Chapter 229: Retreat research

The so-called fellowship fellowship is the full award in the usual sense. Different from scholarships, bursaries not only waived the tuition and accommodation fees of the award-winning students, but also gave the award-winning students certain living expenses as personal consumption expenses.
It is for this reason that scholarships are particularly competitive in the application process. Generally, in addition to requiring high paper grades, foreign applicants also need to provide a beautiful domestic school transcript, recommendation letter and reading plan.
For different schools and even different individuals, the amount of the full award varies, and even the payment methods are divided into annual payments or monthly and quarterly payments.
The difficulty of applying for Princeton's full award is undoubtedly the most stringent among many universities in North America, especially the full award at the doctoral level. But for a PhD student at the Cole number theory level, there doesn't seem to be any problem.
After all, Lu Zhou himself was qualified to write a recommendation letter to anyone, not to mention that his mentor was Elder Deligne.
Lu Zhou's bursary included tuition-free accommodation, free medical insurance, and a lump sum of $ 40,000.
At the bank next to Princeton University, a card was issued, and the check for the Cole Award and the check for the Princeton bursary were withdrawn. Lu Zhou looked at the series of numbers in the balance, and couldn't help feeling.
Others spend a lot of money studying abroad. Not only did they spend no money studying abroad, they also made a fortune.
This feeling is really subtle.
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After completing the bursary and tuition fees, Lu Zhou temporarily settled at Princeton University.
For undergraduates, academic studies are really heavy here, but for doctoral students, if the tutor is not too tight, it will be more relaxed.
Although Professor Deligne arranged the work of a teaching assistant for him, the first class was in April, and there is still a month to go. Lu Zhou even pumped out for a few days and went to a nearby town to get his driving license.
In addition to Goldbach's conjecture of this long-term research topic, his current task is mainly to learn the knowledge of algebraic geometry under the guidance of Professor Deligne.
What makes Lu Zhou ecstatic is that the old man from Belgium has what he longed for, the original draft of the program of the late Mr. Grothendieck, and was translated to four by an American doctoral student who also studied French. Three-thirds of the English translation.
Unlike the biblical algebraic geometry ega of modern algebraic geometry, since the millennium Grothendieck retracted the copyright of all works, the draft program has only been circulated among some mathematicians, and many of its ideas have not been even today. Fully understand.
Lu Zhou has never been to the invitation of the late Mr. Grothendieck to go to France to find this heritage of the pope of modern algebraic geometry, on the one hand because he does not know anything about French, on the other hand, because of the old Mr. Grothendieck The work has not yet been thoroughly studied.
For the manuscript of the draft program, plus an English translation, it can be said to be a big help. Coupled with the personal guidance of Professor Grothendieck, Professor Dignier, many obscure things have become much easier.
Sure enough, choosing a good mentor can save a lot of time.
Except for the study of algebraic geometry under the guidance of Professor Deligne, 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, and locked himself in a single room of ten square meters, conceiving how to frame the theory at night, which would originate from Goldbach's "group formation method" , Return to Goldbach's conjecture.
As a result, he did not expect that this retreat was a week, and he even missed a lecture that should not have been 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 wading around New York or Philadelphia in the next few days, but that he was confined in the room and delving into the Goldbach conjecture, Professor Deligne never said anything about his absenteeism. What, just silent for a while, said in a warning tone.
"Researching mathematical problems requires research, but professionalism does not mean behind closed doors. If you feel that your research has fallen into a bottleneck, my suggestion is that you can temporarily put aside the problems you have encountered, go out to play football, or watch a few A movie ... inspiration requires you to look for it, not wait for it to come to you. "
Lu Zhou: "I will seriously consider your suggestion ... yes, can I take a vacation?"
Deligne: "How long?"
Lu Zhou thought about it and said, "Two weeks."
Deligne: "It is not necessary to ask me, you can arrange your own time freely. But if within one year your subject has not made any progress, I will arrange other research work for you. The golden age of studying mathematics is In these decades, I will not watch you waste a whole year on a dead end. "
After that, the old professor hung up.
Putting down the phone, Lu Zhou smiled helplessly, turning the ball-point pen in his hand.
Is it only one year?
It seems that Professor Deligne didn't say anything, but in fact his mind was similar to that of Molina, and he was not optimistic that he could accomplish this task.
But this also shows that the old professor cares about himself. If you change people, the old gentleman may not react too much, even if it is a sudden whim to switch to Hollywood to make a movie.
"You can't hesitate here, you need to hurry up." Shaking his head, Lu Zhou picked up the pen that he flew out of, and began to calculate on the draft paper.
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Although it is said that he will seriously consider it, the habits developed over the years cannot be changed in a short while.
Moreover, Lu Zhou didn't think that what was wrong with his habits?
In the mathematics world, there are old scholars like Chen Jingrun who are thinking about walking, Perelman's hermits who are so lonely that they would rather be old and would not go away to receive awards. The "familiar boxer" was best known at a Soviet academic conference, because the debate was nothing but a furious raise of his fist ...
Lu Zhou felt that he was not an lonely researcher. When necessary, he would also listen to his colleagues' lectures to broaden his thinking, and he was also happy to stand on the podium and share his research success with his colleagues. But more often, he is still used to studying behind closed doors.
Just a few more days passed.
Early Saturday morning, the sky was hazy outside.
I do not know when to lie on the sleeping boat lying on the table, with some stiff arms, leaning against the back of the chair and stretching.
"Maybe I should hire a nanny ..."
I don't know how the robotics technology in Silicon Valley is developing.
If he could, he really wanted to customize a machine body for Xiao Ai. Anyway, this artificial intelligence barrier can also be used for other purposes than checking emails.
For example, it will take the electronic dog of courier or something.
As for too complicated work, he does not expect it to have that ability.
While thinking about something impractical, Lu Zhou rubbed his sour eyebrows. UU reading www.uukanshu.com looked at a dozen pages of draft paper spread out on the table, and selected a few useless kneadings In a ball, it was thrown into a nearby basket.
Feeling hungry, he stood up and went into the kitchen.
Remove the bacon slices and raw fresh vegetables from the refrigerator, drain them after a few passes with boiling water, pour the salad dressing between two thick slices of bread, and stuff them into the oven together.
It ’s a pity that American cooking is not popular, and occasionally a barbecue party is usually outdoors. Although this single room has a kitchen, it lacks a gas stove and range hood. 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 amazement and refused without hesitation.
If you think about 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 come out of this place, this apartment is like the Einstein's former residence not far away, and it may become a museum.
It would be a pity if this happened accidentally ...
For the apartment manager's statement, Lu Zhou can only express his understanding.
Anyway, he mainly eats in the diet club, and only when he is particularly busy or in the morning, he will use the contents of the refrigerator to cope.
After solving breakfast, Lu Zhou brewed a cup of coffee for himself, standing beside the refrigerator, drinking slowly, and staring at the ticking clock to sort out his previous thoughts.
Just then, he suddenly received a call from Brother Luo.
"Hey, didn't you say you were going to see the car with me today? I've arrived at the school gate, when are you going to leave ... don't tell me you haven't got up yet?"
Only then did Lu Zhou realize that he seemed to be in retreat for a long time.