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Answers to Chapter 161, Mathematical Physics Communications

After the scuffle ended, Chen Hui learned the purpose of the two old men's visit.

In short, Professor Xiao Meng's research is of great significance and needs to be kept confidential for the time being. Their papers and patents cannot be published yet, but of course, they will receive appropriate compensation.

Chen Hui felt a little regretful, as he had originally planned to try his luck with high-impact factor journals. However, he also expressed his understanding, saying that a strong China means a strong people, and while science has no borders, scientists do have national boundaries, a distinction he was well aware of.

He not only readily agreed, but also submitted two of his own papers for researchers to study.

After signing the confidentiality agreement, Chen Hui left Yuan Xinyi's office.

Guo Senlin was filled with regret. He had originally wanted to snatch the student from the School of Mathematics, but who knew that the little guy was too outstanding and there was no chance left.

If even academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering couldn't break through his defenses, then he naturally had no hope.

"Some domestic media outlets have forgotten their mission and responsibilities; it's time for them to be reformed."

"What a good child, how could they smear him like this? They have no conscience at all."

Watching Chen Hui's departing figure, Zheng Nanning whispered something, her eyes sharp and filled with murderous intent, making everyone else in the office feel a chill down their spines.

The elderly people who came from that era were never bodhisattvas.

Guo Senlin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was now somewhat worried about the situation of Lanfang Metropolitan Daily. However, on second thought, it would be best if such media were uprooted, so that everyone could see clearly and be free from the influence of corruption.

It's not just the Blue City Daily; it would be best to clean up all those media outlets that disregard the facts and deliberately mislead the public. Clean them up one by one. If that's the case for all of them, then we should scrape the bone to heal the wound and let pure white flowers grow from the ruins.

……

Dear Professor Tian:

Hello!

First of all, we sincerely thank you for your attention and supervision of the academic quality of *Mathematical Physics Communications*. We have received your plagiarism accusation submitted on October 3rd regarding the paper "Applications of the Langlands Program in Condensed Matter Physics" (author: Oliver). Our journal highly values ​​academic integrity and immediately organized an expert committee to carefully review the accusation. Our response is as follows:

1. Verification Conclusion
After reviewing the original manuscript, peer review records, and comparing relevant literature, our journal believes that:
The accusation lacks sufficient evidence: the supporting materials provided by the authors are dated earlier than the materials provided by you. Citation compliance: citations of relevant research in the text comply with the citation guidelines of *Mathematical Physics Communications*, and no plagiarism was found. The peer review process was flawless: the paper underwent double-blind peer review, and none of the reviewers raised any objections to academic misconduct; the acceptance procedure complies with international academic publishing standards.

2. Decision on Handling
Based on the above verification results, our journal has decided:
The paper will remain published and no retraction procedure will be initiated. A public response to the controversy will be provided: supplementary explanations of the verification findings will be published on the journal's website and the paper's page to ensure academic transparency.

3. Suggestions for follow-up communication

If you have further evidence (such as specific paragraph comparisons, unpublished documents, etc.), please provide it before October 15th. Our journal will restart an independent investigation, invite third-party experts to review it, reassess based on the new evidence, and keep you informed of the progress in a timely manner.

4. Academic Dispute Resolution Mechanism
In accordance with the International Standards for Academic Publishing and our journal's charter, we consistently adhere to the following principles:
Procedural fairness: All disputes were reviewed anonymously by an expert committee;
Authors' rights: Authors have the right to submit supplementary materials or appeals (see the appeal guidelines on the journal's official website for details);

Open and transparent: The final processing results will be published in the journal.

Thank you again for your supervision and support. Academic debate is the cornerstone of scientific progress, and we look forward to working with you to maintain a rigorous academic environment.

Sincerely,
salute
Editorial Department of *Mathematical Physics Communications*
Editor-in-Chief: Robert Springer

At Yanbei University, Tian Yang looked at the email reply from the editor-in-chief of the Mathematics and Physics Communications with a solemn expression.

He was well aware of the underhanded dealings in academia, and that wherever there are people, there is politics, but he believed that the Communications in Mathematics and Physics wouldn't risk its reputation for Bryant.

Therefore, the other party must have submitted some strong evidence.

He wasn't entirely sure if Oliver had actually plagiarized Chen Hui's paper, but after hearing the news from Yun Wei, he was now 100% certain.

This is indeed strong evidence, but it cannot be submitted to "Mathematical Physics Communications" for the time being. Otherwise, the other party will have more time to think about this problem, or they may already know the crux of the matter. But this is not something to be proud of, and they probably cannot mobilize a large number of people to study this matter for the time being.

Comparatively speaking, China has fewer top mathematicians, but their advantage lies in their extremely high status, which makes them easy to mobilize.

This match was far more than just a battle between him and Qiu Chengwu; it was a silent struggle between East and West.

After some thought, Tian Yang picked up the phone on his desk. "In view of the academic misconduct of the Journal of Mathematical Physics and the Duke Journal of Mathematics, Yanbei University has suspended all cooperation with the two journals, and all submitted works will be retracted."

"Send out a notice!"

Tian Yang said firmly that although there was no solution for the time being, it did not mean that he was powerless to do anything.

That's how Westerners are. If you try to reason with them, they'll just argue and make trouble. Only when you hurt them will they start to reason with you.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, but they still agreed.

The announcement from Yanbei University was just the beginning; Tsinghua University, having received the news, quickly followed suit and issued almost the same announcement.

Jiangcheng University also responded immediately.

In a small conference room next to the office of the dean of the mathematics department at Shuangdan University, there were only five people sitting inside, but they were already the only powerful figures in the mathematics department at Shuangdan University.

After some discussion, a brief silence fell over the meeting room.

"There's nothing to say about this; we're in the right."

Shen Jianfeng broke the silence, "I've long been fed up with their attitude. No matter who fights with them, Shuangdan University will have to step in and help them out!"

"Moreover, it was spearheaded by those two from Yanbei and Tsinghua."

"Who is in favor and who is against?"

The meeting ended quickly, and Shuangdan University also issued a notice.

Then came Zhejiang University, Renmin University...

Dozens of universities across China responded in succession, and the spark quickly spread like wildfire.

Of course, some people remain silent for the time being, since doing such a thing brings no benefit and may even have serious consequences, so they have to consider their own interests.

But this didn't stop the fire from spreading to the West. Looking at this series of announcements, the editor-in-chief of the *Mathematical Physics Communications*, Spengler, felt somewhat helpless.

He wasn't trying to favor anyone, but the materials Bryant provided did prove a lot, and the video recordings of the meetings at Yanbei University were equally irrefutable evidence. He could certainly spot some irregularities, but that was just a subjective judgment, not objective fact, and not enough for him to convict Oliver of plagiarism.

Duke University's Dobesie felt much the same way.

So they simply stopped responding to the matter.

But such a big event has long since transcended academic circles; netizens from both the East and the West have joined the frenzy.

"Pfft, that's hilarious! China is trying to impose academic sanctions on us!"

"Let me tell you a joke: We're begging China to submit articles to our journal."

"Haha, we begged them, why can't they get their manuscripts approved? We gave them a chance, but they're useless."

"The person upstairs doesn't need to be sarcastic. Objectively speaking, China's academic development has been very rapid in recent years. However, the number of articles published in top journals such as Mathematical Physics Communications and Duke Journal of Mathematics is still not high. The sanctions notices from dozens of Chinese universities will not have much impact on the two journals. On the contrary, Chinese professors will have a headache. With two less prestigious journals to submit to, their promotion will be even more difficult."

"I've seen the evidence submitted by both sides. It's obvious that Oliver started his research earlier and produced results sooner. Who knows if that Chinese kid plagiarized it and then turned around and accused me? It's really laughable."

"The Chinese academic community thinks it can force us to submit in this way? No way! We will never submit and will fight to the end!"

"Even if we take a step back and assume that the Chinese kid didn't plagiarize, isn't it possible that the two of them produced similar results at the same time? Didn't Newton and Leibniz invent calculus around the same time?"

"China is making a mountain out of a molehill. Small countries are like that; they don't have our magnanimity!"

The discussion was heated not only on Western networks but also in China. However, after the evidence was presented, many people sided with Chen Hui. They also noticed that although Bryant's evidence was earlier in time, it lacked several key conclusions. Perhaps they had not made a breakthrough until they saw Chen Hui's paper.

Otherwise, how do you explain that Oliver's paper was published later than Chen Hui's?
However, these doubts have been misled by some people with ulterior motives, and not everyone is willing to pursue the truth.

However, after the comments from Western netizens came out, more people in China sided with Chen Hui.

……

Edrian looked at the uproar on the internet and felt an overwhelming anger.

He had also seen the evidence provided by Bryant, which did prove that they had been working on this project for a long time and had achieved some results, but they had not obtained several key processes and conclusions, at least not in the evidence presented by Bryant.

He had communicated with Chen Hui at the seminar, and Chen Hui's ideas were presented very smoothly, which was definitely not something that could be achieved by plagiarism. Furthermore, the popular simplification of the knowledge of the Langlands Program in Chen Hui's paper, as well as the supplement to the Langlands Dictionary, were consistent with the content of the seminar, which is enough to prove that this paper was Chen Hui's original work.

Furthermore, Chen Hui's paper was submitted to Duke Mathematics, and Bryant was a co-academic editor of Duke Mathematics. If there wasn't something fishy going on, he definitely wouldn't believe it.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any crucial evidence to prove it, and in the end, he could only helplessly issue a statement on Twitter to express his views on the matter and his support for Chen Hui.

……

three o'clock in the afternoon,

The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, main building coffee shop.
Helmut Hoffer sat at the back, coffee in hand, watching a group of people huddled around a blackboard, intensely discussing the unity of multidimensional spacetime structure and microscopic particles. Recently, a Canadian team discovered that the size of neutrino wave packets is 1000 times that of atomic nuclei, and their spatial expansion characteristics are highly consistent with the "energy distribution of string vibrations" predicted by superstring theory, providing new evidence for the macroscopic quantum effects of strings.

This has greatly excited the group of guys who study superstring theory, and they've been discussing this topic almost every afternoon tea these past few days.

This is a tradition at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; many exciting results have originated from this café. Einstein once discussed details of relativity with his colleagues here, and von Neumann and Oppenheimer often exchanged scientific views here as well…

Helmut did not delve into this field. Although he was somewhat interested, he simply sat in the back and listened quietly without joining the discussion.

Just then, a gaunt old man came over with a cup of coffee and sat down next to Helmut.

"The academic world has been quite lively lately!"

Edward Witten stared at the group of people having a heated discussion by the small blackboard in front of him and muttered something.

Helmut pretended not to hear. The old man next to him was very eccentric, and he didn't want to have any communication with him except for academic matters.

"I have finished reading the paper on the proof of the Langlands conjecture. It is a very ingenious proof, especially the conclusion that introduces condensed matter mathematics. It is truly a stroke of genius."

"I can't believe it," Wei Teng exclaimed.

"Yes, without a doubt, that Chinese man has already reserved a Fields Medal."

Helmut finally spoke.

Yuan Xinyi's paper was undoubtedly submitted to the Annals of Mathematics. As the editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics, Helmut was naturally one of the review team members. He agreed with Witten's opinion that the paper was indeed without any flaws.

However, for the sake of rigor, it is foreseeable that this review process will take a long time.

"Recently, the number of applied papers on the Langlands Programme has increased by an order of magnitude. Those guys have a nose that's sharper than a dog's."

Wei Teng sighed, thinking of the plagiarism scandal that had recently caused a great stir in the industry.

"That's normal. The Riemann Hypothesis hasn't been proven yet, but many people have already assumed it to be true, drawn many conclusions, and even had many applications. There were also many people doing research on the Langlands program before. Now that the conjecture is about to become a theorem, they naturally want to make some achievements. Doesn't your superstring theory support a large number of scholars?"

Helmut remained noncommittal.

"Have you noticed that the third author of that paper is Chen Hui from Jiangcheng University, who is also the protagonist in the plagiarism scandal recently?"

Wei Teng suddenly said that the Western academic community is still somewhat different from that in China. In China, only the first author of a paper is usually recognized, and the second or third author is not considered important. However, in the West, the second or third author is equally valuable.

Helmut turned back to look at Witten with surprise, somewhat astonished, "You're interested in these things?"

But he quickly realized, "What, you've got your eye on that kid?"

Wei Teng nodded. "That's a very intelligent little guy."

(End of this chapter)