I kidnapped an alien civilization

The editor Jack of the American Journal of Mathematics is boringly browsing through the submissions from all over the world. He has made statistics that there will be only one meaningful paper in every hundred submissions, and only one meaningful paper in every fifty. was published in a magazine.

"Well, this problem has been solved long ago, NO"

"Such a simple question also needs to write a paper, NO"

"The theorem on the first page is misquoted, NO"

"What is this? A mathematical symbol created by myself, NO! NO!"

Reviewing and complaining to the editor-in-chief, he just went on a business trip for 5 consecutive days, and brought a manuscript to those old-fashioned professors for review, but it turned out to be a paper full of errors, no bonus, no vacation, it is too pitiful.

He took another paper in his hand, which read: "On the complete establishment of the proposition that "Any map using only four colors can make countries with common borders colored in different colors""".

Four-color conjecture? As a professional mathematics journal editor, Jack understood the topic of this paper at a glance.

"But isn't the four-color conjecture proven by a computer?" NO! .Throw it in the trash.

Just after throwing the thesis into the pile of waste paper, Jack thought of something again and quickly picked it up.

"Could it be that this paper uses mathematical logic to prove the four-color conjecture?" He flicked the dust on the cover of the paper, which read: Author Li Mo, Yenching University. He felt that the name was very familiar, as if he had seen it in some magazine, why couldn't he remember it,

Jack patted himself on the head, obviously familiar, but why can't he remember it? By the way, it seems to be a Chinese name. The high school student who proved Colraz's conjecture in the "Mathematics Monthly" seems to be called this Name, how did he make it to college so quickly?

Jack was very impressed with Li Mo, because the reviewer of the magazine, Professor Willson from Princeton, was full of praise for this high school student, and wanted to invite him to study abroad in Princeton, but now it seems that the wishful thinking of Willson, an old fox, has come to nothing .

Is this Li Mo really a genius? Jack decided to review this paper carefully.

"There is nothing wrong with citing theorems!"

"There is no error in mathematical logic!"

"Grammar is correct!"

".can't read!"

".can't read!"

Unknowingly, a whole morning passed, except for those places that he couldn't understand, Jack didn't find a single mistake in the paper. The grammatical structure of the paper is concise and precise. He has not seen such a professional level of writing for a long time. It is hard to imagine that this is written by a college student.

Sitting in Starbucks waiting for coffee, in the past Jack would always joke with the waitress at the bar, but today his mind is full of the paper just now, and he is in no mood. That thesis is like a kind of magic, it quietly waits for you to pick out the mistakes in it, and then conquers you silently.

"Is this paper really proving the four-color conjecture? If there are no logical errors in the paper, it will shock the entire mathematics community." Jack, who was drinking coffee, became more and more excited as he thought about it. This is an opportunity that countless editors have dreamed of.

"No, I'm going to show the paper to the editor-in-chief. If there are no mistakes in this paper, it will be a blockbuster." Jack has made a decision, he throws the tip on the table and leaves in a hurry.

When Jack pushed open the door of the editor-in-chief's office, the editor-in-chief sitting in the boss chair was worrying about the quality of the papers to be published in the next issue of the magazine. The papers sent by the editors so far have not had enough weight to be on the cover, which means that the next issue of the journal still lacks a finale paper.

"Editor-in-chief, take a look at this paper." Jack spread the paper in front of the editor-in-chief.

""On: "Any map using only four colors can make countries with common borders colored in different colors" is fully established"" John silently read the title, and immediately stood up from his chair, "Is this a four-color conjecture? "

"How is this possible?" the editor-in-chief retorted immediately, and his reaction was exactly the same as when Jack saw the paper for the first time.

"How is this impossible?" Jack was very satisfied with the editor-in-chief's response. He said with a smile: "So far, I haven't found any errors in this paper, not even a grammatical error."

"Do you know who the author of this paper is?" JACK turned the paper to the first page, pointing to the column of the author of the paper.

The editor-in-chief frowned and read: "Li Mo, Yenching University. The academic conduct of the professors at Yenching University has always been excellent, maybe this paper is worth taking a look at."

Jack next to him heard the editor-in-chief's words, laughed and said, "It's not Li Mo, a professor at Yenching University, but Li Mo, a student at Yenching University."

"Student?" The editor-in-chief showed a puzzled expression. Can a college student write such a paper?

When the editor-in-chief was also confused, JACK said slowly: "Do you still remember the Collats conjecture? Li Mo was the author of the paper that proved the Collats conjecture, but he was only a high school student at that time."

"Collaz conjecture. Is there such a thing? Could it be that the high school student proved the four-color conjecture again?" The editor-in-chief finally understood who Li Mo was, but he still couldn't believe it and said: "This is too incredible Well, a student can solve two world problems in a row."

"We must believe that there are geniuses in the world, especially in our field of mathematics. There have been countless young geniuses." JACK pointed to his head and said.

"Srinivaser Ramanujan of India, who never had a formal education in mathematics, discovered the properties of highly composite numbers, the integer division function and its asymptote, the Ramanujan theta function. "

"If it is said that there are geniuses in the world, then our mathematics field is full of geniuses. Many famous mathematicians made achievements before the age of 35."

"Can't this Li Mo from Yenching University be a genius?"

"If the paper is correct, it will be the most famous issue to appear in our journal this year, and it will take the mathematical world by storm."

Finally, JACK stared at the editor-in-chief and said slowly.

The editor-in-chief pondered for a moment, picked up the paper on the table and said carefully: "If there is no error in this paper, it will be the cover of the next issue of our journal. So we must be cautious. Our American Journal of Mathematics is the most authoritative journal in the world. Authority means you can’t make mistakes. So you immediately send the paper to Princeton yourself, get all our reviewing professors together, and discuss the paper.”

"Of course, I'm sure all mathematics professors will be interested in it."