Institute of Mathematics, University of Kahn, Germany.
Ackerman Cornette, who had just read the email, called his most promising student, Corey Durant, to his office.
"Corey, I saw in the report materials you submitted last time that the test was almost successful?"
"Yes, Mr. Cornet, I have prepared the paper and planned to send it to you a few days ago, but there is a problem that I don't know how to deal with."
Corey Durant obviously respects his mentor's attitude a lot.
"Oh? What's the problem? Why don't you discuss it with me if you have a problem?" Ackerman Cornet frowned and asked.
At this time, the instructor was in a very bad mood.
Although the words and sentences in the email sent by "Communications of Pure and Applied Mathematics" were meant for consultation, he could feel the condescending tone between the lines.
Do those damn Americans really never know how to spell the word respect?
Corey Durant read Ackerman Cornette's unhappy mood at this time, but he did not reply as usual. Instead, he silently took out his mobile phone, simply called up the paper he had written, and directly Sent to the instructor's email via mobile phone.
"It has been sent to you, Mr. Cornet."
"Okay, wait for me here first." Ackerman Cornet said casually, downloaded the paper to the desktop in the mailbox, then put on his glasses and started reading.
Corey Durant, who was grounded by his mentor's words, got himself a cup of coffee as usual, then sat on the sofa and silently started looking at his phone.
Studying the paper takes time, and he takes this time to relax.
After feeling the pressure from scholars on the other side of the ocean, he rarely even opened FaceBook during this period.
There is no way, the pressure is too much, especially that QiaoZe. According to the annotation of the paper, he is only a student, and he is the only author and has no other authors.
This is really unacceptable to the always proud Corey Durant.
After all, he is also a child who has been praised by his teachers since childhood.
His mathematical talent is extremely famous throughout Cohen University. In Europe, the mathematics level of Cohen University is as famous as Princeton University, the world-renowned mathematics mecca.
This is why Akerman Cornet is particularly doting on him.
It is no exaggeration to say that Corey Durant, who was originally lazy by nature, has really abandoned those bad habits during this period of time.
He needs to prove that he is no worse than the guy named QiaoZe in China.
This is the pride that belongs to him, Corey Durant.
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The office is very quiet, except for the occasional click of a mouse, and at other times you can hear a pin drop.
This is enough to show that Ackerman Cornet took this paper very seriously.
It was like this until the sky started to get dark and it was almost time for dinner, when the instructor looked away from the computer screen.
Then he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.
His eyes were a little tired, and he also understood the reason why his student just said that the paper had been written, but did not show it to him immediately.
It is indeed a little problem.
In a sense, this little problem was his fault.
The proof process of this paper under an important group classification proposition directly quotes the proof process of Hua Xia's "A Mathematical Framework for Self-supervised Learning Based on Group Theory".
Under normal circumstances, this kind of reference is certainly understandable.
The problem now is that the paper is stuck there.
Because the two ignorant teachers and students in Huaxia were determined not to compromise, this paper has not been published until now.
Naturally, it cannot be quoted directly.
So the problem he faces now is that if he continues to be stuck on the Huaxia paper, he will not be able to publish it.
In a short period of time, it will be basically impossible to bypass this proof process.
Sadly, the two papers cannot be published at the same time. After all, this paper quotes someone else's content, and you have to wait for someone else's paper to be published first before you can cite it.
What's even more sad is that in this case, the lesson he taught Corey Durant before will also become a joke.
Not only did that lesson become a joke, but if he chose to give in, he himself would become the laughing stock of the mathematical community.
Ackerman could even imagine the expressions of the editorial board of "Communications of Pure and Applied Mathematics", from editor-in-chief to ordinary editors, when they saw their own paper after publishing Hua Xia's paper. He will probably be ridiculed for this for the rest of his life.
No matter where you go to attend mathematician conferences in the future, you may be criticized for this.
So after reading the paper, Ackermann Cornet didn't know what to say.
When I think about the content of the email sent by the editor of "Letter of Pure and Applied Mathematics", I just want to curse!
Damn it, how could it be such a coincidence? When you meet two Chinese people who are so disrespectful? !
At this moment, Corey Durant, who had been scrolling through his cell phone, also raised his head and looked at his mentor with an innocent face.
As a student, he did not submit the paper directly to Ackerman Cornet because he wanted to protect his tutor's face.
He is also waiting for the Chinese researchers to decide to compromise as his mentor analyzed before, so that he can publish the paper naturally.
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But in this situation, it seems that there is no good solution except waiting.
After a moment of silence, Ackerman Cornet finally spoke first: "I understand, Corey. First of all, I have to admit that this matter is a bit beyond my expectation. Our colleagues in China are very determined to withdraw. The editorial office means that if they are asked to give up the Chinese submission, they hope that we can provide a manuscript of similar quality so that they can make a decision."
"Huh?" Corey Durant was stunned.
This news also surprised him.
He still remembered the confident look on his instructor's face during the lesson he had given him more than half a month ago.
But now it seems that the situation has exceeded the instructor's expectations.
"Then... we can only let them publish it first, and then we can submit it." Corey Durant said with some distress.
In the end, he couldn't escape.
Thinking that countless eyes would be focused on that Chinese peer in the future, the mathematical genius at Cohen University only felt bitter.
"But there is actually a way..." Ackerman Cornet hesitated when he said this, obviously struggling in his heart.
"Huh?" Corey Durant looked at his mentor in surprise.
After a while, Ackerman Cornet made up his mind and his tone became stable: "Write this part of the content directly into the paper without citing it. Of course, you have to modify the proof process a little. In this way, the problem is actually Not big, the part you quoted is just a more important lemma proving process in that paper, it is not very important. Even if his paper is published in the future, it will not have much impact."
"Is this... really possible?" Corey Durant looked at his mentor in surprise.
"The part you quoted should not exceed 5% of the originality of the paper. Even if it is added completely, it will not have a big impact on the two papers. It can be used by everyone when thinking about this proposition. To explain it with similar ideas, it’s just that you have to pass the psychological test. Well, I admit that this is not a glorious thing, but sometimes we don’t need to be too rigid about it. After all, you just lost before Too lazy. As long as you can cheer up from now on and your future achievements will not be lost to theirs, then everything today will be worth it."
Ackermann Cornet said with an extremely positive tone, and became more and more fluent as he spoke.
This rhetoric may not only be persuading students, but also persuading himself. Obviously, he has succeeded.
Yes, although this suggestion was indeed a bit excessive, he was doing it to take care of his favorite disciple's mood.
Nothing is more important than keeping your close disciples confident.
"Go ahead and do as I said and take the paper for revision. I will polish it directly on the manuscript today. In addition, I will also reply to the editor and the paper will be submitted the day after tomorrow at the latest. I will be Corresponding author, that’s it.” Akerman Cornet waved his hand.
"Okay, Mr. Cornet." Corey Durant calmed down, turned around and walked out of Ackerman Cornet's office with a complicated expression.
Ackerman looked at Corey Durant's back and sighed inwardly.
There's only so much he can do now, and I hope the kid learns his lesson.
Don't waste your talents anymore!
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China, Xilin University of Technology.
It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the dormitory was about to close. Qiao Ze, Su Mucheng and Chen Yiwen walked out of the Group Intelligence Studio together as usual.
In fact, Chen Yiwen was not very happy to be with Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng.
Unfortunately, he is now the third author of his thesis, so it is difficult to leave early. Although no one actually minds this, with Tan Jingrong in front of him, he can't act too arrogant.
Moreover, the way back to the dormitory from the Xiyuan family area happened to pass by Su Mucheng's dormitory, and then walked more than 500 meters to the boys' dormitory.
This distance allowed him to chat with Qiao Ze about group theory.
These few minutes of communication should not be underestimated. Chen Yiwen has discovered that Qiao Ze has a very magical ability when talking about mathematical problems. He can just say a few words and Qiao Ze can clearly analyze the difficulties that trouble him. Then he gave him point-and-shoot advice.
Maybe you didn’t understand it well at the time, but when you lie in bed and think about it carefully with the content in the book, you can often figure it out.
This is an extremely rare experience.
Of course, the premise is that he has to endure the nagging of that little woman Su Mucheng.
…
"Hey, you don't know, today's psychological counseling class is so annoying. There are a lot of teachers on the stage, and they randomly call us to speak, so that we encourage each other. For three hours, in fact, the summary is just one sentence. , let us not compare with you! Hahaha... right, Chen Yiwen."
"Yeah." Chen Yiwen glanced at the two people next to him. When he saw the woman holding Qiao Ze tightly, he immediately withdrew his gaze and responded casually.
Just now his eyes glanced at Su Mucheng's happy expression, and he didn't even bother to comment on why this woman had such a good attitude.
Is this taking him as a compliment?
"Oh, how was the effect?" Qiao Ze asked casually.
"Needless to say, the effect is very good!" In order to match these words, Su Mucheng nodded her little head vigorously.
"This woman is really enough!" Chen Yiwen complained in his mind, and then thought of the gloomy atmosphere and low mood in the afternoon class.
How can the effect be good?
As long as you think about the eight exams that make people lose their wits, how good can the effect of psychological counseling be?
Sure enough, if King Zhou had Daji around him, he would be deceived by all kinds of tricks.
But Chen Yiwen was too lazy to compete.
Anyway, his mentality has been adjusted long ago, so it doesn't matter at all.
"Oh, that's good. In the past two days, I plan to sort out three papers and submit them quickly. This year's Distinguished Young Scholars will start applying in August, so time is quite tight now. I need to send out a few more papers as soon as possible, so that Li My uncle will be eligible to apply for Outstanding Youth. In addition, I think the exam is a waste of time. I promised Uncle Xu this year that I have no choice but to take the exam. I will not take the exam next year."
Qiao Ze simply responded.
"What about you? Are you going to apply for Outstanding Youth this year too?"
"I'm not in a hurry. The youngest outstanding young person I checked is 36 years old. I can wait a few years before applying."
"How can you not be in a hurry? I think you should apply together with Uncle Li. If the two of you become outstanding youths in the same year, it will be a good story in the future."
"The conditions are not up to standard. Outstanding young people need to have no academic qualifications, and should at least have a Ph.D."
"Can't we make an exception? If that doesn't work, just tell the school that you want a doctoral degree, and then they will expel you from writing three more papers, one for undergraduate graduation, one for master's degree, and one for doctoral degree. I think our school is quite reasonable. You can instruct those professors. It is not an exaggeration to give a doctorate, right? Calculate the time, it is only the end of June, and there is still more than a month until August. You must be fine. of."
"Well... I'll ask Uncle Xu when I see him again."
Chen Yiwen listened silently to the exchange between the two.
The mood became complicated again.
How can such an outrageous opinion be so justified?
But after thinking about what Qiao Ze did, I felt it wasn't that outrageous.
Um……
Mainly because this person is so outrageous!
Finally arriving at the girls' dormitory, Chen Yiwen watched Su Mucheng run back to the dormitory, and then silently walked to Qiao Ze, taking Su Mucheng's place.
After asking two group theory questions that troubled him today, Qiao Ze answered them seriously. Seeing that the dormitory was about to arrive, Chen Yiwen couldn't help but ask: "Qiao Ze, if the school really gives you a doctoral diploma directly, Then don’t you just graduate directly? Are you still in school?”
"Huh?" Qiao Ze frowned slightly, and then said: "Don't worry, that's for next month. This month's task is to write out the papers first. Today I have compiled the outlines of the two papers. , it should be completed by tomorrow.”
"Oh, will our version still be iterated tomorrow?"
"Uncle Li asked me to encrypt the algorithm and the main program today, and then he will find someone to do a more formal test. We have to wait for the results from Uncle Li."
"That's it! By the way, I just heard from Su Mucheng that the first paper you published was stuck... This won't affect subsequent papers, right?"
Chen Yiwen is really concerned about this matter, after all, he is the third one to be nominated.
"It doesn't matter. We have proven the feasibility of the theory and will soon verify it. When we submit the paper this time, we will have relevant experimental data to support it and a third-party verification report. In fact, I am quite looking forward to preparing so much , can be stuck again. Don’t you think this kind of exchange is interesting?”
Chen Yiwen turned his head and glanced at Qiao Ze in astonishment. Although there was still no special expression on his face, he felt that this usually taciturn guy's eyes seemed to be particularly bright today.
