Chapter 292 The Joy of Being a Professor

That does sound like a good proposition...

how is this possible!

"No, no, this is your hard work after all, let's continue to call it the Sarot Institute."

Without any explanation, he rejected Professor Sarot's proposal. Lu Zhou didn't give him any chance to convince himself, and left without saying a word.

Just kidding, if he really hangs his name in front of the research institute, maybe this guy will have to brag to a new realm next time he meets people.

Moreover, Lu Zhou always had a weird feeling when he used his name as a prefix to hang in front of the research institute.

It's as if the object of research is not materials, but oneself.

After thinking about it carefully, I really forgot it.

The next day, the first academic meeting of the New Year of the American Mathematical Society kicked off at Berkeley.

For the sake of this academic meeting, the students of the University of California even postponed the planned protest until a week later.

While Princeton professors are often politically apathetic, not all of them are.

For example, Professor Tao is a good example.

Although most of his students in real life commented on him as a tolerant, shy, and modest person, on his personal blog, Tao Shen’s online image is completely opposite to his personal image. His greatest hobby is Give pointers.

For example, not long ago, he proved that Trump could not be a good president from the perspective of logic, which was reported by many media. And Trump’s rebuttal on Twitter is also quite interesting-" Tao Zhexuan claims that I am not suitable to be president, but liar Hillary is fine. The truth is that Tao Zhexuan kid only targets me because he is a failure. Analyst. He can't even prove Kaguya Soichi's conjecture, sad!"

However, what should come will always come.

Tao Zhexuan hasn't updated his blog recently, it can be seen that his mood is not very high.

Of course, although the students and professors in California did not have any good feelings for the president, these episodes will not affect the atmosphere of the academic conference. After all, academics are pure, and this is what countless scholars insist on.

After collecting some pens and other small souvenirs at the door, Lu Zhou walked through the bustling poster display area and came directly to a lecture hall on the second floor, and found a low-key seat in the back row.

After sitting down, he realized that the person sitting next to him was Professor Tao.

Looking at him in surprise, Lu Zhou asked, "Are you here too?"

Professor Tao smiled and joked: "This is a good opportunity to inquire about your progress, and of course I won't miss it."

Lu Zhou laughed and said, "Although you should inquire, it's best to help me solve it."

While the two were talking, the report meeting began.

The audience in the venue gradually stopped whispering and turned their attention to the speaker on the podium.

Wearing a golden ponytail, Vera, who was dressed a little student-like, stood up on the podium nervously, her white hands were constantly clenched and loosened.

With the help of the staff, she opened the prepared PPT, and the title of the thesis appeared in the center of the curtain.

[About Kakutani's conjecture equivalent equation h(z^3)=h(z^6)+{h(z^2)+λh(λz^2)+λ^2h(λ^2z^2)}/3z Complex analysis research]

"Come on, Vera, you can do it..."

Thinking of her mentor's expectations for her before she left, Vera took a deep breath and encouraged herself in her heart.

Then, she bit the bullet and spoke.

"The solution of the analytical function in the unit disk {z:|z|<1} takes the form of h(z)=h0+h1z/(1z), where h0 and h1 are complex constants..."

Although she was really nervous at the beginning, as the report meeting progressed, Vera suddenly found that the weight on her shoulders had quietly disappeared at some point.

Even she herself was surprised.

When thoughts are gushing out like spring water, expressing one's point of view is as natural as breathing.

She doesn't need to care about whether the audience in the audience understands everything, that's something that needs to be considered during the questioning session.

At this moment, all she needs to do is to convey her point of view to the audience in the lecture hall...

Sitting in the last row of the lecture hall, like other audiences, Lu Zhou was also listening to her report seriously, and gradually, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

It can be seen that it took a lot of effort for her to overcome the fear in her heart and stand there.

And the result is quite gratifying, she has begun to enter the state.

It seems that my worries are unnecessary.

Sitting next to Lu Zhou, Tao Zhexuan looked at the person on the podium unexpectedly, his face was full of surprise.

"Are you sure this is the result of your students?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Of course, I've been busy calculating the chemical direction recently. At most, I just provided them with a direction."

As two people, there is no need to lie about this kind of issue. Of course, Tao Zhexuan will not suspect that Lu Zhou is fooling himself.

However, he still couldn't restrain the surprise in his heart, because this thesis really didn't look like a master's level can complete it. Even if he knew about Vera, it was even the recommendation letter he wrote to her, recommending her to go to Princeton.

It's just that the speed of this progress is too amazing.

Thinking of this, Tao Zhexuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Yesterday, I heard you said that you planned to hand over the Kakutani Conjecture to your students. I thought you were joking. Looking at it now, I didn't expect you to be serious."

Lu Zhou smiled and said without humility: "After all, they are the students I taught."

In this kind of report meeting for young scholars, the bosses are generally more tolerant, unless there are obvious mistakes, otherwise they will not make too much trouble.

As far as this point is concerned, academic conferences in the field of mathematics and MRS conferences in the field of materials science are completely different in style.

After answering a few questions, the report meeting ended smoothly, and the audience burst into warm applause.

Vera breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked the audience with a smile.

Perhaps because the brilliance on that smiling face was too dazzling, it aroused people's desire for protection, and the applause seemed to become more enthusiastic.

Even in the applause, there were whistles from the young boys.

Looking at Vera on the stage, Lu Zhou couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.

Looking at the little girl growing up gradually, he couldn't help feeling in his heart that a carefully cultivated sapling was thriving.

Perhaps, this is also one of the joys of being a professor!

Tao Zhexuan gave Lu Zhou a weird look, always feeling that something was wrong.

Sensing his friend's gaze, Lu Zhou, who was in a good mood, asked kindly, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Tao Zhexuan shook his head, hesitated, but still said, "Although I didn't say that about your position, but... Laura and I only made our relationship public after she graduated."

Lu Zhou: ...?

What the hell?

...

After the report meeting, Lu Zhou saw Vera outside the lecture hall.

The little girl's face was flushed with excitement, and her eyes sparkled with excitement, excitement, and many emotions.

Lu Zhou understood her feeling very well, it was an excitement that no matter how many deep breaths she took, could not calm down.

Walking up, he greeted her with a smile.

When he heard a familiar voice and turned his head to see Lu Zhou, those deer-like eyes widened instantly, flashing surprise and disbelief.

Originally, she planned to tell Lu Zhou the good news on the phone, but she didn't expect him to be at the report meeting, sitting in the audience watching her!

This kind of surprise made her wonder what to say for a while.

"Professor?! You, are you here too?!"

"Of course," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "My lovely student finally mustered up the courage to give a report on stage, how could I miss this moment worth celebrating."

That fair face was as red as a flame, and the little girl seemed to hold back a lot of thanks in her mouth that she wanted to say to him.

But in the end, thousands of words, only converged into a small but excited thought.

"...I did it, I really did it!"

"You did it, you did it beautifully." Lu Zhou gave her an encouraging look, and said with a smile, "Keep going, I hope to see you on the stage of the International Mathematicians Conference one day!"

The golden ponytail swayed up and down like a squirrel's tail.

Looking at Lu Zhou gratefully, Vera nodded vigorously.

"Um!"