This does sound like a good suggestion …
No way!
"No, no, no, this is your blood and sweat. Just keep calling it the Sarrot Research Institute."
Lu Zhou rejected Professor Sarrot's proposal. He did not give Sarrot a chance to convince him and left without saying a word.
What a joke. If he really hung his name in front of the Research Institute, this guy might brag to a whole new level the next time he met someone.
Also, putting his name in front of the research institute made Lu Zhou feel weird.
It was like the research object was not the materials but himself.
Lu Zhou thought about it carefully and decided not to.
The next day, the first academic conference of the American Mathematical Society kicked off at the Berkeley campus.
For the sake of this academic conference, the University of California students even postponed their planned protest to a week later.
Although Princeton professors were usually indifferent to politics, not all professors were like that.
For example, Professor Tao was one of them.
Although most of his students described him as a tolerant, shy, and humble person, on his personal blog, Tao Shen's online image was the complete opposite of his personal image. Tao Shen's biggest hobby was to criticize the country.
For example, not long ago, he used a logic point of view to prove that Trump would not be a good president. This was reported by many media outlets. Trump's retort on Twitter was also quite interesting. "Tao Zhexuan claims that I'm not suitable to be president, but Hillary is. The truth is, Tao Zhexuan is only targeting me because he is a failed analyst. He can't even prove his conjecture. Sad! "
However, what was meant to come would come.
Tao Zhexuan had not updated his blog recently, so it was obvious that he was not in a good mood.
Of course, although the University of California students and professors did not have a good impression of the president, this did not affect the atmosphere of the academic conference. After all, academics were pure, and this was what countless scholars insisted on.
Lu Zhou collected some fountain pens and other small souvenirs at the door. He walked through the bustling poster area and went straight to a lecture hall on the second floor. He found a low-key seat in the back row and sat down.
After he sat down, he realized that Professor Tao was sitting next to him.
Lu Zhou looked at him and asked, "You're here too?"
Professor Tao smiled and said, "This is a good opportunity to find out about your progress, of course I won't miss it."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Go ahead, it's best if you can help me solve it."
While the two were talking, the report began.
The audience in the venue gradually stopped whispering and looked at the speaker on the podium.
Vera, who had a blonde ponytail and was dressed like a student, nervously stood on the podium, clenching and unclenching her small, fair hands.
With the help of staff, she opened the PowerPoint presentation and the title of the thesis appeared in the center.
[Complex analysis of the Collatz conjecture equivalent equation h (z ^ 3) = h (z ^ 6) + {h (z ^ 2) + λ h (λ z ^ 2) + λ ^ 2h (λ ^ 2z ^ 2)}/3z]
"You can do it, Vera, you can do it …"
Vera took a deep breath and encouraged herself in her heart when she thought of the expectations her mentor had for her before she left.
Then, she bit the bullet and spoke.
"The analytic function solution in the unit disk {1} is in the form h, where h0 and h1 are complex constants …"
Even though Vera was nervous at first, as the report progressed, she suddenly realized that the pressure on her shoulders had quietly disappeared.
Even she herself was surprised by this.
Her ideas came out like a fountain and she expressed her opinions as naturally as breathing.
She didn't care if the audience understood her or not. That was something that she had to consider during the Q&A session.
Right now, all she needed to do was to convey her opinions to the audience in the lecture hall …
Lu Zhou was sitting in the last row of the lecture hall. Just like the other audience members, he was also listening to her report carefully. Gradually, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
It was obvious that she spent a lot of effort to overcome the fear in her heart and stand there.
The results were quite gratifying. She was starting to get into the zone.
It seemed like his worries were unnecessary.
Tao Zhexuan was sitting next to Lu Zhou. He looked at the person on the podium with surprise written all over his face.
"Are you sure this is the work of your student?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Of course, I've been busy with computational chemistry recently. At most, I just provided them with a direction. "
There was no reason for them to lie about this. Tao Zhexuan obviously didn't suspect that Lu Zhou was lying to him.
However, he couldn't help but be surprised. This thesis didn't seem like it could be completed by a master's student. Even though he knew about Vera, and even though he was the one who recommended her to Princeton, Vera didn't care.
However, her progress was too fast.
Tao Zhexuan couldn't help but say, "Yesterday, you said that you planned on letting your student solve the Collatz conjecture. I thought you were joking. Now it seems like you were serious. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said without any modesty, "After all, she's my student."
For this kind of report for young scholars, the big shots were generally more tolerant. Unless there was an obvious mistake, they generally wouldn't make things difficult for them.
The mathematics academic conference was completely different from the materials science MRS conference.
After answering a few questions, the report ended smoothly, and the audience burst into applause.
Vera sighed in relief and smiled at the audience to express her gratitude.
Perhaps it was because the smile on her face was too dazzling, but it aroused people's desire to protect her. The applause became even more enthusiastic.
Among the applause, there were even whistles from the young lads.
Lu Zhou looked at Vera on the podium and couldn't help but smile.
Looking at the little girl who was gradually growing up, he couldn't help but feel like a little sapling that he had carefully cultivated was growing strong and healthy.
Maybe this is one of the joys of being a professor!
Tao Zhexuan looked at Lu Zhou strangely. He felt like something was wrong.
Lu Zhou noticed his friend's gaze and was in a good mood. He asked, "What?"
"Nothing." Tao Zhexuan shook his head and hesitated for a bit. He then said, "Even though I didn't say that … Laura and I only publicly announced our relationship after she graduated."
Lu Zhou: …?
What the hell?
…
After the report ended, Lu Zhou saw Vera outside the lecture hall.
The little girl's face was flushed with excitement, and her eyes sparkled with excitement, excitement, and many other emotions.
Lu Zhou understood how she felt. She couldn't calm down no matter how many times she took a deep breath.
Lu Zhou walked up and greeted her with a smile.
When she heard the familiar voice, she turned around and saw Lu Zhou. Her doe-like eyes instantly widened, flashing with surprise and disbelief.
Originally, she wanted to tell Lu Zhou the good news over the phone. She didn't expect him to be at the report, sitting in the audience!
She was so surprised that she didn't know what to say.
"Professor?! You, you're here too?! "
"Of course." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "My cute student finally mustered up the courage to give a report on stage. How could I miss this moment?"
The girl's face was as red as a flame, and she seemed to have a lot of words she wanted to say to Lu Zhou.
But in the end, thousands of words converged into a whisper of excitement.
"I did it, I really did it!"
"You did it, beautifully done." Lu Zhou gave her an encouraging look and said, "Keep up the good work, I hope to see you on stage at the International Congress of Mathematicians one day!"
Her blonde ponytail swayed up and down like a squirrel's tail.
Vera looked at Lu Zhou gratefully and nodded.
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