I kidnapped an alien civilization

The sun shines on the desk through the blinds, an old man and a young man sit facing each other, the hale and hearty old man with gray hair touches a paper with his hand, and the young man sips tea.

"Where are you going to publish this paper?" Professor Wu finally put down the paper and asked.

Li Mo published "On: Odd Perfect Conjecture" in the domestic "Mathematics Monthly", but it is a mathematical proof conjecture. As long as the logic of the proof is impeccable, the paper will not be questioned.

"LIMO Transformation" is a paper on mathematical theory. If you want this transformation to play a role in the field of mathematics as soon as possible, you need to publish it in an authoritative mathematics journal. Only in this way will it be valued by mathematicians all over the world, just like Abel, the most famous mathematician in modern times, although he proposed Abel integrals, Abel functions, Abel integral equations, Abel groups, Abel series , Abel's partial sum formula, Abel's fundamental theorem, Abel's limit theorem, Abel's summability, and other advanced mathematical theories. He is also a pioneer in the field of elliptic functions, but his achievements are not recognized by the world. All live in poverty.

Therefore, this heavy paper must be published in the top international mathematics journal.

Which magazine should I choose?

"New Advances in Mathematics!"

""Inventiones Mathematicae"!"

The old and the young looked at each other and smiled, and said the result in unison.

"Inventiones Mathematicae" (Inventiones Mathematicae) is one of the top four international mathematics journals. Compared with the other three mathematics journals, it has one of the most obvious characteristics, that is, commercial operation. Most of the other academic journals are edited by universities, which are issued by the famous publishing group Springer-Verla. At the same time, it is also the journal that pays the most attention to emerging mathematical theories. In recent years, many new mathematical theories were first published in "New Advances in Mathematics".

Another factor is that nationality has the least influence on "New Advances in Mathematics", which also makes it the top journal that publishes the most mathematics papers in Huaguo.

Although Li Mo has gradually emerged in the international mathematics community and proved several mathematical problems, he is far from being able to propose a theory that is valued by people. Therefore, "New Advances in Mathematics" became the best choice for him to publish a paper.

"You have clearly expressed the LIMO transformation in the paper, but I suggest that you also add its application. After all, no editor will be interested in a mathematical theory that cannot be applied." Professor Wu put forward his own suggestion.

Li Mo nodded. Although he had published papers in "Nature", he had never published experience in top professional mathematics journals.

Watching his students disappear through the door, Professor Wu picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Xiaonian, do you still have the mailboxes of the mathematics professors who participated in the seminar last time?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he said to the phone: "There is something you need to do, you send them an email, and the email reads: The author who proved the odd perfect conjecture proposed a magical mathematical conversion theory. "

"Yes, just post it like this, and don't mention it to Li Mo."

After arranging everything, Professor Wu gently put down the phone and sighed: "Let him charge as much as he wants academically."

After returning to the dormitory, Li Mo began to "retreat" again. According to the teacher's suggestion, he needed to make a major revision to the thesis.

Once the paper is published, it will face the "picking" of the international mathematics community. Any small flaw will be infinitely magnified by them, and even become an excuse for those who want to attack LIMO conversion. So now he needs to revise the paper perfectly.

Outside the door, Xia Qing saw that Li Mo started to "retreat" again. I feel very depressed. Recently, Boss has been busy writing math papers that she can't understand, and the two have fewer and fewer common topics. She misses the days of running together on the playground.

Under the bright desk lamp in the dormitory, a young man was writing vigorously. He didn't notice when the window was pushed open by the breeze.

"So far, we can draw a clear conclusion that LIMO conversion is also applicable to the conversion of calculus equations." Li Mo wrote the final conclusion on paper.

Compared with the popular computer writing, he still likes to write it on paper first, and then input it into the computer. Because he likes the "rustling" sound of the nib rubbing against the paper, it can be an inspiration for him.

"Now we only need to revise 5 more times." He said to himself, he has never paid so much attention to any paper. The reason is not the top journal for the paper submission, but that this is the first time he has proposed a new mathematical theory.

...

Three days later, Li Mo couldn't find any papers that had grammatical errors after five revisions. Enter the email address of the "New Advances in Mathematics" magazine for soliciting papers, and then click send.

"Sending complete."

He closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, as if all his energy had been exhausted.

Norway, Springer-Verla Publishing House, the Inventiones Mathematicae on the front desk shows its identity to outsiders.

Compared with ordinary publishing houses, the editors of "New Advances in Mathematics" are much more relaxed, because they do not have a clear task load, and even several months will not pass the review of papers under their hands.

Springer-Verla Publishing does not intend to use Advances in Mathematics, a top mathematics journal, as a tool to make money.

At ten o'clock in the morning, editor William came to the publishing house on his bicycle slowly, greeting colleagues passing by from time to time. The cold autumn wind was already mixed with a slight chill. He rubbed his hands and poured a cup of coffee.

At 10:30 in the morning, he turned on his computer and checked the e-mails he received yesterday.

It is William's daily job to check emails and select "meaningful" papers from them.

"New Advances in Mathematics", as a top mathematics journal, can publish an article on it, which is the dream of mathematics scholars all over the world.

So William's work seems a bit "heavy".

Looking at the red number 51 on the mailbox, he knew that 51 submitted papers needed to be reviewed today. Of course, there are more than a dozen editors like William in the magazine, and they are like a big net, rejecting unqualified "fish".

"William, what's for lunch, let's go together." The colleague at the next station greeted him.

William checked the time. It was already 12 noon, and the red number on the mailbox had also changed to 35.

"There are a lot of tasks today, and I don't want to work overtime." He bought a hamburger and hurried back to the magazine office. In the evening, he had to go to his daughter's ballet performance.

He couldn't help speeding up the review process, 40...41...42...

There are still 3 papers left, and it seems that today is nothing. William seemed a little frustrated. He hadn't screened out excellent papers for two months. Although the magazine didn't have a clear task, it also made him feel that his work was meaningless.

"On the LIMO transformation," he opened a new email, "What the hell is this?" William knew that this transformation did not exist in mathematics.

"Is it a new theory?"

"interesting."

William's interest was ignited.