The train driver in the courtyard

"The analysis of the evolution of manifolds under the action of Ricci flow solved the problem of singularity formation and ultimately proved that the topological structure of three-dimensional manifolds can be geometrically classified. This is really a genius idea!"

"Yes, the complete proof of the Poincare conjecture is exciting just thinking about it. I never thought that I would be able to see it with my own eyes in my lifetime."

"Patriotic progress has been great. These mathematical symbols have become very standard."

Half an hour later, Professor Cheng, Professor Hua and Professor Su stood up, looked at each other and burst into laughter.

With this proof, the Chinese mathematics community has taken the first step towards its resurgence.

"Since the Annals of Mathematics has not responded yet, we have been in a passive position in the big family recently. The proof came just in time."

After several bigwigs discussed it, Professor Cheng picked up the phone and reported the matter to Director Chen of the Foreign Affairs Department.

It was already late at night, and Director Chen was still waiting for overseas newspapers. After hearing the news, he immediately took a GAZ jeep to the Department of Mathematics at Beijing University.

He walked into the office, and without bothering to exchange pleasantries, he picked up the thick stack of drafts and asked nervously, "Are you sure there is no problem with the proof process?"

"Very sure." Professor Cheng nodded.

Professor Su was worried that Director Chen didn't understand, so he explained: "In fact, Comrade Li Aiguo used the Li Aiguo manifold theory to expand it and adopted the method of analyzing manifolds, making this paper more logical than the previous one."

Hearing this, Director Chen said "OK" three times.

But what to do next still needs to be discussed carefully.

Director Chen turned his head and looked at Li Aiguo who had been checking the draft beside him: "Aiguo, do you have any ideas about this paper? Or do you want to submit it directly to the Annals of Mathematics through Professor Hua?"

Li Aiguo Defense Line Pen thought for a moment and said, "I suggest that we release the news in domestic and foreign newspapers first."

"Spread the news?" Director Chen was a little confused about what Li Aiguo was thinking.

Professor Cheng's eyes lit up: "You are trying to make a living by selling rare goods. You are patriotic."

Professor Su nodded and said, "Indeed, the response of Annals of Mathematics was too slow this time, which put us in a passive position. We should really contact the other three journal publishers."

Director Chen is a foreign affairs officer and is not aware of the secrets in this small circle of mathematics.

Professor Hua explained to him: "In the international mathematics community, there is a saying of the four major mathematics journals. They belong to different mathematical schools, and the competition between them is also very fierce. The patriotic approach is equivalent to causing competition between them and getting rid of that annoying fly as soon as possible."

Director Chen raised a key question: "What if these journals do not compete?"

"Old Chen, the fact that you can raise this question shows that you don't understand the world of mathematics at all. Let's put it this way, this patriotic paper is equivalent to the foreign affairs department being able to become close brothers with the highest head of the other government. If it were you, would you be able to give up such an opportunity?"

After hearing this, Director Chen understood.

He stood up with great pride and said, "Let's do it! I'm going back now to arrange tomorrow's work."

After feeling frustrated for so many days, it’s finally time to make a comeback.

After Director Chen left, Director Cheng looked at Li Aiguo who was still checking the draft, and felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.

If it was Director Cheng who was caught in the vortex, he would definitely continue to submit papers to the "Annals of Mathematics" and implore the editors of the "Annals of Mathematics" journal to come forward to clarify the problems in the paper and clear his name.

but.

Li Aiguo, however, no longer paid attention to the "Annals of Mathematics" and instead fished for the four major journals - this was just like Sisyphus forging a rolling boulder into a ladder to heaven.

The core difference between the two methods is their positioning.

The former is trapped in front of the shrine of the bureaucracy, burning incense and praying.

The latter has recast the rules in the power field of knowledge production.

This may be the difference in character between intellectuals and workers.

Director Chen is very efficient.

Early the next morning, Li Aiguo had just finished breakfast with Zong Xianfeng at Jingcheng University when he received news of an interview with a reporter.

In the classroom, when Li Aiguo arrived, in addition to Professor Cheng and Professor Hua, several faculty members were there.

This is no longer just a matter between Beijing University and Beijing Institute of Mathematical Computing Technology, but concerns the reputation of the entire domestic academic community. As the leaders of the domestic academic community, the academicians should also express their support.

Director Chen frowned slightly when he saw that the president of the Academy of Sciences, Mr. Guo, did not show up and instead sent Vice President Zhang.

He personally notified the Academy of Sciences last night. Logically, Mr. Guo, the representative of domestic scientists, should have expressed support.

"Director Chen, I'm so sorry, Mr. Guo is sick and is now in the hospital." Vice President Zhang explained somewhat awkwardly.

"I understand." Director Chen nodded.

Seeing that the reporter from Renren Daily was preparing the interview equipment, he walked over to Li Aiguo, pulled him aside, and said, "Are you ready? When the reporter asks questions later, you just need to answer according to your own ideas."

"I understand." Li Aiguo nodded.

Director Chen patted his shoulder and said, "Then go ahead."

The interview officially begins.

Li Aiguo sat on a stool, facing the camera and microphone, looking very calm.

He has witnessed this kind of big scene many times and no longer knows what it means to be nervous.

The female reporter in a navy blue uniform smiled at him, and after receiving a signal from the on-site director, she handed the microphone to Li Aiguo and asked in a clear voice.

"Hello, Comrade Li Aiguo, I am a reporter from Renren Daily. Can I interview you? May I ask how you proved part of the Poincare conjecture?"

Li Aiguo thought for a moment and said, "This matter has to start with my work. I am a train driver. In order to prevent the occurrence of section collisions, I often need to stop and wait outside the section.

Every time the train starts again, the temperature of the wheels, the temperature inside the furnace, and other conditions will change.

These changes will affect the speed of the train, and the changes in the speed curve made me curious.

How many parameters are related to this change? Can I calculate the specific speed change?
Then, I discovered Li Aiguo’s theory. ”

The female reporter nodded: "So, you have calculated the change in train speed through Li Aiguo's theory?"

"Not yet. The speed of the train is affected by too many factors. I have only proved part of the Poincare conjecture." Li Aiguo said helplessly.

"That's a pity. I believe you will be able to calculate it in the future." The female reporter smiled and continued to ask, "But now an associate professor at the Imperial University thinks that your proof process is all fabricated. After all, you are just a worker, not a professional mathematician. What do you think about this?"

"This is an unfounded accusation." Li Aiguo shrugged and said calmly, "The specific proof has been reviewed by the editor of the Annals of Mathematics. I don't think an associate professor at Imperial University is more qualified to judge my paper than a professor at Princeton University."

This move is called diverting trouble away.

Isn't your Imperial University very good at dancing? Go and compete with Princeton University.

Hearing this, the reporter's eyes lit up and he asked, "Then do you have anything to say to the associate professor of the Imperial University?"

"This remnant of **ism has lost all conscience and the qualifications to be called a human being. He is not worthy of my evaluation at all. However, I have now proved the complete version of the Poincare conjecture. When the time comes, I hope he can stand up again and accuse me of making up stories." Li Aiguo stated the purpose of this interview.

"You have made another achievement. Congratulations." The female reporter got what she needed and was ready to end the interview. Out of politeness, she asked again, "You have now become a leader in the domestic mathematics community. What do you think of the development of mathematics in China?"

"I don't dare to take my own opinion, but I do hope that Jingcheng University can host the next International Congress of Mathematicians."

After hearing this, the female reporter was a little confused, because this was not the content of the manuscript that had been discussed in advance.

Director Chen was so shocked that he stood up from his chair.

But Li Aiguo did not go to see him.

Since the enemy is worried that we will ruin their plans, we must not waste their efforts.

Only by fighting back in equal measure and directing the flames of war toward the enemy can we turn the tide.

As for whether or not to hold the International Congress of Mathematicians, it is not up to Li Aiguo alone to decide.

Even Director Chen, Professor Cheng, and Professor Hua were unable to make a decision.

Li Aiguo is now equivalent to firing a shot at random.

No matter what the result is, it can scare the enemy and make them lose their composure.

"Comrade Li Aiguo, I congratulate you on fulfilling your wish as soon as possible and achieving better results in mathematics." After the female reporter realized that something was wrong, she did not panic. These interviews still had to be reviewed before they could be published in the newspaper.

After the interview, Professor Hua smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that what happened over there has irritated Aiguo."

"Yes, hosting the International Congress of Mathematicians is something we dare not even think about." Professor Su nodded in agreement.

The claim that science has nothing to do with politics has been a lie since ancient times.

Since the birth of the International Congress of Mathematicians, no brother in the East has ever been able to host it.

Even in Big Brother, I applied seven or eight times but was unsuccessful.

It is not easy to host it in China.

Professor Cheng stroked his chin and said, "Maybe there's a chance this time."

Professor Hua and Professor Su looked at Professor Cheng in surprise: "Old Cheng, you don't take patriotic words seriously, do you?"

Faced with the two people's doubts, Professor Cheng did not explain, but just smiled mysteriously.

After the interview, the manuscript was quickly sent to the editorial office of Renren Daily.

The editor-in-chief and a group of editors analyzed the contents of the manuscript and were surprised to find that Li Aiguo's answers were well-measured and most of them did not need to be modified.

Except for the part about the International Congress of Mathematicians hosted by Keijo University.

The editor-in-chief was unsure of the scale, so he personally consulted the relevant leaders and got the following result: "This is just Comrade Li Aiguo's personal opinion, so please publish it as it is."

Just like that, two days later, a report titled "Train workers solve a world-class problem, a great victory for the proletariat!" appeared on the front page of Renren Daily.

Needless to say, this report was extremely popular in China.

The key point is that on the second day after the report was published, several major newspapers in Hong Kong reprinted the report at the same time.

A newspaper owned by the Russians also published a report. Those who are interested can find that the actual controller of this newspaper is Andre Trading Company.

Later, this report also appeared in the main newspapers of Xiaomei's family and John Bull's family.

For a time, the paper incident was once again pushed to a climax.

What no one expected was that the Asahi Shimbun also published the article intact. When Shimura got the newspaper, his eyes widened and he was furious. This was betrayal, naked betrayal.

Shimura shook the phone and answered the call from the newspaper. He lowered his voice and asked, "Ms. Matsuko, what's wrong with your newspaper? Why are you publishing the enemy's article? What's your position?"

Matsuko's cold voice came over the phone: "Professor Shimura, this article in Renren Daily has already appeared in newspapers around the world. As the largest newspaper in the country, Asahi Shimbun must be responsible to its subscribers. They need to know the truth of the matter."

Her implication was obvious: even if the Asahi Shimbun did not publish it, the people in Xiaorizi would know about it.

"So that's how it is. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you." Shimura secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

How could Miss Matsuko, such a good girl, stand on the side next to him?

He must have misunderstood.

After Shimura hung up the phone, he finally had the mind to pick up the newspaper and read it carefully.

Shimura didn't care about Li Aiguo's explanation at all.

He was just being unreasonable, so he didn't need to worry about the other party's explanation.

But when he saw Li Aiguo claiming that he had proved the complete version of the Poincare conjecture, he suddenly laughed: "This guy is really bold. He dares to brag about such things. But this is just right. When I write another article, I will nail you down."

When he saw that Beijing University wanted to apply to host the International Congress of Mathematicians, his face suddenly changed.

"This guy wants to muddy the waters."

It has to be said that as someone who likes to slander others all year round, Shimura is very sensitive to news.

The article caused a great response in various countries.

Various discussions arose, and one of the voices gradually became louder.

"It turns out that Jingcheng University is also planning to apply to host the International Congress of Mathematicians. It seems that the reason why Imperial University accused Li Aiguo is that they are worried that the hosting rights will be snatched away by Jingcheng University."

"This is what it means to act like a mean person."

When Professor Saito learned about this, he was furious and asked Shimura to immediately publish a statement to explain and distance himself from the Imperial University.

This is a bit serious.

How to do?
deny?

But he was clearly an associate professor at the Imperial University, and others were not fools. If they were not careful, the image they had worked so hard to build would be ruined.

But don't deny it.
The Imperial University will deny it for him.

There was no other choice, so Shimura could only hold a press conference to explain that he wrote those articles only out of his academic conscience, and that everything he did had nothing to do with Imperial University.

However, the effect of this explanation was just as Li Aiguo had expected. Instead of clearing the person of any connection, it left an impression of dishonesty.

At the same time, those nosy news media abroad also began to investigate Shimura's past.

Including the unscrupulous things that Shimura's father had done, Shimura had tried to scam international mathematicians several times.
Just one report put Shimura in an embarrassing situation.

In a similar situation to Shimura is President Smith of the Mathematical Annals.

Unlike editor-in-chief Eisenhardt, who came from an academic background, Smith was a typical manager responsible for the daily operations of the Annals of Mathematics.

After the Asahi Shimbun published the article, some people accused the paper of fraud, so the editorial office of the Annals of Mathematics took it very seriously.

Under the leadership of editor-in-chief Eisenhart, the editorial office once again invited several Princeton professors to conduct a second review of Li Aiguo's paper.

Although only a preliminary second review was conducted due to the short time, the professors were able to determine that the errors pointed out by Shimura were completely fabricated.

Under such circumstances, editor-in-chief Eisenhart suggested that an article be published immediately in the name of the "Annals of Mathematics" to clarify that there was no problem at all with Li Aiguo's paper.

But he was stopped by Smith.

Smith gave an official reason: "Our Annals of Mathematics is one of the four major journals and we must maintain our authority, so we must invite a group of mathematics professors from well-known universities to review the paper for the third time."

If Eisenhart didn't know Smith's background, he would have thought he was considering the interests of the Annals of Mathematics.

Smith actually has a background in small life.

It is said that he has very good relations with several consortiums of Xiao Rizi, and he once sponsored Xiao Rizi's motorcycles to enter Xiao Meijia's market.

Many mathematics professors will be invited to the third review of the thesis.

Those mathematics professors all have their own jobs to do, and after earning their consent, we have to ask them to take time out of their schedule. This back and forth can delay a lot of time.

Smith's idea was ingenious.

Even if the editor-in-chief Eisenhart had objections to this, he could only accept it reluctantly and then invite more professors and scholars to review the paper as soon as possible.

What was unexpected was that Li Aiguo publicly stated in an interview with mainland reporters that he had proved the complete version of the Poincare conjecture.

The interview spread overseas and attracted the attention of several other journals.

The Acta Mathematica Sinica of the Mittag Leffler Institute of Mathematics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Journal of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and New Advances in Mathematics published by Springer-Verlag in Germany.
After seeing the report, these journals immediately contacted Beijing University, hoping to obtain the right to publish Li Aiguo's second paper.

Just kidding, this is the proof of a world-class difficult conjecture.

If there are no problems with the paper, it will be written into the history of the development of mathematics.

As long as it is published in your own journal, the reputation of the journal will increase significantly.

Now, the "Mathematical Annals" was in a panic.

They had gotten the first paper for free thanks to their relationship with Professor Hua, and if nothing unexpected happened, they would definitely get the second paper.

The results of it.

They don't play by the rules.

Now I don’t submit articles anymore, but announce the news directly to the public.

When Professor Lefschetz learned about this, he was furious and immediately rushed to Eisenhart's office.

No one knew what happened inside.

However, after Professor Lefschetz left, Eisenhart, a good man, rarely took off his suit jacket and kicked open the door of President Smith's office.

Smith was surprised to see Eisenhart coming in. "Professor Eisenhart, what big thing happened in the mathematics circle that made you so angry?"

Eisenhart strode to his desk and threw a few newspapers on it: "At present, the three journals have expressed interest in the second paper, and they have also sent someone to contact Jingcheng University.

If we cannot get the right to publish the second paper, it will be the biggest failure since the establishment of our "Annals of Mathematics".

Mr. Smith, you are the culprit."

Smith had expected Eisenhart to cause trouble, but he had not expected him to be so angry. His face looked grim at this moment: “Ridiculous, your accusation against me is ridiculous.

I definitely did not intend to delay the clarification, but only to maintain the authority of our journal. Besides, the Poincare conjecture is not so easy to prove, and that Li Aiguo may be fooling everyone. "

Eisenhart waved his hand unceremoniously to interrupt him. "I am not here to listen to your explanation. I am here to inform you that the fifteen editors of our Annals of Mathematics and the twenty-one special editors represented by Professor Lefschetz will jointly propose to the university's board of directors to remove you."

Hearing this, Smith's face turned pale.

He tried to stand up, but his legs were weak.

Even though he is the president, editors still have a lot of power within the journal.

Especially since these people are well-known mathematicians themselves, there will be no suspense about what choice the Princeton Board of Directors will make once they initiate the proposal.

Smith now feels a little regretful.

When Smith first received the special funds from the Xiaorizi Foundation, he also hesitated.

It was only because he saw that the other party was just a person from the University of East China who had no status among international mathematicians, and that people from the University of East China had no status at all here, that he agreed.

Who would have thought that the man actually came up with a complete version of the Poincare conjecture.

The situation reversed in an instant.

Subsequently.

The editors, represented by Eisenhardt, collectively submitted a proposal to the Princeton Board of Directors to remove President Smith.

After learning the whole story, the Princeton Board of Directors also realized the seriousness of the problem.

The proposal was passed unanimously.

The board of directors temporarily abolished the position of president, and the journal was managed by editor-in-chief Professor Eisenhart.

The first thing Professor Eisenhart did when he returned to the journal was to hold a press conference in the name of the journal.

At the press conference, Professor Eisenhart said loudly in front of the spotlight:
"Recently, our Annals of Mathematics received a letter of complaint from Associate Professor Fujiwara Shimura of Imperial University. The contents of the letter have been published in major newspapers around the world, so I will not repeat the contents."

At this time, a reporter who was just a regular employee raised his hand and interrupted him: "Mr. Editor-in-Chief, the Annals of Mathematics published an unreviewed paper. Shouldn't you take some responsibility?"

"Sir, please abide by the interview regulations."

Professor Eisenhart glanced at the reporter calmly, then retracted his gaze and continued, "Our journal has conducted a second review of Li Aiguo's paper, and this time there are as many as fifteen mathematics professors involved in the review.

After review, our journal can confirm that there is no problem with the paper. The several logical errors raised by Associate Professor Fujiwara Shimura do not exist at all, they are just his personal conjectures. "

boom!
This speech ignited the whole audience.

"It seems that we really underestimated Master Dong."

"It's more than just underestimation. Haven't you heard that Mr. Dong has now proved the complete version of the Poincare conjecture?"

"Yeah, if they were faking it, there would be no need to be in the spotlight at all."

"It turned out to be a misunderstanding."

"Oolong? I think it was the associate professor of the Imperial University who deliberately framed Dongda."

"I saw an interview with someone from the University of Tokyo. They said they were going to apply for the right to host the mathematics conference. I guess the Imperial University is scared."

(End of this chapter)