Although the award made Lu Zhou excited for a while, and he was busy for a while because of various entertainments, it did not disrupt the rhythm of his research.

As he said, neither the Fields Medal nor the Nobel Prize is a reason for him to engage in research, but only the icing on the cake.

In contrast, there is a greater, nobler work waiting for him to complete.

Frick Chemical Laboratory.

Handing a USB flash drive to Connie, Lu Zhou said as he hit Hatche.

"I have completed the relevant mathematical model, and I have predicted a few positions for the two links we are looking for with close to zero dispersion, as for whether it is reliable or not, it depends on the experimental results on your side."

Although this mathematical model is not something worth working hard for, once immersed in interesting research, it is easy to lose track of time.

Taking the USB flash drive, Connie looked at Lu Zhou with a surprised expression, "So fast? ”

"It's just skilled," rubbing the bags under his eyes, Lu Zhou said casually, "When you can integrate the things I taught you, and be able to be sensitive to numbers to a certain extent, I believe you can also do it like me." ”

Hearing this, Connie frowned and said, "But Professor, those theories of yours are too complicated. ”

In fact, what he wanted to say was that if he could really do what Lu Zhou said, I am afraid he could also go to the mathematicians conference and come back with a Fields Medal.

"It's because it's so difficult, that's why we need to learn, isn't it?" Patting Connie on the shoulder, Lu Zhou said encouragingly, "If one day I am no longer in Princeton, it is up to you to spread my doctrine." ”

Connie was stunned: "Not in Princeton?" Are you going to make a career change? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and replied noncommittally: "This is just a hypothesis, whether I am here or not, the creed and doctrine of science should be transmitted, you and Jericho are the ones who know the theory I have established for computational materials science best, and you have more experience in experiments than Jericho...... Of course, he could be a little stronger mathematically. So work hard, academia prospers because of communication, I am only responsible for creation, and dissemination depends on you. ”

Connie nodded with a heavy expression, "I'll try, Professor." ”

Lu Zhou nodded in satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder again, this time without saying anything, and then turned and walked away.

……

The research of superconducting materials is proceeding step by step, and on the other hand, Lu Zhou's own work has not been left behind.

The selection of the thesis did not take long for his students, and even Hardy managed to complete the thesis in the middle of the month.

In fact, although Hardy is usually a little skinny, his ability is still good.

To be able to step through the door of Princeton, at least in terms of talent and hard work, must be beyond the level of ordinary people.

Take, for example, the Kakutani conjecture that the three of them worked together to complete.

Although the entire framework was formulated by Lu Zhou, and the decisive work was completed by Vera, as Wei Ya said, without the help of the two of them, she would not have been able to complete it so smoothly.

After reading everyone's topics, Lu Zhou took an afternoon to come out and chat with several of his students individually, and gave his own opinions on the topics they chose and the direction of future development.

Qin Yue and Hardy focused on the direction of analytic number theory, while Vera seemed to be planning to develop in the direction of an all-round athlete like Lu Zhou.

It's a tough road, but with her talent and love for math, she might be able to give it a try.

The graduation thesis of the doctoral group has been started one after another, and on the other hand, the topic selection of the graduation thesis has also been completed in the master's group.

At Lu Zhou's suggestion, Jericho chose computational materials science as his main direction of applied mathematics based on his own interests.

This direction is full of potential, especially when this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to theoretical models of electrochemical interface structures.

But the most surprising thing for Lu Zhou was Wei Wen.

Yan University, who once lost to him in the mathematical modeling competition, not only completed the topic selection of the thesis, but even the thesis itself.

Lu Zhou: "Actually, I recommend that you talk to me after you finish the topic, maybe my experience can help you a little, but it seems that you already have your own opinions...... In that case, bring me your paper. ”

"Okay, Professor."

Although he was very proud of being the first to complete the thesis, when he actually showed the paper to Lu Zhou, Wei Wen was still a little apprehensive in his heart.

After all, when he chose the topic, he didn't ask his mentor's opinion at all.

However, Lu Zhou is not such a person who is so rigid about subsections, and he does not have any complaints about Wei Wen's good assertions.

After reading his paper from beginning to end, Lu Zhou thought about it for about a minute and then simply gave his own evaluation.

"The study of the coherent states of non-simple harmonic oscillators in Hilbert space is a very classical problem in both quantum mechanics and theoretical physics, and although it is not popular, there is much to be studied. As for your paper, starting from the fourth part of the paper, there are certain problems in the discussion, and I suggest that you revise this part before considering publication. ”

Wei Wen's direction is functional analysis, and he is currently focusing on the research of Hilbert's space-related problems, and Lu Zhou speculates that his future development direction will probably be mathematical physics.

Returning the paper to Wei Wen, Lu Zhou said with a pleasant face.

"Minor issues aside, overall your paper is well written, you can try to condense it and submit it to PRL."

Hearing the word PRL, Wei Wen was stunned for a moment, his expression immediately stiffened, and a trace of embarrassment rarely appeared.

"Will PRL take it?"

PRL is also known as Physical Review Letters, the legendary top journal in the physics community.

Although the people who post papers on it are not necessarily famous experts, the articles that can be published on it are worthy of being published on the official website of any university in China.

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Scared?" ”

Gritting his teeth, Wei Wen calmed down, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Nodding approvingly, Lu Zhou smiled and said.

"Theoretical physics is not an easy direction to produce results, especially not easy to convince others that your results are important enough. But first of all, you have to be clear that you have to believe in yourself and that your research is correct and good enough, and only then can you convince others. ”

Wei Wen: "...... I understand. ”

Looking at the heavy expression on Wei Wen's face, Lu Zhou knew what he was worried about, so he said in a relaxed tone.

"Of course, if PRL rejects your manuscript, I suggest you try Physics-Today again, which is a little less difficult. Whether it's PRL or PT, as long as your thesis can be successfully published, I can count you as a graduate. I hope you concentrate on your research and don't be distressed by the pressure of graduating. ”

"Physics-Today" is the so-called physics of today, which is very similar to PRL in style, and the type of submission belongs to the comprehensive direction of physics.

With Wei Wen's paper, it is a bit difficult to submit a PRL to be honest.

But in the case of PT, the success rate is still quite impressive.

After listening to Lu Zhou's words, Wei Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and his gaze became a little firmer.

"I'll try!"