Lu Zhou had won both the Fields Prize and the Nobel Prize. He felt like his time at Princeton was worth it.
Honestly, even though he decided to return to China, he still didn't want to leave this place.
Whether it was the house that he spent a lot of effort to decorate, the fireplace in the living room, the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study office, or Lake Carnegie …
Whether it was the scientific research environment or the scholars here …
I'll come back here when I have the chance.
Yeah, I've decided, I'm not going to sell my house.
Early in the morning, Lu Zhou came to his office. As soon as he opened the door, he was sprayed with ribbons.
"Congratulations, Professor! You're the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. "Hadi, who was wearing a pointed hat, used the empty ribbons as a microphone. He smiled and said," What do you think? "
Lu Zhou was dumbfounded by his students. After he came back to his senses, he smiled.
"My thought is … someone might be needed to sweep the floor."
"Oh, don't be so realistic, my dear professor." Hadi made a helpless expression and said, "I'll clean it up later, but right now, we should be celebrating, right? I suggest we have a party, and I'll barbecue the meat. "
Lu Zhou: "… I'll think about it."
Vera, who was standing next to him, was blushing. She looked at Lu Zhou with excitement.
"Congratulations, Professor."
Lu Zhou smiled at Vera and said, "Thank you."
For him, ordinary congratulations were enough. He didn't need his students to do anything for him.
Qin Yue congratulated Lu Zhou and said, "Professor, when is the Nobel Prize award ceremony?"
Lu Zhou: "December 10th, in two months."
Hadi immediately asked, "Professor, can you bring us with you to receive the award?"
When Hadi asked this question, everyone in the office looked over.
Even Wei Wen, who had been immersed in studying the documents in his hands, looked over from the corner of his eyes.
There weren't many opportunities to attend the Nobel Dinner, especially for mathematicians.
If he wasn't engaged in economics research, he wouldn't even have a chance …
Of course, their mentor was an exception.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "No problem. If you want to go, let's go together. But I have a condition."
Jerick raised his hand and asked, "What condition?"
Lu Zhou continued in a relaxed tone, "Those who want to go with me must complete their graduation thesis before the end of the month. You've been studying here for a long time, so it's time to start thinking about graduation. "
"Graduation thesis?" Hadi was muddled. He then said, "But Professor, we only got our master's degrees this year …"
"Then try to get your doctorate next year." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You guys are good enough. Also, my requirement for you is very simple. I don't need you to work for me for a long time, just write a thesis that I'm satisfied with."
Hadi: "…"
Qin Yue: "…"
Jerick: "…"
How the f * ck is this simple?!
…
Even at Princeton, winning a Nobel Prize was an honorable thing.
Princeton had produced a total of 25 Nobel Prize winners, most of which were in physics. No matter what discipline it was, a Nobel Prize winner's photo would have a chance to enter the Princeton Hall of Fame for future scholars to admire.
However, Lu Zhou's photo was already inside. It was displayed with the 12 Fields Medal winners in Princeton's history, so it obviously couldn't be hung next to it.
Anyway, to celebrate this moment, the Institute for Advanced Study held a party for him.
Originally, Lu Zhou wanted to hold the party at his house. He didn't expect the Institute for Advanced Study to take care of it for him, and it was arranged to be held in lecture hall number one.
This lecture hall was designed to be connected to the cafeteria and cafe. Whether it was used for serious mathematics reports or special celebrations, it was surprisingly suitable.
At the party, Professor Fefferman held a glass of champagne and clinked glasses with Lu Zhou.
"Congratulations, I didn't expect you to be the first scholar to win both the Fields Prize and the Nobel Prize. You're also the youngest person to win both … I think the Guinness Book of World Records should open a new sub-category for you."
Lu Zhou took a sip of the champagne and smiled awkwardly. He then said, "That's ridiculous, there's no way the Guinness Book of World Records would create a sub-category for you."
"This isn't just 'two records', not to mention that you're only 25 years old. I'm sure a lot of history PhD students would be interested in writing their graduation thesis on you, "said Professor Fefferman in a joking tone.
Even though his theses were quite popular in major databases, this was the first time Lu Zhou had heard of someone writing a thesis as a research topic.
Speaking of which, can I really graduate with a thesis like this?
Lu Zhou was skeptical.
Professor Fefferman wasn't the only one congratulating him, his supervisor, Professor Deligné, was also congratulating him.
The old man clinked glasses with him and congratulated him. He then paused for a second and spoke.
"Even though I think mathematics should be pure, I'm sure you have your own thoughts on mathematics. In any case, I have to congratulate you. You should be ordinary at your age, but you've already achieved something that will be remembered by the world. "
Lu Zhou said solemnly, "Thank you."
"There's nothing to thank me for. It seems like the knowledge I taught you hasn't been put to use yet." Professor Deligné paused for a second and said with a smile, "We always thought that Edward Witten would be the first person to win the Fields Prize and the Nobel Prize. I didn't expect you to win first."
Professor Witten, who happened to be walking over, heard his old friend's words. He smiled and said, "That's impossible. Unless I can live until he's an old man, M-theory will never be proved in experiments."
Not to mention proving it, it was difficult to even find a trace of evidence for superstring theory in an experiment, let alone unifying the five superstring theories and the M theory of supergravity in an eleven-dimensional space.
Currently, experimental physics was still at the stage of testing the standard model and exploring new physics at the boundary of the standard model. It was still far from the mysteries of the one-dimensional world.
However, some problems could not be solved in this century.
As long as physics continued to develop, someone would be able to see that day come.
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