I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

Faltings returned to the editorial office upstairs in the coffee shop, and checked the paper "Problems of Banach Space Concave Points and Strongly Smooth Spaces" in the "Annual Journal of Mathematics" submission system.

This paper is in the state of preliminary review by the editor, so it did not flow to the editor-in-chief.

Faltins directly changed the status to "reviewer review", and then sent Mueller and Shen Qi's paper to the Department of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Muller and Shen Qi belong to the same school and department as Faltings. In principle, Faltings should avoid being a reviewer for Muller and Shen Qi's papers.

The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is an independent private research institution. Although the relationship is very close, the Institute for Advanced Study and Puda are not the same institution.

Faltings felt that Muller and Shen Qi's paper was well written, in-depth and generalizable.

Faltings found two reviewers for Muller and Shen Qi's paper "Problems of Concave Points and Strongly Smooth Spaces in Banach Spaces", both of whom are senior researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

I appreciate the wonderful article. One of the two reviewers is Deligne, the winner of the Fields Medal, and the other is Saunders, the winner of the Wolf Prize.

Counting the editor-in-chief Faltins who has the final decision, the joint jury composed of two Philippine Prize winners and one Wolf Prize winner is very luxurious.

After the paper "Concavities of Banach Spaces and Strongly Smooth Spaces" was delivered, Shen Qi still missed it.

Within a week, Shen Qi met Faltings three times in the mathematics department building.

"Hey, Professor Faltings, hello."

"Qi, hello."

"The status of my paper with Professor Muller is still 'under review'."

"Wait for the news, young man, don't worry."

"Okay, Professor Faltings, goodbye."

The conversation between the two was roughly like this, and Shen Qi didn't know who the reviewer was and how the review progress was.

"But if you think about it, the approval of a new theorem will take ten days, half a month, or even a few months. If anyone finishes the trial in a week, I still can't believe it."

Today is the eighth day when the paper is "under review". Shen Qi habitually logs into the "Annual of Mathematics" submission system and checks it every day.

This swipe shocked Shen Qi a bit, and he changed "in review" to "passed review" by him.

Shen Qi hurriedly entered the e-mail, but did not receive a new e-mail from the editor of "Annual of Mathematics".

This shows what?

"This means that the paper by Professor Muller and I passed the reviewer's review within 8 days, and there is no need to change it?"

"This is the 'Muller-Shen Theorem', which reviewer is so perfunctory?"

Shen Qi ran to the editorial office of the "Annual Journal of Mathematics" on the fourth floor of the Department of Mathematics Building, found Faltings, and asked, "Professor Faltings, the paper between me and Professor Mueller passed?"

"After that, the status can be changed to 'collected' immediately." Faltins said with certainty, and stretched out his hand: "Congratulations on joining the 'naming club', Qi!"

Shen Qi hesitated, and did not shake hands with Faltings immediately, and asked again: "Since it has passed, can I know who is the reviewer now?"

Faltings: "Andrew Sanders."

"It turned out to be Mr. Sanders!" Shen Qi was very excited. Sanders was the winner of the Wolf Prize last year, and he is a big name in the industry.

"Then I'm relieved." Shen Qi enthusiastically shook hands with Faltings, and I said, who can complete the verification of the "Mill-Shen Theorem" within 8 days? It turned out to be the boss of the Wolf Award!

Faltings added: "Sanders was one of the reviewers, the other was Pierre Deligne."

"Mr. Deligne!" Shen Qi was completely relieved now, Deligne is the winner of the F+W+A plus Crawford Award, a super big bull.

So the two reviewers of this paper are both masters of the Institute for Advanced Study, why is Shen Qi worried?

"It doesn't count if you pass the journal, but it counts if you pass Princeton." Shen Qi suddenly remembered this sentence.

"Yes." Faltings said.

Shen Qi: "The Annals of Mathematics is run by Princeton, as well as the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study."

Faltings: "The IMU's recognition of your new theorem doesn't count, but the recognition of Princeton and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study counts."

Princeton and Princeton Advanced Research failed, and Shen Qi laughed out loud, feeling very happy.

Because of the process that must be followed, one month later, "Problems of Banach Space Concavities and Strongly Smooth Spaces" was published in the latest issue of "Annals of Mathematics".

At the same time, IMU recognized a new theorem about Banach spaces, the "Müller-Sink theorem", which can be found in the IMU database along with related descriptions.

The official description of the IMU is:

"Alan-Mueller and Shen Qi proved the following theorem:

Let X be a Banach space, then the following assertion is equivalent to:

(1) If x*∈S(X*) reaches its norm on S(X), then x* is the ω*concave point of the unit ball B(X*);

(2) X is a strongly smooth space.

From now on, this theorem is named "Muller-Sink theorem".

Related literature, "Annual Journal of Mathematics", 20XX, 273:20-44. "

"Finally, finally..." Shen Qi collected the latest issue of "Annual of Mathematics", and now he has collected two of the four major periodicals.

The IF value of Annals of Mathematics is the highest among all mathematics journals, at 4.642.

System: "New achievement! Congratulations to the host for publishing a paper in the "Annual Journal of Mathematics". The basic reward is 50,000 Xueba points, multiplied by the IF value of 4.642, and then multiplied by the mathematics master talent 2.0, and the final reward is 464,200 Xueba points .”

"New achievement! Congratulations to the host for completing a new theorem named after his surname. The basic reward is 200,000 Xueba points, multiplied by the master talent of mathematics 2.0, and the final reward is 400,000 Xueba points. The balance is 1688300 Xueba points, please The host confirms."

"Confirmed." Shen Qi said to himself, he was in a good mood, the mathematics level is still a little more than 300,000 points away from level 12, one or two papers can be done.

"Cheers!"

In the Zhanwanglou restaurant, Shen Qi and Muller clinked glasses and drank some champagne.

The Prospect Building Dining Room is a staff dining room in Princeton, where professors can bring a few relatives or friends in for a meal.

"Odd, how does it feel to have a theorem named after yourself?" Professor Muller asked, and it was actually his first theorem named after himself.

Shen Qi said: "It always feels weird. In my impression, once you are named, you will not be far from retirement."

"That's true," says Professor Muller, who is entering the late stages of his career.

"However, there are exceptions. When the Green-Tao theorem was proved, both authors were under 40 years old." Professor Muller added.

"Green-Tao Theorem" is a theorem about the prime array AP, where Green is Ben-Green and Tao is Terence Tao.

"But you are younger than Tao." Professor Muller did not hide his admiration for Shen Qi, and said, "Perhaps in the near future, Qi, you will achieve greater achievements. Come and raise your glass to an outstanding Shen Qi." A toast to young mathematicians!"