"Dear Professor Dugen, hello. We're meeting through this letter..."
Lott Dugen glanced through the letter. It was a recommendation letter, and whether in his capacity as the dean of Princeton School of Mathematics or as the editor-in-chief of the "Mathematical Yearbook," he often received letters of this kind.
Familiar professor friends frequently wrote him such recommendation letters, the former primarily recommending students to come exchange or study at the Princeton School of Mathematics, and the latter hoping that submitted papers could receive due attention.
Many outside the field of mathematics might not understand the weight that the "Mathematical Yearbook" holds in the international mathematical community. After all, there are not as many people as one might imagine who are truly focused on the development of cutting-edge mathematics. People are more concerned with visible scientific advancements.
