Chen Yushan bit her thumb and frowned. She stared at the chessboard and thought hard.
I'm going to lose …
There's no room for redemption.
After a while, she finally accepted the situation. She then suggested in a tentative tone.
"… Let's play again."
Lu Zhou sighed and looked at the sky.
"Can I give up?"
"No!"
Chen Yushan was so angry that she wanted to stomp her feet.
When she asked math questions, she was always "ridiculed", "too easy", "another free point question", "can you take the master's exam in time". Originally, she wanted to save some face in checkers, but Lu Zhou did not give her any face at all. He won ten games in a row and even let her go first.
Is my IQ really low?
Chen Yushan, who had been a genius student for three years, began to doubt her life.
Lu Zhou looked at Chen Yushan stubbornly pushing the chessboard away and insisting on playing again.
"Can I ask a question?"
Chen Yushan was annoyed and said, "Go ahead."
Lu Zhou asked in a serious manner, "How did you get the illusion that you're good at checkers?"
Chen Yushan's face turned red and she said awkwardly, "When I was a kid … I never lost to my parents."
"How young?"
Chen Yushan said quietly, "… I think it was elementary school."
Oh my god!
You still remember elementary school?
Besides, your dad and mom are obviously letting you win. Haven't you played with others before?
Lu Zhou did not know why, but he suddenly sympathized with her.
Lunch was a seafood pizza with cheese. Mrs. Yang did not lie to them, the pizza in this cafe was delicious.
Even though the price was a bit expensive, he wasn't spending his own money anyway. Lu Zhou even ordered a piece of ice cream for dessert.
Chen Yushan, who was sitting across from Lu Zhou, couldn't help but say, "You really can eat. Be careful that you don't get too fat."
"I want to be fatter," Lu Zhou said nonchalantly while eating a high-calorie ice cream sprinkled with chocolate mousse. "I don't know why, but I don't seem to gain weight no matter how much I eat."
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Chen Yushan also stopped talking.
Emmm …
It seemed that this joke was a little annoying?
He could feel a wave of resentment spreading …
Lu Zhou couldn't help but shiver.
…
It was already two o 'clock in the afternoon when he returned to school. This was the hottest time of the day.
Because she was afraid of getting tanned, Chen Yushan didn't dare to stay outside for long. She waved goodbye to Lu Zhou and quickly returned to her dorm.
Lu Zhou saw that it was still early, so he first went back to his dorm. He brought his computer and the books he borrowed from the library. He then went to the teaching building and found an empty study room.
There were still four hours before the drug resistance wore off. He started taking the drug at six o 'clock and was still in effect until 11 o' clock at night. It would not be a problem for him to last until 12 o 'clock. The library was already closed at this time, so he obviously couldn't study in the library today.
According to his original plan, he planned to take the drug every other day. However, he had things to do the next day. In order to not waste precious time and complete the reward mission as soon as possible, he decided to work hard today.
After turning on his computer, Lu Zhou first checked his email and found out that Wang Xiaodong had already sent the finished program.
Lu Zhou first extracted the code into a text file. He then began to write according to the mathematical modeling thesis format.
He spent the entire afternoon writing the thesis. He then packaged the thesis with the program and sent it to Professor Liu's email.
"… I'll go eat at the cafeteria first before coming back to work," said Lu Zhou as he stretched his back. He then stood up and walked out of the classroom.
Because it was summer break, the cafeteria was deserted.
The good thing was that there was no need to wait in line. The bad thing was that a lot of the cafeteria aunties were on vacation with the students. There were only a few tables left in the cafeteria.
However, this did not affect Lu Zhou as he usually ate a bowl of noodles at night.
When he was eating, he coincidentally bumped into Professor Tang. Lu Zhou walked up and greeted him. He then took his bowl and sat across from the professor.
When Professor Tang saw Lu Zhou, he smiled and asked in a casual tone, "How's the mathematical modeling preparation going?"
Lu Zhou also smiled and said, "It's going okay, I just handed in my homework to Professor Liu."
"What have you been researching recently?"
Lu Zhou knew that Professor Tang was not asking about mathematical modeling. Therefore, he thought for a bit and said, "I recently read a document. It's about the progress of the GIMPS research project …"
Professor Tang raised his eyebrows and smiled as he asked, "The one from the Chinese Academy of Sciences?"
"Yes," said Lu Zhou as he nodded. He then said, "I looked at the 'Mersenne prime distribution' thesis from 1992 and found that the conjectures were very interesting. However, the process was too short. There was only one conclusion, so I tried to research it."
"That thesis, I know about it," said Professor Tang as if he remembered something. He then said, "Mr. Zhou's thesis made a name for the Chinese mathematics community on the international stage."
The only regret was that the thesis was too short. It was only two pages. Although the exact formula for the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers was proposed, there was no proof process. Therefore, it could only be published as a conjecture.
Professor Tang paused for a second and looked at Lu Zhou. He then smiled and said, "Speaking of which, why didn't you continue to research linear functions? Why did you research Mersenne prime numbers?"
"Uh … Maybe it's because I'm interested?"
Lu Zhou did not believe his own bullsh * t. He accidentally used a questioning tone.
Professor Tang did not believe his bullsh * t. He shook his head and said, "Kid, you're talented in mathematics, but you're too impetuous. What kind of results can you achieve by doing random things? It's okay to be utilitarian. After all, researchers are also human. However, do you think Mersenne prime numbers are that easy to calculate? The GIMPS project that you mentioned spent a whole eight years and they still couldn't figure out if the 44th Mersenne prime number was the 44th. Do you think the prize money is that easy to get? "
Although the 44th Mersenne prime number was found in 2006, until now, 14 years ago, the academic community still had reservations about whether or not there was an undiscovered Mersenne prime number between the 43rd and 44th Mersenne prime numbers.
This was because the number was too large and the amount of calculations involved was beyond imagination.
Also, according to the reward criteria of the GIMPS project, if one wanted to get the next reward, they had to aim for the 100 millionth Mersenne prime number. However, even then, the reward was not proportional to the effort. After all, the 100 millionth reward was only 150,000 USD. The cost of the reward was probably more than that.
Joking, if one had the time, one might as well mine Bitcoin. Why would one do mathematics research?
Professor Tang believed that Lu Zhou was greedy for money. He thought that this kid must have seen the reward and became obsessed with money.
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and did not refute.
Because it was too troublesome to explain.
You can misunderstand however you want.
When Professor Tang saw that Lu Zhou did not speak, he sighed and said, "Your thesis is very interesting. I'm not the only one who thinks so. A few old professors from the physics department have read it and they all think the same. If you continue to research in this direction, I dare say that in less than two years, there will be big results. Even if we are utilitarian, we have to look at the long term. "
Lu Zhou asked quietly, "Professor, do you suggest that I continue to research in this field?"
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