Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Inside an office at the Institute of Mathematics.
Lu Zhou endured the smell of chalk and opened the window. He stuck his head out of the window and took a deep breath. He then turned around and looked at Professor Chen Yang, who was standing next to the blackboard.
"The question you asked me the other day is interesting."
Lu Zhou coughed and shook the stack of papers in his hand.
"I went back and did some research, and this is the general result … Oh yeah, by the way, your inference is correct. It seems like your mathematical intuition is quite sharp. If this was any harder, it would've been listed as a mathematical conjecture. "
Chen Yang looked back at the blackboard, then looked at the stack of A4 papers in Lu Zhou's hand. He was standing in front of the blackboard, and he was stunned. Even his normally calm voice was filled with disbelief.
"You … already did the calculations?"
"It took a bit of time, but not a long time. For me, it's just a matter of minutes, I didn't spend the whole night thinking about it …"
Lu Zhou pinched his eyebrows and placed the stack of A4 papers on the table. He said, "Speaking of which, do you have coffee here? If it's not too much trouble, bring me a cup. "
Chen Yang nodded blankly.
"Okay."
Soon after, the coffee was served.
However, when Lu Zhou saw the chalk handprints on the side of the cup, he couldn't help but frown.
"Can't you try to keep up with the times? Even if you're not used to whiteboards, you can still write on draft paper, right? "
Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Formulas written on that kind of paper have no soul."
Lu Zhou: "…"
Chen Yang didn't notice how speechless Lu Zhou was. He couldn't help but ask, "Can I see the thesis?"
"Of course." Lu Zhou shrugged. In the end, he was sleepy. He picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip. He said, "Do whatever you want, I came here to talk to you about this."
"Thank you!"
After thanking Lu Zhou, Chen Yang focused all of his attention on the thesis and ignored Lu Zhou.
While Professor Chen was reading his thesis, Lu Zhou also took the time to look at the rows of blackboards by the office wall.
The formulas on the blackboard were obviously his attempt to prove the proposition he proposed the day before yesterday.
However, it was a pity that he only managed to reach the edge of the door. It could even be said that he was still circling around the entrance of the maze.
Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh.
He's a genius.
Unfortunately, he's still not as good as me.
If Lu Zhou had known that this problem was so difficult for him, he would not have rushed to finish the thesis overnight. Now, he was so sleepy.
Sigh, I'm so lonely …
Suddenly, Chen Yang, who was immersed in his thesis, raised his head and blurted out two words.
"Impressive!"
No wonder he's Academician Lu!
Something that he couldn't figure out for a whole day, something that he couldn't even think of, was actually solved by him so easily!
At the thought of this, a rare look of worship appeared in Chen Yang's eyes.
This is nutty!
Maybe it was because Chen Yang didn't know how to express himself, but this guy only had so many compliments.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You understand?"
Chen Yang nodded and said, "I understand … three-quarters of it. There are still some parts I don't understand, can you explain them to me?"
Lu Zhou put down the coffee cup and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"No problem."
It didn't take Lu Zhou a lot of effort to answer Chen Yang's questions.
Even though Chen Yang looked a bit dumb, when it came to mathematics, his intuition and reactions were surprisingly sharp. Lu Zhou might not be able to draw inferences about other cases, but basically, as long as Lu Zhou gave him a simple explanation, he would immediately figure out a lot of things that he didn't understand before.
This reminded Lu Zhou of a student he taught in Princeton. That student's name was Qin Yue, and Qin Yue was also a quiet, independent thinker. The only difference was that Qin Yue wasn't as dumb as Lu Zhou was.
Honestly speaking, Lu Zhou was a bit curious about how Qin Yue had survived the past 30 years.
Wouldn't he get beaten up if he had such a low EQ?
After answering all of Chen Yang's questions, Lu Zhou was sure that he didn't make any technical mistakes in his thesis.
Looking at Chen Yang, who was staring at the blackboard in deep thought, he suddenly thought of something and said, "What do you mean?
"Oh yeah, the problems in this thesis are a bit interesting. After I sorted them out, I integrated them into the hyperelliptic curve analysis method … Like you said, this makes this mathematics tool compatible with more problems.
"I submitted the thesis to Annual Mathematics, are you okay with that?"
Chen Yang was confused by Lu Zhou's words. He looked at Lu Zhou and asked, "Does this … matter?"
Seeing that he didn't care, Lu Zhou felt a little embarrassed, so he coughed and spoke.
"A thesis is useless to me, but it's useful to you … But I'm the one who did it, so you're the second author. Are you okay with that?"
Chen Yang nodded.
"Oh."
Lu Zhou: "…"
This guy …
How did he survive in the academic world until now?
The atmosphere in the office fell into a mysterious silence.
While Lu Zhou was trying to figure out this problem, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
"I'm going to take this."
"Okay." Yang Chen nodded expressionlessly and continued to look at the blackboard.
Lu Zhou left the thesis with Lu Zhou and walked out of the office. He felt like the air was fresh, so he took out his phone and picked up the call.
"Hello?"
Director Li's voice quickly came from the other end of the phone.
"It's me!"
Director Li?
Lu Zhou thought about how the carbon-based chip report hadn't been written yet, so he didn't think Director Li was looking for him about the chip.
"What?"
Director Li smiled awkwardly and said, "Um, Academician Lu, do you have time?"
As soon as Lu Zhou heard the old guy's tone, he had an intuition that something troublesome was waiting for him.
I know this guy too well!
Lu Zhou coughed and said, "Depends on what it is."
Director Li: "No problem! If you have time, try to make a trip to Shanghai! "
Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "Why would I go to Shanghai?"
Why would I go to Shanghai for no reason?
Director Li smiled and said, "It's almost the end of the month, right? The ILHCRC headquarters is about to be unveiled. You're the first chairman of the board, why don't you go? "
Lu Zhou: "…???"
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