I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

A Ph.D. in physics is an achievement. Shen Qi received 500,000 Scholar points. He submitted his paper "On Complexity" to "Physical Review Letters" to brush up his reputation in the physics community.

Good things come in pairs.

A piece of news came from China, which made Shen Qi very excited.

Yanda School of Mathematics sent a letter of appointment to Shen Qi, intending to hire Shen Qi as a visiting professor of Yanda School of Mathematics.

Yanda Mathematics Institute has only hired six visiting professors in history, and there are currently two living ones, Qiu Chengtong and Griffith.

Mr. Qiu is the winner of the Philippine Award, and Griffith is the winner of the Wolf Award. Both of them are big figures in the mathematics field.

The visiting professors of Yanda University are usually referred to as lecture professors. In order to distinguish the 11 Yangtze River chair professors currently serving in the School of Mathematics of Yanda University, they are named visiting professors.

Visiting professor is an incomparably honorable title and honor. Only those who have achieved outstanding achievements in a certain field are eligible to be hired as visiting professors by domestic top scientific research institutions like Yanda Mathematics Institute.

In the history of Yanda Mathematics Institute, there are only two people with higher status than the six visiting professors: Chen Xingshen and Fan Tuji.

There is no need to repeat Mr. Chen's glorious history. Mr. Fan was born in the Mathematics Department of Yanda University. He is one of the founders of modern Chinese mathematics in the same generation as Su Buqing and Hua Luogeng.

Mr. Chen and Mr. Fan are honorary professors of Yanda University. Although these two outstanding mathematicians have left us, their names will always be engraved in the hearts of Yanda University and all Chinese mathematicians.

Qiu Chengtong has been a visiting professor at Yanda University for several years and has long since resigned. He is now a tenured professor at Harvard University, a blog post professor and director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and director of the Qiu Chengtong Center for Mathematical Sciences at Shuimu University.

P. Griffith, this old man is at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Shen Qi often meets him.

The visiting professor of Yanda is equivalent to an honorary title, and has no rigid scientific research or teaching tasks. It is the duty of visiting professors to give lectures at Yanda for 1 to 2 months every year, and to guide outstanding young people in mathematics.

You can understand that a visiting professor is a part-time job, perhaps one of the most awesome part-time jobs in the world.

P. Griffith's term as a visiting professor at Yanda Mathematics Institute has expired, and he has not renewed his contract with Yanda. He is too old to toss around anymore.

The School of Mathematics of Yanda University needs to hire a new visiting professor with dazzling achievements, a world-renowned reputation, and the right year. The Fields Medal winner Shen Qi was born in the School of Mathematics of Yanda University. He is the most suitable candidate.

Shen Qi gladly accepted the letter of appointment as a visiting professor from his alma mater, Yanda University, and will soon return to China to accept the formal appointment.

Shen Qi was in a good mood tonight, and it happened to be a clear night, so he drove Ouye to the barren mountains 5 kilometers south of Princeton to watch the stars at night.

The 381mm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is huge, and to use it you'd have to own a big car, because the best places to observe astronomy are usually in the wild, where there's less light pollution.

Light pollution from street lamps, outdoor billboards, office buildings and private homes is one of the most hated things for astronomers and amateurs.

Princeton University is considered a paradise with a quiet environment, but at night, the lights of the student dormitory and library are still on.

The barren mountains 5 kilometers south of Princeton are the best place for stargazing for Shen Qi. He has been alone several times before, and this is the first time he brought Ouye here tonight.

Until July this year, Shen Qi had never played with an astronomical telescope. He spent several weeks studying the instruction manual of the 381mm Schmidt-Cassegrain astronomical telescope, practiced it for several months, and now plays 666.

Shen Qi's astronomical telescope is worth 30,000 US dollars, which is considered high-end for amateurs.

If you want to play more high-end, you have to go to the observatory, where there are more advanced astronomical observation equipment.

Astronomical telescopes that cost more than US$2,000 generally come with equatorial devices and positioning devices. Through the computer guide system, the astronomical telescope can automatically lock on the celestial body that the observer wants to observe.

Maybe you can't tell which one is Sirius and which one is Procyon, it doesn't matter, advanced astronomical telescope will help you find the brightest star in the night sky.

"Come on, little leaf, put your eyes on the eyepiece, OK, very good, keep this posture, and then you will see the most shocking picture." Shen Qi taught Ouye the correct posture to look at the stars.

"Little Yezi, what do you see now?"

"Wow, cool!"

"Let me describe it for you. The planet you see is hidden under a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere mixed with sulfuric acid rain. The surface there is so hot that lead, which has a melting point of 328 degrees, instantly turns into a liquid. What is Hell, this is hell, yes, Little Leaf, the star you are observing is our neighbor—Venus."

"Wow, cool!" Ouye could only shout this sentence.

Shen Qi adjusted the equator device and instructed Ouye to continue looking at the stars.

"Let's look a little farther away, leave the solar system and enter the Milky Way. Xiaoye, do you see two bright balls getting very close?"

"yes!"

"They are two stars. They form a binary star system. Under the strong gravitational force, the binary stars waltz. Millions of tons of gaseous stellar matter flow between the two stars every second. This tug-of-war It will end with the explosive destruction of one of the stars, a massive explosion that will scorch all nearby planets in an instant. Yes, Leaf, the two stars you are observing are Beta Lyra."

"very scary……"

"In fact, most of the stars in the universe are moving according to the double star or multiple star model. The sun is so lonely, it is one of the few single stars in the universe, and one of the few single dogs."

"My understanding is that if the single dog Sun has a partner by his side, our earth will be finished?"

"According to my presumption, yes."

"It's super scary... It's better to be single..."

"Little Ye Zi, do you remember Poincaré's three-body model?"

"Well, I have studied topology, it's so difficult."

"Of course it's hard to understand if you study textbooks. Come out and look at the stars, and the problem will be solved. Come, let me teach you Poincaré's three-body model."

"Well... this is the wild!"

"Then let's go to the car."

The seven-seater Mercedes-Benz GLS put down the rear seats and opened the panoramic sunroof. Shen Qi and Ouye who were lying in the car looked at the stars in another way.

"Look, little leaf, the brightest star in the night sky is Sirius. Its magnitude is -1. As long as you leave the heavily polluted big cities, humans can easily lock Sirius with the naked eye." Shen Qi put his arms around Ouye , pointing to the bright starry sky with one hand.

"I really want to be like this, keep looking at it, it's so beautiful."

"Then keep looking at it like this."

"But Qi, you're leaving tomorrow."

"Whether China or the United States, we see the same stars."

"Well, studying the stars is better than studying earthquakes..."

The two were lingering under the stars. After dawn, Shen Qi left Princeton for New York Airport. He took a flight to the capital of China and was about to take up an important part-time job.