Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 208: Choose a Journal and Submit a Manuscript
After so many days, I finally had a good sleep.
When he woke up in the morning, Chen Zhou felt full of energy.
In addition, people are in high spirits when they are happy, so when washing up, looking at himself in the mirror, Chen Zhou just felt that he seemed to be getting more and more handsome!
After breakfast, Chen Zhou came to the library again and began to fill in the paper according to the small parts he had divided it into the night before.
Writing papers is something Chen Zhou is already quite familiar with.
If you count carefully, from the collaboration with Shen Jing, to the UPC competition paper, to the project paper analyzed by Clifford, Chen Zhou has been involved in as many as three papers as the first author and the second author.
In particular, the research papers analyzed by Clifford gave Chen Zhou sufficient experience in paper writing.
However, Wu Xiping helped to revise that paper, but now he has to rely on himself for the paper.
It’s not that we can’t ask Wu Xiping for help, but the hail conjecture belongs to the category of abstract algebra and number theory, which is not Wu Xiping’s research direction.
So, instead of bothering others, it is better to rely on yourself.
And there will be many more papers to be published in the future. Should I keep bothering Wu Xiping?
Chen Zhou was afraid that Professor Wu's time for taking care of the baby would be sacrificed...
One day was not enough for Chen Zhou to finish the paper.
I stayed in the library until closing time again.
Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi packed up their documents and prepared to return to the dormitory.
Just as Chen Zhou was holding a piece of draft paper and preparing to put them together.
His hands held.
The formula on the draft paper attracted his attention.
Chen Zhou frowned slightly.
After taking another look at the contents of the draft paper, Chen Zhou slowly sat down on the chair.
Pick up the pen and circle the number on the draft paper.
Then he wrote another line of equation next to it.
Chen Zhou habitually touched the draft paper with a pen, his brows furrowed deeply.
On the draft paper, a large ball of hair had been dotted out with a black pen.
But Chen Zhou still hadn't figured it out.
Shaking his head slightly, he picked up the pen and crossed out the equation.
Then continue packing.
At this time, Yang Yiyi, who had already packed up and was standing next to her, silently glanced at the equation that Chen Zhou had crossed out.
【limn→∞sup（Pn＋1－Pn）/（lnPn）2=1】
Yang Yiyi felt confused. What the hell was this? What was PN?
Sure enough, compared to mathematics, physics is more interesting...
Although she thought so, after leaving the library and walking to the edge of the nameless lake with Chen Zhou, Yang Yiyi couldn't help but ask, "Chen Zhou, what was the last line of equation you wrote?"
"Formula?" Chen Zhou thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Did you see it? That's the formula of Cramer's conjecture."
Yang Yiyi: "Cramer's conjecture?"
Glancing at Yang Yiyi, who obviously had no idea what this was, Chen Zhou explained, "Many mathematicians believe that the maximum prime number interval is likely to be much larger, um, larger than the order of (logX)2. And the prime number interval of the order of (logX)2 appears when the prime numbers behave like a collection of random numbers."
"In response to the problem of the distribution of prime numbers, Cramer proposed a conjecture, which is the formula you see. The Pn in the formula refers to the nth prime number."
After a pause, Chen Zhou continued, "So far, no one has been able to give an accurate answer to how far apart consecutive prime numbers are. Although in 2014, Professor Terence Tao and four other mathematicians proved Erdos' conjecture, which became the most significant breakthrough in the prime number gap problem in 76 years."
"But the prime number interval proposed by Erdős' conjecture is much smaller than that of Cramer's conjecture!"
Having said this, Chen Zhou stopped talking.
Because for Yang Yiyi, he didn't need and there was no need to say so much.
Judging from his relationship with Yang Yiyi, it is impossible for Yang Yiyi to switch to majoring in mathematics.
As for prime numbers, or problems related to number theory, under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for Yang Yiyi to touch upon them.
Yang Yiyi looked at Chen Zhou as if she understood something, thought for a moment, and asked softly, "Then why did you write down this equation?"
Chen Zhou showed a regretful look on his face: "For a moment, I thought I had grasped the key to solving Cramer's conjecture. But it turned out that I thought too much."
Hearing this, Yang Yiyi smiled and encouraged: "Maybe the time has not come yet. When inspiration comes, I believe you can seize it. Just like this hail conjecture."
Chen Zhou smiled and said, "I hope so."
Inspiration is a fleeting thing. If you miss the opportunity, it will be almost impossible to get it back.
What's more, this is mathematics and number theory, which is the field that requires the most inspiration.
However, Chen Zhou was also quietly making plans.
Starting from Cramer's conjecture, there may be many unexpected gains along this line.
Moreover, he vaguely felt that what the system had said before would come true after this mission was completed.
It took Chen Zhou two days to complete his research paper on the hail conjecture.
It was also translated into an English paper and saved in PDF format.
The next step is to choose a mathematics journal to submit your paper.
The hailstone conjecture is a purely mathematical problem that belongs to the field of abstract algebra and number theory, so there are many choices of journals to submit to.
But no matter what, the hail conjecture is also a world-class problem, and when submitting to a journal, you have to choose a prestigious one.
And Chen Zhou also has to consider the impact factor.
After all, this is linked to system tasks.
After much deliberation, Chen Zhou finally decided to choose one from the four major mathematics journals.
According to incomplete statistics, from 1998 to the present, Chinese research institutions have published only about 67 papers in the four major international mathematics journals.
In fact, there are only about 10 papers that were completed entirely by research institutions in mainland China.
Therefore, in the past, people who could publish an article in these journals were even considered qualified to run for election as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
This also shows the difficulty of publishing papers in the four major mathematics journals.
Among these four, it is generally believed that the "Annals of Mathematics" jointly published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study is the most prestigious.
This journal is also recognized by the mathematics community as the most authoritative journal in mathematics.
However, according to the data, in the past 20 years, Chinese scholars have published less than one paper per year on average in the Annals of Mathematics.
About two articles every three years.
Of course, this is not the most difficult journal for Chinese scholars.
The journal that is most difficult for Chinese scholars is the Acta Mathematica Sinica, which is also one of the Four Heavenly Kings and sponsored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
In the past 20 years, Chinese scholars have published only five papers in the Acta Mathematica Sinica.
It's pitifully small.
As for the other two of the Four Heavenly Kings.
One is "New Advances in Mathematics", which was founded by Springer in Germany.
In the past 20 years, Chinese scholars have published an average of 2 papers a year, so this journal is relatively friendly to Chinese scholars.
The other is the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, which is a journal published by the American Mathematical Society. Judging from the data, the difficulty of publishing in it is similar to that of the Annals of Mathematics.
Therefore, Chen Zhou felt that "New Advances in Mathematics" was the best choice.
Since this is his first time submitting an article to a world-class journal, he should analyze it rationally.
Choose a friendly journal.
However, Chen Zhou did not choose "New Advances in Mathematics".
He chose the most unfriendly journal, Acta Mathematica Sinica.
Aren’t you unfriendly to us Chinese scholars?
Then I will use the paper that proves the world-class problem to hit you!
