I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

"There will be a lecture on November 3rd. The speaker is Lax, an honorary doctor of the School of Mathematics. Interested students should go and listen." Shen Qi sent a message in the WeChat group of the Department of Mathematics, and then continued to flirt with foreigners.

"Miss Helen, why do you Americans always like to start wars?" Shen Qi spoke English, and the person he was chatting with was his college English teacher.

Helen Margaret Lawrence is from the United States and is an English teacher at Yanda University. She named herself "Hua Mulan" in Chinese.

"This is a conspiracy by bankers and a trick by politicians to divert domestic conflicts. Most of the American people are against the war, and our whole family is against the war," Helen said.

"Does America look like a mess?" Shen Qi asked.

"So I came to China." Helen was not angry, but smiled: "My current boyfriend is Chinese. He is very handsome and attractive. More importantly, he is knowledgeable and talented."

"Really, he is also a teacher?" Shen Qi asked.

"No, he's still studying, he's studying for a Ph.D. at Shuimu University." Helen's smile was filled with happiness. She raised her palm and wore a diamond ring on her left middle finger: "Actually, he has already proposed to me."

"Congratulations!" Shen Qi congratulated.

Yanda's sister, Mizuki's man, sure enough, the men of Mizuki University have tricks, even Yanda's foreign female teacher was abducted by Mizuki.

"We're going to have a Chinese wedding in his hometown, after he graduates with his Ph.D. Wow, his hometown is beautiful, I've been there a few times, and the stinky tofu is so delicious, I don't think I can live without stinky tofu for the rest of my life, and China." Helen was very excited, "Yes, I love China, and there are Chinese doctors."

"Miss Helen, your taste is really special. Maybe in the near future, should I call you Mrs. Wang Helen or Mrs. Zhang Helen?"

"Do as the Romans do. After I marry a Chinese man, I don't need to change my surname."

Shen Qi and Helen chatted all afternoon.

English +1

In the next few days, Shen Qi continued to communicate with his college English teacher, looking for English listening and speaking skills. On the one hand, Shen Qi also learned a lot of American social characteristics and customs from Helen.

"So you are determined to go to Princeton?" Zhou Yu'an asked Shen Qi.

Today is November 3rd. This is a large classroom in the Science Building, and Mr. Lax's mathematics lecture is about to begin.

"If it wasn't for mathematics, I really don't want to go to the United States. The United States is too messy." Shen Qi said, he looked around, why hasn't Ouye come yet?

"For the sake of mathematics, you are willing to step into danger. For the sake of your sister, you are indifferent." Zhou Yu'an said with emotion, "You can't have both beauties. Since ancient times, beauties are so unlucky."

"Where is the beauty? Are you?" Shen Qi asked back.

"Don't pretend to be confused!" Zhou Yu'an felt sorry for the girls, "I can see through you, Shen Qi. There is only one woman you love, and her name is Mathematics."

At this time, a young man pushed a wheelchair into the classroom, and the audience spontaneously fell silent.

An old white man sat in a wheelchair. He was Peter Lax, a leading figure in the field of contemporary applied mathematics.

Lacks has long taught at New York University, the sacred place of applied mathematics. He is very friendly to the Chinese mathematics community and was awarded the title of honorary doctor by Yanda Mathematics Institute.

There are many formulas, theorems, and theories named after Lax in today's mathematics, such as the Lax shock condition and the application of entropy in shock wave theory, the Lax-Wendrov scheme, and the Lax-Milgram theorem wait.

The 90-year-old Lacks is the winner of the Wolf Prize. The octogenarian has lost his mobility and can only deliver speeches in a wheelchair.

Nian Ruiming was right, Mr. Lax's English accent was particularly heavy, with obvious Eastern European pronunciation. Lax was born in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated to the United States.

Lax's lectures were intermittent. He had to pause for three sentences before continuing.

But the students listened with gusto, including Shen Qi.

"Nonlinear equations are always annoying...but in the KdV equation, it is these nonlinear effects that make us..."

"No other field relies on computation as much as chaos science...With computing, we can explore the mysteries of chaos, a branch of mathematics that can change the world..."

"Children, you must have heard of the butterfly effect... The butterfly effect is a theory of chaos..."

"The butterfly flapped its wings and caused a devastating typhoon on the other side of the earth..."

"The question is, in the vast Amazon rainforest, there are trillions of butterflies flying, which butterfly is the source of the typhoon..."

"Through mathematics and calculations, we can find this butterfly precisely..."

"And let this butterfly flap its wings at a certain frequency within the specified time..."

"The amount of calculation is astronomical, and humans cannot complete this work...Fortunately, we invented computers..."

"We must never let mathematics become a weapon of war...but through unimaginable mathematical calculations, we can solve the drought problem in the Sahara or the flood disaster in the Amazon at a very low cost..."

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The temple of fundamental mathematics is at Princeton, where scholars are responsible for theoretical research.

The arsenal of applied mathematics is at NYU, where engineers do the practical work.

Shen Qi prefers basic mathematics. He believes that theory determines the level of application, so his goal is Princeton.

"Come to the science building!" Shen Qi sent Ouye a WeChat message. He felt that Ouye needed to listen to Lax's lecture. If Ouye can learn the essence of computing from Lax, one day she will hopefully become a new generation of emperor in the computing world, the queen of computing.

In fact, Shen Qi had already informed Ouye that there would be a mathematics lecture today, but Ouye did not appear in the classroom of the science building until Lax finished his speech.

"Ouye, what are you doing!" Shen Qi was furious. Lax was ninety years old, and he gave lectures at Yanda University once a year, and he listened to one less time.

After listening to Lax's lecture, Shen Qi rushed towards the building of the Mathematical Academy, Ouye, you have become a popular stock, and the professors of the Mathematical Academy are scrambling to get you, are you drifting away? Inflated?

Shen Qi came to the Mathematical Academy, pushed open the door of the SOS subject office, and was about to lose his temper when he found Ouye asleep on the computer desk with a small medicine bottle next to the computer screen.

There is a LaTex document on Ouye's computer screen, and she is writing the summary section of the SOS thesis.

"Hey..." Shen Qi sighed, feeling distressed, the previous complaints had long since disappeared.

Taking off his coat and lightly draping it on Ouye's slender shoulders, Shen Qi sat beside Ouye, watching her quietly.