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Xu Ruixuan once asked a question on Zhihu, what is it like to be in the same dormitory with the god of learning?

The answer at that time was very arrogant and even caused a lot of trouble.

But in fact, when people are lucky enough to spend time with a famous person, they will probably feel that that's all.

Only distance can produce that hazy sense of beauty and tear away that sense of distance. When the boss eats, lives, sleeps, and brags and farts with you, the mysterious veil is lost and there is no sense of beauty. .

Except when the professor praised Ning Wei, his words full of love really made people envious and jealous.

Of course, this can also become a topic for joking.

In short, for the students in 302 and Ning Wei's class, they quickly got used to Ning Wei returning to them after disappearing for nearly half a year. Of course, Ning Wei is already used to this kind of treatment.

There is nothing to say. The world is always very gentle to those who have achieved success.

In this way, it was not until he returned to his dormitory at noon that Ning Wei turned on his computer and saw the email sent to him by Handel, the editor-in-chief of "Nature".

That Professor Smith actually resigned from his position as professor of mathematics and planned to study philosophy?

And is it because of myself?

Seeing this shocked Ning Wei even more than the combined praise given to him by all the professors.

Of course, what touched him most was not the incident itself, but a sentence Handel sent to him for Smith: "The road ahead for science is full of thorns. The most fortunate thing is that there are people willing to overcome the thorns for you."

Ning Wei took a deep breath and recorded the attached Smith email address in the address book list of the email address.

The high expectations placed by countless people, both familiar and unknown, made him feel a little stressed.

What he didn’t know was that after the publication of this journal, an excerpt of Ning Wei’s paper was posted on the official Twitter, with a comment: “Brilliant and brilliant ideas may be questioned. , but will never be buried.”

British aristocrats who feel they have noble blood and genes and uphold the spirit of chivalry are never afraid of making a bigger fuss about the shitty things in certain countries.

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When Ning Wei returned to ordinary college life, someone thousands of miles away was losing his temper because of what "Nature" did.

Princeton University in the United States can be said to be a prestigious existence in the minds of many mathematicians around the world. The School of Mathematics here has trained fifteen Fields Medal winners, the world's highest award in mathematics.

Being able to give a report at the School of Mathematics at Princeton University is definitely an honor for mathematicians.

But at this time, in an office deep in the teaching building of the School of Mathematics at Princeton University, someone was smashing a cup.

"pang..."

There was a crisp sound, and a cup shattered on the ground. The splashed glass shards even hit Lucason Flanders' arm, but he didn't notice it at all.

At this time, there was a copy of Nature magazine on the desk in front of him. The cover of the magazine also read the sentence from the official Twitter of Nature.

He didn't even know who secretly placed this "Nature" here.

There is no surveillance inside or outside this office, because he doesn't like his every move to be monitored all the time, but it also provides opportunities for these prostitutes.

Of course, these are not problems. The problem is the paper published in the journal Nature.

It’s been seven years, and now it’s just a little bit behind!

Yes, he, Lukassen Flanders, admitted that Ning Wei’s paper did give him some inspiration, but after all, he and the group he formed persisted for seven full years on this difficult problem, which troubled them during these seven years. There is finally hope that the problem can be solved. Give him a few more months, and maybe he can carve his name into the Temple of Mathematics.

When solving similar supercritical problems in the future, everyone will use the Lucassen space constructed after his name. However, when this paper is first published in "Nature", then in the future everyone will only cite Ningwei space to explain and explain it. Solve similar problems!

Yes, rather space than Lucasian space!

How could Lucason Flanders not be angry when he thought about this?

Soon, he picked up the phone and dialed: "Didn't you say that Connerson said that he would suppress the paper for a while? Why did it only take half a month for me to see this paper published in In "Nature"? Can you give me an explanation?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Friend. The editor-in-chief did agree not to reply to the other party for the time being, but you should know that Connerson is the editor-in-chief after all. I am not qualified to decide his thoughts, let alone what he will do. to work on any paper.”

"So, you mean that Connerson rejected the manuscript on the same day? Okay, great, that's great. I will ask Connerson myself! I hope he can give me a satisfactory answer!"

After speaking, Lucason Flanders hung up the phone without giving the other person a chance to speak.

He took a deep breath to let the depression in his heart dissipate a little. However, what Lucason Flanders didn't know yet was that the sword thrust out by someone who was just watching the excitement could not be too big a deal. It was more than just telling him a fact.

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Under normal circumstances, everyone may just find it strange that an excellent mathematics paper is not published in the four top mathematics journals, but is published in a comprehensive natural science journal such as Nature.

But this time Ningwei's situation was slightly different.

Because at the SODA world's top computer algorithm conference that was just held not long ago, Ning Wei, who received much attention, said this when answering questions in the last 20 minutes of the 60-minute report. When making the concluding remarks, Ning Wei said this.

"I don't know if you can understand this. After all, I spoke a bit fast... It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I have already written a paper on this topic and submitted it to the Journal of the American Mathematical Society. "After it is published, everyone can compare and understand it. Although the review has not been completed, I am confident that it will pass. At least it helped me solve practical problems.

That's all. There were nearly a thousand attendees at the meeting. After the meeting, Ning Wei's classic quotations at the meeting, as well as the frustrating answer process, were posted everywhere on the Internet. Among them But there were quite a few who happened to take pictures of Ning Wei’s words.

Not to mention that in a conference of this level, all the speakers who were special guests had their videos recorded. Ning Wei’s twenty-minute answer process had been studied repeatedly by many people.

So God knows how many people are waiting for Ning Wei's paper to be published in the "Journal of the American Mathematical Society" and are ready to study this paper. Many of them are students from well-known universities around the world.

If Ningwei's paper was ultimately not published in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society or in other well-known journals, it might actually be quite a slap in the face. However, the great success of the public beta of the turbulence algorithm has already caused countless people to ignore this possibility.

And now, this paper has really not been published in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, or even in any of the world's four top mathematics journals, but it has been published in Nature, and Nature is still publishing in its own journal. ’s official Twitter account posted such an intriguing sentence, which immediately made countless people feel that there was a story in it.

Naturally, when they saw this paper, many people began to find ways to verify what happened through various channels. Why was this paper not published in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society? Is it because the review of this purely mathematical journal is more stringent than that of Nature? Or maybe you dislike Ning because the mathematics of that paper is not good enough? Do you want it to be so funny?

Algorithms are inherently derived from mathematics.

As the developer of the turbulence algorithm, he used the mathematical conclusions in the paper to solve the difficulties encountered by the algorithm. Why can't such a high-quality paper be published in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society?

Most of the people who have similar questions are young students in major universities.

Professors don’t want to discuss this issue, but that doesn’t mean they are unwilling to discuss it. From Twitter to Facebook, many people have asked the same questions.

What exactly is going on?

…

Connerson can feel the pressure.

When the questions came to him one after another, the editor-in-chief of the "Journal of the American Mathematical Society" did not explain anything. He just went to and from work as usual. He never paid attention to the emails asking questions, let alone passed the recommendation. Te spoke as if nothing had happened.

Even when interviewed by reporters, his answers were extremely understated.

"Oh, I remember that manuscript was indeed rejected. That's okay! Maybe you don't know the workload of our editorial office. Every year we reject at least hundreds of papers from all over the world. I think this is important for It’s nothing to a top journal with strong credibility in mathematics.”

This answer also brought him more criticism and censure, and there were even many questions on the Internet about the fairness of the so-called top four mathematics journals...

However, Connerson remained silent, and no matter how many questions he asked, there was no explanation.

What's the saying?

If you don’t break out in silence, you will perish in silence.

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All kinds of disturbances on the Internet have not yet had time to reach the country.

Ning Wei also finally found his once ordinary rhythm of life during this period.

I have to say there is any difference. Probably when he walks on campus, he will often be greeted by strange junior students. When he goes to the cafeteria and is occasionally queuing to think about a problem, he will be secretly photographed and even invited to take a photo. The most egregious one is that he is quiet. He was standing in line in the cafeteria, preparing to prepare a meal. After he was recognized, someone made a suggestion, and then everyone asked him to be at the front of the queue. They said that they could not let the god of learning waste his time in the queue...

Ning Wei: "???"

As for the class, the teachers and professors were very open-minded and told me straight away that they would rather go if they wanted to. It didn't matter if they didn't want to go. They wouldn't call him by name anyway. This treatment is probably the only one he can enjoy.

However, there are not many classes before my senior year, so there is nothing special, so Ning Wei will still go to class.

Anyway, where can I read a book instead of reading it?

Yes, Ning Wei is reading. Since his tutor requires that his graduation thesis must meet the standards of SCI Area 1, he can only find a way to give it a try. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement the knowledge of statistics like crazy.

To put it bluntly, I chose statistics as my final subject at that time purely because this course was easier than other courses. If you just find a direction in the application of statistics in real life, you can basically pass it.

But that is just for passing the final analysis. Not to mention that it does not meet the standards for SCI area 1, even SCI area 3. It is estimated that the reviewers will feel that it is too weak.

So these days, I would rather spend them reading books.

Methodological likelihood functions, non-parametric and semi-parametric statistical inference to Bayesian statistics...

These days, statistical theory has built an outline in his mind.

But I still don’t have a clue about the topic of my thesis.

A week passed like this, and by the end of March, the weather in Jiangcheng had begun to heat up significantly. Huawei and the laboratory finally negotiated all the detailed regulations for cooperation, and called Ning Wei to sign a contract.

The charter is probably similar to what was discussed before, just down to the last detail.

Two PhD brothers from Jiang University who specialize in contract law spent an afternoon carefully explaining every contract agreement. Basically, the contents of his contract were similar to what Ning Wei had requested before.

As a natural person, he authorized the patent rights in his hands to Huawei and the laboratory. It was simple and clear. In any case, he obtained his own compensation through authorization.

What is more complicated is the hardware part of the turbulence algorithm. Because it is licensed first to the EDA software and indirectly to Huawei, the description of this part and the interests of all parties are relatively cumbersome.

But in fact, to put it bluntly, if this area is licensed to other network equipment companies in the future, the price can only be the same as the price licensed to Huawei at most, and cannot be cheaper. If it is cheaper, then the licensing fee provided by Huawei will also automatically decline.

After all, they also have to participate in the research and development of EDA. They cannot say that they work hard and end up making wedding dresses for their peers.

As for the contract between the laboratory and Huawei, there was a lot of content. Ning Wei took a quick look and found that it was at least six or seven centimeters thick.

Of course, he doesn't care about this.

Anyway, after signing this contract, no surprise, when I officially go to the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University to study, I will be a billionaire. I will buy two houses near Yanbei University and bring Lao Ning and Ning’s mother. It's not a big problem to live in the capital.

Of course, the premise is that the two elderly people agree.

I had done enough psychological preparation before, but when I actually signed the contract, I lost the excitement.

After all the signings were completed, everyone briefly celebrated, and then Lu Changbin called Ning Wei to his office alone.

"Ning Wei, the first payment from Huawei will be about 60 million, as a subsidy for the EDA software project from project establishment to cooperation. This is what I think about this money. We have invested a total of about 5 million before, so this Part of it respects your wishes and will be reserved as funds for other future projects in the laboratory. There is still 55 million, part of which must be handed over to the school according to regulations, and part of it is left as bonuses for project team members, and there should be 4,000 left. It’s about 10,000. When the lab receives the money, it will be transferred directly to your card. But the tax will be deducted first, is that okay?”