Jin Ling University library.
A blonde exotic woman was sitting at a table by the window, reading the book in her hand attentively.
Her fluffy hair was particularly dazzling under the sun. Her soft face contours and slightly petite figure made people want to protect her.
In the 22nd century of the Pan-Asian Cooperation, foreign faces were no longer rare, but people walking in the library still cast inquisitive glances at her from time to time.
There was no other reason.
Although foreigners were not rare, old popsicles were different.
Especially this old popsicle, her identity and status were a bit unusual …
"Compared with a century ago, mathematics and physics have advanced a lot in this era …"
Closing the book in her hand, Vera showed an ashamed expression on her face. She continued, "Sorry … I may need some time to study before I can help you."
Sitting opposite Vera, Lu Zhou smiled slightly and comforted her.
"Don't apologize. I'm the one troubling you. Besides, I don't expect this problem to be solved in a short time. At this stage, you should focus on integrating into this era."
Vera nodded nervously.
To be honest, she, who had just arrived, felt extremely strange and frightened about everything in this era.
She still remembered the first time she took a maglev car. She was so scared that she didn't dare to move or look out of the window.
There were also those robots, as well as the aerospace shuttle that she had only heard of but never tried …
Whether it was academia or life, there were too many things that she didn't understand in this era.
"Putting aside the physics part, do you have any good ideas about this Z particle wave equation?"
Faced with the question thrown by Lu Zhou, the little girl pondered for a while and replied seriously.
"This is a high-dimensional topology problem, which reminds me of the proof of the Poincaré conjecture. If some special differential manifolds are introduced as an aid, perhaps the proposition itself will become easier? "
Lu Zhou nodded approvingly. "Very good idea, can you be more specific?"
Perhaps because she hadn't heard Lu Zhou's praise for a long time, Vera showed an embarrassed expression on her face as she continued in an embarrassed tone.
"Can you give me a piece of draft paper … I'm still not used to that kind of holographic screen."
Lu Zhou nodded and stood up from the chair.
"No problem."
Although the 22nd century had entered the paperless era, it was not completely impossible to see paper.
Take the library they were in right now for example. Although most of the students only downloaded the electronic version of the information and read it on their personal terminal, every book had a corresponding paper version.
In addition, the library also had a printing room dedicated to printing periodicals. Although the cost was not cheap, it was still affordable for the students who studied here.
Lu Zhou bought a stack of white paper from the printing room and placed it in front of Vera. He looked at her curiously and waited for her to tell him her thoughts.
Without hesitating for too long, Vera took a pen from Lu Zhou's hand and wrote on the paper attentively.
[… (ihδ/δt) · ψ (r, t) = (-thca · ▽ + βmc ^ 2) ψ (r, t)]
[…]
Because she was not familiar with physics, Vera wrote very slowly. Every step was carefully written to the point of being cumbersome.
However, as the process continued to progress step by step, Lu Zhou still cleared the fog and understood what she wanted to express with these equations.
"Dirac equation?"
"Yeah." With a smile on her face, Vera nodded slightly and continued, "The Dirac equation is the most basic formula in relativistic quantum mechanics. It is the first time in the history of physics that quantum mechanics and special relativity are combined together."
Lu Zhou nodded.
"A very basic concept … And then?"
"This is what you said before. Many esoteric things are often hidden in simple and easy to understand truths, and they have an unimaginable form of expression. I don't understand too many esoteric physics concepts, but just like how the Dirac equation reveals the properties of antiparticles and spin in microscopic physics, through a simple and easy to understand method, we can also build a bridge between the Z particle and the curvature of space. "
With that said, Vera moved the pen in her hand and continued to write behind those lines of calculations.
When Lu Zhou looked at the lines of equations presented on the paper, he had a look of interest on his face.
"I didn't expect you to study the Karman-Howarth equation."
"It's just because you've studied turbulence problems." Vera smiled shyly and said softly, "I happen to be very interested in the differential manifold method you used to solve the turbulence problem, so I tried to understand it."
Lu Zhou: "I was right, you're a genius!"
Vera's cheeks were stained with a layer of red clouds. She didn't say anything and silently accepted this compliment.
She filled two pages of blank draft paper. She stopped writing and looked at Lu Zhou.
"This is all of my ideas … But I also feel that there may be some omissions, and many mathematical tools and theories of the new generation are not used —"
"That's pretty good!" Lu Zhou interrupted Vera and gave her a look of affirmation. He said with an excited smile on his face, "Just five minutes ago, when you wrote the last 20 lines, I suddenly had a wonderful idea!"
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Vera's face. It was as if she was happier than solving the problem herself. She said softly.
"Really? That's great! "
Even though she couldn't see the end of this proposition from her current position.
But with her understanding of the professor, whenever the professor showed such a smile on his face, it meant that their research was not far from the end …
Not far away, two students were looking at this side. After they looked at each other, one of them broke the silence in a low voice.
"Is that Academician Lu?" Pointing in the direction over there, Sun Tao gulped and said, "I think so."
Instead of answering his question, Xu Teli, who was sitting next to him, stood there in a daze, muttering to himself in a low voice.
"Unbelievable …"
Sun Tao: "What's unbelievable?"
Xu Teli moved his neck stiffly and looked at his roommate strangely. He said in a serious manner, "Have you ever seen him discuss problems with anyone in the library before?"
Sun Tao paused for a second and shook his head.
"I don't watch him every day … How would I know?"
"Oh yeah, it's my fault." Xu Teli sighed and gently patted his forehead. He said, "I forgot that you're a bad student."
When Sun Tao heard this, he was suddenly unhappy. He whispered so that he wouldn't disturb other people.
"F * ck, are you looking for trouble?"
Xu Teli ignored his bad roommate's retort. He looked at the two people not far away and spoke in a very professional manner.
"I come to the library every day, and I've seen Academician Lu here many times. But every time, he's sitting here alone, reading some difficult books, or sitting by the window sill drinking a cup of black coffee without sugar."
Sun Tao: "You're quite observant … But, what does this mean?"
Xu Teli: "Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? Do you want me to say it more clearly? "
Hearing this, Sun Tao instantly reacted and exclaimed in shock.
Even though he wasn't a person who liked to gossip …
This was Academician Lu!
The founder of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study!
The emotionless "scientific research machine"!
In an instant, he finally understood why this roommate of his was so shocked …
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