In the United States, if you want to ask which university in the United States has the best mathematics department, the answers are varied, some say Yale, some say Harvard, and of course some say Princeton University.

But if you want to ask where the math in the United States is the best, then anyone in the industry will basically tell you that it is the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

The School of Mathematics is just one of the four divisions, or colleges, of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The others are the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and the Faculty of Historical Studies.

The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is not part of Princeton University. The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is a research institute where the best scholars in their fields do cutting-edge research in its purest form, without any pressure from teaching assignments, research funding, or sponsorship. In the last century, Einstein and other scholars moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, making it a world-famous academic mecca, where many famous scholars made the most important achievements in their lives. In other places, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) established in imitation of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, such as the Institute for Advanced Study at Mizuki University and the Institute for Advanced Study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. However, at this time, Mizuki University had not yet designed such a institute for advanced study, and it was not until 1999 that the institute was formally established, and it was discussed and discussed many times during this time, and it attracted the attention of leaders at all levels.

However, despite the separation of the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University, many students choose Princeton's mathematics department rather than Yale or Harvard's mathematics department. The reason is that although the two are independent of each other, because of the geographical relationship, the students of Princeton University are closer to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. This is why most of the researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study hold faculty positions at Princeton University, such as the Fields Medal-winning and renowned mathematician Professor William Timothy Gowers.

Another convenience is that Princeton University has a research-based education, and does not have three schools that are closely related to money, such as business, law, and medicine, so it is a pure research atmosphere. The original purpose of the Institute for Advanced Study was purely academic research, and the two coincided.

However, in general, compared to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the mathematics department of Princeton University is indeed not the first in the United States. The strongest mathematics department in the United States is always not out of Harvard, UCLA, and other schools. Therefore, it would be a tragedy to equate the mathematics department of Princeton University with the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and to choose the mathematics department of Princeton University for this reason.

However, even if the mathematics department of Princeton University has such a defect, if Junxin is to choose, then there is no doubt that Junxin's choice will be the mathematics department of Princeton University and not other universities, even if the conditions given by other universities are ten times and 100 times higher than those given by Princeton University. Because in his opinion, only Princeton, a pocket-sized world-class university, can truly feel the pure academic research of Princeton University after abandoning all utilitarian teaching. In order to make him really want to take root and do research.

After a night's rest, the double fatigue of the day's mental and physical strength was swept away, and Junxin finally recovered his spirit and walked out of the dormitory door with a full expression.

Since it's not yet time for school to start, Junxin doesn't see his roommate either. He is the only one living in the entire three-bedroom dormitory for the time being. This extremely atmospheric accommodation method is very common on American campuses and even in schools around the world, and as far as Junxin knows, the dormitory at the University of Toronto is also a dormitory type of room.

Princeton dormitories, like dormitories at other universities, are hybrid dormitories, and students in one dormitory are not necessarily students from the same department, and even strictly speaking, there are no students from the same department in a dormitory. There are all kinds of classmates in the same dormitory. In his previous life, one of Junxin's dormitories was from the Department of History, and the other was from the Department of Biology.

Walking out of the door of the dormitory, Junxin, who was about to go to breakfast, was a little troubled, and Princeton practiced the method of community group dining. The senior students are divided into different dining communities according to their social circles, where there is a shared cafeteria, a communal lounge and even a shared sports facility.

However, in the 80s, this kind of upper-year dining community was only open to upperclassmen, which meant that freshmen and sophomores could only eat in the school's public cafeteria.

In other words, Junxin, who wants to have breakfast, can only go to the school's public cafeteria. As far as Junxin knows, the school's public cafeteria is the worst of all the dining places. It's nowhere near as good as those high-end dining communities.

That's one of Princeton's specialties, which means you'll have to find a high-level community that can accommodate you before your junior year. This is also a test for the students of the University, and the test is their ability to integrate into a certain circle and be accepted. Don't underestimate this ability, American society is full of circles, and if you don't have the ability to fit into a certain circle, you won't be able to survive in American society at all. In a sense, it's also a special public lesson that Princeton gives to its own students.

However, Junxin did not have any idea of fitting into the circle of some high-class dining community, after all, he was only an exchange student, not an international student. By the time he is qualified to enter the community, perhaps Junxin will already be returning to China.

"But the food in the public cafeteria is really hard to eat?" Junxin muttered and complained. No country in the world can match China when it comes to eating, and even France, which claims to be a great meal, can only be relegated to second place in this regard, and the canteen at Princeton University is no exception.

In fact, in the eyes of Americans, Princeton University's cafeteria is already considered very good food. But for people like Junxin, who are used to eating Chinese food, the life of burgers every day and bread and cream every day is okay for two days a day, but after a long time, it is called a greasy taste.

However, there is no good way for the time being, so Junxin can only walk in the direction of the canteen first.