Peer review is a thankless job.

First, the job is unpaid, or the reviewer’s compensation is usually cashed in a way that is unrelated to money, such as journal acknowledgments, positions in the editorial department, free access to journals, discounts on page fees, and more.

Secondly, in the case of a limited understanding of a job, it is quite difficult to go deep into this field to judge whether a research result is correct.

If it is not an important proposition, that’s all, but the world-class problem like the existence of the solution of the Yang Mills equation, no matter how difficult or important it is, it can be sloppy, even in every process of thesis. It takes a lot of valuable time for reviewers to rethink.

Many people take this job, except for the “academic qualifications” that can be used to name a reviewer in a well-known journal. It is more about the social responsibility of being a scholar and the mission of being a scientific goalkeeper. .

For a scholar who has already made a name for himself, the motivation for the acceptance of this review invitation by the Fefferman Professor is probably the latter. But when he got this thesis, all these insignificant things were thrown aside by him.

Starting from the first line of calculations, the process of calculating the flow of water is like a magical magic, firmly grasping his eye.

In particular, the understanding of the differential geometry of partial differential equations in thesis, as well as the application of the L manifold, is even more subtle to the extent that he can hardly believe.

He couldn’t believe how a young theory, from birth to now two years, could develop to such a mature level in just two years.

“…is incredible.”

It took about fifteen minutes to turn over the first page of the text, and Fefferman Professor couldn’t help but feel in his heart.

If he said that he had been ruined for the holidays, he was a little bit sorry.

However, at this moment, his heart is a little bit regrettable.

The time in the office passed quietly, and the sky outside the window gradually darkened.

Sitting at another desk, I finally finished the final solution, Wei Wen put out a long breath, and relaxed in a relaxed mood.

Just as he was about to get up and go to the canteen downstairs to have dinner, he noticed that the Fefferman Professor sitting in front of the desk was still maintaining the action in the afternoon, staring intently. With the thesis in his hand, the pen in his hand reads something from scratch paper from time to time.

After hesitating for a moment, I couldn’t stand the curiosity in my heart, Wei Wen asked.

“Lu Professor, he… is it certified?”

Upon hearing this inquiry, the pen pinched in the hands of the Pfeiffer Professor finally stopped.

Putting thesis on the table, he picked up the coffee that had been cold, and took a sip, and after a while, he was thoughtfully started talking.

“On my own opinion, I can’t make a hasty decision on something so important…”

Look again at thesis on the eye table, Fefferman Professor paused, continue.

“But if I only talk about my personal point of view, then he probably did it.”

……

After completing thesis on “the proof of the existence of the solution of the Yang Mills equation”, Lu Zhou put the contents written on the draft paper into the computer, simply edited it and posted it to the editorial department of the “mathematics annual”. Mailbox.

There was hardly any suspense, and thesis quickly passed the review of technical editors and entered the peer review process.

As for the reviewer, Lu Zhou didn’t know until thesis was published.

However, this kind of thing is not important at all.

He has checked the proof steps from start to finish before tidying up on the computer. He has a certain 90% or more to be sure that his proof is correct. Regardless of how the reviewer looks, this issue is already resolved for himself.

After confirming that thesis entered the peer review process, Lu Zhou did not take it anymore and began the next phase of research.

In fact, proving the existence of the solution is only the first step to the modern sacred cup of the Young Mills equation, far from reaching the core of the problem. At least, before studying the problem of mass gaps, he had to find a general solution for this complex equation.

From the perspective of mathematics, it is no doubt much more difficult to find a general solution than to prove the existence of a general solution. At least the old words of the 啃 NS equation are not necessarily enough.

In short, Lu Zhou did not rush to start the next round of retreat immediately before finding a solution to the problem. These days, he has been searching for other people’s research in the field on Arxiv to see if he can get some inspiration from other people’s research work.

Unfortunately, the results are not ideal.

Although the position of the Yang Mills equation in the modern gauge field theory is sufficiently important, few people will study the general solution of this nonlinear partial differential equation as their research direction. Although there are some very interesting results, these results often do not go deep into the core areas.

And this also means that the only part of his work that he can rely on is his own…

On the last Wednesday of April, after completing the course in Material Science, Lu Zhou, with his textbook, walked out of the classroom.

However, while he was thinking about the problem of the Yang Mills equation, while walking in the direction of the stairway, a middle-aged Professor shouted his name and ran away from behind to catch up.

“Please wait, Lu-Professor.”

Standing in the corridor outside the ladder, Lu Zhou turned and looked at the man who was holding his own, and cast a doubtful look at him.

“you are?”

Panting, the middle-aged professor laughed said: “I am Zhang Zhongqing, the other side of the library… We have seen it in the last physics class.”

“Oh,” I was impressed with the name. Lu Zhou immediately remembered who he was, so he said with Yan Yue, “It’s a Professor, is there anything?”

Seeing Lu Zhou actually remembering himself, Zhang Zhongqing was embarrassed to laughed and said: “This is the case. Last time, did you not give a lecture on strong interactions to the students of our hospital? Many students responded and said no. It’s a pity that I can hear your class. It’s just the quantum mechanics. This is a difficult point in undergraduate education. If you want to learn well, you need a certain mathematics foundation. After the leaders of our hospital understand the situation, let me ask. Ask you, see if you have time recently? If so, we would like to ask you to give a lecture on quantum mechanics.”

“Just like this, no problem,” Lu Zhou laughed said. “So what about Saturday this week?”

Seeing Lu Zhou agreeing, Zhang Zhongqing quickly smiled and said: “No problem! The dean said, time is still to see what you are free, when is our time here. Then this is the case.” I would like to thank the students of the Institute for their expertise.”

Lu Zhou: “Don’t be so polite, I still like to give lectures to students.”

Although giving classes to undergraduates does not help him solve problems directly, he can give him inspiration when he thinks about basic problems.

Zhang Zhongqing said with a smile: “Politely, you are still polite. After all, your research work is so busy, you have to take time to teach undergraduates. We are very embarrassed to trouble you -“

“Lu Zhou !”

Just halfway through the words, a Hongling singer came from a corner of the corridor across the distance.

Upon hearing this voice, the two men stopped the conversation in unison, looking for the direction of the voice, and saw that the academician Lu, who was wearing a gray coat, was walking towards this side.

Surprisingly watching Lu, who was coming to himself, Lu Zhou was preparing to say hello, but before he could open the door, he listened to the old man who was in front of him and said excitedly.

“The thesis is what you wrote?”

Upon hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou subconsciously squatted.

“…Which thesis?”

I didn’t even breathe a bit, and Lu’s tone was excitedly said: “The proof of the existence of the solution of the Yang Mills equation!”

When I heard this sentence, Zhang Zhongqing almost didn’t get it by his own spit.

Yang Mills equation? !

Fuck!

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