"So Ralph, your research on group theory has already begun, so will you choose group theory as your main direction of study in graduate school?" Shen Qi temporarily gave up his plan to cultivate mathematical generalists, and could only train specialists according to the conventional model.

"Yes, that's what I thought. Ralph expressed his attitude when it comes to choosing a major.

"Group theory is a promising field, and Williamson studied this field, and he won the Fields Medal. Shen Qi understood Ralph's needs and tried his best to meet the needs of the students: "Ralph, I will spend the next few semesters with you in the field of Lie theory, group theory, and even algebra as a whole. ”

"Okay. "Ralph is done.

Ralph then leaves, saying he wants to review his undergraduate thesis.

Shen Qi and Yu Lei communicated separately: "Although Ralph's undergraduate thesis has some flaws, it is undeniably still a high-quality paper. As for Yu Lei, half of the content of your undergraduate thesis is equivalent to irrigation, which has no practical significance. ”

"Little Brother Qi, you know, there is a general moisture in domestic undergraduate papers, and it can't be compared with Princeton's undergraduates. Yu Lei does not deny the existence of water in his undergraduate thesis, and his main achievement in the undergraduate stage is to brush the average score of mathematics major courses to a perverted level close to full score.

"Of course, Brother Chi is an exception. Yu Lei added.

Shen Qi said: "Your undergraduate paper is so watery that it has also been published in core journals. ”

"If you look at the quality of the paper in the core journals of China, and the name of the tutor and the ranking in the industry, you must know the rules of the game better than me. "Yu Lei is quite honest, what do you say in front of Shen Qi.

This rule applies internationally as well. Of course, Shen Qi understands the rules of the game, if the tutor of the author of the paper is a big bull, then the probability of the paper being included will increase.

Yu Lei rubbed his hands excitedly: "Yes, yes, yes, so I am determined to follow Brother Xiaoqi, the tree is good for the shade, hehe." ”

"Yu Lei, you young man is good-looking and speaks well, but I remind you, don't play with me. ”

"Brother Qi, don't worry, I'm the most down-to-earth person, and I will never play false. ”

After in-depth exchanges, Shen Qi suggested that Yu Lei choose function theory as the main direction of attack.

This direction requires students to be absolutely pragmatic and not to play a little empty, which is a kind of tempering of students' minds.

Yu Lei gladly accepted Shen Qi's suggestion.

After arranging the general direction of the two mathematics graduate students, Shen Qi also entered the graduate stage.

Shen Qi defines his identity as a "physics graduate student" in addition to his mathematics professor, and this identity will continue for a while.

Shen Qi looked up the courses of graduate students in the physics department on Princeton's internal website.

"Quantum Mechanics", "Theory of Relativity", "Statistical Physics", "Advanced Condensed Matter Physics", this is a common graduate textbook in the United States, available on Amazon.com.

"Classical Physics", "Theory of Elementary Particles", "Gravitational Waves", this is a textbook compiled by the physics department of Princeton, and it is available in-house in Princeton.

"Studies in Theoretical Physics" and "String Theory", these are the two most difficult courses in the physics department of the university, and the textbook was written by Edward Witten, and it is available in-house in Princeton.

Physics literature and essay collections other than graduate textbooks can be borrowed from the Flint Library.

Shen Qi quickly scanned the books and materials, and with the support of the 10-level physics indicators and the 13-level mathematics indicators, Shen Qi made up for physics.

The Department of Physics is equally prestigious with the Department of Mathematics of the University of Mathematics.

The physics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is another realm.

In order for Shen Qi to get a Ph.D. in physics from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he first needs to complete a master's thesis to prove that he has a certain strength in physics.

Even if Shen Qi's physics was upgraded to level 10, he would be dizzy when he brushed a lot of books and literature in a short period of time.

Fortunately, Shen Qi is not an ordinary person, he has been making up for physics for a while, and he has built a physics framework suitable for him in his heart.

Eclectic, integrated, specialized and broad, criss-crossed.

The Shen School's 16-character mission and preaching philosophy are also applicable to physics.

Up to now, only Shen Qi can truly implement the 16-character policy.

Mathematics is more comprehensive and in-depth, and physics is still in the exploration stage.

The web of physics is extremely large, and the branches of physics are more complicated than mathematics.

Shen Qi must focus when it is time to focus, otherwise it is easy to go crazy.

In mathematics, Shen Qi tentatively set five focus directions, which can be adjusted appropriately according to the actual situation.

In physics, Shen Qi tentatively set a focus direction - condensed matter physics.

"The master's thesis submitted to Professor Witten is limited to the field of condensed matter physics. ”

Focusing on the collection of the net, Shen Qi has recently focused on the study of condensed matter physics, which occupies one-third of his time.

The other third is devoted to math, and the remaining third is spent eating, sleeping, and dating girlfriends.

The English version of The History of Number Theory will be published soon after several months of revision and review.

The initial region is North America, and it will be available worldwide, including online and offline sales channels.

"Mr. Wiese, I have a question, the price of The History of Number Theory in North America is set at $85, isn't it too expensive?"

Shen Qi received a box of "History of Number Theory" in advance, hardcover edition, quite a thick book, and the number of pages in the text is 402 pages.

"The History of Number Theory" is priced at $85, Shen Qi thinks it's too expensive, it is originally an academic monograph with niche attributes, is anyone buying it if it sells so expensive?

The national bestseller Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has about the same number of pages as The History of Number Theory.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the books in the Harry Potter series, and the full set of 1-7 volumes of Harry Potter sells for $80 in the United States, which is $5 cheaper than The History of Number Theory.

Wiese, manager of the U.S. business unit at Springer Publishing Group, explains: "The U.S. places a high value on academic intellectual property, and the average selling price of academic monographs in the U.S. is at this level. Trust our professionalism, Professor Shen, Springer will never let a Fields Medal winner suffer. ”

Professional things are left to professionals to do, and Shen Qi didn't worry too much about the business process of "History of Number Theory".

Retail pricing, sales operations, publicity and promotion, Shen Qi is really unprofessional, he focuses on only one thing, just don't cheat me on copyright taxes.

Springer Publishing Group, a global scholarly publishing giant, wanted to work with Philippine Prize winner Shen Qi for a long time.

In the first joint project between A and B, "History of Number Theory", Springer expressed enough sincerity.

For every copy of "A History of Number Theory" sold, Shen Qi will receive a royalty share of $13, and the author's share is more than 15%.

For every Harry Potter copy sold in the world, Rowling only gets a 15% cut.

Of course, the sales of popular books like Harry Potter are huge, and Ms. Rowling has earned more than a billion dollars just by selling books.

The sales of Geometry were even more impressive, but the problem was that the author, Euclid, did not receive a penny in royalty income.

So Shen Qi didn't have anything to say, he respected the business operations of professionals, and waved his hand to agree: "$85 is $85, can Voldemort be compared to Riemann? ”