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"Everyone, come and witness the 'My Views on the Recent Outstanding Young Scientist Projects in Mathematics and Physics' series on Weibo—it's like a drama series that's to be continued!"

Below the Weibo post, Dou Dou had not forgotten to pair it with a laughing-with-tears emoji, leaving Qiao Ze to wonder what this insentient program found so amusing.

But one could always imagine the impact it would have.

...

In the United States, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Edward Witten had finally put down the paper by Qiao Ze.

The sky outside was beginning to brighten, he had promised not to stay up late, yet he hadn't resisted breaking the rule this last night.

But actually, he did sleep for a while in the early morning.

After nearly two weeks of careful reading and verification, he was fundamentally certain that Qiao Ze's paper was correct, even perfect.

He suddenly felt like sending an email to congratulate Qiao Ze.

But then he realized he didn't have Qiao Ze's email address.

It seemed that all this time it had been the young man, Roth Dugan, who had been in contact with Qiao Ze.

Oh, and also Daniel from the academy.

That guy so arrogant it was a mess.

However, he only needed to open the homepage of the official "Mathematics Annual" website, find Qiao Ze's paper, and he would be able to find a contact email.

But just as he was about to do so, he changed his mind.

Let it be.

After all, he was the last to give a verdict.

In other words, as long as he agreed to publish, Qiao Ze's paper would face the scrutiny of a broader mathematical audience in "Mathematics Annual."

Edward Witten even suspected that Roth Dugan had already arranged for the editors to do the final formatting and proofreading of the paper in advance.

In the age of the internet, there was even no need to wait for the print and typesetting process of a hard copy.

A paper significant enough to change the course of science's history could be released in electronic form first.

It would be even better to discuss it with Qiao Ze afterward.

So, after clicking the agree-to-publish response in the review system of "Mathematics Annual," he also sent a private email to Roth Dugan.

Having done all this, Edward Witten intended to go home and have a good rest.

To confirm there were no problems with Qiao Ze's paper, he had averaged less than 5 hours of sleep each day over the past week.

But when he reached home, took a shower, and lay down on his bed, he found himself still unable to fall asleep.

Despite feeling physically exhausted, he was mentally very alert. Closing his eyes, he couldn't help but think of the key formulas in the paper.

"Ah..."

This esteemed mathematical physicist sighed deeply in his heart, and eventually climbed out of bed, a trace of annoyance crossing his mind at that moment.

Ha, it turns out that he was too excited to sleep.

Unfortunately, the author of the paper was in the distant Eastern hemisphere.

Thinking of this, Edward Witten suddenly felt that it shouldn't be just him experiencing insomnia on such a day.

Counting the time, it was already night in Huaxia, and in two or three hours, it would be the time when normal people should rest.

So, getting up from his bed, Edward Witten started flipping through his address book, deciding to share this good news with some friends in Huaxia and let them also experience the joy in advance.

After all, the author of the paper was from Huaxia.

They would probably be more delighted.

Coincidentally, Edward Witten had quite a few phone numbers of colleagues from Huaxia, he even held an honorary doctorate title from Huaxia Academy of Sciences University, and nine years ago, he had been invited to Huaxia Capital's Huaqing University to participate in the academic discussion titled "After the Discovery of the Higgs Boson: Where to Next for Fundamental Physics?" Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire

He quickly found a number and dialed it directly.

"Hi, Lothar, what have you been up to recently?"

"Hello, Professor Witten, what else can I be busy with? Ah, that issue I emailed you about previously to discuss, there's been no progress. By the way, what made you think to call me?"

"Good news, Lothar, an exciting piece of good news. Someone has provided a proof of the existence of a solution to the Yang-Mills Equations. I've spent a full two weeks verifying their proof, and without a doubt, it's correct. Humanity has taken another big step forward in exploring the mysteries of the universe."

"What? There's such news? Which master's accomplishment is this?"

"Haha, the paper will be published in 'Mathematics Annual' soon, and then you'll know. You know how it is, although I've finished reviewing the manuscript and know who the author is, it's not appropriate to tell you until the paper is officially released."

"Professor Witten, there's an old saying in Huaxia: you can't just talk about something halfway. If you can't tell me who the author is, can you at least give me a rough idea? A professor from Princeton?"

"Haha, Lothar, why do you think I'm calling you specifically?"

Upon hearing this, the person on the other end paused, taking a moment before responding, "Don't joke... Professor Witten, you don't mean to say that it's one of our senior professors from Huaxia who has solved this problem?"

"Whether he's a professor I don't know, Lotte mentioned he's very young, only nineteen this year, but he is indeed from Huaxia. Alright, Lothar, it's definitely good news, and I thought I should share it with you in advance."

"Nineteen? It's him!"

"Haha... I don't know who you're talking about. That's it for now, I should get some rest too."

Full of whimsy, Edward Witten made three more phone calls and finally felt a bit of sleepiness creeping in, satisfyingly snuggling back into his blankets.