"The game you played was great! When the regular season starts, I will help you cheer!" As soon as he entered the classroom, Alfors came up to congratulate him. The paper revised by Lu Qiujian has been published, and his future is bright.

The person's face also became full of joy.

He was not the only one who came to congratulate him. Samuelson and other people he had interacted with also came over to offer words of praise. The only thing that made Lu Qiujian regretful was that no girls came up to congratulate him.

This is not because girls are shy, but because there has always been a lack of girls in the mathematics department. Throughout the history of science, many women such as Madame Curie and her daughter, Tu Youyou, etc. have won the Nobel Prize in natural sciences, but Fields

However, it was not until 2014 that the medal was awarded to the Iranian female mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani for the first time.

Historically, female mathematicians are also extremely rare creatures. Only the French mathematician Marie-Sophie Germain, the daughter of the famous poet Byron, and the British mathematician Auguste Ada can leave their names in later generations.

-Lovelace, Russian mathematician Kovalevskaya Sofia, German mathematician Amy Noether and a dozen other women.

So don't be surprised when you hear a math student say he hasn't spoken to a woman in months, because this is almost the norm.

"Boys! I feel that you can't wait to go home for Christmas! But before that, don't forget to take the exam!" As soon as the professor who came to class finished speaking, there was a wailing in the classroom. It seemed that no matter what happened,

In that country, in that school, exams are very unpopular events.

Lu Qiujian is quite indifferent to this. For others, the exam may be a very difficult thing, but for him it is not difficult at all. After this semester of study, his research depth in some branches may still be high.

It is not as good as those professors who have devoted their lives to these fields, but it has completely surpassed them in breadth.

Huh? After he received the exam schedule, he frowned. The last exam on the schedule coincided with the first game of the NCAA Ivy League regular season, and the first game also required a trip to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The city went to an away game to challenge the Harvard Crimson team, and there was no way to take exams and games into consideration at the same time.

"What!" Coach Thompson almost cursed when he heard that he was going to take leave in the first game. "Do you know how high the expectations the fans have placed on us since the game against Duke? You know

What an incredible opportunity for the Tigers! And now you're telling me I can't play in the first game?"

"But I still have to take the exam! I'm not a basketball scholarship player, and the exam is more important to me than the game!" Lu Qiujian shrugged, "Besides, the strength of the Harvard Crimson team is similar to ours. Even without me, there are

We can still take them down easily with your command!"

"I knew I would encounter this kind of trouble at Princeton!" Coach Thompson was not at all proud of his praise. "Without you, we would have a 50-50 win rate against Harvard. Considering their home court, we would even be in a 50-50 win rate."

Disadvantage! Every victory in the regular season is related to whether we can break out of the league. I can't lose my core players in the first game!"

After saying that, Coach Thompson put on his suit and said, "Let's go, I'll discuss it with your professor and see if I can do a separate test for you!" Hey, if it were at a famous basketball school like North Carolina or Georgetown, it would definitely be

This was all a matter of a phone call, but at Princeton, the status of the basketball team coach was far inferior to that of professors, and he could not guarantee whether his trip would achieve his goal.

"Professor Nan, Mr. Thompson is here to see you!" The teaching assistant dialed the phone number of the professor in charge of the last exam. After a minute, she hung up the phone, "Professor Nan, please come in!"

"Thank you, beautiful lady!" Thompson showed his gentlemanly demeanor and led Lu Qiujian to an office on the second floor.

"Hello, Mr. Thompson, Xiao Lu, you are here too!" The second half of Professor Nan's sentence was changed to Chinese. This is not surprising. Professor Nan is originally from China and graduated from the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After my master's degree, I came to the United States and received my doctorate from UCL. I worked as a researcher and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. I just became a professor in the Department of Mathematics the year before last, responsible for teaching computational mathematics and applied mathematics.

"I have already read the books you introduced to me before." Lu Qiujian had often asked him for advice before. Perhaps because they were both Chinese, Professor Nan had higher requirements for him than Professor Gowers.

Much more strict.

"What's the gain?" Professor Nan's eyes lit up.

"Ahem!" When Lu Qiujian was about to answer, Coach Thompson interrupted the conversation between them. If these professors were asked to talk about professional issues, they would be fine talking all night long if they were addicted. He had already suffered such a loss.

I have eaten there more than once! I quickly explained my purpose of visit before they started, "Hello, Professor Nan, I am Thompson, the coach of the school basketball team, and I have a small matter to trouble you now!..."

After hearing what he said about asking for leave, Professor Nan frowned and said, "Xiao Lu, are you still playing in the basketball team?"

Professor Nan's expression reminded Lu Qiujian of the high school class teacher who was so sad and angry when he talked about the situation in the Internet cafe! "Sometimes when I get tired from studying, I go to play ball to relax!" Lu Qiujian hurriedly said

explained.

"Xiao Lu, you may not like to hear what I say! But you are very talented in mathematics, so I still have to advise you!" Professor Nan said earnestly, "The research career of a mathematician is actually very short, almost

All creative research results are born between the ages of twenty and thirty-five. After this period, you can only do the work of checking for omissions and filling in gaps like me!"

Hey, I wasted too much time when I was young! Professor Nan sighed slightly, and became more determined to persuade Lu Qiujian. He could not let this good young talent be wasted, "So I don't recommend that you join too many clubs.

Activities, basketball, just play a few games in your spare time to relax, there is no need to invest too much energy! For the sake of your math career, you'd better quit the basketball team!"

Damn it, I'm just here to ask for leave. Even if you don't agree, don't let him quit the team! Coach Thompson was immediately furious, "Professor Nan, I don't agree with your point of view! Lu also has extraordinary abilities in basketball.

Talent!"

Damn it, I found that the time of the regular season and the exam time do not match up, forget it, let’s classify the bug as the difference between the alien plane and this plane!
Chapter completed!