I Kidnapped An Alien Civilization

2021-07-07

Chapter 36 Submissions that I can’t read

American Mathematical Journal, Jack, the editor, is boredly flipping through papers from the world Contributions from all over the country, he has done statistics, only one meaningful paper can be found in every 100 submissions, and only one meaningful paper can be published in the journal for every 50 meaningful papers.

“Well, this problem has already been solved, NO”

“Such a simple problem can also be written in a paper, NO”

“The theorem on the first page is cited Wrong, NO”

“What is this? Mathematical symbols created by myself, NO! NO!” I asked those old-fashioned professors to review a manuscript, but it turned out to be a paper full of errors, no bonus, and no vacation. It’s really pathetic.

He picked up another paper at random, which read: “On: “Any map can use only four colors to make countries with common borders color different”. Completely established””.

The four-color conjecture? As a professional math magazine editor, Jack understood the topic of this paper at a glance.

“But the four-color conjecture is not a subject of Has the computer proved it?” NO!. Throw it in the trash.

Just threw the paper into the trash, Jack thought of something again, and hurriedly picked it up.

” Is this paper proving the four-color conjecture with mathematical logic? “He flicked off the dust on the cover of the paper, which read: Author Li Mo, Yenching University. He felt the name was very familiar, as if he had seen it in some magazine, why can’t he remember it,

Jackpatted’s own head, obviously very familiar, but why can’t remember it, by the way, this seems to be the Chinese name of the high school student who proved the Koraz conjecture in the “Mathematics Monthly”. Just this name, how did he get to college so quickly?

Jack was very impressed with Li Mo, because Willson of Princeton, the reviewing professor of the magazine, was full of praise for the high school student. I want to invite him to Princeton to study, but now it seems that Willson, the old fox, has failed.

Is this Li Mo really a genius? Jack decided to review this paper carefully.

“There is no error in the reference theorem! “

“No errors in mathematical logic!” “

“There is no syntax error! “

“.I don’t understand! “

“.I don’t understand! “

Unconsciously, a morning passed, except for those things that he couldn’t understand, Jack didn’t find a mistake in the paper. The grammatical structure of the paper was concise and precise, and he hadn’t seen it for a long time. With such a professional level of essay writing, it’s hard to imagine that it came from a college student.

Sitting in Starbucks waiting for coffee, Jack used to laugh at the waitress at the bar. Today His mind was full of the paper just now, and he lost his mood. That paper is like a kind of magic, it quietly waits for you to pick out the mistakes, and then silently conquers you.

“Does this paper really prove the four-color conjecture? If there are no logical errors in the paper, it will shock the entire mathematics community. “Drinking coffee, Jack became more and more excited. This is an opportunity for countless editors to yearn for something even in dreams.

“No, I’m going to show the paper to the editor-in-chief. If there are no errors in this paper, it will be a blockbuster. “Jack has made a decision, he threw the tip on the table and hurried away.

When Jack opened the door of the editor-in-chief’s office, the editor-in-chief sitting in the Boss chair was preparing for the next issue of the magazine. I am worried about the quality of the published papers. So far, the papers sent by the editors have not had enough weight to be on the cover, which means that the next issue of the journal still lacks a final paper.

“Editor, you come here. Check out this paper. “Jack directly put the paper in front of the editor-in-chief.

“On: “Any map can use only four colors to make countries with a common border colored in different colors” The proposition Completely established””” John recited the title silently, then stood up from his chair, “Is this the four-color conjecture?”

“How is this possible?” The editor-in-chief immediately retorted, his reaction and Jack was exactly the same when he saw the paper for the first time.

“How is this impossible?” Jack was satisfied with the editor’s response, he said with a smile: “So far, I have not found any errors in this paper, not even a grammatical error. No.”

“Do you know who the author of this paper is?” JACK turned the paper to the first page and pointed to the author of the paper.

Frowned, the editor-in-chief, read: “Li Mo, Yenching University. The academic conduct of the professors at Yenching University has always been excellent. Maybe this paper is worth taking a look at.”

JACK next to him listened to the editor-in-chief and said heartily, “It’s not Li Mo, a professor at Yenching University, but Li Mo, a student at Yenching University.”

“Student?” The editor-in-chief expressed doubts Emoji, can a college student write such a paper?

When it was rare to see the editor-in-chief also confused, JACK slowly said: “Do you remember the Koraz conjecture, Li Mo is the author of the paper that proved the Koraz conjecture, but at that time He’s still just a high school student.”

“Koraz conjecture. Is that the case? Did that high school student prove the four-color conjecture again?” The editor-in-chief finally understood who Li Mo was. But he still found it hard to believe: “It’s too incredible, a student can solve two world problems in a row.”

“We have to believe that there are geniuses in the world, especially in our mathematics. There are countless young geniuses who have appeared in the field.” JACK pointed to his head and said.

“India’s Srinivasser Ramanujan, who had never received formal mathematics education, discovered the properties of highly composite numbers, the integer division function and its asymptotes, Ramanujan’s θ function.”

“If there really are geniuses in the world, then we are even more talented in mathematics, and many famous mathematicians have made achievements before the age of 35. “

“Can’t this Li Mo from Yenching University be a genius?”

“If this paper is correct, it will be published in our journal this year It will cause a storm in the mathematics community.”

Finally, JACK stared at the editor and said slowly.

The editor-in-chief pondered for a moment, picked up the paper on the desktop and said cautiously: “If this paper has no errors, then it will be the cover of the next issue of our journal. So we must be cautious, our American Journal of Mathematics is a global The most authoritative journal, authority means no mistakes. So you immediately send the paper to Princeton in person and bring all our reviewing professors together to discuss the paper.”

“Of course. , I’m sure all math professors will be interested in it.”

(End of this chapter)