Tech Hammer

As Brother Lu said, from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present more than 70 years ago, the Chinese mathematics community has published less than 40 papers in the four top journals of mathematics. Specific to the history of Jiangsu University, although it includes "Nature", "Science" "There have been many papers in top comprehensive journals, such as Ning Wei's six papers, and the School of Life Sciences, School of Power Machinery, and School of Materials have all published papers in these two top comprehensive journals.

However, in the four top journals of mathematics, the number of papers published by Jiangsu University as a unit has been zero before. In other words, the paper published today in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society online has achieved a goal for the School of Mathematics at Jiangsu University. A breakthrough has been achieved. Are you excited or not? Really, this should be a happy event that immediately made the headlines on the official website of the hospital. However, when it came time to actually find someone, something shocking happened to everyone. After looking through the roster, they couldn't find anyone...

Especially the dean, Kong Mingde, received several congratulatory calls. He himself also found this paper in the list of journals ordered by the library system. The unit is actually Huaxia Jiangcheng University, although the paper was published by Huaxia Jiangcheng University. He didn't really remember the name, but he also didn't remember it when Ning Wei published a paper in "Nature".

After the first experience, it will naturally be easier to accept the second time. There are so many undergraduates, graduate students, and doctoral students in the college, and this person can always be found.

So he couldn't rest at this time. After getting the news, Lao Kong called his secretary and several office leaders and rushed to the school to find someone.

However, after waiting for half an hour, when Kong Mingde read the entire paper and felt impatient, the final result reported by the secretary was: "Dean Kong, we have already looked through the roster three times. I really can’t find the author signed on the paper. Is it possible that this San Yue is not from our School of Mathematics?”

Really, after hearing this answer, Kong Mingde was a little confused at the time. This person was not found on the list of several colleges?

"You didn't miss it, did you? Maybe the surname is polyphonic or something? So I couldn't find it?" Kong Mingde asked with a frown.

This is the most annoying thing in foreign journals. The names are displayed in pinyin, and direct searches may cause errors and omissions.

"Dean Kong, we have checked the names of all the names in the college. We have even checked the names of the freshmen undergraduate students just admitted this year. We really can't find this person!"

Weird things happen every year, especially this year.

Kong Mingde thought for a while and said: "In this way, you can compile a list of everyone in the college and I will look for it. In addition, call all the professors and counselors in the college and ask them to ask the students they are responsible for. , find the person quickly."

It’s not that Kong Mingde was anxious. There was such a big good thing in the college that was worthy of publicity and publicity, but as a result, he couldn’t find anyone, so he couldn’t even write this news article! Who wouldn’t be annoyed if someone changed?

However, an hour later, when Kong Mingde was dizzy and carefully proofreading one by one and looking through the list, he still didn't see anyone whose name matched the pinyin in the journal. At this time, the secretary came to report again.

"Dean Kong, I have asked, but no! I also specifically asked the counselors of each class to make detailed statistics, but I still can't find anyone." The secretary also had a grimace on his face.

Just as the two of them were staring at each other, Kong Mingde's phone rang again, and it was a special call from the principal.

As soon as the call was connected, a cheerful voice came from the other side.

"Hey, congratulations, Lao Kong. Your School of Mathematics has had a big explosion in the past two years. I just heard that someone published a paper in a top journal in mathematics! I have to give you credit for this, you must take credit, haha! By the way, so good Why didn't you call to report the matter? This is not like your style!"

After hearing this, Kong Mingde only felt that his mood became more complicated, and he replied with a sour mood: "No, that Principal Yan, I came to the office three hours ago, but our mathematics department couldn't find the person who published the paper. , I’m about to tell you that this paper is probably sent by professors or students from other brother colleges, why don’t you ask the computer department?”

"Ah? Not from your Mathematics College? No, how come other colleges publish top mathematics journals? Are you sure you haven't missed anything?" The tone of the opposite principal Yan was even more confused than Kong Mingde.

"Ahem, that's it. I just studied this paper. It uses the isomorphism method to build a mathematical model and allows computers to simulate human-like consciousness through this model. This is indeed a mathematical paper. But at the same time, it is also inseparable from the computer field. It can be said to lay the foundation for artificial intelligence. The project that Ning Wei applied for is a bit... wait, Ning Wei? Ah, how about you talk to Xu from the Department of Engineering? Can you please contact the dean first and ask them to find someone?"

Kong Mingde suddenly felt enlightened.

"Is that so? Okay, I'll call Lao Xu right now, and you'll look for her over there. Also, you mentioned Ning Wei just now. Doesn't this paper have anything to do with Ning Wei?"

"I don't know yet. I'll give him a call and ask. The Institute of Planning and Science will look for him first."

"good!"

…

After hanging up the phone, Kong Mingde hurriedly called Ning Wei.

"Hey, Ning Wei, I'm Kong Mingde. Today, the Journal of the American Mathematical Society published a paper signed by San Yue online. Do you know what's going on?"

"Hello, Dean Kong. Senior Brother Lu has just informed me of the good news. Congratulations, Dean Kong. It's really gratifying that our professors from Jiangsu University's School of Mathematics have published a top journal in mathematics."

After hearing Ning Wei's words, Kong Mingde was stunned again and asked hurriedly: "Do you know the professor who published the paper?"

"Ah? Of course. At that time, many journal editors invited me to review manuscripts. I introduced Professor March to them. After all, Professor March's mathematical theoretical foundation was more solid than mine, and he gave me a lot of advice. Although we The research directions overlap, but I am really grateful to Professor March.”

Kong Mingde was in a fog, and he quickly said: "But there is no professor named March in our School of Mathematics? You should recognize all the professors in our School of Mathematics, right? Is it the professor who taught you?"

"Ah? No? No, I don't recognize all the professors in the School of Mathematics. I have never met Professor March. Do I have any contact with her? She sent me a few emails when I was at the STOC meeting. Then we got to know each other after going back and forth. We didn’t have much contact after that. Isn’t she really a professor at the School of Mathematics? No way? Then I see that the signature on the paper is clearly from Jiangcheng University!"

Listening to the serious nonsense on the other side, Kong Mingde was completely confused and subconsciously asked: "So this paper really has nothing to do with you?"

"Look what you said, if you have anything to do with me, then you must sign my name! Speaking of which, I haven't even had the chance to publish a paper in the legendary top four mathematics journals in the world. My senior brother Lu is working all day long. If you bring this matter to Versailles in front of me, he has already published three articles. If it is my achievement, will I deny it?"

These words are very in line with human nature. Kong Mingde felt that this was indeed the truth, so he smiled bitterly and said: "That's really embarrassing. This Professor March is really not a professor from our School of Mathematics. He may be a professor from the School of Computer Science." Well, but this surname is so special. If there is such a high-level professor in the Institute of Computer Science and Technology, I shouldn’t be completely unimpressed. Hey..."

Kong Mingde let out a long sigh as he spoke. His mood was naturally extremely complicated. The first paper in the history of Jiangsu University to be published in the top four journals of mathematics had nothing to do with the School of Mathematics...

When the school publicizes it in a big way, he feels that he will not be able to hold his head up.

"Huh? March isn't a professor in the School of Mathematics. This... that, Dean Kong. My senior brother Lu happened to have something to do with me. I'll hang up first."

"Okay, get busy! Remember to come to your alma mater if you have the chance."

"Definitely, definitely. Goodbye, Dean Kong."

…

After hanging up the phone, Kong Mingde felt even more confused, but after thinking about it, he called Principal Yan and explained the situation.

"Hey, Principal Yan, I just spoke to Ning Wei. According to what he said, the professor who published the paper in March had contacted him by email, but the two of them had never met. He also thought he was a professor from our college. . But if this person is a college professor, he is definitely not from our college. Let’s let other colleges check.”

"That's it, okay, Lao Kong, don't feel any pressure. I just asked the Institute of Science and Technology to check. I'll let you know when there's good news."

"OK!"

…

However, the results were quickly reported back, and the enthusiasm of the Academy of Science and Technology was quickly mobilized. However, from beginning to end, there was still no news about Professor March. Even several major laboratories whose amplification scope includes computer-related activities have begun self-examination, but the results are obvious.

After obtaining the authorization, the professor from the School of Science and Technology directly entered the database and started screening the list of teachers and students in the school through the school's server, but there was still no result.

This time it was Principal Yan's turn to be confused. This is such a good thing. Why can't we find someone? Well, fearing that the machine would be inaccurate, the scope of the manual search expanded again. Almost all science majors began to search for Professor March, so the wonderful National Day holiday on October 4th alarmed almost all the deans and professors in the school. Even the counselor was not spared, but this person was still not found.

The effect was perfect. The whole school was going crazy trying to find this person, but no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find him.

The school's senior officials are almost certain that there is definitely no one with this name in Jiangda, whether they are professors or students. At the student level, due to the large-scale search by the school, almost everyone knows that someone from Jiangsu University has published a paper in a top mathematics magazine and helped the school achieve zero breakthroughs. After all, many students who went home for the holidays received calls from their counselors, so The school BBS and library system became lively again. After watching the paper first, almost everyone turned into detectives and began to guess who published this awesome paper...

Specific to the academic world, many people are envious, jealous, and resentful, while waiting for the good news to be released on the Jiangsu University website. After all, being able to publish a paper in the top four mathematics schools is something worthy of special mention in any school, even Yanbei University, the No. 1 mathematics school, is no exception, let alone Jiangsu University.

But something strange happened. The paper published by the March leader has been published online in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society for a whole day. There is no response at all from Jiangsu University. Let alone the good news, there is no press release on the website. Posting an article is actually very abnormal. After all, some popular science public accounts have reacted. There is already news on the Internet that Jiang University professor has published a paper on the first page of the four top mathematics journals, but Jiang University has not reacted at all.

So maybe no one works during the National Day? Or maybe Jiangsu University is so low-key that it feels that just one paper is not worth asking the official website administrator to give up his vacation and publish a press release?

Of course, no one knew that the entire senior management of Jiangsu University was in a state of confusion at this time. They received all kinds of congratulations and insinuating phone calls, and they all responded vaguely.

I wanted to post the good news. After all, it was an opportunity to promote the school and make the school look good, but I didn’t even know who had posted the paper. I posted it directly on the Internet, and finally found out that it was a mistake. How much of a slap in the face would this be?

The school official has sent an inquiry letter to the editorial office of "Journal of the American Mathematical Institute" to confirm whether the magazine has mistaken the author's affiliation. However, they have not received a reply yet, so naturally it is difficult to publish the already edited press release. send out.

The weird day passed like this, and the instigator was already sitting in the study, nervously sorting out the context of the whole incident with March. Because Ning Wei discovered that the joke was too big, to ensure that the whole thing was not discovered, the process needed to be more rigorous.

"In March, your paper has been published, but your identity must continue to be concealed. Our emails must interact. The time must be during the few days when I am in Montreal. Come on, come on. Let's start now. You edit first. Send an academic discussion email to my email address, and then you have to intercept the data packet and modify the sending time..."

"Meow..." Sanyue raised her two little paws and covered her little face, as if she was ashamed to be in the company of such a person.

"How can this be said to be a lie? This is paving the way for your future. Think about it, do you want a big house? Look at your countdown. Originally, you still have a few days before you can live in a big house. Now that everyone knows about you, they will probably not let you live in a big house!"

"Meow..." March put down her paw, and the cat froze, looking at Ning Wei in disbelief.

"You think I lied to you? Search the Internet and see that many people are particularly afraid of artificial intelligence?"

The webpage flashed by quickly. I don’t know how many things I found in March. Then the whole person, oh no, the whole cat became energetic. The cat looked at Ning Wei with a heroic face, and then the email started to be edited quickly. , intercept, modify the time, and enter Ning Wei's mailbox.

Soon, the emails recorded between the two people through their mailboxes appeared in their respective mailbox lists, and most importantly, in Ning Wei's mailbox list.

Well, that's enough!

"Also, the next month of March is the most important. Let's sort it out. If there are any loopholes, we need to fill them in immediately. Your current persona is the most mysterious mathematician in the world, so don't expose it. .”