Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 240 - 110 Is from Mathematical Yearbook_2

Tian Yanzhen nodded and said, "Elder Yuan is right, your article is very valuable, but before it gains broad recognition, it can only be considered a conjecture for now! However, as long as it can be verified by supercomputing, even if it’s a conjecture, it has at least proven your conclusions are correct within the known curve library.

This is similar to the partial conclusions of the BSD conjecture you used in your paper. Although the BSD conjecture is not fully proven, some conclusions have already been recognized, and everyone uses them regardless!

Plus, your approach has many innovations, especially regarding the content of the geometric constraint parameter conjecture. So, I believe, once verified without error by supercomputing, your paper will have no problem being submitted to the big four journals. Do you have a particular journal you want to submit to?"

Qiao Yu shook his head and said, "No, I only know about the big four, which you mentioned to me before as the most influential journals in mathematics. I don’t really understand the differences between these four journals, so why don’t you decide?"

Tian Yanzhen pondered for a moment and said, "Then let’s submit it to Annals of Mathematics. The editorial office of this Mathematical Yearbook is at Princeton University. Do you remember Professor Zhang from the seminar last time? He is now a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton."

Seeing Qiao Yu’s confused look, Tian Yanzhen explained, "This isn’t to say your paper doesn’t meet Annals of Mathematics’ standards, it’s mainly to avoid some non-academic factors interfering. Especially since you’re only sixteen this year. For the mathematics community, you’re still a complete newcomer. Having someone besides your mentor provide academic endorsement can make things smoother."

Qiao Yu instinctively asked, "What does academic endorsement mean?"

Tian Yanzhen laughed and replied, "Academic endorsement is a very serious matter. For example, your paper, if no one can find a counterexample within a period, showing effectiveness for almost all known curves, then it might be elevated from a conjecture to a theorem.

In other words, you’ve solved a global mathematical challenge, and at this moment, a significant mathematician steps forward to tell everyone that this challenge was solved independently by you. Without borrowing others’ hands, that’s academic endorsement.

I, as a corresponding author, can vouch for you academically too, and Elder Yuan probably wouldn’t mind doing so either. But in recent years, we have mainly been active in Huaxia, so our international influence is not large. If Professor Zhang is willing to endorse you, there will be fewer voices of doubt.

Of course, it might not just be Professor Zhang, the visiting Professor Robert likely would be willing to do this as well. In summary, the more professors stand up to endorse you, the fewer unexpected situations outside of academia may occur. After all, you’re only sixteen!"

Yes, when saying this, Tian Yanzhen was truly grateful for making that call to Zhang Shuwen that day.

So this paper appears to have a discernible path.

Because he didn’t expect Qiao Yu to complete a paper eligible for submission to the big four in such a short time, these past six months he let Qiao Yu come to Yanbei early to save some time and lay a foundation prematurely, yet this guy turned in an unexpected answer sheet!

Tian Yanzhen believed more than anyone that Qiao Yu would definitely succeed, but he never thought it would be so soon! Just after his sixteenth birthday!

What else could he say? Originally, it was a move planning for the future, but in the blink of an eye, it was being used after just over a month, which just goes to show how unpredictable life is, and the unpredictability of Qiao Yu, who unintentionally sprung a surprise.

"Oh, really! If no one gives academic endorsement, it would be very troublesome?" Qiao Yu nodded in realization, asking.

Tian Yanzhen hesitated for a moment. Initially, he thought there was no need for Qiao Yu to be exposed to some of the darker aspects of academia, to avoid dampening the kid’s enthusiasm for research, but since he could already achieve results, who knows what surprises might come after, it’s better to let him know early.

"The academic Jianghu is a Jianghu too. Many people are researching one direction; generally, whoever publishes first, the achievement is theirs. But sometimes, mathematical challenges are very peculiar; you claim to have proven a topic, yet due to certain flaws or ambiguities in the proof process, someone may question it.

There will also be people who patch up the flawed parts, then claim they proved the issue. Further, they might even fabricate that their previous work was about to bear fruit, only for the crucial research to get leaked at a critical time.

So this Jianghu is not friendly to academic newcomers. Do you understand?"

Qiao Yu nodded and said, "Got it, actually Professor Xue mentioned some of this before, but he talked about the lab letting someone pass... Even with the existing results and full research manuscripts, can still face such situations? Aren’t the professors supposed to mainly be gentlemen?"

Tian Yanzhen laughed, "Don’t overestimate the average moral standards of the academic community. If you have time, check out reports on academic integrity analysis yourself. Theoretical mathematics is actually relatively okay compared to theoretical physics and some applied research in other fields. Anyway, not to talk about others...

Sigh, in short, should someone be willing to back your academic accomplishments, you should remember to be grateful. Because they are risking their own academic reputation to vouch for you. Especially in your starting stage, these are acts of timely aid.

The more academic reputation you build, the more people will be willing to endorse your work. Until you become a renowned mathematician, when you won’t need anyone to back you, instead, you can endorse others in return.