The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 787

Chapter 787: Make big news

In fact, the official release of the sixth issue of the Annual Journal of Mathematics in 1999 was slightly earlier than the end of November expected by Chang Haonan.

Just after the middle of the month, he received an email stating that his paper had been published and had been selected to be included on the back cover of this issue of the journal.

Sent along with the email was an invitation letter from Mikael Lagerstedt with basically the same theme as last time.

However, the content is much richer.

The other party said that the annual mathematics conference at the end of next month, because it happens to be at the junction of the millennium, is regarded as "a summary of the previous millennium and an outlook for the next millennium", so it will bring together many people from the previous era. and famous mathematicians of the era.

Among them, naturally, they also include Richard Hamilton, Isadore Singer, Michael Atiyah, Yau Shing-tung and other big names in the field of differential geometry.

Furthermore, Lagerstedt also said that the annual meeting will not involve topics such as award selection and project sponsorship, but will only involve pure academic exchanges, as well as eating and drinking.

This basically implies that although the annual meeting is hosted by Princeton, it will not involve disputes between the interests of different schools of thought—

In foreign academic circles, there are also mountains.

If the annual meeting is held in China, he will definitely go there more actively than anyone else...

So, no awards or sponsorships are involved, so there is less trouble.

The other party probably regarded him as an aloof and strange person like Perelman.

In this era, the technology to directly identify links in text format still does not exist.

“A pair of orthogonal complete sets of incomplete Latin squares…”

I have to say that, as the most influential journal in the field of theoretical mathematics, it is probably not one of them. In addition to Princeton University's reputation in the field of mathematics itself, the publisher is also really good at typesetting and proofreading.

I thought the reason I didn't reply to the email last time was because I didn't want to get involved in complicated school struggles.

Not surprisingly, it is the reading page of the current issue of the journal.

While thinking this, Chang Haonan copied the link attached to the email into the address bar of the browser—

The reason why he did not go to the meeting was simply because it was inconvenient for him to go abroad due to his current status, and it had nothing to do with being indifferent to fame and fortune.

“The unique continuation of the wave equation on the hyperplane…”

By the way, he also took a look at other articles published at the same time as his own.

And because of their high academic level and longer history, the relationship between mountains is even more complicated than in China.

Of course, in the final analysis, any mountain is for fame and money.

Many of the love and hatred of horse-catching people can even write a book on their own.

It's just that people who are below a certain level cannot even enter other people's circles, and of course they can't feel it from the outside.

It should be said that as a senior editor, my level is still high.

In the first few years of the digital version of the Annual Journal of Mathematics, it provided free reading and downloading. Later, it was discovered that no one would buy the physical version, so it became a paid subscription.

It's a pity that I guessed in the wrong direction.

Even the author Chang Haonan looks much more comfortable than the original manuscript he wrote in Word.

Chang Haonan smiled helplessly while looking at this lengthy invitation letter.

“Mathematical research on multiphase flow under shear through order parameter formulas and asymptotic analysis…”

It must be admitted that in terms of theoretical science, China does still have a long way to go.

Except for Chang Haonan, there is no other author from China.

Even if there are some Chinese names among them, if you look at the institutions, they are from the United States or Europe.

However, as far as the content of this issue of the journal is concerned, there are not many highlights except for Chang Haonan's article.

On the one hand, it is impossible to have so many earth-shattering results. Even in the world's top journals, many articles in them are inevitably filled with water.

On the other hand, as the last issue in 1999, almost half of the space was reserved for review-type articles signed by various big names.

It can also be regarded as a slogan that fits the “vision for the next millennium” at the banquet next month.

One of the articles even mentioned his results.

The author is none other than Richard Hamilton…

Considering that the two were actually published at the same time, it is obvious that the other party is also one of the reviewers...

Chang Haonan shook his head, closed the web page, and then looked at the newspaper he had kept next to him these days.

Nancheng Daily.

The reason why he asked Tang Lintian to stand still before was because he was waiting for this opportunity.

Now, the time is clearly ripe.

At this moment, a notification sound suddenly sounded on his mailbox interface.

A new email.

Judging from the website address, it should be from Yenching University. “Tian Gang?”

Chang Haonan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he and the other party had met once at the dinner after the National Day.

It is a side relationship in the physical sense.

Only said a few words in total, not even an acquaintance.

In the text, Tian Gang first congratulated Chang Haonan for his article being published in the Annual Journal of Mathematics, and said that his "Chang's Lemma", or "Millennium Lemma" can be ranked as the most popular in the field of differential geometry in the past five years. An important achievement, and if you look at the domestic perspective, it can be regarded as the most important achievement in the entire field of mathematics since the 1990s...

A rainbow fart wrote two long paragraphs, and then got to the point. He said that Yenching University has plans to establish a mathematics research center, and is currently inviting world-renowned scholars in the field of mathematics to give lectures. He hopes that Chang Haonan can accept the invitation and go. Give a lecture on the field of differential geometry.

Chang Haonan was not surprised by this kind of invitation.

Especially the fact that the other party mentioned "Chang's Lemma" in the email shows that this title has gained some recognition at least within the international mathematics community.

It has been a long time since such representative results appeared in the Chinese mathematics community.

Considering that the author is not from mathematics or even science, this article is undoubtedly equivalent to a blockbuster.

However, the paper has just been published for a few hours, and I can finish reading the article, write such a long email, and send it to him on the same day...

It's really unlikely.

Therefore, Chang Haonan guessed that Tian Gang was probably one of the reviewers, and these things had been prepared long ago.

Just waiting for this day.

This can also explain why the other party wanted to come up and talk to him at the National Day dinner rather bluntly.

However, Chang Haonan was still prepared to decline the invitation in the email.

The Mathematics Center of Yenching University, if it continues to develop according to the original timeline, will involve a series of useless talk.

There is no need to get involved.

After thinking for a moment, he also replied to an email.

First, he praised the other party according to the terms published by Google, and then said that he was not a professional mathematician and had projects to do. The paper was just some "accidental discoveries" during the research process, so there was really nothing to do in a short time. I have my energy to take care of other things, but I promise that I will take the stage to introduce my research results at the "appropriate time"...

Then, click Send.

At the same time, the office of the president of Beijing Hang University.

Tang Lintian answered a call from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

“Principal Tang, congratulations, you've got a great talent!”

Yuan Xiangya's voice rang on the other side of the phone:

“It took less than half a year to produce such a big result without any fanfare. It makes those of us who specialize in mathematics feel a little ashamed.”

　　It was a round of flattery that immediately confused Tang Lintian.

He raised his head slightly and spent a few seconds recalling it. He was very sure that he had not heard of any earth-shattering achievements in the school recently.

“Professor Yuan, what are you talking about?”

Tang Lintian asked somewhat puzzledly.

They are obviously not on the same channel.

“Principal Tang, you don't have to hide me when you're with me, right?”

Yuan Xiangya said in a half-joking tone:

“When he defended his doctoral degree, wasn't I still a member of the review committee?”

“Is it…Chang Haonan, Professor Chang?”

He asked tentatively.

Until this moment, Tang Lincai vaguely guessed that the other party should be talking about Chang Haonan.

After all, the latter promised him just last week that there would be big results in the near future.

It's just that I didn't expect that this "recently" would be so close.

“Who else could it be?”

At this point, Yuan Xiangya probably realized that Tang Lintian seemed to really not know the situation, so he explained:

"A paper by Professor Chang was published in the just-released December 1999 Annual Journal of Mathematics, and in a review in the same issue, the leader of differential geometry, Professor Richard Hamilton, also directly used "Chang's lemma" was used to name the two conjectures he proved."

"Old Tang, although you are not a person in the field of mathematics, you should be able to think of the significance of a result named directly after him..."

After hearing this, Tang Lintian's hand holding the receiver trembled slightly and he opened his mouth, but no words came out for a long time.

Chang's Lemma…

You should know that Yuan Xiangya also has "Yuan's Lemma" named after him.

The latter was able to become a "half-step academician", that is, a second-level professor, at the age of 39, precisely because of this achievement.

And Chang Haonan's first step into the world of mathematics actually reached this level...

(End of this chapter)

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