I Kidnapped An Alien Civilization

2021-07-07

Chapter 162 New Advances in Mathematics

The sun shines on the desk through the blinds, one old and one young sit looking at each other, hair The grey-white spirited old man caressed a paper with his hand, and the young man savoured the tea.

“Where are you going to publish this paper?” Professor Wu finally put down the paper and asked.

Li Mo published “On: Perfect Conjecture for Odd Numbers” in the domestic “Mathematics Monthly”, but it is a mathematical proof conjecture. As long as the proof logic is impeccable, the paper will not be questioned .

The “LIMO Transformation” is a paper on mathematical theory. If you want this transformation to play a role in the field of mathematics as soon as possible, you need to publish it in an authoritative mathematical journal. Only in this way will it be valued by mathematicians all over the world, just like Abel, the most famous mathematician in modern times, although he proposed Abel integral, Abel function, Abel integral equation, Abel group, Abel series , Abel’s partial sum formula, Abel’s fundamental theorem, Abel’s limit theorem, Abel’s summability, and other advanced mathematical theories, and a pioneer in the field of elliptic functions, but his achievements are not recognized by the world. All live in poverty.

So this blockbuster paper must be published in International Peak’s mathematics journal.

Which magazine should I choose?

“New Advances in Mathematics!”

“Inventiones Mathematicae!”

one old and one young smiled at each other, and said the result in unison came out.

Inventiones Mathematicae is one of the top four international mathematical journals. Compared with the other three mathematical journals, it has one of the most obvious characteristics, that is, commercial operation. Most other academic journals are edited by universities, and it is distributed by Springer-Verla, a well-known publishing group. At the same time, it is also the journal that pays the most attention to emerging mathematical theories. In recent years, many new mathematical theories were first published in New Advances in Mathematics.

Another factor is that nationality has the least impact on New Advances in Mathematics, which makes it the Peak journal that publishes the most mathematics papers in China.

Although Li Mo has gradually emerged in the international mathematics community, he has proved several mathematical problems, but he is far from the point where he can propose a theory that is valued by people. Therefore, “New Advances in Mathematics” became his best choice for publishing papers.

“You have clearly expressed the LIMO transformation in your paper, but I suggest you add its application, after all, no editor would be interested in a mathematical theory that cannot be applied. “Professor Wu made his own suggestion.

Li Mo is a nominee. Although he has published papers in Nature, he has never published experience in Peak’s professional mathematics.

Watching his students disappear at the door, Professor Wu picked up the phone and dialed a number.

“Hey, Xiao Nian, do you still have the mailboxes of the math professors who attended the seminar last time?”

Got a positive answer, he said to the phone: “There’s something you need to do, and you send them an email with this: The author who proved the perfect conjecture for odd numbers has come up with an amazing mathematical transformation theory.”

“That’s right. Don’t mention this to Li Mo.”

After arranging everything, Professor Wu put down the phone gently and sighed: “Let him charge as much as he can academically.”

Li Mo, who returned to the dormitory, began to “retreat” again. According to the teacher’s suggestion, he needed to make a major revision to the thesis.

Once the paper is published, it will face the “picking” of the international mathematical community. Any small flaw will be magnified by them infinitely, and even become an excuse for those who are interested in attacking the LIMO conversion. So he now needs to revise the paper perfectly.

Outside the door, Xia Qing saw that Li Mo started “retreat” again. I was very depressed. Recently, Boss has been busy writing mathematics papers that she cannot understand, and the two have less and less common topics. She misses the days of running together on the playground.

Under the bright lamp in the dormitory, a young man was writing a book. The breeze opened the window, but he didn’t notice it.

“It can be concluded that the LIMO transformation is also applicable to the transformation of Calculus Simultaneous Equations.” Li Mo wrote the final conclusion on paper.

Compared to popular computer writing, he still prefers to write on paper first, and then enter it into the computer. Because he likes the “sha sha” sound of the nib rubbing against the paper, it can give him inspiration.

“It only takes five more revisions now,” he muttered to himself. The reason is not the top journal where the paper is submitted, but this is the first time he has proposed a new mathematical theory.

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Three days later, Li Mo looked at the paper after 5 revisions and couldn’t find even a grammatical error. Enter the email address of the “New Advances in Mathematics” magazine, and then tap Send.

“Send done.”

He closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, as if all his energy had been exhausted.

Norway, Springer-Verla Publishing House, the Inventiones Mathematicae in the front desk is gilded, showing its identity to outsiders.

Compared with ordinary publishing houses, the editors of “New Advances in Mathematics” appear to be much more laid-back, because they do not have a clear task load, and even for several months, no papers will be reviewed by them.

Springer-Verla Press does not intend to use the top mathematical journal, Advances in Mathematics, as a money-making tool.

At ten o’clock in the morning, the editor William rode a bicycle to the publishing house slowly, greeting colleagues passing by from time to time, the cold autumn wind was already mixed with a slight chill, and he rubbed his hands. , pour a cup of coffee.

At ten-thirty in the morning, he turned on his computer and checked the e-mail he had received yesterday.

Checking emails and picking out “meaningful” papers is what William does every day.

“New Advances in Mathematics”, as a top mathematical journal, can publish an article on it, which is a matter of the whole world mathematics scholar yearn for something even in dreams.

So William’s work is a bit “heavy”.

Looking at the red number of 51 on the mailbox, he knew that he needed to review 51 submitted papers today. Of course, there are more than a dozen editors like William in the magazine, and they are like a big net, keeping out the unqualified “fish”.

“William, what’s for lunch, let’s go together.” The colleague at the next station greeted him.

William checked the time, it was already 12 noon, and the number of red on the mailbox had also changed to 35.

“I have a lot of work today, and I don’t want to work overtime.” He bought a hamburger and hurried back to the magazine office. In the evening, he was going to see his daughter’s ballet performance.

He involuntarily accelerated the review speed, 40…41…42…

There are still 3 papers left, and it seems that today is nothing. William looks a little frustrated. He has not screened out excellent papers for two months. Although the journal does not have a clear mission, it also makes him feel that his work is meaningless.

“On the LIMO Transformation”, he opened a new email, “What the hell is this?” William knew that such transformations did not exist in mathematics.

“Is it a new theory?”

“Interesting.”

William’s interest was ignited.

(End of this chapter)