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Chapter 121 I am still a primary school student, but I have achieved the Grand Slam of the four major magazines!
The editorial board of the Journal of the American Mathematical Society determines the publication date of the paper.

Zhang Shuo also received an email from the magazine. He gave a polite reply, then closed his email and continued with his own work.

People at the Institute of Advanced Mathematics were all very concerned about the status of Zhang Shuo's paper submissions, after all, he submitted three papers to four major journals at once.

On that day, Tan Youming came over to ask, and Zhang Shuo said that the paper of the Journal of the American Mathematical Society would be published in the next issue.

After hearing this, Tan Youming exclaimed, "You will be published in the next issue. It seems that the paper you submitted to the Journal of the American Mathematical Society has achieved remarkable results."

The papers that can be published in the four major mathematics journals are all very influential and very important research.

"congratulation!"

Wang Hui said this with envy.

He congratulated Zhang Shuo not only on publishing the paper in the four major journals, but also on completing the "Four Major Journals Grand Slam".

For most scholars in mathematics, being able to publish a paper in the four major journals is already a great achievement, and a "four major journal grand slam" is something they dare not even think about.

At such a young age, Zhang Shuo has already reached a peak that others cannot achieve in their entire lifetime.

Wang Hui said this with envy, and added a reminder, "You should also pay attention to public opinion. Recently, many people have been talking about you and discussing whether you are the number one in computational mathematics in China..."

He shook his head and said, "These people just like to compare themselves."

The topics about Zhang Shuo in the media are mainly hype.

Previously, a blogger said that Zhang Shuo's achievements in computational mathematics were unparalleled, which caused a lot of discussion. After the topic's popularity gradually subsided, many bloggers stood up and said that Zhang Shuo was still "far from being the number one in computational mathematics in China."

"He has only published two research papers on computational mathematics, one on methodology and the other on the application of the method, so it can also be counted as one paper."

"The general algorithm for second-order PDE is indeed a remarkable research with very high application value, but it is not enough to explain the problem just by studying it."

"If he wants to go further in the field of computational mathematics, he needs more accumulation and more research..."

"Compared to the top computational mathematics scholars, he is still a little behind..."

Some bloggers also cited several authoritative experts in the field of computational mathematics in China as examples, including the achievements they have made, the number of papers they have published, what domestic and international mathematics awards they have won, and so on.

The topic has high traffic because it is controversial.

Many people supported Zhang Shuo, who immediately retorted, “Who can publish two papers in four major journals at once?”

"How old is Zhang Shuo? Isn't it normal that he has few papers?"

"Mathematics is the domain of young people. Is it fair to compare the number of achievements of old academicians with Zhang Shuo?"

"Zhang Shuo has many other achievements, but you didn't tell me? The Jebov conjecture just crushed them!"

There is a saying that goes, 'There is no best in literature'.

When the word "first" is mentioned, it will definitely cause a lot of discussion. Many people blindly supported Zhang Shuo, which also caused a lot of disgust, causing Zhang Shuo's image to be somewhat damaged. It feels like he has become an academic star pushed by fan/circle culture.

Zhang Shuo did not expect this to happen. He looked at the discussion on the Internet and simply posted a joking message saying, "Thank you for your support!

In the field of computational mathematics, I am still just a primary school student.

But I still have a lot to learn!"

This news made the public opinion style a bit weird. "I am still a primary school student. I will be a researcher after graduating with a doctorate in one year."

“I’m still a primary school student, and I can publish a paper in one of the Big Four!”

“I was still a primary school student and I won the Zhong Jiaqing Mathematics Award!”

"I'm still a primary school student, and I published N top journal papers in one year..."

……

A week later.

A new issue of the Journal of the American Mathematical Society has been published.

Zhang Shuo’s “Computational Simulation of NS Equations” was placed last, but it was placed last not because of the importance of the research, but mainly because it was too long. The sixty-page paper made people feel dizzy just flipping through it.

Zhang Shuo didn't care too much about it. He was still very busy at work. When he had time, he would read materials and do research. He was also preparing for new experimental directions for the CP group.

He served as the 'special consultant' of the CP group, and his job was to guide the direction of the experiments.

Before officially conducting the experiment, we must prepare for the project. The experiment requires the modification of equipment, so certain designs must be carried out in advance. We must also apply for project approval and have it approved at a meeting at the Physics Center.

This requires a lot of information to explain.

Tan Youming suddenly came to the door. He came with Wang Hui. The two of them rushed directly from the first floor to the second floor.

It was in the large office on the first floor that they noticed the contents of the new issue of the Journal of the American Mathematical Society and learned that Zhang Shuo's paper had been published.

“Is this the only issue that’s released?”

Tan Youming was very surprised.

Zhang Shuo asked doubtfully, "Didn't I tell you? It will be in the next issue."

"You did say that, but you didn't say it was this issue!"

Wang Hui smiled bitterly.

They know that the paper will be published in the 'next issue' and subconsciously believe that the 'next issue' will be staggered from this issue, that is, published more than a month later.

The general principle of cutting in line to publish is the same.

When they said the release date, there was only a week left before the new issue, and at that point in time, it would normally have been finalized.

Finalize the draft, revise it, and then publish a new issue?
Unthinkable!

Tan Youming was surprised for a long time, and sighed again, "What a great achievement! It can be published in this issue..."

Only those who understand the situation know what it means to jump the queue to publish a week later!
Each academic journal has finalized its draft within a week and generally will not be revised after finalization, and the cooperative factory will then start printing.

Tan Youming has also published several papers in the four major journals, and there were times when he jumped the queue to publish, but even then he still had to wait one more issue.

Just wait for one issue, the speed is already very fast.

Now that the Journal of the American Mathematical Society has specially revised the content before printing in the factory, it is enough to show how much importance they attach to the paper and that the research must be very important.

After sighing, Tan Youming said impatiently, "Send me a copy of the paper so I can take a look at it."

"What kind of content could make the Journal of the American Mathematical Society publish it so urgently..."

Not long after, the Propaganda Department of Sudong University also learned the news.

Everyone in the Propaganda Department office started discussing, "Professor Zhang Shuo again, and a paper published in one of the four major mathematics journals? The Journal of the American Mathematical Society?"

"The research related to the NS equation is really amazing!"

"Journal of the American Mathematical Society, this should be the first one, right? Before that, there were already Acta Mathematica Sinica, Advances in Mathematics, and Annals of Mathematics..."

"Professor Zhang Shuo, this is a grand slam, a grand slam for the four major mathematics journals!" "Okay, let's write the news around this!"

The Publicity Department quickly wrote the press release and published it in the scientific research column of the school’s official website.

The Weibo account of Soochow University also sent a message at the same time, "Congratulations to Zhang Shuo, a researcher at our school's senior academy, for completing his research on the computational simulation of the NS equations and publishing his paper in the top journal "Journal of the American Mathematical Society".

Professor Zhang Shuo has published papers in Acta Mathematica Sinica, Advances in Mathematics, and Annals of Mathematics. He has achieved the grand slam of the "four major mathematics journals", that is, he has published papers in all four major mathematics journals.

The new research simplifies the computational complexity of numerical simulation of the NS equations and solves the chaos theory problems encountered in numerical simulations..."

As soon as the news was released, it once again caused widespread heated discussion.

The topic from a week ago is still fresh in my mind.

Zhang Shuo joked that he is still an elementary school student and has a lot to learn.

Now it is another computational mathematics paper, still published in the four major mathematics journals, and at the same time, it has achieved the "Grand Slam of the Four Major Mathematics Journals".

Outsiders just find it interesting.

Only experts know how difficult it is to achieve a 'Grand Slam of the Four Major Mathematics Journals'.

The four major mathematics journals publish only more than 100 papers each year.

According to incomplete statistics, in the past thirty years, the number of papers published by domestic scholars or research institutions in the four major mathematics journals totaled about 100.

One hundred articles in thirty years, an average of only three or four articles per year.

The Donggang Mathematical Science Center was established more than ten years ago, and the total number of papers published in the four major journals is only a little over ten.

Looking back over the past hundred years, the only domestic scholar who has achieved the "Grand Slam of the Four Major Journals" is the female mathematician Zhu Liangbi, who was born in the Republic of China period.

Zhang Shuo became the 'second person in history', and he achieved it within a year.

This is unimaginable!
A large number of media outlets rushed to forward the news released by Suzhou University of Science and Technology, "Zhang Shuo became the 'second person' in the history of mathematics in China, achieving the 'Grand Slam of the Four Major Journals' within one year!"

"At the age of 25, I won the Grand Slam of the four major journals and set a new record for papers in the four major international journals!"

“I can’t say whether he is the best in computational mathematics, but he is definitely the youngest winner of the ‘Four Majors Grand Slam’!”

Among the numerous media reports, one sentence became a popular online joke:

I am just a primary school student, but I have achieved the Grand Slam of the four major mathematics journals!
……

The media and public opinion are all discussing the issue of publishing papers, because ordinary people don’t care about the specific content of the papers at all.

The important thing is, I can’t understand it.

People in the mathematics circle are more concerned about the content of the paper, especially scholars in the field of computational mathematics. When they see the title of the paper, they know that it is a very important research result.

'Incompressible fluid' is a very large research field, and every engineering application direction it is related to can be regarded as a small field.

There are a large number of papers in this field, but very few research results can be published in top journals.

At the same time, there are very few paper titles that contain "NS equations", most of them are written as "incompressible fluid".

Putting these three key words together, 'NS equation', 'computational simulation' and 'Journal of the American Mathematical Society', tells us that this is definitely a blockbuster achievement.

Some scholars have already received the papers.

As soon as they saw the first page of the paper, they knew how significant the achievement was.

That was the review by Bressu and Kapustin.

The two believe that the new algorithm can replace the DNS method and solve some problems in the DNS method, including lower computational complexity, higher accuracy, and no chaos theory problems.

The DNS method has many problems, but it still has many research applications, including being used by physicists to support turbulence theory, and even occasionally used by applied mathematicians to study finite-time-singularity problems such as the Euler equation.

At the same time, many other high-dimensional dynamical systems also rely on a large number of numerical experiments.

The new algorithm can replace the DNS method, which can also replace these application scenarios and obtain more accurate results.

Mizuki University, Center for Mathematical Sciences.

Qiu Chengwen also worked with several professors in the field of computational mathematics to study and analyze the paper "Computational Simulation of NS Equations".

They all gave high evaluations to the paper. "Like Kapustin's comments, this computational simulation algorithm can already replace the DNS method."

"In the future, all kinds of engineering research, numerical analysis and turbulence prediction can use the new method."

"Especially for turbulence prediction, because of its calculation principle, it will not produce multi-directional chaos theory effects, that is, there will be no second result, which is very important!"

"As expected of Zhang Shuo, it's amazing!"

"Some time ago, someone said that he was the best in computational mathematics in China. I thought it was a little funny, but when this paper came out..."

"Who can compare with him?"

Qiu Chengwen also had a lot of emotions. After finishing his research, he went out as usual and was about to go home, but he met several reporters on the way.

This situation is often encountered.

In the international mathematics community, Qiu Chengwen is very famous and there are always reporters who want to interview him.

He generally ignores reporters.

A reporter waved and asked, "Academician Qiu, can you comment on Zhang Shuo's NS equation paper?"

Qiu Chengwen was stunned for a moment, but he still walked over with a smile and said, "We have just studied and analyzed that paper. It is amazing! The method in it can replace the DNS method. It is of great significance in the mathematical direction and has broad application prospects."

The reporter pressed on, “Can you be more specific? For example, what level of research is this? Is it worthy of an award?”

"Wasn't what I said specific enough?"

Qiu Chengwen muttered quietly, but still smiled and said, "Award...it's hard to say. If I were to evaluate it, whether it is importance or application value, it is enough to be nominated for the three major international mathematics awards."

This sentence is enough.

The reporter left immediately with satisfaction and immediately wrote a news report and published it -

Qiu Chengwen: Zhang Shuo can win three major international mathematics awards with his latest research!

Not to mention the heated discussion that the report caused after it was released.

That night, when Qiu Chengwen was getting ready to go to bed, he suddenly noticed a message from Tan Youming.

The message contained only one sentence: "Academician Qiu, it is a bit too early for you to comment on Zhang Shuo's paper."

Qiu Chengwen didn't understand, so he asked, "What do you mean?"

Tan Youming did not explain further, but sent a message, "You will know soon."

(End of this chapter)