Lot Dugan never thought that Daniel Milnor's idea would be more radical than his, or even crazy.
An eighteen-year-old member of the National Academy of Sciences?
Well, this is really hard.
The youngest academician of the mathematics group of the American Academy of Sciences is 30 years old. Age is one thing. Like other places in the world, getting this honor also requires the recognition and consent of the majority of people.
This is not something he and Daniel Milnor can decide.
At best you can recommend, but you have no control over the outcome at all.
Not to mention that Qiao Ze has no roots in the United States.
It's somewhat whimsical.
But Daniel Milnor is serious.
"No, I think it's feasible! Lott, we just promised to recommend him, maybe not just now. With his level, he will definitely become an academician in the future, a few years later at most. And as long as he comes to Princeton, he will definitely I won’t choose to go back. I have this confidence, so the first thing I have to consider is letting him come, are you right?”
Lot Dugan probably understood what Daniel Milnor meant and hesitated: "Are you trying to deceive?"
"How can this be said to be deception? We will indeed try our best to help him, and I can even express my thoughts publicly through Facebook. It's just that we can't guarantee that it will pass. Not to mention that as long as he comes, we can Isn’t it enough to give him all the honors you can think of within your capabilities? Lott, you have to know that only here can he be our partner. If he stays in China, he may become a competitor in the future."
Daniel Milnor said seriously.
Lot Dugan was silent.
Although he also hopes that Joe Ze can come to Princeton, his thinking logic is different from Daniel Milnor.
Lot Dugan was a very traditional mathematician who was not interested in anything other than academics.
But Daniel Milnor is obviously different. This professor's ideas are obviously more utilitarian and realistic.
Seemingly sensing Lot Dugan's hesitation, Daniel Milnor spoke again: "Lot, put away your hypocrite idea? Just like what you just said, that Joe also proposed a new theory , and designed a new large language model algorithm, and made the first pot of gold in life. What this means, you know better than anyone else.
I know you don't like to complicate matters, but why do you think you can cooperate with NASA and get a lot of money from them to study topics that you are interested in but may not have any results at all? That's because our Congress is still giving NASA! Don't deny it, we are in a competitive world, and China happens to be our strongest competitor.
Although this may not be a life-and-death competition for us. But it involves whether your project can obtain enough funds to continue research. If they cannot get enough profits, the idiots in Congress will continue to cut funding for scientific research, including NASA. And if NASA has less funds, it will bear the brunt of cutting projects like yours.
So please give up your boring and disgusting sense of morality for a moment. If it really gets Joe to come to Princeton, it won't be a big deal even if he makes a slightly exaggerated promise first. I don't even mind if you make promises in my name. "
Lot Dugan shook his head, then smiled and said calmly: "No, I will not deceive a child. If you must do this, I think you should send him an email in person. Of course this does not It means that I disagree with you. In fact, your idea does make some sense, but it is not comprehensive.
At a large level, our problem is not just competition, but greed that allows those high and mighty people to choose the easiest way to obtain wealth. For this reason, they even gave up the most basic industrial base of a country. The disconnect between the upper and lower levels has caused us to lose the execution capabilities we were once proud of.
Do you know why we have today’s splendid civilization? Because starting from the roar of the first steam engine in Britain, the land of the Western Hemisphere has the most skilled workers and the largest factories in the world. With these talents, we can turn countless scientists' fantastic ideas into reality. But now, we voluntarily give up these.
Yes, finance can continuously use money to generate money, and we will even study related mathematical models to try to control everything. Our strength allows us to issue virtually unlimited amounts of bonds. But money without physical material protection will only become useless waste paper.
What’s even more frightening is that infinity is only a concept that exists in mathematics. In the real physical world, the concept of infinity does not make much sense. From this point of view, I even think it is a very smart decision for Qiao to stay in China. If you know that country, you will know that they are now like the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.
Young, energetic, creative and possessing strong execution ability. So it is really possible for them to turn some fantastic ideas into reality. I'm not a pessimist, but I'm pretty sure this is the wrong path. Once we can no longer rely on our own advantages to attract high-level talent, we will start to fall behind. But this does not mean that you can use deception. "
Yes, that's what Lot Dugan thinks.
Because he was not sure whether Qiao Ze's choice was correct. So he would invite Qiao Ze warmly, but he would not make false promises just to deceive people.
It can be understood that Lot Dugan has a moral obsession, and there are such people all over the world.
Their eyes met, and it was obvious that neither of them could convince the other.
Daniel Milnor was soon defeated because he knew how stubborn this skinny little old man was.
"Okay, but you won't expose me when communicating with Qiao Ze, right?"
Lot Dugan shrugged and said: "Perhaps, I even want to remind you that Joe's character is different from most people. Maybe the things you think are important are not worth mentioning in his eyes. I hope you will follow him When communicating, be able to control your emotions, and it is best to start with an academic discussion.”
This is true.
Lot Dugan suspected that if Daniel Milnor came up and extended an olive branch, he might be blocked directly by Joze.
"No, Lot, I know how people feel when they are eighteen years old. When I was that age, I wished that the whole world could know who I was! It's a pity that I didn't have the ability. But you know what? I will find a way to satisfy him. wish. Let him understand where the most correct choice is."
Compared with Lot Dugan's unfavorable mood, Daniel Milnor seems confident.
Lot Dugan was too lazy to comment and forcefully brought the topic back: "Okay, Daniel, let's get down to business. So as one of the reviewers, you won't object to me once again promoting this paper. Is it right?"
"No, why do we need to warm up? Shouldn't we take advantage of the wave of popularity and publish the paper directly? In the Internet age, why must we wait until December to publish it? Publish it directly in the electronic journal and include it The sci index will be reissued in the physical magazine two months later. In this era, except for some old guys, who would insist on reading articles in magazines?"
Daniel Milnor offers a more radical suggestion.
This suggestion is indeed good. Don’t everyone doubt that Qiao Ze’s paper is not qualified to be promoted on the official website? This is just a way to tell everyone that there are actually two papers, and the first paper is just an appetizer. After all, the paper is Place it horizontally there.
As we all know, it is not too much to study such a difficult topic for ten or eight years.
Therefore, it is understandable that the "Annals of Mathematics" received two papers from Qiao Ze at once.
It’s just that the editorial department wanted to make a joke on everyone, so they gave the pre-paper a warm-up first.
Lot Dugan thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll discuss it with Joe. This requires the other party's consent. In this way, if the proofreading speed is fast enough, it can be released the day after tomorrow."
"The day after tomorrow? That's good. By the way, remember to mention my name when you send the email. Tell that Joe that this is what I suggested." Daniel Milno said seriously.
…
Xilin University of Technology, in the laboratory.
Entering mid-October, the weather in Xilin is gradually getting cooler.
He was the only one in Qiao Ze's office because Su Mucheng asked for leave. The reason was very strong. It was getting cold and Qiao Ze obviously didn't have enough clothes in his wardrobe, so he simply made an appointment with Lu Xiuxiu to go shopping for clothes.
In fact, Su Mucheng hoped that Qiao Ze could go together.
But Qiao Ze has never been interested in shopping.
In the past, when Lu Xiuxiu was shopping, she liked to take Qiao Ze with her to negotiate the price, which made Qiao Ze, who was not very talkative, instinctively resist.
Now that the family environment has improved and it can even be said that there is no shortage of money, Qiao Ze is even less willing to go.
However, Xu Dajiang was not asked to arrange transportation this time. The school directly arranged transportation.
It's actually quite good.
As usual, Qiao Ze opened the mailbox and saw Lott's letter again.
The paper review has passed...
Well, this also saves Qiao Ze the time of going to the submission backstage to check the status of the paper.
In addition, the other party suggested publishing the electronic version first.
Well, this is the suggestion made by the reviewer of this paper.
Qiao Ze glanced at the name of the reviewer, Daniel Milnor, and was impressed because he had read the previous papers of this math tycoon. I was impressed because this reviewer once won the Fields Medal.
From this point, Qiao Ze can roughly understand why the "Annals of Mathematics" has such a great influence in the mathematics world.
After all, not every mathematics magazine can invite Fields Medal winners to review manuscripts.
Without too much entanglement, Qiao Ze chose to agree, and the same was true for releasing the electronic version first.
The only problem is probably that some plans need to be made in advance.
So after replying to Lot Dugan, Qiao Ze directly called Liu Chenfeng to the office.
"Little boss, what do you want from me?" Liu Chenfeng asked cheerfully as he walked in the door.
Qiao Ze glanced at Liu Chenfeng and prepared his words in his heart: "The project is over."
"Um? I know, little boss. Have you forgotten that you have given me the sample paper? Isn't this a new topic? To be honest, little boss, I am very well prepared this time. Under your guidance , I have thought of several ways to advance the Riemannian space correspondence of the two-dimensional field. For example, this time we can still start from the Riemannian space with the highest symmetry..."
"I mean the new project is finished."
Qiao Ze interrupted Liu Chenfeng's report and added a few more words for additional explanation.
"Um,...new topic? What do you mean? Isn't the new topic just beginning?" Liu Chenfeng looked at Qiao Ze blankly and asked.
"The paper was completed intermittently from the last topic to the present. The paper has passed the review and is currently in the proofreading stage. It will probably be published directly in the electronic version of the "Annals of Mathematics" the day after tomorrow." Qiao Ze explained.
Liu Chenfeng blinked and looked at Qiao Ze, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The office became so quiet.
Qiao Ze didn't quite know how to deal with this situation.
He could sense that the doctor in front of him might need comfort, but he was really not very good at comforting people.
You should have waited until Su Mucheng was around before informing Liu Chenfeng of this matter.
So we can only wait for Liu Chenfeng to accept it on his own.
After a while, Liu Chenfeng asked weakly: "Little boss, are you kidding me?"
Qiao Ze thought for a while and simply called up the email sent by Lot Dugan just now, then turned his laptop over and pushed it over.
With his mouth half open, Liu Chenfeng carefully read the email sent by the editor-in-chief of the "Annual Review of Mathematics", and then felt that his brain was completely unable to think.
He suspected that something was wrong with the world.
It took a month to complete the previous proposition, which has subverted Liu Chenfeng's understanding of mathematical research.
But at least it took so much time.
Liu Chenfeng was also aware of the difficulty of the new topic, and he was full of confidence in Qiao Ze. If the previous topic can be completed in one month, then it is normal for this new topic to take at least half a year or even two or three years.
After all, unified proof of special cases and unified proof of universality are two completely different concepts.
This is just like the proof process of Ge Guai, which is completed step by step.
From solving the prime number distribution conjecture and the prime number distribution conjecture in arithmetic series, to raising the density problem of prime number distribution, to proving the prime number distribution theorem, and then proposing a series of mathematical tools in the research, the results can gradually approach the final result... …
However, the fact is that it has only been a week since the approval of the New Topic School was received. Even the funds will not be transferred to the special scientific research account until next Monday, and the paper will be published.
This is already a question of whether it is fast or not, but a question of breaking through one's cognition.
Even Gauss, the prince of mathematics back then, couldn't be so awesome, right?
Liu Chenfeng felt that his understanding of the world and mathematics itself was being destroyed by Qiao Ze.
Although it had been destroyed once before, this time it was particularly serious.
Looking at the confused Liu Chenfeng, Qiao Ze also gave up. After thinking for a while, he said, "You can go back and talk about it tonight."
Su Mucheng must be back in the evening. He just needs to tell Su Mucheng his thoughts and let her communicate with Liu Chenfeng.
Liu Chenfeng's uncontrollable expressions made Qiao Ze feel that communicating with this guy was more difficult than writing a paper.
