The next morning, Lu Zhou came to the office.
He looked at the five students and walked to the blackboard in front of the office. He cleared his throat and spoke.
"Today, I have an announcement to make."
Everyone stopped writing and looked at the professor standing in front of the blackboard, waiting for him to speak.
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and tried to speak in a less pretentious tone.
"Yesterday, I received an invitation from the IMU. The IMU invited me to attend the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians and give a 60-minute report at the conference. "
Clap clap clap clap!
The second he finished speaking, there was a round of applause in the office.
Hadi was still the one clapping the most enthusiastically. He even gave a congratulatory speech.
"Congratulations, Professor! I think to celebrate this — "
Lu Zhou quickly reached out his hand and interrupted him.
"We already have enough parties. If it's a party, then there's no need for that."
Hardy, who was seen through, was stunned. He then muttered and tried to argue, "This is not much at all. The Princeton football club has a party every week."
Lu Zhou ignored this guy's argument. He coughed and continued.
"For this 60-minute report, I will use our research project, the Collatz conjecture, as the theme of the report. We will show our research results to the mathematics community.
"Before this, no one was optimistic that this conjecture could be solved in this century. But now, we will use our actions to tell those pessimists that they are wrong. "
After hearing Lu Zhou's words, Qin Yue looked a little hesitant. He said, "But Professor, according to your framework, our research progress on the Collatz conjecture is only 30%. It's far from the level where we can report it …"
"So you guys have to work hard." Lu Zhou looked at Qin Yue, then looked at Vera and Hadi. He then said, "I will help you guys when necessary, but I hope that you guys can complete this research project on your own. Also, if things go well, this thesis will be your master's thesis for the three of you. "
Hearing this, even Qin Yue, who had relatively conservative views, felt relieved.
If the professor wanted to research this research project himself, then there was nothing to worry about.
The only worrisome thing was that Professor Lu had been doing chemistry research recently, which made people wonder if he would have time to spare.
"That's the basic work schedule for the next year. I hope your research project will go smoothly and I don't have to worry about it at all. " Go do whatever you need to do. "Lu Zhou threw the unused chalk under the blackboard and clapped his hands. He looked at Wei Wen and said," Wei Wen, come out with me for a second, I have something for you to do. "
Wei Wen paused for a second and smiled. He immediately got up and followed Lu Zhou out of the office.
It seemed like his supervisor was finally going to arrange a research project for him.
He had been preparing for this moment for a long time. He had waited far too long.
…
As for the system's mission to train geniuses, Lu Zhou's final solution was to cast a wide net.
On one hand, he arranged for Vera and the others to continue researching the Collatz conjecture. Considering the academic value of the Collatz conjecture, this was Lu Zhou's first choice.
On the other hand, he arranged research projects for Wei Wen and Jerick.
It was just that the difficulty level would be slightly lower.
This way, if the progress of the Collatz conjecture stagnated, Lu Zhou would have another option other than "doing it himself".
However, even if the system didn't give him this mission, Lu Zhou felt like he should find something for Wei Wen to do.
After all, at the master's level, the amount of knowledge one could learn was very limited. Especially the most precious scientific research experience, which couldn't be obtained by studying in the library.
"… Your research direction is the Hilbert space in functional analysis. I remember when I first entered the university, I suggested to you to develop in the direction of mathematical physics. Unfortunately, I don't have any plans to research in this area."
Lu Zhou stood in the hallway outside the office and looked at Wei Wen. He paused for a second and said, "However, even though I don't have a suitable project to recommend to you, I can recommend you a suitable person."
Wei Wen: "Who?"
Lu Zhou smiled mysteriously and said, "Kind of like my brother, come with me."
Even though Luo Wenxuan's lifestyle was relatively casual, he was quite capable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have received Edward Witten's offer and hadn't been kicked out of the school for so many years.
After all, a big name like Witten was quite strict with his students.
The reason why he recommended Wei Wen to Luo Wenxuan was because Luo Wenxuan's research happened to be related to the Hilbert space.
On the other hand, Luo Wenxuan's master's degree was in functional analysis from Professor Tang. Luo Wenxuan was also a mathematician, and his experience could help him a lot. At least, Luo Wenxuan would be able to avoid some detours.
Lu Zhou didn't stay outside Witten's office for long. He took Wei Wen to Witten's office with a confused look on his face.
When he arrived at the office, Luo Wenxuan was reading some literature.
When Luo Wenxuan saw Lu Zhou at the office door, he leaned back in his office chair and smiled.
"Morning, what brings you here?"
"Nothing, just dropping by," said Lu Zhou. He smiled and looked at the computer screen. He asked, "Reading a thesis?"
"That's right, checking arXiv every morning is one of my daily jobs." Luo Wenxuan made a helpless expression and said, "This is what theoretical physics is like. There hasn't been any new physics research for a long time. Right now, I've come up with a good idea. I'm not worried about anything else except crashing. "
Lu Zhou asked, "You haven't finished your PhD thesis yet?"
Luo Wenxuan sighed and said, "It can't be helped, Mr. Witten's requirements are too high. My thesis can't satisfy him."
Lu Zhou: "So, your thesis is still the same one?"
"It's been changed." Luo Wenxuan smiled and said proudly, "It's about the even coherent state of the q-distorted harmonic oscillator in the finite-dimensional Hilbert space."
Lu Zhou: "…"
He didn't understand why Luo Wenxuan was so proud.
Suddenly, Lu Zhou didn't know if he should lend his student to Luo Wenxuan.
Luo Wenxuan finally noticed Wei Wen, who was standing behind Lu Zhou. He looked at him curiously and asked, "This is?"
"My student, Wei Wen, a graduate of Yan University, a genius in applied mathematics …"
Lu Zhou hesitated for a few seconds and finally made up his mind to give it a try.
Even though Luo Wenxuan had some shortcomings, he had been studying under Witten for a long time. For Wei Wen, who had almost zero overseas research experience, he could still learn something from Witten.
Not to mention, since they were from the same department, Lu Zhou felt like he should help Luo Wenxuan out. Luo Wenxuan was almost thirty years old, and he hadn't even written his graduation thesis yet. If he waited any longer, he might never graduate.
Therefore, he patted Wei Wen's shoulder and coughed. "Didn't you tell me last time that you needed a mathematician who was proficient in Hilbert space problems for your research project? That's the talent. "
Luo Wenxuan was overjoyed as he said, "Thank you so much! My research has reached a bottleneck, you're my savior! "
Then, he smiled at Wei Wen and said, "You're Wei Wen, right? I'll be in your care in the future. "
Wei Wen obviously noticed that Luo Wenxuan wasn't reliable, and he looked a little hesitant.
Is it really okay to do a research project with this guy?
However, he trusted Lu Zhou's decision.
Wei Wen hesitated for a second before he spoke in an uncertain tone.
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