The so-called bursary (Felloship) is a full award in the usual sense. Different from scholarships, bursaries not only exempt the award-winning students from tuition and accommodation fees, but also give the award-winning students a certain amount of living expenses as personal expenses.

It is precisely for this reason that the financial aid is particularly competitive in the application process, and in addition to the high paper scores, foreign applicants also need to provide a beautiful domestic school transcript, as well as recommendation letters and study plans.

For different schools, and even for different individuals, the amount of the full prize is different, and even the payment method is divided into a lump sum payment on an annual basis or a monthly or quarterly payment.

Princeton's full award application is undoubtedly the most stringent among many universities in North America, especially at the doctoral level. But for a Cole-Prize-level PhD student, there doesn't seem to be any problem.

After all, Lu Zhou himself is qualified enough to write letters of recommendation to others, not to mention that his mentor is an old man from Deligne.

Lu Zhou's bursary included a waiver of tuition and accommodation fees, a free medical insurance, and a lump sum bonus of $40,000.

After opening a card at the bank next to Princeton University and withdrawing the check for the Cole Prize and the Princeton Bursary, Lu Zhou looked at the string of numbers in the balance and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Others spend a lot of money to study abroad, but not only did they not spend money, but they also made a fortune.

It's a subtle feeling that can't be described.

……

After completing the financial aid and tuition fees, Lu Zhou temporarily settled down at Princeton University.

For undergraduates, the study is indeed very heavy, but for doctoral students, if it is not too tight by the supervisor, it will be more relaxed.

Although Professor Deligne has arranged for him to work as a teaching assistant, the first class is in April, which is still a month away. Lu Zhou even took a few days out to go to a nearby town to get his driver's license.

In addition to the long-term research project of Goldbach's conjecture, his current task is mainly to learn algebraic geometry under the guidance of Professor Delinene.

To Lu Zhou's ecstasy, the old man from Belgium had in his hands what he had always dreamed of – the original draft of the "Draft Program" by the late Mr. Grothendieck and the translation into three-quarters of English by an American mathematics doctoral student who also studied French.

Unlike the biblical Foundations of Algebraic Geometry (EGA), the biblical study of modern algebraic geometry, the Draft Program has been circulated only among a few mathematicians since the millennium when Grothendieck took back all the copyrights, and many of its ideas have not been fully grasped even today.

Lu Zhou never went to France at the invitation of the late Mr. Grothendieck to find the papal legacy of modern algebraic geometry, partly because he did not know anything about the French language, and partly because he had not yet studied the work of Mr. Grothendieck in depth.

The original draft of the "Draft Program" and the English translation can be said to be a great help to Lu Zhou. Coupled with the personal guidance of Professor Déligne, a senior disciple of Grothendieck, many obscure things became much easier.

Sure enough, choosing a good mentor can save a lot of time.

In addition to completing the study of algebraic geometry under the guidance of Professor Delinee, Lu Zhou spent almost all of his free time on Goldbach's conjecture.

Once the inspiration came suddenly, he didn't even go out for several days, locked himself in a single room of ten square meters, and conceived the framework of how to talk about the night, returning the "group construction method" that originated from Goldbach's conjecture to the proposition of Goldbach's conjecture.

As a result, he didn't expect that this retreat would be a week, and he even missed a lecture that he shouldn't have missed.

For this matter, Professor Deligne also made a special call to ask him what was going on.

However, after learning that Lu Zhou was not wandering around in New York or Philadelphia next door these days, but locked himself in his room and buried himself in the Goldbach conjecture, Professor Deligne did not say anything about his absenteeism, but was silent for a while, and said in a warning tone.

"Studying math requires study, but a major doesn't mean working behind closed doors. If you feel like you're stuck in a rut, my advice is that you can put your problems aside for a while and go out and play soccer or watch a few movies...... Inspiration needs you to actively seek it, not wait for it to come to you. ”

Lu Zhou: "I will seriously consider your suggestion...... By the way, can I take a leave of absence? ”

Deligne: "How long?" ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Two weeks." ”

Deligne: "Then you don't need to ask me, you are free to set your own time." But if there is still no progress on your project within a year, I will arrange other research work for you. The golden age of studying mathematics is just a few decades, and I'm not going to watch you waste an entire year on a dead end. ”

After speaking, the old professor hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Lu Zhou smiled helplessly and turned the ballpoint pen in his hand.

Is there only one year?

It seems that although Professor Deligne did not say it, he actually thought about it in his heart and was not optimistic that he would be able to complete this task.

However, this also shows that the old professor cares about himself. If it were a different person, maybe even if he had a whim and planned to change his career to Hollywood to make movies, this old gentleman might not have much reaction.

"You can't hesitate here, you have to hurry." Shaking his head, Lu Zhou picked up the pen that he had flown out again, and began to calculate it on the scratch paper.

……

Although he said that he would seriously consider it, the habits he had developed over the years could not be broken in a while.

Moreover, Lu Zhou doesn't think that there is anything wrong with his habits?

In the world of mathematics, there are old pedants like Chen Jingrun, who thinks about problems when he walks, hermits like Perelman who is so withdrawn that he would rather gnaw at old age than go far to receive prizes, and "amateur boxers" like Kolmogorov who love outdoor sports (most famously, at Soviet academic conferences, he raised his fist at his mentor because he couldn't debate...... ）。

Lu Zhou feels that he is not a solitary researcher, and when necessary, he will listen to the lectures of his peers to broaden his thinking, and he is also willing to stand on the podium and share his research successes with his peers. But more often than not, he is still used to studying alone behind closed doors.

And so it went for a few more days.

On a Saturday morning, the sky outside the window was hazy.

Lu Zhou, who fell asleep on the table at some point, moved his somewhat stiff arms, leaned back in the chair and stretched.

"Maybe it's time for me to hire a babysitter......"

I don't know how robotics is developing in Silicon Valley right now.

If he could, he really thought about customizing a set of machines for Xiao Ai, so that the artificial intellectual disability could be used for purposes other than checking emails.

For example, an electronic dog that can take a courier or something.

As for the work that is too complicated, he doesn't expect it to have that ability.

While thinking about something unrealistic, Lu Zhou rubbed his sour brows, looked at the dozen or so pages of scratch paper spread out on the table, selected a few useless sheets and crumpled them into a ball, and threw them into the paper basket next to him.

Feeling a little hungry, he got up and went into the kitchen.

Slices of bacon and fresh vegetables were removed from the fridge, drained after a few dishes of boiling water, sandwiched between two thick slices of bread, drizzled with salad dressing, and stuffed into the oven together.

It's a pity that the United States doesn't promote stir-frying, and occasionally a barbecue party is usually outdoors, although this single room has a kitchen, but it lacks a natural gas stove and a range hood, so that he has a good cooking skills, but there is no place for it.

Although Lu Zhou also approached the apartment manager and asked if he could install a range hood and stove in the kitchen, he was looked at with surprise and refused without hesitation.

Come to think of it, this is a building with a history of more than 90 years, and there have been many famous scholars. Maybe in a few decades, a great man will emerge from here, and this apartment will be turned into a museum, just like Einstein's former residence not far away.

It would be a pity if there was a fire......

Regarding the statement of the apartment administrator, Lu Zhou could only express his understanding.

Anyway, he mainly goes to the eating club to eat, and only when he is very busy or in the morning, he will use the contents of the refrigerator to cope.

After finishing breakfast, Lu Zhou made himself a cup of coffee, and stood next to the refrigerator while drinking it slowly, while staring at the ticking clock to sort out his previous thoughts.

At this moment, he suddenly received a call from Senior Brother Luo.

"Hey, didn't you say you were going to go with me to see the car today? I'm at the school gate, when are you going to leave...... Don't tell me you haven't gotten up yet? ”

It was only then that Lu Zhou realized that he seemed to have been in retreat for a long time.

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