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Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.

Edward Witten and Shen Qi discussed the paper "Research on Defect Topology Based on Spherical Stable Hotopy Group".

"Crystals that exist in the real world, people use a microscope to observe their internal structure and think they are perfect, but in our physicists' view, defects always exist, from microscopic to macroscopic, from cells to the universe." Witten The opening remarks are, as always, from a high-level view. He looks at the earth from the height of the universe.

"Yes, the matter in the eyes of physicists is different from the matter in the eyes of ordinary people." Shen Qi quickly switched to the physics mode. The only person on earth who is capable of accepting him as a disciple may be Wei Teng.

"Qi, we all know that a real crystal can be regarded as a real space, which contains defects such as singular points or singular lines. At this stage, we cannot completely eliminate defects. All we can do is define and label defects. But the problem is , the continuum and defects in crystals defined by traditional physical methods rely too much on physical intuition."

Wei Teng flipped through a thick book boringly, and then handed it to Shen Qi: "Qi, look, this is the condensed matter physics textbook of the Princeton Department of Physics. It says that if γ is continuously distorted in real space, It doesn't go through those singular lines or points, then these closed loops have a common feature that surrounds the same flaws... what uncreative dogmatism."

Shen Qi took the book, he had already finished studying this book.

The title of the book is Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, and the author is Philip Warren Anderson.

P.W. Anderson is a Nobel Prize winner in physics and a leading figure in the field of contemporary condensed matter physics.

American theoretical physicist P.W. Anderson has a rich experience. He graduated from Harvard, stayed in the US Naval Research Laboratory, worked in Bell Laboratories, and worked as a professor in Cambridge. He is currently the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics in Princeton.

Princeton's Joseph Henry Professor of Physics is an honorary title, similar to Cambridge's Professor Lucas, only awarded to one person at a time.

"This textbook edited by Professor P.W. Anderson is very classic, but it is a bit dull in some parts, such as the section on continuum and defects in crystals." Shen Qi put Professor P.W. Anderson's condensed matter physics textbook on the desktop , said: "Edward, this is exactly the purpose of my research on defect topology based on spherical stable homotopy groups. I think that through rigorous mathematical methods, this dull part can be improved, making it more exciting and more Attractive."

Wei Teng has printed out the electronic version of the thesis sent by Shen Qi. He flipped through Shen Qi's thesis and was full of praise: "Very beautiful mathematical processing method, extremely ingenious conception! You improve on the basis of the Adams spectrum sequence, and solve the same In the process of Lun group, an astonishing result was calculated, h0b1^4∈E2^9, 4p^2q+q is a permanent cycle in the Adams spectrum sequence. Odd, you know, my math is not bad, I I can understand your logic, and I agree with your thinking."

"So my physics paper has passed your review?" Shen Qi asked.

"It is necessary to change the description of physics a little, but I am surprised at the speed of your progress in physics. It is impossible to write such a paper on condensed matter physics with a deep reserve of mathematical knowledge." Witten said in Shen Qi's paper Draw circles and forks on the top to indicate the parts that need to be changed.

Shen Qi understood Wei Teng's meaning, and he quickly completed the revision of the thesis in two days.

"The thesis is approved, and the Department of Physics of the Institute for Advanced Study welcomes you." Witten has the right to accept Shen Qi as a doctoral student of the Department of Physics of the Institute for Advanced Study. He is the Charles Shimoni Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and P.W. Anderson It's a type --- a pope-level boss who says what he says.

"That's great, Edward, it's an honor to be your student and study physics with you."

Shen Qi, the new winner of the Fields Medal, has become a student of Witten, the veteran of the Philippine Medal, and the two Philippine Medal masters are studying physics.

"Since the paper is finished, please submit it to a journal. It is necessary to let the physics community know about your research results." Witten said.

"OK."

After Shen Qi left the Institute for Advanced Study, he submitted his thesis "Research on Defect Topology Based on Spherical Stable Homotopy Groups" to "Science".

"Science" is an academic journal sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It covers all disciplines and is published once a week. The current IF value is 32.182, which is more than 20 times the IF value of most mathematical journals.

A scholar who can publish a paper in "Science" or "Nature" is enough for several years.

Shen Qi has published a total of five papers in the four major journals of mathematics. He has already maxed out the number of journals in mathematics. If he continues to write more, it is just a simple accumulation of numbers. He does not need to rely on papers in the four major journals to consolidate his reputation in the mathematics world. status.

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However, only a week later, Shen Qi was thrown a basin of cold water by "Science".

Shen Qi's manuscript on condensed matter physics was returned by Science.

The explanation of the editorial department of "Science" is:

"Professor Shen, thank you very much for your contribution."

"Your outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics are obvious to all, and all the staff of our journal are your fans."

"I am very surprised to find that you have entered the field of physics research. We believe that you will shock the world again."

"Unfortunately, your physics paper "Research on Defect Topology Based on Spherical Stable Hotopy Groups" is too theoretical."

"We fully agree with the academic significance of this physics paper, but still that sentence, a purely academic discussion that is too theoretical and too esoteric is not suitable for most readers of "Science."

"It's not fair to paying readers if they're paying to subscribe to an article that 99% of the content they don't understand."

"So I hope you can understand and look forward to your next submission."

Shen Qi was speechless and asked the sky, he knew that "Science" was aimed at the public readers, and many readers were not full-time scientific researchers, but belonged to the nature of science enthusiasts.

The condensed matter physics paper sent by Shen Qi to "Science" was carefully processed. He omitted a lot of complicated and esoteric theoretical discussions, and explained the research results of defect topology based on homotopy groups in as simple and clear language as possible.

Even so, Science rejected Shen Qi's manuscript.

"It seems that I have missed "Science" and "Nature" in my life."

Shen Qi sometimes thinks about a problem, and the theoretical research gets deeper and deeper. In the end, no one in the world can understand what he wrote.