On Sunday, as usual, Lu Zhou went to Mrs. Yang's house to tutor his little student.
During dinner, he remembered that he was going to Switzerland next month, so he casually said, "I'm going to Europe in a few days.
"I'm going to Europe in a few days. I don't know how long I'll be there. I've already taught you everything, so you'll have to rely on yourself. "
Although he wasn't leaving next week, Lu Zhou still had a lot of preparation work to do. He definitely wouldn't have the time to tutor her.
Han Mengqi asked curiously, "Europe? What are you doing in Europe? "
"I'm participating in the LHCb project."
Han Mengqi tilted her head and asked, "LHCb?"
Lu Zhou casually explained, "It's a project about the Large Hadron Collider. It's on the border between Switzerland and France, near the European Organization for Nuclear Research."
"European Organization for Nuclear Research?" Han Mengqi's eyes suddenly lit up. "Is the abbreviation SERN?"
Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "SERN? You misspelled it, it's CERN. "
Han Mengqi suddenly had a serious look on her face as she said, "Teacher, be careful, this might be a trap."
Lu Zhou: …?
Is this another joke that I don't know?
Lu Zhou coughed and forcefully changed the topic. He asked, "Do you need me to buy anything for you? It's on the way. "
"Buy?" Han Mengqi paused for a second and shook her head. "No need."
Lu Zhou asked, "Are you not interested in cosmetics and skincare products?"
Speaking of which, he rarely saw this little girl play with cosmetics. Instead, she threw all kinds of pillows and figurines in her room.
"My mom's company does fashion and luxury goods. She basically goes to Europe every two months. Didn't she say that?" Han Mengqi shook her legs and said nonchalantly.
Emm …
Lu Zhou suddenly realized that there was no need to ask this question at all.
…
After joining the LHCb organization as an intern, even though the organization didn't arrange any specific scientific research tasks for him, Lu Zhou, who felt that his level of knowledge was insufficient, began to cram his knowledge of quantum chromodynamics.
To be more specific, he was reading papers.
During this time, something big happened in the mathematics world.
The German god, Schulz, successfully solved the special case of the Weight-monodromy conjecture and published it in the latest Annual Mathematics.
Also, he used his own "PS theory" to solve this conjecture in the field of algebraic K-theory.
Not only did this solve a world-class mathematics problem, but it also provided a classic example for his "PS theory".
It seemed that in less than a year, he had fulfilled his domineering declaration at the mathematician conference — "Use my own theory to solve an important conjecture of Deligné".
There was no suspense for the Cole Prize in number theory. The twin prime number conjecture would undoubtedly dominate the number theory community for the next 15 years.
The winner of the Cole Prize in Algebra was decided after the publication of this thesis.
On a foreign mathematics forum, many people had begun to discuss the winner of the 2018 Fields Prize. There was no doubt that these two would be the strongest competitors for this award.
However, Lu Zhou only learned about this matter and did not pay much attention to it.
Algebraic K-theory was not his area of expertise. He only had a basic understanding of this area.
As for the thesis, Lu Zhou had to study Schultz's "PS theory" before he could understand it. He was so busy right now that he didn't have the time to do it.
Finally, it was May.
In order to avoid the peak tourist season, Professor Lu took Lu Zhou to Geneva on the Friday after Labor Day.
In fact, there was another researcher at Jin Ling University. It was a PhD student under Professor Lu. However, he arrived in Switzerland last month and had been there for half a month. Therefore, there were only two people on Lu Zhou's side.
There were no direct flights from Jin Ling to Switzerland, and there were no direct flights from China to Geneva. The group of people first flew to Shanghai, then took a plane to Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland.
After more than ten hours of flight, the plane landed on the airport runway.
Outside the airport, Lu Zhou finally met his student next to a black Volkswagen.
"Hello, hello, I've heard of you," said Yan Xinjue as he shook Lu Zhou's hand and said, "My name is Yan Xinjue, you can call me Brother Yan."
Lu Zhou replied humbly, "I'm Lu Zhou, not worth mentioning."
"Don't be so humble, you're the next winner of the Fields Prize. The Jin Ling University alumni are all optimistic about you!" said Yan Xinjue with a smile.
"You're giving me a lot of pressure."
Lu Zhou really felt the pressure. Shandan and a guy named Schultz from Germany were even more successful than him. Even though Schultz had only published a dozen or so theses, he won a mathematics award for every two theses he published.
Lu Zhou's first medal would probably have to wait until the end of the year.
However, Yan Xinjue did not care. He smiled and patted Lu Zhou's shoulder.
"Pressure gives you motivation. Young people who love to work hard will win. I'm optimistic about you! I've already arranged the hotel. Come on, get in the car. "
He took the suitcase from Professor Lu Zhou's hand and put it in the trunk. He then returned to the driver's seat and started the car.
The car was on the road. Lu Zhou sat in the back seat while Professor Lu sat in the front passenger seat.
Professor Lu looked at the car keys and asked, "Your car is pretty good.
"Your car is not bad. Where did you get it?"
Yan Xinjue smiled and said, "I borrowed it from Professor Grayer."
"You kid," said Professor Lu Zhou as he shook his head, "Where's the project at?"
Yan Xinjue replied while driving, "The European director of LHCb requested to perform a Dalitz diagram analysis on the resonance state of baryon decay."
Professor Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "There's something wrong with it."
Lu Zhou asked, "Why do you say there's something wrong with it?"
Yan Xinjue shrugged and said in a joking tone, "Because the discovery of the pentaquark state is a foregone conclusion. We've been doing theoretical analysis since last year. The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory and the Moscow Institute of Experimental Physics have found indirect evidence of the existence of this thing. If they still can't find this thing, I'll eat this car."
Lu Zhou, "Then why are you doing this?"
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