The next morning, Lu Zhou came to the office.

Looking at all five students present, he walked over to the blackboard hanging directly in front of his office, cleared his throat, and spoke.

"Today, I'm going to announce something."

Everyone stopped their pens and looked at the professor standing in front of the blackboard, waiting for him to continue.

Lu Zhou thought for a moment, used a tone of "doesn't sound so pretentious" as much as possible, and continued.

"Just yesterday, I received an invitation from the IMU. In the invitation letter, IMU invited me to attend the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians and give a 60-minute presentation at the conference. ”

Bang Bang Bang!

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, there was applause in the office.

It was still Hardy, who applauded the most enthusiastically, and also accompanied a congratulatory message with a subdued tone.

"Congratulations, Professor! I think, in order to celebrate this-"

Lu Zhou hurriedly stretched out his hand and stopped him.

"We've had enough parties, and if it's a party, it doesn't have to."

Hardy, who was seen through his thoughts, was stunned, and then muttered, trying to theorize: "It's not much at all, Princeton Football Club has a party every week." ”

Ignoring this guy's argument, Lu Zhou coughed and continued.

"For this 60-minute presentation, I will use our topic, the Kakutani conjecture, as the theme of the presentation, to present our research results to the mathematical community."

"Previously, no one was optimistic that this proposition would be solved in this century. And now we will tell those who are pessimistic that they are wrong. ”

After listening to Lu Zhou's words, Qin Yue's expression was a little hesitant, and he said, "But Professor, according to the framework you formulated, our research progress on the Kakutani conjecture has only reached about 30%, which is far from reaching the level where it can be reported as an achievement......

"So you have to work hard," looking at Qin Yue, then at Vera and Hadi, Lu Zhou continued, "I will help you when necessary, but I hope that this task will be completed by you as much as possible." Also, if the situation is optimistic, this thesis will serve as a master's thesis for the three of you. ”

Hearing this, even Qin Yue, who had a relatively conservative view, was relieved.

If the professor intends to study the subject himself, there really is nothing to worry about.

The only thing that worries people is that Professor Lu has been studying chemistry "unprofessionally" recently, which makes people wonder if he will be able to spare his hands when the time comes.

"That's the basic situation for the work arrangement for the coming year. I hope that your project will go smoothly so that I don't have to worry about it at all. What should I do now," throwing the chalk that was not used at all under the blackboard, Lu Zhou clapped his hands and looked at Wei Wen, "Wei Wen, you and I come out for a while, I have some things to hand over to you to do." ”

Wei Wen was slightly stunned, then a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately got up and followed Lu Zhou out of the office.

It seems that his mentor is finally planning to arrange a research project for him.

He had been preparing for this moment for so long, he had waited too long.

……

Regarding the task of cultivating scholars in the system, Lu Zhou finally came up with the method of casting a wide net.

On the one hand, Vera was arranged for them to continue to study the Kakutani conjecture, considering the academic value of the Kakutani conjecture, using this result to complete the task was also the first choice in all the plans in Lu Zhou's heart.

On the other hand, Wei Wen and Jericho were also assigned research topics separately.

It's just that in terms of difficulty, it will drop by a little level.

In this case, if the progress of Kakutani's conjecture comes to a standstill, then at least Lu Zhou has another alternative to the option of "taking it personally".

However, even if the system didn't throw him this task, Lu Zhou felt that he should find something for Wei Wen to do.

After all, at the master's level, there is a limit to what you can learn just by relying on books. In particular, the most valuable scientific research experience cannot be obtained by simply visiting the library.

“…… Your research direction is the Hilbert space in functional analysis, and I remember that when I first entered the university, I suggested to you to develop in the direction of mathematical physics, but unfortunately I have no plans to study this topic in the near future."

Standing in the corridor outside the office, looking at Wei Wen who came out, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and continued, "However, although I don't have a suitable project to recommend to you for the time being, I can recommend you a suitable person. ”

Wei Wen: "Who?" ”

Lu Zhou smiled mysteriously: "Count it as my senior brother, come with me." ”

Although Senior Brother Luo's life style is relatively casual, this person's ability is still quite good, otherwise he would not have received an offer from Edward Witten, and he has not been expelled from the division for so many years.

After all, a big bull like Mr. Witten has quite strict requirements for students.

The reason why Wei Wen was recommended to Senior Brother Luo was because the research that Senior Brother Luo was engaged in happened to be related to the problems of Hilbert space.

On the other hand, it is because Senior Brother Luo studied functional analysis from Lao Tang at the master's level, and he is also a physics talent born in mathematics, which can also provide him with a lot of help in terms of experience, at least it can also make him avoid some detours.

After leaving these words, Lu Zhou did not stay outside the office for long, and soon went to Witten's office with Wei Wen with a puzzled face.

When he arrived at the office, Senior Brother Luo happened to be looking through the literature.

Seeing Lu Zhou appearing at the door of the office, Luo Wenxuan leaned back on the office chair and said with a smile.

"Morning, what's the wind that brought you here?"

"It's nothing, it's just a knock on the door." Lu Zhou smiled, walked over and glanced at the computer screen, "Looking at the paper?" ”

"That's right, it's part of my daily routine to log in to Arxiv every morning to check on my peers." Luo Wenxuan made a helpless expression, "That's what I do in the direction of theoretical physics, there has been no new physics to study for too long." I'm coming up with a good idea now and I'm not worried about anything else but crashing. ”

Lu Zhou asked with some surprise, "Isn't your doctoral dissertation still unfinished?" ”

Luo Wenxuan sighed: "No way, Mr. Witten's requirements are too high, and my thesis has not been able to satisfy him." ”

Lu Zhou: "So, your paper is still the same as the original?" ”

"It's been changed," grinning Senior Brother Luo said proudly, "Now it's about the study of the even coherent state of the finite Silbert space Q-distortion harmonic oscillator." ”

Lu Zhou: ......

He couldn't figure out what there was to be proud of.

Suddenly, Lu Zhou couldn't make up his mind whether to lend his students to him for help.

At this time, Luo Wenxuan finally noticed Wei Wen behind Lu Zhou, and cast a curious glance at him: "Who is this?" ”

"My student, Wei Wen, who graduated from Yan University, is a top student in the field of mathematics......"

Lu Zhou hesitated for a few seconds, but finally made up his mind and decided to give it a try.

Even though Senior Brother Luo has some shortcomings in his habits, after all, he has been studying for a doctorate here for so long in Witten. For Wei Wen, who has almost zero overseas scientific research experience, he can still learn something by doing research with him.

What's more, the teacher is from the same school, Lu Zhou feels that he still has to give Senior Brother Lalo. These are almost thirty years old, and their graduation thesis has not yet been written, and if they continue to wait like this, they are afraid that they will not be able to finish their studies in this life.

So, he patted Wei Wen on the shoulder, coughed lightly, and continued, "Didn't you tell me last time that your subject needs a mathematical talent who is proficient in dealing with Hilbert space problems?" Now the talent is here. ”

Luo Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a happy expression appeared on his face: "Thank you so much!" My research is at a bottleneck, and you're a lifesaver! ”

Then, with a smile like a spring breeze on his face, he looked at Wei Wen: "Wei Wen, is it?" I'll give you a lot of advice in the future. ”

Wei Wen obviously noticed that this guy was unreliable, and his expression was a little hesitant.

Is it really okay to follow this guy to do the project?

However, he still trusts Lu Zhou's decision.

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Wen rarely used an uncertain tone and spoke.

"I ...... Do all in one's power. ”