The Institute for Advanced Study next to Princeton University. There is probably a group of the smartest people in the world gathered here, and the research direction is also concentrated on the most basic and difficult to achieve results, number theory and physical theory.
In fact, in the words of many people in the industry, the world does not need too many people to study theoretical things. It only takes a small group of people to lead the world into the future. Rather than wasting time on theoretical research, geniuses with slightly less ability would be better off doing applications.
Translated roughly, the top talents are responsible for finding the direction of future development, and the lower-level talents are responsible for lighting up the technology tree in this direction.
So the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is a group of guys who are thinking about how to lead the world forward.
If it comes to Lot Dugan specifically, for this dean of the Princeton School of Mathematics and editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics, the feeling of walking into the Institute for Advanced Study is that no one who stays here has any superiority. feel.
Let’s put it this way, more than 30 physicists who have worked here have won Nobel Prizes. There are only 60 to 70 Fields Medal winners in the world, and more than 40 people have worked here.
Einstein was once a resident professor here, and Mr. Yang spent more than ten years of his academic career here, and many achievements were incubated here.
So it is normal to hear any outrageous remarks here.
As soon as Lot Dugan walked into this three-story building, he encountered two people arguing about something.
"I just can't imagine, Fairman, that old man who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is as stinky as the guy I pulled out last night. How could he have the nerve to say that on TV..." Huh? Lott, why are you here? Heh...are you looking for free labor again?"
"Logan, don't say it so harshly. But don't worry, I'm not here to find you this time, because you are not worthy of reviewing this paper."
Lot Dugan raised the document bag in his hand and said.
Although he lost his sense of superiority when he walked into this building, he didn't mind occasionally offending these bad-tempered guys.
Of course this is not an offense.
In fact, Lot Dugan knew very well that what he said would not make these people feel uncomfortable. If he really wanted to anger the mathematician in front of him, the easiest way would be to tell him that the theorem he recently proved was wrong. of.
Then this guy will be jealous and drag him with a thick neck, doing crazy output for a whole day, or even a week.
But Lot Dugan obviously didn't have that idea today.
"Okay, Dugan hasn't seen you for a month, but you are obviously as mean as before. By the way, do you agree with what I just said?"
Sure enough, the old man opposite was not angry. Instead, he began to find recognition in Lot Dugan.
Lot Dugan looked helplessly at the person opposite the old man, and then asked: "Which sentence?"
"The old man who lives in the white house is just like my Xiang!" the old man repeated.
"Oh, no, old Logan, I won't allow you to insult your excrement like this!" Lot Dugan said seriously, and then hurried up to the second floor amidst the cheerful laughter behind him. When he arrived at an office, he took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
"Edward, guess what I want to see you for today?"
"Haha... Lott, you came at the wrong time. I haven't been free for a while." Edward Witten raised his head and glanced at the skinny old man. His eyes paused for a moment on the document bag in Lott's hand and then ignored him. He couldn't see the smile on the little old man's face and simply refused.
Nothing to guess.
Lot Dugan never approached him for anything other than to serve as a free reviewer.
As we all know, there is no cash reward for being a reviewer for academic journals. The most that can be done is to express acknowledgments in the journal, send several journals to the reviewers after the article is published, or give some honorary positions, but Edward Witten does not need these.
A theoretical physicist who has won the Fields Medal, has published nearly 400 scientific journals, is the founder of m-theory, and is a top expert in string theory and quantum field theory. How can he still care about a magazine to express some gratitude? Even if this is the world's top journal run by itself.
As for why he didn’t win the Nobel Prize, the reason is very simple.
This boss's research is too advanced, and it's all at the lowest level. So far, no one has been able to make a concrete model and conduct experiments based on his theory. For example, the m-theory he pioneered can be simply understood as a supergravity theory that combines five superstring theories and eleven-dimensional space.
To understand, new mathematical tools are needed to support it. Not to mention conducting experiments using this theoretical framework.
If one day a scientist can really use his theory to make a model and verify it in the laboratory, then probably no one will be competitive for the Nobel Prize in Physics the following year. Probably only to Edward and the scientist who used his theory to produce results.
However, even in the face of direct rejection from such a top scientific master, Lot Dugan did not give in at all. Instead, he came closer and said: "Haha, Edward, you think I am here to ask you to review the manuscript today." No? No, you are wrong. I found you today because you are suitable. I don’t even want to find Daniel to review this manuscript because he is not worthy.”
As she spoke, she had already walked to Edward Witten's desk, naturally pulled out a paper from the document bag and handed it over.
"Half an hour, you read it for half an hour and then decide whether to review this paper. Edward, you can spare half an hour if you are busy, right? Even for my sake. You will be interested in this paper. Yes, you will even thank me!”
Edward Witten stared at Lot Dugan for ten seconds, and finally sighed, raised his hand and took the paper. But he couldn't help but muttered: "Lot, when will you give me the basic respect. For example, send me the paper and review invitation via email?"
"And then let you reject it gracefully, right? Haha, Edward, that's not my style. I have to watch you read the manuscript for half an hour before I can rest assured that you are really reviewing this paper seriously." Lott Dugan He replied immediately.
This is the helplessness of decent people.
It wasn't that Lot Dugan was too proud, but that Edward Witten believed that if he didn't waste this half hour, the clingy little old man in front of him might stay with him all day and let him do anything. No.
But the moment he saw the title of the paper this time, Edward Witten frowned, then subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Lot Dugan, and asked: "Lot, are you kidding me?"
At this time, the editor-in-chief of the "Annals of Mathematics" also put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "No, on the contrary, I have never been as serious as today. In addition, I can guarantee with academic honor that this article The author of the paper deserves your serious attention."
Edward took a deep breath, then nodded and returned his attention to the paper.
Abstract, text, and proof process of the first lemma.
Soon, after ten minutes passed, when his whole mind was devoted to the paper, Edward Witten's whole body and mind were immersed in it.
Lot Dugan was right about one thing. Edward Witten was indeed interested in this paper.
In fact, he once evaluated this proposition.
His original words at the time were: "The understanding of the natural sciences has historically been an important source of mathematical inspiration. Therefore, at the beginning of the new century, the main framework used by physicists to describe the theorems of nature cannot be processed mathematically, which is very depressing."
Now the proof process of this proposition is before his eyes. Judging from the proof idea proposed, it is not a lie written by those who are ignorant and unskilled.
After Lot Dugan stood quietly by Edward William's desk for five minutes, he showed a satisfied smile, then quietly walked out of the office, closed the door, and hung up the Do Not Disturb sign next to him. Arrived at the door.
He believed Edward William would thank him.
As for him having something else to do, of course there cannot be only one reviewer for such an important proposition, even if it is Edward Witten.
Regarding this proposition, he believes that many people will be interested.
Edward Witten looked up when Lot Dugan left, but the next second he set his eyes on the paper again. It took about twenty minutes to turn to the next page and picked up the paper. Pen, start calculating.
Just like that, time passed by minute by minute.
Half an hour passed almost in an instant, and at this moment, Edward Witten had completely lost the concept of time.
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Beijing, China, at ten o'clock in the evening, Qiao Ze refreshed the backstage of "Annals of Mathematics" before going to bed, and then found that the status of the paper had indeed changed to "under review", which made him feel quite good.
This is probably one of the reasons why Qiao Ze likes to cooperate with "Annals of Mathematics".
It is extremely efficient. It is completely different from what people on the Internet say. In the West, the efficiency of doing all kinds of things is extremely low. It may even take half a year or a year to publish a paper.
That must be a misunderstanding.
It took two hours to complete the process from "manuscript with editor" to "associate editor assigned" to "under review", which is enough to show that the staff of the journal editorial office are extremely efficient.
In particular, it was not easy to find reviewers for this paper. Qiao Ze originally thought that the editorial department of "Annals of Mathematics" would spend more time looking for reviewers.
But thinking about Princeton's background, Qiao Ze felt that this was understandable.
"I have to go to bed early today. I have to attend Uncle Li's outstanding youth project review meeting tomorrow." Qiao Ze reminded Su Mucheng.
"Yeah, okay." Su Mucheng replied.
Of course, Su Mucheng knew that for Qiao Ze, tomorrow was the most important part of this trip to the capital. She immediately turned off the computer and planned to wash up.
Yu Chenggong had booked an extra room for Su Mucheng, but in fact, Su Mucheng hadn't stayed there in the past few days.
Anyway, after nine o'clock, neither Li Jiangao nor Yu Chenggong would bother Qiao Ze, so it was actually quite good to use the empty room to cover their ears.
Just a little wasted.
But what the two of them didn't know was that in Li Jiangao's room opposite Qiao Ze, Yu Chenggong was secretly observing the opposite side through the hotel's peephole.
"Look, Lao Li, it's already past ten o'clock. Usually Qiao Ze is about to go to bed at this time, and Xiao Su hasn't come out of Qiao Ze's room yet. Hey..."
It has to be said that Yu Chenggong observed very carefully. For two consecutive mornings, when he got up and went to find Qiao Ze, he saw Su Mucheng sitting in Qiao Ze's living room. He already had suspicions. Today was just a special visit. verify.
"Well, hey..." Li Jiangao sighed.
The relationship between Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng has been basically made public, but he only heard Yu Chenggong talk about the two living together today.
Wei Wei is a little worried.
It's not that I'm afraid of anything else, it's mainly that the two children are too young.
At an age when eating marrow and knowing the taste, Li Jiangao was afraid that his two children would lose their lives if they did not understand restraint and had no safety measures.
But he really doesn't know how to educate people in this area. I don’t even know how to talk to Qiao Ze about this matter.
"Director Yu, how should I remind Qiao Ze about this?" Li Jiangao said worriedly.
"Ah? What's the reminder?" Yu Chenggong was stunned and asked.
"No, forget it if you don't know. Shouldn't you remind me if you know?" Li Jiangao said dullly.
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Yu Chenggong smiled and said: "I said Professor Li, you are just too worried. I just want to make sure that if two people are happy, don't you just let it take its own course? Anything you can think of, Qiao Ze can definitely do it too. I thought of it. Let’s not interfere.”
"This..." Li Jiangao really didn't expect Yu Chenggong to have this attitude.
"Haha... OK, my curiosity has been satisfied. It's already late. I'm going back to my room first. Tomorrow is very important to you, so I'll go to bed early today." Yu Chenggong left Li Jiangao's room with a haha.
From Yu Chenggong's perspective, this is really not a big deal.
But after confirming this matter, Su Mucheng's importance was adjusted to a higher level in my heart.
Well, just know some things and there is no need to worry about them.
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United States, Princeton.
Hunger once again awakened Edward Witten, who was fully engrossed. He looked at the time and saw that it was six o'clock in the afternoon...
He sat in the office for nine hours.
He has already gone through this paper roughly.
The important steps went through simple calculations. What surprised him was that the paper's understanding of differentials and cognition of various types of spaces really reached an impressive level. Especially the segmentation method and the application of space he designed.
This method seems to have been proposed not long ago.
Edward Witten thought in his mind.
Unfortunately, there was no further thought, he had to eat something. Moreover, maintaining a state of concentration for a long time made him feel extremely tired at this time, and his brain began to feel empty.
After all, I am still getting old. If he were younger, he would have had enough energy to stay up all night and read this paper carefully again.
After calming down and reluctantly looking at the papers on the table again, Edward Witten stood up.
I resisted not picking up the paper.
He needed to eat something, take enough rest, and start reading in detail again, at least to confirm whether the formula derived from the key theorem was correct.
This is not only related to whether this paper is correct, but also related to the fact that he can use the series of tools derived by Qiao Ze to improve his m-theory.
After putting on his coat and walking out of the office, he saw Lot Dugan's sign hanging on his office door and couldn't help but curl his lips.
This guy...is really considerate sometimes.
Just when he wanted to leave, Lot Dugan also happened to come out of another office not far away.
He looked tired, but also very energetic.
"Ha, what a coincidence, Edward, why are you getting ready to go out?"
"Yes, I really didn't expect that someone was nearby and didn't prepare a lunch for me."
"Haha, I didn't eat lunch either...Okay, don't worry about these details. Do you think his proof process is correct?" Lott Dugan stared at Edward Witten with bright eyes and asked.
"The time is too short...I dare not make a judgment now. What you know needs more detailed verification..."
Edward Witten hesitated for a while, and then said: "But I have a hunch that this paper is probably correct. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. The only pity is that the author of the paper has not been able to find a general solution to the equation. "
"Haha, we feel the same way. Please speed up the progress, Edward, I can't wait to publish this paper. In addition, I don't think it is a pity. You have to eat one bite at a time. After all, the author of this paper Still very young. He still has enough time to continue to advance this proposition."
Lot Dugan smiled and replied.
This sentence made Edward Witten's heart move, and he said: "Okay, don't sell it, tell me who the author of the paper is! Don't use the rules of double-blind review to deal with me, this paper, as long as there are reviewers I have a little sense and will not deliberately make things difficult because of who the author is."
"So, Edward, are you planning to treat me to dinner?"
"Heh... sure, if you don't want to walk into my office next time."
"Okay, okay, just kidding, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. In addition, the author of this paper is nineteen years old. You must already know who he is, right?" Lott Dugan winked. He blinked and said.
"Nineteen years old?" Edward Witten was stunned, and then a less specific image emerged in his mind: "Is it him?"
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Huaxia, Beijing, Beijing International Conference Center, Room D12.
This is a small conference room that can only accommodate more than twenty people.
However, all modern conference facilities are readily available.
Li Jiangao was standing on the small podium, demonstrating the ppt he had prepared.
It feels amazing.
This feeling did not come from his colleagues or the two academicians and experts in the audience, but from his future students who were sitting solemnly in the front row, listening carefully to what he said.
Is it embarrassing?
A little bit.
Especially the envious and jealous looks from previous colleagues always make people feel uncomfortable.
But it doesn’t matter.
Ever since he knew that he would definitely experience this scene, Li Jiangao had rehearsed it countless times in his mind, and even watched a lot of chicken soup to soothe his heart.
According to the saying on the Internet, as long as he is not embarrassed, then others will be embarrassed.
Anyway, he will leave after today's meeting.
From now on, he decided to stay in Xilin for most of the time, and he could push back any messy meetings he could.
Just try to meet as little as possible with other people in the academic world.
The pursuit of progress is not shabby. Even if he is being pushed away.
Soon, he finished what he had prepared.
During the expert question session, the two expert judges beside Qiao Ze briefly asked a few questions.
Li Jiangao answered fluently.
This step is not difficult.
Just like Qiao Ze's reason for applying to become an expert, he is the most professional in the direction of group theory in artificial intelligence.
Qiao Ze had already previewed for Li Jiangao what questions might be raised regarding the complete study of this underlying mathematics.
As for Qiao Ze, he didn't ask any questions at all.
He was too lazy to waste time on such superficial work.
After the other two experts finished asking, the members of the expert review team all said there was no problem, and the host said: "Okay, please temporarily avoid the project applicant and others. Next is the expert review time."
This is a temporary accommodation of the rules for Qiao Ze.
Because Qiao Ze has made it clear that he will only participate in this review.
This is also a good choice for the organizing committee.
The presence of this ridiculously young expert was quite an ordeal for the others.
A professor in his forties giving a report on the stage, and an expert in his teens sitting in the audience is really not acceptable to everyone.
Soon, everyone in the conference room, including Li Jiangao and the host, left first, leaving only three review experts in the conference room.
For Qiao Ze, today's review expert also has an acquaintance, Professor Qian of Yanbei University.
The other one is Xi Zhengyan, an academician of the School of Mathematics who studies the application of group theory. He was also a professor at Yanbei University, but has now been transferred to another university as the vice president.
Obviously, the organizing committee does not want to cause any more troubles in this review, and the selection of review experts appears to be very well-intentioned.
But when there were only three experts left, it still seemed quite embarrassing.
No one said anything for a long time, until both eyes focused on Qiao Ze.
So Qiao Ze directly said what he had already thought about last night: "My opinion is yes. This project is a supplement to group theory in the application of artificial intelligence theory. It has great practical significance and will definitely succeed in the short term. "
Even after thinking about it, the comment is still very simple.
But Qian Yuhai next to him felt that it was about the same. He had met Qiao Ze several times, and this was the sentence he heard Qiao Ze use the most.
So after looking at Academician Xi, he looked at Qiao Ze and echoed with a smile: "Well, you are an expert in this field. If you say there is no problem, then there must be no problem, so my opinion is approved."
After the last academician Xi pondered for a moment, he looked at Qiao Ze and asked directly: "I have read a series of papers that you and Li Jiangao have completed together, and I have a general understanding of your style. Just say Professor Jiangao this time Have you almost solved the submitted proposition and will be able to publish the paper immediately after the approval?"
Qiao Ze glanced at Academician Xi and said nothing.
"Haha, what Academician Xi means is that he tends to agree, but since you are almost ready, you can finish the project within one year... You may not know that the Distinguished Youth Fund allocates money annually, and the plate It's just that big, so I'd better save a little if I can." Qian Yuhai smoothed things over with a smile.
After hearing this, Qiao Ze answered without missing a beat: "I think the question can be completed within a year."
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