One thing Wang Haifeng guessed right, HCS-1 does have room for improvement.

However, there was one thing he guessed wrong.

The reason why Lu Zhou released the phased results was not because the research was in a bottleneck, and he didn't bend his intestines as much as he thought, but because he didn't care at all.

Even though his theories have played an important role in the field of application, he still positions himself as a theorist. Theory can only exert its full value in dissemination and exchange.

Although many people who get the journal will think that the HCS-1 paper is the focus, and use the paper on theoretical calculations as a foil.

But for Lu Zhou himself, this relationship should be reversed, and the latter is the point he wants to express.

The two are the relationship between the chicken and the egg.

If someone can understand the mathematical theory he has developed for such a new discipline as computational materials, and innovate on it, he will not feel anything wrong, but he will feel honored.

This is also the reason why he left the Kakutani conjecture to his students to study, and he only provided method, direction, and guidance of ideas.

It would not be difficult for him to figure it out on his own.

His current math grade is LV6, which is not the same as LV5 in the field of mathematics. Even if the foreshadowing work done by Kakutani conjecture is not as rich as that of Goldbach's conjecture, in terms of the difficulty of the proposition itself, this conjecture is no more difficult than Goldbach's conjecture, which has plagued the mathematical community for two and a half centuries.

The long is a year, the short is half a year, as long as he puts all his mind on it, he is at least ninety percent sure that he can solve it......

……

Early one morning at the end of March, Lu Zhou showed up at the office of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, as usual.

But unlike usual, this time he came to the office with two test papers in his hands.

The test papers were sent to Wei Wen and Jericho respectively, and Lu Zhou commanded concisely.

"There are only ten questions on the paper, you two will take them and do them. It will be handed in after two hours, it doesn't matter if you use a mobile phone or not, if you can find the answer on the Internet, I will lose. ”

Like Qin Yue and the others, at the beginning of the school year, Lu Zhou made a list of books for Wei Wen and Jericho, and assigned corresponding study tasks.

Now that more than a month has passed since he entered the school, he feels that it is almost time to see how both of them are learning.

As soon as the paper was sent, the two of them picked up the pen and began to write on the scratch paper.

The rolls produced by Lu Zhou are not very difficult, but they are not so simple that they can be made casually.

Wei Wen frowned, and thought for a long time before writing the first question.

He glanced at Jericho next to him through his peripheral vision, and found that this person was in the same situation as himself, and he was slightly relieved.

Time passed minute by minute, and when it was almost ten o'clock, Lu Zhou announced the end of the exam, and after putting the paper away, he glanced at the answers roughly.

The accuracy rate of the two is surprisingly consistent, they both did seven questions correctly, but the points of error are not the same.

Putting down the test paper in his hand, Lu Zhou looked at the two people standing at the desk.

"Wei Wen, your understanding of Hilbert space is very good, and for your future development direction, I suggest that you can consider developing in the direction of mathematical physics."

Wei Wen asked suspiciously: "Is mathematics and physics applied?" ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "Look at what you think of the concept of application, it is a theory for physics and an application for mathematics. Of course, this is just my suggestion, and you are free to choose your own area of interest to study. ”

After listening to his mentor's words, Wei Wen fell into deep thought.

Putting him aside for the time being, Lu Zhou continued to look at his other student, "Jericho, the field you are good at should be the Fourier inverse evolution of this part of the content, this is a very potential direction, and it has a wide range of applications in theory and industry. If you are interested in this field, I suggest that you pay more attention to this topic and choose a point that interests you to study. ”

Jericho immediately said, "Professor, can I follow you to study computational materials?" ”

Lu Zhou said in a joking tone: "Of course it's no problem, but if you want to understand my theory, you have to learn at least ten more books." ”

With the corrected test papers, the two returned to their seats.

Lu Zhou stretched and was about to get up to make a cup of coffee to refresh himself.

However, at this moment, the office door was pushed open, and Connie, who was as strong as an orangutan, strode in with a journal in his hand, shouting in an excited tone.

"Professor!"

Vera, Qin Yue, and Hardy, who were studying the literature, raised their heads one after another, casting dissatisfied glances at the source of the noise.

Looking at Connie with an excited expression, Lu Zhou probably guessed what was going on.

However, he had already received a reply from the editorial office of Science, and he did not feel much surprised or surprised that the paper was officially published.

Looking at him speechlessly, Lu Zhou said, "I remember telling you to keep quiet here, and remember to knock on the door before entering." ”

"Please forgive me for being rude, I definitely didn't mean to, I'm sure after hearing this news, your expression won't be much calmer than mine," Connie quickly lowered his voice, but the excitement in his tone was still difficult to hide, "Guess what's going on?" In the front page of Nature, there are quotes from the highlights of our paper! ”

After saying this, Connie stopped talking and looked at Lu Zhou proudly, expecting his surprised reaction.

However......

The benevolent brother didn't wait.

Obviously, Lu Zhou's expression was really much calmer than him.

There was a moment of silence in the office.

There was a subtle awkwardness in the atmosphere, and Connie's expression grew awkward.

Worried that he wouldn't be able to get off the stage, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and explained: "It's just a quote, there's no need to be so excited." ”

Vera, who was studying Kakutani's conjecture, couldn't help it, covered her mouth, and laughed softly. Hardy was more heartless, his head slammed on the table, and his shoulders twitched with laughter.

The office was full of joy, and even Wei Wen, who had a cold expression, pulled the corners of his mouth, but he didn't laugh.

Connie's face flushed, and he touched the back of his head in embarrassment, trying to emphasize, "Aren't you excited at all?" That's the highlights of Nature! ”

Lu Zhou sighed: "I know it's the highlights of Nature, but just over half a year ago, I already got the highlights of both Science and Nature. I'm sure you're like me, and you're going to be used to these trivial glories. ”

"Highlights" of outstanding scientific research results are an operation that exists in many top journals, which is also known as "highlight citations". Generally speaking, in addition to summarizing the content of the paper in concise language, comments from scholars in the same field will be attached.

When he was first set up with highlights by the two top magazines, Lu Zhou was still quite excited.

But now, this feeling is not as strong as it used to be.

Especially not long ago, his modified PDMS film was rated as one of the top ten outstanding scientific research achievements in 16 years by Science.

It's just a highlight, and there's really nothing to fuss about.

Connie's eyes widened, unable to utter a word.

God, there are people who call the highlights of Nature the glory of "triviality"?!

The average Ph.D., but even a paper in a second-tier journal, has to take a year or even several years. If you can publish a paper in "Nature", let alone serve tea and pour water for the boss and work for two years as a day worker, even if you pay for it, many people are willing to do it.

As for being highlighted as the most outstanding research result of the same period, this is something that most practitioners dare not think about.

If that's not something to be excited about, what really counts as an honor?

Nobel Prize?

Without caring about Connie's feelings, Lu Zhou took the new issue of "Nature" from Connie's hand and glanced at it cursoryly.

Not surprisingly, the highlight was set for the paper on HCS-1 material.

As for its sister paper, the paper on computational materials, there is no mention of it except for the line at the end of the line on the calculation of the effect of specific surface area and pore size on the diffusion rate of polysulfide compounds.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou smiled, but shook his head lightly in his heart.

It seems that no one realizes what the real treasure is.

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(Set a small goal and stop salting fish from August!) ）