Replay 07: Opening the Temple of Learning

Chapter 28: The Paper That Shocked the Editorial Board
Lu Dehai was used to this. He did not complain and helped his fellow workers clean up the production mess.

People in small towns are uneducated and it is not easy for them to gain a foothold in big cities.

Even though it's a temporary job, the salary here is good and can cover my son's living expenses and tuition fees, and also enough for his future university tuition.

So Lu Dehai cherishes this job very much.

Lu Shan didn't say anything, he knew his father's character very well.

Before the technological transformation of equipment becomes clear, many things are too early to say.

Lu Shan needed technical data for the equipment for a few days and made up an excuse to tell his father that it was a physics homework.

This technical document was originally in a corner and no one was reading it, so Lu Dehai agreed, but repeatedly reminded his son to return it after reading it.

Lu Shan took the equipment's production manual and technical data and found a copy shop. He copied everything and returned it to his father, then took the data into the Singularity Laboratory.

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Yanjing.

A week ago, Tang Yi completed the last lecture of his trip to Xia Country at Shuimu University.

According to Tang Yi's schedule, he should return to the United States immediately to resume teaching at the University of New Hampshire.

However, Tang Yi did not go back. Instead, he stayed at Shuimu University and studied the draft of the thesis provided by Lu Shan over and over again in great detail.

After several days of research.

Tang Yi seemed to have a sudden epiphany and completely understood the weakened form of the twin prime conjecture.

The paper Lu Shan gave was about discovering that there are infinite pairs of prime numbers whose difference is less than 500 million.

Tang Yi optimized Lu Shan's paper and used computers to narrow the gap to about 300 million.

Going further, Tang Yi found it more difficult.

The research results stopped at 300 million.

Tang Yi was so excited that he didn't sleep well for three consecutive nights.

what does that mean!
This means that he has partially solved the twin prime conjecture problem that has plagued the mathematical community for nearly a hundred years.

The twin prime conjecture is certainly not completely proven.

But at least he has made a good start for this conjecture. Compared with the past 100 years when the world's top mathematicians looked at this problem like a headless fly, he has taken a solid step.

"Lu Shan! Lu Shan!"

Tang Yi was very moved and he has decided to publish this paper in the "Annals of Mathematics".

He also decided to write two names as the author of the paper, one was himself and the other was Lu Shan.

Mathematics does not tolerate any falsehood.

Tang Yi knew very well that although he had narrowed the gap to 300 million, without Lu Shan's paper, he might not have had any clue at all.

Therefore, Lu Shan accounts for at least 60% of the credit for this paper.

Tang Yi finalized the paper "Bounded gaps between primes" and submitted it to the Annals of Mathematics.

At the same time, he also sent an email to his assistant in the Department of Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire, asking him to help with the publication of the paper.

Tang Yi was not planning to return to China immediately. He decided to contact Lu Shan again before returning.

A student with excellent mathematical talent like Lu Shan must not be buried.

After much thought, Tang Yi decided to plan a better growth path for Lu Shan.

First, he would enter Shuimu University to study mathematics as an undergraduate, and then he would find a way to get Lu Shan into the Department of Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire to study with him.

There is a very important reason for this arrangement.

First of all, the mathematics major at Shuimu University is not bad for undergraduates. Lu Shan is from a small city, and Tang Yi is not sure about Lu Shan's English level. It would be better for him to train at Shuimu University for four years before going abroad.

Secondly, if Lu Shan was allowed to study abroad directly for his undergraduate degree, there would be language barriers in a foreign country. Tang Yi was a little worried that Lu Shan’s personality would have problems, which would affect his studies.

The reason for such worry is that some of Tang Yi’s outstanding students were in a hurry to go to the United States, but ended up being ruined.

The United States is indeed an academic paradise, but it is also a hell for humanity.

After realizing this, Tang Yi's tense nerves finally relaxed.

Xiao Dajie, professor, doctoral supervisor, and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Shuimu University, is on a business trip in Japan these days and will not be back until the day after tomorrow.

Xiao Dajie is Tang Yi's good friend.

Tang Yi believed that if he told Xiao Dajie about Lu Shan, Xiao Dajie would be very happy to have such a student in his pocket.

He still doesn't plan to return to the United States until these things are dealt with.

Editorial Office of Annals of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA.

The first review editor received Tang Yi's paper "Bounded gaps between primes", and also received some proofs and explanatory materials on Tang Yi's paper from the Department of Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire.

Annals of Mathematics divides the papers it receives into three types.

The first type is papers submitted by well-known scholars from internationally renowned universities and academic institutions.

This part of the paper will be the focus of attention. Even if some problems are found in the format of the paper during the initial review, we will discuss with the writer in a friendly manner and revise the paper before submitting it.

The second type is papers submitted by professors and teachers from ordinary universities.

The review of this part of the papers will be stricter and the rejection rate will be higher.

The third type is papers submitted by ordinary students or members of the public.

The review of this part of the papers will be more stringent, and the pass rate is less than one in ten thousand.

Obviously, Professor Tang Yi's paper belongs to the first type.

The first review editor knows the importance of the paper as soon as he sees the title.

The review editor will immediately send the paper to the editor-in-chief and give preliminary review opinions. If the preliminary review is passed, it will be recommended for expert review.

When editor-in-chief Carl Vinson saw the title of the paper, he knew he had encountered a big problem!

Three experts will be quickly selected from the expert database to review the paper online first. After they pass the online review, they will come to the editorial department for offline review.

The experts in the expert database are top professors and scholars from the world's top universities (mostly in the United States).

The three experts selected are from Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley.

The three experts were very interested in the title of the paper and reviewed it overnight.

The last three experts all agreed that we should hurry to the editorial department to discuss the matter!

This paper is likely to partially solve the twin prime problem that has plagued the history of mathematics for more than a hundred years.

At this time, Lu Shan in Jiangzhou was a little confused.

[Academic Science and Technology Points: +50]

The sudden increase of 50 points gave him a big shock!

He still doesn't know where these 50 points came from.

At the same time, Jiangzhou University.

Gao Jianming and the leaders of Jiangzhou University Admissions Office have arrived at Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School.

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