Chapter 447

March 28, 2019.

This is a day destined to go down in the history of mathematics.

8:34 a.m. New York time on the 28th.

Princeton Institute for Advanced Mathematics.

A research assistant was dozing off little by little in front of the computer, and a series of beeps came from the computer.

This is the notification that a paper submission has been received.

The research assistant is responsible for assigning papers to different reviewers within the institute for joint review according to the research direction of the submitted papers.

Hey, Ayton, don't take a nap. Professor Colin will be here soon. If he sees you like this, he will definitely scold you! A young man about the same age as Ayton patted Ayton with a coffee cup.

Dun's shoulders.

As soon as Ayton heard the words "Professor Colin", he raised his head suddenly and became more conscious. Is Professor Colin here?

It's not here yet, but it should be here soon. The young man shrugged, so he said, don't doze off here, and hurry up and deal with the submissions.

I don't know what happened during this period, but the number of submissions our journal received increased sharply, almost double the usual number. I thought it was just our "Annals of Mathematics", but I asked friends who work in several other top mathematics journals.

After a while, it was not just us, but also their side.

Ayton, do you really want to usher in a golden age in mathematics as rumored? The young man asked Ayton.

Ayton wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and shook his head. Who knows? And this is all the business of those big shots. We, the assistants, can only follow the crowd.

Moreover, I think our most urgent task now is to allocate these submitted papers to the group of reviewers. Otherwise, we will have to work overtime tonight.

Ayton let out a long yawn after speaking.

The number of submissions received by the "Annual Review of Mathematics" has increased exponentially. The result is that Ayton has to work overtime a lot. Every day, Ayton has to secretly squint for a while before his immediate boss, Professor Colin, arrives.

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Ayton controlled the mouse and opened the paper database in the backend of "Annals of Mathematics".

It shows that there are more than 100 papers that have not been assigned reviewers.

Today is another busy day!

Ayton complained inwardly, and then his eyes fell on the paper displayed at the top of the paper database.

The next second.

Ayton's pupils shrank suddenly, and his eyes were fixed on the title of this paper.

"Proof of the narrow Hodge conjecture based on harmonic differential forms in non-singular projective algebraic varieties"!

The title is very long.

But it can be simply summarized as - the proof of the narrow Hodge conjecture!

In the narrow sense of Hodge's conjecture, the term Ayton is not unfamiliar at all.

Some time ago, Gu Lu and Constantine, two groups of five talented mathematicians, chose the narrow Hodge conjecture as their battle map.

This makes the narrow Hodge conjecture famous in the mathematical community.

Now it's almost reached the point where no one knows about it.

But now Ayton sees something!

Someone claimed to have proved the narrow Hodge conjecture and submitted the paper to their "Annals of Mathematics".

At first, Ayton just thought it was a mathematician who was trying to impress others.

However, when he saw the names of the two authors attached to the back of the paper, Ayton's previous conjectures disappeared and his mind went blank, leaving only an incomparable shock.

Gulu Simondix!

These two names are exactly the names of the two protagonists who made a fuss about the declaration of war half a year ago!

Ayton's brain could no longer think normally, and there was a roar in his mind.

How could it be possible, how could it be possible, it’s only been half a year!!

At first, Ayton thought that he might have read it wrong before he woke up, but after rubbing his eyes hard, the names of Gu Lu and Simon were still written in the author column.

What happened in front of him completely shocked Ayton's world view.

Because Ayton simply could not imagine how Gu Lu and Simon, with only two people, could successfully prove the narrow Hodge conjecture in just half a year!

This completely subverts the common sense of a mathematician.

Behind Ayton, the young man holding a cup of coffee did not notice the strangeness of his friend, but continued to talk about the topic just now.

I do hope that the rumored golden age will be true. Even if we cannot personally participate in it, it is still something to be proud of even if we are a witness!

Hey, Ayton, why don't you speak, Ayton!

The young man saw something strange about Ayton, so he walked directly in front of Ayton and shook Ayton's shoulders.

Ayton, are you okay? The young man asked with concern.

Ayton stared at the computer screen with wide eyes and swallowed hard. Ensk, I think the golden age of mathematics you mentioned has already arrived!

Dong dong dong~~!

There was a rapid knock on the door.

Please come in! An old voice sounded in the dean's office.

A mathematician with a mustache and a leather jacket walked in hastily.

Colin, what do you want from me?

Dean Lietz, there is a paper that I think you need to read.

Professor Colin handed a printed paper from his arms to Dean Lietz.

The paper is very thick, almost two to three hundred pages.

Dean Leitz took the paper from Professor Colin, put on his reading glasses, and scanned the expressions in the paper. A rare look of surprise appeared on Furui Muha's face. Proof of Hodge conjecture in the narrow sense?

Yes, Dean Professor Colin nodded lightly. This is a submission that the "Annual Review of Mathematics" received half an hour ago, and the authors of this article are none other than Gu Lu and Simon Dix!

It's those two little guys! Dean Lietz raised his eyebrows, they are really very fast, it's only been half a year!

Yes, Dean, it has only been half a year.

I originally thought that Constantine would win, but I didn't expect that these two little guys would be so fast. Once this news is known to the outside world, there will definitely be an uproar! Dean Lietz said with a smile.

Has the correctness of the paper been verified? Dean Lietz then asked.

Professor Colin shook his head, not yet.

You also know that according to the difficulty and length of this paper, it will require a lot of people and time to verify it. This is why I came to you.
Chapter completed!