Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 368: The much-anticipated journal publication
After Chen Zhou submitted his paper to the Annals of Mathematics, the discussion became noisy and heated.
Because there are no new sources of hot spots, there is a short-term weakening trend.
The reason why it is said to be short is that the publication date of the second issue of "Annals of Mathematics" this year has been finalized.
After receiving the review comments on Chen Zhou's paper, the editorial department of the Annals of Mathematics immediately began to arrange for the publication of the second quarter of the journal.
At the same time, the official website of "Annals of Mathematics" also directly released the publication date of the second quarter journal.
And he emphasized the paper in which Chen Zhou proved the Jebov conjecture.
This move can be regarded as taking advantage of Chen Zhou's popularity.
After all, the attention to this incident has been increasing step by step.
In addition, the invitations from the four major journals were exposed in the paper, sparking heated discussions.
By doing this, Annals of Mathematics has proven its dominant position in the field of mathematical journals.
This news on the official website of "Annals of Mathematics" was also captured by the majority of netizens at the first time.
It was directly reposted and quoted on the forum, injecting new vitality into this event which had been quiet for a few days and had received no new attention.
Speaking of which, Chen Zhou's paper this time really seems to be attracting a lot of attention.
Since the preprint came out, it has attracted great attention.
There is a constant stream of news online, and comments from math experts.
Then comes the much-anticipated final version of the paper, and we look forward to the reviewers' final comments.
Until now, the much anticipated journal has been published.
It can be said that it has attracted the attention of the entire mathematics community.
The only thing that may surprise everyone is that both Tao Zhexuan and Zhang Yitang remained silent.
Terence Tao, the blogging expert, also allows the number of comments on his blog to reach new heights every day.
But there was no response.
This also caused the outside world to start speculating what these two people were doing?
Can't afford to lose?
Other people's papers have been published, what are you still hesitating about?
Even if the twin prime conjecture is solved now, it is impossible to reverse the situation, right?
Why can't you just say congratulations openly?
Isn’t this what academic research is all about?
Didn’t you see that those wailing doctoral students stood up and chose to “forgive” Chen Zhou?
This kind of tone is not only found under Terence Tao's blog, but also in a well-known foreign mathematics forum.
Basically, it and the news about the upcoming publication of the "Annals of Mathematics" each occupied half of the forum.
Although some students taught by Terence Tao also came out to defend their teacher.
But their words were obviously not convincing.
Moreover, when asked what Professor Tao was doing recently and why he didn't even have time to give a direct response.
They couldn't give a clear answer.
Because they don’t know what Terence Tao is doing either.
Terence Tao has not appeared in school for many days recently.
Therefore, some netizens began to speculate whether Terence Tao could not withstand the blow and sank into despair?
Tao Terence naturally did not see these comments.
Otherwise, he would have been unable to sit still.
Now he is with Zhang Yitang at this moment.
After Zhang Yitang flew here and found Terence Tao at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The two of them began their retreat.
In Zhang Yitang's view, losing is a loss, but that's a small matter.
In his eyes, the biggest and most important thing is to truly solve the twin prime conjecture.
Tao Terence's mentality changed completely after he met Zhang Yitang.
He was infected by Zhang Yitang's pure academic spirit.
The previous phone conversation was one thing, but when they actually met, he realized his shortcomings in this regard.
Naturally, Terence Tao, who was distracted by the twin prime conjecture, couldn't spare the time to read the online comments during this period.
However, Terence Tao has always been paying attention to Chen Zhou's paper.
"Professor Zhang, this is the paper I just printed." Tao was holding a stack of papers that still smelled of ink.
Zhang Yitang raised his head slightly and glanced at Tao Zhexuan: "Is it the paper written by Chen Zhou?"
Tao nodded: "Yes, that one. It will be published in the Annals of Mathematics soon."
Zhang Yitang's expression did not change at all, he lowered his head and continued to study his problem.
Tao looked at him, sighed softly, and said slowly: "He has completed the distributed deconstruction method that we have been trying to perfect."
Hearing this, Zhang Yitang's hand holding the pen paused slightly.
The new idea that he and Terence Tao discussed was based on Chen Zhou's distribution structure method.
However, they are both limited by distributed deconstruction.
There has been no breakthrough in this new method.
Unexpectedly, Chen Zhou himself improved his method.
Tao handed over the printed paper and said, "Take a look at it first. I think this is probably what we need."
Zhang Yitang put down his pen, took the printed paper, and began to read it.
Tao Terence looked at the taciturn old man and said nothing more. He walked back to his seat and continued his research.
He has read Chen Zhou's paper in its entirety.
He had the same feeling as Chen Zhou, Deligne and others about the distributed deconstruction method that had been further improved.
This is an approach with unlimited potential.
It may not be limited to the field of number theory, but there is the potential to shine in many new fields of mathematics.
He didn't know how Chen Zhou came up with such a method.
But as of now, Chen Zhou is a true mathematical genius.
At least, Chen Zhou's talent in mathematics is no worse than his.
Time ticked by, and when Tao looked up at Zhang Yitang again, he found that the other's expression had become unusually wonderful.
Zhang Yitang couldn't help but applaud Chen Zhou's idea. This kid was so unexpected.
Suddenly, Zhang Yitang raised his head and looked at Tao Zhexuan: "Professor Tao, you are right, this is what we have always needed!"
Terence Tao stood up and walked to Zhang Yitang's side.
There was a gleam in Zhang Yitang's eyes, the look of someone who had found the answer he had been looking for.
May 20th.
A number extremely rich in beautiful days.
The latest issue of Annals of Mathematics has been published.
This is a highly anticipated journal publication.
The content that attracted everyone's attention was Chen Zhou's paper.
An interesting piece of data is that the subscription volume of this issue of "Annals of Mathematics" has set a record high in history.
This undoubtedly made the other three major journals, such as the Acta Mathematica Sinica, jealous.
But they were also helpless because Chen Zhou did not choose them!
As the journal was published, the popularity of this event reached its peak!
Because of the time difference, the first to be excited were foreign networks and media.
The website that many netizens visit several times a day.
"It's published! It's published! It's finally published after such !"
"Solving three world-class mathematical conjectures in one year is terrifying!"
"Breathtaking pace! Breathtaking efficiency! Breathtaking talent!"
"I wonder how many people failed to graduate with a PhD this year because of him? Is there any brother who can tell me?"
"The guy above, let's not talk about your heart-wrenching question. Why don't you pay attention to the formation at all???"
"A heart-breaking question. According to incomplete statistics, the three gooses that lay golden eggs have crushed the hearts of at least dozens of doctoral students!"
"Hahaha, no matter what, does this count as witnessing history?"
"Witnessing history? Haven't we been witnessing history since his name appeared in the mathematical world?"
“I just want to ask, why hasn’t Professor Tao published a blog yet?”
"Who knows?"
Compared to the excitement of foreign netizens, foreign media are much calmer.
The Washington Post reported the incident as soon as possible.
It also details the competition between Chen Zhou and Terence Tao and Zhang Yitang.
Finally, it is said with deep sorrow that American mathematicians lost this competition!
Then, well-known American media such as the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times began to report on the incident.
Their reports, like those of The Washington Post, are colored by strong national sentiments.
Although in the paper published in the Annals of Mathematics, Professor Deligne, Professor Faltings and Professor Langlands all gave high praise to Chen Zhou's paper.
But their perspective on the issue always revolves around the competition between Chen Zhou and the other two.
It seemed as if the loss of Terence Tao and Zhang Yitang turned into a loss for the entire United States.
However, in a sense, it is true that Chinese mathematicians have defeated American mathematicians.
Moreover, this was a college student who had not yet graduated from college, yet he defeated two giants in the mathematics world.
It is enough to hurt the proud hearts of Americans.
