Chapter 261: The Extremely Excessive Request of Annals of Mathematics
Conventions are conventions, but reality is reality. The Western academic community has been discriminating against the Xia academic community for a long time.
Don't think that Princeton's special attention to Lu Shan is a good thing.
If they can't get someone like Lu Shan, they will find a way to destroy him.
I must have read Lu Shan's paper over and over again before deciding whether to publish it or not.
The editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics was unable to handle the paper on the zero point problem, so he went to ask for help, and all of them were well-known professors from famous American universities.
Harvard, Yale, UMass, USC... In fact, from this point we can see that the academic level of the United States is really impressive. Basically every state has excellent universities, even if the state is a remote place.
These universities have made an indelible contribution to the United States’ position as the world’s top country.
If you can't finish the paper, you will call for help. This is also a characteristic of the United States.
These invitees can not only receive a generous subsidy, but also have access to the world's most advanced achievements. This internal mutually beneficial system further enhances the overall competitiveness of American science.
However, this trial made the proud American professors frown. The many mathematics masters gathered in the room remained silent when facing Lu Shan's paper, and were immersed in their own thoughts.
It was not until several hours later that they finally realized that they could not understand the paper independently, and began to break down the problem into smaller parts. Whoever was good at this part would form a group to review that part until the problem was found.
The meeting lasted for several days, the derivation manuscripts were piled up in a thick pile, and the computer model was run day and night, but even so, no flaws in the paper could be found.
At this time, everyone actually understood that the zero point problem had actually been solved, but the proud white people just couldn't accept it.
If it were someone from the Western world, this paper would have been published long ago.
If it is someone from the United States, it will be published even faster.
The arrogant Westerners held several rounds of meetings, repeatedly discussing some questionable points, and in the end they even went a little too far.
"There is no zero point in the interval of the modulo D real primitive characteristic L-function. Here C is an absolute effective normal number. But Lu Shan's normal number is 2024! Not 1!"
After he said this, the other white people looked at the mathematician like he was an idiot. After a while, he himself felt embarrassed.
Is there any difference between 2024 and 1? They are both effective normal numbers. Even if this guy is not a mathematician who specializes in zero problems, he should know this common sense.
Among those who were hearing the trial were mathematicians who had specialized in studying the Riemann hypothesis and had achieved great results. They were very quiet at this time, in stark contrast to those who were arguing endlessly.
Gradually, the atmosphere of the trial became quiet.
The noisemakers don’t understand, but do the productive mathematicians understand it too?
They couldn't find any problems even if they tried, which undoubtedly set the right tone for Lu Shan.
These white-skinned people have only two choices: either publish or not publish, and the premise is whether they believe Lu Shan’s paper is correct or incorrect.
Some Western mathematicians were unwilling to acknowledge Lu Shan's paper and proposed a vote to decide whether it was correct.
The result was opposed by many people, especially the editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics.
It's not that he is so upright, but he is worried that using this to decide whether Lu Shan's paper is correct or not will make the Annals of Mathematics look "unprofessional".
This matter has gone beyond academic research and has risen to the level of ideology. The editor-in-chief also found it very difficult to handle and simply reported it to the media. In the end, he was told to publish it. After all, Lu Shan could find other channels to publish it. For the sake of the reputation of his own magazine, he couldn't let others snatch his work away, lest it be embarrassing.
Lu Shan's paper will be published in the next issue of "Annals of Mathematics", but before that, it has caused an even bigger stir.
The reason is that many people in the American mathematics community do not believe that the Xia people have produced such a high-level paper.
The various reasons are easy to understand. If Lu Shan’s paper is true, it means that Xia is several steps ahead of the United States in the research of Riemann hypothesis.
The West no longer leads in pre-mathematical disciplines.
After all, only a very small number of experts could come to the trial, and many of them had not yet seen Lu Shan's paper, so they strongly criticized the mathematicians participating in the trial for their low level and criticized them for being useless.
As they continued to criticize, they mobilized more people to join in the criticism, and even sent emails to the "Annals of Mathematics", saying that Lu Shan's paper must undergo a more extensive review. If it is published after passing the extensive review, they will boycott Lu Shan's paper and also boycott the "Annals of Mathematics" for being unprofessional.
The editor-in-chief had never seen such a scene before and was immediately furious.
My goodness, if you don’t understand a book, why don’t you go and ask the publisher for compensation instead of the author?
The book is not written by the publisher!
"This is too much! Academics are independent! They are free! How can they do this? Besides, the mathematicians we found are all experts in this field. Why do these people deny their level?" The editor-in-chief was very upset. It was the first time that he was told that his math level was not good enough, and it was also the first time that the journal was questioned about its review ability.
The manager was a businessman who knew how to behave. He comforted the editor-in-chief: "Mr. Carl, don't be so angry. Academics are independent, but magazines need to rely on the industry and the country to survive. This is a business, so we have to understand the feelings of our customers. We already know about this matter, so you don't have to be sad."
“So how does management plan to deal with this?”
The manager smiled and said, "Don't they want to review it? Then let them review it. After the paper is published, they will get together to study it. It is better to let them study it now and shut them up. The management has great confidence in your ability. Since you say there is no problem, then others will definitely not be able to find other problems."
Although there was a feeling of being coerced, the editor-in-chief also knew how terrible it would be to appease the public anger, so he sent the paper to the email addresses of various experts and professors before it was published. As long as they applied to the "Annals of Mathematics" for paper review, a copy would be sent to them, but it had to be kept confidential, and if it was leaked, they would be held accountable.
And not everyone can receive it. You have to be a mathematician with some achievements to be eligible.
The management of "Annals of Mathematics" was very cunning in this move. They directly passed this hot potato to more people. If they say there is a problem, then other journals will not dare to publish it. If the opponents finally say there is no problem, then the first publication right will still be in the hands of "Annals of Mathematics". The pressure is directly given to the opponents. Isn't this much more satisfying than publishing a paper under tremendous pressure?
You can you up, no can no BB!
After the paper was sent, the pressure was put on those opponents, who read it themselves first.
After repeated studies, no errors were found in the derivation process.
Now everyone understood that they were playing a high-end game, and they immediately found people they knew and joined together to discuss it.
The situation after the discussion was exactly the same as the review. They divided the paper into parts, and each person was responsible for his or her area of expertise, looking for loopholes, but they failed. The logic of the paper was self-consistent and impeccable.
The opponents were extremely shocked.
"Oh my god! There's no problem!"
"The Xia people really solved the zero point problem! What should we do? Does this mean that our race is no longer good?"
"It's fake! It must be fake! It's probably because we are not good enough to see the problem! But logically speaking, if there is a problem and we can't see it, doesn't that mean Lu Shan is better than us? How is this possible?"
In fact, most of this group of people have already believed that Lu Shan’s paper is correct, but their ideology and preconceived notions make them unable to put aside their pride and acknowledge Lu Shan’s paper.
So this group of "smart people" came up with a proposal that would kill two birds with one stone.
Opponents strongly suggested to the Annals of Mathematics that Lu Shan be allowed to come to the United States to give an academic report and ask questions on the spot. If Lu Shan was asked, it would mean that there was something wrong with the paper!
What's so clever about this?
The key is to maximize benefits.
Since this group of people couldn't understand it, I threatened to not publish it and asked Lu Shan to come to the United States to give them an answer.
If they had to spend money to buy plane tickets to go to Xia Country, it would be great if they could just use this method to let Lu Shan come to their door to explain!
If Lu Shan can't explain it, it means there is something wrong with the paper, and he can also take the opportunity to slap the face of Xiaguo's mathematical community.
In the American academic community, both supporters and opponents actually have a consensus, that is, Lu Shan's paper is definitely the result of a team effort.
Although there is only Lu Shan’s name in the author column, this is actually a special need, just like the United States.
The country should set up a science and technology hero as a role model to boost the confidence of the people.
The United States chose Gates a few years ago, and Zuckerberg or perhaps Steve Jobs in recent years, and Xia Country should have chosen Lu Shan as such a role.
Behind these technological heroes are actually the resources of the entire country, pushing people like Lu Shan to the forefront.
If the United States fails to answer Lu Shan's question, it would be equivalent to overthrowing Xia Country's scientific hero. This would definitely be a huge blow to Xia Country's reputation, and the Xia people would become even less confident.
Such a proposal was extremely rude and unprecedented, but the Annals of Mathematics did not dare to refuse, otherwise it would be making an enemy of the entire American scientific community.
The magazine also had the same idea, so they sent the proposal to Lu Shan, and if he refused, the paper would not be published.
At this time, Lu Shan was focusing on his own business and had no time to care what the Americans thought.
Ze Meng’s most important task at the moment is to develop a security protection architecture for Rongfei.
Once completed, both the security of the intranet and browsing the external network will be safe. After all, Rongfei is responsible for the research and development of Xia Country's next generation of most advanced fighter jets, and it cannot be careless at all.
The entire team was led by Tao Bo himself, and Luo Xuan was also brought over to keep the situation under control. Lu Shan stayed at Ze Meng's headquarters to personally coordinate the work, so that any issues on both sides could be resolved on the spot.
Since this is Ze Meng’s first external order, he naturally has to take it seriously.
(End of this chapter)
