I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

Shen Qi of Aquarius is about to turn 23, and the National Medal of Honor is the best birthday present he has ever received.

Shen Qi's reputation in the country has reached a new height. A young scientist like him who is a national treasure can almost walk sideways in the country.

Shen Qi, who originally planned to stay in China for a week, changed his plan and went home for a year. He stayed in China for a month and returned to Princeton at the end of January.

Traveling all over the world is better than the motherland.

Living in the United States, Shen Qi's heart is attached to the motherland.

Staying in Princeton can naturally enjoy some unique advantages. What Shen Qi can do is to make full use of these advantageous resources, constantly strengthen and enrich himself, and make great achievements after returning to China.

This year is Shen Qi's third year in the United States.

Ou Ye and Zhou Yu'an entered the third semester of studying in the United States, and they are expected to enter the stage of doctoral students after this semester.

Shen Qi welcomed his first batch of graduate students, a total of two students, one Chinese and one American.

The Chinese student is really handsome. His name is Yu Lei. He has won the IMO gold medal and studied in the Department of Mathematics of Mizuki University.

"Yu Lei, you are finally here." Shen Qi was very pleased.

"Brother Xiao Qi, oh no, Professor Shen!" Yu Lei was full of vigor, a sunny boy full of energy.

"Being my student, is there no psychological burden?" Shen Qi asked tentatively.

"Of course!" Yu Lei covered his heart with his hands, making a small heart beating.

"Really, what kind of psychological burden?" Shen Qi needs to know the psychological state of the students at the first time.

"My supervisor is a Philippine award boss. I must be under pressure. I must prove myself with excellent grades. The most important thing is that I can't embarrass you, Professor Shen." Yu Lei is very good, handsome and sensible.

"Oh, the pressure in this area, it doesn't matter, take it step by step." Shen Qi smiled and praised: "Yu Lei, you are so handsome, just be a quiet and handsome man in Princeton, Mizuki Universities are indeed rich in beautiful men.”

Yu Lei said firmly: "I prefer to be a quiet academic master."

Shen Qi was delighted: "Have ideas, have a future!"

In a very good mood, Shen Qi immediately invited Yu Lei to dinner and called Zhou Yu'an.

Zhou Yu'an looked at Yu Lei repeatedly, and this kid has grown up to become a good-looking little fresh meat.

After the confirmation, Zhou Yu'an finally dared to recognize each other: "Yu Lei, you can obviously rely on your appearance for a living, what kind of graduate school are you studying?"

"Brother Xiaoyu, can you rely on your face for a lifetime?" Yu Lei shook his head and said, "Only knowledge can preserve its value forever."

"Our junior teammate is amazing." Shen Qi had a good impression of Lei, and he suddenly had an impulse to pass on what he had learned all his life to Yu Lei, hoping that someone would inherit the mantle.

What did Shen Qi learn all his life?

What are the characteristics of his genre?

Shen Qi’s self-assessment of the characteristics of his genre is: eclectic, integrated, professional and broad, criss-crossing.

"Yu Lei, remember if you don't, repeat the sixteen-character outline of our school."

"Eclectic, integrated, specialized and knowledgeable, criss-crossing. Brother Qi, what do you mean, our school cultivates generalists in mathematics?"

"Theoretically, it is set like this. You and Ralph are the first batch of graduate students I recruit, and I like you two."

"Huh? It turns out that we are guinea pigs."

What is a generalist?

Shen Qi believes that undergraduates are the embryonic form of generalists, because undergraduates can learn everything.

Of course, there are many courses at the undergraduate level, but they are also simple.

Postgraduates study one or two directions in depth. They are specialized, but they are also academically finalized.

Ouye and Zhou Yu'an are basically finalized. They must study number theory more deeply, as well as differential geometry + partial differential equations.

Only a blank piece of paper like Yu Lei, who has just graduated from a bachelor's degree, has plasticity.

Another blank slate was American student Ralph Miller, who was an undergraduate student in the Princeton Department of Mathematics.

Shen Qi could not see Ralph's competitive subjects from the report card, nor did he find any shortcomings.

In the first class, Shen Qi didn't talk about tactics, but only about strategy.

In order to take care of Ralph who doesn't understand Chinese, Shen Qi spoke English: "Yu Lei, Ralph, I don't force you to choose a major such as major or secondary research. In my school, any research direction , can become your main direction of attack. The first thing you have to do is to re-learn all the mathematics courses you studied at the undergraduate level, and re-learn in advanced mode, do you know what I mean?"

"It's almost impossible to do." Ralph didn't like to laugh, and he looked a little rigid.

"Yes, Professor Shen, I also think that it is too difficult to cultivate a generalist in mathematics. Not everyone has the same professional and broad skills as you." Yu Lei solemnly called Shen Qi "Professor Shen" when speaking English, When speaking Chinese, Shen Qi is called "Little Brother Qi".

"I just want to successfully complete my master's training. Obviously, it is reasonable to choose a direction to do a thesis." Ralph completely disagrees with Shen Qi's setting of training mathematics generalists. Boss, just blindly pandering to Shen Qi and ignoring his own soul.

Hey... Shen Qi sighed silently. In the first class, his school philosophy was questioned, and his strategic thinking was not recognized.

Shen Qi, who was originally full of enthusiasm, felt a little lost at the moment. He finally realized the helplessness of Edward Witten.

"Well, Ralph, I respect your point of view." Shen Qi read Ralph's thesis written during his undergraduate period, and he said: "Ralph, the title of the thesis you published when you were in the fourth grade was "Dihedron Research on Augmented Quotient Groups of Groups", this topic belongs to the category of algebra, and to be more specific, it is the direction of group theory."

"That's right." Ralph nodded.

Shen Qi said: "Your paper is very well written, I have read it roughly. But I want to point out that the proposition 3.1 on page 67 is not rigorous, and Sn is not absolutely the linear expansion of Bn on Z. , your generalization about well-ordered sets is flawed."

"Huh?" Ralph was surprised. After reading it, he remembered my thesis? Professor Shen's memory is amazing!

The thesis on group theory written by Ralph in his undergraduate period has 82 pages, which is definitely a huge work for an undergraduate student.

Shen Qikong can accurately say that you, the proposition 3.1 on page 67 of Ralph's thesis is not an absolutely correct proposition, and the inductive treatment of well-ordered sets can be more perfect.

Ralph is currently unable to judge whether the well-ordered set inductive processing in that paper is perfect. He needs to find out the paper and study it. He himself can't remember the full text of the paper he wrote by himself.