After a long silence, Tian Yanzhen slowly said: "Why don't you call Mr. Yuan on the other side and ask him what topics his instructor recommended to him?" Qiao Yu nodded calmly and said : "I know, it's the Riemann Hypothesis! Teacher Xue told me."

Tian Yanzhen asked: "Then you still choose the Riemann Hypothesis?"

Qiao Yu said: "I am really interested in the distribution of prime numbers!"

After Tian Yanzhen pondered for a moment, he said: "You want to put forward an unrealistic proposition, and then there is no psychological burden if you can't do it, right? Being interested in the distribution of prime numbers does not necessarily mean you have to do the Riemann Hypothesis.

In this way, I will set a topic for you to study the randomness of analytical number theory. Specifically, it is to study the random prime number generation model and explore the effectiveness of the model in predicting the prime number distribution. The requirement is to make a more accurate prime number prediction model, or formula , used to describe the distribution of prime numbers."

Qiao Yu became a little anxious and said, "Director Tian, ​​let me do the Riemann Hypothesis. I really feel like I can do it."

Tian Yanzhen nodded and said without any refutation: "I'm not saying you can't do it, but you have to determine an entry point before choosing the Riemann Hypothesis? Just study it with your head down? Behind closed doors? I think this proposition can help you In the future, we will provide more mature ideas to solve the Riemann Hypothesis.

This is also a topic proposed for your poor foundation. The study of randomness needs to be combined with probability theory and combinatorial mathematics. On the other hand, you must be accustomed to using computers to conduct experiments and numerical simulations.

This topic will not only exercise your theoretical analysis skills, but also require you to frequently use supercomputing for actual calculation verification, allowing you to quickly become familiar with the technical methods of cutting-edge mathematical research. That’s how the topic is decided!”

Qiao Yu took a deep breath, then nodded with a grimace and replied, "Okay, Director Tian, ​​I will listen to you."

"Well, I will send you a supercomputing account on WeChat later. You can go back and log in to the official website of the school's supercomputing center to familiarize yourself with the rules for using supercomputing. However, you don't need to queue for the account I gave you, and you can use the resources as you like, but don't waste.

By the way, you don’t have to worry about the verification of this paper. I will arrange for someone to do the verification for you. If the results need to be modified or fine-tuned, I will notify you. Your next task is to think carefully about how to proceed. Topic.

Submit a project progress report every week. Of course, the daily study cannot be left behind. The weekly reading experience and thesis experience must be submitted on Monday, so why not submit them together and I will read them together."

Tian Yanzhen warned him item by item.

Qiao Yu felt numb and said dullly: "Um...Director Tian, ​​I will start the first phase of IMO training in early March, so there won't be any requirements during the training, right?"

Tian Yanzhen glanced at Qiao Yu with a smile, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, okay, the two-stage training and going abroad to take the IMO exam will be considered a holiday. But apart from these three periods, including the future cold During the summer vacation, the above are daily assignments and must be submitted.

Of course, the project progress report will not be needed after it is completed. Don’t feel tired. Aren’t you already familiar with Chen Zhuoyang? You can ask him if he has the same requirements. Academic research is not that easy.”

Qiao Yu nodded helplessly. He didn't want to argue about the fact that he was still a bachelor and the other party was a doctor.

When the instructor said this, he was already being trained as a graduate student. The argument was nothing more than humiliating himself. He could only shoulder a burden that should not be shouldered at his age...

Listen... the periodic special training for the IMO competition was treated as a holiday for him! Saying such unreasonable words means there is no room for change. "I understand, Director Tian."

"Okay, let's go eat. You can relax a little today. Go to the lake or go to the stadium. Give yourself half a day off. It's not too late to start working hard again tomorrow. Don't be so sad."

"Well, thank you, Director Tian, ​​for your concern!"

"When heaven entrusts a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so that he can move his heart and forbearance and gain what he cannot."

On the way to the cafeteria, Qiao Yu memorized this article "Mencius: Gaozi II" over and over again, and finally felt better. There was no other way, people always have to be good at comforting themselves.

Life is hard, and without any spiritual support, the mood can easily collapse. But who can blame him? After all, he is too good. The only way to relieve worries is good food.

The cafeteria of Yanbei University soothed the wounds in Qiao Yu's heart.

After dinner, I wanted to follow the instructor's instructions and go for a walk by the lake to see the beautiful senior sister and calm down my depressed mood, but when I arrived at the entrance of the research center, I was too lazy to move.

In fact, there was nothing good to see. After all, the senior sister couldn't help him with the project, so it was better to go back and take a nap. Not long after returning to the dormitory, Lao Xue came.

"Went to class this morning? Didn't you say you were going to write a paper these days?"

Qiao Yu felt that Lao Xue was a little strange recently, as if he felt uncomfortable after not seeing him for a day, and he would come here every day.

In fact, he has passed the initial adaptation period now and no one needs to watch him like this every day. However, it is good that Lao Xue likes to come and see him every day. After all, people always have to be in contact with the outside world.

"I finished writing it and sent it to Director Tian yesterday. Director Tian called me over in the morning and asked me to stay in his office to read the paper with him." Qiao Yu explained. "Oh? What did Director Tian say?" Lao Xue Interested

He knew the level of Qiao Yu's paper, so he didn't worry about the basics. What he asked was naturally the evaluation of the results and the proof process.

"Director Tian said that the samples I verified were not enough, and we need to use supercomputer verification. If it matches the results saved in the database, it will be eligible for publication in the four top journals! If it doesn't match, the paper may still need to be published. change.

By the way, Director Tian also suggested that I publish Princeton’s Annual Journal of Mathematics. Mr. Xue, you studied for a Ph.D. Gotta be a little happier.

After all, it is one of the four major mathematics journals recognized in the world. Many professors are proud to publish articles in journals of this level.

However, Qiao Yu seemed to have forgotten that Lao Xue was one of them. What he said was actually like stabbing Lao Xue in the chest, although he really didn't mean it. So he heard Lao Xue reply in a nonchalant manner. : "Yeah, awesome."

This tone made Qiao Yu feel a little melancholy in his heart, right? Now he would accidentally touch the sensitive part of the professor's heart?

After thinking for a while, I added: "It's okay, Teacher Xue, hasn't it been verified successfully? Maybe it won't pass the supercomputer verification, and I have to make changes."

Xue Song thought for a while and seemed to feel that his emotions were indeed unreasonable, so he took the initiative to smile and said: "Okay, you can be proud of it. Let's put it this way, when I was studying for my Ph.D. in Princeton, my supervisor taught Mathematics Professor Lot Dugan, editor-in-chief of Annals, is a very good friend.

But even so, I haven't been able to publish an article in the "Annual Review of Mathematics". Of course it's not that I don't want to, nor is it that my tutor deliberately avoids suspicion and is unwilling to recommend me. It's purely because my results are not up to that level, so you kid Just have some fun."

"Hehe..." Qiao Yu laughed twice.

Lao Xue is a kind person. He cannot take pleasure in kind people. This is his moral bottom line.

Moreover, there are many unkind people around him, such as Yu Yongjun and Yu Wei, who are not kind people.

"Okay, I just want to take a look at you. I won't celebrate with you. I'm going to do my work first." After saying that, Xue Song turned around and left without hesitation. Although being Qiao Yu's mentor has a nurturing system happiness, but it is inevitable that he will also feel hit. He also needs to do a good job of psychological adjustment.

Just like what he said, he took advantage of the right time, place and people, but failed to publish an article in the "Annals of Mathematics". Let's not mention whether Qiao Yu's article can be published in the end, but at least it is the top mathematics in China. Home certification qualifies papers published on it.

With this alone, Qiao Yu has already killed 80% of the mathematics researchers in China instantly.

This actually made Xue Song very happy, but if he was included in the 80%, he would feel less happy. His mood was too complicated, and he naturally needed to adjust.

Qiao Yu watched Lao Xue say goodbye without hesitation, and his mood was actually quite complicated, but what could he do? He could only say to Lao Xue's back: "Teacher Xue, please walk slowly, I won't Sent."

Xue Song didn't even look back, he just raised his hand casually and waved.

Qiao Yu sighed and was just about to take a nap when Senior Brother Chen, who was upstairs, walked into his room with a bound A4 paper in one hand and his tea cup in the other. After entering, he didn't forget to explain: "Just now I came down just in time to see Professor Xue leaving the window.

Sure enough, when you are unlucky, you can't do anything you want. Qiao Yu sighed in his heart, but still received his senior brother warmly. "Brother Chen, sit down. Is this thesis completed?"

"Well, yes, in fact, it was almost completed last month. This is not to strive for excellence. I have been changing some content to improve the proof process. I think you will go to Huaqing on Wednesday, so I will take it first Let me show you. If you have any suggestions, I still have time to make changes tomorrow."

Chen Zhuoyang said in a very sincere manner, which made Qiao Yu feel a little embarrassed.

"Well, how am I qualified to help senior brother comment on the article? I just took a look at it and studied it." After saying that, Qiao Yu took the paper from senior brother Chen.

Chen Zhuoyang sat directly on the stool in front of Qiao Yu's desk, put the tea cup on Qiao Yu's desk, and said: "Hey, you're welcome. You can finish a paper so quickly, and you can even be called by the boss to chat in person. In the morning, it shows that you really have experience in writing the paper.

To be honest, I have never had a supervisor ask me to come over to discuss the paper. Basically, he just gave me some comments and asked me to revise or rewrite it. By the way, what did the supervisor say? Where do you recommend that you apply?

Qiao Yu had already opened Senior Brother Chen's paper, and then answered casually: "The instructor said that it needs to be verified by supercomputing. If it can pass, he suggested that I publish it in the Annual Journal of Mathematics."

Senior Brother Chen nodded and asked casually: "Oh, the Mathematics Annual of Shuangdan University? It's very good. Series B is the core journal of SCI Area 1. By the way, you should just publish the Mathematics Annual Series B directly. ?That’s right. It’s better to publish Series A than to publish our progress in mathematics.”

"Um? Shuangdan University also has a mathematics annual journal? Is it divided into AB series?" Qiao Yu raised his head and asked.

"Didn't your boss suggest that you publish it? He didn't explain it to you? Series A is a Chinese bimonthly, and Series B is a quarterly English magazine. Of course...wait a minute, aren't you publishing Series B of Shuangdan University's Mathematics Annual? Then what you are talking about is..." Chen Zhuoyang reacted and looked at Qiao Yu in confusion.

"Director Tian said that the Princeton Mathematics Annual doesn't seem to be divided into AB series, right?" Qiao Yu said honestly. "Oh, that's right, that... it's really not divided. And..." Chen Zhuoyang replied with trembling lips. He said, he hesitated to speak. Qiao Yu looked at his senior brother curiously and asked: "What else is there, senior brother?"

Chen Zhuoyang was silent for a moment and said: "Next time someone asks you, don't mention the Annals of Mathematics, just say the abbreviation of Ann Math.Annalatics, which can directly distinguish it from other mathematics annuals."

Qiao Yu understood and thanked sincerely: "That's it. Thank you, senior brother, for giving me popular science. You know so much."

Looking at Senior Brother Chen across from him, who seemed to not know where to put his hands, Qiao Yu finally felt a lot more comfortable. In fact, there is nothing wrong with being assigned tasks by his mentor. As long as he produces results, he can make his senior brothers jealous to the point of beating. Shivering.

And it was really not that he wanted to show off or sing, it was his senior brother who took the initiative to ask. He just answered truthfully. "Haha..." Probably because he didn't know how to handle Qiao Yu's thank you, Chen Zhuoyang laughed twice.

Qiao Yu also lowered his head to read the paper, but kept paying attention to the movement of his senior brother's hands from the corner of his eye. If senior brother Chen couldn't figure it out, it would be bad to pick up the tea cup and pour it directly on him. He didn't know the water in the tea cup. Hot or not...

If something went wrong, he planned to stand up immediately and never give his senior brother a chance to feel physically comfortable. Fortunately, he could see that his senior brother had obviously been distracted and didn't make any unusual movements.

It's good that Qiao Yu can also focus more on the paper itself.

Then he soon discovered that his senior fellow's basic skills in writing papers were really good. Whether it was the introduction or the subsequent proof process, at least graduate students like Lao Xue couldn't touch it.

The structure of the paper is very clear, the logic is rigorous, the arguments are clear, the language is fluent, the vocabulary is very rich, and the format cannot find any faults. In short, Qiao Yu thought that the shortcomings that made the instructor dissatisfied could not be found in this paper. , it can even be said that his writing skills are much better than his.

Really, the paper Qiao Yu feels very comfortable.

Of course, he was not completely unable to see the problem. For example, he had vaguely seen the tools used by his senior brother somewhere before. At most, they were slightly deformed. He probably browsed the paper once, but he didn't feel inspired. Well, he probably felt that

Just like watching...

In other words, this is probably a very good hydrology article, with no innovative ideas or novel tools. Since it has not solved any big problems, it has not raised any new conjectures.

After reading the same paper, Qiao Yu discovered that this paper was indeed not something he was qualified to revise...

Of course, that doesn't mean it's completely impossible, but if he were to change it, introducing a bunch of new things wouldn't be called a modification, but a rewrite.

"Well, senior brother, your paper is very well written. It is logically rigorous and easy to understand." After briefly reading the paper, Qiao Yu gave a sincere evaluation. "Haha..."

Chen Zhuoyang smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "You're right. Easy-to-understand is actually the reason why my boss always thinks I can't graduate. It's too easy-to-understand and there's nothing innovative. It's just using some existing tools.

"Extension."

Qiao Yu thought for a while and comforted him: "Actually, if you were to change places, with your level, senior brother, you would have graduated. And if you were just a teaching professor, your level would definitely be enough!"

This sentence made Chen Zhuoyang want to cry.

Really, after knowing Qiao Yu for so long, this young junior brother who made him envious and jealous finally had something to say to his heart.

As long as he wasn't here, he might have graduated long ago. Even if he had a different tutor, he might have been able to graduate. Who knows, but now he is stuck here due to some strange combination of circumstances, and he doesn't even feel embarrassed.

The emotion of resentment.

The papers of the senior students who graduated before him can be found on the Internet. He even attended the senior students' graduation defense at the scene. Naturally, he knew very well what Director Tian's requirements were and where the gap was between him.

To put it simply, he spent four years determining one thing: he was not suitable for scientific research!

"So, junior brother, senior brother, you must pay more attention to this matter. As long as I can get Mr. Yuan to give me a few pointers, senior brother will be very grateful." "Well, senior brother, I will try my best to ask my grandfather!" Qiao
Chapter completed!