Even though they had a brief conversation during the interview, Lu Zhou was busy with the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials, so he didn't spend too much time with each of the interviewees.
Also, seeing Lu Zhou on camera was completely different from seeing him in real life.
Lu Zhou didn't know if it was an illusion, but when he looked at this new student, he felt like he was familiar.
However, he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
Wei Wen had an awkward expression on his face as he coughed and spoke.
"I've seen him during the interview … Also, the mathematical modeling competition."
The first sentence was bullsh * t.
As for the second sentence … It was really awkward.
During the expert interview at the end of the national competition, he purposely walked up to Lu Zhou and said, "Your thesis isn't good, but I will win." In the end, the Higher Education Society Cup was won by Lu Zhou.
Ever since then, he had been chasing after Lu Zhou.
However, the gap between the two didn't narrow at all. Instead, it was getting bigger and bigger. He couldn't even see God Lu's taillights anymore.
Especially when he followed his teacher to Beijing Normal University to attend the China Mathematicians Conference. When he saw Lu Zhou win the Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award, he basically gave up. He just subconsciously worked in that direction.
However, he had to admit that even if he couldn't reach the same heights as Lu Zhou, he would still gain a lot in the process.
Three years had passed by in the blink of an eye. Wei Wen had graduated from his second year in university and successfully received an offer from Princeton Professor Lu. He became a god in the eyes of his classmates and a "kid" in the eyes of his classmates.
However, he was probably the only one who knew what he was feeling right now.
However, choosing Lu Zhou as his supervisor was his decision.
As for the reason, it was very simple. He wanted to become stronger.
With a preliminary understanding of the two freshmen's personalities, Lu Zhou did not assign them any work for the time being. He only gave each of them a book and told them to go back and read it first. After they finished reading, they would hand in their notes.
Basic learning still had to start from books. Only by having a comprehensive understanding of knowledge could one discover their own interests and further choose their own research direction.
After that, it was time for more advanced studies.
At this stage, he needed to borrow the literature to understand the parts of the book that were not described in detail because of the controversy or unresolved issues.
If he could make some innovations on this basis, even if he could only advance the work of his predecessors by a millimeter, it could be considered a qualified graduation thesis.
At their current level, there was still a long way to go before they could achieve this.
As for the current stage, the most important thing was to build a good foundation.
Other than that, there was no other shortcut.
With the return of Lu Zhou, daily life in the laboratory returned to normal.
Even Hardy, who was full of energy, sat in his seat obediently and studied his own research topic.
When he was focused, time passed by quickly.
At six o 'clock in the evening, the students in the office all left their seats and went downstairs to eat.
Gradually, only two people were left in the office.
Suddenly, Vera looked up. Even though she didn't do anything wrong, she couldn't help but look around.
After she confirmed that there was no one else in the office, she took out the first draft of the thesis from the drawer and quietly walked to Lu Zhou's desk.
Lu Zhou looked at Vera and remembered their previous email conversation. He roughly guessed why she was here, so he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Do you want to reveal the answer to me?"
Vera looked a little embarrassed. She held the thesis in her hands and handed it over.
"… Please take a look at this for me."
Lu Zhou took the first draft of the thesis and began to flip through the abstract. After flipping through a few pages, he nodded with approval.
Not bad.
Among his three students, Vera was probably the only one who truly understood his Group Structure Method and was able to master it thoroughly.
Not only that, but he could also see her own thoughts in the process of her proof.
Strictly speaking, even though the Collatz conjecture was a classic additive number theory problem, it was more like a complex analysis problem. Applying the Group Structure Method to Goldbach's conjecture was not perfectly compatible.
Vera's work was like a lubricant. It allowed the Group Structure Method to go from a series of additive number theory problems to the proposition that the set was the entire natural number.
Of course, this work was not so easy to complete. She only carried out specific analysis for specific problems, and the flaws in the process were also very obvious.
Lu Zhou quickly read the thesis and made two marks with a ballpoint pen. He then said, "I have a few questions."
Vera said, "Professor, please go ahead."
Lu Zhou: "Page four, line 13, I noticed that you set the holomorphic mapping K: → △ so that π og = f, can you tell me the meaning of this?"
Vera looked at the thesis and said, "K (x) is a bounded holomorphic function in the complex plane. According to Liouville's theorem, we can find that Q (x) on page three, line five, is a constant function. Then, we can prove that formula (7) is true."
"There's no problem with this step." Lu Zhou nodded and said, "But I noticed that on page seven, line 11, you used the conclusion of formulas (7) and (8) to prove that for every branch of Φ (g) containing a positive integer, there exists z0 ∈ D. This step has a problem."
Vera hurriedly moved closer and stared at the paper for a while.
Gradually, her expression became a little embarrassed, and she finally lowered her head.
"You're right … I'll go back and think about it."
"Don't be depressed, you've done a good job." Lu Zhou encouraged her, "As long as you solve the flaws in the thesis, there is no doubt that this is an excellent result."
Biting her lips, Vera shook her head stubbornly, her blonde hair swaying gently.
"But I still miscalculated."
Lu Zhou looked at the student who was deep in thought. He thought for a moment and spoke.
He then said, "Wednesday is my first number theory class. If you have time, I hope you can come and listen."
He paused for a second and said, "Even though undergraduate courses don't mean much to you, you're my teaching assistant. Occasionally, when I'm too busy, I'll need you to help me with my classes."
When the girl heard that she was going to give a lecture, she suddenly became nervous and asked, "Do I have to give a lecture too?"
"Of course, teaching as a teaching assistant is part of your job. I should've told you before."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Also, thinking about some obvious problems will be very helpful for your research. Maybe one of your number theory classes will be the starting point of inspiration for you. Just like when I solved Goldbach's conjecture, I was inspired by Fefferman's number theory class. However, the content of his class had nothing to do with Goldbach's conjecture. "
Vera opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Lu Zhou did not give her any way out. He patted her on the shoulder and gave her an encouraging look.
"Relax, you even passed the Berkeley report, why would you worry about the Princeton mathematics class?"
Vera blushed and lowered her head.
"I got it."
…
Because he ate on the plane and was jet-lagged, Lu Zhou was not very hungry.
He asked Vera to bring him a bacon sandwich. After that, he stopped working and began to organize the piles of mail in his drawer.
He had not been back for a month and the mail in his drawer had piled up.
Most of them were copies of contracts sent by White Sheridan, but some of them were sent through various methods.
From the bottom of the folder, Lu Zhou suddenly found a beautifully packaged letter.
When he saw the name on the envelope, he could not help but be stunned.
"American Chemical Society?"
Lu Zhou had a confused look on his face as he opened the envelope.
[Dear Professor Lu Zhou, I am the president of the American Chemical Society …]
Lu Zhou skipped the middle part and directly looked at the last line.
Based on his experience, the main point of a formal letter was often the last few lines.
Then, he was stunned.
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