It Was Xiao Yi Who Wrote It

"But if it wasn't Xiao Yi, who else could surprise you... Could it be your doctoral student? I remember his name is Chen Qiang, right?" Hu Guangde continued to guess. "It must be him, right?"

Liu Bin suppressed the urge to laugh out loud and said, "You finish reading first, and I'll tell you at the end."

Seeing him like this, Hu Guangde became even more certain. "Then it seems it's your student."

"Alright, alright, I'll start reading now. You're still keeping me in suspense."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Hu Guangde then opened the paper and began to read.

First was the abstract.

"Hmm... this abstract is written quite ordinarily. It seems there's a lack of experience in paper writing. I'll have to teach him more when I have time."

After quickly finishing the abstract, Hu Guangde commented briefly.

Liu Bin smiled but said nothing.

It's a joke. It's Xiao Yi's first paper. If this isn't a lack of experience, it's completely no experience.

"Speaking of which, isn't this paper written in English? If it's published in a top-tier journal, it'll have to be translated again, how troublesome." Hu Guangde added another comment.

Liu Bin twitched the corner of his mouth.

English?

Publishing in SCI?

Who would have thought at the beginning? I didn't even ask Xiao Yi to write on this topic.

Wait...

What did Academician Hu just say?

Top-tier journal?

Does Xiao Yi's paper have a chance to be published in a top-tier journal?

Before he could ask, Hu Guangde frowned and criticized, "It's one thing that the abstract isn't written well, but the format of this paper isn't very standard either. It doesn't look like a doctoral student at all. I'll have to criticize him later. Mathematical papers value rigor, and so does writing format."

However, shortly after criticizing, his brow furrowed again, and he nodded, saying, "Hmm... but the theoretical derivation process is quite rigorous. This is more like a doctoral student."

"This step of derivation is very well done, there's something here."

"This step, which shows the existence of a finite étale covering $g: Z \to X$ such that $g^1(D) \cap V(Z) \neq \emptyset$, is excellent. It's very concise and efficient, and the fundamental skills are solid. For someone with weak fundamental skills, they would probably go around in circles here and might not even reach a conclusion."

"...Oh, I understand. This student probably plans to adjust the format when translating it into English later?"

"With such good mathematical foundation, a doctoral student shouldn't look like a novice in terms of format. Hmm, I must have wronged him."

"But he still needs to practice his English writing. I know many students in our country are poor at English, but there's no other way. After graduating with a doctorate, a few years as a postdoctoral researcher, and another year or two as a visiting scholar, if his English is poor, he won't even be able to speak when he goes abroad. When others are communicating academically, he'll just be staring blankly, how uncomfortable that would be."

"Professor Yang Zhenning even conducts his classes for Qinghua students entirely in English."

"..."

And so, Hu Guangde continued to read while talking.

However, while he would occasionally praise a few words at the beginning, as he delved deeper into the paper, especially into the middle section, he stopped talking. He had basically focused all his attention on the paper.

Clearly, the content became increasingly profound in the middle of the paper, making it impossible for him to continue talking while also contemplating the derivations within.

At the same time, he took out scratch paper from the side and began calculating along with the derivation process in the paper.

Time passed quickly like this.

Liu Bin stood by the side, already looking at other things. Since he couldn't understand the latter parts of the paper anyway, he naturally lost interest in watching along.

After about an hour, Hu Guangde put down the paper in his hands, looked up, rubbed his eyes, and said to Liu Bin, "Leave this paper with me for now. I'll need about two or three more days to finish reading it. I'll call you after I'm done."

"You need two or three days too?" Liu Bin was a little surprised.

Hu Guangde glared. "Do you think this paper is that easy to read? Two or three days is already very short. If it were submitted to those journals, the peer reviewers might need one or two weeks to read it. Those reviewers examine every single word."

"I've only skimmed through it today. The author's foundation is very solid, and their application of various theories is excellent. It's written very deeply. For example, in the third part, their application of topology, using hyperbolic curves in a topological way to prove that for all $i \neq j$, $A_i \cap A_j = \emptyset$. This author must be very skilled in algebraic topology."

"In conclusion, based on the content so far, as long as there are no errors, I estimate it can be submitted directly to a top journal. It might not make it into the 'Big Four,' but it should be fine for any of the second-tier top journals."

"For example, AM, CM, or even Duke, IHES are worth a try. Hmm... I think the probability is quite high. IHES would likely welcome it. There are few papers on Far Abelian Geometry, and I know their editors; they really like this kind of paper."

Listening to Academician Hu's words, Liu Bin was deeply shocked. This Xiao Yi...

He was truly creating a miracle!

He himself had never published a paper in IHES!

IHES refers to the French Institute for Advanced Study, a top academic institution in France, whose mathematics can be considered a major center of world mathematics.

The mathematics journal published by IHES, "Publications mathématiques de l'IHS," is second only to the 'Big Four' top journals.

For any mathematics scholar, publishing a paper in such a journal would be an extremely proud accomplishment.

As long as it wasn't in a place full of big names, the news would likely garner a lot of envy and admiration.

He could already imagine the headlines in the academic world.

"Shocking! High School Student Actually Submits to IHES and Gets Accepted!"

"What's with that look on your face? What are you thinking about?"

Beside him, seeing Liu Bin's shocked expression, Hu Guangde teased, "Are you envious?"

"Cough, cough, how could I not be envious!" Liu Bin snapped back to reality and said, "Didn't you want to know who wrote this paper?"

"Oh, right." Hu Guangde recalled and asked, "So who is the author of this paper?"

"At first, I thought it was your doctoral student, but now it doesn't seem like it. That young man Chen Qiang doesn't have this level either."

Academician Hu, who had initially thought he guessed correctly, was now uncertain. Could the doctoral students at their school write something like this?

Let alone doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers couldn't do it, and even the professors might not be capable.

Just looking at the details and rigor of the theoretical derivations in the paper, there was even a bit of "showing off" involved. He hadn't seen anything like it in their department.

Liu Bin let out a long breath and said, "This paper was written by Xiao Yi."

Hu Guangde: "What???"

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