I Kidnapped An Alien Civilization

2021-07-07

Chapter 8 Mathematics Monthly

The editorial department of “Mathematics Monthly”, Wei Xiaonian is a 24K pure rookie, his task is to Receive and review contributions from “the masses”. Last night, he was dragged to the party by a classmate who also graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Peking University. At the party, he heard the news that his ex-girlfriend was getting married.

After punching in and swiping fingerprints, Wei Xiaonian, who was sitting at the desk, was still a little confused. He randomly picked one out of a stack of contributions on the table, and the page read: “Proof of Riemann’s Conjecture”.

“Okay, it’s a cannon early in the morning.” Wei Xiaonian turned to the end of the paper and looked at the page numbers, 56 pages. . .

The special manuscripts of the Impurity Society or the papers written by some professors are directly reviewed by the editor-in-chief. Wei Xiaonian, a newcomer to the magazine, is responsible for the contributions of “the masses”, also known as “civil scientists”. Those manuscripts are generally imaginative, but cannot withstand logical scrutiny.

Wei Xiaonian once saw a “mass” discussing “there is an unknown integer between the natural number 3 and the natural number 4” in a paper of more than 300 pages. At that time, he had just entered the magazine, and he spent a day enduring various logical errors in the paper and carefully read the more than 300 pages of the paper. In the paper, the “mass” tried his best to prove that he had discovered that there was an integer between 3 and 4 that humans had not discovered. The result disappointed Wei Xiaonian, who found that the paper was actually a fantasy novel.

One of the papers that impressed him the most was “Proof of the Brother Ming Debach Conjecture”. The paper was only one page, and it said, “Because 1+1=2, Goldbach’s conjecture is established.” At that time, Wei Xiaonian almost burst out laughing. Fortunately, the paper was only one page, so he didn’t waste his time.

After Wei Xiaonian reviewed the manuscript of “the masses”, there was a serious logical error in the paper, and he was directly shot.

This “Proof of the Riemann Conjecture” turned to the second page and was shot by him. He saved 54 pages of time.

On “For every positive integer, if it is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1, if it is even, divide it by 2, and so on, you can get 1 in the end. “, Author: Meng City Yigao Li Mo

Yesterday’s hangover made Wei Xiaonian a little dizzy, looking at the title of this paper. I didn’t remember it for a while, read it twice, and suddenly realized that this is not the “Koraz Conjecture”?

Another “Riemann Conjecture”? Wei Xiaonian has long been accustomed to it, and he flipped through it. Fortunately, there are only 21 pages. He started reviewing Li Mo’s papers according to his “work skills”.

The first page has no errors, it’s normal.

There is no error on the second page, it seems that this high school teacher has a good level of mathematics.

The third page is correct, continue reading.

No errors on page 4.

No errors on page 11.

Page 12. I don’t understand.

Wei Xiaonian was a little surprised. He failed to find a logical error in the first 11 pages of the paper. From page 12 onwards, the author does not understand several conversions used in succession.

Wei Xiaonian has always been proud of his mathematical attainments. When he graduated from college, many foreign companies sent him invitations. Wei Xiaonian, who wanted to make achievements in the field of mathematics, chose this publishing house with meager wages, which also led to the breakup of him and his girlfriend. Wei Xiaonian remembered that when he broke up with his girlfriend, both of them were drunk, and his beloved girlfriend cried and said that he could not see the future with him. It also became a pain in his heart forever.

Writing a paper in front of him made him hesitant. The Koalas conjecture has existed for hundreds of years, and although its problems can be described by high school math, that doesn’t mean it’s simple. Instead, countless mathematicians have worked to solve this problem for hundreds of years. Now a high school teacher has sent in a paper claiming to have solved the puzzle in it. What surprised him even more was that he failed to find a logical loophole in the paper.

He has made a decision, stood up and pushed open the door of the editor-in-chief.

“Professor Wang, I have a paper on the “Koraz Conjecture” here for you to read.”

A nearly bald head on the desk rises from a stack Gao stuck out the magazine behind him, with a pair of thick glasses on the bridge of his nose, his eyes that were cloudy and revealed a trace of bright light were full of doubts.

In an academic journal, the editors responsible for reviewing manuscripts for the “mass” have the least communication with the editor-in-chief. Because the contributions of the “mass” are often “fantasy novels”, these fantasy novels are not likely to be placed in front of the editor-in-chief.

“I couldn’t find any mistakes in this manuscript, and I couldn’t understand the next dozen pages from the author’s continuous conversion.” Aware of Professor Wang’s doubts, Wei Xiaonian said a little ashamed .

“en?” A wrinkled hand took the manuscript.

“Put it here, I’ll look at it later.” Professor Wang raised his head and said slowly.

“Shh” Wei Xiaonian, who left the editor-in-chief’s office, sighed in relief. Every time he faced the famous old stubborn in the mathematics world, he felt uncomfortable all over. Old Man Wang’s eyes seemed to be able to see through a person’s internal organs. However, it is also the stubbornness of Old Man Wang, “Mathematics Monthly” will never appear masquerade as having an ability articles, and the credibility is getting higher and higher.

“Just throw this hot potato to the editor-in-chief to solve it.” Wei Xiaonian became happy. The most difficult thing in reviewing academic papers is that he can’t understand the author’s thinking and the logic used in the paper. relation. If you can’t understand the paper, it is impossible to judge whether the argument is valid.

He sat down and could finally relax. Although he didn’t understand the thesis just now, it also consumed a lot of his energy.

I poured a cup of coffee. Although the salary of the magazine is not high, the coffee is free. I think it is also to save the editors who are fighting in “fantasy novels” all day long.

Drinking coffee and thinking wildly, Wei Xiaonian saw the editor-in-chief Professor Wang walking over with the manuscript he just handed in.

“This paper. This paper was received by you?” Professor Wang looked excited.

“Yes, I received it today.” Wei Xiaonian was frightened by Professor Wang’s abnormal excitement, and he replied honestly.

“Have you done a duplicate check?”

“The paper duplication rate is less than 10%” Wei Xiaonian’s professional quality is still very high, before he handed over the manuscript to the editor-in-chief. Just checked in the system. Generally, the weight rate of academic papers does not exceed 20% to be considered excellent, and the weight rate of this manuscript is only 10%. This is also one of the reasons why Wei Xiaonian handed over the manuscript to the editor-in-chief.

“Less than 10%?” Sure enough, Professor Wang’s face became even more happy after hearing it.

“Is there any problem?” Wei Xiaonian made a bold guess, looking at Professor Wang’s happy face.

“Does this paper really prove the Koraz conjecture?” Wei Xiaonian asked eagerly.

Although he submitted the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, he had little hope that the paper would be correct. After all, it was the “Koraz Conjecture”, which has troubled several generations of Chinese and foreign mathematicians.

“Is it really proved by those 21 pages?”

“Is it really proved by that Meng City high school teacher?” Wei Xiaonian was in his own mind. The bold thought was startling.

Professor Wang tried his best to suppress his emotions and said in a calm tone: “I haven’t confirmed that the paper is completely correct, but according to my review, there is nothing wrong with the main arguments and logic. “

“I’m going to the National Bureau of Statistics to see Old Zhao and the others. You can print out a few more copies of this paper.” After a while, he turned around and confessed to Wei Xiaonian, “Also, show this paper to your teacher.”

Wei Xiaonian’s teacher is Professor Wu from the Department of Mathematics of Yan University, and has a high reputation in the Chinese mathematics community. His prestige, and more importantly, he and Professor Wang are classmates. Usually, the magazine will ask Professor Wu to review any difficult manuscripts.

“The Koalas conjecture has been proved. This is a major event in mathematics.” Wei Xiaonian suppressed his excitement and called his teacher.

(End of this chapter)