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Chapter 185 Super Luxurious Review Lineup

When the old man published the paper on arXiv, it was about 5 pm Beijing time, which was about 11 am French summer time.

Louis Martin approved the paper on the arXiv backend at about 11:40 AM French time. This was 5:40 AM Eastern time.

Yes, at this time, Lott Dugan was still asleep. April in Princeton was spring, and this early morning was the best time to sleep.

The urgent ringing of the phone woke Lott Dugan from his sleep. In fact, he was not the only one awakened, his wife kicked him angrily...

"Damn it, Professor Dugan, can't you just keep that damn phone quiet while you sleep?"

Lott Dugan, whose brain was forcibly awakened, angrily picked up the phone on the bedside table.

Yes, he was obviously a victim who was woken up. Not only could he not complain, but he was also kicked. Who the hell could he go to for justice?

I wanted to curse, but when I picked up my phone and looked at the number, it turned out to be Pierre Delini calling, so I immediately gave up the idea of ​​cursing. There was nothing I could do, this guy was quite powerful, and it was not easy to curse him.

The most important thing is that Lot Dugan knows Pierre very well. If there is nothing special, he will never call him at this time!

So Lott Dugan quickly got up from the bed, put on a coat, walked out of the bedroom with his cell phone and answered the call.

There was no way, Lott Dugan knew his wife better. If he dared to answer the phone by the bed, the woman might really kick him under the bed.

No, not maybe, but definitely.

"Pierre, you better be important..."

Lot Dugan had barely finished his words when he heard Pierre Delini's voice rush into his head.

"Qiao Yu claims to have solved the Riemann hypothesis, and the paper has been published on arXiv."

Well, just one sentence made Lot Dugan forget what he wanted to complain about.

He muttered, "Solved? Just solved? And published it directly on arXiv? So sharp?"

"Yeah, use his method. I just did a quick review of the review and the citations at the end! Damn, I haven't finished reading his JAMS paper yet.

It is about the geometric mapping of the Riemann hypothesis in the generalized modal space. It is foreseeable that many parts of the proof process should quote the conclusions of that paper. Before reading the paper, it is impossible to be sure whether it is correct! "

Hearing this, Lot Dugan frowned.

Damn JAMS, Qiao Yu’s paper should have been published in its own “Annals of Mathematics”!
What is the level of JAMS? Qiao Yu is confused!
"I see. I'll contact Qiao Yu right away. This paper should be submitted to our Annals of Mathematics! JAMS is not qualified to publish this paper! But do you think Qiao Yu is right?"

Lott Dugan asked.

"I don't know. As I said, I have to read the last paper before I can give an opinion. But I am sure that he has not missed it so far."

Yes, you haven’t missed it yet!
This sentence made Lott Dugan dazed for a moment.

For a child in his teens, he is exposed to the most cutting-edge research topics. The most commendable thing is that no one has found any mistakes so far.

This is the most outrageous thing.

You should know that many papers written by well-known scholars can be criticized for a lot of small flaws. This is almost inevitable.

Some mistakes are due to overconfidence, and some are due to the inevitable misunderstanding of thinking. For example, using an equation that does not appear in the paper at all, these are very common.

But Qiao Yu is different.

Every paper he submitted was of extremely high quality. Many reviewers looked for errors with magnifying glasses but could not find any.

And obviously this word is not used much in papers. But I like to use it more when giving lectures.

This kind of powerful dominance is so terrifying!

Damn, why won’t this kid come to Princeton?

Thinking of this, Lott Dugan suddenly said, "If he is proven right in the end, will he win the Fields Medal this year?"

"Undisputed!" Pierre Delini's tone sounded firm.

"He's only seventeen."

Lott Dugan said with emotion: "If this is successful, I believe no one will be able to shake the title of the youngest Fields Medal winner in the future."

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I just want to inform you of the news. I have to read the paper first. I probably won't be able to sleep today."

Lott Dugan said nothing more.

After hanging up the phone, I didn't bother to care about the time difference. I directly found Qiao Yu's phone number in the phone book and dialed it.

I don't care to use other phones to save the international long-distance charges. The paper that proves the Riemann hypothesis is very likely to be correct. Whoever publishes it will have the impact factor of the journal raised by at least 1 point.

In particular, this paper must not be published in JAMS. After all, there is already a previous paper in JAMS...

If this paper is also published in JAMS, there is no doubt that in the next few years, JAMS will definitely become the journal with the highest impact factor among the top mathematics journals.

However, he seemed to be a little late, because when he dialed, Qiao Yu's phone was busy.

Well, that's understandable. If he had announced that he had proved the Riemann hypothesis, his phone would have been ringing off the hook by now.

But Lott Dugan still felt quite nervous. What if David Carter called Qiao Yu first, or if the other editors called first and made Qiao Yu agree to them...

Just now, Lot Dugan wanted to scold the person who called and disturbed his sweet dream, but now Lot Dugan only hated Pierre Delini for calling him too late and why he didn't call him earlier.

Of course, now he could only call again and again. Fortunately, two minutes later, when he was considering whether to just call Tian Yanzhen directly, the call was finally connected.

"Hello, Professor Dugan."

Qiao Yu's clear voice sounded like heavenly music to his ears at this moment.

"Ha, Qiao Yu, congratulations, I noticed that you announced on arXiv that you have proved the Riemann hypothesis!"

"Yes, Professor Dugan. But not to announce it, as I just told the others, I am absolutely certain that I am right! My proof is flawless."

"Uh..." The confident tone and wording almost confused Lot Dugan.

The main reason is that the great mathematicians he usually comes into contact with, no matter how proud they are, will be a little humble on such issues.

Of course, Lott Dugan didn't mean to say that Qiao Yu was not humble enough. In fact, compared with the introverted Chinese, Westerners don't like modesty even more, but Qiao Yu's words are too Western...

"Okay, where do you plan to submit your manuscript? I suggest you submit it to our Annals of Mathematics. You know I can help you find the most professional and efficient reviewers!

In addition, I will personally help you monitor the progress of the reviewers. As long as your paper passes their review, the Annals of Mathematics will publish a special issue for your paper!
Yes, a special issue! It will be published immediately after all the processes are completed, and it is very likely that only this paper will be included at present! You should know that this is also a very rare thing in the history of Annals of Mathematics. "

Lott Dugan said in one breath.

Of course, this statement is not a lie. The Annals of Mathematics has indeed published special issues in history to commemorate some mathematical milestones.

For example, Perelman proved the Poincare conjecture.

Although Perelman's work was not directly published in the Annals of Mathematics, several papers surrounding the geometrization conjecture he proved were published in a special issue of that year.

In short, the Annals of Mathematics will focus on reporting some major mathematical events in a larger space.

But it is still very rare for a special issue to have only one paper. At least, not in Lotte Dugan’s memory. But there is no doubt that the Riemann hypothesis deserves this treatment.

"Huh? You all said the same thing, haha! But Professor Dugan, I just rejected two editors. Can you guess why?"

"Ah? Well, I can't guess, but I believe that given our relationship, you will definitely publish it in the Annals of Mathematics."

"Haha, you guessed it right, Professor Dugan. I told them too late because I had already submitted it to the Annals of Mathematics. Didn't you check the backend submission system first?

I'm not that anxious, but my mentor and Mr. Yuan are. Also, I've written down all the conditions you promised me just now! If you can't do it, I won't vote for you next time."

These words made Lot Dugan feel as comfortable as if he had eaten a ginseng fruit. Really, his whole body suddenly became clear.

"Believe me, Qiao Yu, this is definitely the right choice. Wait until work time... No, I'll call the professors at the Institute of Advanced Studies now. Don't worry, I will urge them to review it as quickly as possible and give their opinions. Of course, please ensure smooth communication during this period, because I believe they will definitely have a lot of questions."

Lott Dugan said proudly.

Now he feels that he is the greatest editor-in-chief in the history of the Annals of Mathematics, no doubt about it.

Look, it's useless even if someone comes to him on their own initiative. The world's most promising new math star took the initiative to submit the greatest paper of this century to him. This is the highest recognition!
"Okay, Professor Dugan, I promised my advisor that I would check my email every day. Of course, you can call me, but you must pay attention to the time difference. Well, speaking of time differences, it should be very early where you are now, right?"

"No, no, no, it's almost six in the morning, it's not too early. Okay, I'll go find a reviewer for you first!"

"Okay, bye, Professor Dugan."

"goodbye!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Lott Dugan immediately put on his clothes and walked into the study, turned on the computer, entered the system background, and quickly found Qiao Yu's thesis.

After browsing it briefly, Lot Dugan called Pierre Delini again.

This guy just called him specifically, isn't this what he wanted to express?
Now he has the honor of being one of the reviewers.

Well, Lot Dugan certainly knew that even if Qiao Yu submitted his paper to other journals, he would most likely ask Pierre Delini to be one of the reviewers, but how could it be as comfortable as reviewing for his own journal?
Soon the other end of the line answered the phone: "You called back so soon, it seems like you were unsuccessful?"

"Haha, Pierre, you guessed wrong! You should check your email now. I have already sent you an invitation to review the manuscript. Congratulations. If you are finally sure that Qiao Yu is right...

Yes, if he is right, you will be one of the reviewers of the greatest paper of the 21st century so far. There is no reward for that though!"

“It sounds like a good achievement. But you have to be prepared. As I said before, you need to read the prerequisite paper before reviewing this paper.

So it can't be that fast. I hope you didn't make some unrealistic promises to Qiao Yu. By the way, how many reviewers do you plan to find for this paper?"

After thinking for a moment, Lott Dugan said, "Eight, do you think that's enough?"

"Ten to twelve digits! I think it is necessary to do double verification in many proof links!"

"That's twelve! Damn it! Looks like I need to find a lot more people! What do you recommend?"

This is definitely a happy trouble.

If it were an ordinary paper, of course, it would not need so many reviewers, but after all, this is a paper that proves the Riemann hypothesis. It has far-reaching influence, and it must be independently confirmed by top experts in multiple fields before it can convince the public.

"Enok Ivich, Henryk Ivanik, Terence Tao, Elliot Lieberman, Nick Katz, Andrew Wiles, Mikhail Gromov, James Maynard, Peter Schulz..."

When Lot Dugan's mind was not particularly clear, Pierre Delini called out more than a dozen names in one breath.

All of them are top mathematicians in related research, and most of them have done research related to the Riemann hypothesis. They cover a variety of fields, including number theory, complex analysis and zero-point distribution, geometry and spectral theory, random matrix topology, etc.

Most of them have already won all the possible mathematics awards, including the Fields Medal.

"Okay, I've got it all down. I'll start emailing right away! Um, there are some people I don't know well, can you help me make a call? Mainly, this is not a good time."

"Don't be so anxious, Lotte! I'm sure they will all be willing to be reviewers. Just send out the invitation first."

"Okay, you're right! But how can I not be anxious? Do you know what Qiao Yu said when I called him just now? His proof is flawless!

If he is right, I would like to invite him to be a tenured professor at Princeton and recommend that the school and the board of directors grant him the title of lecturer. What do you think? "

“That’s if he’s willing to come to Princeton. If the proof is flawless, as he says, colleges and universities around the world will be willing to offer him these honors.

Do you think a Fields Medal winner who is less than 20 years old will lack funding support in the future? This is a contemporary Gauss-level prodigy! Even Peter Schultz pales in comparison to him. "

Lott Dugan was silent.

Princeton's Department of Mathematics is world-renowned and known for its rigorous academic style.

But it doesn't seem to be that attractive to Qiao Yu.

Almost all research endowment funds in the world are based on people. As Pierre Delini said, talented people in all walks of life will never lack these honors.

"Well... well, I'll finish reviewing the paper first. I think we should invite him to visit the school first. Maybe he will like Princeton."

"Of course, I support you! But I think I need to read the paper now. Bye."

"goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Lott Dugan began to send emails to the bigwigs who were qualified to review the paper through the backend. He didn't even read it himself first.

This is actually not very rigorous and does not conform to the process. But this paper was written by Qiao Yu after all.

And Pierre Delini must have seen it first. Out of trust in this master, Lot Dugan felt that he didn't need to do any more work. After all, analytic number theory was not his strong point.

In order to ensure that every reviewer could see the review invitation as soon as possible, Lott Dugan even sent an email to everyone through a private email address...

This efficiency is the limit. But there is no other way. As Pierre Delini said, reviewers will be very cautious when reviewing such papers.

It is likely to take a long time.

If there is a dispute, it is possible that the review will take one or two years. Fortunately, Qiao Yu's new method has simplified the problem a lot.

After all, the overall logical framework that Qiao Yu built in the early stage has been accepted by the mainstream mathematics community. But it is also good to save more time.

Lott Dugan also hopes to complete the review by mid-July, giving the members of the Fields Medal Review Committee of the International Mathematical Union enough time to decide on this year's Fields Medal candidate.

Yes, if the twelve reviewers can give an affirmative response before mid-July, Qiao Yu will definitely win the Fields Medal this year and become the youngest Fields Medal winner in the world.

Lott Dugan is very much looking forward to this.

……

At the same time, at the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it was almost six o'clock. Lu Yanxiang was planning to get off work, go to the cafeteria to eat, and then go home.

In fact, he has been studying Qiao Yu's article published in JAMS these days. It must be said that the paper is very insightful.

Of course, being able to publish in the four top journals means that it has been reviewed by top mathematicians, which is naturally very impressive.

This also made Lu Yanxiang feel complicated. On the one hand, if Qiao Yu had applied for this project at the time, that is, the geometric mapping of the modal space of the Riemann hypothesis, he would definitely have approved it.

On the other hand, if Qiao Yu had just applied for the project and had published and completed the paper in less than a month, it would indeed seem too easy...

Anyway, this matter is very confusing.

Thinking about these messy things in my mind, I walked out of the office, and suddenly my cell phone rang. Lu Yanxiang took out the phone from his pocket and took a look. It was Academician Xu Zhe calling from upstairs.

"Hello, Professor Xu, what's going on?"

"Brother Yan Xiang, have you received the news? It has spread all over the Internet. Qiao Yu claims to have solved the Riemann hypothesis. The paper has been posted on arXiv. The mathematics community is in an uproar."

Hearing this, the well-mannered Lu Yanxiang suddenly felt like a thousand horses were galloping through his mind, and the word "MMP" got stuck in his throat, not knowing whether to say it or not...

Well, I definitely can't be so out of control.

After about ten seconds of calming down, Lu Yanxiang said, "It's not a random paper, right?"

"Haha, Brother Yanxiang is getting more and more humorous. I just downloaded it and read it through. I think it's very insightful. If you are not busy now, I suggest you take a look.

Okay, I just wanted to tell you about this because I was afraid you didn't know. I'm going to hang up now. I plan to study Qiao Yu's two papers together tonight."

Lu Yanxiang said: "Thank you, Professor Xu."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanxiang turned around and walked back to the office. This was good, I could save another meal, and I had no mood to eat at all...

(End of this chapter)