I kidnapped an alien civilization

At noon, the sunlight shines through the glass and falls on the white porcelain vase by the window sill, and the blooming flowers in the vase look extraordinarily enchanting.

At the desk, Professor Wu was frowning and carefully reviewing the paper brought by Li Mo: "On: Odd Perfect Conjecture". When his student handed him a thick thesis, he was full of surprises. This kid actually wrote the thesis.

Li Mo, who was bored, picked up a mathematics journal and sat at the desk to read it.

Professor Wu read the first three pages of the thesis several times, but found no obvious mistakes. But why can't I understand the train of thought? Do I really want to ask my students for advice?

Professor Wu decided to try again, but the stomachs of the two groaned.

"How about I treat you to dinner?"

Li Mo nodded, the effectiveness of the energy coffee was almost over.

"Xiao Wang, order two takeaways." Professor Wu dialed the internal number.

takeout? Li Mo was a little dumbfounded, he thought he had solved the problem, and the teacher would bring him a big meal.

After eating the takeaway meal, Professor Wu continued to read the paper, while Li Mo was lying on the sofa bored. He had almost finished reading the mathematics journals on the desk.

"Teacher, is there any problem with these few pages?" Li Mo realized that Professor Wu's gaze had been fixed on the first three pages of the thesis in the past few hours. According to this speed, when will the more than 600 pages of the thesis be finished? .

Knowing that the students had discovered it, Professor Wu murmured, "Your writing here is a little unclear. I'm still thinking about it."

Hearing the teacher pointed out the shortcomings of the thesis, Li Mo immediately leaned forward, looked at the place Professor Wu was pointing at, and replied: "This is the virtual number method adopted, constraining all the odd numbers that meet the conditions, look at A."

Following his explanation, Professor Wu suddenly realized, and he patted the table: "It's so ingenious, how did you think of it, genius, genius!"

Li Mo smiled embarrassedly, and Professor Wu also realized his gaffe.

"You continue to read, and I will explain the idea of ​​the proof." Li Mo realized that without his own explanation, it would be difficult for the teacher to understand the paper in a short time, let alone give suggestions for revision.

"Look here, I used a function."

"Ingenious, ingenious!"

"And here, just reverse the value directly"

"Wonderful. Wonderful."

Li Mo's explanation always attracts praises from Professor Wu.

Finally, under his "guidance", Professor Wu read the entire paper.

"Teacher, is there anything that needs to be revised?" Li Mo stared at Professor Wu and asked, which was also the main purpose of his visit this time.

"Ah, revise... revise what?" Professor Wu was still immersed in the wonderful idea of ​​the thesis. "There is no need to modify it. The logic is rigorous and the evidence is clear. It is a perfect paper. At least at my level, I can't propose any revisions."

Professor Wu, as a leading figure in Huaguo's mathematics circle, could not propose amendments. It seems that there is no logical error in this paper, and Li Mo is also relieved.

"By the way, which foreign magazine is your paper going to be published in, "American Journal of Mathematics", "Journal of Natural Sciences" or "Annals of Mathematics"." Professor Wu asked, if Li Mo is willing, he is very happy It is an honor to write a letter of introduction to my disciple.

Li Mo thought for a while and said, "I'm going to give the exclusive right to publish the paper to "Mathematics Monthly."

""Mathematics Monthly"?" Professor Wu said in surprise, "Although "Mathematics Monthly" is well-known in China, it does not meet the grade of this paper."

"Although the odd perfect conjecture is not as famous as Goldbach's conjecture and Riemann's conjecture, it is also a well-known conjecture in the history of mathematics. Euclid, Descartes, Nico Matthews and Euler have not broken it. This proof If it is published in an academic journal, it will definitely shock the entire mathematics community."

The word "shock" comes out of the mouth of an old pedant like Professor Wu, and it has a special taste.

"Are you afraid that the review of foreign journals is too strict, and you are worried that the paper will not pass. Please rest assured, although I am not specialized in this research, the methods and logic you used in the paper are impeccable." Wu The professor worried that Li Mo chose "Mathematics Monthly" because it was too difficult to submit articles to well-known foreign mathematics journals.

"I have published several papers in foreign journals. Can you be afraid of this?" Li Mo replied sincerely, "These are not the reasons why I decided to submit the paper to "Mathematics Monthly."

"Teacher, you also know that "Mathematics Monthly" is one of the few professional journals of mathematics in China. Every time there is an important paper, it needs to apply for reprint from foreign magazines. In this way, the authority of domestic papers and magazines is getting less and less , the discourse power in academia will gradually be monopolized by foreign magazines." Li Mo said the real reason.

The level of published papers is not high, which is also the current status of domestic academic journals. Many domestic scholars will submit high-level papers to foreign journals.

He didn't expect to be able to change this situation by himself, but at least he had to do his best.

Professor Wu was very pleased that he had such an idea, and he smiled and said, "It's great that you can think like this, but it's a pity that you will lose a lot of popularity in comparison with this important paper. "

Li Mo has never cared about the false name of popularity, because the real reason for his scientific research is those Pajero people who are thousands of light-years away.

He said with a straight face: "I never care about such external things. As a scientific researcher, new discoveries in science are the greatest compliments."

Li Mo left with the thesis, and Professor Wu sat at the desk, thinking about what he just said for a long time.

"Don't let honest people suffer!" Professor Wu made a decision in his heart, Li Mo's performance was too in line with the standards of honest people. He picked up the phone and dialed a number: "Old Wang, yes, I am Old Wu, that's it, I have a student."

After some conversation, after hanging up the phone, he picked up the phone and dialed another number: "professor liu, I'm Professor Wu"

He made a dozen consecutive phone calls, all to former classmates and students who had made a name for themselves in the academic world. There are even a few working in universities abroad. On the phone, Professor Wu told the story and asked them to pay more attention to the paper after it was published.

For the requests of old colleagues and old teachers, the person on the other side of the phone naturally agreed.

Professor Wu put down the phone and said to himself: "Students have their country in their hearts, so naturally teachers can't lag behind."