If a nineteen-year-old young man has published one or two papers in the first area, he may be said to have a very different talent. Even Mike, the editor of the "Annals of Mathematics", would praise him.
But when a 19-year-old young man publishes more than a dozen papers in the first area, it is not enough to just praise him.
Mike's heart was filled with disbelief.
Could it be that... I accidentally discovered a super genius?
He took a closer look at the dozen papers in the first area. Although they were basically journals on applied mathematics, and seemed to be about mathematical physics, he would not despise it in his heart. After all, their "Annals of Mathematics"
They also accept papers in mathematical physics, and they will not reject them as long as the content is excellent enough.
Because those who study mathematics will more or less study some things in applied mathematics.
There is no way, because pure mathematics is really difficult.
For some scholars who cannot achieve results in pure mathematics, they often turn to applied mathematics, and there are many of them.
Looking back at the dozen or so applied mathematics papers published in journals in the first region, Mike already recognized the contributor named Li Mu in his heart.
Then, he shouted in the office: "Everyone, come and take a look, I discovered a genius!"
As a result, other editors thought he was joking and couldn't help laughing: "Is he another genius who proved Goldbach's conjecture?"
"No, this time he is probably a genius! At the age of nineteen, he has published more than a dozen papers in the first area!"
"ah?"
There was an exclamation of exclamation in the office, and then a group of editors dropped their submissions and came together.
Even if they are professors at Princeton University and editors of the Annals of Mathematics, they have never seen this kind of thing!
Even if what they are reading is a paper by a relatively well-known expert, they still have to put it there first.
It didn't take long for me to be amazed again.
"Oh, I bought it! What kind of genius is this? Is Gauss still alive?"
"A generous gift! I have never published so many papers from the first area."
"Don't talk about you, how many of us here have published so many articles?"
As soon as this sentence was said, these editors fell silent.
For those who study mathematics, it is always difficult to publish papers because their papers have nothing to write home about.
Strictly speaking, mathematics does not belong to the natural sciences, but to the formal sciences. Papers in subjects such as natural sciences and social sciences can be filled with various data.
Therefore, the output of mathematics papers has always been relatively low, especially in pure mathematics. Therefore, the total number of articles published in the "Annals of Mathematics" every year remains at only twenty or thirty.
As for editors like them, naturally no one can publish so many papers in one area.
At the same time, they can also see from the titles of Li Mu's papers that there is nothing to criticize in these papers.
"Okay, let's not talk about such sad things, Mike, let's read the paper first."
Someone said.
Mike came back to his senses and nodded. He had no hope at first, but now he had hope again. Maybe this paper would really work?
He immediately clicked on the PDF attachment of the paper and began to read it.
All the editors gathered around this table and looked at this heavyweight paper together.
After reading the first two parts, they all fell silent again.
"Do you understand?"
"I don't understand. I'm not studying this."
"Mike, you should understand, right?"
Mike pondered for a moment and finally said: "Judging from these two parts alone, this paper must have certain strength."
"Then keep watching!"
Others said immediately.
However, at this moment, a voice came from the door of the office: "Hey, hey, hey, what are you guys doing?"
The editors looked back and saw their editor-in-chief, Peter Sarnak, walking in with wide eyes, obviously dissatisfied with their poor performance in their work.
They have many editors-in-chief, but this Peter Sarnak can be said to be the most qualified one.
Because Peter Sarnak is the winner of the 2014 Wolf Prize in Mathematics.
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics can be regarded as one of the most important awards in the field of mathematics. Although the Fields Medal has always been unmatched in terms of status, being able to win the Wolf Prize in Mathematics also represents the world of mathematics.
Recognition for mathematicians.
So even though these editors were all professors at Princeton University, they all immediately shouted respectfully: "Professor Sarnak."
Sanak waved his hand and said, "You haven't said anything yet, what are you looking at?"
"That's right, Professor Sarnak, we discovered a genius." Mike answered truthfully.
"genius?"
At this time, another voice came from the door.
Everyone looked at it again and were shocked again.
"Professor Deligne! You are here too!"
This one is even more heavyweight.
A disciple of the Emperor of Mathematics Grothendieck, winner of the four major mathematics prizes: Fields Medal, Crafford Medal, Wolf Medal, and Abel Medal. It can be said that he has won a Grand Slam in mathematics, and he is also the only one.
A four-prize grand slam.
And this famous figure in mathematics at Princeton University is also here today?
"I just came to chat with Professor Sarnak." Deligne smiled and waved his hand, and then asked curiously: "But what kind of genius is it that can make you all gather around to watch?"
Someone immediately replied: "This genius is only nineteen years old! It may have proved Adama's conjecture!"
Upon hearing this, Sanak and Deligne were stunned.
Adama conjecture?
Deligne's memory began to trace back to the past.
He knew Jacques Adama, had even met him.
At that time, he had just entered college and showed extremely amazing talent, so many mathematics teachers were willing to tutor him.
Among them was the famous Andre Wey, who was Adama's student.
Through Weil's relationship, he met Adama twice, the first time in 1962 and the second time in 1963 at Adama's funeral.
So in total, he only had one communication with Adama.
That time, Adama gave him a problem and he solved it. Adama praised him for his strong mathematical talent, and even directly asserted that he would definitely achieve great success in the field of mathematics in the future.
It's a pity that he has indeed achieved a lot now, but this old man who only met him once but left a deep impression on him has passed away.
The old man would always remember the past involuntarily, and when he came to his senses, he said, "Let me see."
