Bringing Lu Zhou to the Princeton Hotel, Molina handed him over to the hotel's waiter, and then disappeared without knowing where he went.

After taking Lu Zhou to check in at the counter, the waiter at the hotel continued: "Your room is in 306, do you need me to take you there?" ”

Lu Zhou: "No need, I'll go over by myself." ”

Holding his suitcase and getting on the elevator, the first thing Lu Zhou did after entering the house was to go to the bathroom to take a hot shower, and after coming out of the bathroom, he lay on the bed and fell asleep.

After such a long flight, and rushing from Philadelphia to Princeton non-stop, his jet lag has not fully adjusted.

After lying down for a while, there was a snoring sound from under the pillow......

……

Normally, academic conferences last three to four days, but because this is the first academic conference after Christmas, and because it is in Princeton, there are many people who attend and there are many people who come to visit, so the size of the conference naturally rises, and the last "presentation" is even scheduled for the afternoon of the sixth day.

Lu Zhou's presentation will be scheduled for the fifth day, and the content will be about the study of the distribution of Mersenne primes, which will last for 30 minutes.

As an undergraduate student, it can be said that it is quite an honor to be able to give a 30-minute academic report on the stage at an academic conference of this level, not to mention being invited to give a report.

Passing a manuscript and giving a report at such a well-known academic conference is much more compelling than submitting a manuscript to a SCI journal in the first district.

If it is a quadrennial international conference of mathematicians held by the International Mathematical Union (IMU), and you come to the stage to give a report, I am afraid that it will be enough to even evaluate the qualifications of Changjiang Scholars.

However, it is a pity that the organizer of this academic conference is the Federal Mathematical Society, which is held once a year, and it is mainly aimed at young mathematicians, so the weight is much lower. However, the low here is only relatively speaking, there are so many academic experts attending, and the gold content is still quite sufficient!

On the first day of the academic conference, Lu Zhou finally met Senior Brother Luo at the door of the hotel.

To his surprise, he thought that this Senior Brother Luo would be at least in his forties, but he didn't expect to look unexpectedly young. With glasses on the bridge of his nose and a trench coat on the outside, he doesn't look like a mathematician, but a bit like a study of history.

As soon as they met, this Senior Brother Luo warmly shook Lu Zhou's hand, and said several lucky words in a row, and the enthusiastic Lu Zhou was almost a little embarrassed, and then took him to Princeton University.

Walking on the road, Luo Wenxuan asked casually, "How do you feel?" Have you adjusted for the jet lag? ”

Lu Zhou: "It's okay, there's no problem with listening, and my senior brother also participated in this math conference?" ”

Luo Wenxuan smiled and said, "I'll just go to make soy sauce, mainly to listen to the lecture." This mathematics conference is mainly in the field of number theory, and I don't study much about it. But after all, there are big names in the field of mathematics such as Professor Deligne and Professor Langlands who come to the stage to give reports and make comments in the audience, even if I am not engaged in number theory, there is no reason to miss this opportunity. ”

Lu Zhou asked, "Senior brother, which direction are you studying?" ”

Luo Wenxuan: "In the branch of space theory of functional analysis, I mainly do theoretical research on Hilbert space, but because of my mentor, I also have some knowledge in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. Hehe, to be honest, I feel like I can get another physics degree after research. ”

Lu Zhou: "How is the physics department at Princeton?" ”

"How? I can't think of how to describe it except that it's very strong, but the outstanding alumnus Einsta felt," Senior Brother Luo smiled, "In short, there are cows everywhere here." If you are going to study in mathematics and physics, it is a good choice to study here, and with your conditions, it should not be difficult to get an offer, right? But I don't really recommend you to go in this direction. ”

Lu Zhou asked, "Why?" ”

Senior Brother Luo grinned: "Because this is a big hole, and since you have shown such outstanding potential in the field of number theory, why don't you continue to move forward along this path?" ”

"Because...... Is life always a little challenging? Lu Zhou's tone was not very sure, because he made up this reason casually.

"Awesome!" Senior Brother Luo gave a thumbs up, "...... Okay, here we are, right ahead. There are some small gifts at the door, and you can get them for free with the admission pass in the invitation, but don't expect too much, the sponsors of the mathematics academic conference are just like the mathematicians, and they are giving some small gifts such as pens, handbooks, paper bags, etc. ”

"Thank you."

Senior Brother Luo smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome!" ”

Foreign academic conferences are very different from domestic academic conferences, especially in the poster exchange session. There are no specific rules and regulations, and the three-plank compartment and a poster are considered a small stage.

It's like setting up a stall, except that it's not about goods that are traded, it's about knowledge.

Here, everyone has the right to express their own opinions, regardless of their own identity and status, and it is in this collision of ideas that the academic soul is sublimated, and the stall in the hall may be set up by a respected professor or a night student at an adult university next door.

Of course, to be able to apply for a booth to post your own academic poster, the most basic strength must be there. Your point of view may not be absolutely correct, but at least it has to be worth discussing, otherwise it will be boring to come here.

In addition to exchanging academic issues with stall owners, different people have different ways to participate in academic conferences. Primary school scum can also look for opportunities here with the purpose of learning. It is naturally great to be able to communicate with good results, but if there are no dazzling results, you can still boldly participate in them.

Standing at the edge of the crowd, Lu Zhou was very glad that he didn't come over in a suit, firstly because everyone was wearing casual clothes, and it was easy to be mistaken for the manager of the conference group when wearing a suit, and secondly, because the suit he brought was not fluffy, and the air conditioning here was not very sufficient.

After bringing Lu Zhou in, Senior Brother Luo disappeared.

This is a good opportunity to meet the big bulls in the circle and exchange information in cutting-edge fields, and staying with acquaintances is the most time-wasting choice.

The first thing he did when he entered the venue was to sweep the stalls at the door that distributed small gifts.

Pens, notepads, and even a tie for a suit fill the paper bag to the brim. The generous Parker company even made a set of commemorative fountain pens for this academic conference, if it is not an admission pass, you can only get one, and Lu Zhou also plans to bring one back to Xiaotong as a gift.

Of course, small gifts are just a small episode of this kind of academic conference, not the point.

Lu Zhou didn't forget it.

Generally speaking, the first two days of lectures are the most valuable, and last night Lu Zhou printed out the papers that will be exhibited in the report from the official website of the organizer, and marked the time of the lecture and the number of the conference hall on the paper.

Before the first lecture began, Lu Zhou wandered around the various booths in the hall, looking for something of interest from the posters.

However, before he was halfway through the stroll, he was attracted by a poster that was so powerful that it exploded.

[Proof of the twin prime conjecture]

[Author: Di Jean]

【……】

Lu Zhou: ......?

Hold the grass?!

Seeing the title of this academic poster, Lu Zhou was instantly shocked.

embarrassed him for almost half a year, and he was taken the first step?!

Big news!

Is this a witness to history?

It's even more exciting than picking up spills in the antique market.

But why is there no one around here?

Unable to suppress the curiosity in his heart, Lu Zhou stepped forward, intending to find out.