Chapter 446 Isn’t Graduation Too Difficult?

Ignoring the student who suddenly became excited, Xu Chuan looked down at the list of materials.

It has to be said that NTU’s mathematics department is much stronger now than when he enrolled a few years ago.

If NTU’s mathematics department could only be ranked at the second-middle or lower level among universities nationwide before, it is now ranked at the first-rate level.

Both the quality of students and the scale of teachers have grown a lot.

After looking through the list materials, Xu Chuan selected eight candidates and prepared to interview these people.

Of course, it was impossible for him to bring so many people, and half of these eight people would eventually be cut off.

After spending some time interviewing each of the eight students, Xu Chuan finally locked in four places.

Two graduate students and two doctoral students.

The best doctoral student among them had already received an offer from the Department of Mathematics of Cambridge University and published two papers in SCI Area 2 with the highest impact factors of 16+. However, after hearing that Xu Chuan was recruiting students, he made a decisive decision. Submit your resume and then participate in the interview.

Although he has received an admission notice from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Cambridge, in comparison, the offer from the University of Cambridge is unattractive for a student who can become a double winner of the Nophi Prize and the chief designer of the controllable nuclear fusion project.

Even though the mathematics department of the University of Cambridge is very powerful and ranks among the top ten in the world, just because the school is great does not mean that the tutor he applied for is also great.

If this big boss hadn't restricted his recruitment of students to NTU, he would have never had this opportunity.

After all, there are still many mathematical geniuses in China.

In NTU, he can still be ranked at the top, but in the whole country of China, there are many better people than him.

If it were extended to the whole world, there wouldn't even be a need to recruit foreign students. Just those who went to study abroad would probably have to come back as soon as they heard about this opportunity.

It's just that, sometimes life has to rely on a little luck.

NTU, experimental building of the Department of Mathematics.

Outside an office with the widest view at the end of the corridor on the third floor, four students, three men and one woman, arrived here almost at the same time, as if they had made an appointment.

Although Professor Xu asked them to come after nine o'clock today, everyone unanimously arrived half an hour earlier.

For the four of them, being accepted as a student by this big boss was like a pie falling from the sky. On the first day of class, it is natural to leave a good impression in advance.

In the office, Xu Chuan was not there, only Cai Peng was studying there.

Seeing the four people knocking on the door and walking in, Cai Peng stood up and greeted with a smile: "Are you the tutor's new students? The professor told me yesterday. My name is Cai Peng, and I will be your senior brother from now on. ”

"Hello, senior brother."

"Hello, Senior Brother Cai."

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The four newbies who had just entered the school greeted each other respectfully, while Cai Peng had a smile on his face, intoxicated by the shouts of senior brothers.

After entertaining the four people to sit down on the sofa, Cai Peng poured them a glass of water and said with a smile: "The professor may have to wait a while before he comes. You can sit here for a while first. I still have hundreds of millions of books to read."

After receiving the four freshmen, he returned to his seat and continued to read.

In the office, the four freshmen looked at me, then at you, and then at Cai Peng, who was studying, and looked at each other.

"Eldest Brother, you are working too hard!"

"Is it so demanding to be a professor's student?"

The great road is simple, the great β is sincere.

It has to be said that in the next half hour or so waiting for Xu Chuan's arrival, Cai Peng's effort in reading and studying really shocked the four freshmen.

Although those who can get graduate degrees and PhD degrees, everyone must take their studies seriously. But isn’t it a bit too exaggerated to never relax for a moment and devote all your attention to learning every moment?

If Cai Peng could know what they were thinking, he would definitely roll his eyes.

If it were you who studied six textbooks in three months, would you be worried?

He's so heartless that he can't even complete his mission.

The group of people waited in the office for more than half an hour. At early nine o'clock, Xu Chuan arrived at the office on time.

Glancing at the students in the office, he smiled and said hello: "You're all here very early."

"professor."

"Hello, Professor."

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Seeing Xu Chuan's arrival, the four freshmen stood up quickly and greeted them cautiously.

To be honest, none of the four of them knew much about their mentor at the end of their academic career.

Of course, we must know each other, after all, we often see them on TV, on school banners, on bulletin walls and other places. But their knowledge is limited to this.

In the past, you might not have felt anything when looking at this big shot through a mobile phone TV screen, or on a public bulletin wall. At most, you could only sigh and sigh at how awesome he is.

However, as a student, you will face such a top boss. Even if you have already gone through an interview, the pressure is still on your face, making you nervous.

Xu Chuan saw the restraint of several students, but he didn't care. He smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Since everyone is here, let's introduce each other to each other. We all know each other."

Among the four students, the oldest doctoral student is named Ding Rui, who was also the one who had previously received an offer of admission to the Department of Mathematics at Cambridge University.

This student studied applied mathematics in his undergraduate studies (the Department of Mathematics at Nanjing University only had this major at that time), and studied functional analysis in his master's degree. Now he is still studying functional analysis as a doctoral student.

The second student is Tong Yang, also a doctoral student, and his current major is analytic geometry.

The third student is the only girl among the four. Her name is Yin Shi. She is in her second year of graduate school and her postgraduate entrance examination results are quite good. She scored 393 points out of 400 points. In addition, she has published an SCI paper. Although it is only in SCI Zone 3, it is already quite excellent.

The fourth student is Rong Xinji. He is the youngest, only 20 years old. He just entered the first year of graduate school this year and is a guaranteed graduate student. But he won the individual gold medal in IMO and is a very talented player.

Originally, such students usually go directly to Shuimu or Peking University, but Rong Xinji can be said to be Xu Chuan's fanboy, so he abandoned Shuimu and Peking University and came to Nanjing University.

Now he has achieved his wish and successfully became Xu Chuan's student.

After introducing each other, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "From today on, you are my students. I will do my best to teach you and pass on knowledge to you."

"But you also know that I usually have a lot of my own research and projects, so I may not have much time to teach you. I told you this during the interview. If you mind, I can find a new mentor for you."

Xu Chuan still knows about his own time, so he reiterated it again.

But for these four students, what else do they need to sign up for this mentor?

Seeing that no one had quit, Xu Chuan continued, "Since you have all made your choice, you will need to work twice as hard in the future."

"No matter what, I don't want to see you waste your time and talent under me. So I will check and evaluate you from time to time."

"Of course, if you encounter any problems in your daily study, you can send me an email or message if you don't understand it. I will reply to you in time when I see it. In addition, you can also go to Professor Gu Bing of Mathematics, who was my student before. I believe he can answer some of your questions."

"As for daily study, I usually don't make any requirements. What books, papers and journals you read are all up to you. But I hope you take your studies seriously, which is something that determines your own life and destiny."

"As for graduation, my requirements for every student are not low. If it is completed independently, it must be at least a top journal paper in SCI Zone 1."

"If it is completed in collaboration, I will select some difficult problems for you based on the direction of your study and research, and you can choose one to solve."

Hearing this request, the four freshmen almost took a breath of cold air at the same time.

The graduation requirement is at least one SCI zone 1 paper. To be honest, this requirement is really too high in domestic universities.

Even in Princeton, the holy land of mathematics, there are probably not many students who take this standard as the graduation paper requirement.

The two graduate students may be better, after all, they are juniors and are not very clear about the requirements of SCI zone 1 top journals. But the two doctoral students are very nervous.

Even for Ding Rui, who already has two SCI zone 2 papers, this requirement is not so easy to achieve.

No wonder their senior brother Cai Peng worked so hard.

Maybe it would be easier to work together to complete the difficult problem chosen by this mentor?

After briefly telling the freshmen some requirements and standards for their studies, Xu Chuan paused for a moment and continued: "In addition, regarding your future study direction, I will give you another chance. You can re-select or follow the resume."

"As for the direction and field I am good at, there is an introduction about me on the campus website. You can go and have a look. I will give you one day to think and understand. After you have chosen the direction, just send your choice to my email before tomorrow morning."

"Are there any other questions?"

Several freshmen shook their heads and replied: "No more."

In the crowd, Ding Rui originally wanted to ask about the standard for completing the difficult problems in graduation cooperation, but seeing that the other three said there was no problem, he did not ask.

Xu Chuan nodded: "Okay, that's it for today. You should prepare well."

After that, he left the office without caring about the students. He had other things to do today.

After Xu Chuan left, the office became more lively again.

The four freshmen looked at each other in bewilderment.

Is that all?

In the crowd, Ding Rui remembered something and walked to Cai Peng who was studying and asked curiously: "Brother Cai, is the instructor's requirement for graduation so high? A TOP paper in SCI Zone 1, isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"

Cai Peng smiled and said: "Exaggerated? If you knew the difficulty of choosing to work together to solve the problem of graduation, you wouldn't think that a SCI paper in Zone 1 is difficult."

"What difficulty?" Ding Rui asked curiously.

Cai Peng looked at him with interest, but did not answer his question. Instead, he asked: "You are not thinking of working together to solve the graduation problem, are you?"

Ding Rui nodded and said: "I do have this idea."

"You are so brave!" Cai Peng applauded and continued, "I want to ask, do you know that in addition to me, there are two other seniors, Gu Bing and Amelia, who have already graduated?"

Ding Rui nodded and said, "I know this, do they have any problems?"

"Then do you know what difficult problem they solved to graduate?" Cai Peng asked with a mysterious smile.

"What difficult problem?"

"The proof of the world-class mathematical conjecture - Bloch's conjecture!" Cai Peng replied, "You are studying functional analysis, you may not know much about this conjecture, and you have never heard of this name, but you should know the twin prime conjecture? Its difficulty is about the same as the twin prime conjecture."

Hearing this, Ding Rui couldn't help swallowing his saliva and asked tremblingly, "Did Senior Brother Gu and others graduate after solving such a conjecture?"

Cai Peng smiled and nodded, saying, "I am very optimistic about you, Junior Brother Ding!"

Hearing this, Ding Rui's mouth twitched.

Damn cooperative solution of difficult problems, if the requirements for graduation are like this, he may never graduate in his life.

A world-class mathematical conjecture, or on the same level as the twin prime conjecture.

He had thought about collaborating to complete the graduation problem before. If he really chose this path, he would never doubt that he would never graduate.

It's terrible!

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