Chapter 139 A New Journey!

Student status and enrollment were settled quickly.

Xu Chuan enrolled in Nanjing University again, but this time he entered the school as a doctoral student.

However, except for changing from a college student to a doctoral student, almost nothing else has changed.

His tutor is still Chen Zhengping, he still lives in the original single dormitory, eats in the cafeteria, and attends classes, oh, the classes have changed, from undergraduate courses to doctoral courses.

For ordinary undergraduates and doctoral students, college and doctoral courses are completely different experiences.

Because the nature of the two studies is completely different.

In terms of learning content, undergraduate content focuses on basic knowledge and the breadth of learning.

Taking the Department of Physics of Nanjing University as an example, the Department of Physics of Nanjing University not only needs to learn basic physics knowledge, but also mathematics courses, chemistry courses, and a small number of computer courses. At the same time, professional courses involve most geoscience-related disciplines such as geological engineering, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, tectonics, and mineral deposits.

The purpose is to give students a lot of popular professional-related knowledge during their undergraduate studies, which is conducive to students choosing their favorite direction in the future, and at the same time, it can be regarded as laying a good foundation so that they will not be ignorant of the field of their own research direction in the future.

The courses during the doctoral period are very targeted, and the choice of courses is basically determined by the tutor. It is mainly to supplement the knowledge related to the project.

For a doctoral student, scientific research is indispensable. Using scientific research experiments to create knowledge is the learning content of doctoral students.

So the difference between undergraduate and doctoral is still very large, one is learning, the other is creating.

However, for Xu Chuan, there seems to be no difference between undergraduate and doctoral stages.

In fact, he did not follow the courses of ordinary undergraduates in his undergraduate studies, but should have taken the route of master's students.

When he first enrolled, Chen Zhengping discussed with him the direction of undergraduate studies. At that time, he often went to class, but after the proof of the weak Weyl-Berry conjecture, he rarely went to class, but often went to the library.

As for the doctoral stage, general doctoral courses are selected by tutors and students together, and are linked to the tutors and students' own scientific research projects.

But what he learned in the doctoral stage, Chen Zhengping did not ask a single question, and he was completely free.

In Chen Zhengping's view, anyway, his disciple is about to go to Princeton, so does it matter what he learns in the doctoral stage of Nanjing University? It doesn't matter at all.

Xu Chuan didn't care about these things. He had a sufficient understanding of his life plan.

He went to Princeton to learn the necessary mathematical knowledge in depth. Although he had not yet completed the specific plan, he had a general direction, such as turbulence, smooth flow, chaos, analysis, complex function, algebra, and fractals, which he was most concerned about.

"Hiss~"

As he calculated, Xu Chuan suddenly took a breath. It seemed that he had a lot to learn.

Each of these names is a super-large branch of mathematics, and the difficulty is very high.

For example, turbulence is a well-known problem in the mathematics community. So far, no mathematician has been able to establish a mathematical model for any turbulence.

For example, smooth flow, this branch directly points to one of the seven millennium problems in the mathematics community, 'Existence and smoothness of solutions to the NS equation'.

For example, algebra, there are more things under this super-large branch, algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory, Clifford algebra, Lie algebra, Boolean algebra, etc.

Pick any one of these branches, it is enough for a mathematician to study for a lifetime.

Although he has enough confidence in his talent in science, Xu Chuan began to doubt his life.

Can he really learn so many things?

This is indeed a very difficult challenge, but why is it so exciting?

After re-enrolling, Xu Chuan asked his mentor Chen Zhengping for a leave and went back to his hometown.

After the Morning Star Mathematics Award is awarded at the end of this month, he will go to Princeton. Once there, it will be very troublesome to go home. It will take at least three or four days to go back and forth.

Xu Chuan estimated that it might be the end of the year before he comes back after going there.

So while he is still in China, he will go back to accompany his family and see if there is anyone at home who needs his help.

He now has 6 to 7 million in cash, most of which comes from various bonuses for proving mathematical conjectures, and a small part comes from scholarships and grants promised by the school.

In addition, there are rewards from the school for publishing papers in TOP journals.

This part is actually not small, such as the proof of the weakened form of the Weyl-Berry conjecture, the SCI paper reward after the paper is published is 260,000, and the proof of the Weyl-Berry conjecture is as high as 590,000.

The rewards for these papers are separate from the bonuses for proving conjectures. Last year, he published several papers in top journals, and the bonuses for all these papers added up to more than one million.

However, only he, a freak, would get school bonuses by publishing SCI papers.

As for whether Nanjing University would mind, Nanjing University would only say, please give me more of this kind of thing, it's just bonuses, I have plenty.

For a university, the more SCI papers in top journals, the better, which is related to the school's grade assessment, as well as the attraction of talents, enrollment, the amount of scientific research funds and a series of other things.

Just like Xu Chuan proved the Weyl-Berry conjecture, the number of scientific research funds at NTU will increase by at least 0.5 percentage points next year.

Don’t underestimate this 0.5 percentage point. It may seem like a small amount, but when put on a basis of hundreds of millions, the amount of funds increased starts from millions.

NTU’s total scientific research funding this year is 7.8 billion.

Based on this number, 0.5 percentage points is 39 million, close to 40 million.

Which university wouldn’t want 40 million more scientific research funds?

This is still a relatively small amount. If Nanjing University fights for it, the increased scientific research funds may exceed 100 million.

In comparison, the little money awarded to Xu Chuan was really insignificant.

In addition to scientific research funds, there are also various factors such as the school's influence, honors, school academic capabilities, etc.

Especially the proof paper like the Weyl-Berry conjecture, which is a world-class mathematical conjecture.

Who dares to say that NTU’s mathematics department is rubbish if it can produce mathematical talents who can prove world-class conjectures?

After riding the high-speed train and taxi for several hours, Xu Chuan returned to his hometown smoothly.

Compared with the rapid changes in big cities, time seems to have stood still in this small mountain village. No matter the development outside, it remains quiet here.

Along the cement road that had been built a few years ago, Xu Chuan dragged his suitcase and walked deep into the village. On the way, he occasionally encountered a few village elders busy in the fields, and he smiled and said hello.

Soon, a house under construction caught Xu Chuan's eyes.

"Mom, I'm back."

Dragging his luggage, Xu Chuan shouted to his mother who was squatting by the well in her new house choosing vegetables.

Hearing the sound, Xu's mother turned her head and looked, then stood up in surprise.

"Chuan'er is back."

Seeing the familiar figure, Xu's mother stood up happily, wiped her wet hands on her clothes, and quickly came over to take the suitcase from Xu Chuan's hand.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Well, I'm back for a few days' rest after the holiday, and take a look at how the construction of the new home is going."

"I'll stay there for a few more days if I have a vacation. It's still early for the house. The foundation has just been laid and the exterior walls are still being built. I estimate it won't be completed until October for people to move in."

Xu's mother happily dragged her suitcase towards the old house. This time, her family did not push the old house and rebuild it on the original foundation. Instead, they chose a new homestead in the village. The old house is still there and has not been pushed forward. Now that Xu Chuan is back, he will still have a place to live.

"Dad, do you still need money to build a house at home?"

During dinner, Xu Chuan asked his father.

Xu Jianguo thought that Xu Chuan needed money, so he said: "Including what you left behind last time, the family still has a total of more than 1.6 million. Do you need money? How much? Ask your mother to transfer it to the bank tomorrow. "

Seeing that his father had misunderstood what he meant, Xu Chuan said quickly: "No, I don't need it. I just asked if the family is short of money to build a house. If I am short of money, I still have five or six million here. You don't have to go and fight with me." Borrowed from others.”

"Where did you get so much money? You didn't do anything illegal, right? You can't do anything illegal, Chuan'er." Hearing that Xu Chuan still had several million in his hand, Xu Jianguo was stunned and asked quickly.

Xu Chuan shook his head dumbfounded and said: "I am the kind of person who will do illegal things. I solved a problem for the country and the school some time ago. All the money was awarded by the school and the country. This time I will advance Graduation is also related to the problems solved.”

"What question is worth millions?" Xu Jianguo asked in confusion.

Xu Chuan smiled and asked, "Did any leaders from the county come to our house in March?"

Xu Jianguo recalled for a while and said: "Yes, the senior county official did come to our home, expressed condolences to us, and rewarded us with 100,000 yuan, saying it was you..., huh? Is that that time? That time the senior county official said you solved a problem World-class problem and contribution to the country.”

After recalling it, he belatedly looked at his son.

Xu Chuan nodded and said: "Yes, the money I have here is basically from the national reward. Don't worry, dad, I can't do anything illegal."

Xu Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's fine that I didn't do anything illegal."

After a pause, he continued: "Keep the money you have for yourself. Your family doesn't need it. The money you left last time was enough to build a new house."

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "In this case, I will transfer another two million to my mother's card."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by his father: "No, you can keep the money on your card for yourself. There is still money at home, which is enough. You are out on your own and there are many places where you need to use money. You will buy a house in the future." Getting a wife costs money.”

Xu Chuan: "Listen to me, Dad, there are two million, of which 1.5 million is used to build a new house. I know this is left for me. You also said about marrying a wife, so the materials for subsequent decoration will be used." Try to choose something better.”

"There are also five hundred thousand left for the village. This money will be managed by you. Go and communicate with the village and repair the large and small ponds in the village."

"After all, the village has helped our family so much over the years. Now that we have the ability, we still need to give feedback. In addition, we can also stop some rumors."

Xu Chuan made two excuses, otherwise he knew that his father would never accept the money again.

It won't cost two or three million to build a new house. One million is enough to build a very beautiful villa in the countryside. However, he asked his father to decorate it with good materials in the name of the new house for him, so that he could get by.

As for giving back to the village, there is nothing to say.

His family has received a lot of help from the village. When he was admitted to Xingcheng High School, most households in the village gave him super-sized red envelopes at the wedding banquet to help him go to school.

Including after the college entrance examination last year, the village also found a way to reward him with a sum of money. Although it is not much, it must be remembered.

So Xu Chuan wanted to help the village repair the pond dam for water storage. This reason is very good. He estimated that his father would not refuse. After all, every household in the village still farms.

In addition, this is also to support his family and his father, to show others that studying can make a difference, and to get rid of the rumors of a few people.

After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although most people are very good, there are always a few cuckoos in a big forest.

Some people always like to say that studying doesn't necessarily mean you can make money, and that his nephew graduated from junior high school and started a company with an annual income of hundreds of thousands, and asked college students to work for him, and gossip about it behind his back.

This time, Xu Chuan completely shut these people up.

Ps: I'm in average condition, and I can't concentrate. I've worked on it for five or six hours, and finally finished the second one. I'll update it one more day tomorrow, take a good rest, and resume updating the day after tomorrow.