Library, Princeton University.
Hardy pressed between his eyebrows as he laid on the table. His voice was pained as he muttered softly.
He then muttered in a low voice, "That person is the devil, this is an impossible task … Can a human really do this in a month and a half?"
There were six reference books in front of him, including Hardy's "Introduction to Number Theory" and Dirichlet's "Number Theory Lectures". It was not just number theory, but it was also about functional analysis, algebraic geometry, differential topology, and other things.
Although Hardy had done a lot of preparation before coming here, he didn't expect that there would be so many learning tasks waiting for him as soon as he stepped through the door.
Fortunately, he was prepared. Otherwise, he would not even be able to find the door.
Qin Yue, who was sitting across from Hadi, was a lot calmer. At least he did not think about whether or not he could complete the task. Instead, he carefully read the printed documents and studied the "Number Theory Lectures" in his hand.
Although his speed was not as fast as Hadi's, he could last a long time.
From the beginning until now, he had not stopped reading at all.
Hardy sighed and gave up completely. He asked with a headache.
He then asked, "Qin, are all China professors this scary?"
Qin Yue: "Scary?"
Hadi nodded seriously and said, "That's right. When I was in Brazil, I always ranked first in my high school in mathematics. Everyone thought I was a genius. When I went to Columbia University, I saw a lot of people who were more talented than me, but the courses were still easy for me. I didn't even need to spend a lot of time to finish them. "
At this point, Hardy sighed dejectedly. "But here, I've even begun to doubt my life …"
Qin Yue did not know how to comfort this young man. He pushed his glasses and said, "Maybe it's because this is Princeton?"
Honestly, the professors at Kai University were not this strict.
However, he had been living like this for the past four years, so he was used to it.
"A Princeton professor would never be so strict. I asked my senior who played football with me yesterday. Professor Lu Zhou is definitely an exception." Hadi shook his head and paused for a moment. He suddenly thought of something and asked with a serious expression, "Speaking of which, Qin, I noticed that you've already started reading the second book. Do you have any techniques? Or have you studied these things before? "
"No." Qin Yue shook his head. "It's my first time coming into contact with these things."
At most, they would have done similar preparations before coming, just like him.
Hadi said in an incredulous tone, "This is impossible! Wait, don't tell me you're still reading in the dorm? God … How much time do you actually spend on studying? "
Qin Yue thought for a moment and replied, "Besides eating and sleeping?"
Hadi: "…"
There seemed to be no way to continue the conversation …
…
Completing six books in one and a half months was indeed very difficult. When he assigned this task, Lu Zhou was well aware of this.
Therefore, when he developed a training plan for his students, he did not set the expected results very high. Which was, as long as they could digest half of the knowledge, they would pass the test.
As for the rest of the knowledge and the consolidation and strengthening of the knowledge that he had already mastered, he could slowly learn them while participating in specific research projects.
After all, there was a certain amount of lag in books. Basically, they were only used for beginners. When it came to cutting-edge research, the reference materials were basically peer-reviewed literature.
However, Lu Zhou did not expect that less than a week after August, someone would complete his task ahead of time.
When he heard this news, his mood could no longer be described as surprised.
He was pleasantly surprised …
Looks like he picked up a treasure.
"… Your talent is amazing. I originally thought that you would be able to solve five or even four out of the ten questions. It seems like I underestimated you."
Lu Zhou looked away from the test paper and looked at Vera, who was standing across from him. His expression was full of surprise.
He was the one who wrote the test questions, so memorizing the answers was impossible. Even though the ten questions weren't particularly difficult, to be able to solve all of them, there was no doubt that she had completely grasped the knowledge in the six books.
Vera smiled shyly at the sudden compliment and said modestly.
"I've already read the four books on the list you gave me when I was at Berkeley. Maybe I was lucky."
"This isn't about luck," said Lu Zhou as he placed the test paper on the table. He then smiled and said, "Congratulations on passing my test. From now on, you are a member of my research project!"
A joyful smile appeared on Vera's face. This was exactly what she had been dreaming of.
Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "I will send an email about the content of the research project to your email. Even though the official application for the research project will only be submitted in September, you can think about the problem during this time. This is a very interesting topic, I'm sure you will be interested. "
Vera nodded seriously. Her golden ponytail gently swayed like a squirrel's tail.
"I got it, is there anything else?"
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "No, you can go back now."
Vera put her things in her bag and happily said goodbye to Lu Zhou. She then turned around and walked out of the office.
Lu Zhou looked at her thin figure and suddenly remembered something.
"Oh yeah, one more thing."
Vera, who was walking to the door, stopped and looked back at Lu Zhou with a confused look.
"My words may be a bit presumptuous, I hope you don't mind," said Lu Zhou. He opened the drawer and took out a document. He gently placed it on the table and said, "I know that your financial situation may not be very good, so I asked Princeton about a scholarship. Take this back and fill it out. It's best if you give it to me tomorrow, I'll help you apply. "
It was relatively easy to get a PhD scholarship, but a master's scholarship, especially a full scholarship, was very difficult to get.
Generally speaking, unless you had a nutty supervisor or a nutty recommendation letter, you would at most get half a scholarship.
Especially in a place like Princeton, there were a lot of nutty people, and each one was more nutty than the last. The competition could no longer be described as fierce.
Lu Zhou looked at Lu Zhou's eyes that were full of shock and disbelief. He paused for a second and spoke.
"I hope you won't delay your studies because of your financial burden. Especially don't go to places like fast food to wash dishes and become cheap labor. I'm not saying that's bad, but I hope you always remember that your knowledge is your greatest asset. If a full scholarship isn't enough, I can help you apply for a part-time teaching assistant job. You can start with some basic work. "
Vera took the document from Lu Zhou's hand and lowered her head. She didn't speak for a long time.
Her little hand tightly held onto the document. Her eyes were slightly red, and she suddenly bowed to Lu Zhou.
"Thank you! (Ukrainian) "
Before the confused Lu Zhou could react, the little girl turned around and ran out the door. Her footsteps gradually faded away.
Lu Zhou had a strange expression as he carefully recalled what he said before. He was sure that he didn't say anything offensive.
Honestly speaking, because Chen Yushan always criticized him for being too "honest" when they chatted online, he would think before he said something important.
Lu Zhou thought about the little girl's teary eyes before she left and felt a headache coming on.
I did a good deed.
I hope no one misunderstood …
Otherwise, it would be a real headache for him.
Lu Zhou shook his head and decided not to think about these troublesome things. He took out his phone and looked at the time.
It's almost time to eat lunch.
Lu Zhou stretched his back and stood up from his office chair. He looked at his computer screen and smirked.
The Hail conjecture, also known as the Collatz conjecture, was the legendary mathematical black hole! It was like a real black hole that swallowed all natural numbers.
The general view of modern mathematics was that it was not time to solve this problem. However, now that Goldbach's conjecture had been solved and the theoretical tools were powerful enough, Lu Zhou felt like he could try to challenge it.
When he thought about this challenging problem, he was full of energy.
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