In the editorial department of "Mathematical Monthly", Wei Xiaonian is a 24K pure newcomer. His task is to receive and review submissions from the "people". Last night, he was dragged to a party by his classmates who also graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Peking University. At the party, he heard about his ex-girlfriend

I was almost late for the news that I was getting married, so I drank to drown my sorrows.

After punching in and swiping his fingerprints, Wei Xiaonian, who was sitting at his desk, was still a little confused. He randomly took out one from the pile of submissions on the table, and the page read: "Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis."

"Okay, it's a cannon early in the morning." Wei Xiaonian turned to the end of the paper and looked at the page number, page 56...

Special manuscripts from Impurity Society or papers written by some professors are directly reviewed by the editor-in-chief. Submissions from "people" also known as "citizen scientists" are handled by Wei Xiaonian, a newcomer to the magazine. Those manuscripts are generally very imaginative.

But it cannot stand up to logical scrutiny.

Wei Xiaonian once saw a "people" write a paper of more than 300 pages on "there is an unknown integer between the natural number 3 and the natural number 4." At that time, he had just joined the magazine, and he spent a day enduring the paper.

I read the more than 300 pages of the paper carefully. In the paper, the "people" tried their best to prove that they discovered that there is an integer between 3 and 4 that humans have not discovered. The result disappointed Wei Xiaonian

, he discovered that the paper was actually a fantasy novel.

The paper that impressed him most was "Proving Goldbach's Conjecture." The paper only had one page and it said, "Because 11=2, Goldbach's Conjecture is true." At that time, Wei Xiaonian almost burst out laughing, but luckily the paper was

There was only one page, so he didn't waste his time.

After that, Wei Xiaonian reviewed the manuscript of "the masses" and found a serious logical error in the paper, so he was immediately shot.

This "Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis" was shot dead when he turned to the second page. He saved 54 pages of time.

On "For every positive integer, if it is an odd number, multiply it by 3 and add 1. If it is an even number, divide it by 2, and so on, you can eventually get 1." Author: Meng Chengyi

Gao Limo

Yesterday's hangover made Wei Xiaonian a little dizzy. He looked at the title of this paper. He didn't think about it for a moment, so he read it twice and suddenly realized that this was the "Coraz Conjecture"?

Another "Riemann Hypothesis"? Wei Xiaonian has long been accustomed to it. He flipped through it and found that it was only 21 pages. He began to review Li Mo's paper according to his "working skills".

There are no errors on the first page, which is normal.

There are no errors on the second page. It seems that this high school teacher has a good level of mathematics.

There is no error on the third page, continue reading.

There is no error on the fourth page,......

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There is no error on page 11,......

Page 12...can't understand...

Wei Xiaonian was a little surprised. He could not find a single logical error in the first 11 pages of the paper. Starting from page 12, he could not understand several transformations used by the author in succession.

Wei Xiaonian has always been proud of his mathematical attainments. When he graduated from college, many foreign companies sent him invitations. Wei Xiaonian, who wanted to make achievements in the field of mathematics, chose this publishing house with a meager salary, which also led to

He broke up with his girlfriend. Wei Xiaonian remembered that when he broke up with his girlfriend, both of them were very drunk, and his beloved girlfriend cried and said that he could not see a future with him. This also became an eternal pain in his heart.

Writing a paper in front of him made him hesitate. The Coraz conjecture has existed for hundreds of years. Although its problems can be described by high school mathematics, this does not mean that it is simple. On the contrary, countless mathematics have been used for hundreds of years.

Everyone is committed to solving this problem. Now a high school teacher actually sent a paper, claiming that he solved this problem in the paper. What surprised him even more was that he failed to find a logic in the paper.

loopholes.

He had already made his decision and stood up and opened the door to the editor's office.

"Professor Wang, I have a paper on the "Coraz Conjecture" that you need to read."

On the desk, an almost bald head poked out from behind a tall pile of magazines. There was a pair of thick glasses on the bridge of his nose. The cloudy but glistening eyes behind the lenses were full of doubts.

In an academic magazine, the editor responsible for reviewing manuscripts from the "crowds" has the least communication with the editor-in-chief. Because the manuscripts submitted by the "crowds" are often "fantasy novels", there is no possibility of these fantasy novels being placed in front of the editor-in-chief.

"I couldn't find any errors in this manuscript. I couldn't understand the next dozen pages starting from the author's continuous switching." Sensing Professor Wang's doubts, Wei Xiaonian said a little ashamed.

"Huh?" A wrinkled hand took the manuscript.

"Put it here, I'll look at it later." Professor Wang raised his head and said slowly.

"Shh..." Wei Xiaonian breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the editor-in-chief's office. Every time he faced a famous old stubborn in the mathematics world, he felt uncomfortable all over. Old Man Wang's eyes seemed to be able to make people nervous.

It's dirty to see through. However, it is precisely because of Mr. Wang's stubbornness that Mathematics Monthly will never publish articles that are just fake, and its credibility is getting higher and higher.

"Let's just leave this hot potato to the editor-in-chief to solve it." Wei Xiaonian became happy. The most difficult thing about reviewing academic papers is not being able to understand the author's ideas and the logical relationships used in the paper. If you can't even read the paper,

If you understand, then there is no way to judge whether the argument is valid.

He sat down and could finally relax. Although he didn't understand the paper just now, it also consumed a lot of energy on his part.

I poured a cup of coffee. Although the salary at the magazine was not high, the coffee was free. I guess it was to save the editors who were fighting in "fantasy novels" all day long.

While drinking coffee and thinking wildly, Wei Xiaonian saw the editor-in-chief, Professor Wang, walking over with the manuscript he had just handed in.

"This paper...this paper...did you receive it?" Professor Wang looked very excited.

"Yes, I received it today." Professor Wang's abnormal excitement frightened Wei Xiaonian, so he answered honestly.

"Have you ever done a plagiarism check?"

"The weight rate of the paper is less than 10%." Wei Xiaonian's professional quality is still very high. Before he handed the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, he checked it in the system. Generally, academic papers are considered excellent if their weight rate does not exceed 20%.

The weight rate of this manuscript is only 10%. This is one of the reasons that prompted Wei Xiaonian to hand the manuscript to the editor-in-chief.

"Less than 10%?" Sure enough, Professor Wang's face became even more joyful after hearing this.

"Is there any problem?" Seeing the joy on Professor Wang's face, Wei Xiaonian made a bold guess.

"Does this paper really prove the Coraz conjecture?" Wei Xiaonian asked eagerly.

Although he submitted the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, he still had no expectation that the paper would be correct. After all, it was the "Coraz conjecture", which has troubled several generations of Chinese and foreign mathematicians.

"Is it really proven by those 21 pages?"

"Is it really proven by that teacher from Mengcheng High School?" Wei Xiaonian was startled by this bold idea in his mind.

Professor Wang tried his best to suppress his emotions and said in a calm tone: "I haven't confirmed that the paper is completely correct, but according to my review, there are no problems with the main arguments and logic."

"I'm going to the National Science and Technology Commission to have a look with Mr. Zhao and the others. You can print out a few more copies of this paper for later use." He walked out as he said that, paused at the door, and turned around to explain to Wei Xiaonian.

"Also, show this paper to your teacher."

Wei Xiaonian’s teacher is Professor Wu from the Department of Mathematics at Yanda, who has a high prestige in the Chinese mathematics community. More importantly, he and Professor Wang are classmates. Usually the magazine will ask Professor Wu to review any difficult manuscripts.
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