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"Professor Zhuang, do you have anything to say? What do you ask of the students?"

"Actually, I don't have very high requirements for students, as long as they can do the projects I give them." Zhuang Weiran smiled shyly, and the host nodded, "Then invite Professor Zhuang to take a seat."

Zhuang Weiran did not take his seat directly after he entered the table, but first bowed and shook hands with Professor Ji, followed by Professor Wu Chuang, and finally Tao Hanhai, and said a few words by the way before taking his seat.

After being seated, the host began to introduce, "Then four professors have already checked in. I would like to introduce to the audience friends on site and in front of the TV. Professor Tao Hanhai and Professor Wu Chuang from the School of Mathematics of Capital University."

"Professor Ji Shen from the School of Mathematics, Huaguo University of Science and Technology."

"And from Longcheng University, our country's first Fields Medal winner, and the youngest Fields Medal winner, Professor Zhuang Weiran."

The four professors stood up, bowed to the audience and the camera, and then sat down.

The host continued, "Then let's take a look at the contestants. After being screened by more than a dozen professors of mathematics and physics from the four universities of Beijing University, Jinghua University, Huaguo University of Science and Technology, and Longcheng University, we selected 56 contestants. .The professors ranked No.1 to No. 56, let us welcome the players ranked No.1 by the professors to come out.”

After a while, a blond and blue-eyed foreign boy walked out of the screen. He should be from the Lighthouse country or European by appearance.

He bowed slightly, with an interpreter beside him.

His face was flushed, and he finally choked out a sentence, "Hi everyone." He didn't speak very clearly.

The host walked towards the foreign boy, looked at him for a while, and said, "Excuse me, which school are you from?"

"..." After the little brother finished speaking, he looked at the translator, who smiled and said, "He is now a senior student in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, and he actually came to participate in this program because he wanted to become a graduate student of Professor Zhuang."

"He asked Professor Zhuang a lot of questions at Princeton University. He thinks Professor Zhuang is a very good professor, and he has always aspired to be Professor Zhuang's student." The translator is simultaneously translating the words of this foreign friend, " He has even asked Professor Richard Feffman to write a letter of recommendation, and he wants to be a graduate student with Professor Zhuang, but Professor Zhuang resigned from Princeton University, and he came to Huaguo just to study graduate and PhD students."

The audience at the scene gasped, this is too much, isn't it?

The host nodded and began to introduce, "The audience and the audience in front of the TV may also have some people who don't know what kind of school Princeton University is."

"Professor Zhuang, you used to be a professor at Princeton University, what kind of school is Princeton University in your eyes?"

"It's a great school. If I have to give a definition, I think Princeton University is an...academic ivory tower, where many masters of mathematics gather and have a strong academic atmosphere. It is difficult for me to describe the experience at Princeton University. Days. I will never forget them for the rest of my life."

"Then let's first understand what kind of school Princeton University is through a short video."

[Here are the top mathematics masters, and here are the shining lights of human wisdom... From 1746, this university occupied an extremely important position in colleges and universities, until the second half of the [-]th century, countless talented scholars turned out Born, they all make the glory of Princeton even more dazzling. 】

[From Richard Philip Feynman to John Forbes Nash and even Princeton University honorary professor Zhuang Weiran, their existence makes Princeton, an ancient and modern school, occupy an important position in the academic world. Since the second half of the century, it has been hailed as the mathematical center of the world. 】

[Princeton University ranks first in the list of universities in the Beacon Country all the year round, and is especially famous all over the world for its mathematics and theoretical physics. There are many masters of mathematics who have left their traces here, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, not far from this school, is even more It is known as an academic holy place.Albert Einstein, von Karman, Hua Luogeng and many other famous academic masters used to work in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and now in the honor wall of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, we can even find the portrait of Professor Zhuang Weiran hanging In the wall of honor.As a well-known internationally renowned mathematician, Professor Zhuang Weiran is obviously one of the top masters of modern mathematics.He has successively served as a researcher and a professor of the School of Mathematics here. 】

After the short film was played, everyone first felt that Princeton University is really good, but after thinking about it, Zhuang Weiran seemed to be even more powerful. He didn’t stay in Princeton University for a long time, and he was praised by Princeton University. This is academic The charm of the boss?

The world's top scholars are indeed different from ordinary people.

Even in a school like Princeton University where masters go everywhere, Zhuang Weiran is a figure worth mentioning. It is conceivable how powerful Zhuang Weiran is.

"So your choice is Professor Zhuang?" The host began to ask, "You don't need to think about it?"

"Professor Zhuang." Ranked first, the student from Princeton University replied forcefully, "I came to Huaguo to choose Professor Zhuang, and I must have chosen Professor Zhuang."

"Okay, let us congratulate the first player to choose the team of Professor Zhuang Weiran of Dragon City University."

After the students choose their teams, they leave the stage.Next came the second contestant, a female student from Stanford University, a senior student in theoretical physics, who also came for Zhuang Weiran.The third one was a student from Capital University. He wavered between Wu Chuang and Zhuang Weiran for a long time, and finally chose Zhuang Weiran's team.

Everyone at the scene looked dumbfounded. The top three contestants, the top two came directly for Zhuang Weiran's graduate student.I am afraid that the third student is also here for Zhuang Weiran.Because he is a student of Capital University, he hesitated symbolically.Then he blurted out that he chose Zhuang Weiran's team. The program team said before that this program will not have any script.The audience is still a little bit unconvinced. As for how many students the professors’ teams can have, there is no conclusion. It is even possible that other professors have no students at all, and it is possible for a professor to have 56 students.

The best one is of course a professor with a team of 14 students, but the students choose based on their own wishes. In the selection of professor rankings in the four major universities, the top three contestants all chose Zhuang Weiran.Undoubtedly, Zhuang Weiran is obviously one of the most sought-after professors.

It was fine for the two foreign students to come here for Zhuang Weiran, but the students from Peking University would not give face to the two Peking University professors so much. After a few minutes of hesitation, they chose Zhuang Weiran directly.

"Then please invite the fourth student from Oxford University..."

The player from Oxford University directly said that he chose Zhuang Weiran as soon as he came on stage.Zhuang Weiran was the top choice again, and No.5 was a student from Jinghua University, because Jinghua University had no professors on stage, so he said directly that he would choose Zhuang Weiran.

Until the tenth player still chose Zhuang Weiran, which means that the top ten elite students all chose Zhuang Weiran together. This team can be regarded as a team where gods fight.

According to their previous papers, grades, and the rankings made by a preliminary examination, the top ten contestants dropped a lot of points from No. 11. It can be said that the top ten and the latter students are completely different levels.And the ten core players are all in Zhuang Weiran's team, and they have worked very hard for a postgraduate position.

The host looked dumbfounded. What kind of team is this? The people in the front all chose Zhuang Weiran's team without hesitation.There was no one from the other professors. Fortunately, when the No. 11 contestant came out, he saw that all the ten tough guys in front had chosen Zhuang Weiran, and directly chose Tao Hanhai.

Those people in front were too fierce, let them fight with gods, he still chose to be safer, Professor Tao Hanhai.

Twenty students who came later chose Zhuang Weiran.

Zhuang Weiran's team has a total of 20 people, Professor Tao Hanhai has six people, and Professor Wu Chuang and Professor Ji Shen have a team of ten people. The selection of the professor by the contestants this time is an eye-opener.It never occurred to me that the youngest professor who was only [-] years old turned out to be the professor chosen by the most people. The first words of several foreign university students came for Zhuang Weiran.

It is conceivable how influential Zhuang Weiran is in the foreign mathematics circles. He is known as the No. 1 in mathematics in Huaguo, and he is really not just kidding.

"Next, please discuss with the professors, who will announce the subject first?"

Several professors looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't speak.At this time, Wu Chuang said, "Well, Professor Zhuang is the youngest, let Professor Zhuang publish the topic first."

"Me?" Zhuang Weiran pointed at himself, and Tao Hanhai said with a smile, "That's it, let Xiaozhuang publish the topic."

The host said loudly, "Have the professors discussed it?"

"Me!" Zhuang Weiran said holding the microphone, "Then I will announce my project first."

The host began to joke, "Professor Zhuang, how difficult is the topic you chose?"

Zhuang Weiran said with a smile, "I can say this, I have already made this topic, but it has not been published yet. I want to see what progress you have made on this topic."

"Actually, I don't quite believe that the contestants present can complete this project in just fifteen days." Zhuang Weiran paused, watching the faces of all the contestants become more subtle, "My personal requirements are more Rigorous, as anyone who has ever studied at Princeton knows. My chosen topic is the subtle problems of geometric components of algebraic closed chains."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, all with unbelievable expressions.

The host was stunned for a moment, "Professor Zhuang, can you briefly introduce this topic to the TV and the audience?"

"Hodge's conjecture, one of the problems of the Millennium Prize, is itself an algebraic closed-chain geometric component problem, and a small problem is taken out of it as the subject of this time."

"In fact, this question is very difficult." Professor Wu Chuang said holding the microphone, "This topic can be regarded as a doctoral dissertation. Of course, for Professor Xiaozhuang, this is indeed a relatively simple question."

"Professor Xiaozhuang solved the Yang-Mills existence and quality gap of the Millennium Prize problem, and the BSD conjecture problem. The former is a problem of combining mathematics and theoretical physics, and the latter is a problem on algebraic varieties. Now Xiao The topic announced by Professor Zhuang is also a problem of algebraic geometry. It can be said that Professor Xiaozhuang has rich experience in this area. Moreover, Professor Xiaozhuang has already solved this topic. Actually, I am very curious about the topic that Professor Xiaozhuang solved. How will it be made. This topic is given to me, and it will take me half a year or even longer to make it. Let the students on the scene make it in [-] days.

"That's right." Professor Ji also began to comment, "The subject is very difficult. It is different from ordinary subjects. This subject needs to be applied to many aspects of algebra and geometry. I would like to ask by the way, how long has Xiaozhuang been working on this subject time?"

"Three days." Zhuang Weiran said with a smile, "This is just a small problem, I took three days to solve it. But I think it should be enough to test the students."

Everyone gasped. Professor Wu Chuang needed half a year or even longer, while Professor Zhuang Weiran only needed three days.

On the contrary, Professor Wu Chuang said, "I am not surprised at all that Professor Xiaozhuang only took three days to complete the project. If I were asked to do the Yang-Mills existence and quality gap and the BSD conjecture, I would probably have a hard time. Couldn't do any of those questions."

"I'm probably satisfied if I can make some breakthroughs." After Professor Wu Chuang finished speaking, "Mathematics is a subject of genius. Professor Xiaozhuang's research on mathematics is what we want to see most."

Is this the start of commercial bragging?Professor Wu Chuang is also an academician of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences, so touting Zhuang Weiran like this really caught people off guard.

The contestants below began whispering.

"This question is really too difficult, hey Robert, when you were at Princeton University, did Professor Zhuang assign such a subject?"

Robert shook his head, "There is no such difficult subject, but Professor Zhuang can solve it in three days, it is really just a small problem for him, but for us, I am afraid it is more difficult than any math problem we have done before .”

"Yeah, I really don't know how Professor Zhuang made the subject in three days."

"Professor Zhuang's research ability is at the top level in the world. Even Mr. Deligne, Feffman, Faltings, etc. may not take more than three days. They need one to two months." Robert seriously He said, "Professor Zhuang's research ability is probably unmatched by anyone except Mr. Grothendieck."

"Professor Zhuang is very popular at Princeton University, isn't he?"

What did Robert think of, "In fact, Professor Zhuang has always been known for his seriousness and staidness at Princeton University. Everyone knows that this Professor Zhuang doesn't like parties very much, and prefers to do mathematical research. He spends almost all his time on mathematical research. " Robert continued, "Dr. Pierce, Professor Zhuang's doctoral student, once said that one look from Professor Zhuang can scare him."

"Mr. Pierce is a well-known gentleman at Princeton University, and he likes to party. As a student of Professor Zhuang, Mr. Pierce is often afraid to continue attending parties, and sometimes he will go back to research topics in the middle of the party."

The host continued to announce here, "Then from now on, within fifteen days, we will hand over the subjects of all the contestants to the four professors and professors from Capital University, Jinghua University, Huaguo University of Science and Technology, and Longcheng University." Fifteen professors will be the judges. This time, we will eliminate the last few students from the team of four professors."

"I hope everyone can work hard to study the topic." The host announced, "This is the end of the first period of graduate students."

As the music sounded, Zhuang Weiran said goodbye to the three professors. Accompanied by the staff, they came to the high-speed rail station. Tomorrow, thirty students will come to Longcheng University and live in the student dormitory of Longcheng University. Five days of subject research.During this period, they can cooperate and ask Zhuang Weiran.But Zhuang Weiran would never take the initiative to teach them. He didn't know what this group of students didn't know.Rather than teaching together, let them inquire individually.

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On September 9, the first issue of graduate students started broadcasting.CCTV did not allow the program to have much ratings, but it was still scheduled to be broadcast in prime time.It happened to be the weekend, and there were quite a few people watching TV.

Tang Jiayue happened to be at home. She went out to play basketball all day today and was a little tired.After dinner at home, his parents wanted to watch TV. He wanted to go in and play games, but he was stopped by his parents' stern eyes.

He can only carefully watch TV with his parents, but he is actually playing with his mobile phone.

The high school courses were somewhat difficult for Tang Jiayue.He couldn't remember those mathematical formulas and physics formulas clearly, and he didn't know what to do during the monthly exam.As a freshman in high school, high school is much more difficult than junior high school.

The TV turned to CCTV, and at this time the program group was starting to play the title of the graduate students.

The parents are still discussing with relish, "I heard that Professor Zhuang from our community seems to be on this show, is he one of the instructors?"

"Professor Xiaozhuang, I heard that he is a professor of mathematics, right? He is quite famous abroad?"

When the host was introducing the professor, Tang Jiayue's professor was still discussing, "You said that if Jiayue had Professor Xiao Zhuang one tenth, even one percent would be enough."

Tang Jiayue curled her lips, and heard the host on the TV say loudly, "Next, I invite Zhuang Weiran, a professor from the Department of Mathematics of Longcheng University, who is known as Huaguo Mathematics No. 1, to appear on the stage."

Zhuang Weiran's appearance also caused a lot of exclamation at the scene. The host said beside him, "Professor Zhuang looks very young."

"Just turned twenty."

Tang Jiayue's parents yelled, "Professor Xiaozhuang is only 20 years old? Didn't he already work as a professor abroad? How old is he when he graduated with a Ph.D.?"

"That's too young." Tang Jiayue's father said beside him, "Jiayue, you also learn from Professor Zhuang. You are a professor at such a young age, and you have achieved success. Isn't it better than playing games and basketball every day?"