumbag, you should first have the anchor’s level of English before you speak.The host doesn't know whether he should say it or not, but his English level is definitely top-notch. 】

[Look what I found?The anchor actually has a CATTI Level [-] certificate. It is said that this certificate is very valuable. Those who can get Level [-] are those who are diplomats or translators of important officials. 】

[Holy shit, is the anchor so awesome? 】

[But you haven’t seen it. In just seven days, Brother Xueba has already reached the same level as the anchor. I have watched the whole process in these seven days. Seven days ago, Brother Xueba’s speaking level was about the same as mine. But now ...]

[This can only show that Brother Xueba's learning ability is too strong, he is worthy of being a Xueba, no, he is a god of learning! 】

[Worship the God of Learning! 】

[Study God, I want to give you a monkey! 】

The two people being discussed at the scene did not know how hot the barrage was in the live broadcast room.

After hearing Xia Jingjing's words, Lin Mo just smiled without explaining. He couldn't tell Xia Jingjing that he was cheating.

"No, it's all thanks to your good teaching, Senior Sister."

Xia Jingjing waved her hands repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, don't give me a high hat. Sister, I won't do this. Don't come to me for this kind of thing in the future. I will thank you!"

"Okay, let's go. I'm going back to catch up on my sleep. Don't forget what you said about rewarding me!"

After saying that, Xia Jingjing got up, turned off the live broadcast, put away her mobile phone, and staggered away weakly, dragging herself with exhaustion.

Lin Mo watched Xia Jingjing leave, then packed up her things and walked back.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Lin Mo got up at 6:30 habitually, did a little exercise, washed up, and, as always, set off for the library again.

Lin Mo glanced at his panel:

Mathematics (Mastery Level) - Basic Mathematics Entry Level (0/1000) Physics: Unlocked (50/100)

Chemistry: Unlocked (30/100)

Astronomy: Unlocked (0/100)

Geography: Unlocked (0/100)

Atmospheric Science: Unlocked (0/100)

Marine Science: Unlocked (0/100)

Geology: Unlocked (0/100)

Biology: Unlocked (0/100)

Linguistics (Proficient Level)—English: Proficient Level (0/10000)

Talent: Concentration (beginner), language expert
Daily task: Complete the reading of "Topology from the Differential Viewpoint" and reward 100 science points.

Challenge task: Complete the analysis and application research of the differential mean value theorem, write and publish a paper on the analysis and application of the differential mean value theorem, and the impact factor of the journal in which the paper is published shall not be less than 4.Task time limit: three months (59/90); task reward: any subject can be designated to upgrade to one level.

A third of the time had passed since the challenge, and with less than two months left, a sense of urgency suddenly arose in Lin Mo's heart.

Lin Mo didn't dare to delay and was busy thinking about the paper. Where should I start with this paper?
Lin Mo thought for a while, but he didn't have any clues. After thinking about it, he went directly to the periodical area and started to read the papers.

According to the system requirements, to achieve an impact factor of no less than 4, there are actually many journals that can be published, but if you narrow it down to the subject of mathematics, then there are only a handful of journals that can be published.

The journal impact factor is a quantitative indicator that represents the impact of a journal. It is the average number of citations per paper in the journal.

Comprehensive journals such as "Science" and "Nature" all have an impact factor above 20.

However, compared with such comprehensive interdisciplinary journals, in the field of mathematics, the impact factor is relatively low, probably because most of the mathematics journals are purely theoretical papers, which are highbrow and low-key.

According to the data on impact factors in last year's journal citation report, the four major journals in mathematics, "Annals of Mathematics", are only 3.918, "New Advances in Mathematics" is even lower, only 2.986, and "Journal of the American Mathematical Society" is 3.841, only "Acta Mathematics" reached 4.250, which meets the requirements of the system.

"Acta Mathematica" is recognized as one of the most difficult mathematics journals to publish. It was published by the Institute of Mathematics of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden in 1882 and is one of the four top comprehensive mathematics journals in the world.So far, only 8 people in China have published articles on it, which shows that its review process is strict and it is difficult to publish.

After deciding on the journal to publish in, Lin Mo was introspective and had a clear goal. He directly picked up a few of the latest journals of "Journal of Mathematics" and started reading.

This time, it was different from just browsing the call for papers. This time, Lin Mo looked at it very carefully and read every paper carefully.

Time passed quickly, and a morning passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Mo frowned and looked up from the Journal of Mathematics.

With Lin Mo's current level, it is not a problem to understand most of the above papers, but it is precisely because of the understanding that Lin Mo's brows are further frowned.

After reading several books, Lin Mo found that the above papers were basically various theoretical research findings in mathematics, and even proofs of difficult problems and conjectures.

If you just publish an introductory paper explaining the differential mean value theorem, it is impossible to pass the review and get published.

Therefore, there must be innovation and new theoretical research.

This made Lin Mo scratch his head a little.

It has been hundreds of years since the three major theorems of differential calculus were formed, including Taylor's formula and L'Obidar's law, which were developed on this basis. It has been hundreds of years. In such a long time, no one has been able to create it again. New theorem comes.

Now if Lin Mo wants to publish a paper in Acta Mathematica, he must create a new differential mean value theorem. This is not difficult at all...

No wonder it’s not difficult!
Lin Mo was a little confused and could only bite the bullet and read books about the differential mean value theorem, looking for inspiration and wondering if there was any place where he could create a new theory.

(End of this chapter)